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-Your time starts now.
-[narrator] This time on
Master Distiller...
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All right, come on, Tickle.
You've gotta come help me.
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[Tickle] All right. No, no,
no, I can't help you.
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[narrator] Grab and go.
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Y'all had, probably, one of
the toughest challenges that
we've ever created.
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-Three minutes,
big old grocery store.
-[man] Yeah. Yeah.
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[narrator] Bulk product at
deep discounts
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make big box stores
a moonshiner's ultimate
supply stop.
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-Smells pretty good.
-[woman] Awesome,
mine's smelling great.
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[narrator] Now,
three distillers must compet
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to make the most
marketable spirit...
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Phew, risky.
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[narrator] ...from one
spontaneous shopping spree.
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Maybe one of the smoothest
liquors I've tasted.
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Hits me right in the crease.
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[narrator] Across the countr
a handful of distillers
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are heirs to
a centuries-old tradition.
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Some operate on
the legal side.
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Others practice their craft
beyond the reach of the law
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[man 1] That water's giving me
a heartburn.
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-That's the water that's
giving you heartburn.
-[laughs]
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[narrator] Now, they'll
face off to earn their plac
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in America's
liquor-making legacy.
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-[man 2] Running now.
-[man 1] There we go, Cole.
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[woman] Yes!
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[narrator] Judged by three
legendary moonshiners.
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[judge 1] She thinks
outside the box.
I've never saw that before.
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[narrator] They'll go
head to head in
a series of challenges...
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If you don't like it, there's
something wrong with you.
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[narrator] ...to determine
who has what it takes to be
named Master Distiller.
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This is one of the toughest
judgements we've had
to call, guys.
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All right, guys.
Welcome to Master Distillers
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Y'all gonna run us
a little liquor and show us
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out of you three,
which one really is the next
Master Distiller.
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Now, along with that,
you're gonna get your
bragging rights,
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which is a pretty big deal.
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But the really big deal is
you're gonna get a limited run
of your recipe
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at a major distillery.
That's a big deal.
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Tim?
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Now, in the backwoods,
you gotta work with all
the ingredients that you have.
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And one of the best places
to find them is at
a big box store.
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Tickle, tell us all about it.
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Making liquor was a skill that
helped folks survive difficult
economic times
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like the Great Depression.
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With federal agents on the
lookout for large purchases
of moonshine supplies,
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shiners turned to discount
and outlet stores
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as a way to buy
cheap ingredients in bulk
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without standing out from
the millions of other
everyday Americans
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looking for a good deal.
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You save money on it,
you can buy a whole lot more.
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[Mark] All right, guys.
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We're gonna send you to
a grocery outlet store.
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There you're gonna have
three minutes
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to gather up your ingredients
that you need to make your
mash and flavor.
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Then, once you get mashed in,
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you're gonna have five days
to let your mash ferment.
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Then, we will test it for
flavor and ABV.
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Then you're gonna run
that mash and turn it into
some liquor.
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Tickle!
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How's it going here, fellas?
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[Tim] Well got three
contestants here,
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and they don't have anything
to make mash with.
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-Is that right?
-[Tim] Yeah.
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[Tickle] I know where
a perfect store is.
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Y'all follow me.
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-Don't forget where to bring
them back, Tickle.
-[Tickle] I'll try.
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Just so happens that
we've got some friends
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at one of these
big-box grocery stores.
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Now, the inventory,
it is constantly changing.
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So, there's never really any
telling what you're gonna get
when you get there.
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Could be... Well, who knows.
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You know, in a moonshiner's
perfect world,
it'd turn to sweet corn.
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But it could also be
a pallet of hot dogs.
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You ever made any
hot dog shine?
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-Can't say that I have.
-Hope I never have to do that.
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I'm not getting my hopes up
on having any of
the ingredients I want.
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-[woman] You ready to run?
-Fat boys don't run.
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[chuckles]
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Well, here we are.
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Longest draw goes first.
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All right. Looks like our
order is Cole, Erin
and Bruiser.
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All right? Now, y'all gonna
have three minutes.
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Make sure you get everything
you need.
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-All right, Cole.
Your time starts now.
-All right.
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All right, look.
These ingredients ain't gonna
get yourself, Cole.
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Get them hot dogs
and them onions
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and a little bit of mustard,
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and make us some good shine.
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Get some cornflakes.
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My name is Cole Hardman,
I'm 29 years old,
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and I'm from
Irwin, Pennsylvania.
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I became interested in
distilling because I like
building things.
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So, I'd built a still just,
basically, for the fun of it.
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This is a maple
syrup evaporator.
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This is my honey extractor.
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My first spirit was just
a pure corn alcohol.
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And I was really surprised
that I was able to make
something drinkable
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on my first try.
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And it was pretty addicting
to go from there.
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This is my still.
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It started its life as
a 15-gallon stainless
beer keg.
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I have no desire to be
a legal distiller.
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The illicit aspect of it is
probably a big factor
in why I do it.
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My favorite thing
about distilling is
the experimentation.
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I want the judges to love that
I put scientific thought
into it.
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I want them to see my skills
that I can make do with
whatever I have
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in the Big Box Challenge.
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One minute left, Cole.
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Come on, you can do it.
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[Cole] I'd like to make
a grain mash.
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So, I'm grabbing sugar,
cornmeal and cornflakes.
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It looks like he's just
shopping for diapers
or something now,
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I don't know.
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[Cole] Pure sugar.
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I was looking for some
caramel, couldn't find any.
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But I did find a whole bunch
of fruit cocktail.
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And I'm planning to put that
in my thumper.
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Canned fruit. Fruit cocktail.
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Ten seconds left
and you made it.
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That's a lot of stuff.
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-Well, you know...
-[Cole] Everything you need.
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[Tickle] ...I'd rather have
those ingredients
and not need 'em,
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than need 'em
and not have 'em.
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Miss Erin, now it's your turn.
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Your time starts now.
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All right, come on, Tickle,
you gotta come help me.
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[Tickle] All right. No, no,
no I can't help you.
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I'm gonna stay over here
with these fellas.
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I'm Erin Dash.
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I'm 44 and I'm from Minnesota.
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This is the vanilla.
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I'm the head distiller at
a gin distillery
in Minneapolis.
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We make everything here
with maple sap.
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It is our sugar of
the north woods.
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I have been a cook,
a cafe manager,
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um, a Montessori
teaching assistant.
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I happen to know somebody
who wanted to start
a distillery.
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I said, "Listen,
can I help you out?"
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And that's how I got started.
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Just take that zest right off.
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I have been distilling for
about seven-and-a-half,
eight years now.
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There just is a thrill
of making.
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You know, when you're involved
and you're putting your heart
and your soul into something,
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maybe your blood,
maybe your sweat,
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hopefully not your tears,
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there's just that deep,
deep satisfaction.
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[Tickle] Erin, are you
finding anything?
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Oh man, you got no berries.
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Where are any berries? [bleep]
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Big box store did not really
quite work out like I wanted
it to.
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One minute.
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[Erin] I was able to find so
nectarines that are just about
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ripe enough to do
something with.
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And some jalapenos for
a sweet and spicy spirit.
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[Tickle] 30 seconds left.
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I know you were talking up
a good game.
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[Erin] I went to
the sugar isle,
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and I was really hoping
for that nice dark brown
sugar but
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did not have any,
so I had to grab white sugar.
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Erin? Erin!
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There she is. Look it!
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Oh, look, she just skidded
sideways coming out of there.
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-There you go. All right.
-[Erin sighs]
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Erin, did you do good?
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This is not what I planned,
but we're gonna do it do it.
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[Tickle] All right, Bruiser,
you got three minutes.
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And your time starts now.
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-[laughing] All right.
-Bruiser!
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Bruiser, are you
finding anything?
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-Huh?
-[Bruiser] No. Not yet!
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And you know what?
He was right.
Fat boys don't run.
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So, my name's Charles Martin.
Everybody calls me Bruiser.
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I'm 35 year old.
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Born and raised in
Clay county, Kentucky.
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So, right out of high school,
I spent about 12 years
in a coal mine.
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Broke my back,
which overcome it.
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It's hard, rough, living.
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It's like making moonshine.
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Being a moonshiner,
you gotta learn to adapt.
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Moonshining, in my family,
man, it goes like, way back.
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Like, to the dinosaurs,
I'm assuming.
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My Granny seen me as specia
and passed it down to me.
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And I just wanted to
keep it alive.
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And as long as there is
blood in my veins
and breath in my lungs,
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I'm gonna make liquor.
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Got some of the finest
Kentucky moonshine money
can buy right here.
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Lot of people they ask me,
they're like,
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"Man, you make that liquor
for the money?"
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I'm like, "No. I make it
for the love of the sport."
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I'm a liquor making fool, man.
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The basket needs to be
getting full there, Bruiser.
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[Bruiser] I do got
a secret weapon.
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And it's a liquor that
no one's ever tried.
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Called Tiger Shine.
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It's the smoothest,
high proof liquor you'll
probably ever drink.
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[Tickle] Hey, you might be
over on there
eating something.
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He said he was hungry.
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15 seconds.
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That fat boy better
start running.
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All right. Look at him.
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-He's skipping
across the line.
-[chuckling]
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[chuckling] All right. Well.
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Did y'all all find what
you wanted?
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-Pretty much.
-[Tickle] Pretty much
what you wanted there?
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[Bruiser] Got some oats
and some honey.
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And I plan on
flavoring that liquor
with that watermelon.
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Well, now that you've all got
all y'all's ingredients,
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let's get y'all mashed in,
all right?
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Welcome back, guys.
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Looks like y'all did
some shopping.
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And you made it back
in one piece with Tickle.
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That's always a plus.
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We're gonna see what you do
with your "rung what
you brung" meal here.
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Cook us a mash out of what you
got at the big box store.
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-Timmy?
-Be careful. These pots do
heat up real fast.
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Don't scorch your mash.
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[Mark] I hope y'all got
what you wanted to get.
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But if you didn't,
you gotta work with
what you got
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make it work for us,
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and good luck to all of you.
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[Digger] You have one hour.
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Your time starts now.
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-Good luck, guys.
-Get busy.
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[Mark] What are you
doing there?
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[Tim] She offers me
a hug, I'm gonna gracefully
decline. [chuckling]
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Crank it wide open.
You know when to turn it down.
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[Cole] Flames weren't
very big.
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I've never distilled
with propane.
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I'm used to my electric still.
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And I can monitor the voltage,
I can monitor the temperature.
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And propane, and outside,
it's gonna be a little bit
of a challenge.
232
00:11:09,403 --> 00:11:11,436
[Digger] You probably don't
have the valve on the tank
233
00:11:11,505 --> 00:11:13,038
-open all the way.
-No, it's open all the way.
234
00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,907
What about the red valve?
It cranked all the way down?
235
00:11:15,909 --> 00:11:18,009
Oh, yeah. She's burning out.
236
00:11:18,011 --> 00:11:21,413
[Erin] How long do y'all think
it will take me to cut
these nectarines?
237
00:11:21,415 --> 00:11:23,948
My question is, you're cutting
those in half,
238
00:11:23,950 --> 00:11:25,850
but you ain't taking
the pit out.
239
00:11:25,919 --> 00:11:28,053
Not worried about any bitter
flavors carrying through?
240
00:11:28,154 --> 00:11:31,556
[Erin] I'm not actually.
I think I'm gonna have
enough sweetness...
241
00:11:31,624 --> 00:11:34,325
-[Digger] Okay.
-...that probably if the
bitter comes through at all,
242
00:11:34,327 --> 00:11:35,994
it'll be a benefit, you know?
243
00:11:35,996 --> 00:11:38,830
I have made a few
brandies before,
244
00:11:38,832 --> 00:11:41,032
and all of them turned out
absolutely lovely.
245
00:11:41,034 --> 00:11:44,102
So, I feel like, "Give me
some fruit. I'm good."
246
00:11:44,104 --> 00:11:45,937
It'll be a balance.
247
00:11:45,939 --> 00:11:47,806
I like somebody
this confident.
248
00:11:47,808 --> 00:11:50,041
I liking her confidence.
249
00:11:50,043 --> 00:11:52,744
[exclaims] Ah! [bleep]
Sorry, guys!
250
00:11:52,846 --> 00:11:54,012
-Sorry!
-Need first aid.
251
00:11:59,319 --> 00:12:02,320
-[exclaims] Ah! [bleep]
-[Digger] Yeah, first aid!
252
00:12:02,322 --> 00:12:05,090
I looked up or somebody said
something to me, and...
253
00:12:05,092 --> 00:12:06,858
I cut my thumb. [chuckles]
254
00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,461
-[Tim] Did you slice it good?
-That's okay.
It's not too bad.
255
00:12:09,529 --> 00:12:11,663
[grunting] Let's see what
we got here.
256
00:12:11,765 --> 00:12:14,199
Who knew Tim was
first aid crew?
257
00:12:14,201 --> 00:12:16,601
[Tim] Yeah, I've been
fire and rescue for 25 years.
258
00:12:16,603 --> 00:12:19,137
[Erin] At this point,
I'm totally distracted.
259
00:12:19,239 --> 00:12:22,640
I'm bleeding, I've still gotta
cut my nectarines,
260
00:12:22,742 --> 00:12:24,042
and I gotta keep going.
261
00:12:24,044 --> 00:12:26,845
-[Tim] It be hurting tonight.
-Yeah. It's okay.
262
00:12:26,913 --> 00:12:30,115
Whatever happens, I'm gonna
get this mash done.
263
00:12:30,117 --> 00:12:31,649
Guys, you got 30 minutes.
264
00:12:35,122 --> 00:12:36,220
All right.
265
00:12:38,692 --> 00:12:41,459
-Good work. Good.
How are you doing?
-I'm good.
266
00:12:42,496 --> 00:12:43,962
[Tim] What's he cooking there?
Cornflakes?
267
00:12:44,063 --> 00:12:46,364
Uh, he's fixin' to put
raisin bran.
268
00:12:46,432 --> 00:12:47,532
He just got oats in there.
269
00:12:47,601 --> 00:12:49,200
I see he's got honey
over there too.
270
00:12:49,202 --> 00:12:50,201
[Mark] Got honey.
271
00:12:51,204 --> 00:12:52,437
Our man, Bruiser over here.
272
00:12:52,506 --> 00:12:55,807
-Is this like a recipe you
working on?
-Absolutely.
273
00:12:55,809 --> 00:12:58,343
-It's something you
did before?
-Yeah, many times.
274
00:12:58,411 --> 00:12:59,544
You knew what you was
going to get.
275
00:12:59,613 --> 00:13:02,046
I knew I was going to make
Tiger Shine.
276
00:13:02,048 --> 00:13:05,049
I got almost everything
I think I needed.
277
00:13:05,051 --> 00:13:07,719
But I can adapt and overcome,
you know?
278
00:13:07,721 --> 00:13:09,954
[Erin] Smells beautiful.
Smells like pie.
279
00:13:10,724 --> 00:13:12,056
-[Tim] Erin!
-[Erin] Hey, Tim!
280
00:13:12,125 --> 00:13:13,925
All right. Tell me what
you cooking.
281
00:13:13,927 --> 00:13:16,661
Man, I'm just cooking up
some nectarines.
282
00:13:16,763 --> 00:13:18,763
[Tim] It don't take much
to soften them things up.
283
00:13:18,832 --> 00:13:20,932
[Erin] No, it doesn't.
So, I'm gonna
throw in the sugar
284
00:13:20,934 --> 00:13:22,734
in just a second here.
And then...
285
00:13:22,803 --> 00:13:24,402
-I think I'll be good. Yeah.
-That's it?
286
00:13:24,404 --> 00:13:26,638
So, nectarines,
water and sugar.
287
00:13:26,706 --> 00:13:29,007
That's all I'm doing
for this run, yep.
288
00:13:29,009 --> 00:13:31,209
Even though you sliced into
your finger there
289
00:13:31,211 --> 00:13:33,011
-while you was cutting
your nectarines up...
-I did. I did.
290
00:13:33,013 --> 00:13:35,213
...you just took it
and went on with it.
291
00:13:35,215 --> 00:13:36,848
I'm all good.
I'm gonna survive.
292
00:13:40,854 --> 00:13:42,654
[Tim] I smell something
over there.
293
00:13:42,722 --> 00:13:44,522
It looks like it's pretty hot.
294
00:13:44,524 --> 00:13:47,525
[Cole] I grabbed whatever
I could find in
the big box store
295
00:13:47,527 --> 00:13:49,460
to make the grain mash.
296
00:13:49,529 --> 00:13:51,563
I hope he listened to you
when you told him
297
00:13:51,631 --> 00:13:52,864
-that how easy it is
to scorch.
-[Tim] I'm telling you,
298
00:13:52,966 --> 00:13:54,199
it is so easily scorchable.
299
00:13:54,201 --> 00:13:55,200
Scorched it.
300
00:13:56,303 --> 00:13:59,137
-I told you.
-You did. You did tell me.
301
00:13:59,239 --> 00:14:01,206
At the very beginning,
I had a little issue with
my regulator.
302
00:14:01,208 --> 00:14:02,907
I couldn't get the flames
quite hot enough.
303
00:14:02,909 --> 00:14:04,342
But then, when it was going
304
00:14:04,444 --> 00:14:06,044
I might have been set it
a little too hot,
305
00:14:06,046 --> 00:14:08,546
and I did scorch my grains
a little bit.
306
00:14:08,615 --> 00:14:11,015
Not bad. Not bad enough to
ruin the mash.
307
00:14:11,017 --> 00:14:13,418
But I definitely know
I did scorch 'em a little bit.
308
00:14:15,822 --> 00:14:16,654
Yo.
309
00:14:19,025 --> 00:14:20,692
That looks like I'm done.
310
00:14:20,694 --> 00:14:22,160
Looks like everybody's done.
311
00:14:22,229 --> 00:14:24,662
Y'all chase on out.
We'll monitor the temperature.
312
00:14:24,731 --> 00:14:27,031
When it gets time,
we'll either pitch the yeast
for you,
313
00:14:27,033 --> 00:14:28,933
or come get you to
pitch it yourself.
314
00:14:28,935 --> 00:14:30,702
Then we'll measure your
starting gravity.
315
00:14:30,704 --> 00:14:33,504
And then we'll see how well
your big box mash works out.
316
00:14:33,506 --> 00:14:35,406
-[Erin] Sounds good.
-All right, guys. Head on out.
317
00:14:35,408 --> 00:14:36,541
[Mark] Good luck to youse.
318
00:14:45,318 --> 00:14:46,217
[Digger] All right, guys.
319
00:14:47,020 --> 00:14:48,619
Welcome back.
320
00:14:48,688 --> 00:14:52,657
You had to pick all
the ingredients for your mash
at a big box store.
321
00:14:52,759 --> 00:14:58,429
Now, it's easy enough to put
your mash together from
a tried and true recipe.
322
00:14:58,431 --> 00:15:02,901
But when you have absolutely
no control over your
mash bill,
323
00:15:02,903 --> 00:15:05,036
that's the test of
a true distiller.
324
00:15:05,038 --> 00:15:07,005
[Digger] Every mash has
its own story.
325
00:15:07,007 --> 00:15:08,606
We wanna see your story.
326
00:15:08,608 --> 00:15:11,809
And we're gonna start this
by tasting your mash.
327
00:15:11,811 --> 00:15:13,945
Then we're gonna use
a Brix hydrometer,
328
00:15:13,947 --> 00:15:16,347
to actually measure
the gravity now,
329
00:15:16,416 --> 00:15:18,650
compared to when
you made it first.
330
00:15:18,652 --> 00:15:23,821
[narrator] A brix hydromete
measures the relative densit
of a liquid compared to wate
331
00:15:23,823 --> 00:15:26,557
otherwise known as
specific gravity.
332
00:15:26,626 --> 00:15:29,527
By comparing
the specific gravity
of the mash
333
00:15:29,529 --> 00:15:31,963
before and after fermentatio
334
00:15:32,032 --> 00:15:35,600
distillers can calculate ho
much of the original sugar'
335
00:15:35,602 --> 00:15:37,435
been converted to alcohol.
336
00:15:37,504 --> 00:15:41,105
The higher
the Alcohol By Volume,
the better.
337
00:15:41,107 --> 00:15:44,242
This will set the order for
the still parts pick.
338
00:15:44,311 --> 00:15:46,811
So, if you are banking on
having a thumper
339
00:15:46,813 --> 00:15:48,713
for an extra distillation,
340
00:15:48,715 --> 00:15:51,316
you better hope your mash
worked out.
341
00:15:51,318 --> 00:15:53,117
All right, guys.
We're gonna get to work.
342
00:15:53,119 --> 00:15:54,552
Y'all head on out
to the creek.
343
00:15:54,620 --> 00:15:56,621
We'll come and get you
when we reach a verdict.
344
00:15:59,292 --> 00:16:01,926
Well, I'm gonna start
with Erin here, guys.
345
00:16:01,928 --> 00:16:04,262
-Yeah.
-[Mark] Maybe a piece
of finger laying in here.
346
00:16:04,331 --> 00:16:06,631
-They're in there checking
our mash, right?
-Mmm-hmm.
347
00:16:06,633 --> 00:16:09,000
-And we've not even
got to see our own mash.
-[Erin] Yeah!
348
00:16:09,002 --> 00:16:10,835
-And we can't
defend ourselves.
-Yeah.
349
00:16:10,937 --> 00:16:12,904
-[Cole] Feel a little better.
-It's like sending
your baby off
350
00:16:12,906 --> 00:16:14,706
-and just not seeing it again.
-[Cole] Yeah.
351
00:16:14,708 --> 00:16:17,442
Like, "Ugh, how is it gonna
turn out?" Oh, my god.
352
00:16:18,645 --> 00:16:19,944
[Tim] What, are you seeing
the fingers in there?
353
00:16:20,046 --> 00:16:21,346
[Mark] Nectarines.
354
00:16:21,414 --> 00:16:24,215
Frankly, my plan just went
right out the window.
355
00:16:24,217 --> 00:16:27,719
I was hoping for nice,
juicy, local blackberries,
356
00:16:27,721 --> 00:16:29,954
and it just did not happen.
357
00:16:29,956 --> 00:16:30,922
[slurps]
358
00:16:32,125 --> 00:16:33,358
Wow!
359
00:16:33,426 --> 00:16:34,859
Damn, it taste good though.
360
00:16:34,961 --> 00:16:36,928
Nectarines is what I had to
end up with.
361
00:16:38,431 --> 00:16:43,201
And her initial gravity was
1.080.
362
00:16:43,203 --> 00:16:45,703
It ain't moving,
so that's telling me
it's on zero.
363
00:16:45,705 --> 00:16:47,305
No doubt about that.
364
00:16:47,907 --> 00:16:50,341
Oh, yeah. She's over 0.99.
365
00:16:50,443 --> 00:16:53,011
[Mark] That means that she
ain't got no sugar left
in there.
366
00:16:53,013 --> 00:16:55,246
This is kind of like
a polygraph test.
367
00:16:55,315 --> 00:16:57,415
This, right here, proves...
368
00:16:57,417 --> 00:17:00,018
-That I didn't lie?
-But you said it had
no sugar in it.
369
00:17:00,020 --> 00:17:01,452
And absolutely, there's
no sugar in it.
370
00:17:01,554 --> 00:17:05,223
[Digger] Cheer up, now.
She's got a potential
alcohol ABV
371
00:17:05,759 --> 00:17:06,958
of 10.6.
372
00:17:09,229 --> 00:17:11,829
All right, fellas, next up
here's ol', big Cole.
373
00:17:14,401 --> 00:17:15,500
How about that taste?
374
00:17:17,937 --> 00:17:19,103
Funky?
375
00:17:19,105 --> 00:17:21,239
Little something out of whack
in there.
376
00:17:21,307 --> 00:17:23,541
The regulator screwed me up
a little bit there.
377
00:17:23,610 --> 00:17:25,309
And I might've burned
a few grains.
378
00:17:25,311 --> 00:17:27,211
Not ideal but not ruined.
379
00:17:27,213 --> 00:17:30,148
I looked in your borough.
It was more brown than black.
380
00:17:30,249 --> 00:17:31,816
-You should be all right.
-[both chuckling]
381
00:17:31,818 --> 00:17:33,117
It looks really good.
382
00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:35,219
[Digger] That's the way
corn mash supposed to look.
383
00:17:36,356 --> 00:17:38,723
I'd like to get into
the stillhouse first
or second.
384
00:17:38,725 --> 00:17:41,692
I'd like to get a thumper
because I saved
a lot of those
385
00:17:41,694 --> 00:17:43,728
-fruit cocktail cans
to put in my thumper.
-[Erin] Yeah.
386
00:17:43,730 --> 00:17:46,030
But hey, if I don't get one,
we'll make do without it.
387
00:17:46,132 --> 00:17:49,700
-There you go, Timmy.
-[Tim] That's why I'm being
very careful with this.
388
00:17:49,702 --> 00:17:54,138
Ugh. This is a scientific...
concoction here.
389
00:17:55,308 --> 00:17:59,010
[Digger] He started out with
a gravity of 1.070.
390
00:17:59,012 --> 00:18:02,947
What we're seeing right here
is 1.000,
391
00:18:02,949 --> 00:18:05,850
which he didn't completely
dissolve all sugars.
392
00:18:05,919 --> 00:18:10,421
So, he's got a potential ABV
of 9.0 to 9.1.
393
00:18:11,424 --> 00:18:14,692
-Now, we go
down there to...
-[Mark] Bruiser.
394
00:18:14,694 --> 00:18:17,328
-Whoa!
-[Digger] There...the size of
country hens,
395
00:18:17,330 --> 00:18:18,963
from what I've seen.
396
00:18:19,065 --> 00:18:20,231
[Tim] What's it smelling
of there, Mark?
397
00:18:20,233 --> 00:18:22,700
[Mark] It smells like
good still beer.
398
00:18:25,038 --> 00:18:26,604
Whoa! [clicks tongue]
399
00:18:26,606 --> 00:18:27,939
That'll lock your jaws.
400
00:18:28,441 --> 00:18:29,573
That's good.
401
00:18:29,575 --> 00:18:32,009
If the liquor run goes
anything like the mash did,
402
00:18:32,011 --> 00:18:34,645
I feel like I should do
pretty good.
403
00:18:34,714 --> 00:18:36,647
[Mark] It's not as rich
as Cole's.
404
00:18:38,751 --> 00:18:40,651
There you go, Timmy.
405
00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:42,520
-See what we're working
with there.
-Mmm-hmm.
406
00:18:44,624 --> 00:18:48,526
[Digger] Ah, Bruiser had
the starting gravity of 1.070.
407
00:18:48,962 --> 00:18:51,829
He went to 999.
408
00:18:51,831 --> 00:18:54,132
So, his potential ABV
409
00:18:55,101 --> 00:18:59,837
is definitely, I'm gonna put
him like, 9.8.
410
00:18:59,839 --> 00:19:03,407
-Now, the yeast is definitely
satisfied right now.
-100 percent.
411
00:19:03,409 --> 00:19:05,209
-Tickled to death. Yeah.
-[Tim] Tickles to death.
412
00:19:05,745 --> 00:19:07,411
All right, guys.
413
00:19:07,413 --> 00:19:09,447
I guess, the numbers
don't lie. Do they?
414
00:19:09,549 --> 00:19:10,948
-[Digger] No.
-[Tim] No, sir.
415
00:19:10,950 --> 00:19:13,417
Didn't like math or english,
but I damn sure liked
my science.
416
00:19:13,419 --> 00:19:14,919
[Tim] That's a good way
to get started.
417
00:19:25,532 --> 00:19:28,199
All right, guys,
we put the pencil to it,
crunched the numbers,
418
00:19:28,201 --> 00:19:29,600
did the science, did the math,
419
00:19:29,602 --> 00:19:31,702
and the numbers do not lie.
420
00:19:31,704 --> 00:19:35,606
I did taste every one of
your mashes, guys.
421
00:19:35,608 --> 00:19:40,444
Honestly, I'm glad that it
didn't come down to taste
422
00:19:40,513 --> 00:19:43,314
because it would've been
a difficult decision.
423
00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:49,453
Put the pencil to it,
crunched the numbers,
424
00:19:49,555 --> 00:19:50,922
did the science, did the math,
425
00:19:50,924 --> 00:19:52,623
and the numbers do not lie.
426
00:19:52,625 --> 00:19:54,058
Bruiser.
427
00:19:54,127 --> 00:19:56,460
You went to .999,
428
00:19:56,529 --> 00:19:59,163
meaning your yeast did
everything they were supposed
to do.
429
00:19:59,232 --> 00:20:03,000
All you've got in there
is alcohol and all the sugars
you got in there.
430
00:20:03,002 --> 00:20:07,638
So, you're right at 9.8 ABV,
Alcohol by Volume potential
431
00:20:07,740 --> 00:20:09,040
in that barrel of mash.
432
00:20:10,210 --> 00:20:11,442
Cole.
433
00:20:11,511 --> 00:20:13,711
You stopped at 1.000.
434
00:20:13,713 --> 00:20:16,514
You zeroed out,
but you did get all of it
out there.
435
00:20:16,516 --> 00:20:21,719
So, you're about 9.1 potential
alcohol by volume
in your mash.
436
00:20:22,622 --> 00:20:23,554
Erin.
437
00:20:24,657 --> 00:20:27,225
You got all your sugar
out there.
438
00:20:27,227 --> 00:20:30,728
Your potential alcohol
by volume is 10.6.
439
00:20:33,099 --> 00:20:34,632
So, that being said...
440
00:20:38,104 --> 00:20:41,505
Erin, you're going through
the doors first.
441
00:20:41,507 --> 00:20:43,407
You're going through
the doors second, Bruiser.
442
00:20:43,409 --> 00:20:45,810
And Cole, you're going
through the door third.
443
00:20:45,812 --> 00:20:48,112
I've done my job, Timmy.
Now it's up to you.
444
00:20:48,114 --> 00:20:48,946
Okay.
445
00:20:48,948 --> 00:20:49,814
Tickle!
446
00:20:51,050 --> 00:20:53,050
Hey! Good to see y'all
guys again.
447
00:20:54,420 --> 00:20:56,821
Not only does Tickle take you
to the grocery store,
448
00:20:56,823 --> 00:20:58,923
Tickle's gonna take you
to the stillhouse.
449
00:20:58,925 --> 00:21:00,057
That's right.
450
00:21:00,059 --> 00:21:02,526
All right, well, we're gon'
head on to the stillhouse.
451
00:21:02,528 --> 00:21:05,062
-Y'all come on with me.
-[Digger] Good luck, guys.
452
00:21:08,101 --> 00:21:11,736
We are here to do
our still pick.
453
00:21:11,804 --> 00:21:14,038
You're gonna have
three minutes in there each.
454
00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:16,207
Erin, I believe you're
up first.
455
00:21:16,209 --> 00:21:18,142
Your time starts now.
456
00:21:20,013 --> 00:21:21,946
I'd make sure everything
fits together, Erin.
457
00:21:24,250 --> 00:21:26,417
Okay, here comes Erin
with a pot.
458
00:21:26,419 --> 00:21:27,418
All right, Erin.
459
00:21:28,054 --> 00:21:29,220
Time is ticking.
460
00:21:29,222 --> 00:21:32,256
I'm gonna do, probably,
the shotgun condenser.
461
00:21:32,358 --> 00:21:35,526
I'm not gonna grab the thumper
because I don't have
experience with that.
462
00:21:35,528 --> 00:21:38,162
Not seeing gaskets.
What the hell!
463
00:21:38,230 --> 00:21:40,464
-You've got 30 seconds, Erin.
-[Erin] Oh, my god.
464
00:21:40,500 --> 00:21:43,801
-30 seconds left.
-I can't even...
I can't figure this out.
465
00:21:43,803 --> 00:21:45,603
You ain't gonna get no liquor
out of that thing, Erin.
466
00:21:45,605 --> 00:21:47,204
Not by itself.
467
00:21:48,207 --> 00:21:50,641
You can do this.
You can do this.
468
00:21:50,743 --> 00:21:51,809
I don't know, man.
469
00:21:54,414 --> 00:21:56,047
You got everything you
think you need?
470
00:21:56,049 --> 00:21:57,048
-I don't know.
-Good.
471
00:21:57,149 --> 00:21:58,716
-I hope you do.
-[Erin chuckles]
472
00:21:58,718 --> 00:21:59,684
[Tickle] Bruiser,
473
00:21:59,686 --> 00:22:01,619
your time starts now.
474
00:22:03,089 --> 00:22:06,023
All right. Have you got
a still yet, Bruiser?
475
00:22:06,025 --> 00:22:08,826
My strategy is just
keep a simple still,
476
00:22:08,828 --> 00:22:11,128
get a thumper if I can.
477
00:22:11,130 --> 00:22:13,164
If you don't put something
out here, you might as well
go home.
478
00:22:13,199 --> 00:22:14,398
There we go.
479
00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:18,436
We have got a thumper,
and a condenser and a pot now.
480
00:22:18,537 --> 00:22:20,304
I was trying to get it
and get out of there.
481
00:22:21,941 --> 00:22:24,041
Well done, Bruiser. All right.
482
00:22:25,545 --> 00:22:28,512
All right, Cole.
Your time starts now.
483
00:22:31,517 --> 00:22:33,150
I see there's a thumper,
so I'm happy,
484
00:22:33,219 --> 00:22:34,518
'cause I needed the thumper
485
00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,021
to help get rid of some
of that scorched flavors.
486
00:22:37,023 --> 00:22:38,923
Here we go. All right.
487
00:22:38,925 --> 00:22:41,959
He's double-fisting it.
There we go.
488
00:22:42,028 --> 00:22:44,228
That's like drinking with
both hands, you know it?
489
00:22:44,230 --> 00:22:46,063
All right! Look at him.
490
00:22:46,065 --> 00:22:48,432
Oh! Look, Cole's got it
going on there.
491
00:22:48,534 --> 00:22:50,434
He's wasting no darn time
in there.
492
00:22:50,536 --> 00:22:53,704
I don't know if he's
getting stuff or he's tearing
the damn stillhouse down.
493
00:22:53,706 --> 00:22:55,439
[Cole] I'm just grabbing
everything that's left.
494
00:22:55,508 --> 00:22:57,141
I'll make something work
with what I have.
495
00:22:58,544 --> 00:23:00,511
-Are you done, Cole?
-I'm done.
496
00:23:00,513 --> 00:23:03,247
-[Tickle] You're done?
-I got everything
everybody else forgot.
497
00:23:03,349 --> 00:23:07,351
All right. One of the fastest
still picks I believe
I've ever seen there, Cole.
498
00:23:07,420 --> 00:23:09,053
We'll head on back
the way we came.
499
00:23:13,426 --> 00:23:15,259
-Well.
-Mmm-hmm.
500
00:23:15,361 --> 00:23:19,530
-We successfully made it back
from the stillhouse.
-Yeah?
501
00:23:19,532 --> 00:23:20,531
My job's done.
502
00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:23,300
-Good seeing you.
-Later.
503
00:23:23,302 --> 00:23:26,203
You have one hour to get these
stills together in a manner
504
00:23:26,205 --> 00:23:28,806
that they will function,
and function safely.
505
00:23:28,808 --> 00:23:30,808
Your time starts now.
506
00:23:30,810 --> 00:23:32,276
Good luck. Get with it.
507
00:23:37,283 --> 00:23:39,450
[Tim] I don't know where
that thumper coming from
down there.
508
00:23:39,552 --> 00:23:41,819
-[Tim] Bruiser.
-[Mark] I didn't
see it initially.
509
00:23:43,423 --> 00:23:45,423
His gonna fit, he just gotta
level it out.
510
00:23:47,727 --> 00:23:49,527
[Digger] That will not work.
511
00:23:49,529 --> 00:23:52,963
[Erin] Hm. This is gonna
be interesting.
512
00:23:52,965 --> 00:23:56,200
I think I must be missing
something and I don't know.
513
00:23:56,202 --> 00:23:57,902
[Tim] She'll have to rig up
something to hold it.
514
00:23:59,605 --> 00:24:00,938
Pretty neat, watch out there.
515
00:24:01,908 --> 00:24:03,507
Wow.
516
00:24:03,509 --> 00:24:05,309
[Erin] I'm getting
a little nervous.
I'm a little confused.
517
00:24:05,311 --> 00:24:09,647
I couldn't even really
visualize exactly what it was
gonna look like, in the end.
518
00:24:11,117 --> 00:24:12,750
[Mark] She thinks outside
the box.
519
00:24:12,819 --> 00:24:14,952
-I've never saw that before.
-[Digger] Yeah.
520
00:24:14,954 --> 00:24:17,988
[Mark] I think she's got it.
521
00:24:17,990 --> 00:24:22,893
I'm kind of stoked to taste
what liquor comes out
of it now.
522
00:24:22,895 --> 00:24:26,564
-[Cole] I think that's
a professional setup up there.
-[Erin laughs]
523
00:24:26,632 --> 00:24:27,598
I'm digging it.
524
00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:29,633
Cole, you feel all right
about your run here?
525
00:24:29,735 --> 00:24:31,802
Yeah, it's exactly what
I wanted to put together.
526
00:24:31,804 --> 00:24:35,206
-What about you, Bruiser?
-[Bruiser] Absolutely.
Feel good about it.
527
00:24:35,208 --> 00:24:37,341
Well, everybody's finished up.
528
00:24:37,443 --> 00:24:40,311
All right, guys, it's time
to see if what y'all got
at the big box store
529
00:24:40,313 --> 00:24:42,279
will make some
profitable liquor.
530
00:24:42,281 --> 00:24:45,115
At the end of this round,
somebody's going to go home.
531
00:24:45,117 --> 00:24:49,253
So, with that being said,
you got four hours to run us
your very best liquor
532
00:24:49,355 --> 00:24:51,088
you've ever run in your life.
533
00:24:51,090 --> 00:24:54,658
Your four hours start now.
Good luck, guys.
534
00:25:02,301 --> 00:25:04,735
-[exclaims] Ah! [bleep]
-Don't fear the poof.
535
00:25:05,838 --> 00:25:07,705
[Erin] Hello, baby.
536
00:25:09,208 --> 00:25:10,841
Oh, my god, it's boozy.
537
00:25:11,711 --> 00:25:13,310
Hey, guys, how's your
mash looking?
538
00:25:13,312 --> 00:25:14,512
[Cole] Looking good.
I'm happy.
539
00:25:14,514 --> 00:25:16,614
Even though I have
the lowest ABV,
540
00:25:16,616 --> 00:25:20,284
I'm still confident that I c
pull out one good jar
that could win this.
541
00:25:20,286 --> 00:25:24,021
-Smells pretty good.
-Awesome.
Mine's smelling great!
542
00:25:24,023 --> 00:25:26,924
Mine's better than wiping
your hiney with a wash rag.
543
00:25:26,926 --> 00:25:29,960
You get to that point,
something went horribly
wrong there, buddy.
544
00:25:30,062 --> 00:25:31,562
[laughs]
545
00:25:31,664 --> 00:25:33,898
Cole, you're gonna put
anything in your thumper?
546
00:25:33,900 --> 00:25:35,833
[Cole] Yeah, that's what all
them fruit cocktail's for.
547
00:25:35,935 --> 00:25:38,602
You know, I would have stole
a little bit of your mash
in there too, now.
548
00:25:38,604 --> 00:25:40,638
I did scorch my mash
a little bit.
549
00:25:40,739 --> 00:25:42,540
So, that's why I'm not
charging with mash.
550
00:25:43,943 --> 00:25:45,543
Not ideal,
but it's not horrible.
551
00:25:45,644 --> 00:25:48,412
I was not too worried because
I'm gonna charge my thumper
552
00:25:48,414 --> 00:25:51,348
with fruit cocktail
and a little bit of honey.
553
00:25:51,417 --> 00:25:54,718
I know when you use honey,
honey can definitely hide
the scorched flavor.
554
00:25:55,855 --> 00:25:57,154
Do you always use watermelon?
555
00:25:57,222 --> 00:25:59,523
[Bruiser] My favorite's
probably black cherry but...
556
00:25:59,525 --> 00:26:02,426
watermelon's all I could
find at the store.
557
00:26:02,428 --> 00:26:04,461
Bruiser, you want me to
help you cut any of that?
558
00:26:04,530 --> 00:26:05,829
Now, you stay over there.
559
00:26:05,831 --> 00:26:09,199
[all laughing]
560
00:26:09,201 --> 00:26:11,702
She don't have good
track record with that knife.
561
00:26:11,704 --> 00:26:12,703
No, sir.
562
00:26:16,108 --> 00:26:18,042
[Digger] Two hours left, guys.
563
00:26:18,110 --> 00:26:21,145
[Erin] Bruiser, did you
remember to bring me
that coon pecker?
564
00:26:21,213 --> 00:26:23,547
-[chuckling]
-[Bruiser] No, I just made one
out of copper there.
565
00:26:23,616 --> 00:26:25,082
[Erin] I just saw that.
566
00:26:25,084 --> 00:26:27,217
Oh, I got a drip.
I got a drip!
567
00:26:28,521 --> 00:26:32,756
Soon as I saw that spirit
come off of the spout,
568
00:26:32,825 --> 00:26:35,826
everything in my body
just relaxed.
569
00:26:35,828 --> 00:26:37,161
I'm starting to get a flow.
570
00:26:42,702 --> 00:26:44,234
Tiger shine!
571
00:26:45,438 --> 00:26:46,604
You got drip, Cole?
572
00:26:47,239 --> 00:26:48,005
[Cole] Not yet.
573
00:26:48,007 --> 00:26:49,406
I am struggling a little bit
574
00:26:49,408 --> 00:26:52,309
I'm taking a lot of time
for my thumper to warm up
575
00:26:52,311 --> 00:26:53,944
because I have a lot of mass
in my thumper.
576
00:26:54,013 --> 00:26:55,446
Cole, this is crazy.
577
00:26:55,514 --> 00:26:56,847
-Let's go. Let's go.
-You know it.
578
00:26:56,949 --> 00:26:59,350
-[Bruiser] It's at zero.
-[Cole] Oh, I know.
579
00:27:09,795 --> 00:27:11,562
[Bruiser] You got drip, Cole?
580
00:27:11,631 --> 00:27:13,897
-[Cole] Not yet.
-[Erin] Cole, this is crazy.
581
00:27:13,899 --> 00:27:15,332
I am struggling a little bit
582
00:27:15,401 --> 00:27:18,302
It's taking a lot of time
to produce any alcohol.
583
00:27:18,904 --> 00:27:20,437
I'm running now.
584
00:27:20,439 --> 00:27:23,040
-[Bruiser] There we go, Cole.
There we go.
-[Cole] I'm running now.
585
00:27:23,042 --> 00:27:25,843
-Yes! Oh, my god.
-All right. [chuckles]
586
00:27:25,911 --> 00:27:27,711
My still's finally
making alcohol.
587
00:27:27,713 --> 00:27:29,146
It's crystal clear.
588
00:27:29,248 --> 00:27:31,715
It smells good,
it tastes good,
I'm very happy with it.
589
00:27:33,519 --> 00:27:35,119
[Bruiser] That water's
giving me heartburn.
590
00:27:35,121 --> 00:27:37,254
-That's the water that's
giving you a heartburn.
-[laughs]
591
00:27:41,327 --> 00:27:43,027
[Digger] All right, guys.
You got five minutes left.
592
00:27:43,129 --> 00:27:45,362
Hope you all got your pick
of the litter pulled out.
593
00:27:47,900 --> 00:27:49,700
[Erin] I think I'm done.
I think I got my jar.
594
00:27:49,702 --> 00:27:52,102
-Mmm-kay. Bring it on up
if you're ready, Erin.
-[Erin] All right.
595
00:27:52,104 --> 00:27:54,238
Feeling really, really good
about the jar I picked.
596
00:27:54,339 --> 00:27:55,406
It's high proof.
597
00:27:55,408 --> 00:27:58,108
And I've got a good
base flavor.
598
00:27:58,110 --> 00:28:00,711
-There she is.
-Yes, ma'am.
599
00:28:00,713 --> 00:28:02,613
We'll come get y'all when
we reach a decision.
600
00:28:02,615 --> 00:28:04,848
-Thank you, gentlemen.
Thank you.
-Good luck, Erin.
601
00:28:06,786 --> 00:28:08,018
[Bruiser] I'm ready.
602
00:28:08,020 --> 00:28:09,720
When the judges taste
my liquor,
603
00:28:09,722 --> 00:28:11,555
they're gonna taste
my heritage.
604
00:28:11,623 --> 00:28:13,424
A true hillbilly heritage.
605
00:28:13,426 --> 00:28:15,159
-Tiger shine.
-Tiger shine.
606
00:28:15,260 --> 00:28:18,128
... from Kentucky, and that's
my granny's recipe.
607
00:28:18,130 --> 00:28:19,396
Good luck, my friend.
608
00:28:19,398 --> 00:28:21,498
-Appreciate it.
-[Digger] Yes, sir.
609
00:28:21,500 --> 00:28:23,500
Cole, I don't mean to put
any pressure on you,
610
00:28:23,502 --> 00:28:25,202
but you right now,
611
00:28:25,204 --> 00:28:28,238
-have 15 seconds to get us
a jar in here.
-All righty.
612
00:28:28,607 --> 00:28:29,773
I'm ready.
613
00:28:29,775 --> 00:28:31,442
I believe that my shine's
definitely tasting.
614
00:28:31,543 --> 00:28:33,711
The fruit cocktail
and the little bit of honey,
615
00:28:33,713 --> 00:28:35,546
and you could definitely
get the aroma of it,
616
00:28:35,614 --> 00:28:37,214
and a little bit of the taste
from it.
617
00:28:37,216 --> 00:28:38,949
This is the best I could do
with what I had
618
00:28:39,051 --> 00:28:40,417
and I'm pretty proud of it.
619
00:28:40,419 --> 00:28:41,618
Hope you guys like it.
620
00:28:41,620 --> 00:28:43,454
-Good luck, Cole.
-Good luck.
621
00:28:43,522 --> 00:28:45,422
I'm looking forward to
tasting all of this.
622
00:28:48,627 --> 00:28:50,427
Guys, I'm gonna say,
this is probably the most
623
00:28:50,429 --> 00:28:53,263
pressure we've put on a flight
of contestants yet.
624
00:28:53,332 --> 00:28:55,299
-Three minutes,
a big old grocery store.
-[Mark] Yeah.
625
00:28:55,301 --> 00:28:58,802
Thing about it is, guys,
this is the only run
they're doing.
626
00:28:58,804 --> 00:29:01,605
-Mmm.
-You know? And one's going
home after this.
627
00:29:01,607 --> 00:29:03,407
So, pressure's really on.
628
00:29:03,409 --> 00:29:04,708
Since we've been here,
629
00:29:04,710 --> 00:29:07,010
I swear this is the first time
I've been nervous.
630
00:29:07,012 --> 00:29:08,245
It's Bruiser.
631
00:29:08,314 --> 00:29:10,914
[Mark] That's Tiger Shine
right there, Tim.
632
00:29:10,916 --> 00:29:12,149
-Pretty clear.
-[Tim] Yeah.
633
00:29:12,217 --> 00:29:13,951
Don't see anything floating
in there.
634
00:29:14,019 --> 00:29:16,320
-Said that was his
granny's recipe.
-Yeah.
635
00:29:17,623 --> 00:29:20,457
[Tim] I'm gonna say 90.
636
00:29:20,559 --> 00:29:23,060
[Digger] I'm gonna say it's
around 95,
maybe a little higher.
637
00:29:23,129 --> 00:29:24,628
It's building bridges.
638
00:29:24,630 --> 00:29:27,531
I would've loved them if they
had found some like,
black cherries,
639
00:29:27,533 --> 00:29:28,832
and some vanilla.
640
00:29:28,934 --> 00:29:31,001
That's my jam.
641
00:29:31,003 --> 00:29:34,104
But, you know, watermelon,
it's pretty good.
642
00:29:34,106 --> 00:29:35,706
I'm tasting watermelon
in there.
643
00:29:35,708 --> 00:29:37,141
[Digger] I get
a little watermelon.
644
00:29:37,242 --> 00:29:40,043
Not a heavy presence,
but it's just,
little light hint.
645
00:29:40,145 --> 00:29:41,712
[Tim] I smell the raisin bran.
646
00:29:42,815 --> 00:29:45,849
But bran and oats makes
a real smooth liquor.
647
00:29:45,918 --> 00:29:48,218
-Well, it's a smooth liquor.
-I think he did a good job.
648
00:29:48,220 --> 00:29:50,554
Maybe five more point
on the proof.
649
00:29:50,623 --> 00:29:52,422
I didn't temper mine.
650
00:29:52,424 --> 00:29:54,958
I turned it in
straight off the worm.
651
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,995
My granny always told me,
"Don't add water
to your liquor."
652
00:29:57,997 --> 00:29:59,930
It's smooth as it can be.
653
00:29:59,932 --> 00:30:01,999
Probably one of the smoothest
liquors I've tasted...
654
00:30:02,001 --> 00:30:04,601
Honestly, that proof hits me
right in the crease.
655
00:30:04,603 --> 00:30:06,136
I think that's a good proof.
656
00:30:06,205 --> 00:30:07,838
Well, moving on. Cole.
657
00:30:07,940 --> 00:30:09,138
It's clear.
658
00:30:09,140 --> 00:30:11,608
I kind of just made a jar
of my liquor from what I had.
659
00:30:11,610 --> 00:30:13,110
I really didn't have a plan.
660
00:30:13,112 --> 00:30:15,312
It wasn't anything like
I normally make at home.
661
00:30:15,314 --> 00:30:17,314
I just used what I could get
662
00:30:17,316 --> 00:30:19,516
-Looks good.
-Yeah, it's fine.
663
00:30:23,122 --> 00:30:24,087
Ooh.
664
00:30:25,424 --> 00:30:29,326
What we've got here,
gentlemen, is scorch.
665
00:30:29,328 --> 00:30:31,628
I think when he scorched it
in the very beginning,
666
00:30:31,630 --> 00:30:33,530
it fermented in there.
667
00:30:33,532 --> 00:30:35,499
And then, he distilled it
in there.
668
00:30:35,501 --> 00:30:36,800
[Digger] It's overcome.
669
00:30:36,802 --> 00:30:39,703
So, the cocktail in a can
he got
670
00:30:39,705 --> 00:30:41,805
-in the first
shopping spree...
-Yeah.
671
00:30:41,807 --> 00:30:44,508
...and he held it back
to use as flavor.
672
00:30:44,510 --> 00:30:47,311
So, he had a idea and a plan.
673
00:30:47,313 --> 00:30:48,745
[Mark] It's a good proof.
674
00:30:48,814 --> 00:30:50,514
It don't set you on fire.
675
00:30:50,516 --> 00:30:52,316
[Tim] It's
definitely smoother.
676
00:30:52,318 --> 00:30:54,151
Almost like a cocktail
or punch.
677
00:30:56,422 --> 00:30:59,289
Well, let's move right on
to the next show.
678
00:30:59,291 --> 00:31:00,324
[Tim] Erin.
679
00:31:01,260 --> 00:31:04,962
Clear, nice, full.
680
00:31:04,964 --> 00:31:09,633
I know that those guys don't
really like anything that's
too high.
681
00:31:09,735 --> 00:31:13,303
So, I was hoping to land
somewhere around 105.
682
00:31:13,305 --> 00:31:14,805
-[Digger] Pretty good bead.
-[Tim] Mmm-hmm.
683
00:31:16,942 --> 00:31:18,609
-[Digger] Little low.
-[both] Yeah.
684
00:31:19,712 --> 00:31:21,044
[Tim] It's about 80 in there.
685
00:31:21,046 --> 00:31:23,146
No thumper, that's why she's
got that little proof.
686
00:31:23,215 --> 00:31:26,116
Come around
with 85 proof liquor,
I like to drink it.
687
00:31:26,118 --> 00:31:27,784
[Erin] I got a good taste
of it and was like,
688
00:31:27,786 --> 00:31:30,821
"I'm calling it. It's done.
It's good."
689
00:31:30,823 --> 00:31:32,723
[Tim] I think this is gonna be
brandy, I think.
690
00:31:32,725 --> 00:31:35,425
-[Mark] Yeah, it's got a good
note on it. It's floral.
-Wow!
691
00:31:35,427 --> 00:31:37,027
It's really floral.
692
00:31:39,732 --> 00:31:42,699
-It does taste brandy-ish,
don't it?
-It does.
693
00:31:42,701 --> 00:31:46,036
I'm surprised the nose is
a lot stronger than the taste.
694
00:31:46,138 --> 00:31:47,838
Now, this is not bitter
at all.
695
00:31:47,907 --> 00:31:50,340
Those nectarines were
nowhere near ripe.
696
00:31:50,442 --> 00:31:51,775
They was nowhere near ripe.
697
00:31:51,810 --> 00:31:54,411
That's why she
cut her finger up trying
to slice them up.
698
00:31:54,413 --> 00:31:56,713
It was harder than
Superman's kneecap.
699
00:31:56,715 --> 00:31:59,149
Everybody rock solid?
700
00:31:59,251 --> 00:32:01,818
I think we ought to just
go back in there and tell them
what we thought.
701
00:32:01,820 --> 00:32:03,419
[Digger] Let's go give them
our decision.
702
00:32:12,798 --> 00:32:17,200
Y'all had probably one of
the toughest challenges
we've ever created.
703
00:32:17,202 --> 00:32:20,437
You were thrown into
a strange grocery store,
704
00:32:20,506 --> 00:32:24,708
got three minutes looking
for something which you
didn't know where it was at,
705
00:32:24,710 --> 00:32:26,510
and then, you had to
bring it back,
706
00:32:26,512 --> 00:32:28,445
get your mash made,
and then, run it.
707
00:32:28,514 --> 00:32:31,214
I mean, it's a pretty
tough situation.
708
00:32:31,216 --> 00:32:33,717
But I'll have to say
everybody did a fine job.
709
00:32:36,255 --> 00:32:37,921
Tiger shine.
710
00:32:38,023 --> 00:32:40,324
-Tiger shine.
-That's how he says it.
711
00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:42,359
Fine job.
712
00:32:42,461 --> 00:32:45,162
But didn't get any watermelon
in there.
713
00:32:45,230 --> 00:32:47,431
But I got a little
on the nose.
714
00:32:47,433 --> 00:32:49,933
But maybe that smoothed
it out a little bit.
715
00:32:49,935 --> 00:32:52,502
It was a good, smooth
drink of liquor.
716
00:32:52,504 --> 00:32:54,705
I didn't try to bring
too much watermelon out
717
00:32:54,707 --> 00:32:56,940
'cause a lot of people
like the liquor straight.
718
00:32:56,942 --> 00:32:58,842
Well, you did good,
you got a good recipe.
719
00:32:58,911 --> 00:33:01,111
-I think you said it was
your grandmother's recipe.
-[Bruiser] Yes, sir.
720
00:33:01,113 --> 00:33:02,946
[Tim] I think you oughta
continue making it.
721
00:33:02,948 --> 00:33:04,147
-Thank you.
-[Tim] Good job.
722
00:33:04,616 --> 00:33:05,349
Cole.
723
00:33:06,118 --> 00:33:07,818
Did a fine job.
724
00:33:07,820 --> 00:33:10,120
Proof is good, clear.
725
00:33:10,122 --> 00:33:12,322
[Digger] Remember your
first day, when you was
building your mash?
726
00:33:12,324 --> 00:33:13,123
What happened?
727
00:33:13,125 --> 00:33:14,391
-Scorched it.
-Yep.
728
00:33:14,393 --> 00:33:16,059
Sure did.
729
00:33:16,061 --> 00:33:18,295
And that carried through
your distillation.
730
00:33:18,297 --> 00:33:22,032
You almost overcame
that scorch.
731
00:33:22,034 --> 00:33:24,234
Tried my best, sir,
to get rid of it.
732
00:33:24,303 --> 00:33:26,937
How you got it as clean
as you did,
733
00:33:27,606 --> 00:33:29,206
I have no idea.
734
00:33:30,042 --> 00:33:32,709
But it's just almost gone.
735
00:33:32,711 --> 00:33:34,711
And that's something to be
proud of.
736
00:33:35,414 --> 00:33:36,713
Erin.
737
00:33:36,715 --> 00:33:38,548
Your nectarines were
in there all over the nose.
738
00:33:38,650 --> 00:33:42,519
I mean, it was floral, fruity,
right up the front on
that nose.
739
00:33:42,521 --> 00:33:44,121
Just, it was really light
on the palette.
740
00:33:44,123 --> 00:33:45,956
That was...
741
00:33:45,958 --> 00:33:48,225
Honestly, it's a little
bit disappointing.
742
00:33:48,227 --> 00:33:53,230
You would've never picked
nectarines that weren't ripe.
743
00:33:53,232 --> 00:33:55,632
But again, had to work with
with what you had.
744
00:33:56,435 --> 00:33:57,934
Well, unfortunately,
745
00:33:58,036 --> 00:34:00,537
somebody's gotta go home,
two's gotta continue on.
746
00:34:06,845 --> 00:34:09,913
Cole, unfortunately
that jar bought you
a ticket home, buddy.
747
00:34:09,915 --> 00:34:12,049
-I'm awful sorry.
-Thank you, guys.
748
00:34:12,051 --> 00:34:13,817
-Yes sir. Thank you.
-It was a pleasure
working with you.
749
00:34:13,819 --> 00:34:16,620
At the end of the day,
it's a little disappointing
that I have to go home.
750
00:34:16,622 --> 00:34:18,755
But I worked with some
great competitors
751
00:34:18,857 --> 00:34:20,957
and there's absolutely
no shame in losing to them.
752
00:34:21,026 --> 00:34:21,858
Good luck!
753
00:34:23,695 --> 00:34:26,963
All right, guys.
Now there's two.
754
00:34:26,965 --> 00:34:30,333
Means we're closer to naming
the next Master Distiller.
755
00:34:30,435 --> 00:34:33,804
Now, it's time to show us
that essential
backwoods skill,
756
00:34:33,806 --> 00:34:35,305
planning ahead.
757
00:34:35,307 --> 00:34:37,841
You're gonna take
what's left of your big box
store ingredients,
758
00:34:37,943 --> 00:34:39,142
you're gonna flavor
your liquor.
759
00:34:39,244 --> 00:34:41,912
You had a good jar before,
760
00:34:41,914 --> 00:34:44,214
and I hope you have a good jar
when you finish.
761
00:34:44,216 --> 00:34:45,949
Don't mess it up.
762
00:34:45,951 --> 00:34:47,818
Your time starts now.
763
00:34:47,820 --> 00:34:49,352
Good luck, guys.
And get with it.
764
00:34:50,522 --> 00:34:52,989
They said I'd turned in
a great jar of liquor.
765
00:34:52,991 --> 00:34:55,125
So, I'm not going to
mess it up.
766
00:34:55,127 --> 00:34:58,728
And all I'm gonna do is
keep it simple,
one ingredient,
767
00:34:58,730 --> 00:35:00,297
add the juice to the liquor,
768
00:35:00,299 --> 00:35:02,799
and it's not going to get
no better.
769
00:35:02,801 --> 00:35:04,801
-[Digger] Oh, that is
a smart person.
-[Mark] Yeah.
770
00:35:04,803 --> 00:35:06,736
[Tim] She's putting gloves on.
771
00:35:06,805 --> 00:35:09,005
I have some jalapenos
to infuse with.
772
00:35:09,608 --> 00:35:11,408
[Digger] Tim?
773
00:35:11,410 --> 00:35:13,944
I'm looking forward to seeing
you drink this pepper liquor.
774
00:35:14,313 --> 00:35:16,113
Mmm.
775
00:35:16,115 --> 00:35:19,850
[Erin] Doing the infusion,
for me, with the peppers
is definitely a crap shoot
776
00:35:19,951 --> 00:35:24,054
because I have heard that Tim
doesn't like spice too much.
777
00:35:24,123 --> 00:35:25,689
Oh, you thank her, buddy.
778
00:35:25,691 --> 00:35:28,425
[clicks tongue] Phew. Risky.
779
00:35:29,695 --> 00:35:31,161
[smacking tongue]
780
00:35:33,532 --> 00:35:36,299
[Digger] Look here, Timmy,
he just making light of you,
781
00:35:36,301 --> 00:35:39,202
-eating that watermelon...
-I know. He just dipping
in there,
782
00:35:39,204 --> 00:35:41,204
chewing on little
chunks of it.
783
00:35:41,206 --> 00:35:42,538
[Bruiser] You want some of it?
784
00:35:42,540 --> 00:35:45,041
Yeah. He'd eat
that whole thing,
he'd take it like a pill.
785
00:35:46,111 --> 00:35:48,211
I wish I could say this was
the first time
786
00:35:48,213 --> 00:35:50,113
that his vote's has been
bought with a watermelon,
787
00:35:50,115 --> 00:35:51,047
-but it ain't.
-Yeah. [laughs]
788
00:35:51,116 --> 00:35:52,282
Yeah, it happens.
789
00:35:52,284 --> 00:35:55,218
[Bruiser] Long as it works
this time's all that matters.
790
00:35:55,220 --> 00:35:56,720
Oh, let's see what you're
working with.
791
00:35:56,722 --> 00:35:58,922
[Bruiser] I'll tell
you something.
That is good watermelon.
792
00:35:59,825 --> 00:36:01,224
That is a good watermelon.
793
00:36:01,226 --> 00:36:02,625
[Bruiser] You got that right.
794
00:36:06,265 --> 00:36:09,933
Tim, looking forward to
seeing you drink this
pepper liquor.
795
00:36:10,636 --> 00:36:12,102
Oh, you thank her, buddy.
796
00:36:12,104 --> 00:36:15,772
So, I have heard that Tim
doesn't like spice too much.
797
00:36:15,774 --> 00:36:18,341
So, I'm gonna take out all
the ribs and the seeds
798
00:36:18,443 --> 00:36:20,810
to make sure that we didn't
get the real spicy stuff,
799
00:36:20,812 --> 00:36:23,446
we just stick with that
fruity flesh.
800
00:36:23,515 --> 00:36:26,750
I think he's gonna be okay
with the level of spice.
801
00:36:26,851 --> 00:36:29,152
Be careful with
that spice, Erin.
802
00:36:29,254 --> 00:36:30,820
I'm being careful.
803
00:36:30,822 --> 00:36:35,158
Bruiser's went from
Tiger Shine to Pink Cadillac.
804
00:36:35,260 --> 00:36:37,961
-You love watey-melon.
-I love watermelon.
805
00:36:38,063 --> 00:36:40,063
If you don't like it,
there's something wrong
with you.
806
00:36:40,065 --> 00:36:42,933
-That look like lemonade.
-Don't taste like lemonade.
807
00:36:44,937 --> 00:36:47,103
All right, folks.
You're down to five minutes.
808
00:36:49,208 --> 00:36:50,273
[Bruiser] I'm done.
809
00:36:50,275 --> 00:36:53,510
I've brung my A-game.
I done what I came to do.
810
00:36:53,512 --> 00:36:55,745
Lord willing,
it's good enough.
811
00:36:55,814 --> 00:36:59,549
This is flavored with
one ingredient each.
812
00:36:59,651 --> 00:37:02,519
You're basically not
flavoring, you're really
just complementing it.
813
00:37:02,521 --> 00:37:04,821
-[Bruiser] Complement.
-Looks like it from over
on this side.
814
00:37:04,823 --> 00:37:06,756
[Digger] Guys, here's your
two minute warning.
815
00:37:07,926 --> 00:37:09,926
-You ready?
-I'm ready, Bruiser.
Let's go.
816
00:37:11,463 --> 00:37:13,296
See, that's what I like to see
right there.
817
00:37:13,298 --> 00:37:15,498
-Camaraderie.
Working together.
-Camaraderie.
818
00:37:15,500 --> 00:37:17,100
-[Tim] That's what
it's all about.
-[Mark] I like that.
819
00:37:17,102 --> 00:37:20,103
Guys, y'all get over
and sit down, relax.
820
00:37:20,105 --> 00:37:22,439
Have y'all a little drink,
amongst friends.
821
00:37:22,507 --> 00:37:24,507
We're gonna go
and have a little drink
amongst friends.
822
00:37:24,509 --> 00:37:26,309
But the only thing different,
823
00:37:26,311 --> 00:37:28,445
we're coming back and telling
somebody, "You're the winner."
824
00:37:32,618 --> 00:37:35,518
Well, wherever
you wanna start, Timmy,
it's your choice.
825
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:36,319
Ah.
826
00:37:36,321 --> 00:37:38,622
Bruiser. Kentucky.
827
00:37:40,025 --> 00:37:41,992
It looks like pink lemonade,
don't it?
828
00:37:41,994 --> 00:37:45,228
It does. Although,
it is the watermelon.
829
00:37:45,230 --> 00:37:46,830
[Mark] And there's not
a lot of it.
830
00:37:46,832 --> 00:37:48,131
It's not overpowered.
831
00:37:48,934 --> 00:37:49,833
[Tim] All right.
832
00:37:51,603 --> 00:37:53,937
Tiger Shine, Mamaw's recipe.
833
00:37:53,939 --> 00:37:58,141
My biggest fear of this
whole ordeal, I guess, is
not representing,
834
00:37:58,209 --> 00:38:01,144
you know, where I'm from,
my heritage, my family.
835
00:38:01,213 --> 00:38:03,146
I think you have nothing
to worry about there
836
00:38:03,215 --> 00:38:05,315
because you have
represented yourself.
837
00:38:05,317 --> 00:38:08,218
-I hope they don't beat me up
when I get home.
-[Erin laughs]
838
00:38:10,355 --> 00:38:11,321
It's got alcohol in it.
839
00:38:12,057 --> 00:38:13,723
It's pretty good.
840
00:38:13,725 --> 00:38:16,026
It tastes like watermelon.
Little bit.
841
00:38:16,028 --> 00:38:18,228
Yeah, you get a little
watermelon on the tongue.
842
00:38:18,230 --> 00:38:20,130
I was happy with it before,
843
00:38:20,132 --> 00:38:21,965
I'm happy with it now.
844
00:38:22,033 --> 00:38:24,301
You can overcomplicate
something real easy.
845
00:38:24,303 --> 00:38:26,136
I think he had a good job.
846
00:38:26,204 --> 00:38:28,004
It's hard to cook something
in 30 minutes.
847
00:38:28,006 --> 00:38:30,206
And like Mark said,
just one ingredient.
848
00:38:30,208 --> 00:38:33,109
-It's cool we both took
a similar approach too.
-Yeah.
849
00:38:33,111 --> 00:38:34,944
-Erin.
-Erin.
850
00:38:34,980 --> 00:38:37,747
-That was another good jar
of liquor to start off with.
-Mmm-hmm.
851
00:38:37,816 --> 00:38:40,250
-Looks like it changed
the color a little bit.
-[Mark] Very little.
852
00:38:42,020 --> 00:38:44,087
[Tim] Man, it looks like
she got some proof in it.
853
00:38:48,226 --> 00:38:52,329
I think hers has a much
better nose than Bruiser's.
854
00:38:52,331 --> 00:38:53,730
Yeah, Bruiser's don't have
any nose.
855
00:38:55,534 --> 00:38:58,601
I think it's good. But I think
it needed more pepper.
856
00:38:58,603 --> 00:39:01,404
It's got a little hint of that
pepper in there, but...
857
00:39:02,607 --> 00:39:05,842
it kind of leaves you wanting
more pepper in the mix.
858
00:39:05,944 --> 00:39:08,278
I did learn that Tim didn't
like hot peppers.
859
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:11,147
-I decided to go really mild.
-Yeah.
860
00:39:11,249 --> 00:39:13,416
Everybody knows I don't like
anything spicy.
861
00:39:13,418 --> 00:39:15,719
-Yeah.
-I think she did pretty good.
862
00:39:15,721 --> 00:39:17,420
Because, I mean,
I can tolerate it.
863
00:39:17,422 --> 00:39:20,657
The pepper heat in it is not
as hot as the liquor heat.
864
00:39:20,759 --> 00:39:22,325
-Yeah.
-It's still up there.
865
00:39:22,327 --> 00:39:24,794
-It's still a good proof.
-Still up to a hundred proof.
866
00:39:24,796 --> 00:39:27,630
They all had a hard challenge.
They had three minutes
867
00:39:27,632 --> 00:39:28,965
to get what they could get.
868
00:39:29,033 --> 00:39:31,201
But, you know, strictly,
869
00:39:31,203 --> 00:39:33,603
in terms of marketability,
870
00:39:33,605 --> 00:39:35,538
one peer will set
the standard.
871
00:39:35,607 --> 00:39:37,207
That's what we're looking for.
872
00:39:37,209 --> 00:39:39,909
-What he said.
-Yeah. Something that
stands out.
873
00:39:39,911 --> 00:39:42,145
Erin, I wash you the best
of luck.
874
00:39:42,247 --> 00:39:43,947
-Back at you, Bruiser.
-[Bruiser] Thank you.
875
00:39:46,952 --> 00:39:48,752
[Digger] All right, guys.
Come up and get your jars.
876
00:39:52,224 --> 00:39:55,825
This one's the toughest
judgements we've had
to call, guys.
877
00:39:57,129 --> 00:39:58,528
-Bruiser.
-[Bruiser] Yes, sir.
878
00:39:59,464 --> 00:40:01,464
[Digger] That jar of liquor,
879
00:40:01,533 --> 00:40:04,534
when I drank it, I could get
the watermelon,
880
00:40:04,636 --> 00:40:07,537
but it kind of left me lacking
for more watermelon.
881
00:40:07,606 --> 00:40:12,509
But you didn't destroy
or take away from your
original spirit.
882
00:40:13,578 --> 00:40:15,745
It's simple.
It's what we look for.
883
00:40:18,617 --> 00:40:21,618
Erin, you went for
the jalapeno pepper.
884
00:40:21,620 --> 00:40:25,555
I get that. That's what
we want, that balance
between sweet and spicy.
885
00:40:25,624 --> 00:40:29,259
But, there again, just like
the watermelon there,
886
00:40:29,327 --> 00:40:32,328
you didn't bring enough spice
to the party, really.
887
00:40:32,330 --> 00:40:35,031
Erin, I think you should've
put a little bit more pepper.
888
00:40:35,934 --> 00:40:37,434
[sighs deeply]
889
00:40:37,502 --> 00:40:40,537
But you kept your proof,
you kept that dominant flavor.
890
00:40:40,605 --> 00:40:42,439
I think you did a good job.
891
00:40:42,540 --> 00:40:46,142
But unfortunately,
we can only crown one
Master Distiller.
892
00:40:52,551 --> 00:40:56,319
And Bruiser, you're the next
Master Distiller, my frien.
893
00:40:56,321 --> 00:40:58,521
-Congratulations.
-Oh, my goodness!
894
00:40:58,523 --> 00:41:01,124
Awesome! I am surprised.
I'm shocked.
895
00:41:01,126 --> 00:41:04,127
I've got half of my life
in making liquor.
896
00:41:04,129 --> 00:41:06,062
And all of it's worth it
right now,
897
00:41:06,164 --> 00:41:08,398
being named
the Master Distiller.
898
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:11,901
And It's a great honor to put
Tagger Shine on the map.
899
00:41:11,903 --> 00:41:14,137
-[whispers] You should come
back here.
-[Erin] You know, losing,
900
00:41:15,340 --> 00:41:16,806
it sucks, but,
901
00:41:16,808 --> 00:41:20,710
guess what?
I got my coon pecker,
so I'm a moonshiner now.
902
00:41:20,712 --> 00:41:23,947
-[Tim] Congratulations
to both of you.
-It was an honor, Erin.
903
00:41:24,048 --> 00:41:26,616
-[Erin] Told you. I told you.
I told you!
-[Bruiser] Hm.
904
00:41:26,618 --> 00:41:29,419
-Lifelong friendship has been
made right here...
-Yeah.
905
00:41:29,421 --> 00:41:30,420
in our very presence.