1 00:00:06,774 --> 00:00:08,607 [jeremy schwartz] this time on moonshiners... 2 00:00:08,609 --> 00:00:10,809 [mike] we up on a mountain up here, ain't we, brother? 3 00:00:10,811 --> 00:00:12,444 The heat's been on me and j for a while, 4 00:00:12,446 --> 00:00:14,513 we just crossed over into north carolina. 5 00:00:14,515 --> 00:00:16,382 We've got to build something new. 6 00:00:16,384 --> 00:00:18,784 I'm gonna solder it from the inside. 7 00:00:18,786 --> 00:00:20,519 Whoa! 8 00:00:20,521 --> 00:00:21,787 [groaning] oh, god! 9 00:00:21,789 --> 00:00:23,355 Here, you wanna do what I'm doing? For a while there, 10 00:00:23,357 --> 00:00:25,090 it reminds you of being a teenager again. 11 00:00:26,060 --> 00:00:29,928 The recipe that jb wants is all corn, no sugar. 12 00:00:29,930 --> 00:00:32,631 Damn, you ain't never had a whooping for holding your breath, have you? 13 00:00:32,633 --> 00:00:34,366 Glad I'm driving you out of here. 14 00:00:34,368 --> 00:00:38,404 That's the biggest damn green strawberry I ever seen in my life, josh. 15 00:00:38,406 --> 00:00:40,773 This is only going to make one still full of mash. 16 00:00:40,775 --> 00:00:44,343 So what we're going to do is go back down to one of our old still sites 17 00:00:44,345 --> 00:00:46,145 and we're gonna run it there. 18 00:00:46,147 --> 00:00:47,212 Somebody's coming across the bridge. 19 00:00:47,214 --> 00:00:48,547 [man yelling] 20 00:00:50,951 --> 00:00:53,786 [man] this is how we make the moonshine! 21 00:00:56,490 --> 00:00:59,158 [country music playing] 22 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:01,560 -[mark] oh, my god. -[digger] would you look at that. 23 00:01:01,562 --> 00:01:05,531 This is where you and popcorn sutton made his last run. 24 00:01:05,533 --> 00:01:08,967 I never thought we'd be up here thinking about making a run of liquor. 25 00:01:10,204 --> 00:01:12,471 [jeremy] in haywood county, north carolina, 26 00:01:12,473 --> 00:01:15,407 jb is leading mark and digger to the site 27 00:01:15,409 --> 00:01:20,646 where their friend and mentor, popcorn sutton, made his infamous last run. 28 00:01:20,648 --> 00:01:22,815 Tennessee's home to us. If we're gonna run liquor, 29 00:01:22,817 --> 00:01:24,383 I'd rather run it in my back door. 30 00:01:24,385 --> 00:01:26,385 But right now, that's not an option, 31 00:01:26,387 --> 00:01:30,022 because the police are back out in full force. 32 00:01:30,024 --> 00:01:32,591 They are on their a-game right now. 33 00:01:32,593 --> 00:01:34,193 20 years. 34 00:01:34,195 --> 00:01:36,228 It's been 20 years right now, come July. 35 00:01:36,230 --> 00:01:38,430 -Yeah, that's what we are, it'll be 20 years. -Yeah. 36 00:01:38,432 --> 00:01:40,933 Jb, this is sacred ground. 37 00:01:40,935 --> 00:01:42,067 You're damn right it is. 38 00:01:43,070 --> 00:01:45,771 If there's a holy grail of moonshine, 39 00:01:45,773 --> 00:01:47,039 it's right here. 40 00:01:47,041 --> 00:01:48,207 Wow. 41 00:01:48,275 --> 00:01:51,577 [digger] this is where the rage of moonshine began. 42 00:01:51,579 --> 00:01:54,680 This is where popcorn sutton did his video 43 00:01:54,682 --> 00:01:55,714 the last run. 44 00:01:56,784 --> 00:01:58,550 What little liquor comes off of this, 45 00:01:58,552 --> 00:02:00,519 the right people will pay you $100 a gallon for it. 46 00:02:00,521 --> 00:02:03,889 Popcorn, he was the outlaw moonshiner. 47 00:02:03,891 --> 00:02:08,627 I'm just doing this so people can see how rough an old moonshiner's life was. 48 00:02:08,629 --> 00:02:11,797 He kept telling me, "wish we could do a video 49 00:02:11,799 --> 00:02:13,866 the way my granddaddy and daddy had done it." 50 00:02:13,868 --> 00:02:16,902 he said, "we're gonna keep the moonshine tradition going." 51 00:02:16,904 --> 00:02:19,404 this is the last damn run of liquor I'm gonna ever make. 52 00:02:19,406 --> 00:02:21,039 I guess I'm letting you off. 53 00:02:21,041 --> 00:02:23,542 They'll be glad of that 'cause they won't have to watch me no damn more. 54 00:02:23,544 --> 00:02:25,811 [jb] he done it out in the open too much. 55 00:02:25,813 --> 00:02:29,248 That's the reason he got caught, 'cause he got too bold. 56 00:02:29,250 --> 00:02:32,050 If I hadn't quit when I did, I'd have went to the pen. 57 00:02:32,052 --> 00:02:34,520 Cold chills runnin' over my arm. I swear, it's just... 58 00:02:34,522 --> 00:02:37,322 Yeah, you're darn right. His spirit's here. 59 00:02:37,324 --> 00:02:39,591 [jb] oh, yeah, so something will go wrong. 60 00:02:39,593 --> 00:02:42,361 That's exactly what was going through my mind. 61 00:02:42,363 --> 00:02:44,062 [mark] look, here, the old furnace. 62 00:02:44,064 --> 00:02:47,399 Yeah, we cooked on this. Pot of beans and fried potatoes. 63 00:02:47,401 --> 00:02:48,467 Fried potato. 64 00:02:48,469 --> 00:02:50,903 Boys, we ain't gonna disturb none of this stuff. 65 00:02:50,905 --> 00:02:52,371 No. Hell, no. 66 00:02:52,373 --> 00:02:55,941 That'd be like jumping on the statue of liberty and cutting her ear off. 67 00:02:55,943 --> 00:02:57,342 [mark] well, that's a fine stream. 68 00:02:57,344 --> 00:02:58,810 [jb] yeah, it's good water. 69 00:02:58,812 --> 00:03:01,313 Is this far enough back from the law? 70 00:03:01,315 --> 00:03:02,648 I think it ought to do it. 71 00:03:02,650 --> 00:03:04,983 If this ain't far enough out of the dadgum way, 72 00:03:04,985 --> 00:03:07,219 -we deserve to be caught. -Caught. Yeah, right. 73 00:03:07,221 --> 00:03:08,420 [laughs] 74 00:03:08,422 --> 00:03:11,123 with the fact that law enforcement's on our trail, 75 00:03:11,125 --> 00:03:13,926 we need to exercise all caution. 76 00:03:13,928 --> 00:03:16,929 And, right now, we're just gonna hang out over here in north carolina a while. 77 00:03:16,931 --> 00:03:18,664 -I'll tell you what, rader. -Yeah. 78 00:03:18,666 --> 00:03:20,699 Seeing how you drug us in here, 79 00:03:20,701 --> 00:03:22,968 this first run, it's gonna be yours. 80 00:03:22,970 --> 00:03:24,803 You tell us how you want it, 81 00:03:24,805 --> 00:03:26,838 -we'll do whatever you dictate. -Okay. 82 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:28,907 You got anything in mind you want to do? 83 00:03:28,909 --> 00:03:31,276 Well, popcorn always said something about 84 00:03:31,278 --> 00:03:33,478 making some pure corn, no sugar, 85 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:35,514 but he ain't never did do it. 86 00:03:35,516 --> 00:03:38,917 Jb tells us that popcorn always promised him 87 00:03:38,919 --> 00:03:43,155 that they would do an all-grain corn run, no sugar. 88 00:03:43,157 --> 00:03:44,890 I want just pure corn choice, 89 00:03:44,892 --> 00:03:47,426 he always said it was damn good, 90 00:03:47,428 --> 00:03:49,161 but didn't produce much. 91 00:03:49,163 --> 00:03:50,429 -[digger] don't make a lot of it. -No. 92 00:03:50,431 --> 00:03:52,764 [mark] it'll get you about a half the run of what sugar would. 93 00:03:52,766 --> 00:03:55,934 Yeah, yeah. Pure corn, about 103 proof. 94 00:03:55,936 --> 00:03:58,904 You know, we always knew popcorn wanted to make an all-grain run. 95 00:03:58,906 --> 00:04:00,472 He always talked about it. 96 00:04:00,474 --> 00:04:03,542 But the thing that it is, popcorn didn't have the patience. 97 00:04:03,544 --> 00:04:06,211 Let's get down here and get us a plan ciphered out. 98 00:04:06,213 --> 00:04:08,247 Yeah. We gotta round us up some materials. 99 00:04:08,249 --> 00:04:10,682 47 miles to get back out and get something. 100 00:04:10,684 --> 00:04:13,318 [dramatic music playing] 101 00:04:17,558 --> 00:04:20,192 [country music playing] 102 00:04:23,063 --> 00:04:25,497 well, jerry, it looks like we've made it over the mountain, buddy. 103 00:04:25,499 --> 00:04:27,933 Look at these valleys. Look at these mountains on both sides. 104 00:04:27,935 --> 00:04:30,435 Yeah, bud, it's beautiful out here. 105 00:04:30,437 --> 00:04:33,138 [jeremy] on the north carolina- tennessee border 106 00:04:33,140 --> 00:04:37,376 after a police raid cleaned out a season's cache of moonshine, 107 00:04:37,378 --> 00:04:40,545 mike and jerry are slipping across the state line 108 00:04:40,547 --> 00:04:43,348 where they can operate as relative unknowns. 109 00:04:43,350 --> 00:04:45,384 The heat's been on me and j for a while, 110 00:04:45,386 --> 00:04:47,753 so we just crossed over into north carolina. 111 00:04:47,755 --> 00:04:50,489 We need to be in a place we know we'll be safe 112 00:04:50,491 --> 00:04:53,859 and can evade the law or any other human coming in and finding us. 113 00:04:53,861 --> 00:04:57,229 So, where in the hell are we going to look for a still site out around here, buddy? 114 00:04:57,231 --> 00:04:59,298 There should be a road that turns off to the left. 115 00:04:59,300 --> 00:05:01,133 You know, I mean, some people would feel like 116 00:05:01,135 --> 00:05:04,936 they're invading on somebody else's territory, but to me, it's neutral ground. 117 00:05:04,938 --> 00:05:06,638 You know, we got to do what we got to do. 118 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,241 If there's anybody else over here that thinks we're stepping on their toes, 119 00:05:09,243 --> 00:05:11,143 we'll deal with it when it comes to us. 120 00:05:11,145 --> 00:05:12,444 Well, this is nice, ain't it, jerry? 121 00:05:12,446 --> 00:05:14,146 Sure is. 122 00:05:14,148 --> 00:05:16,515 You know, we've been running in tennessee for the last two seasons. 123 00:05:16,517 --> 00:05:18,583 You know, I think it's time, with the heat we got going on, 124 00:05:18,585 --> 00:05:21,687 we've got to figure out something, and we got to do it pretty quick. 125 00:05:21,689 --> 00:05:23,355 What's that over yonder? 126 00:05:23,357 --> 00:05:25,090 That's a damn flag over there. 127 00:05:25,092 --> 00:05:26,892 That means somebody put that there. 128 00:05:26,894 --> 00:05:28,293 Somebody's been in here clearing this out 129 00:05:28,295 --> 00:05:29,428 -for some reason. -It's a no-go. 130 00:05:29,430 --> 00:05:31,063 That's just something we can't have. 131 00:05:31,065 --> 00:05:32,264 [jerry] don't look too old, either. 132 00:05:32,266 --> 00:05:34,032 No, it does not. 133 00:05:34,034 --> 00:05:36,401 I'm not gonna put our operation here. 134 00:05:36,403 --> 00:05:39,538 Ain't happening. We got to bust this place, we got to move on. 135 00:05:39,540 --> 00:05:42,307 You know, this area that we're in right now, you know, I know it really good. 136 00:05:42,309 --> 00:05:43,342 It's not where I grew up, 137 00:05:43,344 --> 00:05:44,576 but it's dang close. 138 00:05:44,578 --> 00:05:47,245 It's a great little valley to hide in, lots of woods. 139 00:05:47,247 --> 00:05:49,514 This is not my domain. 140 00:05:49,516 --> 00:05:52,417 Over in tennessee, people know exactly who me and jerry is. 141 00:05:52,419 --> 00:05:55,087 You know, here in north carolina, we're just two regular guys. 142 00:05:55,089 --> 00:05:57,522 It makes me feel a little more comfortable, a little more hid. 143 00:05:57,524 --> 00:05:59,124 It's kind of under the radar. 144 00:05:59,126 --> 00:06:01,727 Nice, some good-looking water right down through here coming out. 145 00:06:01,729 --> 00:06:04,229 This is where the infamous popcorn sutton's from. 146 00:06:04,231 --> 00:06:07,032 He made a lot of liquor over here, and he's got a big name over here, 147 00:06:07,034 --> 00:06:08,133 and I respect that. 148 00:06:08,135 --> 00:06:09,701 But it's mine and jerry's turn now. 149 00:06:10,771 --> 00:06:13,238 We up on a mountain up here, ain't we, brother? 150 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,040 This is a pretty place. I guarantee. 151 00:06:18,178 --> 00:06:19,511 [mike] I'll tell you what, man. 152 00:06:19,546 --> 00:06:22,247 Me and jerry, we are struck by the sheer beauty of this place. 153 00:06:22,249 --> 00:06:24,116 That's some big old timber in here, ain't there, buddy? 154 00:06:24,118 --> 00:06:26,284 [jerry] sure is. Away from civilization. 155 00:06:26,286 --> 00:06:27,986 You know, the harder it is for me and jerry 156 00:06:27,988 --> 00:06:30,255 to get to where we're gonna go to our still site, 157 00:06:30,257 --> 00:06:33,558 the damn harder it is for anybody else, and especially the police. 158 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,527 Man, look at the waterfall in there. 159 00:06:36,530 --> 00:06:38,663 I say that right there won't never dry up, will it? 160 00:06:38,665 --> 00:06:40,565 That ought to give us all the water we need. 161 00:06:40,567 --> 00:06:41,800 [mike] think we can get down there. 162 00:06:41,802 --> 00:06:43,568 I don't know about getting back up through here. 163 00:06:43,570 --> 00:06:46,204 We got to get down to the creek and taste the water. 164 00:06:46,206 --> 00:06:49,174 I know it's fine water, but I always like to put my mouth on it. 165 00:06:50,878 --> 00:06:51,943 You're tasting it wrong. 166 00:06:51,945 --> 00:06:53,211 You got to get your face in it. 167 00:06:53,213 --> 00:06:54,913 [mike] you're gonna put your mouth on it, ain't ya? 168 00:06:54,915 --> 00:06:56,281 There you go. 169 00:06:56,283 --> 00:06:57,816 Is that not good water or what? 170 00:06:57,818 --> 00:07:00,051 It's done that it's cold, clean as it can be. 171 00:07:00,053 --> 00:07:01,620 [jerry] you know, this water source right here, 172 00:07:01,622 --> 00:07:03,188 coming down the side of this mountain, 173 00:07:03,190 --> 00:07:06,591 we shouldn't have no problem having water all season long and plenty of it. 174 00:07:06,593 --> 00:07:08,393 What do you think about this little spot right in here? 175 00:07:08,395 --> 00:07:10,462 I like being able to see the water. 176 00:07:10,464 --> 00:07:13,498 Yeah. Well, the closer we are to the water, the better off we gonna be, ain't we? 177 00:07:13,500 --> 00:07:14,533 Yeah. 178 00:07:14,535 --> 00:07:15,967 You know, I don't want to haul that rig 179 00:07:15,969 --> 00:07:17,469 and everything across the mountain over here. 180 00:07:17,471 --> 00:07:18,970 You take a chance on getting caught with it. 181 00:07:18,972 --> 00:07:20,071 So we got to do something. 182 00:07:20,073 --> 00:07:22,641 I don't want to get caught crossing down state lines 183 00:07:22,643 --> 00:07:24,843 with something illegal in the back of my truck. 184 00:07:24,845 --> 00:07:26,545 That's a federal offense, then. 185 00:07:26,547 --> 00:07:28,814 So we've got to build something new. 186 00:07:28,816 --> 00:07:30,849 Well, what's your thoughts on what we're gonna run this year? 187 00:07:30,851 --> 00:07:32,250 I ain't got no damn clue, really. 188 00:07:32,252 --> 00:07:34,386 From what I've been hearing through the grapevine, 189 00:07:34,388 --> 00:07:36,621 you know, people's getting some money back in their pocket now, 190 00:07:36,623 --> 00:07:39,357 they're buying high-end alcohol. A lot of barrel-aged, 191 00:07:39,359 --> 00:07:42,194 good, high-end whiskeys and stuff is what they're buying. 192 00:07:42,196 --> 00:07:46,164 Everybody that I've talked to are wanting high-end, barrel-aged whiskey. 193 00:07:46,166 --> 00:07:47,632 And they don't mind paying for it. 194 00:07:47,634 --> 00:07:50,202 And that stuff takes time. That's something we don't have, a lot of time. 195 00:07:50,204 --> 00:07:52,337 We definitely don't have time to start filling up barrels 196 00:07:52,339 --> 00:07:54,639 'cause we've got to start making money 'cause we have none. 197 00:07:57,578 --> 00:07:59,444 What if we had the best of both worlds? 198 00:07:59,446 --> 00:08:02,614 What if we actually ran our liquor in a wooden barrel? 199 00:08:03,584 --> 00:08:05,350 Run liquor out of a wooden barrel? 200 00:08:05,352 --> 00:08:07,118 -Yeah. -A charred white oak barrel. 201 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:08,286 Yeah. 202 00:08:08,288 --> 00:08:09,788 And how in the hell are we gonna do that? It's wood. 203 00:08:09,790 --> 00:08:11,490 We're gonna just put a core through it. 204 00:08:11,492 --> 00:08:12,958 Still don't get hot. 205 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:15,494 It'll get hot, but-- all we're doing is heating the steam. 206 00:08:15,496 --> 00:08:16,595 We can mash right in the barrel. 207 00:08:16,597 --> 00:08:18,230 I'll just have to draw it out and show you. 208 00:08:18,232 --> 00:08:21,433 I just come up with an idea I just don't think nobody's ever tried. 209 00:08:21,435 --> 00:08:24,603 I mean, who's going to try to make a moonshine still out of a wooden barrel? 210 00:08:24,605 --> 00:08:26,071 Let's see what we got here. 211 00:08:26,073 --> 00:08:27,572 -Here's our barrel, right? -Right. 212 00:08:27,574 --> 00:08:30,375 We come in here, we cut us in a copper core 213 00:08:30,377 --> 00:08:33,645 and we'll put heat to it and all that heat will come up this flute. 214 00:08:33,647 --> 00:08:37,349 We're gonna try to put that barrel-aged aroma and taste into it 215 00:08:37,351 --> 00:08:39,417 in the beginning while we're doing our mash. 216 00:08:39,419 --> 00:08:40,552 What we'll do is we'll stop us 217 00:08:40,554 --> 00:08:42,654 -a couple of pieces of pipe on top... -Mmm-hmm. 218 00:08:42,656 --> 00:08:44,890 ...So the core itself becomes part of the flue. 219 00:08:44,892 --> 00:08:46,791 -Wood soaking all that mash in. -Mmm-hmm. 220 00:08:46,793 --> 00:08:48,360 And then as we run it off, 221 00:08:48,362 --> 00:08:50,529 we're gonna have something that's going to be essentially a charred taste, 222 00:08:50,531 --> 00:08:52,230 but it's gonna be clear. 223 00:08:52,232 --> 00:08:54,232 I think it's gonna give us a flavor like none other when this thing heats up. 224 00:08:54,234 --> 00:08:55,500 Oh, it definitely will. 225 00:08:55,502 --> 00:08:58,136 Usually, to get that wood charred flavor, you've got to let, 226 00:08:58,138 --> 00:09:01,106 you know, your alcohol sit for two to four years. 227 00:09:01,108 --> 00:09:02,841 That should give us the best of both worlds. 228 00:09:02,843 --> 00:09:07,145 But our goal is to make it unaged aged alcohol. 229 00:09:07,147 --> 00:09:09,080 I'm ready to rock and roll with it, brother. 230 00:09:10,517 --> 00:09:12,450 [dramatic music playing] 231 00:09:21,562 --> 00:09:22,794 [honking horn] 232 00:09:22,796 --> 00:09:24,162 [josh] hell yeah. 233 00:09:24,164 --> 00:09:26,331 -How's it going, boss man? -What's up, josh? 234 00:09:26,333 --> 00:09:27,332 How is everybody? 235 00:09:27,334 --> 00:09:28,700 Good to see you guys. 236 00:09:28,702 --> 00:09:32,370 [jeremy] arriving in franklin county after a 4-hour haul, 237 00:09:32,372 --> 00:09:37,042 josh delivers 500 pounds of ripe fruit to his shine partners, 238 00:09:37,044 --> 00:09:41,413 eager to kick off their season with a run of strawberry brandy. 239 00:09:41,415 --> 00:09:43,381 Boys, I've been through hell. 240 00:09:43,383 --> 00:09:45,317 -Yeah? -What do you mean hell? 241 00:09:45,319 --> 00:09:49,387 Well, I joshed it up again. 242 00:09:49,389 --> 00:09:53,625 Actually, the biggest damn green strawberry I ever seen in my life, josh. 243 00:09:53,627 --> 00:09:55,594 Go back to the truck. I'm expecting strawberries. 244 00:09:55,596 --> 00:09:58,029 And lo and behold, what we got, watermelons. 245 00:09:58,031 --> 00:10:00,098 And then I look a little closer and there's pineapple. 246 00:10:00,100 --> 00:10:02,334 Dang, josh. You look like you done skinned a gator! 247 00:10:02,336 --> 00:10:03,501 Lord almighty! 248 00:10:04,972 --> 00:10:07,572 Make me up a gator skin boot right there. 249 00:10:07,574 --> 00:10:08,840 Yes, sir. 250 00:10:08,842 --> 00:10:10,809 I really truthfully think 251 00:10:10,811 --> 00:10:13,144 that that would make some good moonshine right there. 252 00:10:13,146 --> 00:10:15,113 Maybe if the cores were out of it. 253 00:10:15,115 --> 00:10:17,215 -[scoffs] I don't know about that [bleep]. -They're awful dry. 254 00:10:17,217 --> 00:10:18,583 They're about rotten. 255 00:10:18,585 --> 00:10:20,952 Yeah, we tried a lot of things over the years, 256 00:10:20,954 --> 00:10:24,456 but alligator skin pineapple, that's just not on our list. 257 00:10:24,458 --> 00:10:26,091 What you got in mind, josh? 258 00:10:26,093 --> 00:10:28,259 There's a family recipe from back home 259 00:10:28,261 --> 00:10:30,228 that's super famous called the green lizard. 260 00:10:30,230 --> 00:10:32,931 We make it out of the watermelon, the rind, everything. 261 00:10:32,933 --> 00:10:34,432 Just smash it all up. 262 00:10:34,434 --> 00:10:37,535 It really brings out that watermelon flavor if you'd use the rinds. 263 00:10:37,537 --> 00:10:41,606 I remember seeing the adults drinking green lizard when I was a kid, you know? 264 00:10:41,608 --> 00:10:45,744 And my dad passed this recipe down, and that's how I found out about it. 265 00:10:45,746 --> 00:10:48,279 We're not gonna use any sugar. When we run it, 266 00:10:48,281 --> 00:10:52,384 we run it twice, double distill it, and it comes out so good. 267 00:10:52,386 --> 00:10:55,186 This is only enough for maybe one pot. 268 00:10:55,188 --> 00:10:57,222 I don't know how much this is going to wind up being. 269 00:10:57,224 --> 00:11:00,425 You know, we've built this great big still site. There's eight pots. 270 00:11:00,427 --> 00:11:03,428 This looks like a lot of watermelons. 271 00:11:03,430 --> 00:11:05,964 That right there, that's gonna mash in one pot. 272 00:11:05,966 --> 00:11:09,000 Look, man, this may not be enough to mash in all these stills, 273 00:11:09,002 --> 00:11:11,269 but I think it'll bring good money. It's going to be good liquor. 274 00:11:11,271 --> 00:11:13,238 -Ready to roll with it. -I'm for it. What do you think? 275 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:15,440 -Sounds good to me. -We got it, let's roll with it. 276 00:11:15,442 --> 00:11:17,842 Now, how are you going to plan on busting all this stuff up? 277 00:11:17,844 --> 00:11:20,779 -I got a smasher over there. -Let's go check it out. 278 00:11:20,781 --> 00:11:25,450 Josh is telling us that he's got a special purpose for these watermelons. 279 00:11:25,452 --> 00:11:28,620 We're gonna make a little higher-end liquor this year 280 00:11:28,622 --> 00:11:30,522 than what we made during the pandemic. 281 00:11:30,524 --> 00:11:32,524 Now, that everybody is coming out of it, 282 00:11:32,526 --> 00:11:36,027 it's gonna be like the roaring '20s all over again. 283 00:11:36,029 --> 00:11:38,296 People are gonna be out, they're gonna be wanting to drink. 284 00:11:38,298 --> 00:11:40,398 They're gonna want to be celebrating. 285 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:42,634 We're gonna make sure they celebrate with our moonshine. 286 00:11:42,636 --> 00:11:46,004 Basically, this fits pretty tight in there, okay? 287 00:11:46,973 --> 00:11:50,141 And then this goes on here, okay? 288 00:11:50,143 --> 00:11:51,476 What do you mean? Which way? 289 00:11:51,478 --> 00:11:53,378 It'll go up here, like this right here 290 00:11:53,380 --> 00:11:55,980 and then attach to this, okay? 291 00:11:55,982 --> 00:11:59,484 And then that pushes it down and smash everything. 292 00:11:59,486 --> 00:12:01,319 Josh has got this thing. 293 00:12:01,321 --> 00:12:04,656 It's basically the biggest beer can crusher in the world. 294 00:12:04,658 --> 00:12:09,060 He says we're gonna be able to smash these watermelons up with that. 295 00:12:09,062 --> 00:12:10,428 Let's see what she'll do. 296 00:12:10,430 --> 00:12:13,765 I ain't no rocket scientist, but a hammer does the same thing. 297 00:12:13,767 --> 00:12:14,799 [josh] there we go. 298 00:12:16,303 --> 00:12:18,570 -No. -Lift up on it and jerk it down. 299 00:12:18,572 --> 00:12:19,938 Yeah, bring it up and jerk. 300 00:12:19,940 --> 00:12:23,541 We're having a slight problem with this fruit crusher. 301 00:12:23,543 --> 00:12:27,545 It's a little bit tougher to get the rind busted down. 302 00:12:27,547 --> 00:12:29,380 -Is it smashing 'em? -Yeah, it's smashing 'em. 303 00:12:29,382 --> 00:12:30,749 Smash. Keep on getting it. 304 00:12:32,586 --> 00:12:33,651 [josh] that ain't gonna work. 305 00:12:37,557 --> 00:12:39,791 [country music playing] 306 00:12:39,793 --> 00:12:42,127 damn, I thought that was gonna do it. 307 00:12:42,129 --> 00:12:45,463 It got a good start on it, but that's about it. 308 00:12:45,465 --> 00:12:48,600 Well, I don't like how much work it is. 309 00:12:48,602 --> 00:12:50,502 We've got these watermelons in this masher. 310 00:12:50,504 --> 00:12:52,270 We can't get enough leverage on it. 311 00:12:52,272 --> 00:12:54,372 It just... It's not going to do it. 312 00:12:54,374 --> 00:12:57,275 What if we put a hydraulic ram on it? 313 00:12:57,277 --> 00:12:59,778 You know, just hook it to a battery and use a little... 314 00:12:59,780 --> 00:13:01,412 Button up and down, up and down? 315 00:13:01,414 --> 00:13:03,782 I got a hydraulic arm back here. 316 00:13:03,784 --> 00:13:05,316 Kind of a ditch witch. 317 00:13:05,318 --> 00:13:07,952 [henry] show me what you talking about. I have to see what you mean. 318 00:13:07,954 --> 00:13:10,155 Let's see. Where's that bastard at? 319 00:13:10,157 --> 00:13:11,856 Back over yonder beside that table. 320 00:13:11,858 --> 00:13:13,391 I call it the ol' boneyard. 321 00:13:14,995 --> 00:13:17,295 [josh] right here's the hydraulic ram. 322 00:13:17,297 --> 00:13:19,264 [henry] oh, no, no, no, no, no. 323 00:13:19,266 --> 00:13:21,065 That's my damn wood splitter, hoss. 324 00:13:21,067 --> 00:13:23,401 -I think we can make it work though. -Check it out. 325 00:13:23,403 --> 00:13:25,036 Y'all can't tear out my wood splitter. 326 00:13:25,038 --> 00:13:26,704 -It's got our handle. -Yeah. 327 00:13:26,706 --> 00:13:28,640 All we got to do is unbolt it right here. 328 00:13:28,642 --> 00:13:29,974 It's not even mine. 329 00:13:29,976 --> 00:13:31,075 Whose is it? 330 00:13:31,077 --> 00:13:32,544 It's been sitting here for five years. 331 00:13:33,647 --> 00:13:35,647 [tickle] damn sounds like it's his now. 332 00:13:35,649 --> 00:13:38,349 Well, I can't watch this. I can't watch it. Go on, take it apart. 333 00:13:38,351 --> 00:13:39,984 -For real? -Yeah, for real. Take it apart. 334 00:13:39,986 --> 00:13:42,554 Henry, he's got an old log splitter 335 00:13:42,556 --> 00:13:45,690 and this suits our purposes perfectly. 336 00:13:45,692 --> 00:13:49,394 This thing's probably got about a 20-ton cylinder on it, 337 00:13:49,396 --> 00:13:51,930 and it's made to hook up to a tractor. 338 00:13:51,932 --> 00:13:56,701 And so what we'll do is we're gonna make this fruit smasher hydraulic. 339 00:13:57,771 --> 00:14:00,138 We're gonna take it and mount this up in a frame, 340 00:14:00,140 --> 00:14:04,008 change that plate out to what we got on our smasher and put it right here. 341 00:14:04,010 --> 00:14:08,513 Hook this to henry's tractor and smash fruit 342 00:14:08,515 --> 00:14:10,248 and let back up off of it. 343 00:14:10,250 --> 00:14:12,083 [henry] so be gentle. Be gentle. 344 00:14:12,085 --> 00:14:14,786 This is where we're going to put our fruit in. 345 00:14:14,788 --> 00:14:20,058 We're going to come up and build a frame up here, over and down, 346 00:14:20,060 --> 00:14:24,329 and then we're gonna take this hydraulic cylinder and mount it right here. 347 00:14:24,331 --> 00:14:25,930 Perfect. 348 00:14:25,932 --> 00:14:28,633 And then we'll hook it to henry's tractor, and when we pull the lever, 349 00:14:28,635 --> 00:14:32,036 it's going to mash down with about 20 tons of force. 350 00:14:32,038 --> 00:14:33,338 All right. So, let's fire us some metal 351 00:14:33,340 --> 00:14:34,939 and let's put this baby together. 352 00:14:34,941 --> 00:14:38,209 [country rock music playing] 353 00:14:38,211 --> 00:14:39,310 [tickle] a-ha! 354 00:14:39,312 --> 00:14:40,345 There you go, buddy. 355 00:14:40,347 --> 00:14:42,180 I don't know what it is about welding, 356 00:14:42,182 --> 00:14:44,415 but it puts josh in this happy place. 357 00:14:44,417 --> 00:14:46,818 I almost envision him in a... 358 00:14:46,820 --> 00:14:50,755 In a meadow full of flowers and, you know, birds singing, 359 00:14:50,757 --> 00:14:52,590 bees flying by. 360 00:14:52,592 --> 00:14:53,892 That's it, right after yonder. 361 00:14:53,894 --> 00:14:56,394 And here josh is setting the whole thing on fire welding. 362 00:14:56,396 --> 00:14:59,030 But you know what, he's his happiest there. 363 00:14:59,032 --> 00:15:01,366 And it does make good to see josh happy. 364 00:15:01,368 --> 00:15:02,767 Watch your fingers. 365 00:15:02,769 --> 00:15:04,569 [grunts] 366 00:15:05,872 --> 00:15:06,971 whoo! 367 00:15:06,973 --> 00:15:08,506 -[henry] doggone. -Yeah. 368 00:15:08,508 --> 00:15:09,874 [josh] all right, tickle. 369 00:15:09,876 --> 00:15:12,010 -We need the tractor now, don't we? -Yes, sir. 370 00:15:12,012 --> 00:15:13,978 Hook your tractor to her. She'll be good to go. 371 00:15:17,350 --> 00:15:19,050 All right. I'm gonna get this right here. 372 00:15:19,052 --> 00:15:20,251 This part is punkin' up. 373 00:15:21,187 --> 00:15:22,487 There you go, josh. Stick it on down. 374 00:15:24,224 --> 00:15:25,290 There you go. 375 00:15:33,233 --> 00:15:34,232 [josh] look at that juice. 376 00:15:34,234 --> 00:15:36,334 [all laughing] 377 00:15:36,336 --> 00:15:39,203 -wow! Oh, yeah, man! That looks good. -There you go! 378 00:15:39,205 --> 00:15:41,472 [tickle] now, that we've got our fruit crusher going. 379 00:15:41,474 --> 00:15:44,242 This thing not only will mash watermelons, 380 00:15:44,244 --> 00:15:46,611 it will mash anything we need in it. 381 00:15:48,648 --> 00:15:49,714 What's up, bryan? 382 00:15:49,716 --> 00:15:51,683 I just got here just in time for work, huh? 383 00:15:51,685 --> 00:15:52,817 Just in time. 384 00:15:52,819 --> 00:15:55,286 Now, it's time to mash in. 385 00:15:55,288 --> 00:15:56,354 [josh] watch this right here. 386 00:15:58,692 --> 00:15:59,724 [bryan] hell, yeah. 387 00:16:01,628 --> 00:16:02,660 [all laughing] 388 00:16:06,099 --> 00:16:07,665 son of a bitch. 389 00:16:07,667 --> 00:16:09,567 Dude, you've done good, brother. 390 00:16:13,940 --> 00:16:16,975 [country music playing] 391 00:16:24,451 --> 00:16:25,817 [jb] oh, now, 392 00:16:25,986 --> 00:16:29,320 only popcorn can find a place like this where it's hell to get in. 393 00:16:29,322 --> 00:16:31,522 You ain't just a whistling dixie, rader. 394 00:16:31,524 --> 00:16:35,994 Well, today is the day we're coming back to popcorn and jb's last run site. 395 00:16:35,996 --> 00:16:39,230 We're going to mash in jb's all corn, no sugar mash. 396 00:16:39,232 --> 00:16:41,432 All right, rader, what do you want done next? 397 00:16:43,870 --> 00:16:46,804 [digger] jb back in the day was just a still hand. 398 00:16:46,806 --> 00:16:50,775 But, today, jb is the boss, we're listening to him. 399 00:16:50,777 --> 00:16:52,510 Before we light a fire, we got to 400 00:16:52,512 --> 00:16:55,813 get up through yonder way and get us a flow of water started. 401 00:16:55,815 --> 00:16:58,249 -Where'd you have that hose run from? -Up over there. 402 00:16:58,251 --> 00:17:00,018 -Round this up here side. -Do you run it around this way? 403 00:17:00,020 --> 00:17:01,219 -Yeah. -Yeah. 404 00:17:01,221 --> 00:17:04,155 There was two reasons popcorn picked this spot. 405 00:17:04,157 --> 00:17:06,791 [mark] look right here, baby man. We may be in business. 406 00:17:06,793 --> 00:17:08,960 Number one, it was isolated. 407 00:17:08,962 --> 00:17:11,796 Number two, it's got some of the finest water in the world 408 00:17:11,798 --> 00:17:13,197 running 10 feet away. 409 00:17:13,199 --> 00:17:15,333 This would be a pretty good place to run a hose 410 00:17:15,335 --> 00:17:17,769 in the creek up there and run it right over to it. 411 00:17:17,771 --> 00:17:20,905 -[digger] you got water? -Yeah, we got water. 412 00:17:20,907 --> 00:17:22,306 Oh, it's cold, ain't it? 413 00:17:22,308 --> 00:17:23,841 Hell yeah, it's cold. 414 00:17:23,843 --> 00:17:27,512 [mark] there's one more thing I got to do here before we get started. 415 00:17:27,514 --> 00:17:31,916 I've got something here that popcorn gave me before he died. 416 00:17:31,918 --> 00:17:35,019 It's an irreplaceable piece of history. 417 00:17:35,021 --> 00:17:39,590 People just forgot about it years ago and it showed back up. 418 00:17:39,592 --> 00:17:40,725 [digger] I will be damned. 419 00:17:42,095 --> 00:17:43,961 Looky there, boys. 420 00:17:43,963 --> 00:17:46,431 Popcorn gave that to me. I asked him for it. 421 00:17:46,433 --> 00:17:48,866 Six months or eight months later, 422 00:17:48,868 --> 00:17:50,301 he showed up at the house. 423 00:17:50,303 --> 00:17:52,503 He said, "I brought a few of that damn sign," and he doesn't want 'em. 424 00:17:52,505 --> 00:17:54,672 He was notorious for building signs 425 00:17:54,674 --> 00:17:56,374 -and making signs. -Oh, he loved making signs. 426 00:17:56,376 --> 00:17:57,909 He couldn't spell for [bleep]. 427 00:17:57,911 --> 00:17:59,977 It ain't worth two cents, 428 00:17:59,979 --> 00:18:01,979 but I wouldn't trade it for a damn rembrandt. 429 00:18:01,981 --> 00:18:06,050 Well, it's time to quit being reminiscent and get to work. 430 00:18:06,052 --> 00:18:07,085 Let's get after it. 431 00:18:09,522 --> 00:18:11,956 There's the way I go now, the dreaded tri-stream. 432 00:18:11,958 --> 00:18:14,392 [laughing] 433 00:18:14,394 --> 00:18:17,228 wake up in the morning, and you're pissing in three different directions. 434 00:18:19,532 --> 00:18:22,667 Why don't you do the honors and light this here burner and warm this water up. 435 00:18:24,938 --> 00:18:25,870 [digger] oh, yeah. 436 00:18:25,872 --> 00:18:27,205 Yeah, it's lit good. 437 00:18:27,207 --> 00:18:29,574 You want to get that water kind of rolling a little bit 438 00:18:29,576 --> 00:18:31,542 -before we add that corn. -Oh, yeah. 439 00:18:31,544 --> 00:18:32,944 -Corn? -Corn. 440 00:18:32,946 --> 00:18:36,614 The recipe that jb wants is all corn and no sugar. 441 00:18:36,616 --> 00:18:38,616 [digger] coarse ground white cornmeal. 442 00:18:38,618 --> 00:18:40,218 [mark] when you do all grains, 443 00:18:40,220 --> 00:18:43,254 you have to use quadruple the amount of grain 444 00:18:43,256 --> 00:18:45,323 in order to generate enough starch 445 00:18:45,325 --> 00:18:49,327 and natural sugars to produce any volume at all. 446 00:18:49,329 --> 00:18:50,761 -That thing is settled down? -Yeah. 447 00:18:50,763 --> 00:18:52,396 It ain't going down none too fast, 448 00:18:52,398 --> 00:18:54,565 but it might again when we get this bucket in there. 449 00:18:54,567 --> 00:18:57,602 Once it starts releasing, the starches comes into a clump, 450 00:18:57,604 --> 00:18:58,970 that's when it'll burn. 451 00:18:58,972 --> 00:19:03,341 So when we dump all that corn in here, we go flame out. 452 00:19:03,343 --> 00:19:06,110 We've got to keep stirring. We don't need no lumps. 453 00:19:06,112 --> 00:19:10,314 We let this sit here from the 210-degree temperature it's at right now 454 00:19:10,316 --> 00:19:12,950 till it gets down to about 160. 455 00:19:12,952 --> 00:19:16,053 Then we'll put our magic dust in there and let it do its work. 456 00:19:18,358 --> 00:19:20,158 Here, you want to do what I'm doing. For a while there, 457 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:22,093 it reminds you of being a teenager again. 458 00:19:22,095 --> 00:19:23,227 [all laughing] 459 00:19:24,631 --> 00:19:27,498 I tell you, it feels just like I'm stirring up 460 00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:30,902 a dadgum giant bowl of cornbread batter. 461 00:19:30,904 --> 00:19:35,473 As we stir and this corn's swelling back up, all the sugars are coming out. 462 00:19:35,475 --> 00:19:36,574 Look at it. 463 00:19:36,576 --> 00:19:38,543 [digger] well, they're still in long chains. 464 00:19:38,545 --> 00:19:42,046 They just clump up, and then it becomes one big large mass, 465 00:19:42,048 --> 00:19:43,915 just like cooking grits or oatmeal. 466 00:19:43,917 --> 00:19:45,583 [mark] I mean, I love the way it looks, 467 00:19:45,585 --> 00:19:49,153 but I never thought I'd ever see any liquor mash that looks like that. 468 00:19:49,155 --> 00:19:50,955 [digger] if everything goes the way it's supposed to, 469 00:19:50,957 --> 00:19:52,523 that amylase will break it down. 470 00:19:52,525 --> 00:19:54,525 When it comes to making all-grain liquor, 471 00:19:54,527 --> 00:19:57,461 there's a secret weapon that nobody can survive without, 472 00:19:57,463 --> 00:19:59,463 and that's amylase enzyme. 473 00:19:59,465 --> 00:20:01,532 Get that whooped in. 474 00:20:01,534 --> 00:20:03,201 Oh, we'll whoop it. 475 00:20:03,203 --> 00:20:04,435 Hella fun. 476 00:20:05,338 --> 00:20:07,038 It's like mixing cement. 477 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:09,640 The amylase is a digestive aid basically. 478 00:20:09,642 --> 00:20:12,410 It's in insect bellies, it's in our bellies. 479 00:20:12,412 --> 00:20:14,212 Well, you can already see it's working. 480 00:20:14,214 --> 00:20:16,247 In the name of simeon. 481 00:20:16,249 --> 00:20:20,017 This amylase, basically, it's a meat cleaver for the sugar chains, 482 00:20:20,019 --> 00:20:22,253 and it just chops them up into smaller bites 483 00:20:22,255 --> 00:20:25,456 that the yeast can take in and convert into alcohol. 484 00:20:25,458 --> 00:20:27,892 [mark] look at that, jb. Look how it's done loosened up. 485 00:20:27,894 --> 00:20:30,127 It's making those sugars 486 00:20:30,129 --> 00:20:32,263 -more accessible to yeast. -Yeah, right. 487 00:20:32,265 --> 00:20:34,165 -This is insane. -All right. 488 00:20:34,167 --> 00:20:35,766 No, it's science. 489 00:20:37,237 --> 00:20:39,070 [mark] this is jb's run. 490 00:20:39,072 --> 00:20:43,107 He come up with this, and digger has learned me something here so special, 491 00:20:43,109 --> 00:20:46,410 I volunteered to do all the bucketing over. 492 00:20:46,412 --> 00:20:48,246 [digger] don't splash that on your leg. 493 00:20:48,248 --> 00:20:49,313 [jb] no, it'd be hot. 494 00:20:49,315 --> 00:20:51,115 You talk about doing that thumped keg walk, 495 00:20:51,117 --> 00:20:53,384 you'll be doing the burnt sack boogie. 496 00:20:53,386 --> 00:20:55,086 "burnt sack boogie." [laughing] 497 00:20:55,989 --> 00:20:58,289 damn, don't want that. 498 00:20:58,291 --> 00:21:01,525 You couldn't even hardly shake it off of the mash stick before. 499 00:21:01,527 --> 00:21:03,461 And now it just... 500 00:21:03,463 --> 00:21:06,163 It looks like mash is supposed to look. 501 00:21:06,165 --> 00:21:07,465 Boys, you've done great. 502 00:21:07,467 --> 00:21:09,333 Let's don't jinx ourselves, guys. 503 00:21:09,335 --> 00:21:11,535 We ain't turned it into liquor yet. 504 00:21:12,572 --> 00:21:14,138 We gave it a good healthy dose. 505 00:21:14,140 --> 00:21:16,140 You can't never pitch too much yeast. 506 00:21:16,142 --> 00:21:18,542 -No. -Looky here at this, jb. 507 00:21:18,544 --> 00:21:19,844 -Yeah. -What do you think of that? 508 00:21:19,846 --> 00:21:22,313 Oh, yeah, that's one good-looking mash. 509 00:21:22,315 --> 00:21:24,782 -Now, we got to make some liquor. -Yeah. 510 00:21:24,784 --> 00:21:27,218 -And make it 103. -103. 511 00:21:27,220 --> 00:21:29,186 That's an honest day's work. 512 00:21:29,188 --> 00:21:31,122 -For half a day's wages. -Yeah. 513 00:21:32,592 --> 00:21:34,025 [jb] yeah, I might give you a raise. 514 00:21:40,133 --> 00:21:43,200 [rock music playing] 515 00:21:45,371 --> 00:21:47,238 [josh] we're using this watermelon smasher 516 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:49,206 and that stuff's flying everywhere. 517 00:21:49,208 --> 00:21:52,410 I'm talking about if you mash down and hold it down, 518 00:21:52,412 --> 00:21:54,912 and it squirting dang 8-10 feet straight up. 519 00:21:54,914 --> 00:21:58,149 I want to start squeezing down, slow down on it. 520 00:21:58,151 --> 00:22:01,152 It works awesome and it cuts our time down, 521 00:22:01,154 --> 00:22:03,220 and this thing has got a ton of power. 522 00:22:03,222 --> 00:22:05,022 It's badass. 523 00:22:05,024 --> 00:22:08,993 This stuff only got to be busted up a little bit, it ain't got to be real fine. 524 00:22:08,995 --> 00:22:10,528 As long as this stuff's broke up enough 525 00:22:10,530 --> 00:22:13,230 to actually get it in there and get juice out of it, 526 00:22:13,232 --> 00:22:15,099 that's all we really need. 527 00:22:15,101 --> 00:22:17,201 [henry] this baby here is almost ready to put in 528 00:22:17,203 --> 00:22:19,170 once I bring the water up to about right here. 529 00:22:19,172 --> 00:22:20,905 Then we're going throw the yeast in it, baby. 530 00:22:20,907 --> 00:22:22,506 Gonna make that green lizard, brother. 531 00:22:22,508 --> 00:22:26,077 [tickle] as we're smashing these watermelons, I'm noticing that 532 00:22:26,079 --> 00:22:29,914 we might fill four barrels up, which is enough for one small pot. 533 00:22:29,916 --> 00:22:33,150 You know, we built this great big still site. There's eight pots. 534 00:22:33,152 --> 00:22:35,453 The watermelon's gonna make some good brandy. 535 00:22:35,455 --> 00:22:38,322 It's just not gonna make enough of it. 536 00:22:38,324 --> 00:22:40,157 What's fixin' to happen here? 537 00:22:40,159 --> 00:22:41,792 [henry] what we're gonna do here, 538 00:22:41,794 --> 00:22:46,097 we're gonna kick this yeast off before we pour it in the tub. 539 00:22:46,099 --> 00:22:48,599 We're taking a little bit of warm water, we're taking some of the mash bill. 540 00:22:48,601 --> 00:22:50,468 And you'll see that baby kick in. 541 00:22:50,470 --> 00:22:54,438 We're not gonna add any sugar at all to our liquor. 542 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:57,174 We want this thing to be all watermelon. 543 00:22:57,176 --> 00:22:58,476 [henry] baby is working. 544 00:22:58,478 --> 00:22:59,510 Get them in the barrels. 545 00:22:59,512 --> 00:23:01,245 It's gonna make better liquor. 546 00:23:01,247 --> 00:23:03,381 -Looks good. -Yes, it does. 547 00:23:03,383 --> 00:23:07,051 [tickle] now that we've got everything mashed in and getting it working, 548 00:23:07,053 --> 00:23:10,321 it's just a matter of waiting for this stuff to work off. 549 00:23:10,323 --> 00:23:13,524 When it gets ready, we're gonna take this stuff down to the still site 550 00:23:13,526 --> 00:23:15,893 and, hopefully, we come out with a great product. 551 00:23:15,895 --> 00:23:17,228 Looky yonder. 552 00:23:17,230 --> 00:23:19,163 Henry, this thing is working like hell. 553 00:23:19,165 --> 00:23:20,798 -Perfect. -That's what we want right there. 554 00:23:23,035 --> 00:23:26,170 [dramatic music playing] 555 00:23:35,782 --> 00:23:37,915 bettin' ol' davey's got what we're looking for? 556 00:23:37,917 --> 00:23:40,050 I'll bet if anybody stands a chance, he's going to have it. 557 00:23:40,052 --> 00:23:41,385 [mike] jerry come up with a good idea 558 00:23:41,387 --> 00:23:43,954 about trying to run some alcohol in a wood barrel 559 00:23:43,956 --> 00:23:47,625 so we can have that aged charred flavors through a clear alcohol. 560 00:23:47,627 --> 00:23:48,592 Dave. 561 00:23:48,594 --> 00:23:50,127 Mike and jerry. 562 00:23:50,129 --> 00:23:53,264 Me and jerry, we are mutual friend with a guy named dave angel. 563 00:23:53,266 --> 00:23:55,332 He owns a distillery here in maggie valley. 564 00:23:55,334 --> 00:23:58,769 So we need to go talk to him and see if we can't get a few barrels off of him 565 00:23:58,771 --> 00:24:00,504 and try to work out some kind of price arrangement. 566 00:24:00,506 --> 00:24:03,908 What we're looking for is some good charred barrels. 567 00:24:03,910 --> 00:24:05,910 -How many you needing? -About three. 568 00:24:05,912 --> 00:24:09,313 I just got done emptying some about two, three days ago, 569 00:24:09,315 --> 00:24:10,781 so I got a few barrels here. 570 00:24:10,783 --> 00:24:13,317 They were once used up in kentucky to make bourbon, 571 00:24:13,319 --> 00:24:15,619 so we've reused them to make whiskey out of them. 572 00:24:15,621 --> 00:24:17,421 They're made out of american white oak. 573 00:24:17,423 --> 00:24:20,191 That charred layer, I tell you, the whiskey I got out of here 574 00:24:20,193 --> 00:24:23,461 had some nice vanilla and caramel notes in it, so that should come through. 575 00:24:23,463 --> 00:24:27,264 We're looking to do some top-quality small-batch whiskeys this season. 576 00:24:27,266 --> 00:24:29,400 People's got money. They're ready to spend. 577 00:24:29,402 --> 00:24:31,869 Economy's coming back and people want to spend that money. 578 00:24:31,871 --> 00:24:33,437 They want good stuff. I hear that. 579 00:24:33,439 --> 00:24:35,039 -Here's another big question. -Yeah. 580 00:24:35,041 --> 00:24:36,907 What do you got to have for these barrels? 581 00:24:36,909 --> 00:24:39,944 Well, I'm gonna have to replace them. I think we can do $150 each. 582 00:24:39,946 --> 00:24:41,145 I'd say that's pretty fair. 583 00:24:41,147 --> 00:24:43,547 And I want me just a taste of what that tastes like. 584 00:24:43,549 --> 00:24:44,949 [mike] I'll tell you what we'll do. 585 00:24:44,951 --> 00:24:48,319 We'll bring you a bottle of our finest 586 00:24:48,321 --> 00:24:51,422 for one of these barrels and pay you for the other two. How about that? 587 00:24:51,424 --> 00:24:52,590 I think we could do that. 588 00:24:52,592 --> 00:24:54,558 We'll call it "experimental research" for me. 589 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:55,893 How's that sound? 590 00:24:55,895 --> 00:24:57,528 -Sounds like a deal to me, brother. -All right, brother. 591 00:24:57,530 --> 00:24:59,063 I'll tell you what, we're off to the races. 592 00:24:59,065 --> 00:25:00,631 All we got to do is load them on the truck, 593 00:25:00,633 --> 00:25:03,167 get them to where we're going and get started on these rigs. 594 00:25:03,169 --> 00:25:04,235 Yeah, boy! 595 00:25:04,237 --> 00:25:05,469 [jerry] we got us some barrels. 596 00:25:08,207 --> 00:25:11,308 [country music playing] 597 00:25:18,784 --> 00:25:20,551 [jb] man, it's a little rough getting in here. 598 00:25:20,553 --> 00:25:22,286 [mark] man, I tell you, we're getting old, ain't we? 599 00:25:22,288 --> 00:25:23,354 You're damn right. 600 00:25:23,356 --> 00:25:27,558 [digger] hell, about that. It beats the alternative. 601 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:30,227 Well, the day has come to get in here early in the morning, 602 00:25:30,229 --> 00:25:33,097 get this mash pumped over into the steel pot. 603 00:25:33,099 --> 00:25:34,965 Oh, that smells good. 604 00:25:34,967 --> 00:25:38,302 Today is the day, we run jb's all-corn recipe. 605 00:25:38,304 --> 00:25:39,570 Yeah, that one's ready, boys. 606 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:42,339 We come in, check the mash. 607 00:25:42,341 --> 00:25:44,208 It's dead as last year's calendar. 608 00:25:44,210 --> 00:25:45,309 It's ready to run. 609 00:25:45,311 --> 00:25:47,978 I'm going to set this little fella right here. 610 00:25:47,980 --> 00:25:49,547 So, this is the general vicinity 611 00:25:49,549 --> 00:25:51,415 -it's got to go. -Yeah. 612 00:25:51,417 --> 00:25:54,552 Well, we've got a bigger pot than popcorn had. 613 00:25:54,554 --> 00:25:55,953 -Yeah. -Yeah. 614 00:25:55,955 --> 00:25:58,255 You might can set the pot right here. 615 00:25:58,257 --> 00:26:00,224 Yeah, that'd work. 616 00:26:00,226 --> 00:26:04,028 We want to put the still exactly where popcorn had his. 617 00:26:04,030 --> 00:26:05,896 Let's see how it'll sit right there. 618 00:26:05,898 --> 00:26:08,999 -Then that'd be real, real close, jb. -You're darn right. 619 00:26:09,001 --> 00:26:12,603 It means a lot to be back here. It's fond memories. 620 00:26:12,605 --> 00:26:15,606 It's changed a lot since 20 years ago. 621 00:26:15,608 --> 00:26:18,042 Popcorn, I'd say he's looking down, thinking, 622 00:26:18,044 --> 00:26:20,110 "what the hell them boys are doing?" 623 00:26:20,112 --> 00:26:21,779 finish up what you're going to finish up. 624 00:26:21,781 --> 00:26:23,180 I'm gonna build us a little fire 625 00:26:23,182 --> 00:26:25,215 so we can have some coals cook on here directly. 626 00:26:25,217 --> 00:26:27,184 All righty. Sounds good to me. 627 00:26:27,186 --> 00:26:29,620 I'll work on putting some mash in the pot. 628 00:26:29,622 --> 00:26:31,322 This is just a small run, 629 00:26:31,324 --> 00:26:33,223 so we're gonna do it the same way that 630 00:26:33,225 --> 00:26:34,959 the old man did it back in the day. 631 00:26:34,961 --> 00:26:38,429 We're just going to bucket it from the mash barrel to the still. 632 00:26:38,431 --> 00:26:40,631 It's going to be a lot different run, 633 00:26:40,633 --> 00:26:45,202 but we want to do it as close as we possibly could to the original. 634 00:26:45,204 --> 00:26:47,671 [digger] risk that falls down, I'm going to rake it back 635 00:26:47,673 --> 00:26:48,973 and get us a bed of coals going. 636 00:26:48,975 --> 00:26:50,608 I'll get us some... 637 00:26:50,610 --> 00:26:53,377 Bacon going, and I'll make us some ramps and eggs. 638 00:26:53,379 --> 00:26:54,545 All right. 639 00:26:54,547 --> 00:26:57,014 That's what you call ranch lettuce. That's good stuff. 640 00:26:57,016 --> 00:26:59,416 [digger] popcorn loved to cook when he was making liquor. 641 00:26:59,418 --> 00:27:01,452 His menu was limited, 642 00:27:01,454 --> 00:27:04,888 but he liked to flaunt his skills. 643 00:27:04,890 --> 00:27:06,590 We're going to pay homage to that as well, 644 00:27:06,592 --> 00:27:09,059 but it'll be something a little bit different. 645 00:27:09,061 --> 00:27:10,628 We're gonna make a big run of ramps and eggs 646 00:27:10,630 --> 00:27:12,229 while we run this liquor. 647 00:27:12,231 --> 00:27:14,164 It's going to be delish. 648 00:27:14,166 --> 00:27:16,400 [mark] digger is gonna feed the heck out of us. 649 00:27:16,402 --> 00:27:17,801 We're going to eat good. 650 00:27:17,803 --> 00:27:21,205 Right there under is some crispy bacon and fried tater. 651 00:27:21,207 --> 00:27:24,108 -Look what's going in there next, rader. -Mmm-mmm. 652 00:27:24,110 --> 00:27:25,976 [jb] that's the main one there. 653 00:27:25,978 --> 00:27:27,111 [digger] almost right. 654 00:27:27,113 --> 00:27:29,079 [jb] that's the main ingredient. 655 00:27:29,081 --> 00:27:31,081 I brought my old cast iron skillet. 656 00:27:31,083 --> 00:27:33,384 [digger] this kind of like a mixed-up omelet. 657 00:27:33,386 --> 00:27:35,919 -Yep, it is. -Appalachian style. 658 00:27:35,921 --> 00:27:38,956 [jb] appalachian omelet. Yeah. 659 00:27:38,958 --> 00:27:41,892 Honestly and truly, this is our kind of chow. 660 00:27:41,894 --> 00:27:44,094 This is... This is what we love. 661 00:27:44,096 --> 00:27:46,797 They all right? You've outdone yourself. 662 00:27:46,799 --> 00:27:49,566 This is as country cooking as it gets. 663 00:27:49,568 --> 00:27:51,168 This stuff is so good. 664 00:27:51,170 --> 00:27:54,605 I mean, you almost about got to lay down to eat it. 665 00:27:54,607 --> 00:27:57,307 [jb] well, we better get some paste made. 666 00:27:57,309 --> 00:27:59,810 You know, I never thought in a million years 667 00:27:59,812 --> 00:28:02,279 that we would ever come back to this spot. 668 00:28:02,281 --> 00:28:04,415 -A little more. -Yeah. 669 00:28:04,417 --> 00:28:07,351 But we thought it was, you know, just lost to nature. 670 00:28:07,353 --> 00:28:10,187 And probably if jb hadn't brought us up here, 671 00:28:10,189 --> 00:28:12,656 it would have continued to have been forgotten. 672 00:28:12,658 --> 00:28:14,792 [mark] thank god, jb's the paste master. 673 00:28:14,794 --> 00:28:16,760 We're just trying to live something 674 00:28:16,762 --> 00:28:19,897 that we didn't get to live 20 years ago. 675 00:28:19,899 --> 00:28:23,634 We're trying to relive this thing through jb. 676 00:28:23,636 --> 00:28:25,235 You know, we're still fortunate. 677 00:28:25,237 --> 00:28:27,938 We're blessed to have jb with us here still. 678 00:28:27,940 --> 00:28:29,973 -We're getting ready here, boys. -Yeah. 679 00:28:29,975 --> 00:28:32,242 -We'll have liquor there, sure enough, any time. -Yeah. 680 00:28:40,352 --> 00:28:42,352 Oh, we got liquor coming out. 681 00:28:42,354 --> 00:28:43,887 -[digger] well, we do, don't we? -[jb] yeah. 682 00:28:43,889 --> 00:28:46,356 [digger] better put this ol' coon dodger in. 683 00:28:46,358 --> 00:28:50,427 [jeremy] on hallowed ground in maggie valley, north carolina, 684 00:28:50,429 --> 00:28:55,232 mark, digger, and jb near completion on the first damn run of liquor 685 00:28:55,234 --> 00:28:56,600 anyone's made here 686 00:28:56,602 --> 00:29:00,270 since popcorn sutton did his last damn run of liquor 687 00:29:00,272 --> 00:29:01,805 20 years ago. 688 00:29:01,807 --> 00:29:03,640 Seeing this liquor run, you know, 689 00:29:03,642 --> 00:29:05,542 this... This is wonderful. 690 00:29:05,544 --> 00:29:07,277 -We're gonna get it here, ain't we, old buddy? -Yeah. 691 00:29:07,279 --> 00:29:08,479 [digger] we're up here 692 00:29:08,481 --> 00:29:11,181 in a place that started the rage of moonshine 693 00:29:11,183 --> 00:29:13,083 with popcorn and jb. 694 00:29:13,085 --> 00:29:15,919 I couldn't ask for anything better to be sitting in this spot right now 695 00:29:15,921 --> 00:29:17,521 and liquor running out of that worm. 696 00:29:17,523 --> 00:29:20,691 -It's your liquor, jb, you get the first holdin'. -All righty. 697 00:29:21,660 --> 00:29:23,527 -Oh, it smells good, digger. -Oh, god. 698 00:29:23,529 --> 00:29:25,028 It ain't no doubt. 699 00:29:28,667 --> 00:29:31,335 Damn, you ain't never had a whooping for holding your breath, have you? 700 00:29:31,337 --> 00:29:32,970 Glad I'm driving you out of here. 701 00:29:34,039 --> 00:29:35,139 -Here we go. -What do you think? 702 00:29:35,141 --> 00:29:36,406 Nailed it. 703 00:29:36,408 --> 00:29:38,876 -You like it? -Damn right I like it. 704 00:29:38,878 --> 00:29:40,377 By god! 705 00:29:40,379 --> 00:29:43,347 You know, 100% corn liquor. 706 00:29:43,349 --> 00:29:45,215 Nothing even compares. 707 00:29:45,217 --> 00:29:48,385 I mean, it's... It's the best of the best. 708 00:29:48,387 --> 00:29:50,521 I'm glad I got to do this with you, rader. 709 00:29:50,523 --> 00:29:51,488 I am too. 710 00:29:51,490 --> 00:29:54,324 This still site. This is hallowed ground. 711 00:29:54,326 --> 00:29:57,928 I sense popcorn's presence around here. 712 00:29:57,930 --> 00:30:01,632 I miss him. I could see him over doing that thump keg walk. 713 00:30:02,768 --> 00:30:06,837 -Yay! -And here we go. And... 714 00:30:06,839 --> 00:30:08,939 [mark] a lot of things are special about today. 715 00:30:08,941 --> 00:30:12,609 None more important than the fact that we get to be here with jb. 716 00:30:12,611 --> 00:30:15,846 -We've made three-and-a-half gallons. -Yeah, but hell. 717 00:30:15,848 --> 00:30:18,348 We get it all tempered up, we'll have four. 718 00:30:18,350 --> 00:30:20,017 Fine run on nothing but grain though. 719 00:30:20,019 --> 00:30:21,151 You're damn right. 720 00:30:21,153 --> 00:30:23,420 -Out of a little old pot like that. -Hell yeah. 721 00:30:23,422 --> 00:30:25,022 [digger] this liquor right here, 722 00:30:25,024 --> 00:30:27,925 I'll temper it to 103, and I'll put it in his hands. 723 00:30:27,927 --> 00:30:29,193 It's his liquor. 724 00:30:29,195 --> 00:30:32,396 -Jb, thank you, my brother. -Yeah. 725 00:30:32,398 --> 00:30:33,597 Rader... 726 00:30:33,599 --> 00:30:35,365 -Yeah. Yeah. -I love you, brother. 727 00:30:35,367 --> 00:30:37,901 You know, moreover, this wasn't about making a big run 728 00:30:37,903 --> 00:30:39,303 to have a lot of quantity. 729 00:30:39,305 --> 00:30:42,573 We were about quality and paying homage to popcorn 730 00:30:42,575 --> 00:30:45,008 and honor to jb. 731 00:30:45,010 --> 00:30:46,410 Good and clear, too. 732 00:30:46,412 --> 00:30:47,544 Some powerful stuff, right there. 733 00:30:47,546 --> 00:30:49,246 Yeah, that's powerful stuff. 734 00:30:49,248 --> 00:30:51,181 [jb] I'm proud of what we made today 735 00:30:51,183 --> 00:30:54,251 and I think popcorn would've been proud of us. 736 00:31:07,233 --> 00:31:08,365 [henry] it's looking good, y'all. 737 00:31:08,367 --> 00:31:09,633 Tell you what, it tastes pretty good, 738 00:31:09,635 --> 00:31:11,468 but it's still got a couple of days left to work out. 739 00:31:11,470 --> 00:31:13,403 Yeah, at least a couple of days, I'd say. 740 00:31:13,405 --> 00:31:16,039 Man, you want to just go on ahead and get it down to the still site, 741 00:31:16,041 --> 00:31:17,407 let it finish working off? 742 00:31:17,409 --> 00:31:19,543 Well, I've been thinking about that. 743 00:31:19,545 --> 00:31:20,444 You know... 744 00:31:20,446 --> 00:31:23,013 Good run in and out of a still site, 745 00:31:23,015 --> 00:31:25,449 you're taking a risk every single time you hit the road. 746 00:31:25,451 --> 00:31:26,650 Every time. 747 00:31:26,652 --> 00:31:30,187 We got that site, got a lot of money tied up. 748 00:31:30,189 --> 00:31:32,522 We got stills here. We've got worms here. 749 00:31:32,524 --> 00:31:35,125 We've got an old site that we used last year. 750 00:31:35,127 --> 00:31:39,296 Why not we take it down to the old site and make this one run 751 00:31:39,298 --> 00:31:41,565 and not have to worry about losing 752 00:31:41,567 --> 00:31:43,433 -the eight we already got set up? -Yeah. 753 00:31:43,435 --> 00:31:44,935 I know it's a little more work 754 00:31:44,937 --> 00:31:48,071 setting up a still and all, but we've got big man here with us. 755 00:31:48,073 --> 00:31:49,139 It should be pretty easy. 756 00:31:49,141 --> 00:31:51,241 We get set it up, we get it running and get it out. 757 00:31:51,243 --> 00:31:53,043 You want bryan to set these in the truck? 758 00:31:53,045 --> 00:31:54,845 -Yeah. Sounds good to me. -Josh has been working out. 759 00:31:54,847 --> 00:31:56,847 Here's your chance of hauling that barrel in, boss! 760 00:31:56,849 --> 00:31:59,082 And I believe we'll take a kubota while you're all flexing. 761 00:32:00,552 --> 00:32:02,786 This is only gonna make one still full of mash. 762 00:32:02,788 --> 00:32:05,389 The risk is not justifiable 763 00:32:05,391 --> 00:32:07,491 to endanger eight pots. 764 00:32:07,493 --> 00:32:08,692 All right, pull it up some. 765 00:32:08,694 --> 00:32:10,027 [tickle] so, what we're going to do is 766 00:32:10,029 --> 00:32:12,396 go back down to one of our old still sites, 767 00:32:12,398 --> 00:32:14,197 just set up a small pot 768 00:32:14,199 --> 00:32:15,732 and we're gonna run this green lizard there. 769 00:32:18,804 --> 00:32:21,271 [country music playing] 770 00:32:23,375 --> 00:32:25,242 [tickle] all right, nothing to it but to do it. 771 00:32:25,244 --> 00:32:27,878 [henry] these old damn stills are a whole lot harder to load than the big ones. 772 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:30,914 This still site, it has served us well. 773 00:32:30,916 --> 00:32:33,383 We've made a lot of good liquor here. 774 00:32:33,385 --> 00:32:35,786 We've done built a bridge across the creek. 775 00:32:35,788 --> 00:32:37,621 This still site, it'll work just fine. 776 00:32:37,623 --> 00:32:39,189 What we wanna do, we'll split this stick. 777 00:32:39,191 --> 00:32:41,325 That still come on out, we're going to do the same thing. 778 00:32:41,327 --> 00:32:42,592 So go back a little bit more. 779 00:32:42,594 --> 00:32:44,995 Maybe a little bit more work bringing in all this equipment 780 00:32:44,997 --> 00:32:47,364 and setting up another little still site. 781 00:32:47,366 --> 00:32:49,333 But it's not like we don't have the help 782 00:32:49,335 --> 00:32:51,668 and the equipment to do it with. 783 00:32:51,670 --> 00:32:53,470 [henry] now, you all push back. So, we'll kick out. 784 00:32:54,773 --> 00:32:55,772 Come on, then. 785 00:32:56,809 --> 00:32:58,141 That looks pretty good there. 786 00:32:58,143 --> 00:33:00,911 Man, I'm all fired up about this green lizard. 787 00:33:00,913 --> 00:33:02,112 All right, there you go. 788 00:33:02,114 --> 00:33:03,981 Josh's family handed it down 789 00:33:03,983 --> 00:33:06,016 and telling us how great it is. 790 00:33:06,018 --> 00:33:08,185 We ready to make some high-end liquor. 791 00:33:08,187 --> 00:33:09,419 [tickle] these watermelon rinds, 792 00:33:09,421 --> 00:33:11,121 they've been in there long enough. 793 00:33:11,123 --> 00:33:12,990 We're going to drain the solids out, 794 00:33:12,992 --> 00:33:15,892 get it over into our pot to finish fermenting. 795 00:33:15,894 --> 00:33:18,328 And in the meantime, we can get everything else together 796 00:33:18,330 --> 00:33:21,865 that we need to set this up as a working still site. 797 00:33:21,867 --> 00:33:23,800 That's it right there, boss. It's full. 798 00:33:23,802 --> 00:33:25,035 That's what we want. 799 00:33:25,037 --> 00:33:26,269 Cover this baby up. 800 00:33:26,271 --> 00:33:28,071 [tickle] all right, let's get the hell out of here. 801 00:33:28,073 --> 00:33:29,639 Now, that we got the mash in the still... 802 00:33:29,641 --> 00:33:31,108 Let's roll. 803 00:33:31,110 --> 00:33:33,477 ...It's only going to be a matter of a few days. 804 00:33:33,479 --> 00:33:35,779 We're gonna be able to come back down here and run this thing. 805 00:33:50,662 --> 00:33:52,029 Let's see if we can get this barrel off 806 00:33:52,031 --> 00:33:53,196 and get a core in it, what do you think? 807 00:33:53,198 --> 00:33:54,765 Something like that, bubba. 808 00:33:54,767 --> 00:33:57,300 Me and jerry, we're making a still out of a wooden barrel. 809 00:33:57,302 --> 00:33:58,969 -You got it? -Oh, yeah. 810 00:33:58,971 --> 00:34:02,139 Usually, it's done been mashed in even before we got a still completed, 811 00:34:02,141 --> 00:34:04,775 because we got all these barrels that laid out in the woods. 812 00:34:04,777 --> 00:34:07,611 In this case, we're going to be mashing it inside the still. 813 00:34:07,613 --> 00:34:10,080 I'm just ready to get this damn thing built and get in the woods. 814 00:34:10,082 --> 00:34:11,581 And I'm ready to get a run done. 815 00:34:11,583 --> 00:34:12,482 Heard that, man. 816 00:34:12,484 --> 00:34:13,817 Basically, what we're trying to do 817 00:34:13,819 --> 00:34:15,852 is we're going to try to use an american white oak barrel 818 00:34:15,854 --> 00:34:17,487 to mash in and run. 819 00:34:17,489 --> 00:34:19,523 And how we're gonna do that is we're gonna put a core 820 00:34:19,525 --> 00:34:20,657 through the center of this thing. 821 00:34:20,692 --> 00:34:23,126 This metal core can heat it from the inside out. 822 00:34:23,128 --> 00:34:27,030 We can't just put a fire out under the barrel. It'll burn the barrel up. 823 00:34:27,032 --> 00:34:29,232 [gasps] smells like whiskey! 824 00:34:29,234 --> 00:34:30,434 [jerry] check that out. 825 00:34:30,436 --> 00:34:32,135 [mike] yeah, well, there's liquor in there. 826 00:34:32,137 --> 00:34:33,303 We can bottle that up. 827 00:34:33,305 --> 00:34:35,772 There's no damn way I'm letting this go to waste. 828 00:34:35,774 --> 00:34:38,141 We're going to go drain it out and take us a snort of it 829 00:34:38,143 --> 00:34:39,409 and keep it for later on. 830 00:34:41,246 --> 00:34:42,913 [jerry] what do you think? Hot? 831 00:34:42,915 --> 00:34:44,414 It's good, by god. But it's hot. 832 00:34:44,416 --> 00:34:45,849 Let me try it. 833 00:34:45,851 --> 00:34:47,250 God dang. 834 00:34:47,252 --> 00:34:49,186 I'll tell you what, boy, this whiskey it's strong 835 00:34:49,188 --> 00:34:51,288 and it's got a really good taste to it. 836 00:34:51,290 --> 00:34:54,057 You can taste the white oak barrel coming through it all the way. 837 00:34:54,059 --> 00:34:55,425 I mean, it's charred. 838 00:34:55,427 --> 00:34:58,462 I believe we're going to be in damn hot with this charred barrel. 839 00:34:58,464 --> 00:35:02,165 That's what we need for this mash to potentially have its flavor. 840 00:35:02,167 --> 00:35:04,301 [jerry] well, get to rolling this core, get her soldered up. 841 00:35:04,303 --> 00:35:06,536 [mike] and we got to put this right in that damn hole right there. 842 00:35:06,538 --> 00:35:07,370 And it's got to fit. 843 00:35:07,372 --> 00:35:08,472 Yeah, I know. 844 00:35:08,474 --> 00:35:11,374 Making a 4-inch core about 36 inches long, 845 00:35:11,376 --> 00:35:13,610 stick straight through the middle of this barrel. 846 00:35:13,612 --> 00:35:15,612 It's sealed, baby. 847 00:35:15,614 --> 00:35:17,114 You know, the most important thing 848 00:35:17,116 --> 00:35:18,548 about this whole entire build here 849 00:35:18,550 --> 00:35:21,885 is getting this core slammed through the center 850 00:35:21,887 --> 00:35:23,820 nice and tight where nothing's going to leak. 851 00:35:23,822 --> 00:35:26,490 That's my biggest concern with this whole rig 852 00:35:26,492 --> 00:35:28,925 that we're going to sit here and leak out mash out 853 00:35:28,927 --> 00:35:30,961 before we ever get a chance to run it. 854 00:35:30,963 --> 00:35:32,662 There it is, right there. 855 00:35:32,664 --> 00:35:33,997 That looks pretty good, mike. 856 00:35:33,999 --> 00:35:36,166 Now that we got the core through the barrel, all we got to do is 857 00:35:36,168 --> 00:35:39,970 flange one end's direction with this hammer as we go. That way, it's a perfect fit. 858 00:35:39,972 --> 00:35:42,739 With the flange to it, let's see what it looks like. 859 00:35:42,741 --> 00:35:44,841 [jerry] I am super excited to get this thing in the woods. 860 00:35:44,843 --> 00:35:47,978 You know, to my knowledge, I have never seen anything like this done before. 861 00:35:47,980 --> 00:35:51,248 And if it works out good, it can be a whole new stepping stone 862 00:35:51,250 --> 00:35:52,516 for the moonshine industry. 863 00:35:52,518 --> 00:35:54,117 [mike] looks good, don't it? 864 00:35:54,119 --> 00:35:58,054 My only concern, I think I need to solder this seam a little bit more. 865 00:35:58,056 --> 00:36:00,624 These flanges should be air and watertight. 866 00:36:00,626 --> 00:36:03,460 You can see it right there, but I'll tell you, I'd like to come on up with it. 867 00:36:03,462 --> 00:36:06,963 And I noticed my solder joint soldered good all the way up, 868 00:36:06,965 --> 00:36:09,599 but I want to put just a little more solder to kind of 869 00:36:09,601 --> 00:36:11,868 ease on up with it up toward that wood. 870 00:36:11,870 --> 00:36:13,003 Let's do it. 871 00:36:13,005 --> 00:36:15,472 Right. I am gonna solder it from the inside. 872 00:36:16,375 --> 00:36:17,407 Whoa! 873 00:36:18,010 --> 00:36:18,942 [groaning] dang it! 874 00:36:18,944 --> 00:36:20,377 Oh, god! 875 00:36:20,379 --> 00:36:22,512 [groaning] 876 00:36:30,622 --> 00:36:32,422 [digger] they have ramps everywhere. 877 00:36:32,424 --> 00:36:35,091 Oh, there's plenty right there, plenty more right there. 878 00:36:35,093 --> 00:36:37,561 I might pick this little mess. 879 00:36:37,563 --> 00:36:39,996 You get up around west virginia, they call them wild leeks. 880 00:36:39,998 --> 00:36:41,364 We call them ramps. 881 00:36:41,366 --> 00:36:43,533 They come up for about three weeks out of the year 882 00:36:43,535 --> 00:36:45,368 and they're a delicacy. 883 00:36:45,370 --> 00:36:47,604 These big clumps like this, you've got to work for them. 884 00:36:47,606 --> 00:36:50,941 They make you work at it. And there's your prize right there. 885 00:36:50,943 --> 00:36:53,109 Fry you up a couple of pounds of bacon, 886 00:36:53,111 --> 00:36:56,112 throw them ramps in there and you've got a meal fit for a king, 887 00:36:56,114 --> 00:36:57,447 and they are delicious. 888 00:36:57,449 --> 00:36:59,916 But they'll make your breath nuclear. 889 00:36:59,918 --> 00:37:02,519 I guess that's why we like them. That way, nobody gets in your face. 890 00:37:03,956 --> 00:37:05,956 [mike] I think I need to solder this seam a little bit more. 891 00:37:05,958 --> 00:37:07,057 Let's do it. 892 00:37:07,059 --> 00:37:08,592 I'm gonna solder it from the inside. 893 00:37:09,294 --> 00:37:10,393 Whoa! 894 00:37:10,796 --> 00:37:12,462 Damn! 895 00:37:12,464 --> 00:37:13,563 Oh, god! 896 00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:16,700 [mike groaning and gasping] 897 00:37:19,972 --> 00:37:21,304 stick the flame to it, 898 00:37:21,340 --> 00:37:25,342 that bastard blows up the side of my head, burns my arm all up. 899 00:37:25,344 --> 00:37:27,611 [bleep] barrel blowed up with alcohol in it. 900 00:37:27,613 --> 00:37:31,081 I need something, I need... I need something to get on my arm. 901 00:37:31,083 --> 00:37:33,283 It [bleep] got me up all the way down through here. 902 00:37:33,285 --> 00:37:36,786 If my face would have been one inch closer to that hole, 903 00:37:36,788 --> 00:37:39,623 I'd be in a bad burn unit some damn where right now. 904 00:37:39,625 --> 00:37:41,992 That could have got somebody damn killed right there. 905 00:37:43,195 --> 00:37:46,496 I'm gonna be fine. It's burnt, it's burnt up 906 00:37:46,498 --> 00:37:49,633 and it come up the side of my damn head. 907 00:37:49,635 --> 00:37:53,103 We're just trying to get the build done and wasn't thinking. 908 00:37:54,172 --> 00:37:56,139 Alcohol vapor is volatile. 909 00:37:56,141 --> 00:37:59,976 When you put flame to volatile vapor, it's going to explode. 910 00:37:59,978 --> 00:38:01,811 Me and mike just poured a gallon of alcohol in this thing. 911 00:38:01,813 --> 00:38:04,281 I mean, we might as well have poured gas out of this barrel. 912 00:38:04,283 --> 00:38:05,849 This barrel could have blown apart to shreds, 913 00:38:05,851 --> 00:38:08,184 and this thing would have splintered apart, lost eyes. 914 00:38:08,186 --> 00:38:10,287 I mean, I'd even hate to think what would have happened. 915 00:38:11,256 --> 00:38:12,656 Man, you all right? 916 00:38:12,791 --> 00:38:16,126 I'm gonna make it, man. That scared me to damn death, I know that. 917 00:38:16,128 --> 00:38:18,295 You know the crazy thing about it is, both of us is welders. 918 00:38:18,297 --> 00:38:20,664 I don't know why neither one of us was thinking about this, 919 00:38:20,666 --> 00:38:22,799 but here we are in a damn hurry. 920 00:38:22,801 --> 00:38:26,569 Building a damn still pot that's already soaked in alcohol vapors. 921 00:38:26,571 --> 00:38:28,238 I'm beginning to think me and jerry 922 00:38:28,240 --> 00:38:30,373 both ain't nothing but a bunch of dumbasses. 923 00:38:31,376 --> 00:38:33,510 God almighty dang, man. 924 00:38:33,512 --> 00:38:37,047 Look at that, man. Flatter than a pancake, son. 925 00:38:37,049 --> 00:38:38,048 Whoo! 926 00:38:40,185 --> 00:38:41,351 [mike] well, that right there 927 00:38:41,353 --> 00:38:45,055 prime damn example of damn alcohol fumes in a vacuum. 928 00:38:45,057 --> 00:38:47,524 You know, the only damn thing that's going through my mind right now, 929 00:38:47,526 --> 00:38:49,459 we're down on our luck. We're broke. 930 00:38:49,461 --> 00:38:51,061 We're on the other side of the mountain. 931 00:38:51,063 --> 00:38:54,764 Ain't nothing we can do now, but start all damn over. 932 00:38:54,766 --> 00:38:57,701 I'm beginning to think our damn season's over before it ever gets started. 933 00:39:07,446 --> 00:39:09,746 [country music playing] 934 00:39:09,748 --> 00:39:12,515 straight back, all right. That's it. Good. 935 00:39:12,517 --> 00:39:13,917 [josh] all right, though! 936 00:39:13,919 --> 00:39:16,319 Well, today's the day. We're gonna run the green lizard, 937 00:39:16,321 --> 00:39:21,157 got to bring everything in worms, caps, all that expensive stuff. 938 00:39:21,159 --> 00:39:24,227 She's ready? Gonna make some money, some green lizard, baby. 939 00:39:24,229 --> 00:39:26,062 [tickle] we've had a few battles to fight. 940 00:39:26,064 --> 00:39:28,365 First off, it was supposed to be strawberry. 941 00:39:28,367 --> 00:39:29,899 We managed with the watermelons 942 00:39:29,901 --> 00:39:32,635 and it filled up one of our small pots. 943 00:39:32,637 --> 00:39:33,870 All right. 944 00:39:33,872 --> 00:39:35,438 By the time you split a dollar up five ways, 945 00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:38,074 don't no nobody got enough money to buy anything. 946 00:39:38,076 --> 00:39:40,310 We're going to have to go a whole lot bigger this year. 947 00:39:40,312 --> 00:39:42,312 We got to pump liquor and keep it going. 948 00:39:42,314 --> 00:39:43,613 We got to get us more fruit. 949 00:39:43,615 --> 00:39:45,315 Oh! 950 00:39:45,317 --> 00:39:48,151 I hate that freaking pump. I mean, listen to it. 951 00:39:48,153 --> 00:39:49,619 That pump is so loud, you can hear it 952 00:39:49,621 --> 00:39:51,054 for a quarter of a mile, half a mile, 953 00:39:51,056 --> 00:39:52,789 but we don't have to run it very long, 954 00:39:52,791 --> 00:39:55,325 just long enough to fill that water box up. 955 00:39:55,327 --> 00:39:56,426 All right. 956 00:39:57,662 --> 00:39:58,795 Damn that pump's loud. 957 00:39:58,797 --> 00:40:00,163 [henry] so we'll be firing in a second. 958 00:40:01,099 --> 00:40:02,565 [josh] go ahead and fire that bitch up. 959 00:40:03,835 --> 00:40:05,702 Don't pull that hose out. Don't pull that hose out! 960 00:40:05,704 --> 00:40:09,339 Hold on. Put that block on that hose, so it won't pull out. 961 00:40:09,341 --> 00:40:10,540 There you go. 962 00:40:10,542 --> 00:40:12,242 Lights, camera, action. 963 00:40:13,879 --> 00:40:15,612 There you go. 964 00:40:15,614 --> 00:40:17,781 Won't be long. We'll have some green lizard. 965 00:40:17,783 --> 00:40:19,482 I tell you what, it smells real good. 966 00:40:19,484 --> 00:40:21,317 Hell yeah, it's going to be good. I am telling you. 967 00:40:21,319 --> 00:40:22,952 -That better be good. -It will be. 968 00:40:22,954 --> 00:40:24,354 [tickle] it's all lizard liquor. 969 00:40:24,356 --> 00:40:25,555 A lizard liquor. 970 00:40:25,557 --> 00:40:27,357 Yes, sir, it's all lizard liquor. 971 00:40:27,359 --> 00:40:28,358 Are you a lizard licker? 972 00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:29,392 [tickle laughing] 973 00:40:29,394 --> 00:40:31,161 on a normal basis, if somebody told me 974 00:40:31,163 --> 00:40:33,396 something was called green lizard, I wouldn't want to drink it, 975 00:40:33,398 --> 00:40:35,465 but I know what went into this. 976 00:40:35,467 --> 00:40:37,834 And, uh, hell, I'll drink any liquor we make. 977 00:40:37,836 --> 00:40:41,671 Where's your cap at? We'll get some paste made up, or something. 978 00:40:41,673 --> 00:40:46,242 Baking cornbread. They don't know it yet. That's not too bad. 979 00:40:46,244 --> 00:40:48,578 [tickle] don't eat up the damn paste. 980 00:40:48,580 --> 00:40:50,880 I'm really excited about making the green lizard. 981 00:40:50,882 --> 00:40:52,449 I think we oughta go ahead and cap it off. 982 00:40:52,451 --> 00:40:54,150 It's been steaming for a few minutes now. 983 00:40:54,152 --> 00:40:55,218 I grew up with it, 984 00:40:55,220 --> 00:40:56,786 and the old-timers would say, 985 00:40:56,788 --> 00:40:59,222 "hey, take a drink off of this stuff right here! 986 00:40:59,224 --> 00:41:01,324 This'll put some hair on your chest. 987 00:41:01,326 --> 00:41:04,594 Either put it on or take it off, warn. I guarantee you. 988 00:41:04,596 --> 00:41:05,829 This thing's good. 989 00:41:05,831 --> 00:41:07,797 That's green lizard, baby. That's what we want. 990 00:41:07,799 --> 00:41:09,365 [henry] it's so good to get outside again. 991 00:41:09,367 --> 00:41:11,634 You know, we were inside through the winter and that was okay. 992 00:41:11,636 --> 00:41:13,903 But there's nothing like getting out in the woods, 993 00:41:13,905 --> 00:41:17,207 setting up on a nice creek. All that nice fresh air. 994 00:41:17,209 --> 00:41:19,809 Here you go, bryan, you need you some paste over yonder? 995 00:41:19,811 --> 00:41:21,911 -Yeah. -All right, there you go. 996 00:41:21,913 --> 00:41:23,346 Y'all got enough over yonder? 997 00:41:23,348 --> 00:41:25,482 [josh] this stuff works awesome. 998 00:41:25,484 --> 00:41:27,050 Somebody's coming across the bridge. 999 00:41:27,052 --> 00:41:27,784 [man yelling]