1 00:00:06,707 --> 00:00:08,674 [narrator] this time on moonshiners... 2 00:00:08,676 --> 00:00:09,908 [digger] you know, any old-timer 3 00:00:09,910 --> 00:00:12,277 that's been involved in this craft will tell you 4 00:00:12,279 --> 00:00:14,780 water's the most important ingredient. 5 00:00:14,782 --> 00:00:16,849 Is there any chance you'd let us set up here, 6 00:00:16,851 --> 00:00:18,017 make a little liquor? 7 00:00:18,019 --> 00:00:20,319 That's a... That's a big question. 8 00:00:20,321 --> 00:00:21,887 Now, it's time to meet the green fairy. 9 00:00:21,889 --> 00:00:23,288 Let's go get her. 10 00:00:23,724 --> 00:00:26,792 Our buyer wants to pay $250 for this one gallon of absinthe. 11 00:00:26,794 --> 00:00:28,761 But if we can impress him with this product, 12 00:00:28,763 --> 00:00:31,063 there's no telling how much money we can make. 13 00:00:31,065 --> 00:00:33,999 Ooh! To hell with liquor, we're gonna make pie. 14 00:00:34,001 --> 00:00:36,268 We're gonna do a trade but we've never run any brandy 15 00:00:36,270 --> 00:00:37,269 in this new rig. 16 00:00:37,271 --> 00:00:39,138 Damn it! So wet, man. 17 00:00:39,140 --> 00:00:40,105 If we can't make it work, 18 00:00:40,107 --> 00:00:42,274 we're gonna be out thousands of dollars. 19 00:00:43,844 --> 00:00:46,378 [digger] this is how we make the moonshine. 20 00:00:49,150 --> 00:00:52,117 [suspenseful music playing] 21 00:00:53,954 --> 00:00:57,156 [digger] it's our last resort right here. 22 00:00:58,759 --> 00:01:01,527 [narrator] just north of cocke county, tennessee, 23 00:01:01,529 --> 00:01:03,796 mark and digger take a long shot 24 00:01:03,798 --> 00:01:07,066 on gaining access to a prized source of limestone water 25 00:01:07,068 --> 00:01:09,368 for their tennessee whisky. 26 00:01:09,370 --> 00:01:12,738 The problem is that source is owned and operated 27 00:01:12,740 --> 00:01:14,973 by a legitimate business. 28 00:01:14,975 --> 00:01:18,043 We've looked tail west and crooked for limestone water. 29 00:01:18,045 --> 00:01:18,811 Well, 30 00:01:18,813 --> 00:01:19,945 I guess no luck. 31 00:01:19,947 --> 00:01:22,981 At this point, this is the only option we've got. 32 00:01:22,983 --> 00:01:26,018 If we can't find a good source of limestone water, 33 00:01:26,020 --> 00:01:28,120 where we can set up and run, 34 00:01:28,122 --> 00:01:31,056 then we're dead in the water on tennessee whiskey. 35 00:01:31,058 --> 00:01:33,959 -And we're kinda out of choices here. -Right. 36 00:01:34,195 --> 00:01:35,294 Can I help you? 37 00:01:36,163 --> 00:01:37,362 [digger] well, hey, john. 38 00:01:37,364 --> 00:01:38,897 Do you happen to remember us? 39 00:01:38,899 --> 00:01:40,099 I do. 40 00:01:40,101 --> 00:01:41,800 Been a while since I've seen you all. 41 00:01:41,802 --> 00:01:43,202 Well... 42 00:01:43,204 --> 00:01:45,971 -We're like bad money, we'll always turn up. -How you doing, buddy? 43 00:01:45,973 --> 00:01:47,072 [mark] the english mountain spring water. 44 00:01:47,074 --> 00:01:49,541 This is the greatest water in the world. 45 00:01:49,543 --> 00:01:52,111 We've always got water there for tempering our liquor. 46 00:01:52,113 --> 00:01:54,279 But we've got to have access to it 47 00:01:54,281 --> 00:01:56,215 where we can set a still site up. 48 00:01:56,851 --> 00:01:58,750 We're kinda up a stump, um, 49 00:01:58,752 --> 00:02:01,553 we're kinda on a bended knee right now, if you will. 50 00:02:01,555 --> 00:02:03,789 We'd like to talk about your water. 51 00:02:03,791 --> 00:02:05,224 John's a business man, 52 00:02:05,226 --> 00:02:08,527 I'm kind of a business man, 53 00:02:08,529 --> 00:02:11,063 and I approached it from that angle with him. 54 00:02:11,065 --> 00:02:12,064 We really was wondering 55 00:02:12,066 --> 00:02:14,333 if you'd care if we captured a little of it? 56 00:02:14,335 --> 00:02:17,269 We've emulated tennessee whiskey pretty good, 57 00:02:17,271 --> 00:02:19,271 and that involves 58 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:20,873 good 59 00:02:20,875 --> 00:02:23,342 hard limestone water. 60 00:02:23,344 --> 00:02:26,044 Your water's hard enough that it will suit our purpose. 61 00:02:26,046 --> 00:02:28,714 I don't see how we can go wrong 62 00:02:28,716 --> 00:02:29,848 with your water. 63 00:02:29,850 --> 00:02:33,752 But we got to have your blessing as well. 64 00:02:33,754 --> 00:02:36,021 You know, I don't know really what john's thinking, 65 00:02:36,023 --> 00:02:37,823 his legitimate business here, 66 00:02:37,825 --> 00:02:39,725 and digger and myself wanting to 67 00:02:39,727 --> 00:02:41,994 participate in illegal activities. 68 00:02:41,996 --> 00:02:44,129 [john] well, you know, I'd have to think about it a little bit, 69 00:02:44,131 --> 00:02:45,831 but I think we can definitely sit down 70 00:02:45,833 --> 00:02:47,199 and have a chat. 71 00:02:47,201 --> 00:02:49,701 He's not shutting us out completely. 72 00:02:49,703 --> 00:02:50,769 That's a good sign. 73 00:02:50,771 --> 00:02:52,671 [john] come on in, see what we can find out. 74 00:02:52,673 --> 00:02:54,206 [digger] age before beauty there, hey. 75 00:02:54,208 --> 00:02:56,108 [john] come on back, guys. We'll show you around. 76 00:02:56,110 --> 00:02:57,209 [digger] you got a lot of cameras in here. 77 00:02:57,211 --> 00:03:00,045 -That makes us nervous. -[john laughs] 78 00:03:00,047 --> 00:03:00,946 [john] well, our spring puts out about 79 00:03:00,948 --> 00:03:03,081 2.5 million gallons of water a day. 80 00:03:03,083 --> 00:03:06,218 Our water has a very unique chemistry to it. 81 00:03:06,220 --> 00:03:07,553 There's a lot of minerals in there, 82 00:03:07,555 --> 00:03:08,887 potassium, magnesium. 83 00:03:08,889 --> 00:03:11,256 Things that give it that unique taste. 84 00:03:11,258 --> 00:03:15,027 But all that stuff is really engineered by nature. 85 00:03:15,029 --> 00:03:16,028 -That's something else. -Amazing. 86 00:03:16,030 --> 00:03:17,429 Well, let's head outside. 87 00:03:19,166 --> 00:03:20,766 [digger] this hillside that leads up 88 00:03:20,768 --> 00:03:21,600 to english mountain, 89 00:03:21,602 --> 00:03:23,535 the forest here is untouched. 90 00:03:23,537 --> 00:03:26,772 John said that he's traced it back to the early 1800s. 91 00:03:26,774 --> 00:03:28,173 You'll notice that 92 00:03:28,175 --> 00:03:30,909 tree that's right up there has got a real unique bend to it. 93 00:03:30,911 --> 00:03:33,111 I was doing some research online 94 00:03:33,113 --> 00:03:35,013 about native american history and 95 00:03:35,049 --> 00:03:36,248 what I found was 96 00:03:36,250 --> 00:03:39,084 native americans had a tendency to fix those 97 00:03:39,086 --> 00:03:40,852 so they could mark a spot. 98 00:03:40,854 --> 00:03:42,921 So, I figured that that's a marker tree. 99 00:03:42,923 --> 00:03:45,524 I can't say for real that that is, 100 00:03:45,526 --> 00:03:48,327 but it looks identical to everything that I saw online. 101 00:03:48,329 --> 00:03:51,029 -[digger] yeah, it's been there a while. -[mark] yes, it has. 102 00:03:51,232 --> 00:03:53,465 Looky there, puss. 103 00:03:53,467 --> 00:03:54,766 [digger] that's a spring right there. 104 00:03:54,768 --> 00:03:57,803 You don't see anybody's water bubbling up that big. 105 00:03:57,805 --> 00:03:58,971 This water's beautiful. 106 00:03:58,973 --> 00:04:01,473 Gem-clear water running right out of the mountains. 107 00:04:01,475 --> 00:04:03,675 Water travels through that limestone spring, 108 00:04:03,677 --> 00:04:06,812 it picks up the minerals out of that limestone. 109 00:04:06,814 --> 00:04:08,647 [john] we've got a valve inside the plant, 110 00:04:08,649 --> 00:04:10,148 -so when we're not processing... -Wow! 111 00:04:10,150 --> 00:04:12,718 ...That water goes back to a settling pond. 112 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:14,219 It just goes right back into the environment, 113 00:04:14,221 --> 00:04:16,688 so we don't anymore than what we need. 114 00:04:16,690 --> 00:04:18,123 That water is constantly moving. 115 00:04:18,125 --> 00:04:19,992 -We never let it sit in a pond. -Yeah. 116 00:04:19,994 --> 00:04:21,193 [digger] you don't get no closer to the source 117 00:04:21,195 --> 00:04:22,227 than you do right here. 118 00:04:22,229 --> 00:04:23,895 Down through there, I saw green rocks, 119 00:04:23,897 --> 00:04:26,031 and that's an indication of copper. 120 00:04:26,033 --> 00:04:28,233 First thing I see on these rocks, that green color. 121 00:04:28,235 --> 00:04:31,003 That tells me that that's copper in those rocks. 122 00:04:31,005 --> 00:04:32,537 So, that's a good sign that 123 00:04:32,539 --> 00:04:34,773 this water's some of the best if copper's in it. 124 00:04:34,775 --> 00:04:36,108 [mark] you know, this water's so clear, 125 00:04:36,110 --> 00:04:39,978 -if it was 100 feet deep, you could see the bottom. -[john] yeah. 126 00:04:39,980 --> 00:04:42,848 English mountain spring water, it's incredibly famous. 127 00:04:42,850 --> 00:04:44,049 It won an award for 128 00:04:44,051 --> 00:04:46,184 best-tasting water in the world. 129 00:04:46,186 --> 00:04:49,054 And, you know, I would love to have access to it. 130 00:04:49,056 --> 00:04:51,890 We know it's fantastic water. 131 00:04:51,892 --> 00:04:54,159 Would you be opposed to us bringing a little, small still 132 00:04:54,161 --> 00:04:55,761 in here and doing a little 133 00:04:55,763 --> 00:04:58,497 experimental run and see what it'd do? 134 00:04:59,733 --> 00:05:02,000 Could be a selling point on down the line, you know, 135 00:05:02,002 --> 00:05:03,835 there might be some big distillery somewhere 136 00:05:03,837 --> 00:05:05,070 wanna come in here and 137 00:05:05,072 --> 00:05:07,172 buy tanker truck loads of it. 138 00:05:07,174 --> 00:05:08,573 You could say, "hey, look here 139 00:05:08,575 --> 00:05:11,410 what this water makes when it comes to alcohol." 140 00:05:12,780 --> 00:05:13,845 well, 141 00:05:13,847 --> 00:05:15,213 you know, I've always wondered, 142 00:05:15,215 --> 00:05:17,082 you know, what else it could do. 143 00:05:18,118 --> 00:05:19,484 I think we could... 144 00:05:19,486 --> 00:05:21,687 I can allow you to make a-- maybe a small run. 145 00:05:21,689 --> 00:05:23,555 I don't need to know anything about it. 146 00:05:23,557 --> 00:05:26,058 -Fair enough. -If that's agreeable, then the two of you-- 147 00:05:26,060 --> 00:05:29,227 -that's very agreeable. -Well, I'ma climb up on a rock to shake your hand, my friend. 148 00:05:29,229 --> 00:05:30,495 I think that's, too... 149 00:05:30,497 --> 00:05:31,863 I think it's very kind of you. 150 00:05:31,865 --> 00:05:34,132 [digger] I can't remember when I've been any more excited 151 00:05:34,134 --> 00:05:36,101 about making one run of liquor. 152 00:05:36,103 --> 00:05:38,603 This is a dream come true for this old boy. 153 00:05:38,605 --> 00:05:39,938 If you had told me no, 154 00:05:39,940 --> 00:05:41,006 I'd have been just as happy going out here, 155 00:05:41,008 --> 00:05:42,140 because of what I got to come look at. 156 00:05:42,142 --> 00:05:44,042 [john] well, I appreciate that. 157 00:05:51,318 --> 00:05:53,485 [mike] it's cold and rainy. He better hurry up. 158 00:05:54,121 --> 00:05:54,786 Sorry I'm late. 159 00:05:54,788 --> 00:05:56,555 I reckon so. 160 00:05:56,557 --> 00:05:59,858 [narrator] two counties south across the state line, 161 00:05:59,860 --> 00:06:02,594 mike and jerry arrange to meet a local farmer 162 00:06:02,596 --> 00:06:05,130 with a surplus of in-season blueberries. 163 00:06:05,132 --> 00:06:07,199 -How y'all guys doing? -[mike] what's happening, man? 164 00:06:07,201 --> 00:06:08,934 Let's take a look at these berries, 165 00:06:08,936 --> 00:06:10,669 see what kind of taste we got in 'em. 166 00:06:10,671 --> 00:06:11,937 Check 'em out. 167 00:06:11,939 --> 00:06:13,505 You know, butch, he's a local farmer, 168 00:06:13,507 --> 00:06:14,606 uh, a friend of ours, 169 00:06:14,608 --> 00:06:17,576 and he's got a crap ton of them blueberries for us. 170 00:06:17,578 --> 00:06:19,177 [jerry] you know, I'm pretty excited about making brandy. 171 00:06:19,179 --> 00:06:21,079 Especially in this new still design we got. 172 00:06:21,081 --> 00:06:22,914 We're gonna be able to make a small batch 173 00:06:22,916 --> 00:06:24,349 of high-quality shine 174 00:06:24,351 --> 00:06:26,885 with a charred oaky flavor 175 00:06:26,887 --> 00:06:28,019 like none other. 176 00:06:28,021 --> 00:06:30,055 [butch] they ought to make y'all some fine brandy. 177 00:06:30,057 --> 00:06:31,757 [mike] butch loves our moonshine. 178 00:06:31,759 --> 00:06:33,225 And he's always wanted a blueberry brandy, 179 00:06:33,227 --> 00:06:34,993 so we're gonna do a trade. 180 00:06:34,995 --> 00:06:36,561 So, he gives us his product 181 00:06:36,563 --> 00:06:37,863 and we give him ours. 182 00:06:37,865 --> 00:06:39,364 Butch will get the first cut of the run 183 00:06:39,366 --> 00:06:40,999 and we get the rest to sell. 184 00:06:41,001 --> 00:06:42,968 -Oh, my god! -Ooh! 185 00:06:42,970 --> 00:06:45,170 The hell with liquor, we're gonna make pies. 186 00:06:45,172 --> 00:06:46,738 Pies and pancakes. 187 00:06:46,740 --> 00:06:47,906 [mike] these blueberries are fine, man. 188 00:06:47,908 --> 00:06:50,609 Big rabbiteye blueberries, really sweet, 189 00:06:50,611 --> 00:06:53,378 and there's some mixed in, it's got a little tartness to 'em. 190 00:06:53,380 --> 00:06:55,647 Top-damn-shelf blueberries, I can tell you that. 191 00:06:55,649 --> 00:06:57,549 And I believe this is gonna make some good brandy. 192 00:06:57,551 --> 00:06:59,651 Seem to be good berries, so I'm looking forward 193 00:06:59,653 --> 00:07:01,086 to a good high yield off of 'em. 194 00:07:01,088 --> 00:07:03,822 They got plenty of sugar, they should yield pretty good. 195 00:07:03,824 --> 00:07:05,223 Well, you're looking at the two that can make it for you 196 00:07:05,225 --> 00:07:06,725 and make it right. 197 00:07:06,727 --> 00:07:08,860 I hope so, blueberries is prime right now. 198 00:07:08,862 --> 00:07:12,197 I'm looking at 750 a barrel, $1,500. 199 00:07:12,199 --> 00:07:14,866 [jerry] we can give you the first run off of these blueberries. 200 00:07:14,868 --> 00:07:15,934 All we need is time. 201 00:07:15,936 --> 00:07:17,035 About how long? 202 00:07:17,070 --> 00:07:18,270 About a month. 203 00:07:18,272 --> 00:07:19,271 You're looking at about a month. 204 00:07:19,740 --> 00:07:20,939 So, if you can wait on us, 205 00:07:20,941 --> 00:07:23,008 we'll put the best blueberry brandy in your mouth 206 00:07:23,010 --> 00:07:24,075 you've ever had in your life. 207 00:07:24,077 --> 00:07:25,243 I promise you that. 208 00:07:26,447 --> 00:07:27,112 [butch] all right. 209 00:07:27,114 --> 00:07:28,914 -We got a deal. -All right. 210 00:07:28,916 --> 00:07:30,315 I'll get the truck, we'll load 'em up. 211 00:07:30,317 --> 00:07:31,383 Appreciate you, brother. 212 00:07:31,385 --> 00:07:33,051 With all these blueberries that butch is given us, 213 00:07:33,053 --> 00:07:35,554 it ought to make several damn runs of brandy. 214 00:07:35,556 --> 00:07:37,756 We've got a good deal going on here. 215 00:07:37,758 --> 00:07:38,990 If we bought these at a grocery store, 216 00:07:38,992 --> 00:07:41,460 we'd be out thousands of dollars. 217 00:07:46,133 --> 00:07:48,700 [jerry] tell you what, if this blueberry tastes as good as that rye did, 218 00:07:48,702 --> 00:07:51,036 man, we got no trouble getting rid of it. 219 00:07:51,038 --> 00:07:51,937 [mike] if this blueberry brandy turns out 220 00:07:51,939 --> 00:07:53,171 the way I expect it to, 221 00:07:53,173 --> 00:07:55,774 me and jerry, we stand to make a lot of damn money. 222 00:07:55,776 --> 00:07:58,076 But, we've never run any brandy in this new rig. 223 00:07:58,078 --> 00:08:00,912 You never know how a new recipe's gonna turn out 224 00:08:00,914 --> 00:08:02,247 till you taste it out the money pot. 225 00:08:02,249 --> 00:08:04,115 You never know what you gonna get. 226 00:08:04,117 --> 00:08:06,351 This might be a bust or a fail. 227 00:08:06,353 --> 00:08:08,320 If butch don't take this liquor for payment, 228 00:08:08,322 --> 00:08:09,554 we owe him some money, 229 00:08:09,556 --> 00:08:10,555 one way or another. 230 00:08:10,557 --> 00:08:12,457 We got us a few more barrels. 231 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:16,261 And, by god, these things are heavy. 232 00:08:16,263 --> 00:08:18,763 Whoo, man you ready to cut some holes? 233 00:08:18,765 --> 00:08:19,931 [jerry] let's do it to it. 234 00:08:19,933 --> 00:08:22,834 We're gonna mash inside the actual pot itself, 235 00:08:22,836 --> 00:08:25,704 but, you know, we've got 600 pounds of blueberries here. 236 00:08:25,706 --> 00:08:26,671 If you don't hurry up to get it 237 00:08:26,673 --> 00:08:28,240 fermenting the way it needs to be, 238 00:08:28,242 --> 00:08:30,575 they'll spoil on you, then you can't use 'em. 239 00:08:30,577 --> 00:08:31,977 These traditional barrels 240 00:08:31,979 --> 00:08:32,911 and some white oak charred barrels, 241 00:08:32,913 --> 00:08:35,046 cut the lids out of 'em and mash 'em in. 242 00:08:35,048 --> 00:08:38,850 It'll give the same concept of what we're doing in the pot itself. 243 00:08:38,852 --> 00:08:40,185 We gotta mash these blueberries up, 244 00:08:40,187 --> 00:08:41,820 just like anything else. 245 00:08:41,822 --> 00:08:42,821 So, I've got a fruit press, 246 00:08:42,823 --> 00:08:43,855 a manual one. 247 00:08:43,857 --> 00:08:45,690 We'll just throw these blueberries in there 248 00:08:45,692 --> 00:08:46,591 and turn the knob. 249 00:08:46,593 --> 00:08:48,360 Two different set of gears in there 250 00:08:48,362 --> 00:08:50,161 that just sucks that fruit down in there and crushes it, 251 00:08:50,163 --> 00:08:52,130 and throws it right in the barrel for you. 252 00:08:52,132 --> 00:08:53,532 Then we can put our hot water in on it 253 00:08:53,534 --> 00:08:55,100 and steep it in, and it's good to go. 254 00:08:55,102 --> 00:08:56,568 And putting this on it right here, 255 00:08:56,570 --> 00:08:57,969 we're gonna have something 256 00:08:58,372 --> 00:08:59,571 wrapped and ready. 257 00:08:59,573 --> 00:09:00,872 Ho-ho! 258 00:09:00,874 --> 00:09:04,743 That's gonna make some blueberry kool-aid right there, baby. 259 00:09:04,745 --> 00:09:05,944 When you mash in a fruit mash, 260 00:09:05,946 --> 00:09:07,746 you turnin' it into wine first. 261 00:09:07,748 --> 00:09:09,915 You distill it off and make a brandy out of it. 262 00:09:09,917 --> 00:09:11,683 This is a little bit longer process, 263 00:09:11,685 --> 00:09:12,951 but 264 00:09:12,953 --> 00:09:15,120 everybody in america wants something different. 265 00:09:15,122 --> 00:09:18,557 All right, buddy, we'll get this blueberried up and in. 266 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:20,125 They want something new. 267 00:09:20,127 --> 00:09:21,927 They love to see the times change 268 00:09:21,929 --> 00:09:23,862 and that's what me and jerry's doing now. 269 00:09:23,864 --> 00:09:25,864 Gonna be a lot of money, son, if all this works out. 270 00:09:25,866 --> 00:09:27,632 Five barrels of mash sitting here. 271 00:09:27,634 --> 00:09:29,935 -And after the rye run that we made... -Yeah. 272 00:09:29,937 --> 00:09:31,937 ...And putting berries in on top of that, 273 00:09:31,939 --> 00:09:34,039 man, it's gonna be good, bubba. 274 00:09:34,041 --> 00:09:36,908 We put about 20 gallons of blueberries per barrel. 275 00:09:36,910 --> 00:09:38,176 These white oak charred barrels, 276 00:09:38,178 --> 00:09:40,278 it's gonna give a really great 277 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:42,814 deep and bold flavor to this mash. 278 00:09:42,816 --> 00:09:44,015 This is beautiful sight. 279 00:09:44,017 --> 00:09:46,351 It smells so good out here in these woods, 280 00:09:46,353 --> 00:09:48,086 I believe it's gonna be one of the best runs 281 00:09:48,088 --> 00:09:49,054 we've ever done. 282 00:09:49,089 --> 00:09:51,022 Hell yeah. 283 00:10:03,170 --> 00:10:05,236 What's in your other hand? You ain't got nothing in your other hand? 284 00:10:05,238 --> 00:10:07,172 [craig] yeah, both arms full. 285 00:10:07,174 --> 00:10:08,807 They might be the two lightest things, 286 00:10:08,809 --> 00:10:10,609 but they're both full. 287 00:10:10,611 --> 00:10:13,878 [narrator] three states away on the louisiana bayou, 288 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:17,182 opportunity is knocking for richard and his brother craig, 289 00:10:17,184 --> 00:10:20,251 if they can produce an authentic absinthe recipe 290 00:10:20,253 --> 00:10:22,921 for a discerning new orleans bar owner. 291 00:10:22,923 --> 00:10:25,090 I got the magic potion right here, man. 292 00:10:25,092 --> 00:10:26,791 Let me see what that smells like. 293 00:10:26,793 --> 00:10:28,093 -Oh, yeah. -Yeah. 294 00:10:28,095 --> 00:10:30,528 -It hit me straight off the lid. -Whoa. 295 00:10:31,832 --> 00:10:34,866 Making this absinthe has been a multistep process. 296 00:10:34,868 --> 00:10:36,968 We started with 30 gallons of basic sugar wash. 297 00:10:36,970 --> 00:10:38,269 We ran that through our still 298 00:10:38,271 --> 00:10:40,972 and got three gallons of high-proof neutral spirit. 299 00:10:40,974 --> 00:10:43,408 Then we had to mix in about a dozen different herbs. 300 00:10:43,977 --> 00:10:45,076 It's green now. 301 00:10:45,078 --> 00:10:47,145 When it comes out that pot, it won't be. 302 00:10:47,147 --> 00:10:48,380 Yeah, it'll be clear. 303 00:10:48,382 --> 00:10:51,249 Today, we're gonna put it back into the still, run it again. 304 00:10:51,251 --> 00:10:52,217 That's gonna come down to 305 00:10:52,219 --> 00:10:55,954 one gallon of a very, very nice white absinthe. 306 00:10:55,956 --> 00:10:57,989 And then, we're gonna take that white absinthe, 307 00:10:57,991 --> 00:11:01,126 and we're gonna turn it into a green absinthe. 308 00:11:01,128 --> 00:11:03,228 This is a lot of substance in... 309 00:11:03,597 --> 00:11:04,696 This right here. 310 00:11:04,698 --> 00:11:06,898 This is a lot of work for one gallon of product, 311 00:11:06,900 --> 00:11:09,134 but this is a real big investment into our future. 312 00:11:09,136 --> 00:11:11,302 Our buyer wants to pay $250 313 00:11:11,304 --> 00:11:12,904 for this one gallon of absinthe. 314 00:11:12,906 --> 00:11:14,939 But if we can impress him with this product, 315 00:11:14,941 --> 00:11:17,208 there's no telling how much money we can make. 316 00:11:17,210 --> 00:11:18,276 [craig] you don't wanna strain it? 317 00:11:18,278 --> 00:11:19,244 No, no straining. 318 00:11:19,246 --> 00:11:21,012 We're putting all this in the pot. 319 00:11:22,883 --> 00:11:24,382 Most of the time, we would strain. 320 00:11:24,384 --> 00:11:25,784 But in a situation like this, 321 00:11:25,786 --> 00:11:26,985 we need the oils 322 00:11:26,987 --> 00:11:29,054 and we need the fragrances and the taste profiles 323 00:11:29,056 --> 00:11:30,622 that come out from being in there. 324 00:11:30,624 --> 00:11:32,957 Can't waste any of this, man. This is precious. 325 00:11:32,959 --> 00:11:36,294 This guy that we're selling this to is a true absinthian. 326 00:11:36,296 --> 00:11:38,263 We wanna make sure that it's right when they get it. 327 00:11:38,265 --> 00:11:40,398 All we gotta do is get some water in here. 328 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:41,299 That water is gonna help 329 00:11:41,301 --> 00:11:43,868 carry over some of the essential oils 330 00:11:43,870 --> 00:11:45,970 and flavors into our absinthe. 331 00:11:45,972 --> 00:11:47,806 [craig] all the botanicals, you're not worried about 332 00:11:47,808 --> 00:11:49,007 scorching the pot? 333 00:11:49,009 --> 00:11:51,943 A little bit, but we're about to get a stick. 334 00:11:51,945 --> 00:11:53,044 We just gotta stir it in the beginning, 335 00:11:53,046 --> 00:11:55,146 make sure it doesn't stick to the bottom of the pot. 336 00:11:55,148 --> 00:11:57,248 I'm gonna start setting stuff up for you. 337 00:11:58,518 --> 00:12:00,919 Man, this actually smells delicious. 338 00:12:00,921 --> 00:12:03,688 If this absinthe tastes anything like it smells, 339 00:12:03,690 --> 00:12:06,324 man, we are in the green. 340 00:12:06,326 --> 00:12:09,127 My instincts are telling me we can cap this thing off. 341 00:12:09,129 --> 00:12:10,295 -That's hot. -It's hot. 342 00:12:10,297 --> 00:12:12,297 I can't wait for this... 343 00:12:12,966 --> 00:12:14,933 To come out of there. 344 00:12:14,935 --> 00:12:16,434 And we can put it in, uh... 345 00:12:17,270 --> 00:12:18,236 Here. 346 00:12:18,238 --> 00:12:20,338 Which is where it's supposed to be. 347 00:12:31,051 --> 00:12:32,083 [mark] you ready to get busy? 348 00:12:32,085 --> 00:12:33,685 [digger] we gotta get with it. 349 00:12:33,687 --> 00:12:35,987 [mark] we need to pick us out a spot first, don't we? 350 00:12:35,989 --> 00:12:38,790 Check out and see where exactly we want to set up. 351 00:12:38,792 --> 00:12:40,592 You know, we got permission from john 352 00:12:40,594 --> 00:12:42,560 to do a run at his spring site. 353 00:12:42,562 --> 00:12:45,063 Right there looks like it's got the best ground right now. 354 00:12:45,065 --> 00:12:46,898 We're gonna mash in today 355 00:12:46,900 --> 00:12:50,235 and try to replicate our tennessee whiskey recipe 356 00:12:50,237 --> 00:12:52,537 using english mountain spring water. 357 00:12:52,539 --> 00:12:54,672 I mean, honestly, if this turns out 358 00:12:54,674 --> 00:12:56,841 a very good, exceptional product, 359 00:12:56,843 --> 00:12:58,676 then we gotta figure out a way 360 00:12:58,678 --> 00:13:01,546 how to get access to this water all the time. 361 00:13:06,186 --> 00:13:08,486 [digger] hang on, I'm gonna hook that other one up to it. 362 00:13:09,289 --> 00:13:10,955 We got permission to run here 363 00:13:10,957 --> 00:13:12,557 at english mountain spring 364 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:14,259 for an experimental run. 365 00:13:14,261 --> 00:13:15,293 What do you reckon? 366 00:13:15,295 --> 00:13:17,328 He didn't understand about... 367 00:13:18,131 --> 00:13:19,531 "hold on, I was gonna connect 368 00:13:19,533 --> 00:13:21,166 the second hose to it." 369 00:13:22,035 --> 00:13:23,968 damn it. 370 00:13:23,970 --> 00:13:26,838 [digger] hell, before I get close and he's yanks on it again. 371 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:27,972 If you don't slow down, 372 00:13:27,974 --> 00:13:29,007 we ain't gonna have enough hose. 373 00:13:29,009 --> 00:13:31,442 We're no strangers to wet, muddier 374 00:13:32,179 --> 00:13:33,745 tiresome working conditions. 375 00:13:33,747 --> 00:13:36,481 I don't mind, but I'm not a spring chicken anymore. 376 00:13:36,483 --> 00:13:38,917 And a damn hose, if anything can hook, 377 00:13:38,919 --> 00:13:41,085 hang, tangle, it will. 378 00:13:41,087 --> 00:13:42,053 You got water? 379 00:13:42,055 --> 00:13:43,588 [digger] it's a-coming. 380 00:13:43,590 --> 00:13:46,124 [mark] don't tug on it none. I hope you got all you need. 381 00:13:46,126 --> 00:13:47,926 [digger] that's about a full stream right there. 382 00:13:47,928 --> 00:13:49,460 Let's get a-something a-cookin'. 383 00:13:51,131 --> 00:13:53,064 It's a slow stream, but it's steady. 384 00:13:53,066 --> 00:13:54,632 [digger] you know, any old-timer 385 00:13:54,634 --> 00:13:57,235 that's been involved in this craft will tell you 386 00:13:57,237 --> 00:13:59,871 that water's the most important ingredient. 387 00:13:59,873 --> 00:14:01,072 You don't have good water, 388 00:14:01,074 --> 00:14:02,073 you ain't gonna make good liquor. 389 00:14:02,075 --> 00:14:03,942 John's doing us a solid, though, 390 00:14:03,944 --> 00:14:05,176 by letting us make this run here. 391 00:14:05,178 --> 00:14:06,211 You ain't just a-kiddin'. 392 00:14:06,213 --> 00:14:07,679 Anything that man asks for, 393 00:14:07,681 --> 00:14:10,882 shy of hiding a body, we need to do it. 394 00:14:10,884 --> 00:14:13,017 Time to get my grain measured out. 395 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:15,019 This holds two pounds, 396 00:14:15,021 --> 00:14:18,022 so I just have to keep track of how many I dump in there. 397 00:14:18,758 --> 00:14:20,658 We're gonna use the same grain bill, 398 00:14:20,660 --> 00:14:22,560 of the barely, corn and rye. 399 00:14:22,562 --> 00:14:25,530 The water is gonna make a huge difference in this. 400 00:14:25,532 --> 00:14:27,599 This water has been scrutinized 401 00:14:27,601 --> 00:14:28,833 by the best in the business, 402 00:14:28,835 --> 00:14:31,069 and it has been declared the best water in the world. 403 00:14:31,071 --> 00:14:32,904 It's good water, it'll make good liquor. 404 00:14:32,906 --> 00:14:35,840 But how good is what we've gotta find out. 405 00:14:35,842 --> 00:14:37,942 Now if you'll get busy stirring that, 406 00:14:37,944 --> 00:14:40,111 I'll get us another pot going. 407 00:14:40,113 --> 00:14:42,780 [mark] the goal here is to produce good liquor, 408 00:14:42,782 --> 00:14:44,649 so, you know, that's all we wish for. 409 00:14:44,651 --> 00:14:46,117 We're not wishing for miracles, 410 00:14:46,119 --> 00:14:48,219 we simply want to make a good product 411 00:14:48,221 --> 00:14:50,889 with the ingredients that we're working with. 412 00:14:50,891 --> 00:14:52,156 All right, you ready? 413 00:14:52,158 --> 00:14:53,424 [digger counts in spanish] 414 00:14:54,060 --> 00:14:55,093 [grunts] 415 00:14:55,095 --> 00:14:58,129 john, gave me a copy of his water analysis 416 00:14:58,131 --> 00:14:59,330 for the mineral content. 417 00:14:59,366 --> 00:15:02,166 And, honestly, it's better than that spring in town. 418 00:15:02,168 --> 00:15:05,169 Right here is one of the best still sites that could ever be. 419 00:15:05,171 --> 00:15:07,238 Let me make motion here on something. 420 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:08,239 Making a motion. 421 00:15:08,241 --> 00:15:10,541 Maybe for future endeavors, 422 00:15:11,177 --> 00:15:12,277 however much this makes us, 423 00:15:12,279 --> 00:15:13,912 let's just give it all to john. 424 00:15:13,914 --> 00:15:15,113 [digger] I'm all for it. 425 00:15:15,115 --> 00:15:16,881 He might look at us in a different light 426 00:15:16,883 --> 00:15:19,651 if he likes it really good. 427 00:15:19,653 --> 00:15:21,986 You know, we're having a lot of conversations about, 428 00:15:21,988 --> 00:15:24,956 if it's good, how are we gonna approach john about 429 00:15:24,958 --> 00:15:27,091 maybe staying here or what we're gonna do to 430 00:15:27,093 --> 00:15:28,760 continue using this water. 431 00:15:28,762 --> 00:15:31,195 There's a lot of questions running through our mind. 432 00:15:31,197 --> 00:15:33,131 You know, it maybe a good opportunity 433 00:15:33,133 --> 00:15:35,266 for john to expand and, bully for him, 434 00:15:35,268 --> 00:15:37,035 -I'm all for that exactly. -If we can. 435 00:15:37,037 --> 00:15:39,570 [digger] if this lives up to our expectations, 436 00:15:39,572 --> 00:15:42,106 then he's gonna have something to brag on. 437 00:15:42,108 --> 00:15:42,941 Sure he does. 438 00:15:42,943 --> 00:15:43,808 John's a business man 439 00:15:43,810 --> 00:15:45,743 and he's a sharp business man at that. 440 00:15:45,745 --> 00:15:48,112 There's a demand for limestone water, 441 00:15:48,114 --> 00:15:50,615 and I'm sure he thinks, "well, maybe 442 00:15:50,617 --> 00:15:52,917 we can go further here 443 00:15:52,919 --> 00:15:56,187 and maybe I can start selling this to distilleries." 444 00:15:56,189 --> 00:15:58,189 I'm ready to dump some of this yeast in there. 445 00:15:58,191 --> 00:15:59,958 Well, you know, as it stands, 446 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:02,160 if this makes the best tennessee whiskey 447 00:16:02,162 --> 00:16:03,962 that's ever been seen, 448 00:16:04,130 --> 00:16:05,630 then that's another dilemma. 449 00:16:05,632 --> 00:16:07,098 We ain't gonna need this stuff no more. 450 00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:08,900 -No, we can load it up. -Let's take it home. 451 00:16:08,902 --> 00:16:12,136 We're not guaranteed access beyond this run. 452 00:16:12,138 --> 00:16:14,706 But, maybe if john tastes this and sees how good it is, 453 00:16:14,708 --> 00:16:17,809 maybe he'll let us continue on working right here. 454 00:16:17,811 --> 00:16:18,776 [digger] I'll see you in the morning. 455 00:16:18,778 --> 00:16:20,178 [mark] all right. 456 00:16:28,755 --> 00:16:31,222 [richard] it's coming in the worm, buddy. It's in the worm. 457 00:16:32,058 --> 00:16:33,057 [craig] how we looking? 458 00:16:33,059 --> 00:16:34,592 -Where is the coon pecker? -Here we go. 459 00:16:34,594 --> 00:16:35,760 Boy, we're dripping, too. 460 00:16:35,762 --> 00:16:38,629 -[craig] there we go, our first drips. -Looking good. 461 00:16:38,631 --> 00:16:40,264 We're out here running our white absinthe 462 00:16:40,266 --> 00:16:42,200 and we're hoping to knock it out of the park. 463 00:16:44,270 --> 00:16:46,771 Oh, I'll be damned. 464 00:16:46,773 --> 00:16:48,206 That's a good shine. 465 00:16:50,110 --> 00:16:51,542 [craig] when it starts flowing, 466 00:16:51,544 --> 00:16:53,177 I'm blown away. 467 00:16:53,179 --> 00:16:55,813 I could not believe 468 00:16:55,815 --> 00:16:58,383 all the flavors that carried over. 469 00:16:58,385 --> 00:16:59,984 That's pretty damn good. 470 00:17:00,020 --> 00:17:00,718 Man. 471 00:17:00,987 --> 00:17:02,153 This ought to be against the law. 472 00:17:02,155 --> 00:17:03,988 It is against the law. 473 00:17:03,990 --> 00:17:05,823 This is awesome, we could deal with this. 474 00:17:05,825 --> 00:17:07,825 I'll drink to that, damn it. 475 00:17:07,827 --> 00:17:10,194 We drink to anything that is good and positive. 476 00:17:10,196 --> 00:17:11,863 This is absinthe 477 00:17:11,865 --> 00:17:14,165 and this is only one part of it. 478 00:17:14,167 --> 00:17:15,733 Now that we have our white absinthe, 479 00:17:15,735 --> 00:17:17,402 we have to turn it green by infusing it. 480 00:17:17,404 --> 00:17:19,303 We have to be really, really careful. 481 00:17:19,305 --> 00:17:21,139 We need to get our color and flavors 482 00:17:21,141 --> 00:17:22,573 perfect on this one. 483 00:17:22,575 --> 00:17:24,242 But we don't have a lot of alcohol to work with. 484 00:17:24,244 --> 00:17:26,044 So, we're gonna do this in small quantities 485 00:17:26,046 --> 00:17:27,311 to make sure we get it right. 486 00:17:27,313 --> 00:17:28,780 If we make a mistake on this, 487 00:17:28,782 --> 00:17:30,181 we'll ruin the whole batch. 488 00:17:30,183 --> 00:17:31,549 You got some more lemon balm? 489 00:17:31,551 --> 00:17:32,283 [craig] I got some more. 490 00:17:32,285 --> 00:17:33,985 Now, this is the... 491 00:17:34,921 --> 00:17:36,954 ...The raw stuff right here. 492 00:17:36,956 --> 00:17:38,923 I want you to gimme some of that spearmint. 493 00:17:38,925 --> 00:17:40,758 As if the work wasn't hard enough already, 494 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:42,560 now we have to balance flavors 495 00:17:42,562 --> 00:17:44,295 and make sure that we turn this green, 496 00:17:44,297 --> 00:17:46,130 and make sure that the end result 497 00:17:46,132 --> 00:17:47,331 is a proper louche. 498 00:17:47,333 --> 00:17:50,368 A louche is when you introduce 499 00:17:50,370 --> 00:17:52,804 cold water into absinthe. 500 00:17:52,806 --> 00:17:54,105 It turns kind of 501 00:17:54,107 --> 00:17:56,240 a cloudy opal 502 00:17:56,242 --> 00:17:58,076 greenish color. 503 00:17:58,078 --> 00:17:59,077 That looks pretty good. 504 00:17:59,079 --> 00:18:00,144 Wormwood 505 00:18:01,047 --> 00:18:02,914 with the lemon balm. 506 00:18:02,916 --> 00:18:05,183 We're using herbs that we already have as flavor 507 00:18:05,185 --> 00:18:06,818 in our drink already. 508 00:18:06,820 --> 00:18:07,919 I'm gonna do hyssop. 509 00:18:07,921 --> 00:18:09,087 There's a balance here 510 00:18:09,089 --> 00:18:10,221 that we're gonna have to accomplish 511 00:18:10,223 --> 00:18:12,056 between color and flavor. 512 00:18:12,058 --> 00:18:14,125 We don't wanna overpower our absinthe 513 00:18:14,127 --> 00:18:16,094 with something that's already there. 514 00:18:16,096 --> 00:18:18,129 That's a nice pretty green color. 515 00:18:22,869 --> 00:18:24,068 You know what? 516 00:18:24,070 --> 00:18:25,169 This [bleep] is good. 517 00:18:25,171 --> 00:18:27,305 This is this. 518 00:18:27,307 --> 00:18:28,139 It is? Let me see. 519 00:18:28,141 --> 00:18:29,540 I swear it is. 520 00:18:30,276 --> 00:18:32,176 There's no change in the taste. 521 00:18:32,545 --> 00:18:34,245 None, it's only green. 522 00:18:34,781 --> 00:18:35,379 Wow! 523 00:18:35,381 --> 00:18:36,080 And look at it green. 524 00:18:36,082 --> 00:18:38,316 This might be it, craig. 525 00:18:38,318 --> 00:18:40,852 We're gonna see if we can get a louche with this thing, man. 526 00:18:40,854 --> 00:18:41,919 That's a good idea. 527 00:18:41,921 --> 00:18:42,887 The flavor's perfect, 528 00:18:42,889 --> 00:18:44,188 the color's perfect, 529 00:18:44,190 --> 00:18:46,991 but if this absinthe doesn't louche properly, 530 00:18:46,993 --> 00:18:48,893 it's not a true absinthe. 531 00:18:48,895 --> 00:18:51,162 When you add cold water into this drink, 532 00:18:51,164 --> 00:18:52,763 the water causes a chemical reaction 533 00:18:52,765 --> 00:18:53,965 that releases the oils. 534 00:18:53,967 --> 00:18:56,367 The oils bounce around at the bottom of the glass. 535 00:18:56,369 --> 00:18:57,935 Kinda reminiscent of the little fairy, 536 00:18:57,937 --> 00:18:58,836 the green fairy. 537 00:18:58,838 --> 00:19:00,538 That's what a proper louche is. 538 00:19:00,540 --> 00:19:02,840 That's what a proper absinthe will give you. 539 00:19:02,842 --> 00:19:04,942 We're gonna just see if it works. 540 00:19:04,944 --> 00:19:07,311 -Ooh, look at that. -[craig] oh, yes. 541 00:19:07,313 --> 00:19:09,213 Wowie! 542 00:19:09,682 --> 00:19:10,815 [richard] look at that. 543 00:19:10,817 --> 00:19:14,152 This is what it was supposed to do! 544 00:19:15,088 --> 00:19:16,821 Tell me what it tastes like. 545 00:19:16,823 --> 00:19:19,390 Oh, I can drink this without burning. 546 00:19:19,392 --> 00:19:21,325 Little slight bitterness, 547 00:19:21,861 --> 00:19:23,027 slight spiciness, 548 00:19:23,029 --> 00:19:24,328 slight liquorish 549 00:19:24,898 --> 00:19:27,198 and my friend, mr. Fennel, 550 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:29,066 comes through in the middle. 551 00:19:29,269 --> 00:19:31,202 Man, this is so awesome. 552 00:19:31,204 --> 00:19:32,837 It tastes real complex. 553 00:19:32,839 --> 00:19:34,172 I actually made a drink 554 00:19:34,174 --> 00:19:36,941 that I can taste five different flavor profiles in. 555 00:19:36,943 --> 00:19:37,875 All right, we got it. 556 00:19:37,877 --> 00:19:38,876 This is the verdict. 557 00:19:38,878 --> 00:19:41,045 Gotta get a good gallon of that going 558 00:19:41,047 --> 00:19:42,246 and bring it to the man. 559 00:19:42,248 --> 00:19:43,548 And collect the l'argent. 560 00:19:43,550 --> 00:19:45,082 Give me my money. 561 00:19:45,084 --> 00:19:46,317 [craig] I'll drink to that. 562 00:19:55,762 --> 00:19:58,162 Just gonna check this, man. Make sure it's ready to roll. 563 00:19:58,164 --> 00:20:00,097 Yeah, our blueberry mash has been working off 564 00:20:00,099 --> 00:20:01,365 for a couple of weeks now. 565 00:20:01,367 --> 00:20:02,533 It's time to run this stuff 566 00:20:02,535 --> 00:20:04,235 and see what it's gonna taste like. 567 00:20:05,071 --> 00:20:06,037 I can drink that just like that, hey. 568 00:20:06,039 --> 00:20:08,172 That's damn good, son. 569 00:20:08,174 --> 00:20:10,841 We're running our fingers down in there and tasting this mash, 570 00:20:10,843 --> 00:20:12,310 it's phenomenal. 571 00:20:12,312 --> 00:20:15,313 That can be strained out of them barrels and bottled right now. 572 00:20:15,315 --> 00:20:17,081 You can taste the char 573 00:20:17,083 --> 00:20:18,216 from the barrel. 574 00:20:18,218 --> 00:20:19,550 The whole nine yards. 575 00:20:19,552 --> 00:20:21,085 If we can get half of this taste 576 00:20:21,087 --> 00:20:22,687 out the other end of the worm, 577 00:20:22,689 --> 00:20:24,055 we gonna be on to something. 578 00:20:24,057 --> 00:20:25,890 All right, man, if you wanna start kind of seeing 579 00:20:25,892 --> 00:20:26,958 if you can get a fire started, 580 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:28,893 I'm gonna get this thing capped off and connected up. 581 00:20:28,895 --> 00:20:30,194 [mike] all righty. 582 00:20:30,196 --> 00:20:32,129 The unique thing about our setup, 583 00:20:32,131 --> 00:20:35,933 it's going out of a white oak american charred barrel, 584 00:20:35,935 --> 00:20:37,735 fusing that flavor in lightly 585 00:20:37,737 --> 00:20:39,370 through a clear brandy. 586 00:20:39,372 --> 00:20:40,972 Well, you know, the big question is 587 00:20:40,974 --> 00:20:41,973 if it's gonna work. 588 00:20:41,975 --> 00:20:43,241 We'll soon find out. 589 00:20:43,243 --> 00:20:44,575 Get her fired up. 590 00:20:46,379 --> 00:20:47,979 We're smoking a little. 591 00:20:48,214 --> 00:20:49,280 Damn it. 592 00:20:50,216 --> 00:20:51,949 It's so wet, man. 593 00:20:52,919 --> 00:20:54,852 That's why it won't light. 594 00:20:54,854 --> 00:20:56,254 I'm sick and tired of trying to make 595 00:20:56,256 --> 00:20:58,155 wet wood burn in this damn thing. 596 00:20:58,157 --> 00:20:59,257 You know, the whole idea is 597 00:20:59,292 --> 00:21:01,292 that we didn't have to pay for fuel this season. 598 00:21:01,294 --> 00:21:02,960 We've got to come up with something 599 00:21:02,962 --> 00:21:04,295 more consistent than this, man. 600 00:21:04,297 --> 00:21:06,063 -We've got too much blueberry mash sitting here... -Oh, I get it. 601 00:21:06,065 --> 00:21:07,064 ...To run. Five barrels. 602 00:21:07,066 --> 00:21:08,532 -I agree. -You know. 603 00:21:08,534 --> 00:21:10,067 Especially when we're running this slow. 604 00:21:10,069 --> 00:21:12,903 I mean, wonder what could we do to make it burn consistent. 605 00:21:12,905 --> 00:21:14,772 Well, we just need a different fuel source. 606 00:21:14,774 --> 00:21:17,141 So, it's got to be either like charcoal pallets or something. 607 00:21:17,143 --> 00:21:19,844 -They use wood pellets on a lot of wood stoves now. -Hmm. 608 00:21:19,846 --> 00:21:21,946 That'd definitely be a good consistent heat. 609 00:21:21,948 --> 00:21:24,949 All we just need is a little catch basket to be able to 610 00:21:24,951 --> 00:21:27,251 hold 'em in place 'cause I can't lay on the bottom. 611 00:21:27,253 --> 00:21:28,853 We pile up, it'll block our oxygen, 612 00:21:28,855 --> 00:21:30,121 -and it won't burn, so... -It won't burn. 613 00:21:30,123 --> 00:21:31,656 So we gotta hold them up a little bit. 614 00:21:31,658 --> 00:21:33,190 If you'll manage right here, 615 00:21:33,192 --> 00:21:34,525 I'll run down here to the store real quick, 616 00:21:34,527 --> 00:21:35,426 little hardware store. 617 00:21:35,428 --> 00:21:36,994 Try to keep this damn thing burning. 618 00:21:36,996 --> 00:21:39,997 What me and jerry's thinking, maybe to go to pellets. 619 00:21:39,999 --> 00:21:42,900 Something that's already been treated and dried out. 620 00:21:42,902 --> 00:21:44,235 -I'll be right back. -All right. 621 00:21:44,237 --> 00:21:47,071 Something that'll burn real hot and clean. 622 00:21:59,919 --> 00:22:02,353 Looks like today may be the day, puss. 623 00:22:02,355 --> 00:22:05,022 Right here's where the rubber meets the road. 624 00:22:05,024 --> 00:22:05,956 [both slurping] 625 00:22:05,992 --> 00:22:06,891 ooh! 626 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:08,526 -It's bitter. -[digger] got some octane. 627 00:22:08,528 --> 00:22:09,694 I believe it do. 628 00:22:09,696 --> 00:22:10,928 [digger] we're gonna run this mash 629 00:22:10,930 --> 00:22:13,030 that's made out of english mountain spring water. 630 00:22:13,032 --> 00:22:14,899 We're gonna see if it does, in fact, 631 00:22:14,901 --> 00:22:17,268 make as good liquor as we think it's going to. 632 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:22,473 Just jump up on it, there you go. 633 00:22:23,776 --> 00:22:25,843 Careful, we don't want it to go to the center of the earth. 634 00:22:25,845 --> 00:22:27,878 We've got a brand-new still, 635 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:29,747 and this one, it was custom built 636 00:22:29,749 --> 00:22:30,815 by a friend of ours. 637 00:22:30,817 --> 00:22:33,084 It's a primo little piece of equipment 638 00:22:33,086 --> 00:22:36,020 and I'm excited about putting it to work. 639 00:22:36,022 --> 00:22:37,521 It requires no paste. 640 00:22:37,523 --> 00:22:41,058 It has tri clamp fitting with neoprene gaskets. 641 00:22:41,060 --> 00:22:44,195 We have access to the thumper inside should we need it. 642 00:22:44,197 --> 00:22:46,931 It's a state of the art little still. 643 00:22:46,933 --> 00:22:48,799 [digger] I'm just gonna put these down here. 644 00:22:48,801 --> 00:22:50,534 Let's see what that gets us. 645 00:22:50,536 --> 00:22:52,737 You'd think, because we're out in the woods, 646 00:22:52,739 --> 00:22:55,039 we're just slap-happy willy-nilly. No, we're not. 647 00:22:55,041 --> 00:22:57,241 We're gonna take all the pains we need to 648 00:22:57,243 --> 00:22:59,944 to make sure we've got zero solids in this pot. 649 00:22:59,946 --> 00:23:01,212 We want nothing to scorch 650 00:23:01,214 --> 00:23:03,714 that would offer any off-flavors to our run. 651 00:23:03,716 --> 00:23:05,082 I'm a-hopin'... 652 00:23:05,084 --> 00:23:07,852 That this tastes as good, if not better 653 00:23:07,854 --> 00:23:09,854 than what we made there at the spring in town. 654 00:23:09,856 --> 00:23:12,890 We want nothing to get between us 655 00:23:12,892 --> 00:23:15,393 and what we want to see at the end of this run. 656 00:23:18,030 --> 00:23:21,232 This thing should take off pretty quick. 657 00:23:21,234 --> 00:23:23,000 But you're gonna have to do something about that hat, 658 00:23:23,002 --> 00:23:24,268 it's growing damn canker in it. 659 00:23:24,270 --> 00:23:26,036 That black mold's growing right there. 660 00:23:26,038 --> 00:23:27,138 [mark] oh, that ain't black mold, 661 00:23:27,140 --> 00:23:30,141 that's lard and [bleep] off my fingers. 662 00:23:30,143 --> 00:23:32,042 That's what feeding that mold. 663 00:23:32,545 --> 00:23:35,045 Man, there's another story. 664 00:23:35,047 --> 00:23:36,113 [digger] we're getting... 665 00:23:36,549 --> 00:23:37,982 ...Hot here. 666 00:23:38,551 --> 00:23:40,017 Oh, hell yeah, boy! 667 00:23:40,019 --> 00:23:41,819 We better get us a catch jug. 668 00:23:41,821 --> 00:23:44,088 We only have permission to do one run here. 669 00:23:44,090 --> 00:23:46,657 It's a catch-22. If this is really good liquor, 670 00:23:46,659 --> 00:23:47,958 we may have a problem, 671 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:49,093 we're not allowed to stay here. 672 00:23:49,095 --> 00:23:50,895 If it isn't as good 673 00:23:50,897 --> 00:23:52,029 as what we've been running, 674 00:23:52,031 --> 00:23:53,998 where do we go from here? 675 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,933 [digger] we gotta catch heads here. 676 00:23:55,935 --> 00:23:57,067 [mark] there we go, heady. 677 00:23:57,069 --> 00:23:59,937 English mountain spring water tennessee whi'key. 678 00:23:59,939 --> 00:24:01,071 [digger] well, you know, it's the way 679 00:24:01,073 --> 00:24:03,174 tennessee whiskey's supposed to be made. 680 00:24:03,176 --> 00:24:04,542 -In tennessee. -In tennessee. 681 00:24:16,989 --> 00:24:18,722 That ain't nothing but fine. 682 00:24:18,724 --> 00:24:21,959 Boy, it's good though. Damn, it's just perfect. 683 00:24:21,961 --> 00:24:23,894 Liquor that good will mess you up. 684 00:24:23,896 --> 00:24:26,664 Oh, my god! Can you imagine when it comes out of the barrel? 685 00:24:26,666 --> 00:24:29,200 [digger] this liquor is outstanding. 686 00:24:29,202 --> 00:24:31,836 It's better. It's got a sweeter note. 687 00:24:31,838 --> 00:24:34,205 Everything comes across well in the palate. 688 00:24:34,207 --> 00:24:36,073 It's a shame that we can't set up here 689 00:24:36,075 --> 00:24:37,842 and just make camp right here 690 00:24:37,844 --> 00:24:39,176 and work for a couple of years. 691 00:24:39,178 --> 00:24:42,012 This is the water source 692 00:24:42,014 --> 00:24:43,247 for tennessee whiskey. 693 00:24:43,249 --> 00:24:45,082 I won't ever 694 00:24:45,084 --> 00:24:47,084 miss that water in town again... 695 00:24:47,086 --> 00:24:49,987 -No. -...If we can have this water. 696 00:24:49,989 --> 00:24:52,723 [mark] I think it's better than what we've been making. 697 00:24:52,725 --> 00:24:55,092 It's dandy, dandy liquor. 698 00:24:55,094 --> 00:24:57,561 This is where our problem just begins. 699 00:24:57,563 --> 00:24:59,964 Now, we have got to find a way 700 00:24:59,966 --> 00:25:01,765 to get permanent access 701 00:25:01,767 --> 00:25:02,666 to this water. 702 00:25:02,668 --> 00:25:05,035 This is a dilemma for us bad. 703 00:25:05,037 --> 00:25:06,770 [digger] if he loves it, then we're in business, 704 00:25:06,772 --> 00:25:08,239 he'll want more of it. 705 00:25:19,218 --> 00:25:21,252 [richard] come see. This is what we got to do real quick. 706 00:25:21,254 --> 00:25:22,152 What you got? 707 00:25:22,154 --> 00:25:24,088 And don't laugh at how I draw. 708 00:25:24,090 --> 00:25:25,689 This is that fountain. 709 00:25:25,691 --> 00:25:28,058 Absinthe has a bit of a ceremony to it. 710 00:25:28,060 --> 00:25:30,027 It starts by dripping cold water 711 00:25:30,029 --> 00:25:31,328 into the liquid. 712 00:25:31,330 --> 00:25:33,764 This process is called a louche. 713 00:25:33,766 --> 00:25:34,899 I'ma gonna call tim, man. 714 00:25:34,901 --> 00:25:37,268 I mean, he helped us out on our first deal. 715 00:25:37,270 --> 00:25:39,069 -He helped us out on everything... -Oh, man, everything. 716 00:25:39,071 --> 00:25:40,271 ...And everything else. 717 00:25:40,273 --> 00:25:41,739 We're gonna build an absinthe fountain. 718 00:25:41,741 --> 00:25:43,908 Drinking absinthe is a whole ritual, 719 00:25:43,910 --> 00:25:46,176 and the fountain is the center of it. 720 00:25:46,178 --> 00:25:47,144 [tim on phone] hello. 721 00:25:47,146 --> 00:25:48,913 Tim, are you in town? 722 00:25:48,948 --> 00:25:50,314 Yeah. 723 00:25:50,316 --> 00:25:52,016 I need some help. You think you can give me a hand? 724 00:25:52,318 --> 00:25:53,150 All right. 725 00:25:53,152 --> 00:25:54,718 All right, I'll see you then. 726 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:56,820 I wanna build an absinthe fountain because 727 00:25:56,822 --> 00:25:59,990 I wanna present this product the proper way. 728 00:25:59,992 --> 00:26:02,026 [narrator] at the peak of absinthe's popularity 729 00:26:02,028 --> 00:26:04,028 in the late 1800s, 730 00:26:04,030 --> 00:26:06,897 european bars and cafes developed tools 731 00:26:06,899 --> 00:26:08,999 known as absinthiana 732 00:26:09,001 --> 00:26:11,168 to enhance the drinking experience. 733 00:26:11,170 --> 00:26:13,871 The most important was the absinthe fountain, 734 00:26:13,873 --> 00:26:16,140 used to slowly drip ice water 735 00:26:16,142 --> 00:26:18,175 into a round of absinthe glasses 736 00:26:18,177 --> 00:26:19,944 for a proper louche. 737 00:26:19,946 --> 00:26:22,580 By the turn of the 20th century, 738 00:26:22,582 --> 00:26:25,816 fountains emblazoned with the logos of absinthe makers 739 00:26:25,818 --> 00:26:29,253 could be found in bars from paris to new orleans. 740 00:26:29,255 --> 00:26:31,889 The center piece of a social ritual 741 00:26:31,891 --> 00:26:34,391 forever tied to the liquor itself. 742 00:26:35,761 --> 00:26:37,861 [richard] that looks like it's tim. 743 00:26:37,863 --> 00:26:39,763 Tim can do this while he's sleeping. 744 00:26:39,765 --> 00:26:40,731 Tim's been with me 745 00:26:40,733 --> 00:26:42,766 since the beginning of my moonshining days. 746 00:26:42,768 --> 00:26:44,835 -Tim, what's going on tim? -What's up, rich? 747 00:26:44,837 --> 00:26:46,837 -What's happening man? -[tim] how y'all doing? 748 00:26:46,839 --> 00:26:49,340 Tim's a master plumber, he's an architect also. 749 00:26:49,342 --> 00:26:50,874 He's really into things like this. 750 00:26:50,876 --> 00:26:52,176 I need tim's help 751 00:26:52,178 --> 00:26:53,944 because I don't have time to mess around with this. 752 00:26:53,946 --> 00:26:54,845 We're meeting this buyer tonight, 753 00:26:54,847 --> 00:26:56,080 and this fountain needs to work. 754 00:26:56,082 --> 00:26:57,848 What y'all trying to do? 755 00:26:57,850 --> 00:26:59,717 This is an absinthe fountain, man. 756 00:26:59,719 --> 00:27:02,186 The only way to truly enjoy absinthe 757 00:27:02,188 --> 00:27:04,888 is to, uh, take some cold water, some ice water, 758 00:27:04,890 --> 00:27:06,557 and just drip it in slowly. 759 00:27:06,559 --> 00:27:08,225 What you think? 760 00:27:08,227 --> 00:27:10,661 -This sale that-- -you need to make a dripper. 761 00:27:10,663 --> 00:27:11,962 Something that's gonna drip. 762 00:27:11,964 --> 00:27:14,064 But I need this dripper to look like something 763 00:27:14,066 --> 00:27:15,699 -that would be... -Yeah, a pretty dripper. 764 00:27:15,701 --> 00:27:16,834 A pretty dripper. 765 00:27:16,836 --> 00:27:18,068 -[craig] a descent dripper. [laughs] -yeah. 766 00:27:18,070 --> 00:27:19,236 I don't see no problem. 767 00:27:19,238 --> 00:27:20,337 -You don't see no problem? -Nah! 768 00:27:20,339 --> 00:27:21,138 Let's make a dripper. 769 00:27:21,140 --> 00:27:22,906 All right, let's see. 770 00:27:22,908 --> 00:27:24,274 Let's go shopping here in your truck, tim, what you got? 771 00:27:24,276 --> 00:27:25,142 Man, 772 00:27:25,144 --> 00:27:26,844 I brought an assortment of stuff. 773 00:27:26,846 --> 00:27:29,113 Brought some copper, some fittings. 774 00:27:29,115 --> 00:27:31,782 That tubing ought to be perfect right there. 775 00:27:31,784 --> 00:27:32,783 Tim's got everything. 776 00:27:32,785 --> 00:27:34,952 I mean, he's got pipe, plates, tubing. 777 00:27:34,954 --> 00:27:36,120 I mean, you name it, he's got it. 778 00:27:36,122 --> 00:27:37,788 You could actually wrap 779 00:27:37,790 --> 00:27:39,723 the copper around. 780 00:27:39,725 --> 00:27:41,291 And that way, it kinda looks like a worm. 781 00:27:41,293 --> 00:27:43,160 To make it look like a condenser. 782 00:27:43,162 --> 00:27:43,961 Yeah. 783 00:27:43,996 --> 00:27:44,795 Oh! 784 00:27:44,797 --> 00:27:45,929 Coming from the glass. 785 00:27:45,931 --> 00:27:47,731 I got these little fancy things. 786 00:27:47,733 --> 00:27:49,033 [richard] we're gonna use some basic steel pipes 787 00:27:49,035 --> 00:27:50,768 to build a base to this fountain. 788 00:27:50,770 --> 00:27:52,302 I think something like this, richard. 789 00:27:52,872 --> 00:27:54,004 Let me see that jar, 790 00:27:54,006 --> 00:27:55,272 let me see what that would look like. 791 00:27:55,274 --> 00:27:56,006 [craig] that's perfect. 792 00:27:56,008 --> 00:27:56,974 [richard] let's do some coiling 793 00:27:56,976 --> 00:27:58,075 and see if we can get these things 794 00:27:58,077 --> 00:27:59,810 looking like a condenser. 795 00:27:59,812 --> 00:28:01,145 Yeah, I can see it already. 796 00:28:01,981 --> 00:28:03,480 Kind of bore it out a little bit. 797 00:28:04,150 --> 00:28:05,382 We can take this 798 00:28:05,384 --> 00:28:06,550 and we put that through it. 799 00:28:07,019 --> 00:28:07,785 Wrap the base, 800 00:28:07,787 --> 00:28:09,987 get our worm fabricated. 801 00:28:09,989 --> 00:28:12,156 [richard] for the dripper, we picked up some copper tubing 802 00:28:12,158 --> 00:28:13,657 and a couple of small valves 803 00:28:13,659 --> 00:28:15,059 for a nice slow flow. 804 00:28:15,061 --> 00:28:17,027 [tim] like this. Bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop. 805 00:28:17,329 --> 00:28:18,696 [richard] and little spigots. 806 00:28:18,698 --> 00:28:19,997 [tim] good tight end seal. 807 00:28:20,666 --> 00:28:22,132 [richard] get that jar for me right there. 808 00:28:22,134 --> 00:28:23,867 When we finish with this, it's gonna look like, 809 00:28:23,869 --> 00:28:25,536 it's dripping right from the worm 810 00:28:25,538 --> 00:28:26,437 out of our still. 811 00:28:27,206 --> 00:28:28,272 [tim] snug it up. 812 00:28:28,274 --> 00:28:29,206 Moment of truth, man. 813 00:28:29,208 --> 00:28:31,075 We gonna find out right now. 814 00:28:31,077 --> 00:28:33,310 But, look, if this right here works, 815 00:28:33,946 --> 00:28:35,312 I'ma run and jump in that bayou. 816 00:28:35,314 --> 00:28:37,014 [tim] oh, I gotta see that. 817 00:28:38,984 --> 00:28:39,950 [richard] yeah, 818 00:28:39,952 --> 00:28:41,919 that's what I needed to see, man. 819 00:28:41,921 --> 00:28:43,020 Oh, yeah! Thank you, bro. 820 00:28:43,022 --> 00:28:44,321 [tim] that's the dripper. 821 00:28:44,323 --> 00:28:46,123 [richard] that's what I needed to see right there. 822 00:28:46,125 --> 00:28:47,891 This is the final piece of the puzzle. 823 00:28:47,893 --> 00:28:50,394 We got our taste, we got our color. 824 00:28:50,396 --> 00:28:52,129 Now, we got our presentation. 825 00:28:52,198 --> 00:28:53,263 Man... 826 00:28:53,399 --> 00:28:54,064 Thanks, bro. 827 00:28:54,066 --> 00:28:55,065 No problem. 828 00:28:55,067 --> 00:28:56,934 I just hope it meets this guy's expectations. 829 00:28:56,936 --> 00:28:58,168 [tim] just holler if you need something. 830 00:28:58,170 --> 00:29:00,304 -[richard] I sure will. -[craig] all right, we sure will. 831 00:29:11,817 --> 00:29:14,051 I don't know, man. This damn thing. 832 00:29:14,053 --> 00:29:16,120 Looks like I'm coming in about the right time here. 833 00:29:16,122 --> 00:29:17,421 Yeah, you might be. 834 00:29:18,190 --> 00:29:20,157 I'm sick of it, man. 835 00:29:20,159 --> 00:29:21,525 We're gonna get 'er done real quick, 836 00:29:21,527 --> 00:29:22,459 right here, just a minute. 837 00:29:22,461 --> 00:29:24,328 [mike] pellets are all kinds of hardwood. 838 00:29:24,330 --> 00:29:25,929 It's been kiln-dried, 839 00:29:25,931 --> 00:29:27,231 ground to a powder 840 00:29:27,233 --> 00:29:29,700 and then compressed into hard little pellets. 841 00:29:29,702 --> 00:29:30,834 [jerry] we'll do the fort down in there 842 00:29:30,836 --> 00:29:32,102 where it kinda of makes a "v" in the bottom of it. 843 00:29:32,104 --> 00:29:33,837 -Yeah. -And then we can just bring it up 844 00:29:33,839 --> 00:29:35,739 and kind of just fold it over the top, that'll hold it. 845 00:29:35,741 --> 00:29:38,008 Basically, all we making is a bird's nest basket 846 00:29:38,010 --> 00:29:40,811 to set down in this thing to pour the pellets in, 847 00:29:40,813 --> 00:29:42,579 where they'll stop at a certain point, 848 00:29:42,581 --> 00:29:43,847 and where we can light 'em up 849 00:29:43,849 --> 00:29:45,983 and then they'll just self-feed down through there 850 00:29:45,985 --> 00:29:46,950 and try to burn. 851 00:29:48,053 --> 00:29:49,853 [jerry] I don't think it's gonna work, man. 852 00:29:49,855 --> 00:29:51,288 [mike] damn, I hope it does. 853 00:29:52,291 --> 00:29:53,991 [jerry] get her fired up. 854 00:29:55,561 --> 00:29:57,694 Jerry comes waddling on back into the still site 855 00:29:57,696 --> 00:29:59,029 and he's got a big bag of pellets, 856 00:29:59,031 --> 00:30:00,430 which I get in there with the thrower, 857 00:30:00,432 --> 00:30:01,965 blow into to it... 858 00:30:01,967 --> 00:30:03,567 [jerry] oh, she's picking up steam now. 859 00:30:03,569 --> 00:30:04,568 [mike] yeah, buddy. 860 00:30:04,570 --> 00:30:05,969 It immediately lights up, 861 00:30:05,971 --> 00:30:07,004 and we're good to go. 862 00:30:07,006 --> 00:30:09,239 I hadn't seen it burn like that yet. 863 00:30:09,241 --> 00:30:10,874 [jerry] that's a really consistent burn, too. 864 00:30:10,876 --> 00:30:12,075 It is. 865 00:30:12,077 --> 00:30:14,011 See now, we can do what we gotta do. 866 00:30:14,013 --> 00:30:14,978 We know it's burning, 867 00:30:14,980 --> 00:30:16,046 it's not going out. 868 00:30:16,048 --> 00:30:17,214 And it's consistently burning 869 00:30:17,216 --> 00:30:19,149 with the right amount of damn oxygen. 870 00:30:19,985 --> 00:30:22,019 Come to just stanley gettin' it, baby. 871 00:30:22,021 --> 00:30:23,821 Whoo! I'm liking it. 872 00:30:23,823 --> 00:30:25,088 This is a brand-new rig 873 00:30:25,090 --> 00:30:27,257 made of a white oak charred barrel. 874 00:30:27,259 --> 00:30:29,193 We got a copper core going through the center of it 875 00:30:29,195 --> 00:30:30,561 from top to bottom. 876 00:30:30,563 --> 00:30:33,197 And we're gonna be open flame from the bottom 877 00:30:33,199 --> 00:30:35,065 all the way through this core, out the chimney. 878 00:30:35,067 --> 00:30:36,233 It's very important to run your liquor 879 00:30:36,235 --> 00:30:37,668 at a consistent temperature. 880 00:30:37,670 --> 00:30:39,269 You've got to have that sweet spot 881 00:30:39,271 --> 00:30:41,138 and that's what we got here with these pellets. 882 00:30:41,407 --> 00:30:42,706 Feel that, jerry. 883 00:30:42,808 --> 00:30:45,108 -That son of gun is getting warm right there already. -Whoo-hoo! 884 00:30:45,778 --> 00:30:47,978 Now, this right here is gonna be 885 00:30:47,980 --> 00:30:49,680 the name of the damn game for us. 886 00:30:49,682 --> 00:30:52,182 We can run this thing nice and slow and consistent 887 00:30:52,184 --> 00:30:54,218 and get everything that we need to get out of this run. 888 00:30:54,220 --> 00:30:56,019 It's doing great. 889 00:30:57,790 --> 00:30:59,556 -Nice. -I say you ought to be getting close. 890 00:30:59,558 --> 00:31:01,191 Yeah, starting to look like it's getting a little... 891 00:31:01,193 --> 00:31:02,426 Looky there. 892 00:31:02,995 --> 00:31:04,962 Wowzers, [bleep] yeah! 893 00:31:04,964 --> 00:31:06,063 We got it, don't we? 894 00:31:06,065 --> 00:31:07,731 Look at that stream, son. 895 00:31:07,733 --> 00:31:10,067 [mike] we got alcohol, don't we? 896 00:31:10,069 --> 00:31:11,335 Smell that-- those notes in there. 897 00:31:11,337 --> 00:31:14,171 Yeah, the notes of them blueberries, for sure. 898 00:31:14,173 --> 00:31:15,739 -And that char. -Mmm-hmm. 899 00:31:15,741 --> 00:31:16,940 The char's in there really good. 900 00:31:16,942 --> 00:31:18,809 It's got a good rich smell to it. 901 00:31:18,811 --> 00:31:20,143 [mike] that blueberry's coming through. 902 00:31:20,145 --> 00:31:22,746 You can smell those notes from the charred barrel, 903 00:31:22,748 --> 00:31:24,081 from the blueberry coming through. 904 00:31:24,083 --> 00:31:26,450 We gonna wait till it kind of tempers itself down, 905 00:31:26,452 --> 00:31:28,151 getting them harsh. We gonna take this to swallow. 906 00:31:28,153 --> 00:31:30,420 Now, we're in the business end of it right now. 907 00:31:30,422 --> 00:31:32,155 That's what we're looking for. 908 00:31:32,157 --> 00:31:33,624 The bed in the sand. 909 00:31:33,626 --> 00:31:35,292 You know, I'm ready to taste this brandy right now. 910 00:31:35,294 --> 00:31:36,860 I'm getting nervous on how it's gonna taste. 911 00:31:36,862 --> 00:31:38,195 I can smell those good notes 912 00:31:38,197 --> 00:31:40,030 coming from the barrel and the blueberries. 913 00:31:40,032 --> 00:31:41,965 But it's time to take us a swallow and see-- 914 00:31:41,967 --> 00:31:44,801 see really what me and jerry's done here today. 915 00:31:44,803 --> 00:31:46,937 Looks like we about to another jug, brother. 916 00:31:46,939 --> 00:31:47,537 [jerry] we on it. 917 00:31:48,908 --> 00:31:50,941 Don't, don't... 918 00:31:50,943 --> 00:31:52,242 -Don't spill on it. -Don't spill it. 919 00:31:52,912 --> 00:31:53,911 Let me hold on to that. 920 00:31:53,913 --> 00:31:55,112 We gotta try it, don't we? 921 00:31:55,114 --> 00:31:56,546 I am super excited about this right here. 922 00:31:59,218 --> 00:32:00,284 There you go. 923 00:32:02,254 --> 00:32:03,954 [mike] I'm smelling the blueberries 924 00:32:03,956 --> 00:32:05,389 a lot better than it was before. 925 00:32:11,497 --> 00:32:12,496 Wow. 926 00:32:13,799 --> 00:32:15,866 That's blueberry damn brandy right there, buddy. 927 00:32:15,868 --> 00:32:17,801 The notes of the charcoal-- 928 00:32:17,803 --> 00:32:19,236 -it's there. -...The chars there. 929 00:32:19,238 --> 00:32:21,138 I'm really, I'm loving this. 930 00:32:22,107 --> 00:32:23,273 Mmm. 931 00:32:23,776 --> 00:32:25,676 This stuff tastes amazing. 932 00:32:25,678 --> 00:32:28,045 I mean, one of the best runs we've ever made. 933 00:32:28,047 --> 00:32:30,280 And we taste like blueberries but not... 934 00:32:30,282 --> 00:32:31,315 Coated in damn sugar. 935 00:32:31,317 --> 00:32:32,282 Yeah. 936 00:32:32,785 --> 00:32:33,917 [mike] I like it. 937 00:32:33,919 --> 00:32:35,886 It's good. I believe it'll sell. 938 00:32:35,888 --> 00:32:36,753 I'm tickled with it. 939 00:32:36,755 --> 00:32:38,822 It's got the wood charred notes in it, 940 00:32:38,824 --> 00:32:41,091 it's got the blueberry coming through it just right. 941 00:32:41,093 --> 00:32:44,127 I believe this stuff is gonna sell like crazy. 942 00:32:44,129 --> 00:32:46,897 It's perfect, I mean, don't touch it, 943 00:32:46,899 --> 00:32:48,532 don't fix it if it ain't broke. 944 00:32:48,534 --> 00:32:50,100 This stuff is great. 945 00:32:50,102 --> 00:32:52,035 [clears throat] that's about it, ain't it, bubba? 946 00:32:52,037 --> 00:32:53,937 Yeah, we're pushing right down there 947 00:32:53,939 --> 00:32:55,005 in the bottom of the tails. So... 948 00:32:55,007 --> 00:32:55,939 Yep. 949 00:32:55,941 --> 00:32:57,174 We don't need to push it no more. 950 00:32:57,176 --> 00:32:58,842 [mike] all righty. 951 00:32:58,844 --> 00:33:00,043 [jerry] let's get this stuff loaded up 952 00:33:00,045 --> 00:33:01,078 and get it out of here. 953 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,246 [mike] I reckon it's about that dadgum, ain't it? 954 00:33:03,248 --> 00:33:05,115 -[jerry] oh, sure is. -[grunts] oh, damn! 955 00:33:05,584 --> 00:33:06,984 [grunts] 956 00:33:07,186 --> 00:33:08,852 [jerry] this ain't as easy as carrying the buckets, though, but... 957 00:33:08,854 --> 00:33:10,153 [mike] hell, yeah! Dang. 958 00:33:10,155 --> 00:33:13,557 Blueberry brandy though, baby. We have done it, son. 959 00:33:25,270 --> 00:33:26,903 [richard] look at all this big money over here, 960 00:33:26,905 --> 00:33:28,338 big buildings, 961 00:33:29,008 --> 00:33:29,740 big lights. 962 00:33:29,775 --> 00:33:31,208 This is big money out here, man. 963 00:33:31,777 --> 00:33:33,010 We in new orleans, louisiana, 964 00:33:33,012 --> 00:33:34,644 we're on our way to make a sale right now. 965 00:33:34,646 --> 00:33:37,214 It's a big city, man, to be just walking in and saying, 966 00:33:37,216 --> 00:33:38,849 "here, look, we got shine for you," 967 00:33:38,851 --> 00:33:39,983 I'm kinda nervous. 968 00:33:39,985 --> 00:33:41,985 It's the first time we've ever tried anything like this 969 00:33:41,987 --> 00:33:43,687 and we have to put a drink in front of someone 970 00:33:43,689 --> 00:33:45,022 who knows about it. 971 00:33:45,057 --> 00:33:46,890 What I wanna do is I wanna stop, get the fountain ready, 972 00:33:46,892 --> 00:33:49,059 so we can do a louche for this dude. 973 00:33:49,061 --> 00:33:51,361 This guy's a real absinthe aficionado. 974 00:33:51,897 --> 00:33:52,796 Let's hurry up, man, 975 00:33:52,865 --> 00:33:54,831 we don't even know where we at over here. 976 00:33:54,833 --> 00:33:57,234 We don't wanna be doing this at the site. 977 00:33:58,537 --> 00:34:00,804 We're gonna fill this up with ice. 978 00:34:00,806 --> 00:34:02,205 We're gonna try this out and see how it works. 979 00:34:02,207 --> 00:34:03,874 I'm anxious to get this drink in his hand 980 00:34:03,876 --> 00:34:05,275 and hear his response from it. 981 00:34:05,277 --> 00:34:07,911 Three to one, water to absinthe ratio. 982 00:34:07,913 --> 00:34:10,380 This is what does our louche. 983 00:34:10,382 --> 00:34:12,082 Just a little drip like that... 984 00:34:12,117 --> 00:34:13,083 Is all it takes 985 00:34:13,085 --> 00:34:14,985 to release the flavors and the oils 986 00:34:14,987 --> 00:34:16,987 and the botanicals from state. 987 00:34:16,989 --> 00:34:18,655 He doesn't know that we did this for him, 988 00:34:18,657 --> 00:34:19,956 it's just something that we wanted to do 989 00:34:19,958 --> 00:34:22,726 to make sure that we give a customer the right thing. 990 00:34:22,728 --> 00:34:24,561 And these things can get quite expensive. 991 00:34:24,563 --> 00:34:26,229 I mean, you can go buy one for 992 00:34:26,231 --> 00:34:28,565 $300-$400 out of the store. 993 00:34:28,567 --> 00:34:30,767 Or you can contact us for 19.95, 994 00:34:30,769 --> 00:34:33,003 -you can have this one right here. -Plus shipping and handling. 995 00:34:33,005 --> 00:34:35,205 -Come on, let's go. -We oughta get in the business of making these things. 996 00:34:35,207 --> 00:34:37,741 Hey, man, you think I ain't been thinking about it? 997 00:34:37,743 --> 00:34:39,209 We make it seem like this is fun and games, 998 00:34:39,211 --> 00:34:40,977 but we are really going to sell some alcohol 999 00:34:40,979 --> 00:34:43,180 to someone that we really don't know. 1000 00:34:43,182 --> 00:34:46,049 Selling alcohol to anyone, you can go to jail. 1001 00:34:46,051 --> 00:34:47,150 I mean... 1002 00:34:47,152 --> 00:34:48,085 I'm a big little dude, 1003 00:34:48,087 --> 00:34:49,786 but they'll call me strawberry in jail. 1004 00:34:49,788 --> 00:34:51,254 I don't want to go to jail. 1005 00:34:51,256 --> 00:34:52,322 [richard] let's set this thing up, man, 1006 00:34:52,324 --> 00:34:53,790 and get outta here. I don't like it. 1007 00:34:53,792 --> 00:34:54,891 Yeah, this ain't the bayou, 1008 00:34:54,893 --> 00:34:55,725 this is a different kind of jungle. 1009 00:34:55,727 --> 00:34:57,127 This is a concrete jungle here. 1010 00:34:57,129 --> 00:34:59,563 -Let's bring it in. -[craig] I think, that's him right there, man. 1011 00:34:59,565 --> 00:35:01,498 [richard] oh, yeah, that's him. There he go. 1012 00:35:05,871 --> 00:35:08,371 [suspenseful music playing] 1013 00:35:11,076 --> 00:35:11,942 who's richard? 1014 00:35:11,977 --> 00:35:13,043 Whoa! 1015 00:35:20,018 --> 00:35:21,651 [richard] so you're the one wanting the absinthe? 1016 00:35:21,653 --> 00:35:23,120 [buyer] yeah, I want that absinthe. 1017 00:35:23,122 --> 00:35:25,122 Yeah, james said you like this absinthe stuff. 1018 00:35:25,124 --> 00:35:26,056 Yes, sir. 1019 00:35:26,058 --> 00:35:28,125 Look, we put a fountain together for you. 1020 00:35:28,127 --> 00:35:29,226 We're gonna just show you what this thing does. 1021 00:35:29,228 --> 00:35:31,094 Do a proper louche, you know. 1022 00:35:31,230 --> 00:35:32,596 Look how beautiful that is. 1023 00:35:32,598 --> 00:35:33,997 [buyer] that's nice, yeah, it's pretty. 1024 00:35:33,999 --> 00:35:36,299 [richard] it's looking like it should be in new orleans. 1025 00:35:36,301 --> 00:35:38,135 Now, that's a proper drink right here, man. 1026 00:35:38,137 --> 00:35:39,269 And it tastes... 1027 00:35:40,072 --> 00:35:41,838 Just as good as it looks. 1028 00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:44,241 I'll take the first sip and show you we're real. 1029 00:35:44,810 --> 00:35:46,042 As this guy takes his sip, 1030 00:35:46,044 --> 00:35:46,943 I'm thinking about all the work 1031 00:35:46,945 --> 00:35:48,044 we put in into this drink. 1032 00:35:48,046 --> 00:35:50,113 I mean a whole lot of time and money. 1033 00:35:54,019 --> 00:35:54,784 [narrator] coming up... 1034 00:35:54,786 --> 00:35:58,088 [digger] it's about 95 proof. 1035 00:35:58,090 --> 00:36:00,891 Is there any chance at all you'd let us set up here 1036 00:36:00,893 --> 00:36:02,025 for an extended period? 1037 00:36:02,027 --> 00:36:04,561 That's a... That's a big question. 1038 00:36:13,138 --> 00:36:15,939 [john] well, this is our wall of fame. 1039 00:36:15,941 --> 00:36:18,909 A lot of unique bottles that we've done over the years. 1040 00:36:18,911 --> 00:36:21,778 John, has this big nice showcase 1041 00:36:21,780 --> 00:36:23,013 full of assorted bottles 1042 00:36:23,015 --> 00:36:24,948 and they simply all contain water. 1043 00:36:24,950 --> 00:36:27,117 [john] these are swarovski crystals. 1044 00:36:27,119 --> 00:36:30,954 Uh, this one's sold anywhere from $75 to $125. 1045 00:36:30,989 --> 00:36:32,355 Dang. 1046 00:36:32,691 --> 00:36:35,058 At one time, it was the most expensive bottle of water in the world. 1047 00:36:35,060 --> 00:36:36,760 Wonder if we'd put us some shiny trinkets 1048 00:36:36,762 --> 00:36:37,827 on a mason jar, 1049 00:36:37,829 --> 00:36:39,829 you put premium liquor in it, 1050 00:36:39,831 --> 00:36:41,364 hell, there's no telling what it would be. 1051 00:36:41,366 --> 00:36:42,098 That's insane. 1052 00:36:42,100 --> 00:36:44,034 [john laughs] 1053 00:36:45,904 --> 00:36:48,104 [richard] I'll take the first sip and show you we're real. 1054 00:36:48,106 --> 00:36:50,106 [buyer] oh, yeah, it smells right. 1055 00:36:50,909 --> 00:36:52,108 [richard] as this guy takes his sip, 1056 00:36:52,110 --> 00:36:53,076 I'm thinking about all the work 1057 00:36:53,078 --> 00:36:53,944 we've put in into this drink. 1058 00:36:53,946 --> 00:36:56,012 I mean, a whole lot of time and money. 1059 00:36:56,014 --> 00:36:58,815 And it all comes down to whether or not our absinthe 1060 00:36:58,817 --> 00:37:01,151 tastes like the stuff that he's used to drinking. 1061 00:37:01,153 --> 00:37:03,720 That's what it smells like back in the day? 1062 00:37:03,722 --> 00:37:06,456 Oh, yeah, and it tastes good. Tastes just like it, man. 1063 00:37:09,161 --> 00:37:11,194 -Oh, yeah, yeah, this is it. -That's it. 1064 00:37:11,196 --> 00:37:14,231 [buyer] we had this way back in the '60s and '70s, man. 1065 00:37:14,233 --> 00:37:15,799 Our family used to drink this. 1066 00:37:15,801 --> 00:37:17,300 -[richard] really? -Yeah, yeah. 1067 00:37:17,302 --> 00:37:19,069 [richard] I'm glad you like it, my man. 1068 00:37:19,071 --> 00:37:21,371 [craig] it's gonna be $250. 1069 00:37:21,373 --> 00:37:22,906 Okay, you take crypto? 1070 00:37:22,908 --> 00:37:23,940 Crypto, yeah. 1071 00:37:23,942 --> 00:37:26,309 [richard] oh, yeah, we definitely take crypto. 1072 00:37:26,311 --> 00:37:28,111 [buyer] okay, that's what I'm talking about. 1073 00:37:28,113 --> 00:37:29,079 There you go. 1074 00:37:29,081 --> 00:37:30,780 By the time we get back to the bayou, 1075 00:37:30,782 --> 00:37:32,649 this crypto better be going up in value. 1076 00:37:32,651 --> 00:37:33,950 If not, I can promise you, 1077 00:37:33,952 --> 00:37:35,652 craig is gonna be working some overtime. 1078 00:37:35,654 --> 00:37:36,820 How much more of this can I get? 1079 00:37:36,822 --> 00:37:38,555 'cause a lot of people are gonna ask for it. 1080 00:37:38,557 --> 00:37:40,056 [richard] well, we can make as much as you need. 1081 00:37:40,058 --> 00:37:43,159 Oh, man, you gonna make a lot of people happy. 1082 00:37:43,161 --> 00:37:46,096 This guy wants as much absinthe as we can make. 1083 00:37:46,098 --> 00:37:48,131 And for $250 a gallon, 1084 00:37:48,133 --> 00:37:50,100 I'll make as much as he can take. 1085 00:37:50,102 --> 00:37:52,636 We'll get right on it as soon as get back home. 1086 00:37:52,638 --> 00:37:54,404 I appreciate it. 1087 00:37:54,406 --> 00:37:55,972 -See y'all later. Get home safe, bye-bye. -All right, thanks, my man. 1088 00:37:55,974 --> 00:37:57,073 [richard] we're in the big leagues now. 1089 00:37:57,075 --> 00:37:58,642 I mean, we gotta get back to the still site 1090 00:37:58,644 --> 00:38:00,744 and figure out how to upscale this recipe. 1091 00:38:00,746 --> 00:38:02,912 [craig] so excited, I'm dropping the keys, man. 1092 00:38:02,914 --> 00:38:05,215 Yeah, man, but we can't take our time out here tonight. 1093 00:38:05,217 --> 00:38:07,284 That's when you go to jail right now. 1094 00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:09,319 I got scared. 1095 00:38:09,855 --> 00:38:11,121 [craig] yeah. 1096 00:38:11,123 --> 00:38:14,257 Let's hit the highway with this money. 1097 00:38:23,101 --> 00:38:24,301 [mark] damn, there goes them butterflies, 1098 00:38:24,303 --> 00:38:26,169 flipping and flopping in my belly again. 1099 00:38:26,171 --> 00:38:27,304 Them bubble guts. 1100 00:38:27,673 --> 00:38:28,972 God almighty. 1101 00:38:28,974 --> 00:38:32,142 [digger] I gave john a call, he's gonna come on over. 1102 00:38:32,144 --> 00:38:35,278 I can't say that I'm not uneasy at this point. 1103 00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:36,212 Hi, mark, hey, digger. 1104 00:38:36,214 --> 00:38:37,947 -[mark] hey, johnny. -[digger] hello, john. 1105 00:38:37,949 --> 00:38:40,016 I gotta break the question to him. 1106 00:38:40,018 --> 00:38:42,886 "can we stay here and run on for a while?" 1107 00:38:42,888 --> 00:38:44,954 this right here, made on your water, 1108 00:38:44,956 --> 00:38:47,657 tempered on your water, 1109 00:38:47,659 --> 00:38:50,760 I don't think you can get much prettier and clear than that. 1110 00:38:50,762 --> 00:38:52,195 -[john] no. -You can tell that it was a lonely man 1111 00:38:52,197 --> 00:38:53,596 who tightened that lid up. 1112 00:38:53,598 --> 00:38:55,198 [all laughing] 1113 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:58,935 -strong hands. -I'll tell ya, it's, uh... I'm proud of it. 1114 00:38:58,937 --> 00:39:00,036 [digger] it's about... 1115 00:39:00,839 --> 00:39:02,939 95 proof. 1116 00:39:02,941 --> 00:39:04,240 [john] that's just right. 1117 00:39:04,876 --> 00:39:06,142 That's smooth. 1118 00:39:06,144 --> 00:39:08,144 That'd get you hurt in a hurry. 1119 00:39:08,146 --> 00:39:09,879 That's like a good marriage. 1120 00:39:09,881 --> 00:39:11,214 It'll put you on your knees quick. 1121 00:39:11,216 --> 00:39:12,248 [mark laughs] 1122 00:39:12,250 --> 00:39:14,084 [john] guys, I'll tell you, I just... 1123 00:39:14,553 --> 00:39:16,019 I've had some moonshine, 1124 00:39:16,021 --> 00:39:18,021 I've never tasted anything that's like this. 1125 00:39:18,023 --> 00:39:19,756 [mark] this water's so cold 1126 00:39:19,758 --> 00:39:20,757 and that's the secret. 1127 00:39:20,759 --> 00:39:22,692 When you're condensing it, 1128 00:39:22,694 --> 00:39:24,994 the colder you can keep it 1129 00:39:24,996 --> 00:39:25,995 -the less fire-- -get back the vapor 1130 00:39:25,997 --> 00:39:28,064 as efficiently as possible. 1131 00:39:28,066 --> 00:39:31,201 ...That it gets into the taste, the finish of it. 1132 00:39:31,203 --> 00:39:33,770 You know, that's your water. That's... 1133 00:39:33,772 --> 00:39:35,572 -And I had no doubt... -Wow. 1134 00:39:35,574 --> 00:39:36,973 ...That it would do that. 1135 00:39:36,975 --> 00:39:38,942 Is there any chance at all you'd let us 1136 00:39:38,944 --> 00:39:41,111 set up here for an extended period 1137 00:39:41,113 --> 00:39:42,779 to make a little liquor? 1138 00:39:42,781 --> 00:39:43,980 [whistles] 1139 00:39:45,016 --> 00:39:47,150 that's a... That's a big question. 1140 00:39:50,555 --> 00:39:52,989 Well, guys, you know, I mean, it's... 1141 00:39:52,991 --> 00:39:56,092 As much as I like it, and as much as I like the product, 1142 00:39:56,294 --> 00:39:57,494 you know, we run a... 1143 00:39:57,929 --> 00:39:59,396 A very legal business, 1144 00:39:59,398 --> 00:40:01,698 and you all run a very illegal business, 1145 00:40:01,700 --> 00:40:03,566 and I just... 1146 00:40:03,568 --> 00:40:05,301 For right now, under those pretense, 1147 00:40:05,303 --> 00:40:06,569 I just don't see the two mixing. 1148 00:40:07,973 --> 00:40:09,939 I feel in our heart of hearts, 1149 00:40:09,941 --> 00:40:12,876 that was the answer that we knew we would get. 1150 00:40:12,878 --> 00:40:14,577 We've never ever 1151 00:40:14,579 --> 00:40:16,646 been in a more perfect spot, 1152 00:40:16,648 --> 00:40:17,847 but... 1153 00:40:17,849 --> 00:40:20,049 We understand your situation as well. 1154 00:40:20,886 --> 00:40:21,885 You know, I'm feel like 1155 00:40:22,154 --> 00:40:24,387 I've been slapped away from a table for farting 1156 00:40:24,956 --> 00:40:25,522 and... 1157 00:40:25,957 --> 00:40:27,090 But it's... 1158 00:40:27,092 --> 00:40:29,292 Also, it's not a surprise. 1159 00:40:29,294 --> 00:40:30,760 Let me ask you something. 1160 00:40:30,762 --> 00:40:31,861 Yes, sir. 1161 00:40:31,863 --> 00:40:33,396 Have you ever thought about... 1162 00:40:34,166 --> 00:40:37,367 Would you consider going into a partnership? 1163 00:40:38,270 --> 00:40:39,702 You don't have to answer me now. 1164 00:40:39,704 --> 00:40:41,771 I mean, it may not be something y'all consider, 1165 00:40:41,773 --> 00:40:43,873 but I've always wondered about our water, 1166 00:40:43,875 --> 00:40:45,442 you've proved it now. 1167 00:40:46,978 --> 00:40:48,445 I'm just throwing it out there. 1168 00:40:48,447 --> 00:40:51,014 I mean, that's the first thing that hit my mind, 1169 00:40:51,016 --> 00:40:52,081 you know. 1170 00:40:52,083 --> 00:40:53,483 That's awful attractive. 1171 00:40:53,952 --> 00:40:55,118 He thinks that 1172 00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:59,055 he and I and mark need to form a partnership 1173 00:40:59,057 --> 00:41:00,924 and build a legal distillery 1174 00:41:00,926 --> 00:41:03,026 from the ground up here on this spring. 1175 00:41:03,028 --> 00:41:04,060 You know, I don't even know 1176 00:41:04,062 --> 00:41:06,930 what it would take to build a distillery. 1177 00:41:06,932 --> 00:41:08,898 This is a golden opportunity. 1178 00:41:08,900 --> 00:41:10,266 But this is not just 1179 00:41:10,268 --> 00:41:11,201 selling recipes 1180 00:41:11,203 --> 00:41:15,238 and putting your face and name on a jar. 1181 00:41:16,641 --> 00:41:18,174 I don't know. That's-- I've never been 1182 00:41:18,176 --> 00:41:20,977 presented with that before in my life ever. 1183 00:41:20,979 --> 00:41:22,946 [digger] it's gonna be a big endeavor. 1184 00:41:22,948 --> 00:41:25,081 But it ain't everybody that gets to make liquor 1185 00:41:25,083 --> 00:41:27,183 on a spring that's this quality 1186 00:41:27,185 --> 00:41:28,351 and this size.