1 00:00:06,689 --> 00:00:10,172 Making moonshine is illegal. You can get seriously hurt 2 00:00:10,172 --> 00:00:12,103 or you can go to the penitentiary. 3 00:00:12,103 --> 00:00:13,827 Do not do this at home. 4 00:00:13,827 --> 00:00:16,206 Hey, Big Haley, thank you, sweetie. 5 00:00:16,206 --> 00:00:17,172 [laughs] 6 00:00:17,172 --> 00:00:18,689 [narrator] This time on Moonshiners... 7 00:00:18,689 --> 00:00:22,793 We're on a mission right now to resurrect Big Haley's apple brandy recipe. 8 00:00:22,793 --> 00:00:26,103 People are still talking about her apple brandy 125 years later. 9 00:00:26,103 --> 00:00:28,103 Oh, you're slacking. Look at these big pieces in here. 10 00:00:28,103 --> 00:00:29,896 Stick your finger right down there. 11 00:00:29,896 --> 00:00:31,241 [Amanda] I'd rather not. 12 00:00:32,206 --> 00:00:34,103 Got that fever for that Genever. 13 00:00:34,103 --> 00:00:35,379 I hear you. 14 00:00:35,379 --> 00:00:39,103 Howard and I, we created a special recipe for our Genever mash. 15 00:00:39,103 --> 00:00:42,103 Now, it's time to build a unique still to run it. 16 00:00:42,103 --> 00:00:43,689 [Howard] Tim, we have a major malfunction right here. 17 00:00:43,689 --> 00:00:45,689 I mean, you should have saw this getting hot already. 18 00:00:45,689 --> 00:00:47,206 -Look, it's already hot. -I did. 19 00:00:47,206 --> 00:00:48,827 We may have to shut this still down, 20 00:00:48,827 --> 00:00:50,344 'cause right now, we're dead in the water. 21 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,758 [man] This is how we make the moonshine. 22 00:01:01,793 --> 00:01:03,379 [Joe] The cavalry has arrived. 23 00:01:03,379 --> 00:01:04,827 [Jeff] Gentlemen. 24 00:01:04,827 --> 00:01:07,896 He's teaching me that fine art of getting my hands dirty out here. 25 00:01:07,896 --> 00:01:09,275 [Mark] I bet they're sticky, too, ain't they? 26 00:01:09,275 --> 00:01:11,172 -It's more than sticky. Oh! -Oh, let go. Let go. 27 00:01:11,172 --> 00:01:12,896 [laughs] 28 00:01:12,896 --> 00:01:15,068 [narrator] In Cocke County, Tennessee, 29 00:01:15,068 --> 00:01:18,068 Mark and Digger begin their path to domination 30 00:01:18,068 --> 00:01:20,482 of the Tennessee illegal liquor trade 31 00:01:20,482 --> 00:01:23,689 by hiring expert distiller, Joe Jackson, 32 00:01:23,689 --> 00:01:25,206 and new recruit, Jeff, 33 00:01:25,206 --> 00:01:28,896 to produce a prize-winning pear brandy. 34 00:01:28,896 --> 00:01:31,103 [Digger] Joe and Jeff ain't been sitting around 35 00:01:31,103 --> 00:01:33,068 on their hind ends. 36 00:01:33,068 --> 00:01:35,000 They've been working, they've been working strong. 37 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,482 The still site's cleaned up, stills are set up, 38 00:01:37,482 --> 00:01:39,103 and they're already shucking corn. 39 00:01:39,103 --> 00:01:42,310 [Joe] I see you guys have brought us, uh, some of your fine sundries out here. 40 00:01:42,310 --> 00:01:44,689 [Mark] Well, we didn't find nothing to make a sundae with, 41 00:01:44,689 --> 00:01:46,378 but we got some bosc pears. 42 00:01:46,378 --> 00:01:47,310 [Jeff] Oh, man. 43 00:01:47,310 --> 00:01:48,482 [Mark] Well, that's what you told us to get. 44 00:01:48,482 --> 00:01:49,620 Just like I asked. 45 00:01:49,620 --> 00:01:52,793 We looked at Dewalts, but we got, uh, we got these. 46 00:01:52,793 --> 00:01:54,000 -[laughs] -[Jeff] High sugar. 47 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,586 [Mark] You know, I don't know why they call 'em pears, 48 00:01:55,586 --> 00:01:57,310 they should be called singles, shouldn't they? 49 00:01:57,310 --> 00:01:58,723 -[Joe laughs] -[Digger] Exactly. 50 00:01:58,723 --> 00:02:01,586 [Joe] So, what our plan here is, we have to grind everything up. 51 00:02:01,586 --> 00:02:04,275 The corn with the cobs and these pears. 52 00:02:04,275 --> 00:02:06,482 What that's gonna allow us to do is to access 53 00:02:06,482 --> 00:02:08,482 all of those fermentable sugars 54 00:02:08,482 --> 00:02:10,275 inside of these ingredients 55 00:02:10,275 --> 00:02:13,931 so that we get the maximum yield out of that mash. 56 00:02:13,931 --> 00:02:16,172 So, I'm hoping we're gonna get a lot of liquor out of this. 57 00:02:16,172 --> 00:02:17,482 Give it a good chuck. 58 00:02:19,172 --> 00:02:22,137 -There you go. -That's how she makes butter. 59 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,931 [Mark] That'd be good just to put in pie crust. 60 00:02:27,931 --> 00:02:30,137 [Joe] And some hot water, baby. 61 00:02:31,931 --> 00:02:33,827 [Jeff] The way my grandmother used to churn butter. 62 00:02:33,827 --> 00:02:36,172 -[Joe] I got the hot water here. -[Mark] Well, add to it. 63 00:02:39,896 --> 00:02:41,724 Ooh, ooh. Spicey. 64 00:02:41,724 --> 00:02:44,103 -Well, I got you. You a strong man. -[laughs] 65 00:02:44,103 --> 00:02:45,620 What aroma. 66 00:02:45,620 --> 00:02:48,379 -Get a sniff of that. -[Jeff] Oh, my. 67 00:02:48,379 --> 00:02:50,067 -[Joe] Man. -[Digger] Oh! 68 00:02:51,379 --> 00:02:53,172 Just like Christmas in the Smokies, ain't it? 69 00:02:53,172 --> 00:02:55,586 Hatty boy, I believe we've put another arrow in the quiver 70 00:02:55,586 --> 00:02:57,172 -at this point. -I'll tell you something, 71 00:02:57,172 --> 00:02:59,482 I believe I just cheated on Big South. 72 00:02:59,482 --> 00:03:01,275 [Joe] That means I get a bigger cut, right? 73 00:03:01,275 --> 00:03:02,482 -No, that cut remains the same. -[Joe laughs] 74 00:03:02,482 --> 00:03:04,000 -No, I mean, we get a bigger cut. -And, here, let me-- 75 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,275 Let me go ahead and lay this out here for you. 76 00:03:06,275 --> 00:03:09,413 There are no company costs, and you pay your own taxes. 77 00:03:09,413 --> 00:03:10,379 [Mark] If I was a yeast, 78 00:03:10,379 --> 00:03:12,896 God, this is where I'd wanna be. 79 00:03:12,896 --> 00:03:13,827 [Digger] We've stuck around, 80 00:03:13,827 --> 00:03:16,275 we saw this first barrel of mash get built. 81 00:03:16,275 --> 00:03:17,724 I think it's gonna be just fine. 82 00:03:17,724 --> 00:03:20,413 All it needs now is to kick off and get to workin'. 83 00:03:20,413 --> 00:03:22,379 So, me and Mark are gonna head out, 84 00:03:22,379 --> 00:03:25,103 and it's up to these boys here to build the rest of this mash. 85 00:03:25,103 --> 00:03:27,206 [Mark] Well, guys, you got five more barrels-- 86 00:03:27,206 --> 00:03:30,275 You listen to Joe, he'll get you tuned in right, brother. 87 00:03:30,275 --> 00:03:31,724 -[Mark] See you. -[Jeff] I'm not going anywhere 88 00:03:31,724 --> 00:03:32,793 -until this is done. -See y'all later. 89 00:03:32,793 --> 00:03:34,344 [Digger] Yes, sir. If you need anything, holler. 90 00:03:44,379 --> 00:03:47,896 What I really wanna just try to find out is what kind of apples she used. 91 00:03:47,896 --> 00:03:50,793 Without the apples, we don't have her apple brandy. 92 00:03:50,793 --> 00:03:54,000 [narrator] Thirty miles north of Cocke County, Tennessee, 93 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:55,896 at Mark and Digger's behest, 94 00:03:55,896 --> 00:03:58,482 Amanda and Kelly are hunting down ingredients 95 00:03:58,482 --> 00:04:01,103 for a century-old apple brandy recipe 96 00:04:01,103 --> 00:04:02,689 with mass appeal. 97 00:04:02,689 --> 00:04:06,689 We wanna set the world on fire with the next new apple brandy, 98 00:04:06,689 --> 00:04:08,000 and we want something different, 99 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,896 something that sets it apart from the crowd. 100 00:04:10,896 --> 00:04:14,379 [narrator] But to make it, they must track down an elusive apple 101 00:04:14,379 --> 00:04:18,000 used by a notorious East Tennessee 102 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:19,689 known as Big Haley. 103 00:04:21,827 --> 00:04:24,000 Is this the cabin right up here, Amanda? 104 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,310 That looks like the pictures I've seen. 105 00:04:26,310 --> 00:04:28,206 We're on a mission right now to resurrect 106 00:04:28,206 --> 00:04:30,172 Big Haley's apple brandy recipe. 107 00:04:30,172 --> 00:04:33,896 People are still talking about her apple brandy 125 years later. 108 00:04:33,896 --> 00:04:35,689 She suffered from elephantiasis 109 00:04:35,689 --> 00:04:39,000 and throughout her life, continued to gain a lot of weight, 110 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,172 between 400 to 600 pounds. 111 00:04:41,172 --> 00:04:44,068 So she was kind of stuck in her cabin on the ridge. 112 00:04:44,068 --> 00:04:45,689 Her cabin is still existing today. 113 00:04:45,689 --> 00:04:48,724 It's been preserved by Historical Society, 114 00:04:48,724 --> 00:04:51,103 and I was able to get into contact with one of the members. 115 00:04:51,103 --> 00:04:53,172 So, why did you come all this way? 116 00:04:53,172 --> 00:04:57,103 We are "distillers" and we were really interested 117 00:04:57,103 --> 00:05:01,586 in finding out anything we can about how she was as a person, a moonshiner, 118 00:05:01,586 --> 00:05:05,275 and especially, how she made her apple brandy. 119 00:05:05,275 --> 00:05:07,689 Well, I wished I could tell you I had tasted some, 120 00:05:07,689 --> 00:05:09,172 but I'm not quite that old. 121 00:05:09,172 --> 00:05:11,448 Let's go on in here and let me show you. 122 00:05:13,689 --> 00:05:15,620 This is Haley. 123 00:05:15,620 --> 00:05:17,586 She moonshined inside. 124 00:05:17,586 --> 00:05:18,931 [Amanda] This is where her still was, 125 00:05:18,931 --> 00:05:21,413 -and this is where she would make liquor? -[woman] Right. 126 00:05:21,413 --> 00:05:24,517 [Kelly] You know, Big Haley, she was a very impressive lady. 127 00:05:24,517 --> 00:05:25,827 She really had it going on 128 00:05:25,827 --> 00:05:29,793 in a world that was dominated then by frontiersmen. 129 00:05:29,793 --> 00:05:31,275 She was a frontier woman. 130 00:05:31,275 --> 00:05:34,689 [Amanda] Do you know the types of apples that she could've been using 131 00:05:34,689 --> 00:05:35,862 at the time? 132 00:05:35,862 --> 00:05:39,482 I do know that her husband, John Mullins, went around 133 00:05:39,482 --> 00:05:43,620 to different farms and gave apple seedlings 134 00:05:43,620 --> 00:05:47,310 to different farmers to start their own apple trees there 135 00:05:47,310 --> 00:05:51,068 so that she would have a plentiful supply. 136 00:05:51,068 --> 00:05:56,103 It was kinda greenish and reddish with black spots all over it. 137 00:05:56,103 --> 00:05:57,379 -So... -[Amanda] Okay. 138 00:05:57,379 --> 00:05:59,000 ...it was an ugly apple, 139 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,896 -but it was a delicious apple. [laughs] -[Kelly laughs] 140 00:06:00,896 --> 00:06:02,482 [Amanda] Ugly but delicious. 141 00:06:02,482 --> 00:06:04,724 This is the most important part of this brandy recipe. 142 00:06:04,724 --> 00:06:07,241 So we just have to do everything we can to find these apples. 143 00:06:15,586 --> 00:06:17,310 [Howard] All right, Tim, we have this one that we ran, man. 144 00:06:17,310 --> 00:06:19,724 This was a triple distillation system. 145 00:06:19,724 --> 00:06:22,275 -I know, this is like the column type. -Yeah. 146 00:06:22,275 --> 00:06:24,827 Pick that end up over there and let's see here. 147 00:06:24,827 --> 00:06:27,103 [narrator] In Culpeper County, Virginia, 148 00:06:27,103 --> 00:06:30,379 Tim and Howard are building a custom still pot 149 00:06:30,379 --> 00:06:33,724 as they look to break into the market for a 500-year-old 150 00:06:33,724 --> 00:06:36,896 triple distilled Dutch spirit called Genever, 151 00:06:36,896 --> 00:06:40,206 once enjoyed by America's eighth president 152 00:06:40,206 --> 00:06:43,068 and renowned boozer, Martin Van Buren. 153 00:06:44,275 --> 00:06:45,482 We're gonna have to triple distill this, 154 00:06:45,482 --> 00:06:47,068 we'll have to run this back three times. 155 00:06:47,068 --> 00:06:48,517 Back in the day, they had nothin' else to do. 156 00:06:48,517 --> 00:06:50,586 -It took three days to do it. -Yeah, but we got a lot to do. 157 00:06:50,586 --> 00:06:52,620 Grass doesn't grow under your feet. 158 00:06:52,620 --> 00:06:55,620 -No. -I think there's a way we can speed this process up. 159 00:06:55,620 --> 00:06:59,000 So, let's go up there and get another still. 160 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:03,172 Howard and I, we created a special recipe for our Genever mash. 161 00:07:03,172 --> 00:07:05,862 Now, it's time to build a unique still to run it. 162 00:07:06,206 --> 00:07:07,586 [exhales] 163 00:07:07,586 --> 00:07:09,275 Well, think about this, Howard. 164 00:07:09,275 --> 00:07:11,482 Instead of distilling to the condenser, 165 00:07:11,482 --> 00:07:14,000 the still to the next still. 166 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,103 Just keep going from still to still to still. 167 00:07:17,103 --> 00:07:19,241 -You know? -Has that ever been done before? 168 00:07:19,689 --> 00:07:20,896 I don't know. 169 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,275 Get that burner, put it over here. We gotta line it up. 170 00:07:25,275 --> 00:07:26,827 We've got opportunity here to do something different. 171 00:07:26,827 --> 00:07:29,310 We started off with just two stills, 172 00:07:29,310 --> 00:07:30,482 we got two condensers. 173 00:07:30,482 --> 00:07:33,413 How can we retrofit this thing and do three distillations 174 00:07:33,413 --> 00:07:34,862 with two stills? 175 00:07:36,482 --> 00:07:39,517 [narrator] The traditional process for making Genever 176 00:07:39,517 --> 00:07:42,724 requires three separate distillations. 177 00:07:42,724 --> 00:07:44,482 To speed up the process, 178 00:07:44,482 --> 00:07:48,517 Tim will turn the three distillations into two. 179 00:07:48,517 --> 00:07:52,206 The first distillation will happen on two linked pots 180 00:07:52,206 --> 00:07:55,586 with botanicals added to the second pot. 181 00:07:55,586 --> 00:07:58,275 Then he'll take the distillate from that run 182 00:07:58,275 --> 00:08:00,310 and put it back into the first pot, 183 00:08:00,310 --> 00:08:03,000 adding more botanicals if necessary 184 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,068 for the second and final run. 185 00:08:07,586 --> 00:08:09,379 [Howard] So I understand here now, this is kind of, 186 00:08:09,379 --> 00:08:11,172 -I'm seeing the picture in my head now. -[Tim] Mm-hmm. 187 00:08:11,172 --> 00:08:12,586 But... And then, on the third distillation, 188 00:08:12,586 --> 00:08:14,103 we've gotta introduce the juniper berries. 189 00:08:14,103 --> 00:08:16,482 I'm thinking about putting the juniper in here 190 00:08:16,482 --> 00:08:18,689 because this will be the second complete distillation. 191 00:08:18,689 --> 00:08:21,689 I know what you're saying, but one thing we did learn about this process 192 00:08:21,689 --> 00:08:26,000 that was stressed was that juniper berries were introduced 193 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,172 on the third distillation, the last. 194 00:08:28,172 --> 00:08:30,103 If we do a little bit here, you know... 195 00:08:30,103 --> 00:08:32,068 -Yeah. -[Tim] ...it may be 120 proof, 196 00:08:32,068 --> 00:08:34,275 with a little bit of the juniper in it, 197 00:08:34,275 --> 00:08:37,413 and then we can kinda take a taste test. 198 00:08:37,413 --> 00:08:38,931 I'll tell you what, Tim, 199 00:08:38,931 --> 00:08:40,793 I will put them Dutch clogs on 200 00:08:40,793 --> 00:08:43,379 when we start running this still and it actually runs. 201 00:08:43,379 --> 00:08:45,724 If it runs, I will dance the jig, 202 00:08:45,724 --> 00:08:47,068 in those wooden shoes for you. 203 00:08:47,068 --> 00:08:49,482 -I will sit out there and I will do... -[Tim] Do your thing? 204 00:08:49,482 --> 00:08:52,379 -...the wood stomp for you, baby. -Okay. Okay. 205 00:08:53,206 --> 00:08:55,172 Working with Howard is always fun. 206 00:08:55,172 --> 00:08:58,172 I mean, he's always got something rhyming all the time. 207 00:08:58,172 --> 00:08:59,413 I don't care what it is. 208 00:08:59,413 --> 00:09:00,931 It's rhyming and timing. 209 00:09:00,931 --> 00:09:03,103 You know, he's got, he's got something that's gonna keep, 210 00:09:03,103 --> 00:09:05,000 keep you going. He gets you motivated. 211 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:06,620 Plus, he listens to me. 212 00:09:06,620 --> 00:09:08,793 Tim, I mean, for real, come here. 213 00:09:08,793 --> 00:09:10,000 Let me hold this. Stand back. 214 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:11,620 Look, just take a moment 215 00:09:11,620 --> 00:09:14,275 to look at all your glorious splendor. 216 00:09:14,275 --> 00:09:17,482 This is a bad S-O-B, Jack! 217 00:09:17,482 --> 00:09:19,586 -Okay. -[grunts] We moving on up. 218 00:09:19,586 --> 00:09:22,275 -[Tim laughs] Got you. -To the top! 219 00:09:22,275 --> 00:09:23,413 -Hmm! -Okay, I can, I can do that. 220 00:09:23,413 --> 00:09:25,793 Oh, do you see, yeah? [grunts] 221 00:09:25,793 --> 00:09:26,793 [Tim laughs] 222 00:09:26,793 --> 00:09:28,379 Let's go get the rest of this stuff. 223 00:09:36,689 --> 00:09:39,724 -What kind of trees is this in the backyard right here? -[Amanda] Ah... 224 00:09:39,724 --> 00:09:41,000 [Kelly] Is that apple trees? 225 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,965 [Amanda] The branches are hanging like it was. 226 00:09:43,931 --> 00:09:45,068 Let's pull in. 227 00:09:46,482 --> 00:09:48,310 It feels like a wild goose chase at this point, 228 00:09:48,310 --> 00:09:50,413 pulling up on private property. 229 00:09:50,413 --> 00:09:51,620 I mean, it's probably not the best idea 230 00:09:51,620 --> 00:09:54,413 for sourcing ingredients down here in Tennessee. 231 00:09:54,413 --> 00:09:55,586 It makes me a little nervous, 232 00:09:55,586 --> 00:09:57,482 but it's the only option we have. 233 00:09:57,482 --> 00:09:59,689 I'm willing to do whatever I have to do to find these apples. 234 00:09:59,689 --> 00:10:01,689 Hello. Hey, how you doing? 235 00:10:01,689 --> 00:10:03,103 -Don't shoot us. -[Kelly chuckles] 236 00:10:03,103 --> 00:10:06,172 Don't shoot. We're... We're friendlies. [chuckles] 237 00:10:06,172 --> 00:10:08,172 [Wayne] What are you looking for? Can I help you? 238 00:10:08,172 --> 00:10:10,206 [Kelly] We're actually checking out apples 239 00:10:10,206 --> 00:10:12,793 and need some advice from you, sir. 240 00:10:12,793 --> 00:10:14,275 [Wayne] Well, I'll try to do best I can. 241 00:10:14,275 --> 00:10:15,689 -[Kelly] We don't mean to be intrusive... -Yeah. 242 00:10:15,689 --> 00:10:16,931 ...but you've got apples, 243 00:10:16,931 --> 00:10:19,000 so you're bound to have knowledge of apples in this area. 244 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,931 -Some. -[Kelly laughs] 245 00:10:20,931 --> 00:10:23,103 Well, Mandy, you wanna tell him what we're looking for? 246 00:10:23,103 --> 00:10:26,413 Yeah. So, they're yellow and red 247 00:10:26,413 --> 00:10:28,413 -with little black spots. -Mostly red. 248 00:10:28,413 --> 00:10:31,275 You wouldn't know the name of 'em or nothing? 249 00:10:31,275 --> 00:10:34,000 -Nothing specific, really. -[Amanda] Yeah. Just the description. 250 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:35,724 Well, I'll show you, I'll show you what I've got. 251 00:10:35,724 --> 00:10:37,275 I don't have that much anymore. 252 00:10:37,275 --> 00:10:39,379 Well, that'll be great, if you don't mind. We'd be-- 253 00:10:39,379 --> 00:10:40,620 We'd appreciate it. 254 00:10:40,620 --> 00:10:42,827 You can straddle through the electric fence if you want to. 255 00:10:42,827 --> 00:10:44,310 -[Amanda chuckles] -I don't know if I wanna straddle through 256 00:10:44,310 --> 00:10:46,310 an electric fence. [chuckles] 257 00:10:46,310 --> 00:10:48,413 [Wayne] Now, these here are Fujis. 258 00:10:48,413 --> 00:10:51,896 [Kelly] You know, his apples are just gorgeous and well taken care of. 259 00:10:51,896 --> 00:10:54,689 Almost hate to ask him if he's got any real ugly apples. 260 00:10:54,689 --> 00:10:56,827 Wayne, your apples are beautiful, but... 261 00:10:56,827 --> 00:10:59,896 as beautiful as they are, they are just the opposite of what we're looking for. 262 00:10:59,896 --> 00:11:01,689 The thing about it is you're trying to raise 263 00:11:01,689 --> 00:11:04,482 -the biggest produced apples you can still. -[Amanda] Right. Yeah. 264 00:11:04,482 --> 00:11:07,103 And anything that's old... a little old knotty something, 265 00:11:07,103 --> 00:11:09,413 -you just get rid of. -[both] Yeah. 266 00:11:09,413 --> 00:11:12,896 The only one that I ever known that had 'em lived a few hills over here, 267 00:11:12,896 --> 00:11:14,482 but he's dead and gone now. 268 00:11:14,482 --> 00:11:18,000 Well, that's helpful, that we're getting the right direction then. 269 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,896 Go right here and turn left and go back out that road. 270 00:11:20,896 --> 00:11:23,586 I don't remember exactly where it's at, 271 00:11:23,586 --> 00:11:25,172 but I know it's back out that way. 272 00:11:25,172 --> 00:11:27,172 Well, if we get out that way, we could probably find somebody... 273 00:11:27,172 --> 00:11:28,793 -[Wayne] You can find. Yeah. -...that can put us on to it. 274 00:11:28,793 --> 00:11:31,206 This is definitely the best lead that we've gotten. 275 00:11:31,206 --> 00:11:32,413 We've learned a lot here, 276 00:11:32,413 --> 00:11:34,862 but unfortunately, we're gonna have to keep looking. 277 00:11:39,310 --> 00:11:42,068 [Kelly] I see some dogwood trees. 278 00:11:42,068 --> 00:11:44,034 Right here, there might be some apple trees. 279 00:11:44,793 --> 00:11:47,000 No, that's dang maples and stuff. 280 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:48,896 [Amanda] We're basically on a hunt now in the whole area 281 00:11:48,896 --> 00:11:53,000 for small ugly apples with little black spots that taste really good. 282 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,275 I'm really hoping that some of these apple trees are still standing. 283 00:11:55,275 --> 00:11:59,275 We need the specific apples that Big Haley would have used in her lifetime 284 00:11:59,275 --> 00:12:02,000 to recreate her apple brandy recipe properly. 285 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:06,068 [Kelly] I'm sort of of the notion if you want walnuts we can find them. 286 00:12:06,068 --> 00:12:08,482 How about we make some walnut brandy? [chuckles] 287 00:12:08,482 --> 00:12:12,000 [Amanda] We're trying to make historical apple brandy right now. 288 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:13,862 -[Kelly laughs] -[Amanda] Focus on that, Kelly. 289 00:12:16,172 --> 00:12:18,275 [Kelly] I think I see what we're looking for. 290 00:12:18,275 --> 00:12:20,689 [Amanda] Yeah, slow down. I wanna check this out. 291 00:12:20,689 --> 00:12:22,931 -Are those fruit trees? -[Kelly] I think so. 292 00:12:22,931 --> 00:12:25,586 [Amanda] So, we finally spotted an old, abandoned apple orchard 293 00:12:25,586 --> 00:12:27,413 and there's all different types of trees. 294 00:12:27,413 --> 00:12:29,275 So, fingers crossed that there's some 295 00:12:29,275 --> 00:12:31,344 of Big Haley's apples still out there. 296 00:12:32,793 --> 00:12:35,103 [Kelly] Well, it's overgrown. 297 00:12:35,103 --> 00:12:36,344 [Amanda] Those are some apples right there. 298 00:12:38,068 --> 00:12:40,379 Remember, they're not supposed to be pretty. 299 00:12:40,379 --> 00:12:43,103 I'm pretty excited because we found a bunch of apples growing 300 00:12:43,103 --> 00:12:45,689 and literally, it's right below the ridge, 301 00:12:45,689 --> 00:12:47,793 couple miles from Big Haley's cabin. 302 00:12:47,793 --> 00:12:50,172 [Kelly] My gosh, there's all kinds of 'em on the ground. 303 00:12:50,172 --> 00:12:52,310 [Amanda] I can feel I am stepping on 'em. 304 00:12:52,310 --> 00:12:55,275 [Kelly] I mean, there is just hundreds on the ground. 305 00:12:55,275 --> 00:12:58,000 [Amanda] This could be the exact apples that we're looking for. 306 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,275 [Kelly] That's a ugly apple I've ever seen. 307 00:13:00,275 --> 00:13:02,413 -[laughs] -[Amanda] Yeah, um... 308 00:13:02,413 --> 00:13:04,413 I think it's perfectly ugly. 309 00:13:04,413 --> 00:13:05,517 -[Kelly laughs] -Right? 310 00:13:05,517 --> 00:13:07,000 I mean, it's even got the black spots 311 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,103 -that she described... -[Kelly] Yeah. 312 00:13:08,103 --> 00:13:09,275 [Amanda] ...and the yellow. 313 00:13:09,275 --> 00:13:11,379 [Kelly] It's a pitiful apple, I'll say that for it. 314 00:13:11,379 --> 00:13:12,689 [Amanda] These apples are spot on. 315 00:13:12,689 --> 00:13:15,620 They're exactly how Joanna described them to us. 316 00:13:15,620 --> 00:13:17,827 All that's left now is how they taste. 317 00:13:24,586 --> 00:13:25,655 [Kelly] Damn. 318 00:13:26,172 --> 00:13:27,758 [Amanda] Really freakin' good. 319 00:13:29,275 --> 00:13:32,068 That might be the best tasting apple I've ever had a bite of. 320 00:13:33,896 --> 00:13:36,172 I didn't expect that to be so good. 321 00:13:36,172 --> 00:13:39,103 It looks like a crabapple, but it tastes like a baking apple. 322 00:13:39,103 --> 00:13:41,551 It's got a lot of sugar in here, it's so sweet. 323 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,931 Big Haley apples? 324 00:13:43,931 --> 00:13:46,172 [Amanda] I think these are. I really do. 325 00:13:46,172 --> 00:13:48,517 [Kelly] We may have found the last of Big Haley's apple trees 326 00:13:48,517 --> 00:13:52,517 that exist, so this is a good find today. 327 00:13:52,517 --> 00:13:55,206 Trying to look and see if they look mushy or whatever, but-- 328 00:13:55,206 --> 00:13:57,862 [Amanda] Even if they're like a little bit, that's okay, 329 00:13:57,862 --> 00:13:59,413 as long as we mash these right in. 330 00:13:59,413 --> 00:14:01,517 [Kelly] We're gonna get all of the bushel baskets 331 00:14:01,517 --> 00:14:02,620 that we can filled up with apples 332 00:14:02,620 --> 00:14:03,896 and we're gonna be rock and rolling. 333 00:14:03,896 --> 00:14:06,758 [Amanda] Yeah, they are weird little small apples. 334 00:14:06,758 --> 00:14:08,896 [Kelly] I think that we need to save us a few of these apples 335 00:14:08,896 --> 00:14:11,000 and plant our own strain of 'em 336 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:12,758 if this turns out to be real good brandy. 337 00:14:13,896 --> 00:14:15,275 They're loaded, ain't they, girl? 338 00:14:15,275 --> 00:14:18,000 [Amanda] Yeah, they are. But you know what? 339 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:19,793 -They were free. -[Amanda and Kelly chuckle] 340 00:14:19,793 --> 00:14:22,793 [Kelly] A week ago, we would've had to climb the trees to pick 'em. 341 00:14:22,793 --> 00:14:25,620 We have searched far and wide for these apples 342 00:14:25,620 --> 00:14:26,965 and we finally found them. 343 00:14:26,965 --> 00:14:28,862 So, I'm really excited to bring these to Mark and Digger 344 00:14:28,862 --> 00:14:30,275 and get their take on them. 345 00:14:30,275 --> 00:14:33,586 I mean, how cool is that you can literally look up the ridge... 346 00:14:33,586 --> 00:14:36,000 and basically see right where her cabin was? 347 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,172 Big Haley, please give us your blessing 348 00:14:38,172 --> 00:14:40,068 to make some delicious apple brandy. 349 00:14:54,275 --> 00:14:56,413 -[Jeff] Ready to go. -[Joe] All right, Mr. Jeff. 350 00:14:56,413 --> 00:14:59,137 -Hit that electricity. -Here we go. 351 00:15:00,206 --> 00:15:03,793 Once we get this mash in the still and get that fire lit, 352 00:15:03,793 --> 00:15:04,931 there ain't no coming back. 353 00:15:04,931 --> 00:15:06,103 -I'm ready. -[Joe laughs] 354 00:15:06,103 --> 00:15:08,689 That is some good-looking mash going in there. 355 00:15:09,896 --> 00:15:11,172 -Are you ready? -[Jeff] I am ready. 356 00:15:14,379 --> 00:15:16,310 Whoo! 357 00:15:16,310 --> 00:15:18,000 We gotta build a furnace around this puppy 358 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,862 so we don't start losing heat. 359 00:15:19,862 --> 00:15:21,172 [Jeff] Let me ask you something, Joe. 360 00:15:21,172 --> 00:15:23,896 Why are you out here takin' a risk 361 00:15:23,896 --> 00:15:25,931 on something illegal? 362 00:15:25,931 --> 00:15:30,896 I wanna use this to set up my own distillery. 363 00:15:30,896 --> 00:15:33,000 -I don't have all of the money... -[Jeff] Mm-hmm. 364 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:37,689 ...and all of the, you know, permits to make this happen right now. 365 00:15:37,689 --> 00:15:39,862 This is my stepping stone, man. 366 00:15:39,862 --> 00:15:43,689 [Jeff] Both of us is going through two walks of life, 367 00:15:43,689 --> 00:15:45,758 but we're going for the same outcome. 368 00:15:45,758 --> 00:15:46,896 [Joe] That's it, man. 369 00:15:46,896 --> 00:15:49,172 -I mean, common goals, right? -[Jeff] Yep. 370 00:15:50,275 --> 00:15:51,931 Everybody in my family's always worked 371 00:15:51,931 --> 00:15:54,896 up to the day they died. I don't want that for myself. 372 00:15:54,896 --> 00:15:59,000 I wanna up my income. Have that money set aside, 373 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:02,000 where I can retire and enjoy a little bit of life. 374 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,206 -You see how it's sticking? -[Jeff] Mm-hmm. 375 00:16:04,206 --> 00:16:06,689 [Joe] And it's gonna form a natural barrier 376 00:16:06,689 --> 00:16:09,344 so that those vapors can't escape. 377 00:16:10,482 --> 00:16:11,827 And what these will do... 378 00:16:12,413 --> 00:16:14,172 is protect our joint... 379 00:16:15,517 --> 00:16:18,000 from having a leak like that. 380 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:19,482 [Jeff] Yeah, I can feel that pressure coming through. 381 00:16:19,482 --> 00:16:21,172 -[Joe] Yeah, you feel that pressure coming out? -[Jeff] Yeah. 382 00:16:22,172 --> 00:16:24,379 Whoo! It is getting hot. 383 00:16:24,379 --> 00:16:26,620 -We're hot all the way. Oh! -[Jeff] Oh, we got liquor. 384 00:16:26,620 --> 00:16:28,620 -We got liquor, we got liquor. -[laughing] 385 00:16:28,620 --> 00:16:30,862 -We did, brother. We did it. -We got liquor. 386 00:16:30,862 --> 00:16:33,000 -When can we start the drinking process? -[Joe] Man. [laughs] 387 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:37,206 [Jeff] I've, uh, avoided making liquor for the last 40 to 50 years. 388 00:16:37,206 --> 00:16:39,275 But I'll tell you what, I've been bitten by the bug. 389 00:16:39,275 --> 00:16:41,862 It's hard work, but it's fun to do, 390 00:16:41,862 --> 00:16:44,793 and I hope that, uh, when we get this finished product, 391 00:16:44,793 --> 00:16:46,206 it'll all be worth it. 392 00:16:46,206 --> 00:16:48,034 You get the first taste, brother. 393 00:16:49,275 --> 00:16:51,551 Give it a sip. Just a little, just a sip. 394 00:16:55,275 --> 00:16:56,896 [exhales] 395 00:16:56,896 --> 00:16:59,000 If that don't make you see Bigfoot, nothing's real. 396 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,000 -[Joe laughs] -Whoo! 397 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:02,068 -That is good. -[Joe] All right! 398 00:17:03,172 --> 00:17:04,344 [Jeff] Oh, that's good. 399 00:17:08,275 --> 00:17:10,758 Oh! Jeffy Jeff. 400 00:17:10,758 --> 00:17:12,792 It is lights out. 401 00:17:12,792 --> 00:17:16,103 This pear and sweet corn has come together so well, 402 00:17:16,103 --> 00:17:19,517 I can't wait to just give that money jar to Mark and Digger 403 00:17:19,517 --> 00:17:20,792 and see their faces. 404 00:17:20,792 --> 00:17:26,896 You have graduated the Hot and Angry School of Liquor-ology 405 00:17:26,896 --> 00:17:29,448 and we are ready to run, baby. 406 00:17:36,931 --> 00:17:38,172 [Mark] What's up, guys? 407 00:17:38,172 --> 00:17:40,793 [Jeff] Mark and Digger really know how to play the game. 408 00:17:40,793 --> 00:17:43,586 They've got top notch standards for what they sell, 409 00:17:43,586 --> 00:17:45,586 their customers expect the best. 410 00:17:45,586 --> 00:17:47,103 And I hope this will measure up. 411 00:17:47,103 --> 00:17:49,758 I expect something to come out of that pack right there 412 00:17:49,758 --> 00:17:51,000 that's really good. 413 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,896 This is the fruits of our labor, gentlemen. 414 00:17:53,896 --> 00:17:54,620 Hmm. 415 00:17:54,620 --> 00:17:56,172 I hope you're satisfied. 416 00:17:57,793 --> 00:17:59,379 Whoo! 417 00:17:59,379 --> 00:18:01,379 -I'm telling you, puss... -Uh-huh. 418 00:18:01,379 --> 00:18:03,586 ...it's either really good or they didn't make lot of it. 419 00:18:03,586 --> 00:18:05,413 Yeah, I was gonna say that's a little disheartening 420 00:18:05,413 --> 00:18:09,000 that there's a little bit missing out of that jar. Uh... 421 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,344 I hope it went to tasting. I hope y'all know how to fill a jar up. 422 00:18:14,586 --> 00:18:15,620 It's good liquor, guys. 423 00:18:15,620 --> 00:18:18,482 -It's got enough nose on it. -It does. 424 00:18:18,482 --> 00:18:21,103 Well, it couldn't help but be sweet. 425 00:18:21,103 --> 00:18:24,000 -I mean, the sweetness from the pears. -[Digger] That's awful good. 426 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:25,586 Thank you, gentlemen. Thank you so much. 427 00:18:25,586 --> 00:18:26,793 -See? -Come on, Joe. 428 00:18:26,793 --> 00:18:28,206 That means a lot to us right there. 429 00:18:28,206 --> 00:18:32,206 Good job, Jeff. I'm proud of your damn learning experience. 430 00:18:32,206 --> 00:18:34,413 Thank you. I was really scared. 431 00:18:34,413 --> 00:18:37,517 You know, if we keep production up to where it's at right now 432 00:18:37,517 --> 00:18:39,068 and the standards stay high, 433 00:18:39,068 --> 00:18:42,103 I mean, we're gonna have a hell of a nest egg before we know it. 434 00:18:42,103 --> 00:18:44,000 As long as nothing gets in the way, 435 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:49,034 like rival moonshiners, and the even bigger thing, the law. 436 00:18:49,758 --> 00:18:50,758 Good job, Joe. 437 00:18:56,379 --> 00:18:57,931 [Digger] Let's see if it'll come on. 438 00:18:58,275 --> 00:18:59,896 [whirring] 439 00:18:59,896 --> 00:19:02,344 -Oh, yeah. -Stick your finger down in there. 440 00:19:04,896 --> 00:19:07,172 At the mercy of the corn that's been run through it. There's still-- 441 00:19:07,172 --> 00:19:08,793 I'll tell you what let's do. 442 00:19:08,793 --> 00:19:10,482 Let's actually put something through it, 443 00:19:10,482 --> 00:19:13,379 just to see if it's still good and sharp, that's supposed to have been put through it. 444 00:19:13,379 --> 00:19:15,241 Let's put a limb in it. 445 00:19:15,241 --> 00:19:17,655 Kelly and Amanda, they've been out on the research trail 446 00:19:17,655 --> 00:19:20,758 and, uh, they've also got a truck load of apples 447 00:19:20,758 --> 00:19:22,000 they're coming in here with. 448 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,689 So, we tell them to come on, bring them apples 449 00:19:24,689 --> 00:19:28,000 and we'll get 'em fixed up. Clean up the old apple shredder. 450 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,896 "Hillbilly food processor" as we call it. 451 00:19:30,896 --> 00:19:33,413 -Looks like a salad. -Have to be careful with this. 452 00:19:37,689 --> 00:19:38,965 That damn... 453 00:19:40,379 --> 00:19:43,000 You ain't got no play handy stick up no more. 454 00:19:44,758 --> 00:19:48,448 -I'll tie you a rope to it. -Look at all that pretty yellow in that leaves. 455 00:19:48,448 --> 00:19:50,896 It's trimmed off or you circumscribed that. 456 00:19:50,896 --> 00:19:52,896 That wasn't the best move we've made, is it? 457 00:19:52,896 --> 00:19:56,758 Well, just for the record, I wasn't involved in it. [chuckles] 458 00:19:56,758 --> 00:19:58,137 I'm just watching. 459 00:19:58,965 --> 00:20:00,172 -All right. -[horns honking] 460 00:20:00,172 --> 00:20:01,655 [Mark] I heard that, all right. 461 00:20:01,655 --> 00:20:04,172 -[Amanda] Oh, they got a chipper for us. -[Kelly] Hotdog. 462 00:20:04,172 --> 00:20:05,689 [Amanda] So, I'm super excited to show Mark and Digger 463 00:20:05,689 --> 00:20:07,000 these apples that we found. 464 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:08,896 I'm really proud that we found the right apples. 465 00:20:08,896 --> 00:20:11,379 They are hideous apples though. 466 00:20:11,379 --> 00:20:13,793 Hillbilly food processor, one each. 467 00:20:13,793 --> 00:20:15,241 Just want we needed. How'd you know? 468 00:20:15,241 --> 00:20:17,000 -I know. -[Kelly] And you haven't made a mess with it. 469 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,000 -We were just seeing if it works. -We were just testing 470 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:20,586 'cause we know how you'll be if it don't work. 471 00:20:20,586 --> 00:20:22,793 We ain't never run no damn brush through it. 472 00:20:22,793 --> 00:20:25,275 -We were just gonna see if it grinds some brush. -All we've ever done 473 00:20:25,275 --> 00:20:26,896 -is fruit and vegetables. -Show me it'll grind these apple bits? 474 00:20:26,896 --> 00:20:29,172 -Oh, it'll eat them apples up. -There you go, Amanda. 475 00:20:29,172 --> 00:20:32,344 -[Amanda] Just what I always wanted. Aw. -Well, you can have it. 476 00:20:32,344 --> 00:20:33,793 -You've got apples? -We got apples. 477 00:20:33,793 --> 00:20:35,068 You wanna see 'em? 478 00:20:35,068 --> 00:20:36,034 -You do? -Of course you wanna see 'em. 479 00:20:36,034 --> 00:20:37,689 Yeah, I've never seen an apple before. 480 00:20:37,689 --> 00:20:39,137 I thought you might not have. 481 00:20:40,379 --> 00:20:42,862 These apples were hard to find. 482 00:20:42,862 --> 00:20:44,241 Yeah, this has been an ordeal. 483 00:20:44,241 --> 00:20:45,862 It looks like it's hard to find. 484 00:20:45,862 --> 00:20:48,000 [Mark] Yeah, they're so little they was hiding under clover leaves. 485 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,172 [Amanda] Don't judge our apples. 486 00:20:50,172 --> 00:20:52,448 'Cause these are so good, you're gonna want to lay down to eat 'em. 487 00:20:53,034 --> 00:20:54,793 [Mark exclaims] 488 00:20:54,793 --> 00:20:57,586 [Amanda] We actually went to Big Haley's cabin 489 00:20:57,586 --> 00:20:59,896 to get any information that we could. 490 00:20:59,896 --> 00:21:01,482 So apparently her husband would go around 491 00:21:01,482 --> 00:21:04,000 and he planted seedlings all over the area. 492 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,758 -They're delicious, actually. -They smell really, really good. 493 00:21:06,758 --> 00:21:09,034 They got a whole lot of sugar content they taste like. 494 00:21:09,034 --> 00:21:11,793 And then you've got a little tart on the end. 495 00:21:11,793 --> 00:21:14,172 Yeah, ain't nothing wrong these. They're delicious. 496 00:21:14,172 --> 00:21:17,379 These old rough looking apples, they do have great flavor. 497 00:21:17,379 --> 00:21:18,862 They've got plenty of sugar. 498 00:21:18,862 --> 00:21:22,000 And these right here, that's already rotten a little bit. 499 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,655 You'd be surprised how much flavor they bring to the party. 500 00:21:24,655 --> 00:21:26,482 Yeah? That's why I wasn't afraid of those ones. 501 00:21:26,482 --> 00:21:28,793 -'Cause they're starting to ferment already for us. -[Digger] Yeah. 502 00:21:28,793 --> 00:21:30,655 The rot a little bit around the core, 503 00:21:30,655 --> 00:21:33,275 that'll mash up, that'll make them excellent. 504 00:21:33,275 --> 00:21:35,000 'Cause they're already about broke down. 505 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,137 [Digger] If it's so good, why'd you spit that bite out? 506 00:21:37,137 --> 00:21:38,275 [Mark] Well, I was just making a point. 507 00:21:38,275 --> 00:21:41,103 I was showing it how exactly, you crazy bastard. 508 00:21:41,103 --> 00:21:44,275 He's trying to quit eating all of our apples. 509 00:21:44,275 --> 00:21:46,655 [Digger] Put that back in there and they'll mash it. 510 00:21:46,655 --> 00:21:48,379 [Amanda] There's definitely wild yeast living on these apples. 511 00:21:48,379 --> 00:21:51,172 Because it's breaking down the apple and consuming it. 512 00:21:51,172 --> 00:21:53,344 It's converting the fructose sugar in the apples. 513 00:21:53,344 --> 00:21:55,862 And, that's exactly what we want to happen for fermentation. 514 00:21:55,862 --> 00:21:57,793 It actually got sticky [bleep] all over. 515 00:21:57,793 --> 00:22:00,793 [Amanda] Yeah, guys. We think actually we should 516 00:22:00,793 --> 00:22:04,275 use the wild yeast on the apples to mash that in then. 517 00:22:04,275 --> 00:22:05,758 I've been doing my research. 518 00:22:05,758 --> 00:22:08,448 And we're going to try to harvest the wild yeast off of these apples, 519 00:22:08,448 --> 00:22:11,068 because like most moonshiners back in the day, 520 00:22:11,068 --> 00:22:14,482 Big Haley really only had apples and water and natural yeast. 521 00:22:14,482 --> 00:22:15,689 Ain't no sugar, right? 522 00:22:15,689 --> 00:22:17,586 I don't think she would've had sugar back then. 523 00:22:17,586 --> 00:22:20,241 [Mark] Sugar been too hard to come by at that time. 524 00:22:20,241 --> 00:22:22,103 [Amanda] True 100% apple brandy. 525 00:22:22,103 --> 00:22:24,896 All that's left to do is take our apples into the woods, 526 00:22:24,896 --> 00:22:27,793 and mash these in, exactly how Big Haley would have. 527 00:22:27,793 --> 00:22:29,586 Good luck. Get busy. 528 00:22:29,586 --> 00:22:30,655 [Digger] Get with it. 529 00:22:41,379 --> 00:22:43,000 [Tim] We've got to build a condenser here. 530 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,689 So it's going to run, condense, and drop into here. 531 00:22:45,689 --> 00:22:50,896 Distilling band. Going from vapor to liquid. 532 00:22:50,896 --> 00:22:52,137 This is the last piece we've got today. 533 00:22:52,137 --> 00:22:55,000 We gotta put this condenser pipe around the arm. 534 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,758 If we can put enough cold water through that, 535 00:22:56,758 --> 00:22:59,000 it'll condense this vapor to a liquid, 536 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,000 before it gets to the second distillation. 537 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,172 See, I just made a worm. 538 00:23:03,172 --> 00:23:05,482 -Yeah, a little mini keg worm. -Right. 539 00:23:05,482 --> 00:23:07,862 All right. So now, we're going to put this onto this. 540 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,896 All right. So if I was you, I would just go, what? Like-- 541 00:23:11,896 --> 00:23:13,655 You're going to get it like that? 542 00:23:13,655 --> 00:23:14,862 Is that what you're going to? 543 00:23:14,862 --> 00:23:16,862 Somewhere along, we're gonna start shrinking it, buddy. 544 00:23:16,862 --> 00:23:18,586 Well, we've got to get it on that first. 545 00:23:18,586 --> 00:23:20,379 This is a 500-year recipe. 546 00:23:20,379 --> 00:23:24,379 Just me and Howard, recreating Genever after so many years. 547 00:23:24,379 --> 00:23:26,137 You know, real exciting. 548 00:23:26,137 --> 00:23:27,931 You know, me and Howard putting our own twist on it. 549 00:23:28,586 --> 00:23:29,482 Hold it, Howard. 550 00:23:29,482 --> 00:23:30,862 -This way. -[exclaims in pain] 551 00:23:32,172 --> 00:23:34,241 And you know, my recipe of Genever, 552 00:23:34,241 --> 00:23:36,275 it honors the original recipe. 553 00:23:36,275 --> 00:23:38,068 But it's something for the future. 554 00:23:38,068 --> 00:23:40,689 So, I think we good on this. 555 00:23:40,689 --> 00:23:42,275 -We gotta move all this stuff outside. -Why? 556 00:23:42,275 --> 00:23:45,034 So, we have to get a water hose here. 557 00:23:45,034 --> 00:23:48,275 Water hose here. That way our water is going away, you know. 558 00:23:48,275 --> 00:23:50,862 If we're to insulate this, to make sure we keep the water 559 00:23:50,862 --> 00:23:52,172 as cold as possible. 560 00:23:52,172 --> 00:23:54,896 Yeah, we've gotta insulate this to keep this cold right here. 561 00:23:54,896 --> 00:23:58,000 Alcohol vapor, it vapors at 175 degrees. 562 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,000 And for that to turn back to a liquid, 563 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,068 normally you need about 100 degree differential there. 564 00:24:02,068 --> 00:24:04,275 So when it comes out, you want to hit the condenser. 565 00:24:04,275 --> 00:24:06,482 You want it to drop down to like 75 degrees. 566 00:24:06,482 --> 00:24:09,586 And if we can't cool it down enough, we may have vapor. 567 00:24:09,586 --> 00:24:11,241 We got vapor, we got a problem. 568 00:24:11,241 --> 00:24:14,413 It's good that we're out here finally putting this thing together, man. I'm excited. 569 00:24:15,344 --> 00:24:17,275 I just gotta be careful 570 00:24:17,275 --> 00:24:18,793 I don't destroy nothing. 571 00:24:18,793 --> 00:24:20,344 [Tim] Yeah, don't break nothing. 572 00:24:20,344 --> 00:24:22,034 This right here... 573 00:24:22,034 --> 00:24:24,344 What you doubted, I believe I have faith in. 574 00:24:24,965 --> 00:24:26,379 I don't know if doubted or not. 575 00:24:26,379 --> 00:24:28,379 I was just saying, I never did it before. 576 00:24:28,379 --> 00:24:31,241 When the first people in the Dutch colonies made Genever, 577 00:24:31,241 --> 00:24:32,448 they ain't never done it before. 578 00:24:32,448 --> 00:24:34,586 And then they came out with a very successful product. 579 00:24:34,586 --> 00:24:36,448 [Tim] Seeing this coming together, it's amazing. 580 00:24:36,448 --> 00:24:37,862 Genever is one thing, 581 00:24:37,862 --> 00:24:39,689 but to build a still so complicated 582 00:24:39,689 --> 00:24:44,965 and run in two directions to make three distillations in one set up. 583 00:24:45,448 --> 00:24:46,586 I mean, this is incredible. 584 00:24:46,586 --> 00:24:48,103 Oh, I got you something. 585 00:24:49,551 --> 00:24:50,965 [laughs] 586 00:24:50,965 --> 00:24:55,103 I told you, if we successfully run moonshine, 587 00:24:55,103 --> 00:24:56,517 I will dance in them clogs. 588 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,413 [laughs] 589 00:25:07,655 --> 00:25:09,172 [Amanda] Well, Kelly, 590 00:25:09,172 --> 00:25:10,758 we got all our apples here in one piece. 591 00:25:10,758 --> 00:25:12,482 [Kelly] It looks more like persimmons to me. 592 00:25:12,482 --> 00:25:14,689 -But... -Stop judging our apples, okay? 593 00:25:14,689 --> 00:25:15,655 They're delicious. 594 00:25:15,655 --> 00:25:17,241 The process here to make this apple brandy 595 00:25:17,241 --> 00:25:19,448 is probably one of the simplest that we've ever done. 596 00:25:19,448 --> 00:25:21,275 We're literally just using water and apples 597 00:25:21,275 --> 00:25:22,551 to make an apple brandy. 598 00:25:22,551 --> 00:25:25,034 Kelly, have you ever used wild yeast before to make a mash? 599 00:25:25,034 --> 00:25:25,862 [Kelly] No. 600 00:25:25,862 --> 00:25:27,000 -Never? -Nope. 601 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,482 I used some kind of bread yeast, 602 00:25:29,482 --> 00:25:33,103 'cause it's readily available and easy. 603 00:25:33,103 --> 00:25:35,344 Back in the day, they wouldn't have had access to anything. 604 00:25:35,344 --> 00:25:38,344 They would've just had apples, wild yeast, and water. 605 00:25:38,344 --> 00:25:41,482 So we're going to do everything exactly how Haley would have done it. 606 00:25:41,482 --> 00:25:43,793 And see how it turns out. 607 00:25:43,793 --> 00:25:45,965 Yeah, I just wanna heat up a little bit of water. 608 00:25:45,965 --> 00:25:49,586 Get this like, lukewarm. 90 degrees or so. 609 00:25:49,586 --> 00:25:51,379 -Like body temperature -Body temperature? 610 00:25:51,379 --> 00:25:53,344 Yeah, I mean, this is... Try to like, 611 00:25:53,344 --> 00:25:56,000 wake that yeast up a little bit that's on the apples. 612 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,551 Wild yeast live naturally in the environment. 613 00:25:58,551 --> 00:26:01,689 In the air, and it's kind of, all over the place. 614 00:26:01,689 --> 00:26:04,586 So the idea is to make sort of a wild yeast starter, 615 00:26:04,586 --> 00:26:06,793 by crushing up some of the really soft apples. 616 00:26:06,793 --> 00:26:10,275 These really soft apples probably have more yeast present on them, 617 00:26:10,275 --> 00:26:13,379 because the yeast is consuming those apples. 618 00:26:13,379 --> 00:26:16,000 And regenerating more yeast bodies. 619 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,689 [Kelly] I'm not touching. I'm gonna let you be in charge. 620 00:26:18,689 --> 00:26:20,965 -That way if something goes wrong-- -Kelly, you're slacking. 621 00:26:20,965 --> 00:26:22,172 Look at these big pieces in here. 622 00:26:22,172 --> 00:26:24,758 [Kelly] Speed up, slow down, mash it harder. 623 00:26:24,758 --> 00:26:27,172 [Amanda] This is a really long process to make apple brandy. 624 00:26:27,172 --> 00:26:29,034 Haley had about 14 kids or so. 625 00:26:29,034 --> 00:26:32,172 So, I'm sure she put them to work when she was crushing up all these apples. 626 00:26:32,172 --> 00:26:35,000 -[Kelly] Is there a reason that we have to shred 'em? -I mean... 627 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,965 Them being shredded, helps us get all those sugars out of 'em. 628 00:26:37,965 --> 00:26:39,379 'Cause we're not really cooking the apples. 629 00:26:39,379 --> 00:26:42,172 Giving a cool mash-in, will definitely benefit our flavor. 630 00:26:42,172 --> 00:26:46,551 In cooking the apples, you let off a lot of the aroma and the flavor 631 00:26:46,551 --> 00:26:47,793 that the apples have in them. 632 00:26:47,793 --> 00:26:49,310 -Ready? -Yep. 633 00:26:52,896 --> 00:26:54,862 Oh, golly, look at it. [chuckles] 634 00:26:55,793 --> 00:26:57,689 it fuzzed it right up, didn't it? 635 00:26:57,689 --> 00:26:59,862 [Amanda] it's hard to see, but if you look really close, 636 00:26:59,862 --> 00:27:04,103 -there's some bubbles forming and popping. -Oh, yeah. Uh-huh. 637 00:27:04,103 --> 00:27:05,482 [Amanda] That is fricking awesome. 638 00:27:05,482 --> 00:27:07,344 Pretty soon, we're gonna be back here, 639 00:27:07,344 --> 00:27:09,103 running Big Haley's apple brandy. 640 00:27:09,103 --> 00:27:11,068 Good luck, little yeast babies. 641 00:27:11,068 --> 00:27:12,344 -Do your thing. -[laughs] 642 00:27:17,586 --> 00:27:18,758 [Amanda] Today's the big day, Kelly. 643 00:27:18,758 --> 00:27:23,034 [Kelly] Big Amanda's apple brandy mash, aka Big Haley. 644 00:27:23,034 --> 00:27:24,448 Let's check it out. 645 00:27:24,448 --> 00:27:27,103 I'm just... Yeah. 646 00:27:27,103 --> 00:27:29,551 -It sounds like the cap might be gone. -Yes, sir. 647 00:27:29,965 --> 00:27:31,172 -Whoo. -Yeah. 648 00:27:31,172 --> 00:27:33,275 Burns your eyes a little bit. 649 00:27:33,275 --> 00:27:35,689 Well, that means there's enough alcohol in it, 650 00:27:35,689 --> 00:27:38,034 to where we oughta get get us a pint or two anyway. 651 00:27:40,896 --> 00:27:41,827 Sour. 652 00:27:43,379 --> 00:27:45,379 [Kelly] It tastes like a bad wine. Whoo. 653 00:27:45,379 --> 00:27:47,000 [Amanda] That's 'cause it is right now. 654 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:48,000 Till we make it a good brandy. 655 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:49,482 -Go to it. -Let's do it. 656 00:27:49,482 --> 00:27:51,896 Big Haley's apple brandy was known far and wide 657 00:27:51,896 --> 00:27:54,689 for its amazing flavor and how smooth it was. 658 00:27:54,689 --> 00:27:56,000 [Kelly] Are you ready, Amanda? 659 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:57,965 -[Amanda] Ready. -It's coming at you hot. 660 00:27:59,275 --> 00:28:00,586 [Amanda] It's a legendary recipe. 661 00:28:00,586 --> 00:28:02,344 So I'm really hoping by the end of this day 662 00:28:02,344 --> 00:28:03,758 we can put some of that in a jar 663 00:28:03,758 --> 00:28:06,517 and actually get to taste for ourselves, what it may have been like. 664 00:28:08,482 --> 00:28:10,172 Perfect amount. 665 00:28:10,172 --> 00:28:12,344 Let's light to burn her up, and get this thing going. 666 00:28:23,689 --> 00:28:26,896 [Kelly] This is one of them things, you know, that Mark and Digger are expecting. 667 00:28:26,896 --> 00:28:29,689 And I guarantee you that they know we're running today. 668 00:28:29,689 --> 00:28:31,482 So there's somewhere waiting to hear from us. 669 00:28:31,482 --> 00:28:34,000 Pressure is on, Kelly. Thanks for the reminder. 670 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,172 [Kelly] Amanda's got a lot riding on this whole deal. 671 00:28:36,172 --> 00:28:38,793 It's been her baby, pretty much since the get go. 672 00:28:38,793 --> 00:28:40,241 She's done a lot of research. 673 00:28:40,241 --> 00:28:42,689 She's done a lot of stuff here to try to see how it goes. 674 00:28:42,689 --> 00:28:45,965 We're trying to recreate some of the best apple brandy in history. So... 675 00:28:45,965 --> 00:28:48,793 There's no need in having pressure now. This is the easy part. 676 00:28:48,793 --> 00:28:50,689 You know, if it's a win, I'll give her all the credit. 677 00:28:50,689 --> 00:28:53,103 If it's a fail, I guess I'll help her take the blame. 678 00:28:56,758 --> 00:28:57,862 It's building up. 679 00:28:58,551 --> 00:28:59,655 It's hot right to here now. 680 00:28:59,655 --> 00:29:02,241 So we're gonna have liquor before long. 681 00:29:02,241 --> 00:29:06,379 This has to be something that we can get a little extra bang for the buck with. 682 00:29:06,379 --> 00:29:09,172 Because, that's the only reason they even want to get into the market. 683 00:29:09,172 --> 00:29:11,689 Is if they can sell the high end apple brandy. 684 00:29:11,689 --> 00:29:14,068 I really, really hope that Big Haley is gonna look over us. 685 00:29:14,068 --> 00:29:16,758 Give us her blessing and let us make some good apple brandy. 686 00:29:17,586 --> 00:29:19,103 It's gonna be running soon. 687 00:29:19,103 --> 00:29:21,000 I brought Kelly on a wild goose chase. 688 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,068 I've had Mark and Digger waiting all this time. 689 00:29:23,068 --> 00:29:25,862 I've really talked this recipe up, and if I don't come through... 690 00:29:26,689 --> 00:29:28,103 they're gonna be pretty salty with me. 691 00:29:33,793 --> 00:29:36,172 -[Kelly] Oh, there it comes. -We've got liquor. 692 00:29:37,172 --> 00:29:39,379 I'm gonna dial the flame way down. 693 00:29:39,379 --> 00:29:41,551 Because we want this to run slow, don't we? 694 00:29:41,551 --> 00:29:43,862 Yeah, turn it down a little bit. 695 00:29:43,862 --> 00:29:46,586 Kelly, we're gonna dump out a lot more heads on this run 696 00:29:46,586 --> 00:29:49,275 than we normally would with like the standard run-of-the-mill corn liquor. 697 00:29:49,275 --> 00:29:51,896 The fructose conversion plus that wild yeast 698 00:29:51,896 --> 00:29:53,965 is gonna make way more acetone. 699 00:29:53,965 --> 00:29:55,586 When I make apple brandy, 700 00:29:55,586 --> 00:29:58,689 it tend to produce more acetaldehydes. Which are the heads. 701 00:29:58,689 --> 00:30:00,689 [Kelly] Are you ready? We can use a sampling jar. 702 00:30:00,689 --> 00:30:02,034 [Amanda] Yeah, let's do a taster. 703 00:30:02,034 --> 00:30:05,000 Every moonshiner knows there's a fortune you throw off of your run. 704 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,172 That's the four shots. 705 00:30:06,172 --> 00:30:09,000 So that has levels of methyl alcohol in it. 706 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:10,655 And that's the poisonous part. 707 00:30:10,655 --> 00:30:12,172 I'll be honest, Kelly. I'm a little nervous. 708 00:30:12,172 --> 00:30:14,551 Even though I know all the effort we put into this, 709 00:30:14,551 --> 00:30:16,379 I'm pretty sure it'll taste good. But... 710 00:30:16,379 --> 00:30:18,586 I just... I don't wanna let you guys down. 711 00:30:18,586 --> 00:30:21,344 Well, I got plenty of run up for us to try. So... 712 00:30:21,344 --> 00:30:23,793 You know, I like to make things pretty difficult on all you guys. 713 00:30:23,793 --> 00:30:26,551 But in the end, it usually plays out in my favor. 714 00:30:27,172 --> 00:30:28,551 Beadin' pretty good. 715 00:30:41,793 --> 00:30:43,034 Oh, my God. 716 00:30:43,689 --> 00:30:44,862 We killed it. 717 00:30:44,862 --> 00:30:48,172 -That is fricking amazing, right? -Totally amazing. 718 00:30:48,172 --> 00:30:50,034 I'm drinking some more of this. 719 00:30:50,034 --> 00:30:53,689 I'm calling the head guys and tell them they need to come up here. 720 00:30:53,689 --> 00:30:55,689 You think they'll come up here and try it right now? 721 00:30:55,689 --> 00:30:57,275 You know they're dying to know what this is. 722 00:30:57,275 --> 00:30:59,000 I love to hear what they think about it. 723 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,793 Kelly and I both agree that we fricking nailed it. 724 00:31:01,793 --> 00:31:05,172 Uh, you're going to come and see me and Amanda. 725 00:31:05,172 --> 00:31:07,068 [Amanda] I can't wait to see their faces when they taste this. 726 00:31:16,068 --> 00:31:17,793 [Tim] All right, now. 727 00:31:17,793 --> 00:31:20,310 -[Tim] All right. You ready? Bam. -Yeah, I'm ready. 728 00:31:21,482 --> 00:31:24,655 Hell, that cap's dropped. It looks good. It's done working. 729 00:31:24,655 --> 00:31:27,068 Today is the day. You know, we've tested the still. 730 00:31:27,068 --> 00:31:30,379 We built this apparatus. Very complicated. I just hope it works. 731 00:31:30,379 --> 00:31:32,275 What do you think? 732 00:31:32,275 --> 00:31:34,655 -It's good actually. It tastes really, really good. -Does it? 733 00:31:34,655 --> 00:31:36,344 Yes, it does, man. 734 00:31:36,344 --> 00:31:38,448 Howard and I, we go over, we walk to the mash barrow. 735 00:31:38,448 --> 00:31:39,965 It's been sitting there, like seven days. 736 00:31:39,965 --> 00:31:41,034 Oh, yeah. 737 00:31:41,034 --> 00:31:44,137 It looks good. It's got that great rye color in it. 738 00:31:44,137 --> 00:31:45,793 All we got to do is fill the still. 739 00:31:45,793 --> 00:31:47,793 -Tim. -Howard, what are you doing? 740 00:31:47,793 --> 00:31:49,586 [laughingly] I don't know about this, buddy. 741 00:31:49,586 --> 00:31:51,172 -Stop playing around. -I ain't playing around. 742 00:31:51,172 --> 00:31:54,275 -It's wampus. It's cattywampus. -Well, hold this. 743 00:31:54,275 --> 00:31:56,896 -Oh, God. -The more weight you put on, the more stable it becomes. 744 00:31:56,896 --> 00:31:58,103 And you don't spill it. 745 00:31:59,379 --> 00:32:02,551 Look at that mash, baby. That rye is really showing through. 746 00:32:02,551 --> 00:32:04,068 [Tim] Just don't spill it. 747 00:32:04,068 --> 00:32:05,103 [Howard] I'm not gonna spill it. 748 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:06,931 I'mma fill it. 749 00:32:07,862 --> 00:32:09,103 Whoo! 750 00:32:09,103 --> 00:32:12,068 -You ready to put some fire in that thing? -We got fire. 751 00:32:12,068 --> 00:32:13,724 That get us to that like that. 752 00:32:15,965 --> 00:32:17,551 Looks good so far, don't we? 753 00:32:17,551 --> 00:32:20,172 This whole journey of researching Genever, 754 00:32:20,172 --> 00:32:22,758 learning the history of how it got to the United States, 755 00:32:22,758 --> 00:32:24,586 and then being part of, you know, 756 00:32:24,586 --> 00:32:27,137 putting our own twist on it, just me and Howard. 757 00:32:27,137 --> 00:32:29,000 I just hope that when it comes out, 758 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,344 you know, it's just as good as it was 500 years ago. 759 00:32:31,344 --> 00:32:33,655 Okay, I've got to get some insulation to go right here. 760 00:32:34,275 --> 00:32:35,758 And some tape. 761 00:32:35,758 --> 00:32:38,000 Think we're going to tape this up, right here. 762 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,551 Because this is already getting warm, man. 763 00:32:40,172 --> 00:32:41,344 -Huh? -Yeah. 764 00:32:42,482 --> 00:32:44,448 Yeah. It's getting a little warm. 765 00:32:44,448 --> 00:32:47,000 -Little scorch. -And then we'll make some paste. 766 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:50,172 Yeah, we got to make paste We gotta-- Oh, Lord, we got a lot to do. 767 00:32:50,172 --> 00:32:52,551 We got the mash. We filled the first still up. 768 00:32:52,551 --> 00:32:53,655 Got it capped off. 769 00:32:53,655 --> 00:32:55,000 Hold that tape. 770 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,655 -I'll hold the ears. -Stand back. 771 00:32:57,655 --> 00:32:59,448 Now, all we've got to do is work on this condenser. 772 00:32:59,448 --> 00:33:02,448 This first condenser, this line on with this copper pipe running around it. 773 00:33:02,448 --> 00:33:06,689 We've got to insulate this and hopefully there's enough coil there to cool it. 774 00:33:06,689 --> 00:33:08,068 All right, I'm pasting on here. 775 00:33:10,965 --> 00:33:12,000 [Howard] Oh, God. 776 00:33:13,068 --> 00:33:15,172 Tim, we have a major malfunction right here, son. 777 00:33:15,172 --> 00:33:17,448 -We got steam, no liquid. -Oh, no. 778 00:33:18,655 --> 00:33:19,689 That's gonna be a problem. 779 00:33:19,689 --> 00:33:21,379 I mean, what we worst feared is here. 780 00:33:21,379 --> 00:33:23,586 Get that hose. Here, cool this arm down. 781 00:33:23,586 --> 00:33:24,862 We got vapor coming out. 782 00:33:24,862 --> 00:33:28,000 Our condenser is not big enough. It's not cooling this arm. 783 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:29,862 I mean, you should have saw this getting hot already. 784 00:33:29,862 --> 00:33:31,551 -I did. -Look, it's already hot. 785 00:33:32,172 --> 00:33:33,344 Cool it right here. 786 00:33:33,344 --> 00:33:35,000 Cool it right there. 'Cause this is cold. 787 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:36,068 See, this is cold right here. 788 00:33:36,068 --> 00:33:37,448 Yeah, hold it right there. 789 00:33:37,448 --> 00:33:38,758 Just hold it right there. 790 00:33:38,758 --> 00:33:41,172 The design of this coil is to turn the vapor back into alcohol. 791 00:33:41,172 --> 00:33:42,793 And that's not happening right now. 792 00:33:42,793 --> 00:33:44,448 We're gonna have to shut this still down. 793 00:33:44,448 --> 00:33:46,000 'Cause right now, we're dead in the water. 794 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,344 -Hold on, Tim. Let me go grab something -Howard? 795 00:34:02,586 --> 00:34:04,172 Be careful in there. 796 00:34:04,172 --> 00:34:06,862 I'm telling you, this copper is real sharp and it will cut you. 797 00:34:06,862 --> 00:34:09,585 -I know. -I've got plenty of experience of getting cut. 798 00:34:09,585 --> 00:34:11,034 Yeah, look at that. 799 00:34:11,034 --> 00:34:12,688 You see that? You see that right there? 800 00:34:12,688 --> 00:34:14,688 -That's from a copper still? -No. 801 00:34:14,688 --> 00:34:16,862 I'm always just getting cut or shot. 802 00:34:16,862 --> 00:34:18,447 -Jesus, man. -[laughs] 803 00:34:19,275 --> 00:34:20,379 [Howard] Oh, [bleep]. 804 00:34:20,379 --> 00:34:22,447 [Tim] Is that your tattoo is leaking? 805 00:34:23,447 --> 00:34:25,000 [Howard] Yeah, I'm gonna have a cool scar too. 806 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,379 Got a little tiny Tim scar right there. 807 00:34:27,379 --> 00:34:28,551 We'll call it tiny Tim. 808 00:34:28,551 --> 00:34:31,068 I put my blood, sweat, and tears into this. 809 00:34:32,137 --> 00:34:33,379 Well, my dad always says, 810 00:34:33,379 --> 00:34:35,757 "If it don't kill you, it'll make you stronger." 811 00:34:35,757 --> 00:34:37,551 -Or leave a hole in you. -[laughs] 812 00:34:41,516 --> 00:34:42,862 [Tim] I mean, you should have saw this getting hot already. 813 00:34:42,862 --> 00:34:43,896 Yeah, hold it right there. 814 00:34:43,896 --> 00:34:45,310 Just hold it right there. 815 00:34:45,310 --> 00:34:47,000 We're going to cut the whole thing off. 816 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,103 -Hold on, Tim. Let me go grab something. -Howard? 817 00:34:50,516 --> 00:34:53,379 The whole premise behind this still and this arm with this coil, 818 00:34:53,379 --> 00:34:56,413 was to cool this back down to turn it back into liquid. 819 00:34:56,413 --> 00:34:57,793 [Tim] Get this around here. 820 00:34:57,793 --> 00:35:00,413 [Howard] The only solution here is to add more copper, 821 00:35:00,413 --> 00:35:01,413 extend this out, 822 00:35:01,413 --> 00:35:03,896 make this work effectively like it should. 823 00:35:03,896 --> 00:35:07,206 This is us fixing it on the fly, ain't it? [laughs] 824 00:35:07,206 --> 00:35:09,241 This like you're back, working back in the old days 825 00:35:09,241 --> 00:35:10,517 at that old mattress factory, ain't it? 826 00:35:10,517 --> 00:35:12,206 -Keep... Keep doing that. -Hold on, hold on. I'm hung up. 827 00:35:12,206 --> 00:35:13,793 Well, like everything else with this still, 828 00:35:13,793 --> 00:35:15,275 you know, this is the first time I built it. 829 00:35:15,275 --> 00:35:16,689 We're gonna wrap this thing back up. 830 00:35:16,689 --> 00:35:17,862 We're gonna run it again. 831 00:35:17,862 --> 00:35:19,241 Hopefully no more problems. 832 00:35:19,241 --> 00:35:20,689 All right. Get your burner. 833 00:35:20,689 --> 00:35:22,137 [Howard] Fire. Fire it back up. 834 00:35:22,137 --> 00:35:24,137 [Tim] This is the second coil we added to the condenser. 835 00:35:24,137 --> 00:35:26,310 If this doesn't work, we're down. 836 00:35:26,310 --> 00:35:27,896 We're gonna have to go back to the drawing board. 837 00:35:27,896 --> 00:35:29,241 We're gonna come up with another plan. 838 00:35:29,241 --> 00:35:31,655 Got a little drip coming out. Look, look, look. 839 00:35:32,793 --> 00:35:33,965 There. Huh? 840 00:35:33,965 --> 00:35:35,413 [Howard] The liquid gold, baby. 841 00:35:35,413 --> 00:35:37,068 [Tim] Let's get the juniper berries. 842 00:35:37,068 --> 00:35:38,379 How much you think? 843 00:35:38,379 --> 00:35:40,379 -I would say about here. Where your hands are. -Right there? 844 00:35:40,379 --> 00:35:41,655 -Yeah. -I don't wanna put too much. 845 00:35:41,655 --> 00:35:42,862 [Howard] Put a third in there. 846 00:35:42,862 --> 00:35:45,793 -So now, all we do is, wait for some steam here. -Yeah. 847 00:35:45,793 --> 00:35:47,482 [Howard] Cap this jewel, paste it. 848 00:35:47,482 --> 00:35:49,758 Boom, we're making our second distillation 849 00:35:49,758 --> 00:35:51,586 with the juniper barriers introduced. 850 00:35:52,034 --> 00:35:53,586 Bada bing, bada boom. 851 00:35:54,379 --> 00:35:55,655 Get the cap on there. 852 00:35:58,068 --> 00:35:59,379 You know, when we came to this project 853 00:35:59,379 --> 00:36:01,206 we knew if we were gonna be up against the wall. 854 00:36:01,206 --> 00:36:02,689 And we're a little bit worried about it. 855 00:36:02,689 --> 00:36:05,000 So now we need to get this run back on page. 856 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:06,896 [Tim] Howard, Howard, look, look, look. 857 00:36:06,896 --> 00:36:09,172 -[Howard] We got alcohol coming? -Oh, yeah. 858 00:36:09,172 --> 00:36:11,793 -[laughs] We got our first jar. -We got it. 859 00:36:11,793 --> 00:36:13,758 Second distillation of Genever right there. 860 00:36:17,068 --> 00:36:19,103 Tim, this tastes like something 861 00:36:19,103 --> 00:36:21,206 that Martin Van Buren would drank himself right there. 862 00:36:21,206 --> 00:36:22,896 I can see why they called him old blue nose. 863 00:36:22,896 --> 00:36:24,551 'Cause I'd be an old blue nose if I was drinking that. 864 00:36:25,172 --> 00:36:26,586 Hmm, I like that. 865 00:36:26,586 --> 00:36:27,862 Well after the second distillation, 866 00:36:27,862 --> 00:36:29,793 this product really tastes really good. 867 00:36:29,793 --> 00:36:31,689 But I think it needs a little bit more juniper. 868 00:36:31,689 --> 00:36:34,413 I want to add a little bit more juniper to the third distillation. 869 00:36:34,413 --> 00:36:36,241 And I hope the final comes out perfect. 870 00:36:36,241 --> 00:36:38,000 [Howard exclaims in excitement] 871 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,000 [Tim] We're going to run the rest of this run. 872 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:41,310 [Howard] With these Dutch babies on. 873 00:36:41,310 --> 00:36:43,000 These old Dutch Cadillacs, you want to call them. 874 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:44,275 You know what I mean? Watch me. 875 00:36:45,448 --> 00:36:48,482 -Is that called a wooden shoe shuffle? -We new boot moving. 876 00:36:48,482 --> 00:36:50,758 -The wooden shoe shuffle? -[laughs] You see that? 877 00:36:50,758 --> 00:36:51,862 Uh, let's do it again. 878 00:36:52,413 --> 00:36:53,862 Old twinkle toes over here. 879 00:36:55,103 --> 00:36:57,862 -Got that fever for that Genever. -I hear ya. 880 00:36:59,034 --> 00:37:00,517 Howard, looky here. 881 00:37:00,517 --> 00:37:02,551 [Howard] That's stuff's running fast too, but look. 882 00:37:02,551 --> 00:37:04,068 We're on this third distillation. 883 00:37:04,068 --> 00:37:05,689 I'm starting to smell that juniper berries. 884 00:37:05,689 --> 00:37:07,137 Everything is coming to fruition. 885 00:37:07,137 --> 00:37:09,137 Everything we've worked hard for is here. 886 00:37:09,137 --> 00:37:11,413 My taste buds are on fire right now. 887 00:37:11,413 --> 00:37:13,275 I cannot wait to sample this jar. 888 00:37:15,965 --> 00:37:18,689 -[Tim] Talk to me. -Tim... 889 00:37:18,689 --> 00:37:21,310 -The Genever is here It's all-- Oh, God. -Is it? 890 00:37:21,310 --> 00:37:23,206 -I'm gonna smell it. -It's heavy. No, it's there. 891 00:37:23,206 --> 00:37:25,068 It's present. It's very... 892 00:37:25,068 --> 00:37:27,931 a stringent... Botanical spicy. 893 00:37:33,172 --> 00:37:34,482 I think that's the money. 894 00:37:34,482 --> 00:37:37,689 We brought to life, this 500-year recipe of Genever. 895 00:37:37,689 --> 00:37:39,137 We put a twist on the still. 896 00:37:39,137 --> 00:37:40,689 It's got the grain from the rye. 897 00:37:40,689 --> 00:37:43,310 We'll get a little bit of moonshiner twist with the corn. 898 00:37:43,310 --> 00:37:44,758 Got the juniper in it. 899 00:37:44,758 --> 00:37:46,586 So you know, the Tim Smith version? 900 00:37:46,586 --> 00:37:48,172 This could be something real special. 901 00:37:48,172 --> 00:37:49,586 Could make some money. 902 00:37:49,586 --> 00:37:52,344 If the eighth president of United States was here, Martin Van Buren, 903 00:37:52,344 --> 00:37:55,413 I think he would enjoy this just like me and Howard is. 904 00:37:55,413 --> 00:37:58,379 Well, Howard, I think we done did what we set out to accomplish. 905 00:37:58,379 --> 00:37:59,758 We made a Genever. 906 00:37:59,758 --> 00:38:02,137 With the same still, we went that way and then went that way. 907 00:38:02,137 --> 00:38:04,689 [Howard] All right. Let's get these jars. Let's get them inside. 908 00:38:04,689 --> 00:38:06,758 And let's come back out and clean this mess up, man. 909 00:38:17,586 --> 00:38:19,068 [Amanda] Well, here's the boys. 910 00:38:19,068 --> 00:38:21,793 All this effort is because Mark and Digger challenged us 911 00:38:21,793 --> 00:38:23,655 to make the best possible apple brandy. 912 00:38:23,655 --> 00:38:26,862 The recipe, it hasn't been made in 120 years. 913 00:38:26,862 --> 00:38:29,137 I really hope we have not done all this on a fool's errand. 914 00:38:30,655 --> 00:38:33,896 [Kelly] Well, now we know how to bait yous in when we want something. 915 00:38:33,896 --> 00:38:37,275 [Mark] You want us in the middle of a run, there's something usually bad wrong. 916 00:38:37,275 --> 00:38:38,896 [Digger] Or something really good. 917 00:38:38,896 --> 00:38:39,827 Show him, Amanda. 918 00:38:40,655 --> 00:38:42,000 Well, this is what I've been waiting for. 919 00:38:45,034 --> 00:38:48,517 I see a hint of happiness on your pretty little face, Amanda. 920 00:38:48,517 --> 00:38:50,793 -You picked up on that, huh? -I did. 921 00:38:50,793 --> 00:38:52,793 Well, there's a gnat in there. That's a good sign. 922 00:38:52,793 --> 00:38:54,068 That's a damn good sign. 923 00:38:54,068 --> 00:38:56,379 Damn gnat don't want your liquor ain't no man going to, is he? 924 00:38:56,379 --> 00:38:57,482 You wouldn't want it. 925 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:05,551 I'm telling you, that's a sweet jar right there. 926 00:39:05,551 --> 00:39:07,275 [Amanda] It's starting to pick up a lot of apple in that one. 927 00:39:07,275 --> 00:39:08,000 Whoa. 928 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:09,482 It's got a fine nose on it. 929 00:39:09,482 --> 00:39:12,000 [Kelly] Wait till it gets down in the tails when we get our mix together, 930 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:13,172 you think it's good now. 931 00:39:13,172 --> 00:39:17,310 It's got way more apple flavor than regular apple brandy. 932 00:39:17,310 --> 00:39:20,448 Yeah, it's almost like it's got some of that syrup out of them canned apples on. 933 00:39:20,448 --> 00:39:22,034 It's that good. 934 00:39:22,034 --> 00:39:24,689 [Mark] This is outstanding liquor. 935 00:39:24,689 --> 00:39:27,413 And this is going to be the only run of it. 936 00:39:27,413 --> 00:39:28,965 'Cause there's no more of the apples. 937 00:39:28,965 --> 00:39:34,448 And with no sugar, it is very limited in the quantity that it makes. 938 00:39:34,448 --> 00:39:37,206 That's apple, hell, west, and crooked, ain't it? 939 00:39:37,206 --> 00:39:39,689 This is a top shelf brandy. 940 00:39:39,689 --> 00:39:42,655 And it's going to bring a top shelf price. 941 00:39:42,655 --> 00:39:44,896 I'm going to sit over and watch a little more of this get run. 942 00:39:44,896 --> 00:39:46,689 -[Kelly] I'm gonna look at the still. -[Amanda] Yeah. I'm there. 943 00:39:46,689 --> 00:39:48,482 I'm going to tell you something, Amanda. 944 00:39:48,482 --> 00:39:50,793 -I mean-- -That down there in the right yonder, 945 00:39:50,793 --> 00:39:52,896 you be laying over there in them damn weeds. 946 00:39:52,896 --> 00:39:54,068 [Amanda] We've still got a little work to do so. 947 00:39:54,068 --> 00:39:56,655 I haven't really tapped into far into that yet, but... 948 00:39:56,655 --> 00:39:58,551 I was pretty impressed with how that come off the still. 949 00:39:58,551 --> 00:40:00,586 Just so smooth like, I couldn't believe it. 950 00:40:00,586 --> 00:40:02,310 [Digger] I believe you're on to something. 951 00:40:02,310 --> 00:40:03,689 [Kelly] We're still running good. 952 00:40:04,896 --> 00:40:06,896 [Mark] You know, usually, puss, we ain't one to just sit around 953 00:40:06,896 --> 00:40:08,862 and drink a damn jar of liquor like that. 954 00:40:08,862 --> 00:40:11,000 No, we're usually over there humping it out. 955 00:40:17,103 --> 00:40:20,275 [Mark] We won't get off this damn mountain if we get much deeper in it. 956 00:40:20,275 --> 00:40:22,034 Well, we've been stuck on the mountains before. 957 00:40:22,034 --> 00:40:24,275 It ain't gonna be like something we ain't accustomed to. 958 00:40:24,275 --> 00:40:26,275 [Kelly] We'll carry yous out. We've got a tarp. 959 00:40:26,275 --> 00:40:29,137 Let me have that again. Damn. 960 00:40:30,103 --> 00:40:31,000 [sighs heavily] 961 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:33,413 Hey, Big Haley, thank you, sweetie. 962 00:40:33,413 --> 00:40:34,862 Jesus. 963 00:40:34,862 --> 00:40:36,034 I knew she was here the whole time. 964 00:40:36,034 --> 00:40:37,862 I guess you just got to drink enough of the brandy 965 00:40:37,862 --> 00:40:40,034 to be able to actually see her. 966 00:40:40,034 --> 00:40:42,000 [Mark] When this run's over, if we ain't sobered up, 967 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:44,068 -you gonna have to take us home. -[Kelly] We can do that. 968 00:40:44,068 --> 00:40:46,379 -We got you covered. -[Digger] Easy now. 969 00:40:46,379 --> 00:40:47,689 They're taking the liquor with them now. 970 00:40:47,689 --> 00:40:48,965 I don't know how good of an idea that is. 971 00:40:48,965 --> 00:40:50,413 Here, let me see. Let me see this jar. 972 00:40:51,379 --> 00:40:52,896 [laughs] 973 00:40:52,896 --> 00:40:54,448 I'll be their designated driver anytime 974 00:40:54,448 --> 00:40:55,793 they want to get wasted off my liquor. 975 00:40:55,793 --> 00:40:57,241 You can just lay down there and rest. 976 00:40:57,241 --> 00:40:58,655 I'll take you home in a little while. 977 00:41:00,655 --> 00:41:02,000 They're thrilled with the results. 978 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:03,448 And I am too. 979 00:41:03,448 --> 00:41:05,482 We made a damn good apple brandy, I think. 980 00:41:05,482 --> 00:41:07,620 -You did good. I helped. -Well, we both did. 981 00:41:10,482 --> 00:41:12,206 Henry and Kenny are gone. Tickle's gone. 982 00:41:12,206 --> 00:41:15,137 I just want to prove to the guys I'm still a part of this team. 983 00:41:15,137 --> 00:41:17,206 Don't tell me I can't go down to the liquor still. 984 00:41:17,206 --> 00:41:20,034 I'm making a comeback and it feels good. 985 00:41:20,034 --> 00:41:22,896 -[man] You get your cash. -You know, I thought it might come in Handy. 986 00:41:22,896 --> 00:41:24,689 I am here to see a politician. 987 00:41:24,689 --> 00:41:27,344 We're going to get home distillation and it's gonna be legal now. 988 00:41:27,344 --> 00:41:29,586 -How you doing, Mr. Smith? -Yes, sir. 989 00:41:29,586 --> 00:41:32,275 -[man] Oh, yeah. -[man 1] Damn, cuz, that boat's good. 990 00:41:32,275 --> 00:41:34,241 We need to take this liquor down here to Louisiana. 991 00:41:34,241 --> 00:41:36,275 The idea is to put it under the boat. 992 00:41:36,275 --> 00:41:37,413 Log! Log! 993 00:41:38,068 --> 00:41:39,310 Goddamn!