1 00:00:04,967 --> 00:00:06,900 Anyone attempting to make moonshine 2 00:00:06,900 --> 00:00:10,467 risks serious life-threatening injury or time in prison. 3 00:00:10,467 --> 00:00:11,767 So don't try this at home. 4 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:14,800 [narrator] This time on Moonshiners... 5 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:16,800 -How's it going, baby? -[Carol] Someone has to give. 6 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:18,700 I don't even want to be at this restaurant anymore. 7 00:00:18,700 --> 00:00:21,667 Carol and I, we've got all our eggs in this basket. 8 00:00:21,667 --> 00:00:23,300 Much as I hate to do this, 9 00:00:23,300 --> 00:00:25,367 we've got to close down temporarily. 10 00:00:25,367 --> 00:00:27,567 While this restaurant is shut down, 11 00:00:27,567 --> 00:00:28,667 there is zero cash flow. 12 00:00:28,667 --> 00:00:31,567 I need to make some money quick as I can. 13 00:00:31,567 --> 00:00:34,700 Carrot brandy? I've never seen a moonshiner do it before. 14 00:00:34,700 --> 00:00:36,400 [Joe] Look, somebody down there fishing. 15 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:38,634 Them's the type of people that's gonna call the law. 16 00:00:39,567 --> 00:00:40,467 Long story short, 17 00:00:40,467 --> 00:00:41,867 we ain't going back to that spot. 18 00:00:41,867 --> 00:00:43,400 So, coming to you right now, 19 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,767 not late, but to tell you I'm probably going to be late. 20 00:00:46,767 --> 00:00:49,066 [Tickle] If we don't find a place, we've lost mash. 21 00:00:49,066 --> 00:00:50,000 If that turns sour, 22 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,166 we've got to pour it out and start all over. 23 00:00:52,166 --> 00:00:54,200 I don't know how keen I am on risking my barn 24 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:55,600 to let you'll boys run liquor. 25 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:57,667 Richard, keep your eyeballs peeled. 26 00:00:57,667 --> 00:01:00,667 Now, this is the most important part of our operation right now. 27 00:01:00,667 --> 00:01:02,433 This is the most dangerous part... 28 00:01:03,867 --> 00:01:06,634 [Tickle] This is how we make the moonshine. 29 00:01:14,266 --> 00:01:15,934 [cell phone ringing] 30 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:17,800 [Tickle] It's the wife. 31 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:18,700 Watch it. Watch it, son. Watch it. 32 00:01:18,700 --> 00:01:20,367 Henry, if you hit the button, it would help. 33 00:01:20,367 --> 00:01:21,567 Well, son, you're gonna kill us. 34 00:01:21,567 --> 00:01:23,000 [Tickle] Hey! 35 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,100 [narrator] In Franklin County, Virginia, 36 00:01:25,100 --> 00:01:27,700 after taking ownership of a restaurant 37 00:01:27,700 --> 00:01:29,166 with his wife, Carol, 38 00:01:29,166 --> 00:01:31,200 Tickle is battling to sustain 39 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:33,467 his outlaw moonshine operation, 40 00:01:33,467 --> 00:01:36,667 while also managing the new family business. 41 00:01:36,667 --> 00:01:38,400 [Tickle] How's it going, baby? 42 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:39,800 [Carol] I don't know. I'm just really stressed out. 43 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:41,467 I can't handle this anymore. 44 00:01:41,467 --> 00:01:43,567 [Tickle] I mean, what's going on? 45 00:01:43,567 --> 00:01:44,600 They're not listening to me. 46 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:46,700 They're walking around here like I'm just a nobody. 47 00:01:46,700 --> 00:01:48,800 [Tickle] Well, you are the business owner. 48 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:50,000 That can't happen. 49 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:51,467 A couple of months ago, 50 00:01:51,467 --> 00:01:53,634 Carol and I opened up our own restaurant. 51 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:55,567 Y'all follow me. 52 00:01:55,567 --> 00:01:56,767 Can I get you some more coffee? 53 00:01:56,767 --> 00:01:58,100 -[bell dings] -Order up! 54 00:01:58,100 --> 00:02:00,700 I'm really happy about seeing it packed. 55 00:02:00,700 --> 00:02:02,700 [Carol chuckles] I know. 56 00:02:02,700 --> 00:02:04,767 When Carol and I bought this restaurant, 57 00:02:04,767 --> 00:02:07,000 we carried the old owner along with us. 58 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:08,467 We thought we would learn 59 00:02:08,467 --> 00:02:11,100 exactly what we needed to be in the restaurant world. 60 00:02:11,100 --> 00:02:12,867 [Carol] People don't want to do things my way, 61 00:02:12,867 --> 00:02:14,467 they want to do things their way, 62 00:02:14,467 --> 00:02:16,100 and that's not how it's gonna be here. 63 00:02:16,100 --> 00:02:19,266 Once you've run a place for, like, 35 years, 64 00:02:19,266 --> 00:02:21,800 I guess it's kind of hard to give the control up. 65 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:23,100 But when you sell your restaurant, 66 00:02:23,100 --> 00:02:25,367 you have to relinquish that control. 67 00:02:25,367 --> 00:02:26,433 [Carol] Someone has to give. 68 00:02:26,433 --> 00:02:27,800 I don't even want to be at this restaurant anymore. 69 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:29,767 I can't take it anymore. I need you to come home. 70 00:02:29,767 --> 00:02:32,367 Evidently, this is not gonna work out. 71 00:02:32,367 --> 00:02:35,367 Okay, honey, I'm getting there as quick as I can, 72 00:02:35,367 --> 00:02:37,667 and we'll figure out what to do about it. 73 00:02:37,667 --> 00:02:39,467 -Okay? -All right, honey. Thank you. 74 00:02:39,467 --> 00:02:40,667 All right. I love you, baby. 75 00:02:40,667 --> 00:02:42,834 -Okay, I love you, too. -Bye. 76 00:02:43,266 --> 00:02:46,033 Sounded, uh, stressed. 77 00:02:46,867 --> 00:02:48,900 You know, we tried to keep the old owner on 78 00:02:48,900 --> 00:02:50,367 because we had never run a restaurant. 79 00:02:50,367 --> 00:02:53,166 But it doesn't look like that's working out at all. 80 00:02:53,166 --> 00:02:54,367 This is never gonna work 81 00:02:54,367 --> 00:02:56,266 with the old owner as a partner. 82 00:02:56,266 --> 00:02:57,266 And all of her employees... 83 00:02:57,266 --> 00:02:59,300 Well, they still look at her as the boss. 84 00:02:59,300 --> 00:03:00,400 We're gonna have to shut down. 85 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:02,467 We're gonna have to hire all-new employees. 86 00:03:02,467 --> 00:03:04,166 She was so excited to open this restaurant. 87 00:03:04,166 --> 00:03:06,400 We've done put everything we've got in it. 88 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,367 We've got loans, we've got bills we've got to pay. 89 00:03:09,367 --> 00:03:11,100 Every day that we're shut down, 90 00:03:11,100 --> 00:03:12,500 we're not making any money. 91 00:03:12,500 --> 00:03:15,100 [Henry] You run a business, you gotta learn to hire people and fire them. 92 00:03:15,100 --> 00:03:17,233 [Tickle] Well, that's 100% right. 93 00:03:26,100 --> 00:03:27,867 -[Jerry] You good? -[Richard] Yep. 94 00:03:27,867 --> 00:03:29,266 It ain't every day you get 95 00:03:29,266 --> 00:03:32,000 a piece of stolen equipment back, guys. 96 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,767 [narrator] In Haywood County, North Carolina... 97 00:03:34,767 --> 00:03:36,867 [Jerry] This will be the only real problem we've got right here. 98 00:03:37,667 --> 00:03:39,166 Really didn't bend it hard enough 99 00:03:39,166 --> 00:03:42,000 -to make anything really, like, creased badly. -[Mike] Creased... 100 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,000 [narrator] ...after Jerry put himself at risk 101 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,300 to retrieve their valuable copper still 102 00:03:46,300 --> 00:03:47,834 from the thief who stole it. 103 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:52,667 No. 104 00:03:52,667 --> 00:03:53,667 [bleep] 105 00:03:53,667 --> 00:03:55,266 [man speaking] 106 00:03:55,266 --> 00:03:56,734 [woman speaking] 107 00:03:58,467 --> 00:03:59,900 [narrator] The Maggie Valley trio 108 00:03:59,900 --> 00:04:02,567 must scramble to restore it to working order, 109 00:04:02,567 --> 00:04:05,500 and resume their own outlaw operation. 110 00:04:05,500 --> 00:04:07,900 I'm amazed that we got the still back in one piece. 111 00:04:07,900 --> 00:04:09,100 I mean, it's dented up a little bit, 112 00:04:09,100 --> 00:04:10,467 but nothing that we can't fix. 113 00:04:10,467 --> 00:04:12,367 [Jerry] Hang on one sec. I gotta to do something here. 114 00:04:12,367 --> 00:04:14,567 [Richard] And we got it just in the nick of time. 115 00:04:14,567 --> 00:04:16,900 I still owe Mark and Digger a lot of money. 116 00:04:16,900 --> 00:04:18,767 Every once in a while, Digger will get mad 117 00:04:18,767 --> 00:04:20,767 and give me a call, like, "Hey, where's my money?" 118 00:04:20,767 --> 00:04:23,166 That's a big debt I gotta knock out right now. 119 00:04:23,166 --> 00:04:25,266 [Mike] You think you can put your long beater to it, 120 00:04:25,266 --> 00:04:26,266 ain't you, Jerry? 121 00:04:26,266 --> 00:04:28,367 Well, I can't get no leverage on it in that hole. 122 00:04:28,367 --> 00:04:29,567 Sometimes you just got to improvise 123 00:04:29,567 --> 00:04:30,567 when you're doing work like this. 124 00:04:30,567 --> 00:04:32,967 It's not something there's a special hammer made 125 00:04:32,967 --> 00:04:35,467 to beat out valve in a moonshine still. 126 00:04:35,467 --> 00:04:37,834 -Now, then... -[Mike] Now we can work on it. 127 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:39,634 [Jerry] We want to finesse it. 128 00:04:39,634 --> 00:04:40,900 We don't want to just go in there wild 129 00:04:40,900 --> 00:04:42,066 and start beating it to death. 130 00:04:42,066 --> 00:04:44,300 We just want to see what needs to be bent out 131 00:04:44,300 --> 00:04:45,667 and just address those spots. 132 00:04:45,667 --> 00:04:47,166 [hammering] 133 00:04:48,066 --> 00:04:49,000 [Mike] Looking good. 134 00:04:49,967 --> 00:04:52,467 It almost looks like it never happened, Bubba. 135 00:04:52,467 --> 00:04:53,667 [Jerry] We got this dent out. 136 00:04:53,667 --> 00:04:55,166 If you look real hard, you can tell it's there. 137 00:04:55,166 --> 00:04:56,900 But that's just one of the very unique things about it. 138 00:04:56,900 --> 00:04:59,333 Now it's got, I guess you say, a battle scar. 139 00:05:00,066 --> 00:05:01,000 Now we just got to figure out 140 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,300 where we're gonna set her up at next. 141 00:05:03,300 --> 00:05:06,467 The problem that we've got is making mash work off. 142 00:05:06,467 --> 00:05:07,900 [Jerry] Let's see if we can find a place inside. 143 00:05:07,900 --> 00:05:10,000 -A building, barn or something. -Maybe a barn or something. 144 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:11,500 If we can find the right person, 145 00:05:11,500 --> 00:05:13,000 and they're willing to let us be there 146 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,867 -and do something illegal there. -Exactly. 147 00:05:14,867 --> 00:05:16,467 [Richard] We might be able to find us a drinker. 148 00:05:16,467 --> 00:05:18,800 'Cause, you know, moonshine makes things happen. 149 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:20,500 [Mike] We've got to find a new still site, 150 00:05:20,500 --> 00:05:21,400 and that's hard. 151 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:23,467 Especially when we're trying to get indoors 152 00:05:23,467 --> 00:05:24,867 on somebody else's property. 153 00:05:24,867 --> 00:05:26,100 You know, that's kind of the cool thing 154 00:05:26,100 --> 00:05:27,200 about having this air-cooled still, 155 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:29,500 is we don't necessarily have to have a place with water. 156 00:05:29,500 --> 00:05:32,166 In the meantime, we've got a truck bed of apple pomace 157 00:05:32,166 --> 00:05:33,800 that needs to be mashed in. 158 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:35,800 [Jerry] What was the charges for a truckload of this stuff? 159 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:37,600 Honestly, we give it away. 160 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:39,767 You guys just want some, I think that'd be fine. 161 00:05:39,767 --> 00:05:43,000 [Mike] He's like, "Man, you can come here anytime you want to 162 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,433 and get a truckload," and that's what we did. 163 00:05:46,066 --> 00:05:47,133 I don't know 100% 164 00:05:47,133 --> 00:05:49,767 we'll make really good alcohol out of this pomace, 165 00:05:49,767 --> 00:05:52,166 but I'm willing to give it a try. It's free. 166 00:05:52,166 --> 00:05:53,367 She's ready. 167 00:05:53,367 --> 00:05:55,066 Now that this is ready, we need to get ready. 168 00:05:55,066 --> 00:05:56,166 [Mike] Let's make some mash. 169 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:08,333 [Joe grunts] 170 00:06:12,266 --> 00:06:13,967 [Joe] My ankle's giving out. 171 00:06:13,967 --> 00:06:15,333 [Chuk] Well, you got to watch every step. 172 00:06:16,567 --> 00:06:18,500 [narrator] In Hot Springs, Arkansas, 173 00:06:18,500 --> 00:06:20,400 after making a lucrative deal 174 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:22,100 to supply their friend, Gooney's, 175 00:06:22,100 --> 00:06:24,300 underground horse race operation 176 00:06:24,300 --> 00:06:26,700 with Prohibition-era moonshine... 177 00:06:26,700 --> 00:06:30,300 128 gallon wholesale, 15 gallons every two weeks. 178 00:06:30,300 --> 00:06:31,333 I can do that. 179 00:06:32,367 --> 00:06:35,000 [narrator] ...double cousins, Big Chuk and Joe Boy 180 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,000 trek upstream to their still site 181 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,100 to fire up their first 15-gallon order. 182 00:06:40,100 --> 00:06:44,266 So we're gonna mash in and keep this show rolling. 183 00:06:44,266 --> 00:06:46,333 -This is the a situation-- -Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. 184 00:06:46,967 --> 00:06:48,634 Hey! Look! 185 00:06:49,567 --> 00:06:51,000 There's somebody down there fishing. 186 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:51,900 They're on the bank. 187 00:06:51,900 --> 00:06:53,000 [Chuk] What the [bleep]? 188 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,000 [Joe] There's a whole family down there. 189 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,000 [Chuk] That's right there by the still. 190 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,066 Them's the type of people 191 00:06:58,066 --> 00:06:59,467 that's gonna call the law instantly. 192 00:06:59,467 --> 00:07:00,667 Yeah. 193 00:07:00,667 --> 00:07:03,367 We damn sure can't run a risk of the law. 194 00:07:03,367 --> 00:07:05,367 [Joe] What the hell we gonna do now? 195 00:07:05,367 --> 00:07:06,567 [Chuk] I think what we do is we just 196 00:07:06,567 --> 00:07:07,767 get up in the thicket somewhere 197 00:07:07,767 --> 00:07:08,734 and just wait it out. 198 00:07:09,467 --> 00:07:10,900 We just got a little time to kill. 199 00:07:10,900 --> 00:07:12,667 -Wait till dark. -Wait till dark. 200 00:07:12,667 --> 00:07:15,467 Come out here, get our pots, get our worm, 201 00:07:15,467 --> 00:07:16,634 get on out of here. 202 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:27,800 Ain't nobody down there. 203 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:29,600 No, looks like we're alone now. 204 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,000 -[Chuk] All right. -[Joe] Let's get this done. 205 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:32,166 Get on out of here. 206 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:37,467 It's supposed to be an easy day, man. 207 00:07:37,467 --> 00:07:38,767 We're supposed to run down here, 208 00:07:38,767 --> 00:07:40,767 mash in, get on out of here. 209 00:07:40,767 --> 00:07:42,467 Here we are, five hours later. 210 00:07:42,467 --> 00:07:44,567 We don't know if our still site's been compromised. 211 00:07:44,567 --> 00:07:46,367 All we know we got to do is go in here 212 00:07:46,367 --> 00:07:48,800 get the valuable merchandise, which is the copper, 213 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:51,066 and get on out of here as quick as we can. 214 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:54,066 [Joe] Everything's still there. 215 00:07:54,066 --> 00:07:55,166 My babies. 216 00:07:55,166 --> 00:07:56,867 [Chuk] We can replace burners and things, 217 00:07:56,867 --> 00:07:58,867 but right now, I can't afford to replace no damn copper. 218 00:07:58,867 --> 00:07:59,867 That's just where I'm at. 219 00:07:59,867 --> 00:08:02,767 -[Joe] Yeah. -Let's get this thing out. 220 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:04,333 [Joe] Ready? 221 00:08:05,700 --> 00:08:06,400 [grunts] 222 00:08:08,867 --> 00:08:11,000 I'm gonna roll that down there. 223 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:12,567 [Chuk] This right here is really putting 224 00:08:12,567 --> 00:08:13,867 a big kink in the plan. 225 00:08:13,867 --> 00:08:14,800 And to be honest, 226 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,000 I don't really have a game plan at the moment, 227 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:18,000 but I know one thing. 228 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:19,300 We promised Gooney Shakur 229 00:08:19,300 --> 00:08:21,367 this prohibition-style moonshine. 230 00:08:21,367 --> 00:08:23,767 That means we've got to have this water. 231 00:08:23,767 --> 00:08:25,667 And we can't ever come back here again. 232 00:08:41,867 --> 00:08:43,734 Much as I hate to do this, 233 00:08:44,700 --> 00:08:46,967 we've got to close down temporarily, 234 00:08:46,967 --> 00:08:50,000 but we will be back open as soon as possible. 235 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,266 I want all of our loyal guests to know that. 236 00:08:55,900 --> 00:08:56,867 But you know what? 237 00:08:56,867 --> 00:08:58,734 We've got to do what's best for our restaurant. 238 00:09:03,867 --> 00:09:06,867 Carol and I had to split with the old owner of this restaurant. 239 00:09:06,867 --> 00:09:08,367 Now we're shut down. 240 00:09:08,367 --> 00:09:11,900 What we've got to do is hire completely all-new staff, 241 00:09:11,900 --> 00:09:13,567 train completely all-new staff, 242 00:09:13,567 --> 00:09:16,166 restock all of these refrigerators and freezers. 243 00:09:16,166 --> 00:09:17,867 And you know what? That takes time 244 00:09:17,867 --> 00:09:19,066 and that takes money. 245 00:09:19,066 --> 00:09:20,600 Hey, Henry? 246 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:21,900 Yeah, I thought I heard something out there. 247 00:09:21,900 --> 00:09:23,600 There was a little noise, and I looked out and saw you. 248 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:24,634 -So how you doing? -Yeah, yeah, yeah. 249 00:09:24,634 --> 00:09:26,900 Oh, well... well, I mean, I've been doing all right, 250 00:09:26,900 --> 00:09:28,900 but, you know, things ain't been going good 251 00:09:28,900 --> 00:09:30,166 over at the restaurant. 252 00:09:30,166 --> 00:09:31,467 I need to make some money. 253 00:09:31,467 --> 00:09:34,000 I kind of need to make it quick as I can. 254 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,266 Henry and I, we're still making liquor. 255 00:09:36,266 --> 00:09:38,700 But right now, the money that we're making 256 00:09:38,700 --> 00:09:41,567 off of our moonshine just isn't quite enough 257 00:09:41,567 --> 00:09:43,467 for me to still pay all the bills, 258 00:09:43,467 --> 00:09:46,567 pay a new staff to train them for an entire week. 259 00:09:46,567 --> 00:09:48,867 That right there, I took a really good hit. 260 00:09:48,867 --> 00:09:50,333 Well, something quick. 261 00:09:50,700 --> 00:09:51,900 Hmm. 262 00:09:51,900 --> 00:09:53,667 You're looking at quick, you're looking at brandies. 263 00:09:53,667 --> 00:09:55,000 You know, it's wintertime. 264 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:56,767 Well, I know it's wintertime 265 00:09:56,767 --> 00:09:58,467 and there ain't a whole lot of fruit. 266 00:09:58,467 --> 00:09:59,867 Do you know anybody... 267 00:09:59,867 --> 00:10:02,500 maybe some of these orchards got anything in cold storage? 268 00:10:02,500 --> 00:10:03,767 Not around here. 269 00:10:03,767 --> 00:10:06,200 Brandy doesn't seem like it would be a whole lot more expensive. 270 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:10,000 But this is wintertime. Fruit is not in season. 271 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:13,000 So brandy is extremely rare right now. 272 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,300 If we can come up with some fruit to make brandy, 273 00:10:15,300 --> 00:10:19,000 we can command a premium price for it. 274 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,467 [Henry] I was talking to a guy the other day. 275 00:10:20,467 --> 00:10:21,667 They got nothing on hand. 276 00:10:21,667 --> 00:10:24,266 -Nothing. Everything's gone. -Go further south, maybe. 277 00:10:24,266 --> 00:10:26,700 But, hey, we know somebody further south. 278 00:10:26,700 --> 00:10:27,967 But can he come up? 279 00:10:27,967 --> 00:10:29,066 -Yeah. -Let's give him a call. 280 00:10:29,066 --> 00:10:31,100 Yeah, give him a call and see what he can come up with. 281 00:10:31,100 --> 00:10:33,100 Josh lives farther south. 282 00:10:33,100 --> 00:10:34,667 There's a much greater chance 283 00:10:34,667 --> 00:10:37,266 of there being some fruit, at least in cold storage, 284 00:10:37,266 --> 00:10:39,100 down where he's at. 285 00:10:39,100 --> 00:10:40,900 -[Josh] Hey. -What's going on, brother? 286 00:10:40,900 --> 00:10:42,467 How's everything going down there? 287 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:44,266 It's just going. 288 00:10:44,266 --> 00:10:45,433 How's Reese doing? 289 00:10:45,867 --> 00:10:47,700 She's amazing. 290 00:10:47,700 --> 00:10:50,600 Been going to dance, been going to buy dresses. 291 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:52,100 I never thought in a million years 292 00:10:52,100 --> 00:10:54,166 I'd ever buy a dress for any reason. 293 00:10:54,166 --> 00:10:55,667 You think you could put that dress on, 294 00:10:55,667 --> 00:10:57,000 maybe dance your way up here? 295 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,200 We're looking for some fruit. 296 00:10:58,200 --> 00:10:59,266 Tickle's here with me. 297 00:10:59,266 --> 00:11:01,166 I had to shut my restaurant down 298 00:11:01,166 --> 00:11:03,266 and completely re-staff it. 299 00:11:03,266 --> 00:11:04,367 I need to make some money, 300 00:11:04,367 --> 00:11:06,100 and I really kind of need to make it quick. 301 00:11:06,100 --> 00:11:07,867 And brandy's gonna be the way to go. 302 00:11:07,867 --> 00:11:09,166 You know how hard it's gonna be 303 00:11:09,166 --> 00:11:11,000 to get fruit in the middle of the wintertime? 304 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,300 [Tickle] I ain't gonna lie to you, Josh. 305 00:11:12,300 --> 00:11:15,266 You came through for us every time so far. 306 00:11:15,266 --> 00:11:19,000 I'm willing to bet, if anybody can find any, it's gonna be you. 307 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,266 Well, I'll look around, but don't hold your breath. 308 00:11:21,266 --> 00:11:23,467 Well, if you find it, you're gonna be able to bring it to us? 309 00:11:23,467 --> 00:11:24,500 Or do you want us-- 310 00:11:24,500 --> 00:11:26,367 If I find it, you [bleep] are coming to get it. 311 00:11:26,367 --> 00:11:28,000 [both laughing] 312 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:29,166 I'm just kidding. 313 00:11:29,166 --> 00:11:30,133 No, I'll bring it to you 314 00:11:30,133 --> 00:11:32,467 because I'm dying to go back to work, big dog. 315 00:11:32,467 --> 00:11:34,367 The only thing I can hope and pray for 316 00:11:34,367 --> 00:11:37,467 is that Josh can actually find some fruit 317 00:11:37,467 --> 00:11:38,967 and we can make some brandy. 318 00:11:38,967 --> 00:11:40,800 And that right there should fill the hole 319 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:42,967 in the void that I need for this money. 320 00:11:42,967 --> 00:11:44,000 All right. Get on it, buddy, 321 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:45,367 and holler back at us quick as you can. 322 00:11:45,367 --> 00:11:46,266 All right. 323 00:11:50,700 --> 00:11:52,600 -Oh, Josh. -[Josh] I made it. 324 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:53,967 [Tickle] How's it going, bud? 325 00:11:53,967 --> 00:11:55,767 Josh is just supposed to be bringing us 326 00:11:55,767 --> 00:11:57,867 whatever he can find as far as fruit. 327 00:11:57,867 --> 00:11:59,533 Hell, you got a bunch of apples? 328 00:12:00,667 --> 00:12:04,066 And it looks to us like he found us some apples. 329 00:12:04,066 --> 00:12:06,800 But as I get to looking at the bed of this truck, 330 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,000 I notice something I ain't never seen 331 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:10,734 a moonshiner use before. 332 00:12:11,367 --> 00:12:12,467 What are you doing with carrots? 333 00:12:12,467 --> 00:12:14,266 Well, you told me to grab some fruit. 334 00:12:14,266 --> 00:12:15,066 While I was there, 335 00:12:15,066 --> 00:12:17,667 the same man had all these dang carrots. 336 00:12:17,667 --> 00:12:19,000 [Paige] I hope you got a good, cheap price on it. 337 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:20,567 He's was freakin' basically giving it away 338 00:12:20,567 --> 00:12:22,467 'cause it's been sitting around and wanted rid of it. 339 00:12:22,467 --> 00:12:24,467 [Tickle] I ain't never made anything with carrots. 340 00:12:24,467 --> 00:12:26,467 I figured we could make mash out of it. 341 00:12:26,467 --> 00:12:27,634 Or who knows what. 342 00:12:27,634 --> 00:12:29,200 If nothing else, we'll feed them to the hogs and the horses. 343 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:31,200 I've never seen a moonshiner do it before, 344 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:33,266 but they got a lot of sugar in them, right? 345 00:12:33,266 --> 00:12:34,767 They're already sweet on their own. 346 00:12:34,767 --> 00:12:36,500 Like, they got starch in them, right? 347 00:12:36,500 --> 00:12:37,900 -[Tickle] Yep. -[Josh] What the hell? 348 00:12:37,900 --> 00:12:40,166 Everybody, in a cold climate, 349 00:12:40,166 --> 00:12:42,467 the thing they've got the most to make liquor out of, 350 00:12:42,467 --> 00:12:43,867 it's root vegetables. 351 00:12:43,867 --> 00:12:45,467 Most of the time, potatoes. 352 00:12:45,467 --> 00:12:47,867 Well, carrots are a root vegetable as well. 353 00:12:47,867 --> 00:12:52,266 Who knows? Apple-carrot brandy might be the next big thing. 354 00:12:58,367 --> 00:13:00,400 So, say, what if we grab two totes, 355 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:01,800 and just mash the apples in one 356 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:03,600 and then mash the carrots in the other one? 357 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:05,667 [Tickle] I'm game for that. Mash them separate. 358 00:13:05,667 --> 00:13:07,100 [Henry] That way, we can mix it the way we want it. 359 00:13:07,100 --> 00:13:08,867 'Cause we know the apples are gonna turn out. 360 00:13:08,867 --> 00:13:12,166 [Tickle] So these carrots are really hard to process, though. 361 00:13:12,166 --> 00:13:13,467 How you gonna break them things down? 362 00:13:13,467 --> 00:13:15,700 Well you see that chipper? 363 00:13:15,700 --> 00:13:17,600 [Tickle] Damn, that's a good-sized one right yonder. 364 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:19,066 [engine starts] 365 00:13:23,100 --> 00:13:25,700 [Josh] Normally, we would chop up or smash the apples, 366 00:13:25,700 --> 00:13:28,000 and that's a lot of work, especially with carrots. 367 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:30,166 So I brought this chipper with me, thinking that 368 00:13:30,166 --> 00:13:31,767 we've got all these [bleep], we need to grind it up. 369 00:13:31,767 --> 00:13:33,734 Maybe it'll grind through the chipper. 370 00:13:35,667 --> 00:13:38,567 [Josh] That is absolutely amazing. 371 00:13:38,567 --> 00:13:40,734 [Tickle] Looks good. Definitely fine. 372 00:13:42,100 --> 00:13:44,066 [Josh] It worked better than I thought it was going to. 373 00:13:44,066 --> 00:13:46,600 It just turns it, like, almost like into dust. 374 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:47,600 [clicks tongue] 375 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:50,266 This chipper actually made mincemeat 376 00:13:50,266 --> 00:13:52,867 of hours' worth of smashing carrots. 377 00:13:55,467 --> 00:13:57,467 I think she's ready for sugar and water, don't y'all? 378 00:13:57,467 --> 00:13:58,634 There's plenty of juice in there, 379 00:13:58,634 --> 00:14:01,800 but I think hot water would make it work better, don't you? 380 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:02,867 [Tickle] Sugar, water, a little yeast. 381 00:14:02,867 --> 00:14:04,634 [Henry] We got water. We'll heat it up. 382 00:14:05,867 --> 00:14:06,934 [Tickle] There we go. 383 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:09,266 Boy, if that won't heat her up, 384 00:14:09,266 --> 00:14:10,100 ain't nothing gonna do it. 385 00:14:11,100 --> 00:14:12,600 So we're just gonna mash these things in 386 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:13,767 in two different totes. 387 00:14:15,166 --> 00:14:17,667 If we like the way the carrots turn out, 388 00:14:17,667 --> 00:14:18,600 we can run them. 389 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:21,233 If we don't, we haven't ruined our apple mash. 390 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,700 [Henry] When we used this wood chipper to chop up these apples... 391 00:14:25,700 --> 00:14:26,967 [Josh] It's like liquid. 392 00:14:28,100 --> 00:14:31,767 ...it broke it down so fine, about like an apple sauce. 393 00:14:31,767 --> 00:14:33,567 [Tickle] That's it, fellas! 394 00:14:33,567 --> 00:14:35,333 We're done. No more apples. 395 00:14:46,266 --> 00:14:47,600 [Henry] Looks good, man. I don't think I've ever had 396 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:49,100 apples ground up that fine before. 397 00:14:49,100 --> 00:14:51,166 We've got one big tote of apple 398 00:14:51,166 --> 00:14:53,500 and one big tote of carrot smashed in. 399 00:14:53,500 --> 00:14:54,367 Uh-oh. 400 00:14:54,367 --> 00:14:55,867 That's a special recipe there. 401 00:14:55,867 --> 00:14:57,166 All we can do now 402 00:14:57,166 --> 00:14:59,667 is just wait and see how this mash works out. 403 00:14:59,667 --> 00:15:01,567 If that works off, what we're gonna call it? 404 00:15:01,567 --> 00:15:03,834 It can be carrot juice or it can be crapple. 405 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:05,867 -Crapple? -[laughs] 406 00:15:05,867 --> 00:15:08,100 No, that's definitely not the right name. 407 00:15:08,100 --> 00:15:08,934 Carrot juice or crapple. 408 00:15:08,934 --> 00:15:11,166 -Hopefully, it ain't crapple. -[laughs] 409 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,400 [Mike] Well, this stuff's pretty, ain't it? 410 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:20,767 And we gotta get this stuff worked off. 411 00:15:20,767 --> 00:15:21,900 We need to get some money in our pocket. 412 00:15:21,900 --> 00:15:22,867 [Mike] Yes. 413 00:15:22,867 --> 00:15:24,600 We got to get this stuff mashed in, 414 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:27,166 but we don't have the damn place to run it off. 415 00:15:27,166 --> 00:15:29,767 We'll mash it in, this apple pomace, inside Jerry's shop 416 00:15:29,767 --> 00:15:32,467 simply because we don't have a place to set our still yet. 417 00:15:32,467 --> 00:15:34,367 So if we mash this in right now, 418 00:15:34,367 --> 00:15:35,900 -we got a week. -Yeah. 419 00:15:35,900 --> 00:15:38,367 [Mike] But if we can mash in here today 420 00:15:38,367 --> 00:15:41,233 and find a place within the week, 421 00:15:41,900 --> 00:15:43,100 we're good to go. 422 00:15:43,100 --> 00:15:44,567 I'm thinking, we just use this trailer. 423 00:15:44,567 --> 00:15:46,166 We'll put the barrels on the trailer and just mash in. 424 00:15:46,166 --> 00:15:49,100 When we get a place, we can just take off, you know. 425 00:15:49,100 --> 00:15:50,767 But we just can't let it be damn obvious. 426 00:15:50,767 --> 00:15:52,567 "Hey, we got a bunch of mash barrels on the trailer. 427 00:15:52,567 --> 00:15:53,734 You'll come see us." 428 00:15:54,567 --> 00:15:57,000 We don't want to give nobody no reason to pull us over. 429 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:58,800 We've got to build something to disguise this, 430 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:02,467 not only from just regular, old, nosy people in this world, 431 00:16:02,467 --> 00:16:03,667 but from the law. 432 00:16:03,667 --> 00:16:05,100 You can't never be too damn careful, brother. 433 00:16:05,100 --> 00:16:06,266 [Jerry] That's not a bad thing either. 434 00:16:06,266 --> 00:16:07,367 [chuckles] Yeah, that's right. 435 00:16:07,367 --> 00:16:09,166 That's why I'm still standing here today 436 00:16:09,166 --> 00:16:10,767 and not having to pay off no damn debts. 437 00:16:10,767 --> 00:16:13,100 Because I learned a long damn time ago time. 438 00:16:13,100 --> 00:16:14,233 Hide [bleep]. 439 00:16:15,266 --> 00:16:17,166 Hey, guys, look at this. 440 00:16:17,166 --> 00:16:18,300 [Richard] A stack of boxes. 441 00:16:18,300 --> 00:16:20,166 There's a bunch of boxes wrapped in damn cellophane. 442 00:16:20,166 --> 00:16:21,033 [Jerry] Exactly. 443 00:16:21,900 --> 00:16:23,100 Imagine, like, our mash being 444 00:16:23,100 --> 00:16:24,767 in the middle of all those boxes. 445 00:16:24,767 --> 00:16:27,467 -Wrap it back up with cellophane -Wrap it up. Yeah. 446 00:16:27,467 --> 00:16:30,100 Well, it's just looks like it's a pallet of boxes sitting on the trailer. 447 00:16:30,100 --> 00:16:31,166 That'll work. 448 00:16:31,166 --> 00:16:32,100 So the idea I come up with is 449 00:16:32,100 --> 00:16:33,100 we're gonna build a plywood box, 450 00:16:33,100 --> 00:16:34,700 and then we're gonna take all these boxes 451 00:16:34,700 --> 00:16:36,567 and stack around that plywood box. 452 00:16:36,567 --> 00:16:38,000 And then we're gonna re-cellophane it, 453 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,967 where you can't see nothing from the outside. 454 00:16:39,967 --> 00:16:41,400 -Let's get it done. -Let's do it. 455 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,266 We are against the eight ball here, 456 00:16:43,266 --> 00:16:45,400 but he's got an idea, so let's go, Jerry. 457 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:49,166 This is gonna be the base to our whole contraption here. 458 00:16:49,166 --> 00:16:50,266 So the first step we have to do is 459 00:16:50,266 --> 00:16:51,500 build a sturdy platform 460 00:16:51,500 --> 00:16:53,166 because we're gonna have, potentially, 461 00:16:53,166 --> 00:16:54,700 1,000 pounds sitting on this thing. 462 00:16:54,700 --> 00:16:56,567 One here. 463 00:16:56,567 --> 00:16:58,467 [Jerry] We've got to get a good, strong, sturdy base. 464 00:16:58,467 --> 00:17:01,066 Then we can actually start with the sides of our box. 465 00:17:01,066 --> 00:17:02,367 Man, it's an awful lot of work 466 00:17:02,367 --> 00:17:04,467 just to hide some mash to run down the road. 467 00:17:04,467 --> 00:17:06,600 Hey, what kind of damn bird can't fly? 468 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:07,667 A jailbird. 469 00:17:07,667 --> 00:17:08,567 [Tickle] A jailbird. 470 00:17:11,667 --> 00:17:13,867 My God, this is gonna work, ain't it, Jerry? 471 00:17:13,867 --> 00:17:15,667 -[Jerry] I think it's looking better, ain't it? -[Richard] Perfect. 472 00:17:19,066 --> 00:17:20,634 -Good. -[Jerry] Get it right there. What do you think? 473 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:21,934 I like it. 474 00:17:21,934 --> 00:17:23,567 I guess, when we get the water and all boiled, 475 00:17:23,567 --> 00:17:25,367 -we can start stacking our boxes. -[Jerry] Oh, yeah. 476 00:17:26,467 --> 00:17:28,266 You know, now that we have this thing put together, 477 00:17:28,266 --> 00:17:29,500 we got it on the trailer, 478 00:17:29,500 --> 00:17:31,266 time to get the disguise going. 479 00:17:33,700 --> 00:17:34,667 We're stacking these boxes. 480 00:17:34,667 --> 00:17:37,066 Each box we place is looking better and better. 481 00:17:37,467 --> 00:17:39,200 [Tickle] Last one. 482 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:40,567 I'm gonna tell you what, Jerry. 483 00:17:40,567 --> 00:17:42,767 Looks like a pallet of boxes, don't it? 484 00:17:42,767 --> 00:17:43,734 You got some wrap. 485 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:46,834 We're gonna shrink wrap this entire thing. 486 00:17:48,367 --> 00:17:49,800 Anytime you're driving down the road, 487 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:51,400 you see a stack of boxes on the pallet, 488 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:52,467 they're gonna be shrink wrapped together. 489 00:17:52,467 --> 00:17:53,867 [Tickle] That's good. 490 00:17:53,867 --> 00:17:55,800 Richard, can you see me? 491 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:57,667 Man, where the hell you'll went? 492 00:17:57,667 --> 00:17:58,867 -Peek-a-boo! -Whoo-hoo. 493 00:17:58,867 --> 00:18:00,700 [all laughing] 494 00:18:00,700 --> 00:18:02,500 Next thing we got to do, just pour us about 495 00:18:02,500 --> 00:18:05,500 two five gallon buckets full of pomace in each barrel. 496 00:18:05,500 --> 00:18:08,166 Whoo! That stuff smells good. 497 00:18:08,166 --> 00:18:10,967 Just add the hot water and melt some brown sugar 498 00:18:10,967 --> 00:18:11,934 and white sugar down. 499 00:18:11,934 --> 00:18:14,100 Boy, mixing that white sugar and that brown sugar 500 00:18:14,100 --> 00:18:16,266 is gonna give it that good caramel flavor. 501 00:18:16,266 --> 00:18:18,100 [Richard] Yeah. And we put them spices in there... 502 00:18:18,100 --> 00:18:20,767 Got a little nutmeg, some cloves. 503 00:18:20,767 --> 00:18:23,467 You don't but about a tablespoon per barrel. 504 00:18:23,467 --> 00:18:27,000 And a few cinnamon sticks to throw into our mash. 505 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:28,433 [Richard] And that's all you need. 506 00:18:28,867 --> 00:18:30,033 Oh, yeah. 507 00:18:31,300 --> 00:18:33,367 You know, I don't know if this pomace will make 508 00:18:33,367 --> 00:18:35,300 good apple pie moonshine or not... 509 00:18:35,300 --> 00:18:36,500 I'm smelling apple pie already. 510 00:18:36,500 --> 00:18:38,700 You smelling apple pie, though. 511 00:18:38,700 --> 00:18:40,367 ...but I'm willing to give this a shot, 512 00:18:40,367 --> 00:18:42,367 especially if we can get it for free. 513 00:18:43,667 --> 00:18:45,467 If we can pull the flavor out of this 514 00:18:45,467 --> 00:18:47,934 and get the flavor of a good apple pie, 515 00:18:48,467 --> 00:18:50,467 we're gonna be making money. 516 00:18:50,467 --> 00:18:53,100 You know, guys, we've got our mash mashed in. 517 00:18:53,100 --> 00:18:54,567 We got it disguised. 518 00:18:54,567 --> 00:18:56,166 We only got one more obstacle. 519 00:18:56,166 --> 00:18:57,467 Find somewhere to run it off. 520 00:18:57,467 --> 00:18:59,166 -We've got money in our pocket then. -[Richard] Yeah. 521 00:18:59,166 --> 00:19:00,634 Yeah, the season ain't over yet. 522 00:19:00,634 --> 00:19:02,166 -It ain't over yet. -[Mike] It ain't over yet. We're gonna finish strong. 523 00:19:10,567 --> 00:19:12,200 Is it just me, or do these carrots look 524 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:14,400 like we mashed in an old red dirt road? 525 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:15,567 [Henry] I've ground up a lot of apples, 526 00:19:15,567 --> 00:19:17,400 but I've never, ever ground up apples that fine before. 527 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:19,166 It really did do the job, didn't it? 528 00:19:20,467 --> 00:19:22,800 It's a little bitter, but still a little sweet. 529 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:23,967 Probably two or three more days 530 00:19:23,967 --> 00:19:24,867 before she's working off good. 531 00:19:24,867 --> 00:19:26,767 This gives time to get the still site set up. 532 00:19:26,767 --> 00:19:28,266 I ain't shown you'll my outfit yet, have I? 533 00:19:28,266 --> 00:19:29,500 You mean the steam outfit? 534 00:19:29,500 --> 00:19:31,667 Yeah. But you never saw a steam outfit like this. 535 00:19:31,667 --> 00:19:34,066 -What? -[Henry] Oh, come on, man, let me show you. 536 00:19:34,066 --> 00:19:36,667 [Josh] A steam outfit's always the one to put fruit in. 537 00:19:36,667 --> 00:19:39,100 The steam is coming over, cooking your mash. 538 00:19:39,100 --> 00:19:40,867 That makes it taste much better. 539 00:19:40,867 --> 00:19:43,100 Also, you could put anything inside of it 540 00:19:43,100 --> 00:19:45,667 without having to worry about it burning or scorching. 541 00:19:45,667 --> 00:19:47,266 Scorched liquor tastes like 542 00:19:47,266 --> 00:19:49,100 you strained it through a polyester couch cushion 543 00:19:49,100 --> 00:19:50,767 after a house fire, right? 544 00:19:50,767 --> 00:19:53,967 You don't want to damn scorch your liquor. 545 00:19:53,967 --> 00:19:55,867 Damn! Look at that. 546 00:19:55,867 --> 00:19:57,967 -Nice old steam rig right there, ain't it? -God damn. 547 00:19:57,967 --> 00:20:00,100 -This is the front keg and that's the boiler. -That's keg's huge! 548 00:20:00,100 --> 00:20:02,233 Yeah, could be, could be, but I'd rather use this one. 549 00:20:02,900 --> 00:20:03,867 -What? -Good God! 550 00:20:03,867 --> 00:20:04,600 Hell! 551 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:05,567 [Josh] Look, look! 552 00:20:05,567 --> 00:20:06,900 [Tickle] Holy [bleep]. 553 00:20:06,900 --> 00:20:08,700 Put one overs on me, won't you? 554 00:20:08,700 --> 00:20:10,100 -[Paige] Tried to. -[Tickle] I mean, damn! 555 00:20:10,100 --> 00:20:12,266 Now let's see the first boiler that we've looked at, it sits right here. 556 00:20:12,266 --> 00:20:14,166 -So that goes with this. -That goes with this. 557 00:20:14,166 --> 00:20:16,367 We had two boilers, and that's the still right there. 558 00:20:16,867 --> 00:20:18,300 [Josh] It is badass. 559 00:20:18,300 --> 00:20:21,000 It's like... [vocalizing] 560 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:22,667 It's a little bit bigger than the other one over there. 561 00:20:22,667 --> 00:20:25,467 It's a whole lot bigger than the other one over there. 562 00:20:25,467 --> 00:20:27,467 Damn. Look, I got to stand up on the cinderblock 563 00:20:27,467 --> 00:20:28,867 to even look over in it. 564 00:20:28,867 --> 00:20:30,200 Good God! 565 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:31,767 [Henry] Look at that worm. 566 00:20:31,767 --> 00:20:33,400 [Tickle] Damn it, it's a big [bleep]. 567 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:34,400 [Josh] That's three inches. 568 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:36,467 You're gonna have to pick me up so I can see you. 569 00:20:36,467 --> 00:20:37,667 [Josh] Get on one of the sacks, shorty. 570 00:20:37,667 --> 00:20:39,533 [Tickle laughs] I mean, really. 571 00:20:40,467 --> 00:20:43,066 Henry has got this great, big, 572 00:20:43,066 --> 00:20:45,200 huge stainless steel steamer rig. 573 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:48,900 Now, if this carrot and apple moonshine works out, 574 00:20:48,900 --> 00:20:50,066 we're gonna make the money 575 00:20:50,066 --> 00:20:52,166 to get the restaurant re-opened. 576 00:20:52,166 --> 00:20:54,266 -So this is a doubler right here. -Yeah. 577 00:20:54,266 --> 00:20:56,166 And right here, it goes to the steam boilers 578 00:20:56,166 --> 00:20:58,667 with the shut-off valve, check valve right here. 579 00:20:59,867 --> 00:21:01,066 [Josh] Somebody here. 580 00:21:01,066 --> 00:21:02,166 [Tickle] Who the hell is that? 581 00:21:03,266 --> 00:21:04,634 Bobby, Joe. 582 00:21:05,467 --> 00:21:06,533 Who the hell is that? 583 00:21:07,567 --> 00:21:09,033 Bobby, Joe. 584 00:21:09,367 --> 00:21:10,667 [Henry] Kenny. 585 00:21:10,667 --> 00:21:12,667 -[Tickle] Damn, It is! -Yeah, brother. 586 00:21:12,667 --> 00:21:14,467 Is he supposed to be driving that truck? 587 00:21:14,467 --> 00:21:15,667 -I'm gonna kill him. -That's a good question. 588 00:21:15,667 --> 00:21:16,667 -Yeah. -I'm gonna kill him. 589 00:21:16,667 --> 00:21:18,367 [Tickle] Good to see you again, old man. 590 00:21:18,367 --> 00:21:19,500 Good to be back, man. 591 00:21:19,500 --> 00:21:20,967 [Henry] You must be feeling better. 592 00:21:20,967 --> 00:21:22,266 Well, I'm feeling better 593 00:21:22,266 --> 00:21:24,567 after the long road off. A long road. 594 00:21:24,567 --> 00:21:27,266 Kenny had some heart problems earlier this year. 595 00:21:27,266 --> 00:21:28,600 We had to literally pick him up 596 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:30,467 and take him to the hospital emergency room. 597 00:21:30,467 --> 00:21:32,166 Because he couldn't even hardly walk. 598 00:21:32,166 --> 00:21:34,400 I'll tell you, he spent a lot of time 599 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:36,767 in the hospital and in rehabilitation. 600 00:21:36,767 --> 00:21:39,166 -Love you, dog. -Good to see you'll, man. 601 00:21:39,166 --> 00:21:40,867 Damn, seems like it's been forever. 602 00:21:40,867 --> 00:21:43,667 We did a whole lot of work without Kenny here, 603 00:21:43,667 --> 00:21:45,367 and It just didn't feel right. 604 00:21:45,367 --> 00:21:48,800 So seeing Kenny looking good, like he's ready to go. 605 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:50,800 You know what? It really does my heart good. 606 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:53,166 Well, what do you think of this rig Henry's got here? 607 00:21:53,166 --> 00:21:54,066 [Kenny] God damn, that's nice. 608 00:21:54,066 --> 00:21:54,934 [Henry] Ain't that pretty? 609 00:21:54,934 --> 00:21:56,367 [Josh] You know what I got a problem with? 610 00:21:56,367 --> 00:21:58,166 There's no copper in it nowhere. 611 00:21:59,867 --> 00:22:01,567 Even with all our stainless rigs and stuff, 612 00:22:01,567 --> 00:22:03,300 we at least got the copper worm. 613 00:22:03,300 --> 00:22:04,300 Might have a point there. 614 00:22:04,300 --> 00:22:06,867 Now, the copper, it helps lurch sulfides and stuff 615 00:22:06,867 --> 00:22:08,000 out of your moonshine. 616 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,367 It makes for a better-tasting moonshine. 617 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:14,066 Well, that's a big-ass pot right there. 618 00:22:14,967 --> 00:22:17,300 And you got that big-ass hole over there. 619 00:22:17,300 --> 00:22:19,900 We could make a freaking cap to fit that right there. 620 00:22:19,900 --> 00:22:20,967 [Henry] You talking about right here. 621 00:22:21,967 --> 00:22:24,367 Put a cap here, eliminating this. 622 00:22:25,066 --> 00:22:26,066 Yeah. 623 00:22:26,066 --> 00:22:27,300 Yeah, I think you're right. 624 00:22:27,300 --> 00:22:29,734 [Josh] I mean, I know it'll make liquor with or without, but... 625 00:22:30,166 --> 00:22:31,300 Yeah, man. 626 00:22:31,300 --> 00:22:33,467 -We can always say copper-- -I think you need some copper. 627 00:22:33,467 --> 00:22:34,300 Sounds like a plan. 628 00:22:34,300 --> 00:22:35,767 Josh, why don't you get the copper going? 629 00:22:35,767 --> 00:22:37,700 I'll do the copper stuff. 630 00:22:37,700 --> 00:22:39,767 [Tickle] Now we've got our full team back together, 631 00:22:39,767 --> 00:22:42,467 and it looks like we've got a great plan in mind. 632 00:22:42,467 --> 00:22:44,667 Josh is gonna fix the cap for this thing, 633 00:22:44,667 --> 00:22:46,367 that's going to put the copper in here. 634 00:22:46,367 --> 00:22:47,867 Our mash ought to be ready to run 635 00:22:47,867 --> 00:22:49,867 by the time we get this still installed. 636 00:22:49,867 --> 00:22:52,433 And it's just off to the races after that. 637 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:05,767 [Joe] All right. Here we are, cuz. 638 00:23:06,867 --> 00:23:08,367 Damn, what we got in the country, eh? 639 00:23:08,367 --> 00:23:09,867 [Joe] Yeah, boy, I'm telling you. 640 00:23:10,900 --> 00:23:13,567 -Let's go plead our case. -[Joe] Yeah. 641 00:23:13,567 --> 00:23:15,400 So if losing your still site ain't bad enough, 642 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:17,800 now we're having to go and face Gooney 643 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,066 and tell him that we may not be able to deliver 644 00:23:20,066 --> 00:23:22,066 on the day that I agreed to deliver to. 645 00:23:23,467 --> 00:23:24,567 Gooney! 646 00:23:24,567 --> 00:23:25,967 Hey, what's going on, gentlemen? 647 00:23:26,567 --> 00:23:28,000 -What's up, baby? -Man. 648 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,900 -You doing all right? -How was the drive down? 649 00:23:29,900 --> 00:23:31,166 -Hey. -Good to see you. 650 00:23:31,166 --> 00:23:33,300 [Chuk] So Gooney is well-known in this area 651 00:23:33,300 --> 00:23:34,500 for these underground horse races, 652 00:23:34,500 --> 00:23:36,567 where they go around all over the countryside. 653 00:23:36,567 --> 00:23:39,467 They ride horses, they dance, they party. 654 00:23:39,467 --> 00:23:40,867 [Joe] Man, check these horses out. 655 00:23:40,867 --> 00:23:42,467 Yeah, this is my boy, Big 60. 656 00:23:42,467 --> 00:23:44,600 -Straight off the track, man. -Man! 657 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:47,100 -Getting ready for Terry, Mississippi, man. -[Chuk] Oh, yeah? 658 00:23:47,100 --> 00:23:48,467 There's a lot of gambling going on, 659 00:23:48,467 --> 00:23:50,500 and obviously, where there's gambling, there's moonshine. 660 00:23:50,500 --> 00:23:52,166 So he uses the horse races 661 00:23:52,166 --> 00:23:54,200 to distribute all of his moonshine. 662 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:55,700 And here we are at the big headquarters, 663 00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:57,266 where it all goes down now. 664 00:23:57,266 --> 00:23:58,333 [Gooney] So what's up, man? 665 00:23:58,333 --> 00:24:01,700 All right, so the spot we we're at, long story short, 666 00:24:01,700 --> 00:24:03,100 we ain't going back to that spot. 667 00:24:03,100 --> 00:24:04,767 And with deer season coming on, 668 00:24:04,767 --> 00:24:06,867 every spot that we got that we can use, 669 00:24:06,867 --> 00:24:08,266 it ain't safe right now. 670 00:24:08,266 --> 00:24:11,266 So, obviously, I'm coming to you right now, 671 00:24:11,266 --> 00:24:13,600 not late, but to tell you I'm probably gonna be late. 672 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:16,667 Man, look, I got to get to Mississippi 673 00:24:16,667 --> 00:24:18,100 in the next week or so, 674 00:24:18,100 --> 00:24:19,700 so I don't got a week to wait. 675 00:24:19,700 --> 00:24:21,567 But, hell, you should have been calling me 676 00:24:21,567 --> 00:24:23,567 'cause I've got a spot we can go to tonight. 677 00:24:23,567 --> 00:24:24,600 [Joe] Oh, yeah? 678 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:26,266 [Gooney] And we ain't gotta worry about a damn thing. 679 00:24:26,266 --> 00:24:27,500 You ain't got to worry about nothing. 680 00:24:27,500 --> 00:24:28,667 Plenty of places to hide. 681 00:24:28,667 --> 00:24:30,300 Well, we didn't want to have to haul water, 682 00:24:30,300 --> 00:24:31,467 but if that's what we got to do... 683 00:24:31,467 --> 00:24:32,867 -Dang right -...to be inside-- 684 00:24:32,867 --> 00:24:34,567 At this point right now, yeah. 685 00:24:34,567 --> 00:24:36,400 This prohibition moonshine doesn't exist 686 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,166 if we don't have the right water for it. 687 00:24:38,166 --> 00:24:40,900 So therefore, we're back to the drawing board of hauling water. 688 00:24:40,900 --> 00:24:42,567 We didn't want to do that to begin with. 689 00:24:42,567 --> 00:24:44,867 But if my only con is I got to haul water, 690 00:24:44,867 --> 00:24:45,967 that's not a bad deal. 691 00:24:45,967 --> 00:24:48,967 If you give me the location, we'll go check the spot out. 692 00:24:48,967 --> 00:24:50,500 -All right. -[Chuk] And we'll bring you some liquor. 693 00:24:50,500 --> 00:24:51,967 [Joe] We're gonna make it work. 694 00:25:00,967 --> 00:25:03,667 Jerry, you feel pretty good about this guy that owns this place? 695 00:25:03,667 --> 00:25:05,166 Well, I don't know him real well, 696 00:25:05,166 --> 00:25:06,767 but his family just dates back 697 00:25:06,767 --> 00:25:07,967 a long time here in the valley. 698 00:25:07,967 --> 00:25:09,667 You know, now that we got our mash working, 699 00:25:09,667 --> 00:25:12,166 it's very important that we get out there and we find a barn. 700 00:25:12,166 --> 00:25:13,066 You know, we put the word out 701 00:25:13,066 --> 00:25:14,567 we were looking for a place to go. 702 00:25:14,567 --> 00:25:17,166 Finally, today, I had somebody call me. 703 00:25:17,166 --> 00:25:19,233 Man, that's a nice-looking barn up there. 704 00:25:20,367 --> 00:25:22,000 You know, we pulling in to the property. 705 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:23,433 This is a nice place. 706 00:25:24,467 --> 00:25:25,734 It's gonna change the map. 707 00:25:25,734 --> 00:25:28,500 But, hey, we never know till we get out and talk to this guy, 708 00:25:28,500 --> 00:25:29,767 if this thing's going to work. 709 00:25:30,500 --> 00:25:31,500 How's it going? 710 00:25:31,500 --> 00:25:32,967 -How you'll doing? -[Mike] All right. 711 00:25:32,967 --> 00:25:34,367 [Jerry] Is that the barn you talking about over there? 712 00:25:34,367 --> 00:25:35,667 That's it. That's the barn. 713 00:25:35,667 --> 00:25:36,567 [Jerry] Yeah, that's nice. 714 00:25:36,567 --> 00:25:38,567 What are you wanting to do with my building? 715 00:25:38,567 --> 00:25:41,300 [Mike] The occupation, I'd say, that we're in, 716 00:25:41,300 --> 00:25:43,066 the making of bootleg liquor. 717 00:25:43,767 --> 00:25:45,100 -[man] Making liquor? -Yes, sir. 718 00:25:45,100 --> 00:25:46,800 [Richard] Yeah, we make a little bit of moonshine. 719 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:49,066 Well, I like to take a drink of shine, definitely. 720 00:25:49,066 --> 00:25:50,700 But I don't know how keen I am 721 00:25:50,700 --> 00:25:53,734 on risking my farm and barn to let you'll boys run liquor. 722 00:25:55,767 --> 00:25:57,667 If you'll want to go take a look at the barn, 723 00:25:57,667 --> 00:26:00,066 see if it'll even be worth your time, 724 00:26:00,066 --> 00:26:02,400 I'll scratch my head and think about it and see... 725 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:03,700 I don't think we can ask for no more than that. 726 00:26:03,700 --> 00:26:04,500 [Tickle] Appreciate it. 727 00:26:04,500 --> 00:26:06,100 -Yes, sir. -Thank you, buddy. 728 00:26:06,100 --> 00:26:08,467 You know, if I owned a barn, I'd be worried about 729 00:26:08,467 --> 00:26:10,200 letting people run shine in my barn. 730 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:12,900 I'd have to, you know, get a feel for these folks 731 00:26:12,900 --> 00:26:14,200 and see if they the right kind. 732 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:15,667 Get a looksee. 733 00:26:15,667 --> 00:26:17,133 Then maybe I'll let them in there. 734 00:26:18,767 --> 00:26:19,667 [Richard] Oh, yeah. 735 00:26:19,667 --> 00:26:21,567 Oh, this is it right here. 736 00:26:21,567 --> 00:26:22,800 This is what I'm talking about. 737 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,166 Look how much room we got in here, and it's solid. 738 00:26:25,166 --> 00:26:27,000 [Jerry] It's awesome. Man, I love it up here. 739 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:30,667 We walk up in this loft, it's exactly what we need here. 740 00:26:30,667 --> 00:26:32,100 Hey, guys. 741 00:26:32,100 --> 00:26:33,100 [Richard] Look at that, man. 742 00:26:33,100 --> 00:26:34,900 We can run our hoses right up through here, 743 00:26:34,900 --> 00:26:35,834 right into the pot. 744 00:26:36,467 --> 00:26:37,367 [Tickle] We're ready to go. 745 00:26:37,367 --> 00:26:39,767 This is the perfect place to set this still. 746 00:26:39,767 --> 00:26:41,200 Well, we got to make a deal with this guy, 747 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:42,767 and we can't act too excited 748 00:26:42,767 --> 00:26:45,000 about what we found and what we like. 749 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:46,500 This is a real big deal for us. 750 00:26:46,500 --> 00:26:49,100 If this barn works out, we can hide our still 751 00:26:49,100 --> 00:26:51,000 on the inside, under lock and key. 752 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,467 Also, by getting in here and starting to run this mash, 753 00:26:54,467 --> 00:26:56,066 I can start to pay Mark and Digger. 754 00:26:59,900 --> 00:27:00,800 What do you'll boys think? 755 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:02,967 Probably scrounge around, make it work. 756 00:27:03,767 --> 00:27:05,400 Well, I've got a question. 757 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:06,900 I'm taking a lot of risk. 758 00:27:06,900 --> 00:27:08,300 It's my barn, my property. 759 00:27:08,300 --> 00:27:09,266 We totally understand that. 760 00:27:09,266 --> 00:27:12,000 What is it going to be worth to y'all 761 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:13,967 to make this deal happen? 762 00:27:13,967 --> 00:27:16,834 I think that we give you a gallon per run. 763 00:27:17,867 --> 00:27:19,767 So, you know, like, this week, 764 00:27:19,767 --> 00:27:21,266 we may be able to do one run. 765 00:27:21,266 --> 00:27:23,266 Next week, we might get two runs off. 766 00:27:23,266 --> 00:27:25,400 [Mike] Yeah, it won't be consistent all the time. 767 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:26,634 [man] Sure. 768 00:27:29,567 --> 00:27:32,000 All right, guys, I think I'm going to do business with you. 769 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:33,400 -We appreciate you, fella. -[Richard] Man, thank you. 770 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:35,000 -Yes, sir. -You don't know nothing. 771 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:36,467 I don't know what you're talking about now. 772 00:27:36,467 --> 00:27:37,300 There you go. 773 00:27:37,300 --> 00:27:40,867 This barn can potentially be a lifesaver 774 00:27:40,867 --> 00:27:41,867 for our season. 775 00:27:41,867 --> 00:27:44,100 All we've got to do is get everything over here, 776 00:27:44,100 --> 00:27:45,867 fire that still up and make some money. 777 00:27:45,867 --> 00:27:47,100 Have a great day, guys. 778 00:27:47,100 --> 00:27:48,266 [Jerry] Talk to you soon. 779 00:27:48,266 --> 00:27:49,834 -Time to get to work now. -[Mike] That's right. 780 00:27:52,467 --> 00:27:55,066 [Tickle] We need to try to get this stuff up as quick as we can. 781 00:27:55,066 --> 00:27:56,500 We don't want nobody seeing 782 00:27:56,500 --> 00:27:58,900 what we're putting up in the loft of this damn barn. 783 00:27:58,900 --> 00:28:00,200 Let me grab this gate for you. 784 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:02,367 We got the still down the road, we're at the barn. 785 00:28:02,367 --> 00:28:05,000 All we need to do is get it pushed up in the loft 786 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,266 and get it all set up. 787 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,367 You know, it's legal to possess a still 788 00:28:12,367 --> 00:28:13,700 in the state of North Carolina. 789 00:28:13,700 --> 00:28:16,567 But when you put mash with that still, 790 00:28:16,567 --> 00:28:18,634 then your butt's in trouble. 791 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:20,767 That's why we always transport 792 00:28:20,767 --> 00:28:23,233 the still and the mash separately. 793 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:28,066 Well, let's get her set up. 794 00:28:32,667 --> 00:28:34,867 -[Richard] Beautiful. -[Mike] Nice, nice, nice! 795 00:28:34,867 --> 00:28:36,800 It feels real good to have this still back 796 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:37,767 in the still site with us. 797 00:28:37,767 --> 00:28:39,600 I mean, usually, we think of still sites, 798 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:41,100 it's in the woods somewhere. 799 00:28:41,100 --> 00:28:43,500 But we're gonna run it in this barn, secure. 800 00:28:43,500 --> 00:28:44,500 You don't need a water source. 801 00:28:44,500 --> 00:28:46,567 You can run anywhere with a still like this. 802 00:28:46,567 --> 00:28:48,867 It's time to start putting our coils on. 803 00:28:48,867 --> 00:28:52,300 That is what's gonna convince that good old alcohol, ain't it, guys? 804 00:28:52,300 --> 00:28:54,367 You know, our season's not going really well. 805 00:28:54,367 --> 00:28:55,667 We've got our still stolen. 806 00:28:55,667 --> 00:28:57,567 That put us at a dead halt. 807 00:28:57,567 --> 00:29:00,266 But if we can make a good, clear apple pie 808 00:29:00,266 --> 00:29:01,667 out of this pomace, 809 00:29:01,667 --> 00:29:03,567 this could be a game changer for all of us. 810 00:29:03,567 --> 00:29:04,300 It's free. 811 00:29:04,300 --> 00:29:06,100 The last one, baby doll. 812 00:29:06,100 --> 00:29:07,400 That means a lot of money 813 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,266 in mine, Jerry and Richard's pocket. 814 00:29:09,266 --> 00:29:10,266 [Jerry] I'll tell you what, man. 815 00:29:10,266 --> 00:29:11,467 We got her back together, 816 00:29:11,467 --> 00:29:13,667 and we're damn fortunate to have a good place to do it in. 817 00:29:13,667 --> 00:29:15,066 The part I'm worried about... 818 00:29:15,066 --> 00:29:17,834 -[Jerry] Yeah? -...is getting that mash over here safe and sound. 819 00:29:27,867 --> 00:29:29,667 [Chuk] I'll be damned. 820 00:29:29,667 --> 00:29:31,433 [Joe] I never thought I'd be back at this place. 821 00:29:32,367 --> 00:29:34,100 [narrator] In Clark County, Arkansas, 822 00:29:34,100 --> 00:29:36,567 after following directions from their buyer 823 00:29:36,567 --> 00:29:38,166 to an unoccupied building 824 00:29:38,166 --> 00:29:40,500 to run their Prohibition-era shine... 825 00:29:40,500 --> 00:29:42,667 A whole lot of firsts in here, cuz. 826 00:29:42,667 --> 00:29:44,867 [narrator] ...double cousins, Big Chuk and Joe boy 827 00:29:44,867 --> 00:29:47,400 approach a familiar local landmark. 828 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:49,367 [Chuk] The damn middle school. 829 00:29:49,367 --> 00:29:51,667 I got my ass whooped right there in that room. 830 00:29:51,667 --> 00:29:52,767 [both laughing] 831 00:29:52,767 --> 00:29:54,367 -That's the principal's office, I think. -Yeah. 832 00:29:54,367 --> 00:29:55,700 That's the principal's office. 833 00:29:55,700 --> 00:29:58,800 Hey, I got my first paddling in there, too. 834 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:00,000 Down here in Arkansas, 835 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,400 if you come in certain neighborhoods 836 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,367 you've got to check in with the leader of that neighborhood. 837 00:30:03,367 --> 00:30:05,867 Gooney just so happens to be one of those guys. 838 00:30:05,867 --> 00:30:08,600 So if he guarantees you safety, you're safe. 839 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:10,700 So as long as we got that safety and protection, 840 00:30:10,700 --> 00:30:11,900 we can get in here and get to work. 841 00:30:11,900 --> 00:30:14,333 And we ain't got to worry about nothing but making liquor. 842 00:30:16,367 --> 00:30:18,467 Oh, wow. This is like a damn scene 843 00:30:18,467 --> 00:30:21,200 out of a horror movie is what it looks like to me. 844 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,300 There's a lot of challenges coming in this place 845 00:30:23,300 --> 00:30:24,567 and setting up our still site. 846 00:30:24,567 --> 00:30:26,767 In order to make this Prohibition-style moonshine, 847 00:30:26,767 --> 00:30:28,800 I got to have that water out of that creek. 848 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:30,667 So it means we're gonna have to haul water. 849 00:30:30,667 --> 00:30:32,767 But we can sit up here and set up shop 850 00:30:32,767 --> 00:30:34,200 and run all seasons. 851 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:35,467 We ain't got to worry about the weather. 852 00:30:35,467 --> 00:30:38,200 I mean, this sounds like a game changer to me. 853 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:41,300 Gooney didn't lie when he said it was a raggedy damn place. 854 00:30:41,300 --> 00:30:43,967 [coughs] God bless him. 855 00:30:43,967 --> 00:30:45,667 [Chuk] Don't be over here stirring up everything. 856 00:30:45,667 --> 00:30:47,433 -[bleep] -Yeah. 857 00:30:48,567 --> 00:30:50,266 Look at all this. 858 00:30:50,266 --> 00:30:52,166 All this lead paint and all this asbestos 859 00:30:52,166 --> 00:30:53,767 will [bleep] make us sick. 860 00:30:53,767 --> 00:30:56,100 And I know one thing for sure. 861 00:30:56,100 --> 00:30:57,400 I don't want all this bull [bleep] 862 00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:58,567 getting in our liquor. 863 00:30:58,567 --> 00:30:59,667 What about this? 864 00:30:59,667 --> 00:31:02,367 What if you build us a little isolation chamber in here? 865 00:31:02,367 --> 00:31:04,900 Maybe rig up a little old window unit or something in there 866 00:31:04,900 --> 00:31:05,967 and pop it in there, 867 00:31:05,967 --> 00:31:08,767 -so it's blowing fresh air in there. -Fresh air. Yeah. 868 00:31:08,767 --> 00:31:10,567 [Chuk] In order to not have to worry about all that stuff 869 00:31:10,567 --> 00:31:11,867 getting into our liquor, 870 00:31:11,867 --> 00:31:12,767 we're gonna have to build this 871 00:31:12,767 --> 00:31:14,200 protection layer kind of around it. 872 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:15,634 [Joe] Right here to right there. 873 00:31:16,166 --> 00:31:17,266 Perfect. 874 00:31:17,266 --> 00:31:19,667 That's about 12 foot by 20. I'm all about that. 875 00:31:19,667 --> 00:31:22,100 It's gonna be a lot of work to set up shop here. 876 00:31:22,100 --> 00:31:24,000 But I think it's gonna be worth it in the long run, 877 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,166 because once we get up in here and we get established, 878 00:31:26,166 --> 00:31:27,567 we'll be able to just constantly be 879 00:31:27,567 --> 00:31:28,800 pumping liquor and making money. 880 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:29,867 And that's the name of the game. 881 00:31:29,867 --> 00:31:31,400 Sounds like a plan to me, cuz. 882 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:33,767 -We got us a spot, man. -Yeah, it's cool. 883 00:31:33,767 --> 00:31:35,800 All right, well, let me go first this time, 884 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:37,900 'cause it's a lot scarier when you're on the back end, 885 00:31:37,900 --> 00:31:39,266 and you know something might reach up there 886 00:31:39,266 --> 00:31:40,400 and kiss you on the neck. 887 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:41,634 [Joe] Ooh! 888 00:31:54,567 --> 00:31:55,500 Oh, man. 889 00:31:55,500 --> 00:31:57,400 Henry's got this stainless rig, 890 00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:00,100 and we already got a half-made cap. 891 00:32:00,767 --> 00:32:03,600 And it just about fits it perfectly. 892 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:05,400 But it's a little bit shy. 893 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,166 -[Henry] It ain't gonna work. -[Josh] No. 894 00:32:07,166 --> 00:32:08,266 It's just not enough cap. 895 00:32:08,266 --> 00:32:10,000 It's got to be wider. 896 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,667 What we're trying to do is use a cap 897 00:32:12,667 --> 00:32:13,867 and put some copper 898 00:32:13,867 --> 00:32:16,767 on this stainless steel steamer pot. 899 00:32:16,767 --> 00:32:18,567 But the cap that we've got, 900 00:32:18,567 --> 00:32:20,567 it's just a little bit too small. 901 00:32:20,567 --> 00:32:21,667 This one ain't gonna work, then. 902 00:32:21,667 --> 00:32:23,333 Hold on. You know what? 903 00:32:25,700 --> 00:32:26,467 Yeah. 904 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,600 Oh, that's right, it did, didn't it? 905 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:33,500 [narrator] Cecil Love is a Franklin County legend, 906 00:32:33,500 --> 00:32:36,200 who started moonshining in 1940 907 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:37,867 at the age of 12. 908 00:32:37,867 --> 00:32:39,867 By the height of his notoriety, 909 00:32:39,867 --> 00:32:42,800 he was running as much as 600 gallons a day, 910 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:45,667 bootlegging as far north as Maryland 911 00:32:45,667 --> 00:32:47,667 and as far south as Florida. 912 00:32:47,667 --> 00:32:51,000 It wasn't until 2011, at the age of 83, 913 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,667 that the law finally caught up with him, 914 00:32:53,667 --> 00:32:56,767 ending one of the longest outlaw distilling careers 915 00:32:56,767 --> 00:32:58,867 the country has ever seen. 916 00:32:58,867 --> 00:33:01,667 Cecil Love ran into the same situation. 917 00:33:01,667 --> 00:33:04,800 And what he did is took just a copper tube, 918 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:07,100 and run it around the cap, 919 00:33:07,100 --> 00:33:08,667 and it made the cap bigger. 920 00:33:08,667 --> 00:33:10,166 Leave it to the old-timers 921 00:33:10,166 --> 00:33:11,767 to bring up the genius stuff, right? 922 00:33:11,767 --> 00:33:12,967 Damn sure did. 923 00:33:13,467 --> 00:33:15,000 That's gotta be small 924 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,000 to keep it from freakin' getting in the way 925 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:18,166 of being able to mud it right. 926 00:33:18,166 --> 00:33:20,467 No. Just don't matter what size it is. 927 00:33:20,467 --> 00:33:22,166 You've got that flame sitting out here. 928 00:33:22,166 --> 00:33:23,667 This thing will sit right on it. 929 00:33:23,667 --> 00:33:24,867 You got plenty of room to pace. 930 00:33:24,867 --> 00:33:26,700 [Josh] Won't it, like, blow the mud off all the time 931 00:33:26,700 --> 00:33:27,567 when it builds up pressure? 932 00:33:27,567 --> 00:33:29,767 You're talking about a big-ass still, bro, 933 00:33:29,767 --> 00:33:30,767 and a steamer. 934 00:33:30,767 --> 00:33:31,767 You're not talking about-- 935 00:33:31,767 --> 00:33:32,900 Put some weight on it. It'll be fine. 936 00:33:32,900 --> 00:33:34,467 What I'm saying is, you're gonna have a hard time 937 00:33:34,467 --> 00:33:36,066 getting your mud to [bleep] stick there. 938 00:33:36,066 --> 00:33:37,900 Henry and Kenny start talking about 939 00:33:37,900 --> 00:33:40,800 putting this ring on the cap so we can make it fit. 940 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:43,433 Well, to me, that's ridiculous. 941 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:45,967 Why would we make anything 942 00:33:45,967 --> 00:33:49,567 that doesn't work properly on purpose? 943 00:33:49,567 --> 00:33:53,000 When we got whatever we need to make it right. 944 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:54,600 It doesn't make sense to me. 945 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:55,433 See, I thought-- 946 00:33:55,433 --> 00:33:57,166 It's kind of like, if you're a carpenter, 947 00:33:57,166 --> 00:34:00,367 and you roll up and somebody wants you to rebuild their porch, 948 00:34:00,367 --> 00:34:02,166 but they don't want you to replace the header 949 00:34:02,166 --> 00:34:03,634 that it's tied to, and it's rotten. 950 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:06,266 [Jerry speaking] 951 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:16,667 Why in hell we're gonna dispute 952 00:34:16,667 --> 00:34:18,767 someone like Cecil, freaking ass, Love. 953 00:34:18,767 --> 00:34:20,467 I'm not disputing Cecil Love. 954 00:34:20,467 --> 00:34:22,567 Cecil Love is the master. 955 00:34:22,567 --> 00:34:24,467 Are you telling me I'm arguing with an old-timer now? 956 00:34:24,467 --> 00:34:27,066 I'm telling you, arguing with the God of moonshine business. 957 00:34:27,066 --> 00:34:28,000 Okay. 958 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:29,500 [Tickle] I'm telling you, you'd argue with it 959 00:34:29,500 --> 00:34:30,967 if it damn hit you on that truck. 960 00:34:32,700 --> 00:34:34,000 [bleep] y'all. 961 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,600 -Come on, Josh. -Okay. Okay, Josh. 962 00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:36,867 We'll do it your way, Josh. 963 00:34:36,867 --> 00:34:38,367 [Josh] It ain't got nothing to do about my way. 964 00:34:38,367 --> 00:34:40,266 -As soon as it didn't go your way, you got mad. -[Josh] I quit. 965 00:34:40,266 --> 00:34:41,667 I quit. I quit. 966 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,100 Explosions, hunting or speed? 967 00:34:55,100 --> 00:34:56,467 Can I ask you a question? 968 00:34:56,467 --> 00:34:58,300 How do you expect me to choose 969 00:34:58,300 --> 00:35:01,100 between all the most favorite things I have? 970 00:35:01,100 --> 00:35:03,000 Blowing [bleep] up is just, like, 971 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:04,567 one of my favorite pastimes. 972 00:35:04,567 --> 00:35:06,266 -[imitates explosion] -I know, I got a cannon. 973 00:35:06,266 --> 00:35:07,266 I like shooting it. 974 00:35:07,266 --> 00:35:09,000 I'm just saying, there's just something about it. 975 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:10,967 -[imitates explosion] -[laughs] 976 00:35:10,967 --> 00:35:13,066 -If I had to choose one... -You gotta choose one. 977 00:35:13,066 --> 00:35:15,100 ...I'd probably choose hunting. 978 00:35:15,100 --> 00:35:18,567 I could deal without the speed or blow [bleep] up if I had to. 979 00:35:18,567 --> 00:35:20,600 But actually, I don't know that I'd 980 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:22,367 ever get away from the speed because-- 981 00:35:22,367 --> 00:35:24,300 -Well, yeah. -Even after my accident. 982 00:35:24,300 --> 00:35:25,867 -You don't need no more speed. -With broken legs, 983 00:35:25,867 --> 00:35:27,867 I was still driving 80, 90 miles an hour. 984 00:35:27,867 --> 00:35:29,300 What if I'd have been in a wreck? 985 00:35:29,300 --> 00:35:31,000 I think speed's the one you need to give up. 986 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,800 Speed's gonna be one of the hardest ones to give up. 987 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:35,767 Well, you're gonna have to. 988 00:35:35,767 --> 00:35:37,233 I got somewhere to go. 989 00:35:40,266 --> 00:35:41,734 [Josh] Tired of y'all [bleep]. 990 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:46,200 [Tickle] We're trying to make a cap work. 991 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:47,867 But the cap that we've got, 992 00:35:47,867 --> 00:35:50,000 it's just a little bit too small. 993 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:53,266 So Henry's idea is to just take an the old method 994 00:35:53,266 --> 00:35:55,800 that he's seen that Cecil Love did. 995 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:58,767 Well, Josh would rather build a different cap 996 00:35:58,767 --> 00:36:00,200 versus saying, 997 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:04,100 "Hey, this $4 copper tube works." 998 00:36:04,100 --> 00:36:06,166 All right, Josh. Come here. Let me talk to you, man. 999 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:11,066 We're gonna need to get this [bleep] together and get this [bleep] done. 1000 00:36:11,066 --> 00:36:12,033 [Josh] I know it, I know it. 1001 00:36:12,033 --> 00:36:14,266 You're just going to have to let it slide, Josh. 1002 00:36:14,266 --> 00:36:15,400 [Josh] I know, I know. 1003 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:16,700 You know, I mean, you're holding us back, 1004 00:36:16,700 --> 00:36:18,400 -and we ain't making no damn money. -I know, I know. 1005 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:19,166 I know. 1006 00:36:19,166 --> 00:36:20,066 We're good, man. 1007 00:36:20,066 --> 00:36:21,200 I just need to let off some steam. 1008 00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:22,767 [Kenny] Okay, we're good. Good deal. 1009 00:36:22,767 --> 00:36:23,900 [Josh] No matter how you slice it, 1010 00:36:23,900 --> 00:36:25,667 when you've got four or five chiefs, 1011 00:36:25,667 --> 00:36:27,867 there's gonna be some butting heads going on. 1012 00:36:27,867 --> 00:36:30,867 But one thing about it is we're a team 1013 00:36:30,867 --> 00:36:33,066 and we always come back together and get it done. 1014 00:36:33,900 --> 00:36:35,166 I love you, dog. 1015 00:36:38,500 --> 00:36:40,767 Well, now that we've got all that out of the way, 1016 00:36:40,767 --> 00:36:42,467 we're gonna build this thing 1017 00:36:42,467 --> 00:36:44,266 and we're gonna move on with our day. 1018 00:36:44,266 --> 00:36:46,200 That's the most important thing. 1019 00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:48,166 Because Carol and I are really feeling 1020 00:36:48,166 --> 00:36:49,467 the pressure right now. 1021 00:36:49,467 --> 00:36:51,266 While this restaurant is shut down, 1022 00:36:51,266 --> 00:36:53,266 there is zero cash flow. 1023 00:36:53,266 --> 00:36:55,200 If I don't make some money with some moonshine, 1024 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:56,734 this thing's gonna fall. 1025 00:36:57,467 --> 00:36:59,367 Look at that. There you go. 1026 00:36:59,367 --> 00:37:00,900 [Josh] Looks pretty damn good to me. 1027 00:37:00,900 --> 00:37:02,066 [Henry] Yes, it does. 1028 00:37:11,900 --> 00:37:13,600 Richard, keep your eyeballs peeled. 1029 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:15,934 Man, I'm looking everywhere, man. 1030 00:37:17,567 --> 00:37:20,667 Now, this is the most important part of our operation right now. 1031 00:37:20,667 --> 00:37:22,467 This is the most dangerous part, right here. 1032 00:37:22,467 --> 00:37:23,367 [Mike] Yes, it is. 1033 00:37:23,367 --> 00:37:25,500 Moving mash is a little more risky 1034 00:37:25,500 --> 00:37:27,166 than transporting a still somewhere 1035 00:37:27,166 --> 00:37:28,367 because they know exactly 1036 00:37:28,367 --> 00:37:30,300 what you're gonna be doing with that mash. 1037 00:37:30,300 --> 00:37:33,266 This is always a nerve-racking part for me, guys. 1038 00:37:33,266 --> 00:37:35,100 I cannot stand transporting damn 1039 00:37:35,100 --> 00:37:37,100 mash and stuff up and down the road. 1040 00:37:37,100 --> 00:37:38,867 We've got our still stolen. 1041 00:37:38,867 --> 00:37:41,266 The cops has been hot on our trail. 1042 00:37:41,266 --> 00:37:43,500 We've not made very much money this year. 1043 00:37:43,500 --> 00:37:45,800 Everything has not really worked out 1044 00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:47,467 in our favor this year, 1045 00:37:47,467 --> 00:37:49,200 so we need to be nervous about everything. 1046 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:51,767 Get this sumbitch to the barn right now. 1047 00:37:51,767 --> 00:37:53,767 I tell you what, son, we turn off the blacktop 1048 00:37:53,767 --> 00:37:55,333 where the gravel meets the road... 1049 00:37:57,500 --> 00:37:58,934 It's the home stretch now. 1050 00:38:00,700 --> 00:38:02,567 And if we can just get backed up 1051 00:38:02,567 --> 00:38:03,900 and unload this trailer, 1052 00:38:03,900 --> 00:38:05,934 old Mike will be just fine. 1053 00:38:06,467 --> 00:38:07,367 [Jerry] Well, guys. 1054 00:38:07,367 --> 00:38:08,433 -Are we done? -We got her in here, brother. 1055 00:38:08,433 --> 00:38:10,000 All we got to do is get this thing unstrapped 1056 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:11,800 and get our pumps and hoses ready to go. 1057 00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:13,834 -[Mike] Get to pumping mash. -And we'll be ready for business. 1058 00:38:15,667 --> 00:38:17,867 [Richard] This is a recipe that we've never made before. 1059 00:38:17,867 --> 00:38:18,900 An apple pomace 1060 00:38:18,900 --> 00:38:20,767 that can be an apple pie of brandy. 1061 00:38:20,767 --> 00:38:21,834 All right, Mike, hit it. 1062 00:38:24,967 --> 00:38:26,100 [Richard] It's really, really important 1063 00:38:26,100 --> 00:38:27,467 that we can make some money with this run. 1064 00:38:27,467 --> 00:38:29,367 [Jerry] All right, buddy, we're gonna switch the chambers. 1065 00:38:29,367 --> 00:38:30,634 There you go. 1066 00:38:31,700 --> 00:38:34,367 [Richard] I need to get some money in Digger's hands ASAP. 1067 00:38:34,367 --> 00:38:37,066 These guys need to get some money in their pockets. 1068 00:38:37,066 --> 00:38:39,667 It's really, really important that this run works. 1069 00:38:39,667 --> 00:38:41,433 All right, we're good and full. Come on up. 1070 00:38:43,967 --> 00:38:44,934 [Mike] Fire in the hole. 1071 00:38:45,467 --> 00:38:46,967 Ooh! 1072 00:38:46,967 --> 00:38:48,166 [Jerry] That got a hair or two. 1073 00:38:48,166 --> 00:38:51,266 -[Mike] Back in business. -Running again. 1074 00:38:51,266 --> 00:38:52,467 Guys, you know this has been the first time 1075 00:38:52,467 --> 00:38:54,266 we've had this thing fired up since we got it stolen. 1076 00:38:54,266 --> 00:38:56,667 So keep an eye on the valves on the bottom and everything. 1077 00:38:56,667 --> 00:38:58,867 Yeah, you just don't... You don't never really know. 1078 00:38:58,867 --> 00:39:00,166 I mean, something could be there 1079 00:39:00,166 --> 00:39:01,767 that the eyes can't see. 1080 00:39:01,767 --> 00:39:04,600 This guy that stole it, you know, he banged it all up. 1081 00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:05,800 We had to fix the pot, 1082 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:07,667 even to be able to bring it over here. 1083 00:39:07,667 --> 00:39:11,000 There's no telling what could potentially go wrong. 1084 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,100 So now we're going to have her under lock and key. 1085 00:39:13,100 --> 00:39:15,100 -[Mike] Mmm-hmm. -That makes me feel a lot safer. 1086 00:39:15,100 --> 00:39:17,000 You know, one gallon's got to come off the top 1087 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:18,500 to the barn owner, 1088 00:39:18,500 --> 00:39:20,767 and then the rest of it goes in our pocket. 1089 00:39:20,767 --> 00:39:22,000 Well, I'm glad we are where we are 1090 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:23,100 and we're doing what we're doing, 1091 00:39:23,100 --> 00:39:24,533 and we're all together still. 1092 00:39:24,967 --> 00:39:26,567 Guys, we got alcohol. 1093 00:39:26,567 --> 00:39:29,467 We are running the first run of alcohol 1094 00:39:29,467 --> 00:39:30,600 since we got the baby back. 1095 00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:33,166 We haven't been able to catch a break at all this season. 1096 00:39:33,166 --> 00:39:35,066 [Mike] Get rid of these old heads. 1097 00:39:35,066 --> 00:39:36,900 I just want to get some money in my pocket right now. 1098 00:39:36,900 --> 00:39:39,467 That's the feeling that I miss. 1099 00:39:39,467 --> 00:39:41,166 If we can make some good shine out of this apple pomace, 1100 00:39:41,166 --> 00:39:43,367 this is a big-time game changer right here. 1101 00:39:43,367 --> 00:39:45,934 I mean, we're getting this stuff for free. 1102 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,367 I definitely get the apple, that's for sure. 1103 00:39:50,367 --> 00:39:53,166 The clove and nutmeg is coming through. 1104 00:39:53,166 --> 00:39:55,166 Oh, yeah, the clove's coming through there. 1105 00:39:55,166 --> 00:39:56,467 It smells awesome. 1106 00:39:56,467 --> 00:39:57,667 I can smell that brown sugar. 1107 00:39:57,667 --> 00:39:59,266 [Mike] It smells just like a daggone pie. 1108 00:39:59,266 --> 00:40:02,634 But we're not gonna be 100% sure until we taste it. 1109 00:40:05,867 --> 00:40:08,266 Taste a little hint of cinnamon in there. 1110 00:40:08,266 --> 00:40:11,100 I'm gonna tell you what, that nutmeg is not overpowering. 1111 00:40:11,100 --> 00:40:13,000 You know, nutmeg and cloves take over. 1112 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:14,767 [Mike] That's what we're looking for. 1113 00:40:14,767 --> 00:40:15,800 [Richard] It tastes awesome. 1114 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:17,367 All our spices married really well. 1115 00:40:17,367 --> 00:40:19,467 That ain't nothing but good old clear apple pie 1116 00:40:19,467 --> 00:40:20,600 right there, fellas. 1117 00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:23,467 Finally, we're gonna put money in our pockets. 1118 00:40:23,467 --> 00:40:24,867 [Jerry] Guys, these buckets are almost full. 1119 00:40:24,867 --> 00:40:26,767 We got our landowner taken care of today. 1120 00:40:26,767 --> 00:40:28,500 -Good to go. -And money in our pockets today. 1121 00:40:28,500 --> 00:40:29,333 Exactly. 1122 00:40:32,066 --> 00:40:33,767 We've got 10 gallons of alcohol 1123 00:40:33,767 --> 00:40:34,667 sitting here right now. 1124 00:40:34,667 --> 00:40:36,000 It's time to get out of here, 1125 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:39,000 go give our barn owner his gallon worth 1126 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:40,767 and get on to trying to sell the rest of it, 1127 00:40:40,767 --> 00:40:42,166 put some money in our pockets. 1128 00:40:42,166 --> 00:40:43,200 -You got that bucket? -[Jerry] I got it. 1129 00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:45,233 -I got the jug. -[Richard] Let's go. 1130 00:40:47,166 --> 00:40:48,266 [Mark on phone] Go ahead, Puss. 1131 00:40:48,266 --> 00:40:50,333 Cowboy got killed yesterday evening. 1132 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:51,967 [Mark on phone] Oh, no. 1133 00:40:51,967 --> 00:40:53,900 Sadly, when we lost Cowboy, 1134 00:40:53,900 --> 00:40:57,767 we lost access to the old Ghost Town theme park. 1135 00:40:57,767 --> 00:41:01,567 We still had a barrel of aging whiskey in Ghost Town. 1136 00:41:01,567 --> 00:41:03,867 -We got to fetch it. -[Digger] Yeah. 1137 00:41:03,867 --> 00:41:04,900 [Mike] Our bank account's dry. 1138 00:41:04,900 --> 00:41:07,400 We're not making the money that we need to be making 1139 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:09,567 with three people working on the same team. 1140 00:41:09,567 --> 00:41:11,967 Richard, perhaps you get your own still. 1141 00:41:11,967 --> 00:41:13,266 That's some bull [bleep]. 1142 00:41:13,266 --> 00:41:14,266 It is what it is. 1143 00:41:14,266 --> 00:41:16,767 No, man. It is what I say it is. 1144 00:41:16,767 --> 00:41:18,700 I got to get my restaurant back open. 1145 00:41:18,700 --> 00:41:20,000 If I can't sell this shine, 1146 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,066 I've got zero dollars to open my restaurant up. 1147 00:41:22,066 --> 00:41:24,567 These people are 15 minutes late right now. 1148 00:41:24,567 --> 00:41:26,000 [man on phone] He'll be right there. 1149 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:27,667 [Henry] That's the damn law, man. 1150 00:41:27,667 --> 00:41:28,967 -Spotlight. -Spotlight on us.