1 00:00:05,379 --> 00:00:07,344 [Josh] Making moonshine is a risky business. 2 00:00:07,379 --> 00:00:10,344 Most likely gonna hurt yourself or end up in jail. 3 00:00:10,379 --> 00:00:11,655 Do not try this at home. 4 00:00:12,931 --> 00:00:15,827 [narrator] This time onMoonshiners... 5 00:00:15,862 --> 00:00:18,034 [Josh] Henry and Kenny are gone, Tickle is gone. 6 00:00:18,068 --> 00:00:21,517 I just wanna prove to the guys I'm still part of this team. 7 00:00:21,551 --> 00:00:24,413 [narrator] Old habits die hard for Appalachian's 8 00:00:24,448 --> 00:00:26,758 most accident prone moonshiner. 9 00:00:26,793 --> 00:00:29,000 [Josh] Don't tell me I can't go down to the liquor still. 10 00:00:29,034 --> 00:00:31,275 I'm making a comeback and it feels good. 11 00:00:31,310 --> 00:00:32,551 [engine spluttering] 12 00:00:32,586 --> 00:00:33,241 [bleep] 13 00:00:34,517 --> 00:00:35,586 [officer] Get your cash. 14 00:00:35,620 --> 00:00:38,172 Well, you know, I thought it might come in handy. 15 00:00:38,206 --> 00:00:39,931 I am here to see a politician. 16 00:00:39,965 --> 00:00:42,137 [narrator] Tickle launches his campaign 17 00:00:42,172 --> 00:00:43,310 for the common man. 18 00:00:43,344 --> 00:00:45,103 -[Tickle] How you doing, Mr. Smith? -[Doug] Yes, sir. 19 00:00:45,137 --> 00:00:46,482 [Tickle] We're gonna get home distillation 20 00:00:46,517 --> 00:00:47,827 and it's gonna be legal. 21 00:00:47,862 --> 00:00:49,275 It's part of our history. 22 00:00:49,310 --> 00:00:51,482 -[Big Chuk] Bam. -That's freaking genius. 23 00:00:51,517 --> 00:00:53,655 [narrator] And a new outlaw duo 24 00:00:53,689 --> 00:00:56,827 makes waves and moonshine in Arkansas. 25 00:00:56,862 --> 00:00:59,137 We need to take this liquor down here to Louisiana. 26 00:00:59,172 --> 00:01:01,103 The idea is to put it under the boat. 27 00:01:01,137 --> 00:01:02,275 Log, log! 28 00:01:03,689 --> 00:01:04,655 God damn! 29 00:01:06,310 --> 00:01:08,862 [Mark] This is how we make the moonshine! 30 00:01:15,655 --> 00:01:17,068 [Henry] Got a little bit of work ahead of us here. 31 00:01:17,103 --> 00:01:18,344 We gotta get this liquor on road, man. 32 00:01:18,379 --> 00:01:20,033 You know, just get on the road and get some money. 33 00:01:20,068 --> 00:01:21,724 Put some of it over in some jars, too. 34 00:01:21,758 --> 00:01:22,965 All of them in some jars. 35 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:24,033 You want 'em all in jars? 36 00:01:24,068 --> 00:01:25,275 Yeah, I'm gonna make more money out of it that way. 37 00:01:25,310 --> 00:01:26,689 Whatever you say, boss. 38 00:01:26,724 --> 00:01:29,241 Yeah, meet us around back. We'll go get it out. 39 00:01:29,275 --> 00:01:31,413 [narrator] In Franklin County, Virginia, 40 00:01:31,448 --> 00:01:34,758 Tickle, Henry and Josh are jarring up a limited run 41 00:01:34,793 --> 00:01:37,931 of their peach brandy for a lucrative sale. 42 00:01:37,965 --> 00:01:39,172 [Josh] Just gonna pour 'em back and forth? 43 00:01:39,206 --> 00:01:41,068 -[Tickle] Yeah. -[Henry] Yeah, both a couple of times. 44 00:01:41,103 --> 00:01:42,827 And that way we make sure we got 'em all right. 45 00:01:42,862 --> 00:01:45,689 What we're gonna do is we're gonna take and just mix everything. 46 00:01:47,275 --> 00:01:49,758 That way we've got one consistent proof 47 00:01:49,793 --> 00:01:51,758 and a very consistent product. 48 00:01:54,862 --> 00:01:56,862 What state's this going to? 49 00:01:56,896 --> 00:01:58,172 [Henry] Its not going to a state. 50 00:01:58,206 --> 00:01:59,206 [Josh] What do you mean? 51 00:01:59,241 --> 00:02:00,965 [Henry] It's going to DC. 52 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:02,586 Well, I wanna go with you. 53 00:02:02,620 --> 00:02:04,965 I can't take this no more. I'm ready to work. 54 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,413 Jarring up some bottles of liquor is not enough. 55 00:02:07,448 --> 00:02:08,448 I'm ready to go. 56 00:02:08,482 --> 00:02:09,827 -You can't go with. -[Josh] Why? 57 00:02:09,862 --> 00:02:11,482 'Cause you're in no shape to go with me. 58 00:02:11,517 --> 00:02:12,689 Not yet, Josh. 59 00:02:12,724 --> 00:02:16,000 Henry tells me that it's not possible for me to go. 60 00:02:16,034 --> 00:02:17,827 I don't wanna hear that [bleep] . 61 00:02:17,862 --> 00:02:19,586 Just throw the wheelchair in the back, 62 00:02:19,620 --> 00:02:21,137 and throw me in, let's go. 63 00:02:21,172 --> 00:02:23,758 And what if I have us a problem, have to bail off of it and run, 64 00:02:23,793 --> 00:02:24,827 then there you'll be. 65 00:02:24,862 --> 00:02:26,000 If they pull us over, 66 00:02:26,034 --> 00:02:27,379 and I can jump and run, get away, 67 00:02:27,413 --> 00:02:29,034 and you're sitting in the trunk, can't get away, 68 00:02:29,068 --> 00:02:30,172 we're gonna lose a good man. 69 00:02:30,206 --> 00:02:32,103 You know, Josh, I understand he's bored. 70 00:02:32,137 --> 00:02:33,310 I understand it. 71 00:02:33,344 --> 00:02:34,620 You know, he hasn't been able to get out much, 72 00:02:34,655 --> 00:02:36,344 but he's not ready. 73 00:02:36,379 --> 00:02:37,930 Nobody's going with me but Tickle. 74 00:02:37,965 --> 00:02:39,758 [Tickle] Well, Henry, 75 00:02:39,793 --> 00:02:43,448 to be honest, you probably gonna have to make this run by yourself. 76 00:02:43,482 --> 00:02:46,310 I got this trip to West Virginia, I got lined up. 77 00:02:46,344 --> 00:02:49,758 I got this delegate, finally somebody willing to meet with me, 78 00:02:49,793 --> 00:02:53,103 and talk with me about getting home distillation legal. 79 00:02:53,137 --> 00:02:55,310 If my dad saw me doing some stuff like that, 80 00:02:55,344 --> 00:02:56,586 he'd roll over his grave. 81 00:02:56,620 --> 00:02:58,275 You know, Tickle, do whatever you wanna do, man. 82 00:02:58,310 --> 00:03:00,379 I'm telling you right, right up front, I don't like it. 83 00:03:00,413 --> 00:03:03,310 You're going to get your butt on back here, so we can get things rolling. 84 00:03:03,344 --> 00:03:06,241 I'm gonna do it, and I'm gonna try to get back here as quick as I can. 85 00:03:06,275 --> 00:03:09,586 But you know, we already can't make enough liquor for which customers we got. 86 00:03:09,620 --> 00:03:11,862 We got to figure out what we're going to do on that, too. 87 00:03:11,896 --> 00:03:13,241 You know what I've been thinking? 88 00:03:13,793 --> 00:03:15,000 Arkansas boys... 89 00:03:15,034 --> 00:03:17,448 Big Chuk and Joe Boy, you know 'em. 90 00:03:17,482 --> 00:03:18,758 [bleep] I love them boys. 91 00:03:18,793 --> 00:03:20,275 I went all the way to Arkansas, 92 00:03:20,310 --> 00:03:21,551 helped them build their still. 93 00:03:23,241 --> 00:03:27,034 [narrator] Just one week before his motorcycle accident last spring, 94 00:03:27,068 --> 00:03:28,931 Josh took a trip to Arkansas 95 00:03:28,965 --> 00:03:31,275 to help up and coming Ozark moonshiners, 96 00:03:31,310 --> 00:03:32,862 Big Chuck and Joe Boy, 97 00:03:32,896 --> 00:03:34,344 scale up their operation. 98 00:03:34,379 --> 00:03:36,551 Demand is there, we work all day 99 00:03:36,586 --> 00:03:38,241 just to take care of one, two people. 100 00:03:38,275 --> 00:03:41,137 Well, it sounds to me, like you gonna have to build a bigger still. 101 00:03:41,172 --> 00:03:42,517 They're good ol' boys. 102 00:03:42,551 --> 00:03:44,758 If there's a way that we can bring them in to make some money, 103 00:03:44,793 --> 00:03:45,793 I'm down with that. 104 00:03:45,827 --> 00:03:47,827 I really like Joe Boy, Big Chuk. 105 00:03:47,862 --> 00:03:50,758 They had some dealings with Henry while I was in the hospital. 106 00:03:50,793 --> 00:03:52,034 And guess what? 107 00:03:52,067 --> 00:03:54,758 They gave all those proceeds from their liquor to me. 108 00:03:54,793 --> 00:03:56,206 How many people do that? 109 00:03:56,241 --> 00:03:58,758 That says a lot about somebody's character 110 00:03:58,793 --> 00:04:01,413 when they're willing to do something like that for somebody else 111 00:04:01,448 --> 00:04:02,793 and be straight up about it. 112 00:04:02,827 --> 00:04:04,137 Why don't y'all get the rest of jars, 113 00:04:04,172 --> 00:04:05,965 and I need to hit the road. Y'all holding me up. 114 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,172 You hit the road, I'm gonna be drinking, grandpa. 115 00:04:08,206 --> 00:04:10,000 This grandpa's job is to get this done. 116 00:04:10,034 --> 00:04:11,379 I'm gonna get this liquor loaded up, 117 00:04:11,413 --> 00:04:13,068 gonna make this run, get us some money. 118 00:04:13,103 --> 00:04:15,241 I might just make a run a liquor while you're gone. 119 00:04:16,206 --> 00:04:17,654 -Don't even try. -[Josh laughs] 120 00:04:33,689 --> 00:04:35,655 -[Big Chuk grunts] -[Joe Boy] What's up, cuz? 121 00:04:37,206 --> 00:04:39,827 Well, I see you got something here that we asked for. 122 00:04:39,862 --> 00:04:41,620 -You got the boat here. -Yeah, I got the boat. 123 00:04:41,655 --> 00:04:43,862 And you see here a PVC pipe here. 124 00:04:43,896 --> 00:04:46,344 [Joe Boy] I'm not 100 percent sure what you got in mind. 125 00:04:46,379 --> 00:04:50,000 [narrator] Nine-hundred miles southwest in Clark County, Arkansas, 126 00:04:50,034 --> 00:04:52,827 Ozark shiner and country rapper, Big Chuk, 127 00:04:52,862 --> 00:04:54,379 and his cousin, Joe Boy, 128 00:04:54,413 --> 00:04:58,206 prep their riverboat for a long distance bootleg operation. 129 00:04:58,896 --> 00:05:01,103 A jar of liquor, pipe. 130 00:05:02,517 --> 00:05:03,758 Wham. 131 00:05:03,793 --> 00:05:05,793 So, me and Joe Boy have been making liquor around Arkansas 132 00:05:05,827 --> 00:05:07,172 for about six years now. 133 00:05:07,206 --> 00:05:08,793 We're a little small operation, 134 00:05:08,827 --> 00:05:10,862 but we got big ideas and big dreams. 135 00:05:10,896 --> 00:05:13,482 Okay, so we fill the pipe full of jars... 136 00:05:13,517 --> 00:05:14,689 We put them underneath. 137 00:05:14,724 --> 00:05:16,896 Oh, that's freaking genius. 138 00:05:16,931 --> 00:05:19,000 Me and Big Chuc, we're actually double cousins. 139 00:05:19,034 --> 00:05:20,793 And what that means for people who don't know 140 00:05:20,827 --> 00:05:23,793 is my dad was kin to his dad, 141 00:05:23,827 --> 00:05:26,034 and my mom was kin to his mom. 142 00:05:26,068 --> 00:05:28,068 And so, it's opposite sides of family, 143 00:05:28,103 --> 00:05:30,103 but when they have children like that, 144 00:05:30,137 --> 00:05:31,655 that makes us double cousins. 145 00:05:31,689 --> 00:05:34,689 Tricky thing is these jars are gonna weigh a lot. 146 00:05:34,724 --> 00:05:37,275 With them capped off airtight, they're gonna float. 147 00:05:37,310 --> 00:05:39,517 We need to take this liquor down here to Louisiana, 148 00:05:39,551 --> 00:05:42,034 and Joe Boy with traveling on the roads, 149 00:05:42,068 --> 00:05:44,068 he's been down there before and got in some trouble. 150 00:05:44,103 --> 00:05:45,448 Only other thing that makes sense 151 00:05:45,482 --> 00:05:47,241 is we got to go through a river system. 152 00:05:47,275 --> 00:05:49,896 So obviously the idea is to put it under the boat. 153 00:05:49,931 --> 00:05:51,517 Little they know what's below. 154 00:05:51,551 --> 00:05:54,482 Chances are we will see a game warden between here and Louisiana. 155 00:05:54,517 --> 00:05:55,965 So, we're traveling on river, 156 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,862 we just look like two old boys out fishing. 157 00:05:57,896 --> 00:06:00,103 All right, so let's get this contraption together. 158 00:06:00,137 --> 00:06:01,793 We're gonna have to modify my boat, 159 00:06:01,827 --> 00:06:04,000 build a bracket system to hold these pipes, 160 00:06:04,034 --> 00:06:06,862 completely underwater where nobody can see this. 161 00:06:06,896 --> 00:06:08,413 I think it's a genius idea, 162 00:06:08,448 --> 00:06:11,620 but we don't wanna drill a whole bunch of holes in this boat, 163 00:06:11,655 --> 00:06:13,137 and just ruin the boat. 164 00:06:13,172 --> 00:06:16,137 So, my idea is to come up with a bracket system to hold all these pipes. 165 00:06:18,206 --> 00:06:20,206 That will bolt the structure itself 166 00:06:20,241 --> 00:06:21,965 this bracket system to the boat, 167 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,655 stack several pipes side-by-side. 168 00:06:23,689 --> 00:06:25,551 We can actually haul quite a bit downriver. 169 00:06:27,586 --> 00:06:28,551 Like a champ! 170 00:06:28,586 --> 00:06:29,965 Put our end caps on there. 171 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,758 West Monroe, here we come. 172 00:06:31,793 --> 00:06:33,172 Give me some glue, cuz. 173 00:06:33,206 --> 00:06:35,172 Mm, no, no. This is serious. 174 00:06:35,206 --> 00:06:36,275 [laughs] Serious business. 175 00:06:36,310 --> 00:06:38,413 -You ain't graduated to glue yet. -[laughs] 176 00:06:38,448 --> 00:06:41,448 It's very important to get a good strong seal on these pipes. 177 00:06:41,482 --> 00:06:43,379 I'm putting them on here 'cause I know 178 00:06:43,413 --> 00:06:45,551 that they're glued right if I put them on. 179 00:06:45,586 --> 00:06:47,965 These things, they need to be absolutely airtight, 180 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,206 so no water at all gets in. 181 00:06:49,241 --> 00:06:50,793 If water gets into these pipes, 182 00:06:50,827 --> 00:06:51,896 that's gonna weigh us down. 183 00:06:51,931 --> 00:06:53,758 It's probably even gonna sink us at this point. 184 00:06:55,172 --> 00:06:57,137 All right, let's get a nut on that. 185 00:06:59,793 --> 00:07:01,862 Joe Boy, I asked him along the way, 186 00:07:01,896 --> 00:07:03,655 "So, we'll be running liquor tomorrow morning?" 187 00:07:03,689 --> 00:07:05,931 He seemed to agree, so that's the deadline. 188 00:07:05,965 --> 00:07:08,068 So, tomorrow morning, rain, sleet or snow, 189 00:07:08,103 --> 00:07:10,931 we're on that river, we're hauling liquor to West Monroe. 190 00:07:10,965 --> 00:07:13,758 Boy, that's a log deflector if I've ever seen one. 191 00:07:13,793 --> 00:07:16,655 It's amazing what we can do when I'm in charge, eh? 192 00:07:17,448 --> 00:07:19,310 [both laugh] 193 00:07:19,344 --> 00:07:21,137 -Let's get out of here. -[Big Chuk] Yeah, let's get the hell out of here. 194 00:07:41,344 --> 00:07:42,586 [Josh] Henry and Kenny are gone, 195 00:07:42,620 --> 00:07:44,275 Tickle is gone, everybody is gone. 196 00:07:44,310 --> 00:07:47,137 I've been cooped up for a long damn time. 197 00:07:47,172 --> 00:07:48,689 While Henry's off on this run 198 00:07:48,724 --> 00:07:50,586 and Tickle is off politicking, 199 00:07:50,620 --> 00:07:52,931 the last thing that Josh is gonna do 200 00:07:52,965 --> 00:07:56,413 is just sit here in his wheelchair with his thumb in his ass. 201 00:07:56,448 --> 00:07:58,758 We got a water problem we got to fix, 202 00:07:58,793 --> 00:08:01,551 and I just wanna get the job done 203 00:08:01,586 --> 00:08:05,206 and prove to the guys that I'm still here, 204 00:08:05,241 --> 00:08:07,827 and show that I still got some worth. 205 00:08:07,862 --> 00:08:10,793 During our peach run, we had a little bit of an issue. 206 00:08:10,827 --> 00:08:13,586 We didn't have enough water flow to keep our worm cool. 207 00:08:13,620 --> 00:08:16,275 Henry's got a ram pump right here in the shed. 208 00:08:16,310 --> 00:08:18,310 But there's a huge hornet's nest up there. 209 00:08:18,344 --> 00:08:21,379 Can't get to the pump until we get rid of the bees. 210 00:08:21,413 --> 00:08:23,689 I don't know if this'll fit me or not. Maybe. 211 00:08:23,724 --> 00:08:25,586 I'm gonna go get the ram pump, 212 00:08:25,620 --> 00:08:27,620 kill some bees, install the ram pump, 213 00:08:27,655 --> 00:08:29,275 and when they come back, we're gonna have water. 214 00:08:29,310 --> 00:08:30,379 The only thing is 215 00:08:30,413 --> 00:08:32,448 with my history with stinging insects, 216 00:08:32,482 --> 00:08:34,309 I'm really not looking forward to this. 217 00:08:35,931 --> 00:08:38,344 God damn, right on the face. [bleep] 218 00:08:38,379 --> 00:08:40,206 Man, get this off of here. 219 00:08:40,241 --> 00:08:44,172 [screams] 220 00:08:46,068 --> 00:08:48,206 But I can't let the past get in the way. 221 00:08:48,241 --> 00:08:50,413 I gotta go in that building, 222 00:08:50,448 --> 00:08:51,620 get that pump, 223 00:08:51,655 --> 00:08:53,448 and right now, I can't run. 224 00:08:53,482 --> 00:08:56,586 So, the stinging might be worse than normal. Who knows? 225 00:08:56,620 --> 00:08:58,000 But we're gonna go for it anyway. 226 00:09:00,862 --> 00:09:02,413 I am the bee killer. 227 00:09:02,448 --> 00:09:03,896 [laughs] 228 00:09:05,310 --> 00:09:06,827 I'm sure I'm gonna be all right, 229 00:09:06,862 --> 00:09:08,275 but I am allergic to bees. 230 00:09:13,482 --> 00:09:15,793 They're white-faced hornets, is what they are. 231 00:09:16,827 --> 00:09:18,137 So, we're gonna spray these bitches. 232 00:09:18,965 --> 00:09:20,931 Twenty-seven feet. 233 00:09:20,965 --> 00:09:22,724 I know when you piss off a bee's nests, 234 00:09:22,758 --> 00:09:24,586 they're all gonna come out. 235 00:09:24,620 --> 00:09:26,827 As long as I don't get stung all to hell. 236 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:30,482 All right, let's kill some bees. 237 00:09:35,172 --> 00:09:36,206 They're pissed. 238 00:09:38,068 --> 00:09:39,586 They're coming out of there now. 239 00:09:39,620 --> 00:09:41,206 That thing was full of bees. 240 00:09:46,551 --> 00:09:48,068 Hell yeah! 241 00:09:52,103 --> 00:09:54,275 Let's get this [bleep] and get the hell out of here. 242 00:09:57,827 --> 00:10:01,586 Honestly, I expected those bees to cover my ass up. 243 00:10:01,620 --> 00:10:02,793 But they didn't. 244 00:10:02,827 --> 00:10:04,965 I'm really happy Henry, Kenny and Tickle wasn't here 245 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,551 'cause if they saw this ridiculous garb, this stupid crazy getup, 246 00:10:08,586 --> 00:10:10,827 they'd laugh, I'd never hear the end of it. 247 00:10:23,620 --> 00:10:26,793 You know, just because of the fact that I am a moonshiner, 248 00:10:26,827 --> 00:10:29,068 there was a huge target on my back. 249 00:10:29,103 --> 00:10:32,310 Every time somebody looks my name up, 250 00:10:32,344 --> 00:10:33,586 first thing that comes up, 251 00:10:34,137 --> 00:10:35,379 is a mug shot. 252 00:10:35,413 --> 00:10:36,827 I wanna change that, 253 00:10:36,862 --> 00:10:38,827 and get home distilling legal. 254 00:10:38,862 --> 00:10:42,103 And that's something that can carry on for future generations. 255 00:10:42,137 --> 00:10:45,655 My great great great grandchildren will have something to be proud of. 256 00:10:45,689 --> 00:10:46,965 So, right now, 257 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,103 I have made it to Charleston, West Virginia, the capital, 258 00:10:50,137 --> 00:10:52,448 to go see delegate Doug Smith. 259 00:10:52,482 --> 00:10:55,655 He is trying to put forth a home distillation bill. 260 00:10:55,689 --> 00:10:58,655 I really think Doug can be the guy to give me the information 261 00:10:58,689 --> 00:11:00,655 and the ammunition that I need 262 00:11:00,689 --> 00:11:03,896 to go right across the border in my home state of Virginia, 263 00:11:03,931 --> 00:11:06,517 and get home distillation legal there. 264 00:11:06,551 --> 00:11:08,448 -Mm-hmm. -[beeping] 265 00:11:08,482 --> 00:11:10,068 Is that everything out of your pockets? 266 00:11:10,103 --> 00:11:12,965 Yeah, I believe it's about everything. 267 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,103 -I mean, I've got a belt on. -Okay. 268 00:11:15,137 --> 00:11:18,000 -Yeah. -Just turn around for us, so I can see for weapons. 269 00:11:18,034 --> 00:11:19,655 -[Tickle] Yes, sir. -[officer] Thank you, sir. 270 00:11:19,689 --> 00:11:21,137 -All right. -Get your cash. 271 00:11:21,172 --> 00:11:23,620 Well, you know, I thought it might come in handy. 272 00:11:23,655 --> 00:11:25,551 I am here to see a politician. 273 00:11:25,586 --> 00:11:26,689 Sounds perfect. 274 00:11:26,724 --> 00:11:29,448 I mean, I have a lot of cash. 275 00:11:29,482 --> 00:11:31,137 It usually comes in handy. 276 00:11:31,172 --> 00:11:32,551 -I mean, right? -Yes. 277 00:11:32,586 --> 00:11:34,551 I mean, I'm new to this. I don't know how it works. 278 00:11:34,586 --> 00:11:36,103 Hopefully, I leave with it in my pocket. 279 00:11:36,137 --> 00:11:38,000 -Pretty good. -All right. 280 00:11:38,034 --> 00:11:39,827 If you asked me ten years ago, 281 00:11:39,862 --> 00:11:42,482 "Do you see yourself in a Capitol building 282 00:11:42,517 --> 00:11:45,758 trying to get a home distillation bill passed?" 283 00:11:45,793 --> 00:11:48,655 I would have told you the only way I see myself in the Capitol Building 284 00:11:48,689 --> 00:11:50,448 was for a capital offense. 285 00:11:50,482 --> 00:11:53,379 Boy, I tell you what, this sure does look like an official building. 286 00:11:53,413 --> 00:11:55,379 This is my biggest step so far. 287 00:11:55,413 --> 00:11:56,517 Maybe who knows? 288 00:11:56,551 --> 00:11:58,344 Two-hundred years from now, 289 00:11:58,379 --> 00:12:02,379 maybe the moonshine heritage is just huge in the world. 290 00:12:02,413 --> 00:12:05,137 And I can be the guy that really kicked that off. 291 00:12:05,172 --> 00:12:07,103 -[Doug] Mr. Tickle. -[Tickle] How you doing, Mr. Smith? 292 00:12:07,137 --> 00:12:09,758 [Doug] Yes, sir. I'm so glad you reached out to me 293 00:12:09,793 --> 00:12:11,758 talking about a moonshine bill. 294 00:12:11,793 --> 00:12:14,068 But let me start off, tell you a little bit about myself. 295 00:12:14,103 --> 00:12:15,689 I'm actually a moonshiner. 296 00:12:15,724 --> 00:12:17,931 I just think it's a shame that, 297 00:12:17,965 --> 00:12:20,758 you know, in my line of work, we've really got to hide in the woods 298 00:12:20,793 --> 00:12:24,379 and really be hunted down, you know? 299 00:12:24,413 --> 00:12:27,551 And I read about what you're doing here in West Virginia 300 00:12:27,586 --> 00:12:30,724 with your bill about trying to get home distillation legal, 301 00:12:30,758 --> 00:12:32,413 and I wanted to talk with you about that 302 00:12:32,448 --> 00:12:35,137 and see what I could do in my home state of Virginia. 303 00:12:35,172 --> 00:12:38,206 Distill Your Own is what the title of the bill is. 304 00:12:38,241 --> 00:12:40,034 Basically, it would allow somebody 305 00:12:40,068 --> 00:12:45,103 to distill their own liquor up to 50 gallons per person 306 00:12:45,137 --> 00:12:46,827 or 100 gallons in a household 307 00:12:46,862 --> 00:12:48,275 for personal consumption only. 308 00:12:48,310 --> 00:12:50,137 They cannot, you know, sell it, 309 00:12:50,172 --> 00:12:52,137 can't transport across state lines, 310 00:12:52,172 --> 00:12:53,413 that type of thing. 311 00:12:53,448 --> 00:12:55,310 We're more than happy to go get you a copy and bring it down. 312 00:12:55,344 --> 00:12:56,793 And actually that should help, you know? 313 00:12:56,827 --> 00:12:58,965 Take that when you are looking for your delegate 314 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,172 or senator in Virginia, 315 00:13:01,206 --> 00:13:02,896 you know, give them a copy of all of this and say, 316 00:13:02,931 --> 00:13:05,034 "Hey, would you help sponsor this?" 317 00:13:05,068 --> 00:13:06,413 That would be great. 318 00:13:06,448 --> 00:13:08,689 It's part of our history, just like this whole building is. 319 00:13:08,724 --> 00:13:10,000 It's part of our history. 320 00:13:10,034 --> 00:13:11,931 Especially in Appalachians. And then 321 00:13:11,965 --> 00:13:14,689 a couple other states are looking into it also. 322 00:13:14,724 --> 00:13:16,965 Arizona, Massachusetts. 323 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,103 Missouri has it, perfectly legal. 324 00:13:19,137 --> 00:13:21,724 Delegate Smith understands where I'm coming from 325 00:13:21,758 --> 00:13:23,034 as a moonshiner. 326 00:13:23,068 --> 00:13:25,931 Yeah, I'm very interested in seeing a copy of this bill. 327 00:13:25,965 --> 00:13:28,793 I really feel like I've got my first ally now. 328 00:13:28,827 --> 00:13:31,586 Here's the bill, share that with the individuals 329 00:13:31,620 --> 00:13:33,655 that you talk to in Virginia. 330 00:13:33,689 --> 00:13:35,344 -[Tickle] Yeah. -And you've done the work for them. 331 00:13:35,379 --> 00:13:36,931 All right, thank you very much. 332 00:13:36,965 --> 00:13:40,241 Meeting Doug Smith today was a huge success. 333 00:13:40,275 --> 00:13:42,448 He's not willing to back down from this fight, 334 00:13:42,482 --> 00:13:44,137 and neither am I. 335 00:13:44,172 --> 00:13:46,482 You know, Doug's so valuable to me, 336 00:13:46,517 --> 00:13:48,896 not only as validating me, 337 00:13:48,931 --> 00:13:51,551 but he told me other delegates and other legislators 338 00:13:51,586 --> 00:13:53,310 are looking to do the same thing. 339 00:13:53,344 --> 00:13:56,586 I'm ready to hit the road, I'm ready to keep moving forward, 340 00:13:56,620 --> 00:13:59,206 and I'm ready to make sure that in the state of Virginia, 341 00:13:59,241 --> 00:14:01,931 and even any other state that wants to pass this, 342 00:14:01,965 --> 00:14:04,551 we're gonna get home distillation and it's gonna be legal. 343 00:14:16,620 --> 00:14:18,551 [Josh] This is what you call a ram pump. 344 00:14:18,586 --> 00:14:20,034 And I know this works, 345 00:14:20,068 --> 00:14:23,413 but it seems like it was leaking air around in here somehow. 346 00:14:23,448 --> 00:14:24,482 While Tickle is gone, 347 00:14:24,517 --> 00:14:26,931 and Henry is off on a bootlegging run, 348 00:14:26,965 --> 00:14:28,655 I'm taking it upon myself 349 00:14:28,689 --> 00:14:30,379 to get our water source fixed. 350 00:14:30,413 --> 00:14:34,103 Guess I'm gonna cut this off, put a new piece on it. 351 00:14:34,137 --> 00:14:36,482 Put everything back together and see what happens. 352 00:14:37,827 --> 00:14:40,137 The whole idea behind the ram pump is 353 00:14:40,172 --> 00:14:43,034 our stream is way below our still site. 354 00:14:43,068 --> 00:14:44,758 And with that being the case, 355 00:14:44,793 --> 00:14:46,482 we're having a hard time 356 00:14:46,517 --> 00:14:48,310 getting pressure to go all the way up to the still site. 357 00:14:48,344 --> 00:14:50,689 So, what we got to do is take the ram pump 358 00:14:50,724 --> 00:14:53,034 which creates more pressure to the line, 359 00:14:53,068 --> 00:14:55,758 which makes you able to push water up the hill. 360 00:14:55,793 --> 00:14:58,000 Once it fills up, it builds up pressure 361 00:14:58,034 --> 00:14:59,896 and I guess to a certain place, 362 00:14:59,931 --> 00:15:01,551 it kicks back out, 363 00:15:01,586 --> 00:15:04,103 and then it overflows until it catches. 364 00:15:04,137 --> 00:15:06,551 I know I can fix the pump and make it work. 365 00:15:06,586 --> 00:15:10,482 My real worry was, "Am I gonna be able to crawl down to the creek or not? 366 00:15:10,517 --> 00:15:12,482 Am I gonna be able to get down to the water?" 367 00:15:12,517 --> 00:15:13,655 I know it sounds crazy 368 00:15:13,689 --> 00:15:15,275 because I've done made a run a liquor, 369 00:15:15,310 --> 00:15:16,827 and I've done been down there. 370 00:15:16,862 --> 00:15:18,310 But at the same time, 371 00:15:18,344 --> 00:15:20,206 my world is a little different than it was. 372 00:15:22,206 --> 00:15:25,137 When you can walk, can talk, 373 00:15:25,172 --> 00:15:27,206 wipe your own rear end, 374 00:15:27,241 --> 00:15:28,655 you don't really think about it. 375 00:15:28,689 --> 00:15:31,206 It's just took for granted, it's just part of life. 376 00:15:32,103 --> 00:15:33,241 But when you can't, 377 00:15:33,275 --> 00:15:35,310 what a pain in the ass that is. 378 00:15:36,862 --> 00:15:38,586 This thing looks like it's supposed to, 379 00:15:38,620 --> 00:15:40,068 it looks as good as it can. 380 00:15:40,103 --> 00:15:41,965 It's watertight. 381 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:43,517 Now, the question is, 382 00:15:43,551 --> 00:15:45,896 am I gonna be able to get into the creek and actually hook this thing up? 383 00:15:45,931 --> 00:15:47,275 That's the real question. 384 00:16:03,517 --> 00:16:04,448 [Joe Boy exclaims] Oh! 385 00:16:06,172 --> 00:16:08,896 I had done told you about the damn holler, cuz. 386 00:16:08,931 --> 00:16:10,620 We out here trying to be quiet. 387 00:16:10,655 --> 00:16:12,482 Yo, we're hollerin' [bleep] . 388 00:16:12,517 --> 00:16:13,862 Gonna get that shine in there. 389 00:16:14,551 --> 00:16:16,379 [grunting] 390 00:16:17,517 --> 00:16:18,896 God damn! 391 00:16:18,931 --> 00:16:20,827 [Joe Boy] You wanna hand me jars, I'll shove them in the holes. 392 00:16:21,758 --> 00:16:22,862 Two at a time. 393 00:16:22,896 --> 00:16:26,103 So, we're transporting 25 gallons a moonshine 394 00:16:26,137 --> 00:16:28,655 in PVC pipes under the boat. 395 00:16:28,689 --> 00:16:31,517 And if anything goes wrong, and this thing don't make it, 396 00:16:31,551 --> 00:16:33,724 we just lost 2,300 cash. 397 00:16:33,758 --> 00:16:35,310 You did bring the Channellock. 398 00:16:35,344 --> 00:16:36,310 [Joe Boy] Yes. 399 00:16:36,344 --> 00:16:37,620 [Big Chuk] So, you might wonder to yourself 400 00:16:37,655 --> 00:16:39,931 why we're gonna all this trouble to move 25 gallons of liquor. 401 00:16:39,965 --> 00:16:41,275 But it ain't about the liquor, 402 00:16:41,310 --> 00:16:43,172 it's about developing a relationship 403 00:16:43,206 --> 00:16:45,827 and turning that relationship into a potential client. 404 00:16:45,862 --> 00:16:47,689 And if we can get that client right there, 405 00:16:47,724 --> 00:16:50,482 we're one step in the right direction to building a better business. 406 00:16:50,517 --> 00:16:52,896 I just pray that this works. 407 00:16:52,931 --> 00:16:54,896 All right, big moment of truth, cuz. 408 00:16:54,931 --> 00:16:56,344 -Oh, yeah. -Damn, cuz, 409 00:16:56,379 --> 00:16:58,034 that floats good, son. 410 00:16:58,068 --> 00:16:59,827 [Big Chuk] It's floating like a dream, boy. 411 00:16:59,862 --> 00:17:01,586 -I ain't never seen it stick that far-- -Look. It's standing up. 412 00:17:01,620 --> 00:17:03,034 [both laugh] 413 00:17:03,068 --> 00:17:04,792 Golly, it's all the way out in the water. 414 00:17:04,827 --> 00:17:06,517 All right, I give you credit. 415 00:17:06,550 --> 00:17:08,378 All right, so I gotta eat my words here. 416 00:17:08,413 --> 00:17:10,310 We put the boat in and it floats. 417 00:17:10,344 --> 00:17:11,862 I'll have to hear from Joe Boy about it. 418 00:17:11,896 --> 00:17:12,896 I doubted him. 419 00:17:12,931 --> 00:17:15,068 Yet again, he come through in the clutch. 420 00:17:15,103 --> 00:17:17,310 So, we're off to the races now. 421 00:17:17,344 --> 00:17:19,482 [motor starts] 422 00:17:19,517 --> 00:17:20,827 [Big Chuk] So, me and Joe Boy are gonna be moving 423 00:17:20,862 --> 00:17:22,689 this liquor down the Little Missouri River. 424 00:17:22,723 --> 00:17:25,103 It's gonna then connect to the Ouachita River, 425 00:17:25,137 --> 00:17:27,586 and that's gonna cross over into Louisiana. 426 00:17:27,619 --> 00:17:28,965 And we're gonna do the deal, 427 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,103 and get back up the river to Arkansas. 428 00:17:31,137 --> 00:17:32,620 [Joe Boy] You're paying attention up there, aren't you? 429 00:17:32,655 --> 00:17:34,827 [Big Chuk] Yeah, I'm paying attention. 430 00:17:34,862 --> 00:17:37,241 There's a lot of things to take into consideration 431 00:17:37,275 --> 00:17:40,724 when you're moving 25 gallons of moonshine under a boat. 432 00:17:40,758 --> 00:17:42,448 Number one being the river itself. 433 00:17:42,482 --> 00:17:43,896 If it rises, if it falls, 434 00:17:43,931 --> 00:17:45,586 log jams, shoals, 435 00:17:45,620 --> 00:17:47,689 stumps that's poking out of the water you can barely see. 436 00:17:47,724 --> 00:17:49,896 You can sink a boat like that. We did it before. 437 00:17:49,931 --> 00:17:51,724 And then secondly, and most importantly, 438 00:17:51,758 --> 00:17:54,241 there's Mr. Green Pants himself, the game warden. 439 00:17:54,275 --> 00:17:55,827 They'll sneak up on you. 440 00:17:55,862 --> 00:17:59,172 So, that's the reason why we manufactured this thing to go under the boat. 441 00:17:59,206 --> 00:18:01,655 So, that way all we look like is just two good old boys 442 00:18:01,689 --> 00:18:05,000 having a good time on the river as we float on by. 443 00:18:05,034 --> 00:18:07,172 I tell you what though, cuz, I'm proud of this. 444 00:18:07,206 --> 00:18:08,724 Yeah, me, too. 445 00:18:08,758 --> 00:18:11,103 -This right here something ain't nobody ever done. -[Joe Boy] Nope. 446 00:18:11,137 --> 00:18:12,827 [Big Chuk] We're crossing two river systems, 447 00:18:13,482 --> 00:18:15,137 two states 448 00:18:15,172 --> 00:18:17,724 -to deliver liquor. -[Joe Boy] Incognito, baby. 449 00:18:17,758 --> 00:18:19,448 Incognito mosquito, baby. 450 00:18:23,275 --> 00:18:25,517 Just the river and our horizon. 451 00:18:25,551 --> 00:18:28,068 Boy, I might just take me a little stretch up here. 452 00:18:28,103 --> 00:18:29,344 Just take me a nap. 453 00:18:33,689 --> 00:18:35,517 -Gonna hit that log. -Huh? 454 00:18:35,551 --> 00:18:36,620 [Big Chuk] Log, log, log! Oh [bleep] ! 455 00:18:40,068 --> 00:18:41,103 God damn! 456 00:18:47,758 --> 00:18:48,724 [Big Chuk] Gonna hit that log. 457 00:18:48,758 --> 00:18:50,344 -[Joe Boy] Huh? -[Big Chuk] Log, log, log! 458 00:18:50,379 --> 00:18:51,379 Oh [bleep] ! 459 00:18:53,620 --> 00:18:54,862 God damn! 460 00:18:57,172 --> 00:18:59,344 -God damn it. -[Joe Boy] God dang, man! 461 00:18:59,379 --> 00:19:01,379 You paying attention? 462 00:19:01,413 --> 00:19:03,413 I thought you was watching where the hell we going? 463 00:19:03,448 --> 00:19:05,689 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Look at here. 464 00:19:06,379 --> 00:19:08,344 -Look. -Oh, my God. 465 00:19:08,379 --> 00:19:10,379 -We got bigger problems too, cuz. -Did we lose the rack? 466 00:19:11,103 --> 00:19:12,724 No, but I got a pipe 467 00:19:12,758 --> 00:19:14,310 sticking out about three foot. 468 00:19:14,344 --> 00:19:16,448 [Joe Boy] I'm gonna try to get us off these logs, so we can check it out. 469 00:19:16,482 --> 00:19:18,793 [Big Chuk] All right, I got the pipe. 470 00:19:18,827 --> 00:19:22,206 [Big Chuk] You better hope like hell the rest of 'em are underneath here 471 00:19:22,241 --> 00:19:25,517 -or we did all of this for nothing. -[Joe Boy grunts] [bleep] 472 00:19:26,517 --> 00:19:27,620 I'm about to flip. 473 00:19:28,275 --> 00:19:29,862 [exclaims] Here we go. 474 00:19:29,896 --> 00:19:32,551 -[grunting] -[bleep] 475 00:19:32,586 --> 00:19:35,655 Some of them damn near broke free, I'm holding it though. 476 00:19:35,689 --> 00:19:37,689 -[engine starts] -[Big Chuk] Hell yeah. 477 00:19:37,724 --> 00:19:39,172 All right, I'm gonna hold on to this. 478 00:19:39,827 --> 00:19:40,689 Go slow! 479 00:19:41,827 --> 00:19:43,793 All right, I got you. 480 00:19:43,827 --> 00:19:45,793 Let's get up by that gravel bar and check it out. 481 00:19:45,827 --> 00:19:47,482 -Can you hang on to it? -Yeah, I got it. 482 00:19:48,758 --> 00:19:51,448 Be my luck. We're halfway in between here in Louisiana 483 00:19:51,482 --> 00:19:53,137 and if we lost this liquor somewhere on the river, 484 00:19:53,172 --> 00:19:54,931 it's flowing, we'll never find it again. 485 00:19:54,965 --> 00:19:57,068 So, this is panic mode stuff right here. 486 00:19:59,482 --> 00:20:00,586 [groans] 487 00:20:01,862 --> 00:20:04,620 If we get out and there ain't no moonshine right there... 488 00:20:04,655 --> 00:20:05,620 [Joe Boy] Don't tell me that. 489 00:20:08,724 --> 00:20:12,275 [Big Chuk] We got everything except for this one, just slid out forward. 490 00:20:14,310 --> 00:20:16,413 [Joe Boy] Rack is still down there. Hey, look there. 491 00:20:16,448 --> 00:20:18,310 We gotta look at the rest of our damage. 492 00:20:18,344 --> 00:20:19,620 Go straight. 493 00:20:22,931 --> 00:20:23,965 Push. 494 00:20:25,689 --> 00:20:27,275 [both grunting] 495 00:20:27,310 --> 00:20:30,000 [Joe Boy] All right. I'll hold it. You check it. 496 00:20:30,034 --> 00:20:31,103 [Big Chuk] We got a good gash there, 497 00:20:31,137 --> 00:20:32,620 but it ain't all the way through. 498 00:20:32,655 --> 00:20:34,517 You got to push up on this. 499 00:20:34,551 --> 00:20:35,413 -Yeah. -[Joe Boy grunts] 500 00:20:39,586 --> 00:20:40,413 A little more. 501 00:20:44,655 --> 00:20:45,827 There you go. 502 00:20:45,862 --> 00:20:48,620 Hey, that's good. Knock 'em flat and strap 'em good. 503 00:20:48,655 --> 00:20:50,241 These old boys get a load of us. 504 00:20:50,275 --> 00:20:51,758 [Joe Boy] Damn rack is still on though. 505 00:20:51,793 --> 00:20:54,275 [Big Chuck] Yeah. You're damn right the rack is on. 506 00:20:54,310 --> 00:20:55,413 That's about it. 507 00:20:55,448 --> 00:20:56,586 [Joe Boy] You sure that's gonna hold? 508 00:20:57,551 --> 00:20:58,965 We got no other choice. 509 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,517 I'm just wrapping it around as much as I can. 510 00:21:01,551 --> 00:21:02,896 I got it weaved in there. 511 00:21:03,448 --> 00:21:04,482 [grunts] 512 00:21:05,827 --> 00:21:06,862 Ah. 513 00:21:06,896 --> 00:21:08,551 -Just think, cuz. -[Joe Boy] What? 514 00:21:08,586 --> 00:21:12,000 Two and a half hours on the road, we'd have been there. 515 00:21:12,034 --> 00:21:14,655 Just keep thinking about that every time we're doing this [bleep] . 516 00:21:14,689 --> 00:21:15,724 This is your problem. 517 00:21:15,758 --> 00:21:16,931 Better than being in prison. 518 00:21:17,551 --> 00:21:19,344 Give me that bucket, boy. 519 00:21:19,379 --> 00:21:22,172 We're gonna be a lot slower now without our shield on front. 520 00:21:22,206 --> 00:21:24,517 It's gonna be hard to push water out the way, 521 00:21:24,551 --> 00:21:26,965 and so, we just got to see where we go from here. 522 00:21:44,965 --> 00:21:48,172 [Tickle] Well, I'm here just outside of St. Louis, Missouri. 523 00:21:48,206 --> 00:21:51,241 I'm going to see this fella named Don Gosen. 524 00:21:51,275 --> 00:21:56,103 Now, this guy actually wrote up a bill that got passed. 525 00:21:56,137 --> 00:21:59,103 Now, home distillation is legal in the state of Missouri. 526 00:21:59,137 --> 00:22:00,689 I don't know how he did it, 527 00:22:00,724 --> 00:22:02,379 but that's what I'm here to find out. 528 00:22:03,413 --> 00:22:05,551 He cares about the craft so much, 529 00:22:05,586 --> 00:22:09,034 he's done moved way past the home distillation stage. 530 00:22:09,068 --> 00:22:12,724 He's actually got a legal distillery open now. 531 00:22:12,758 --> 00:22:16,137 I'm meeting Don here at Copper Mule distillery. 532 00:22:16,172 --> 00:22:18,344 This is a family farm 533 00:22:18,379 --> 00:22:20,931 that goes back so many generations. 534 00:22:20,965 --> 00:22:23,000 I'm super excited to meet this guy. 535 00:22:23,034 --> 00:22:24,793 I'm definitely in the right place. 536 00:22:25,275 --> 00:22:26,344 Hey, Don. 537 00:22:26,965 --> 00:22:28,000 How's it going? 538 00:22:28,034 --> 00:22:30,482 Hey, Tickle. How are you? Welcome to Copper Mule. 539 00:22:30,517 --> 00:22:31,758 [Tickle] Oh, yeah, I'll tell you what. 540 00:22:31,793 --> 00:22:33,000 I knew I was in the right place. 541 00:22:33,034 --> 00:22:35,103 I could smell the barrels of whiskey. 542 00:22:35,137 --> 00:22:37,103 I see you love old stills. 543 00:22:37,137 --> 00:22:40,310 [Don] Absolutely. We've got about 100 stills on the property. 544 00:22:40,344 --> 00:22:41,931 We're putting together a collection. 545 00:22:41,965 --> 00:22:44,862 [Tickle] Where do you even come across something like this? 546 00:22:44,896 --> 00:22:47,206 An old copper washing machine... 547 00:22:47,241 --> 00:22:49,310 -[Don] Well-- -...turned into a still. 548 00:22:49,344 --> 00:22:50,793 [Don] During World War I, 549 00:22:50,827 --> 00:22:53,379 everybody had given a lot of their scrap metal 550 00:22:53,413 --> 00:22:55,827 and different things for the war effort. 551 00:22:55,862 --> 00:22:59,310 So, you know, a few years after World War I, prohibition hits, 552 00:22:59,344 --> 00:23:03,034 and people had to use whatever metal they still had laying around the house. 553 00:23:03,068 --> 00:23:05,793 Washing machines, milk cans, whatever they could find. 554 00:23:05,827 --> 00:23:07,448 [Tickle] What do you know about this here, Don? 555 00:23:07,482 --> 00:23:08,620 This one right here. 556 00:23:08,655 --> 00:23:11,068 Well, I've tried to research these as much as possible, 557 00:23:11,103 --> 00:23:12,965 and they look like, 558 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,586 especially, what the Europeans used 559 00:23:14,620 --> 00:23:16,827 to make brandy in stills that looked like this. 560 00:23:16,862 --> 00:23:19,310 I'm almost wanted to say there's a bullet hole in this thing. 561 00:23:19,344 --> 00:23:20,517 Very well could have been. 562 00:23:20,551 --> 00:23:21,827 Definitely not a revenuer 563 00:23:21,862 --> 00:23:23,724 or they would have done a little more damage than that to it. 564 00:23:23,758 --> 00:23:27,586 I do have a still over here that the revenuers definitely got into though. 565 00:23:27,620 --> 00:23:29,206 Just meeting Don, 566 00:23:29,241 --> 00:23:31,172 and seeing all these stills, 567 00:23:31,206 --> 00:23:33,206 smelling the smell of his barrel room, 568 00:23:33,241 --> 00:23:36,379 it lets me know that I'm among kindred spirits right here. 569 00:23:36,413 --> 00:23:38,482 -They took a good axe to that. -[Tickle] Yeah. 570 00:23:38,517 --> 00:23:41,344 This shows what the law does when they catch us with our pots. 571 00:23:41,379 --> 00:23:43,344 But in the state of Missouri, 572 00:23:43,379 --> 00:23:44,931 you don't have to worry about this anymore. 573 00:23:44,965 --> 00:23:46,931 Not only does he care enough 574 00:23:46,965 --> 00:23:51,034 about legal home distillation to get this bill passed, 575 00:23:51,068 --> 00:23:53,620 he cares enough about legal home distillation 576 00:23:53,655 --> 00:23:55,310 to preserve the history of it. 577 00:23:55,344 --> 00:23:57,172 How did you actually get it through? 578 00:23:57,206 --> 00:23:59,000 What was the key to your success? 579 00:23:59,034 --> 00:24:00,448 You've got to build a coalition. 580 00:24:00,482 --> 00:24:02,758 And that's the most important part. 581 00:24:02,793 --> 00:24:06,517 You've got to have other people of like interest. 582 00:24:06,551 --> 00:24:08,689 You're making moonshine? What do you make moonshine out of? 583 00:24:08,724 --> 00:24:11,310 Corn? How about the corn growers? 584 00:24:11,344 --> 00:24:14,172 Where do we put our new making to make bourbon? 585 00:24:14,206 --> 00:24:15,379 White oak barrels. 586 00:24:15,413 --> 00:24:17,931 We went to the Missouri forestry department 587 00:24:17,965 --> 00:24:19,586 and had huge support from them. 588 00:24:19,620 --> 00:24:22,655 Believe it or not, the forestry business in Missouri, 589 00:24:22,689 --> 00:24:24,517 it's a ten billion dollar industry. 590 00:24:24,551 --> 00:24:26,068 You got to have that coalition. 591 00:24:26,103 --> 00:24:28,655 Talking to Don, he's letting me know that 592 00:24:28,689 --> 00:24:30,206 I can't do it on my own. 593 00:24:30,241 --> 00:24:32,000 I'm just one small voice. 594 00:24:32,034 --> 00:24:35,068 [Don] It wasn't that many years ago where we were in a room 595 00:24:35,103 --> 00:24:37,241 about one-twelfth the size of this, 596 00:24:37,275 --> 00:24:40,310 and that's another place I'd really like to show you today. 597 00:24:40,344 --> 00:24:42,758 What I've got to have is a larger voice 598 00:24:42,793 --> 00:24:45,000 of other people that will back me. 599 00:24:47,068 --> 00:24:50,241 So, this is our building version of the five gallon bucket. 600 00:24:50,275 --> 00:24:51,862 This is where it all began. 601 00:24:51,896 --> 00:24:53,931 We had a still in the center of the room. 602 00:24:53,965 --> 00:24:56,034 We had fermenters lining this wall. 603 00:24:56,068 --> 00:24:58,620 What we do in here now is we do our barrel dumps. 604 00:24:58,655 --> 00:25:01,034 We do our bottling, packaging. 605 00:25:01,068 --> 00:25:03,241 This is 2,000 square feet right here. 606 00:25:03,275 --> 00:25:06,379 If I can get a bill passed in the state of Virginia, 607 00:25:06,413 --> 00:25:08,931 where home distillation becomes legal, 608 00:25:08,965 --> 00:25:10,793 where you've came from 609 00:25:10,827 --> 00:25:13,344 could be somebody else's lifelong goal. 610 00:25:13,379 --> 00:25:15,068 I know, for one, 611 00:25:15,103 --> 00:25:18,379 George Washington distilled, you know, a long time ago 612 00:25:18,413 --> 00:25:19,793 in the state of Virginia. 613 00:25:19,827 --> 00:25:22,482 And you know, he was one of the first home distillers in the state. 614 00:25:22,517 --> 00:25:25,724 And he'd probably be sad if he was back here today 615 00:25:25,758 --> 00:25:28,758 and couldn't distill a batch of moonshine at his property, 616 00:25:28,793 --> 00:25:30,482 he'd probably be a little disappointed. 617 00:25:30,517 --> 00:25:33,965 So, I know he would appreciate you, for one. 618 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,724 He might even start a revolution over the fact, eh? 619 00:25:36,758 --> 00:25:38,655 -What do you think? -He might do that. 620 00:25:38,689 --> 00:25:41,655 [Tickle] I'll have to say, I wouldn't be a moonshiner worth my soul 621 00:25:41,689 --> 00:25:43,413 if I didn't ask, can we taste one of these? 622 00:25:43,448 --> 00:25:44,896 Sure, absolutely. 623 00:25:44,931 --> 00:25:45,965 Let's take a little taste of this. 624 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,517 [Tickle] Yes, let's take a taste of that. 625 00:25:47,551 --> 00:25:48,896 Let's see what we got going on here. 626 00:25:48,931 --> 00:25:51,344 I've got a lot more work to do. 627 00:25:51,379 --> 00:25:54,931 But now I got me a grocery list of what I've got to accomplish. 628 00:25:54,965 --> 00:25:56,413 Well, and after talking to you, 629 00:25:56,448 --> 00:25:58,862 I can just tell how passionate you are about it, 630 00:25:58,896 --> 00:26:00,103 and you will get this done. 631 00:26:00,137 --> 00:26:02,275 If you're passionate about it, it will happen. 632 00:26:02,793 --> 00:26:04,206 -Cheers. -Cheers. 633 00:26:04,241 --> 00:26:05,931 I've got to go back to Virginia, 634 00:26:05,965 --> 00:26:07,724 I got to talk to the grain farmers, 635 00:26:07,758 --> 00:26:09,310 I got to talk to the loggers, 636 00:26:09,344 --> 00:26:11,206 I've got to talk to barrel makers. 637 00:26:11,241 --> 00:26:13,586 These are all people that are gonna be intricate 638 00:26:13,620 --> 00:26:14,827 and get behind me 639 00:26:14,862 --> 00:26:16,379 in order to get this bill passed. 640 00:26:16,413 --> 00:26:17,827 Well, I'll tell you what I do need. 641 00:26:17,862 --> 00:26:19,310 I need something right now from you. 642 00:26:19,344 --> 00:26:20,517 Okay, and what's that? 643 00:26:20,551 --> 00:26:21,896 I need a bottle of this to go. 644 00:26:21,931 --> 00:26:23,241 [Don] We can take care of you there. 645 00:26:23,275 --> 00:26:24,586 -[Tickle] All right -Let's head out this way. 646 00:26:24,620 --> 00:26:25,586 [Tickle] That sounds good. 647 00:26:36,517 --> 00:26:38,482 Gator tearing you up? 648 00:26:38,517 --> 00:26:40,241 [Big Chuk] Horseflies, mosquitoes. 649 00:26:41,965 --> 00:26:44,482 We're out here on a long bootlegging run to Monroe. 650 00:26:44,517 --> 00:26:47,206 Plan was to get this shine delivered in one day, 651 00:26:47,241 --> 00:26:48,827 and not still be out here on the river. 652 00:26:48,862 --> 00:26:50,034 But here we are. 653 00:26:50,068 --> 00:26:52,689 We might as well just park this thing and set up camp. 654 00:26:52,724 --> 00:26:54,896 Sounds good to me, I'm wore the hell out. 655 00:26:54,931 --> 00:26:56,689 Looks like we're about to spend the night. 656 00:26:56,724 --> 00:26:59,000 But the good news is we brought some food with us, 657 00:26:59,034 --> 00:27:00,482 so at least we got something to eat. 658 00:27:00,517 --> 00:27:02,758 Just a big camping trip for me and Joe Boy. 659 00:27:04,517 --> 00:27:06,206 There you go, cuz. 660 00:27:06,241 --> 00:27:08,068 [Joe Boy] Hey, boy, looks good to me. 661 00:27:08,103 --> 00:27:09,206 [Big Chuk laughs] 662 00:27:09,241 --> 00:27:12,172 Whoever the hell thought moonshining was easy. [bleep] 663 00:27:12,206 --> 00:27:13,793 I tell you what, I get some fire going. 664 00:27:13,827 --> 00:27:16,000 Let's get the vittles ready, boy, I'm starving. 665 00:27:16,034 --> 00:27:18,206 [Big Chuk] What did you do with that red ice chest? 666 00:27:18,241 --> 00:27:19,655 I ain't seen no red ice chest. 667 00:27:19,689 --> 00:27:20,862 I got the green one. 668 00:27:20,896 --> 00:27:22,413 [Big Chuk] You gotta be [bleep] me. 669 00:27:22,448 --> 00:27:25,620 You didn't bring nothing to eat "Mr. I Got The Food." 670 00:27:25,655 --> 00:27:27,793 So, I'm gonna blame this on Joe Boy. 671 00:27:27,827 --> 00:27:30,310 I told him go get the ice chest out of the back of the truck. 672 00:27:30,344 --> 00:27:32,413 He got the green one instead of the red one. 673 00:27:32,448 --> 00:27:34,620 Green one had the drinks, red one had the meat, 674 00:27:34,655 --> 00:27:35,793 left the red one. 675 00:27:35,827 --> 00:27:37,137 Come on, get your ass in the boat. 676 00:27:37,172 --> 00:27:38,655 We're gonna get something to eat. 677 00:27:38,689 --> 00:27:40,620 I can catch a damn frog. 678 00:27:40,655 --> 00:27:41,965 We're fixing to get in the boat, 679 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:43,586 and go out and try to get us a few frogs. 680 00:27:43,620 --> 00:27:46,310 [grunts] Come on, let's go get a damn frog. 681 00:27:46,344 --> 00:27:48,034 It won't take but a couple big ones. 682 00:27:48,068 --> 00:27:49,586 And we'll be good for the night. 683 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:52,000 I hear one up yonder. 684 00:27:53,241 --> 00:27:54,620 -[Joe Boy] You hear it? -[Big Chuk] Yeah. 685 00:27:55,896 --> 00:27:57,034 [Joe Boy] There he is, right there. 686 00:27:57,689 --> 00:28:00,310 Look at that big ass frog. 687 00:28:00,344 --> 00:28:03,172 [Big Chuk] Get it, Joe, you wanna chase him down through the woods. 688 00:28:03,206 --> 00:28:04,724 [Joe Boy] It's ready to jump though. 689 00:28:04,758 --> 00:28:06,413 [Big Chuk] These frogs, as soon as you see 'em, 690 00:28:06,448 --> 00:28:08,862 just slip up on 'em, keep the light in their eyes. 691 00:28:08,896 --> 00:28:09,758 [Joe Boy] All right. 692 00:28:14,379 --> 00:28:16,965 -[Big Chuk] Yeah! -[Joe Boy] That is something. Heck, yeah, boy. Look at that! 693 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,000 -[Big Chuk] Hell yeah! -[Joe Boy] It's a huge frog. 694 00:28:19,034 --> 00:28:21,206 It got kicking legs back here, boy. Look at that. 695 00:28:21,241 --> 00:28:24,241 I have literally caught thousands of frogs in my life. 696 00:28:24,275 --> 00:28:25,689 I'm the frog master. 697 00:28:25,724 --> 00:28:28,034 No frog left behind when it comes to me. 698 00:28:29,448 --> 00:28:30,551 [Big Chuk] Bam! 699 00:28:30,586 --> 00:28:31,724 [Joe Boy] Another good one, boy. 700 00:28:31,758 --> 00:28:32,896 [Big Chuk] Yes, sir! 701 00:28:32,931 --> 00:28:34,551 This is something that grew up in our culture. 702 00:28:34,586 --> 00:28:36,103 My kids love doing it. 703 00:28:36,137 --> 00:28:37,689 My dad grew up doing it. 704 00:28:37,724 --> 00:28:39,241 My cousin, we've done it all of our lives. 705 00:28:39,275 --> 00:28:41,620 So, we really enjoy this anyway. 706 00:28:41,655 --> 00:28:44,068 [Big Chuk] Let's get this grease fired up. 707 00:28:44,103 --> 00:28:46,034 All right, I'm gonna start skinning these frogs. 708 00:28:47,448 --> 00:28:49,724 Anytime I have a good frog to fry, 709 00:28:49,758 --> 00:28:51,689 man, I go for it. 710 00:28:51,724 --> 00:28:53,758 [Big Chuk] It's the law of nature, it's how it all works. 711 00:28:53,793 --> 00:28:56,068 [Joe Boy] I absolutely love when they are doused in this. 712 00:28:56,103 --> 00:28:58,103 God, it's gonna be good. 713 00:28:58,137 --> 00:28:59,931 Y'all roll 'em in flour, salt, pepper, 714 00:28:59,965 --> 00:29:02,586 and throw 'em in the skillet with some grease and that's about it. 715 00:29:02,620 --> 00:29:04,655 That's all you need to have a good frog meal. 716 00:29:04,689 --> 00:29:06,137 Put that ol' salt and pepper on there. 717 00:29:06,172 --> 00:29:07,000 Oh, yeah. 718 00:29:09,206 --> 00:29:11,206 [Big Chuck] That will definitely get me through the night. 719 00:29:11,241 --> 00:29:12,517 Damn, how are you eating that. 720 00:29:12,551 --> 00:29:14,793 -[laughing] I'm starving, dude. -[Big Chuk] Damn. 721 00:29:15,482 --> 00:29:16,827 A frog is delicious. 722 00:29:16,862 --> 00:29:18,275 If ain't never had a frog, boy, 723 00:29:18,310 --> 00:29:20,103 it tastes like the best chicken you ever ate. 724 00:29:22,241 --> 00:29:24,310 I'll be glad when we get this thing done. 725 00:29:24,344 --> 00:29:25,689 [Big Chuk] While my belly is full, cousin, 726 00:29:25,724 --> 00:29:27,724 I'm finna go and call it a night. 727 00:29:27,758 --> 00:29:28,965 [Joe Boy] All right. Good night, cuz. 728 00:29:29,655 --> 00:29:31,206 I'll see you in the morning. 729 00:29:31,241 --> 00:29:33,448 [Big Chuk] We're gonna get rich one of these days, Joe Boy. 730 00:29:54,172 --> 00:29:56,793 Don't tell me I can't go down to the woods on a four wheeler 731 00:29:56,827 --> 00:29:57,965 and go to the liquor still. 732 00:29:58,000 --> 00:29:59,482 [engine starts] 733 00:30:03,551 --> 00:30:05,724 Don't tell me I can't do it. 734 00:30:05,758 --> 00:30:07,586 Because that's the first thing I'm gonna do. 735 00:30:08,655 --> 00:30:10,068 Oh, God, that hurts. 736 00:30:10,103 --> 00:30:13,310 I made it with a crazy get up on 737 00:30:13,344 --> 00:30:14,827 and killed the bees. 738 00:30:14,862 --> 00:30:17,206 Got the pump, fixed the pump, 739 00:30:17,241 --> 00:30:19,068 strapped it on the four-wheeler. 740 00:30:19,103 --> 00:30:21,931 I'm gonna freaking prove that being here is worth something. 741 00:30:23,862 --> 00:30:25,724 This is our water supply right here. 742 00:30:25,758 --> 00:30:26,965 We're gonna hook this... 743 00:30:28,448 --> 00:30:30,758 ram pump up to it right here. 744 00:30:31,758 --> 00:30:33,931 This is the easiest spot to put it right here 745 00:30:33,965 --> 00:30:36,448 'cause I can drive with four wheeler right down in here. 746 00:30:37,896 --> 00:30:38,551 Oh. 747 00:30:41,620 --> 00:30:44,137 I'm gonna put that bad boy in the creek right there. 748 00:30:49,482 --> 00:30:50,758 [yells] 749 00:30:50,793 --> 00:30:52,724 Son of a bitch. 750 00:30:53,206 --> 00:30:56,068 Damn it. [laughs] 751 00:30:56,103 --> 00:30:58,827 Right here we got a good water source. 752 00:30:58,862 --> 00:31:01,482 But going up the hill kind of kills it. 753 00:31:01,517 --> 00:31:04,068 This should intensify what we have. 754 00:31:04,103 --> 00:31:06,344 Hopefully, I'll be able to damn get this together. 755 00:31:09,896 --> 00:31:12,758 Now, if this thing'll do what it's supposed to do. 756 00:31:13,931 --> 00:31:14,862 [grunts] 757 00:31:29,310 --> 00:31:30,827 Hot damn! 758 00:31:30,862 --> 00:31:32,206 That's what I'm talking about. 759 00:31:33,137 --> 00:31:35,344 Golly, look at the water, it's pouring. 760 00:31:35,931 --> 00:31:37,034 [laughs] 761 00:31:37,068 --> 00:31:39,413 I'm making a comeback and it feels good. 762 00:31:40,275 --> 00:31:42,896 I've accomplished so much today. 763 00:31:42,931 --> 00:31:44,896 I made it down to the creek. 764 00:31:44,931 --> 00:31:46,620 I fixed the water pump. 765 00:31:46,655 --> 00:31:48,172 Today is an amazing day. 766 00:31:48,896 --> 00:31:51,827 [engine spluttering] 767 00:31:54,137 --> 00:31:54,931 [bleep] 768 00:31:58,689 --> 00:32:01,655 I don't know why this thing isn't cranking. It's gonna kill the battery 769 00:32:01,689 --> 00:32:03,482 if I keep on keep on keep on, 770 00:32:03,517 --> 00:32:04,758 probably burn her starter up. 771 00:32:05,896 --> 00:32:07,413 And I won't ever hear the end of it. 772 00:32:09,931 --> 00:32:13,551 This four wheeler freaking is not cranking after all I've been through today, 773 00:32:13,586 --> 00:32:15,724 after all my accomplishments. 774 00:32:15,758 --> 00:32:17,862 I really was... This sucks. 775 00:32:17,896 --> 00:32:19,965 [phone ringing] 776 00:32:21,241 --> 00:32:22,724 [Henry on phone] Josh, what's going on, brother? 777 00:32:22,758 --> 00:32:23,827 How you've been doing? 778 00:32:26,482 --> 00:32:27,413 I need your help. 779 00:32:28,689 --> 00:32:30,517 [Henry] What do you mean? 780 00:32:30,551 --> 00:32:33,448 I'm stuck and I need you guys to come and get me. 781 00:32:34,551 --> 00:32:35,931 [Henry] Stuck? Where are you stuck at, man? 782 00:32:35,965 --> 00:32:38,482 I'm at our... I'm at our... I'm at our site. 783 00:32:39,896 --> 00:32:41,310 [Henry] Say that again. You're what? 784 00:32:41,344 --> 00:32:42,482 I'm in our site. 785 00:32:43,241 --> 00:32:45,724 -[Henry] At our site? -Yeah. 786 00:32:45,758 --> 00:32:50,310 [Henry] Dang yourself. Get the [bleep] . What the hell? My God, man. 787 00:32:50,344 --> 00:32:52,241 Please, just come and get me. 788 00:32:52,275 --> 00:32:53,931 [Henry] All right, all right, all right, all right. Damn. 789 00:32:53,965 --> 00:32:54,689 Thank you. 790 00:32:56,034 --> 00:32:59,172 I was gonna be able to say, "I told you so." 791 00:33:00,206 --> 00:33:02,551 Instead, they're gonna be able to say, 792 00:33:02,586 --> 00:33:04,206 "I told you so." 793 00:33:04,241 --> 00:33:08,586 Because no matter how much I was able to accomplish today, 794 00:33:08,620 --> 00:33:10,655 I still can't walk back from the creek. 795 00:33:10,689 --> 00:33:12,241 [engine spluttering] 796 00:33:25,896 --> 00:33:29,034 I still don't see how you think we're gonna get more money out of a jar. 797 00:33:29,068 --> 00:33:30,172 [Henry] It's the way it is, man. 798 00:33:30,206 --> 00:33:31,517 It's the way it's been for years and years and years. 799 00:33:31,551 --> 00:33:33,862 [Josh] I've done this for years and years and I've never even 800 00:33:33,896 --> 00:33:35,275 thought of that or heard of that. 801 00:33:35,310 --> 00:33:37,586 [Henry] In our market, the people that we sell to, 802 00:33:37,620 --> 00:33:38,724 it's got to be in jars. 803 00:33:38,758 --> 00:33:41,241 Now if you wanna get $100 less, 804 00:33:41,275 --> 00:33:43,000 leave it in the buckets if you want to. 805 00:33:43,034 --> 00:33:45,000 [Josh] Price is the price like... 806 00:33:45,034 --> 00:33:46,862 X amount of dollars for the liquor 807 00:33:46,896 --> 00:33:48,689 is X amount of dollars for the liquor. 808 00:33:48,724 --> 00:33:51,724 Just because you've done North Carolina, Virginia is different. 809 00:33:51,758 --> 00:33:53,241 It's a whole different ballgame here in Virginia. 810 00:33:53,275 --> 00:33:54,758 Whatever, you're full of crap. 811 00:33:54,793 --> 00:33:57,586 [Tickle] Y'all sell Kool-Aid in North Carolina, don't you? 812 00:33:57,620 --> 00:34:00,517 Yeah, that's what we're selling. 813 00:34:00,551 --> 00:34:03,379 [Henry] Everybody knows that Virginia's center is located on the east coast. 814 00:34:03,413 --> 00:34:06,551 That just means y'all are closer to being Yankees is what that means. 815 00:34:06,586 --> 00:34:08,931 [all laughing] 816 00:34:15,793 --> 00:34:16,655 [grunts] 817 00:34:20,172 --> 00:34:22,757 So, day one is in the books and it was awful. 818 00:34:22,793 --> 00:34:25,068 Anything that could go wrong went wrong. 819 00:34:25,103 --> 00:34:27,793 But we were able to eat us a good meal last night. 820 00:34:27,827 --> 00:34:29,724 And hey, this morning, we're back on the river 821 00:34:29,757 --> 00:34:32,103 to finally deliver this liquor to our buyers. 822 00:34:32,137 --> 00:34:33,757 If that's all we got to do today, baby, 823 00:34:33,793 --> 00:34:34,757 we're good to go. 824 00:34:36,068 --> 00:34:37,379 I don't know this old boy or 825 00:34:37,413 --> 00:34:39,447 what he's gonna have waiting on us up there. 826 00:34:39,482 --> 00:34:41,241 -You know if they're gonna be in? -[Big Chuk] I don't know. 827 00:34:41,275 --> 00:34:43,793 Man, all I got is a pin, that's all I got. 828 00:34:45,585 --> 00:34:46,793 We're almost there. 829 00:34:46,827 --> 00:34:48,896 Should be just right up around this bend. 830 00:34:48,931 --> 00:34:51,482 [Joe Boy] That is music to my ears. 831 00:34:51,516 --> 00:34:53,827 So, we're just looking for 'em on the side of the bank? 832 00:34:53,862 --> 00:34:54,862 [Big Chuk] Yeah. 833 00:34:57,275 --> 00:34:59,137 That somebody standing in the grass? 834 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,206 -[man] Hey, there. -[Joe Boy] Hey, man. 835 00:35:04,241 --> 00:35:05,482 [man] You boys from around here? 836 00:35:05,517 --> 00:35:07,275 [Big Chuk] We're just out doing a little fishing and stuff. 837 00:35:08,827 --> 00:35:10,896 Hey, y'all wouldn't be looking for something to drink, would you? 838 00:35:10,931 --> 00:35:11,965 Sure would be. 839 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:13,655 We've been thirsty. 840 00:35:13,689 --> 00:35:15,000 [Joe Boy] Hell, yeah. That's what I'm talking about. 841 00:35:15,034 --> 00:35:16,724 Thank God. 842 00:35:16,758 --> 00:35:18,137 [man] Y'all have a good trip? 843 00:35:18,172 --> 00:35:20,000 [bleep] no, we didn't have a good trip. 844 00:35:21,068 --> 00:35:22,758 Well, welcome to Louisiana. 845 00:35:22,793 --> 00:35:24,655 [Big Chuk] We're here though. Hell, that's all it matters. 846 00:35:24,689 --> 00:35:25,827 [man] I'm glad to see y'all, 847 00:35:25,862 --> 00:35:27,827 but I don't see what I'm looking for. 848 00:35:27,862 --> 00:35:28,758 [Big Chuk] Just 'cause you don't see it, 849 00:35:28,793 --> 00:35:30,172 don't mean it ain't there, big dog. 850 00:35:30,206 --> 00:35:31,172 Hey. 851 00:35:31,206 --> 00:35:32,137 [scraping] 852 00:35:32,172 --> 00:35:34,103 Oh, y'all got a little bit of... 853 00:35:34,137 --> 00:35:35,586 Now you see what we working with here? 854 00:35:35,620 --> 00:35:37,034 I see, I see it. 855 00:35:37,068 --> 00:35:38,586 -[grunts] -I appreciate that. 856 00:35:38,620 --> 00:35:41,413 Now, listen here, we're gonna have to call a workout for y'all for this. 857 00:35:41,448 --> 00:35:44,344 Unscrew them dodaddys there, lift it up, 858 00:35:44,379 --> 00:35:46,344 shine jars fall, 859 00:35:46,379 --> 00:35:49,310 take it far and away and do whatever y'all want do with it, all right? 860 00:35:49,344 --> 00:35:51,103 -All right-- -Will we get a discount? 861 00:35:51,137 --> 00:35:52,793 -[Big Chuk laughs] -[grunts] 862 00:35:52,827 --> 00:35:54,620 Let's get it and get it out of here 863 00:35:54,655 --> 00:35:56,896 -before we gotta answer for it. -All right. 864 00:35:56,931 --> 00:35:58,413 [man] Where are y'all boys coming from? 865 00:35:59,551 --> 00:36:01,310 -[Big Chuk] Arkansas. -Really? 866 00:36:01,344 --> 00:36:02,275 [Joe Boy] All right! 867 00:36:02,758 --> 00:36:03,931 One, two, three. 868 00:36:05,689 --> 00:36:08,172 [man] You know, when we left home this morning, I didn't know this 869 00:36:08,206 --> 00:36:10,000 was gonna turn into a damn job. 870 00:36:11,793 --> 00:36:12,724 Damn. 871 00:36:12,758 --> 00:36:14,758 -[Big Chuk laughs] -[Joe Boy] Oh! [bleep] 872 00:36:15,724 --> 00:36:17,310 We got moonshine going everywhere. 873 00:36:17,344 --> 00:36:18,241 Oh. [bleep] 874 00:36:18,275 --> 00:36:19,551 I'll better go swimming for it 875 00:36:19,586 --> 00:36:21,931 -'cause we ain't coming up short. -[Joe Boy] We got it, boys. 876 00:36:21,965 --> 00:36:24,586 Damn, they're coming out like Whack-A-Mole. 877 00:36:24,620 --> 00:36:26,793 -Oh. -[Big Chuk] Let that right there be 878 00:36:26,827 --> 00:36:29,586 an example of what this entire damn trip has been about. 879 00:36:29,620 --> 00:36:30,310 Yes, sir. 880 00:36:32,724 --> 00:36:33,551 All right. 881 00:36:36,793 --> 00:36:37,931 [Big Chuk] Last jar. 882 00:36:40,310 --> 00:36:41,413 [man] Appreciate y'all, man. 883 00:36:41,448 --> 00:36:42,689 -[Joe Boy] Yeah. -[Big Chuk] And we appreciate you. 884 00:36:42,724 --> 00:36:44,206 Y'all be careful. 885 00:36:44,241 --> 00:36:45,827 [Big Chuk] Homeward bound, baby. 886 00:36:45,862 --> 00:36:46,758 [Joe Boy] Get on back. 887 00:36:47,655 --> 00:36:49,862 [Big Chuk] Damn, I'm glad this is over. 888 00:36:49,896 --> 00:36:50,965 [Joe Boy] Yeah, me, too. 889 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,655 Get back. Won't you take your two or three baths. 890 00:36:53,689 --> 00:36:55,103 Throw that damn shirt away. 891 00:36:55,137 --> 00:36:56,689 Maybe them overalls, too. 892 00:36:56,724 --> 00:36:58,068 Sounds good, cuz. 893 00:36:58,103 --> 00:37:00,000 Let's go, baby. [laughs] 894 00:37:16,896 --> 00:37:18,344 [engine spluttering] 895 00:37:18,379 --> 00:37:19,275 Damn! 896 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:24,241 This four wheeler, I don't know if the carburetor is not working right, 897 00:37:24,275 --> 00:37:25,275 the floats are hanging up. 898 00:37:25,310 --> 00:37:26,862 I don't know what the damn deal is. 899 00:37:26,896 --> 00:37:28,068 All I can tell you 900 00:37:28,103 --> 00:37:30,448 is the four wheeler wouldn't start. 901 00:37:30,482 --> 00:37:31,517 And it's a hell of a time 902 00:37:31,551 --> 00:37:33,620 'cause all I wanted to say, "I told you so." 903 00:37:38,551 --> 00:37:39,379 Josh. 904 00:37:41,758 --> 00:37:43,379 What the hell, man? 905 00:37:43,413 --> 00:37:44,862 Don't you know better [bleep] than this? 906 00:37:46,689 --> 00:37:47,827 I can't believe you, son. 907 00:37:49,344 --> 00:37:51,034 [Josh] You hear that beautiful sound? 908 00:37:51,068 --> 00:37:53,172 -[Henry] You didn't do this by yourself. -[Josh] Hey. Hey. 909 00:37:53,206 --> 00:37:55,034 Damn, Josh, you got it running. 910 00:37:55,068 --> 00:37:56,586 Hey, I killed your bees, too. 911 00:37:56,620 --> 00:37:58,275 It running like a damn Rolex watch. 912 00:37:58,310 --> 00:37:59,413 Damn if it ain't. 913 00:37:59,448 --> 00:38:00,793 [Henry] One second I wanted to kill him, 914 00:38:00,827 --> 00:38:02,620 the next second, I want to pat him on the back 915 00:38:02,655 --> 00:38:04,068 because he's done one hell of a job. 916 00:38:04,103 --> 00:38:06,000 But I'm so afraid he's gonna get hurt. 917 00:38:06,034 --> 00:38:08,862 And now the damn four wheeler just won't crank. 918 00:38:08,896 --> 00:38:11,758 [engine spluttering] 919 00:38:14,310 --> 00:38:15,310 [Henry] You can't get it going? 920 00:38:18,068 --> 00:38:19,482 That switch is on? 921 00:38:19,517 --> 00:38:20,517 Kill switch? 922 00:38:21,758 --> 00:38:23,103 All right, don't run the battery down. 923 00:38:25,689 --> 00:38:28,482 I can't believe I'd done damn killed bees. 924 00:38:30,137 --> 00:38:32,551 Got a pump, fixed the pump, 925 00:38:32,586 --> 00:38:34,482 brought it to the creek, got it going, 926 00:38:34,517 --> 00:38:36,724 but still can't get the hell out of here. 927 00:38:36,758 --> 00:38:38,482 We appreciate what you did with this pump and all. 928 00:38:38,517 --> 00:38:40,137 Yeah, you got this thing singing. 929 00:38:40,172 --> 00:38:41,172 [Henry] You get crazy on us. 930 00:38:41,206 --> 00:38:42,379 How are we gonna get you out of here? 931 00:38:43,517 --> 00:38:45,034 Another four wheeler? 932 00:38:45,068 --> 00:38:46,965 We can't get the four wheeler running, ain't no choice. 933 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:48,620 We're gonna have to tote you out, Josh. 934 00:38:48,655 --> 00:38:51,448 Y'all can't tote me, it's too wet. 935 00:38:51,482 --> 00:38:54,172 [Tickle] Man, we might not have a whole lot of choice in that, Josh. 936 00:38:54,206 --> 00:38:55,724 I know it ain't the optimum thing. 937 00:38:55,758 --> 00:38:57,758 We're gonna be as careful as we can with you. 938 00:38:57,793 --> 00:38:59,241 I believe we'll go right through here with him. 939 00:38:59,275 --> 00:39:00,517 [Kenny] We go straight down that way. 940 00:39:00,551 --> 00:39:02,655 [Tickle] All right, what side do you want to be on, Henry? 941 00:39:02,689 --> 00:39:04,620 [Henry] Let me get around here, where I can get a hold on him. 942 00:39:04,655 --> 00:39:07,379 Henry, Kenny and Tickle having to tote me out of here 943 00:39:07,413 --> 00:39:09,344 is totally letting the air out of the bag. 944 00:39:09,379 --> 00:39:11,241 After all I've been through today, 945 00:39:11,275 --> 00:39:12,896 it's kinda like getting a birthday cake, 946 00:39:12,931 --> 00:39:15,758 but having it took away from me before we get to blow out the candles. 947 00:39:15,793 --> 00:39:18,000 -Here we go. Be easy. -All right. 948 00:39:18,034 --> 00:39:19,068 It will be fine. 949 00:39:21,965 --> 00:39:23,241 [Henry] So, Josh, how are you feeling, buddy? 950 00:39:23,275 --> 00:39:24,724 [Tickle] Yeah, you feeling all right? 951 00:39:24,758 --> 00:39:26,310 Just glad to be here, man. 952 00:39:26,344 --> 00:39:29,965 But that really embarrassed the hell out of me that I had to ask for help. 953 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:31,724 I'm not quite up to snuff yet. 954 00:39:31,758 --> 00:39:33,068 I need my legs to work. 955 00:39:33,103 --> 00:39:34,862 I'm gonna leave for a few weeks 956 00:39:34,896 --> 00:39:36,862 and just work my butt off doing therapy. 957 00:39:36,896 --> 00:39:38,655 -[Henry] You'll leave for a few weeks? -[Josh] Yeah. 958 00:39:38,689 --> 00:39:41,586 I got my therapist and my buddy waiting. 959 00:39:41,620 --> 00:39:43,896 [Henry] Well, if you're leaving, and Tickle is on this... 960 00:39:45,620 --> 00:39:46,862 savior thing he is on, 961 00:39:46,896 --> 00:39:48,344 trying to get the liquor legalized. 962 00:39:48,379 --> 00:39:49,413 How's that going? 963 00:39:49,448 --> 00:39:51,241 I think I could do something with it. 964 00:39:51,275 --> 00:39:53,827 Maybe I can, maybe I can't, you know? 965 00:39:53,862 --> 00:39:57,172 But I've been kind of catching the same thing at home from Carol 966 00:39:57,206 --> 00:39:58,965 -I've been catching from you. -Really? 967 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,103 She's says, you know, "Even if you do 968 00:40:01,137 --> 00:40:03,034 get this home distillation legal, 969 00:40:03,068 --> 00:40:04,172 where does that leave us? 970 00:40:04,206 --> 00:40:06,793 We ain't gonna be making no money off of it, you know?" 971 00:40:06,827 --> 00:40:09,551 We got thinking about, you know, 972 00:40:09,586 --> 00:40:12,379 we do make pretty good money, you know, making liquor, you know, in the woods? 973 00:40:12,413 --> 00:40:13,379 [Henry] Yeah, you do. 974 00:40:13,413 --> 00:40:17,379 But I was thinking about what can I do legally 975 00:40:17,413 --> 00:40:20,344 that I can actually make a good living at? 976 00:40:20,379 --> 00:40:22,103 And me and Carol got to talking, 977 00:40:22,137 --> 00:40:24,103 I mean, you know, I love cooking liquor 978 00:40:24,137 --> 00:40:25,655 and I love cooking food, too. 979 00:40:25,689 --> 00:40:27,137 -Right? -Right. Right. 980 00:40:27,172 --> 00:40:28,758 We thinking about opening up a restaurant. 981 00:40:30,620 --> 00:40:33,862 Cooking burgers, dogs, barbecue, 982 00:40:33,896 --> 00:40:35,448 just good old country eating. 983 00:40:35,482 --> 00:40:37,655 So, are you gonna be able to do that and make liquor? 984 00:40:37,689 --> 00:40:40,965 Well, when I'm needed to be making liquor, 985 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:42,586 she can be working in the restaurant, 986 00:40:42,620 --> 00:40:44,689 and I should be able to make liquor 987 00:40:44,724 --> 00:40:46,620 and have this for when I'm not. 988 00:40:46,655 --> 00:40:48,344 And I'm not just bailing. 989 00:40:48,379 --> 00:40:49,448 [Henry] I know. 990 00:40:49,482 --> 00:40:52,103 Well, you know, we only want what's best for you. 991 00:40:52,137 --> 00:40:53,172 [Henry] Yeah, absolutely. 992 00:40:53,206 --> 00:40:54,586 But with that said, 993 00:40:55,379 --> 00:40:56,517 we're gonna make some money. 994 00:41:00,689 --> 00:41:03,275 [narrator] Next week on the mid-season finale... 995 00:41:03,310 --> 00:41:05,758 [Digger] Killer Beaz has got our first big load going out of here. 996 00:41:05,793 --> 00:41:07,413 Forty-eight boxes of liquor 997 00:41:07,448 --> 00:41:08,931 headed west of Memphis. 998 00:41:08,965 --> 00:41:11,965 [Mark] There goes $10,800 worth of liquor. 999 00:41:15,206 --> 00:41:16,551 Come on! 1000 00:41:16,586 --> 00:41:18,655 Henry tells me we're gonna go meet Perry. 1001 00:41:18,689 --> 00:41:21,551 We're hoping he can start supplying us with a little bit of liquor. 1002 00:41:21,586 --> 00:41:23,655 [all exclaiming] 1003 00:41:23,689 --> 00:41:25,620 [phone ringing] 1004 00:41:25,655 --> 00:41:27,896 [man on phone] Digger, the liquor got stolen. 1005 00:41:27,931 --> 00:41:29,724 [Digger] We're gonna load it back up, 1006 00:41:29,758 --> 00:41:32,275 but me and Mark, we'll follow him along for a little while. 1007 00:41:32,310 --> 00:41:35,068 We're gonna see if anybody tries to jump our little buddy. 1008 00:41:35,103 --> 00:41:36,206 [Mark] Oh, hell. 1009 00:41:36,241 --> 00:41:39,172 This black SUV, he's out with them, ain't he?