1 00:00:01,669 --> 00:00:04,670 [dramatic music playing] 2 00:00:06,540 --> 00:00:08,874 [narrator] this time on moonshiners. 3 00:00:08,876 --> 00:00:10,242 Good to see you again. 4 00:00:10,244 --> 00:00:12,811 I'm back in north carolina and I'm back with brian. 5 00:00:12,813 --> 00:00:14,580 We've been trying to find a still site, 6 00:00:14,582 --> 00:00:15,981 start some making some runs, 7 00:00:15,983 --> 00:00:17,683 start contributing to this business. 8 00:00:17,685 --> 00:00:19,184 [engine revving] 9 00:00:19,186 --> 00:00:20,652 [brian] oh, damn. 10 00:00:20,654 --> 00:00:22,621 I got these bottles I wanted to show you. 11 00:00:22,623 --> 00:00:23,922 Nice. 12 00:00:23,924 --> 00:00:25,524 At this point, the wedding's coming up, 13 00:00:25,526 --> 00:00:26,859 you know, and the pressure's on. 14 00:00:26,861 --> 00:00:28,660 Yee-haw. 15 00:00:28,662 --> 00:00:31,030 I've got to just get this blueberry champagne finished... 16 00:00:31,032 --> 00:00:32,831 [laughs] liable to get blown. 17 00:00:33,801 --> 00:00:34,700 Oh. 18 00:00:34,702 --> 00:00:35,834 We've got to mimic 19 00:00:35,836 --> 00:00:37,636 the sea aging here in the mountains. 20 00:00:37,638 --> 00:00:40,139 Hello here, cowboy, how you doing, old buddy? 21 00:00:40,141 --> 00:00:42,241 We wanna get in up there on top of the mountains. 22 00:00:42,243 --> 00:00:43,709 We feel like we just got the key 23 00:00:43,711 --> 00:00:45,144 to the kingdom so to speak. 24 00:00:45,579 --> 00:00:46,578 Wow. 25 00:00:50,718 --> 00:00:53,585 [man] this is how we make the moonshine. 26 00:00:56,390 --> 00:00:58,557 [siren blaring] 27 00:01:02,663 --> 00:01:05,364 [suspenseful music playing] 28 00:01:12,473 --> 00:01:15,140 all right, listen, before you get on my ass, 29 00:01:15,142 --> 00:01:17,543 listen, jerry's in the hospital right now, okay? 30 00:01:17,545 --> 00:01:19,945 Sorry we're late, well, he's in the hospital, 31 00:01:19,947 --> 00:01:22,915 throwing up, sweating, weak in his arms and legs, 32 00:01:22,917 --> 00:01:25,350 can't use his left arm hardly or anything. 33 00:01:25,352 --> 00:01:27,453 And they're now transporting him 34 00:01:27,455 --> 00:01:30,522 to asheville over to the big hospital. 35 00:01:30,524 --> 00:01:32,324 He's got bleeding on his brain, 36 00:01:32,326 --> 00:01:34,893 takes him a little while to answer a question. 37 00:01:34,895 --> 00:01:38,931 Um, so something's definitely going wrong with the... 38 00:01:38,933 --> 00:01:40,632 With the mind, with the brain. 39 00:01:40,634 --> 00:01:42,801 I don't know any... All the details yet. 40 00:01:42,803 --> 00:01:46,271 But, uh, jerry's in pretty rough shape right now. 41 00:01:46,273 --> 00:01:49,541 And, um, we're both in rough shape. 42 00:01:50,611 --> 00:01:52,010 Yeah, I guess I can go on here 43 00:01:52,012 --> 00:01:54,146 and check on the champagne myself 44 00:01:54,148 --> 00:01:55,514 while we wait to hear some news 45 00:01:55,516 --> 00:01:57,349 on what's gonna go on with jerry. 46 00:01:58,419 --> 00:02:00,519 I always try to hope for the best. 47 00:02:00,521 --> 00:02:02,621 I just hope that he gets better. 48 00:02:02,623 --> 00:02:05,324 But he's got bleeding on the brain. 49 00:02:05,326 --> 00:02:08,293 And his blood pressure is at a stage 50 00:02:08,295 --> 00:02:10,796 that he should be dead at this point. 51 00:02:10,798 --> 00:02:13,432 But this point, jerry's with some very smart doctors, 52 00:02:13,434 --> 00:02:16,335 so I've got to just carry on. My wedding's coming up. 53 00:02:16,337 --> 00:02:18,370 I've only got a few more days left, you know, 54 00:02:18,372 --> 00:02:20,506 and the pressure is on, but I can't help 55 00:02:20,508 --> 00:02:21,874 but be thinking about jerry. 56 00:02:21,876 --> 00:02:24,943 This is mine and jerry's champagne here. 57 00:02:24,945 --> 00:02:26,912 We're gonna get this ready for the wedding. 58 00:02:30,151 --> 00:02:32,484 Well, speak of the devil, that's old jerry. 59 00:02:33,587 --> 00:02:34,586 Hey, buddy. 60 00:02:34,588 --> 00:02:35,721 [jerry] what's going on, man? 61 00:02:35,723 --> 00:02:36,889 Playing with these champagne bottles 62 00:02:36,891 --> 00:02:38,090 like you asked me to. 63 00:02:38,092 --> 00:02:40,159 Biggest question is how you doing? 64 00:02:40,161 --> 00:02:42,060 [jerry] I'm hanging in there, getting... 65 00:02:42,062 --> 00:02:43,829 They're just trying to figure out what's going on, 66 00:02:43,831 --> 00:02:45,931 bleeding on the brain, and trying to figure out why. 67 00:02:45,933 --> 00:02:47,766 Oh, my god, man, that... 68 00:02:47,768 --> 00:02:49,635 They have me hooked up to all these daggum machines 69 00:02:49,637 --> 00:02:51,870 and ivs and pumps 70 00:02:51,872 --> 00:02:54,773 and all kinds of gadgets and stuff. 71 00:02:54,775 --> 00:02:56,108 But the main most important thing 72 00:02:56,110 --> 00:02:57,176 is you take care of yourself 73 00:02:57,178 --> 00:02:58,977 and get better and everything. 74 00:02:58,979 --> 00:03:01,313 You know that the champagne 75 00:03:01,315 --> 00:03:03,682 is important to you... To your woman there. 76 00:03:03,684 --> 00:03:05,484 I wanna make sure we get that taken care of. 77 00:03:05,486 --> 00:03:07,553 So continue on getting them bottles ready 78 00:03:07,555 --> 00:03:09,054 so we can get that process done. 79 00:03:09,056 --> 00:03:10,322 I will, I'll do that, brother, 80 00:03:10,324 --> 00:03:12,424 but my biggest concern is you get better. 81 00:03:12,426 --> 00:03:14,660 I need you. You know, you're my brother. 82 00:03:14,662 --> 00:03:15,994 You're my other partner. 83 00:03:15,996 --> 00:03:17,095 You see what I'm saying? 84 00:03:17,097 --> 00:03:18,030 [jerry] I hear you. 85 00:03:18,032 --> 00:03:19,531 I need you not to worry about all this. 86 00:03:19,533 --> 00:03:21,767 But you know me, I wanna make stuff sure... 87 00:03:21,769 --> 00:03:23,101 Make sure stuff gets done. 88 00:03:23,103 --> 00:03:24,236 [laughs] I know you do. 89 00:03:24,238 --> 00:03:25,671 The state I'm in. 90 00:03:25,673 --> 00:03:28,440 You take care of yourself and keep me updated, okay? 91 00:03:28,442 --> 00:03:29,474 [jerry] all right, see you soon. 92 00:03:29,476 --> 00:03:31,076 All right. 93 00:03:31,078 --> 00:03:34,313 He seems to be in real good spirits and talking, 94 00:03:34,315 --> 00:03:37,649 but you can tell he's weak and he's real tired. 95 00:03:37,651 --> 00:03:39,952 But, uh, there ain't no give up in him, 96 00:03:39,954 --> 00:03:41,220 that's for sure. 97 00:03:41,222 --> 00:03:42,988 It kind of lifts my spirits up a little bit, 98 00:03:42,990 --> 00:03:44,723 and we're gonna make this happen... 99 00:03:44,725 --> 00:03:47,693 We're gonna get this champagne ready for the wedding. 100 00:03:47,695 --> 00:03:49,528 Well, I guess I just got to get them 101 00:03:49,530 --> 00:03:51,230 upside down and vertical. 102 00:03:51,232 --> 00:03:52,965 Me and jerry, we started the second fermentation 103 00:03:52,967 --> 00:03:54,433 on the champagne a while back, 104 00:03:54,435 --> 00:03:55,801 where we add our bubbles 105 00:03:55,803 --> 00:03:57,903 by adding the champagne, yeast, and sugar. 106 00:03:57,905 --> 00:04:00,239 Time to start rotating the bottles up vertically 107 00:04:00,241 --> 00:04:02,307 so that leftover champagne yeast 108 00:04:02,309 --> 00:04:04,042 will come to the neck of the bottle, 109 00:04:04,044 --> 00:04:05,911 then when we freeze all that sediment 110 00:04:05,913 --> 00:04:07,879 right here in this neck, we take it, 111 00:04:07,881 --> 00:04:10,616 knock this cap off, blow the plug, 112 00:04:10,618 --> 00:04:12,351 and then cork it off. 113 00:04:12,353 --> 00:04:13,852 You definitely don't want nothing 114 00:04:13,854 --> 00:04:15,420 floating around in your champagne. 115 00:04:15,422 --> 00:04:17,623 That kinda turns people off. 116 00:04:17,625 --> 00:04:19,291 Yeah, you know, people want their champagne 117 00:04:19,293 --> 00:04:20,959 to be just as clear as it can be. 118 00:04:20,961 --> 00:04:22,894 It can have color to it. 119 00:04:22,896 --> 00:04:24,563 But it don't need to be cloudy. 120 00:04:24,565 --> 00:04:27,633 So I've got to just get this blueberry champagne finished 121 00:04:27,635 --> 00:04:29,067 and that's what I intend to do. 122 00:04:29,069 --> 00:04:30,535 All right. We're good to go. 123 00:04:35,175 --> 00:04:38,176 [upbeat music playing] 124 00:04:44,952 --> 00:04:46,018 oh. 125 00:04:46,020 --> 00:04:48,320 The higher we get, the slower we go. 126 00:04:48,322 --> 00:04:49,554 Holy moly. 127 00:04:49,556 --> 00:04:51,023 [narrator] in cocke county, 128 00:04:51,025 --> 00:04:53,058 after successfully sea aging 129 00:04:53,060 --> 00:04:54,660 their tennessee whiskey, 130 00:04:54,662 --> 00:04:57,829 mark and digger are looking to replicate the results 131 00:04:57,831 --> 00:05:01,033 500 miles inland in the smoky mountains. 132 00:05:01,035 --> 00:05:02,200 [digger] you know, last year, 133 00:05:02,202 --> 00:05:06,038 we put some liquor on a french shrimp boat agent. 134 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:08,173 Everything worked out perfect. 135 00:05:08,175 --> 00:05:10,175 -[mark] hot damn. -There's something in there for us. 136 00:05:12,546 --> 00:05:15,213 We put liquor in these about seven, eight months ago. 137 00:05:15,215 --> 00:05:16,481 Yeah. 138 00:05:16,483 --> 00:05:17,983 But we need to finish them off. 139 00:05:17,985 --> 00:05:19,484 We need to get them aged up 140 00:05:19,486 --> 00:05:21,119 like we did the ones on the boat, 141 00:05:21,121 --> 00:05:22,788 so we can sell them and make some money. 142 00:05:22,790 --> 00:05:24,122 Mmm-hmm. 143 00:05:24,124 --> 00:05:25,424 Honestly, a shrimp boat 144 00:05:25,426 --> 00:05:27,959 is just too much risk, too time-consuming. 145 00:05:27,961 --> 00:05:30,295 It's a seven hour-drive in each direction 146 00:05:30,297 --> 00:05:33,298 with two barrels of a untaxed whiskey. 147 00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:36,768 Also, he's subject to coast guard inspections. 148 00:05:36,770 --> 00:05:38,270 [digger] you know, mark, here in these mountains, 149 00:05:38,272 --> 00:05:41,206 temperatures change pretty drastic day to night, 150 00:05:41,208 --> 00:05:44,176 along with humidity. Barometric pressure changes. 151 00:05:44,178 --> 00:05:45,911 We've just got to figure out 152 00:05:45,913 --> 00:05:48,146 something that causes motion. 153 00:05:48,148 --> 00:05:50,949 All the factors in aging liquors are important. 154 00:05:50,951 --> 00:05:52,551 The barometric pressure, 155 00:05:52,553 --> 00:05:54,686 the temperature change, humidity, 156 00:05:54,688 --> 00:05:58,023 but none of them are as important for rapid aging 157 00:05:58,025 --> 00:06:00,726 as the motion of the liquor in the barrel. 158 00:06:00,728 --> 00:06:02,227 It don't matter what moves them, 159 00:06:02,229 --> 00:06:03,795 as long as they move. 160 00:06:03,797 --> 00:06:06,064 It's got to be something that occurs naturally, 161 00:06:06,066 --> 00:06:07,432 land or water. 162 00:06:07,434 --> 00:06:09,267 It has to be wind or water. 163 00:06:09,269 --> 00:06:10,435 Wind or water. 164 00:06:10,437 --> 00:06:12,371 Our dilemma is, we know we need to 165 00:06:12,373 --> 00:06:14,873 make a ocean aged liquor, if you will, 166 00:06:14,875 --> 00:06:15,841 in the mountains. 167 00:06:15,843 --> 00:06:17,242 We ain't got no ocean, 168 00:06:17,244 --> 00:06:18,910 but we got a lot of different kinds of water, 169 00:06:18,912 --> 00:06:21,546 we got moving water, we got creeks, we got rivers. 170 00:06:21,548 --> 00:06:23,648 Every piece of water in our neck of the woods, 171 00:06:23,650 --> 00:06:26,685 somebody fishing it, kayaking it. 172 00:06:26,687 --> 00:06:28,553 -Too many fishermen on it. -[digger] yeah. 173 00:06:28,555 --> 00:06:30,389 Wind is gonna be our better option. 174 00:06:30,391 --> 00:06:32,958 I say we go with wind right off the bat, 175 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:34,359 and see what we can do with it. 176 00:06:34,361 --> 00:06:35,594 [mark] okay. 177 00:06:35,596 --> 00:06:37,295 You know, digger's idea for sea aging 178 00:06:37,297 --> 00:06:38,964 in the mountains is wind. 179 00:06:38,966 --> 00:06:40,532 It just has to move this much. 180 00:06:40,534 --> 00:06:41,967 [digger] that's all it needs. 181 00:06:41,969 --> 00:06:44,369 Now the biggest problem we've got to overcome 182 00:06:44,371 --> 00:06:47,906 is how do we replicate that constant motion? 183 00:06:47,908 --> 00:06:50,509 I mean if it moved... If it do that right there... 184 00:06:50,511 --> 00:06:52,210 -Ten hours a day. -Yeah. 185 00:06:52,212 --> 00:06:54,646 So here we go, we got to find some place 186 00:06:54,648 --> 00:06:56,415 to put our liquor in the wind. 187 00:06:56,417 --> 00:06:57,883 -Cool. -Thank you, puss. 188 00:06:57,885 --> 00:06:59,284 Oh, don't mention it. 189 00:07:09,463 --> 00:07:12,063 [upbeat music playing] 190 00:07:14,101 --> 00:07:16,501 there it is, nasty son of a gun. 191 00:07:16,503 --> 00:07:19,704 [narrator] across the state line in north carolina, 192 00:07:19,706 --> 00:07:23,508 josh is back on his home turf after a still site raid 193 00:07:23,510 --> 00:07:26,144 blew up his plans with tickle and the laws. 194 00:07:26,146 --> 00:07:27,379 Come on, come... 195 00:07:27,381 --> 00:07:29,281 -[man 1 speaking] -[man 2 speaking] 196 00:07:32,820 --> 00:07:34,886 [josh] well, we've had a really slow start to our season. 197 00:07:34,888 --> 00:07:36,221 We've done got raided, 198 00:07:36,223 --> 00:07:38,356 but even though I'm back in north carolina, 199 00:07:38,358 --> 00:07:40,192 it don't mean that me, henry, and kenny, 200 00:07:40,194 --> 00:07:41,793 and tickle don't still have a partnership, 201 00:07:41,795 --> 00:07:43,428 it just means that I fled the scene, 202 00:07:43,430 --> 00:07:45,564 I went back home until things cooled down, 203 00:07:45,566 --> 00:07:47,098 but while I'm back home, 204 00:07:47,100 --> 00:07:49,401 I'm gonna have to find a way to make some money 205 00:07:49,403 --> 00:07:50,769 and contribute myself. 206 00:07:50,771 --> 00:07:53,772 [dramatic music playing] 207 00:07:57,578 --> 00:07:58,743 hey, man. 208 00:07:58,745 --> 00:08:01,213 Show up just like you disappear. 209 00:08:01,215 --> 00:08:03,982 Brian, after a lot of phone calls, 210 00:08:03,984 --> 00:08:05,450 thought he was gonna maybe, like, 211 00:08:05,452 --> 00:08:07,619 tell me he didn't feel like moonshining anymore, 212 00:08:07,621 --> 00:08:09,521 but he finally showed up. 213 00:08:09,523 --> 00:08:11,022 Well, it's good to see you again. 214 00:08:11,692 --> 00:08:13,058 And I'm glad you made it. 215 00:08:13,060 --> 00:08:15,494 They said they'd make sure you was took care of. 216 00:08:15,496 --> 00:08:17,896 Tickle in there come down the dirt road and found me, 217 00:08:17,898 --> 00:08:19,865 and loaded up a couple of stills, 218 00:08:19,867 --> 00:08:22,634 brought them home, trying to set them up. 219 00:08:22,636 --> 00:08:24,269 I've been trying like hell to get ahold of you. 220 00:08:24,271 --> 00:08:25,604 You've been mia. 221 00:08:25,606 --> 00:08:27,739 I didn't know what the deal was with that. 222 00:08:27,741 --> 00:08:30,408 But if you're ready, I'm ready to put your ass to work. 223 00:08:31,879 --> 00:08:35,313 So what's the... What's the plan? 224 00:08:35,315 --> 00:08:37,516 So the plan is, is I got these two stills. 225 00:08:37,518 --> 00:08:39,251 I don't know if it's worthy or not, 226 00:08:39,253 --> 00:08:40,852 but I do got a place or two 227 00:08:40,854 --> 00:08:42,954 that I wanna go inspect and look around. 228 00:08:45,359 --> 00:08:47,292 If you want to go, I'm in. 229 00:08:47,294 --> 00:08:48,994 Sure it is good to see brian 230 00:08:48,996 --> 00:08:51,796 after all we've been through, getting back home. 231 00:08:51,798 --> 00:08:53,732 It feels like we're back up in action now. 232 00:08:54,768 --> 00:08:56,968 We're gonna go find a new still site, 233 00:08:56,970 --> 00:08:59,571 move our stills in, and get them to running. 234 00:08:59,573 --> 00:09:02,173 Just because we got raided at a still site 235 00:09:02,175 --> 00:09:04,743 don't mean that we're not gonna be moonshiners. 236 00:09:06,013 --> 00:09:07,112 He claims that he knows the place, 237 00:09:07,114 --> 00:09:08,413 so what we're gonna do first 238 00:09:08,415 --> 00:09:09,714 is we're gonna take the four-wheelers out 239 00:09:09,716 --> 00:09:11,416 and make sure there's a creek nearby. 240 00:09:11,418 --> 00:09:12,784 Make sure the land looks good, 241 00:09:12,786 --> 00:09:14,719 and make sure it's off the beaten path. 242 00:09:14,721 --> 00:09:17,789 See if we can set these stills up and make some money. 243 00:09:17,791 --> 00:09:19,424 [josh] how's that, amigo? 244 00:09:19,426 --> 00:09:20,559 Them bugs are bad. 245 00:09:20,561 --> 00:09:22,494 -[brian] yeah... -[laughs] damn. 246 00:09:24,698 --> 00:09:26,965 [engine revving] 247 00:09:26,967 --> 00:09:29,200 I'll tell you what, nobody's driving a car 248 00:09:29,202 --> 00:09:30,635 to where we're getting to. 249 00:09:33,574 --> 00:09:34,406 Hold on, man. 250 00:09:34,875 --> 00:09:35,707 Hold on, man. 251 00:09:36,977 --> 00:09:37,876 Back up. 252 00:09:37,878 --> 00:09:39,544 [engine revving] 253 00:09:45,285 --> 00:09:46,751 [josh] now I'm back with brian, 254 00:09:46,753 --> 00:09:48,186 we got our side by sides, 255 00:09:48,188 --> 00:09:49,554 and we're gonna try to find us a still site. 256 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:54,893 And then hopefully get these stills set up, 257 00:09:54,895 --> 00:09:56,261 start making some run, 258 00:09:56,263 --> 00:09:58,096 start contributing to this business. 259 00:10:01,935 --> 00:10:03,268 [brian] oh, damn. 260 00:10:09,476 --> 00:10:12,077 [country music playing] 261 00:10:13,180 --> 00:10:14,813 [mark] it's all about the notion of 262 00:10:14,815 --> 00:10:16,881 letting tennessee whiskey sail. 263 00:10:17,517 --> 00:10:19,517 Not sell, but sail. 264 00:10:19,519 --> 00:10:21,786 Well, we'll see. 265 00:10:21,788 --> 00:10:23,221 We've challenged ourselves now 266 00:10:23,223 --> 00:10:26,391 to figure out a way to sea age liquor on dry land. 267 00:10:26,393 --> 00:10:29,027 [digger] we'll give it a try anyhow. 268 00:10:29,029 --> 00:10:30,996 [mark] we ain't about trying, are we? 269 00:10:30,998 --> 00:10:32,831 So we're gonna go to an old barn 270 00:10:32,833 --> 00:10:36,001 and see if we can't replicate that constant motion. 271 00:10:36,003 --> 00:10:38,603 Sometimes it's like being in a wind tunnel in this barn, 272 00:10:38,605 --> 00:10:39,904 it gets big. 273 00:10:39,906 --> 00:10:41,406 Show me what you got in mind here, puss. 274 00:10:41,408 --> 00:10:42,941 Well, my first thought is 275 00:10:42,943 --> 00:10:44,743 clip that rascal around there. 276 00:10:44,745 --> 00:10:47,445 The best thing about this old barn is 277 00:10:47,447 --> 00:10:48,546 it has accessibility. 278 00:10:48,548 --> 00:10:49,981 We can drive right to it. 279 00:10:49,983 --> 00:10:51,750 And we have the owner's blessing, 280 00:10:51,752 --> 00:10:54,719 you know, those are crucial, crucial things 281 00:10:54,721 --> 00:10:56,388 in the whiskey business. 282 00:10:56,390 --> 00:10:58,223 And then mr. Chain. 283 00:10:58,225 --> 00:10:59,524 [mark] this is overkill, 284 00:10:59,526 --> 00:11:01,693 but we're simulating it being full. 285 00:11:01,695 --> 00:11:03,895 I honestly feel that aged whiskey 286 00:11:03,897 --> 00:11:06,498 will command a hundred dollars more per gallon. 287 00:11:06,500 --> 00:11:08,433 That's not a lot of money 288 00:11:08,435 --> 00:11:10,068 if you have to wait five years 289 00:11:10,070 --> 00:11:11,603 in order to get it. 290 00:11:11,605 --> 00:11:14,873 But if you can make a hundred additional dollars 291 00:11:14,875 --> 00:11:16,975 in six months' time per gallon, 292 00:11:16,977 --> 00:11:18,343 it's a good deal for us. 293 00:11:18,345 --> 00:11:19,477 It'll hold it. 294 00:11:19,479 --> 00:11:21,780 It'll hold 3,000 pounds. 295 00:11:21,782 --> 00:11:24,249 Our plan is we'll use a chain pile 296 00:11:24,251 --> 00:11:25,784 to pull the barrels up, 297 00:11:25,786 --> 00:11:29,888 and then we'll suspend them on ratchet straps 298 00:11:29,890 --> 00:11:32,457 between the poles and the pole bar. 299 00:11:32,459 --> 00:11:34,192 You keep your toes out from under there, 300 00:11:34,194 --> 00:11:35,994 -puss, in case... -[digger] why? 301 00:11:35,996 --> 00:11:37,962 Don't you worry about that. 302 00:11:39,166 --> 00:11:41,366 Oh, you watch your toes, too... 303 00:11:41,368 --> 00:11:43,435 [laughs] 304 00:11:43,437 --> 00:11:45,203 that was stupid as hell. 305 00:11:45,205 --> 00:11:47,672 If we can get the barrel swinging in this barn, 306 00:11:47,674 --> 00:11:48,606 it's perfect. 307 00:11:48,608 --> 00:11:49,808 All right. 308 00:11:49,810 --> 00:11:52,043 Yeah, tighten that bad boy up. 309 00:11:52,045 --> 00:11:54,979 It's secure and it's easily accessible. 310 00:11:54,981 --> 00:11:56,915 We can back the truck right in 311 00:11:56,917 --> 00:11:58,316 to where we wanna hang the barrels. 312 00:11:58,318 --> 00:12:00,085 I may drive back out from under it. 313 00:12:00,087 --> 00:12:01,486 [digger] well, whatever, chief. 314 00:12:02,456 --> 00:12:03,688 Whoa now. 315 00:12:03,690 --> 00:12:06,524 [laughs] there you go. 316 00:12:06,526 --> 00:12:08,159 You forgot I was back here, did you? 317 00:12:08,161 --> 00:12:09,294 I forgot you was hanging on. 318 00:12:09,296 --> 00:12:10,628 I thought you got down. 319 00:12:11,098 --> 00:12:12,664 I just about did. 320 00:12:12,666 --> 00:12:15,033 We got a barrel swinging from the rafters here now, 321 00:12:15,035 --> 00:12:17,135 we got to wait on the wind to get here and move it. 322 00:12:17,137 --> 00:12:19,037 You know, right now everything is hanging in the balance. 323 00:12:19,039 --> 00:12:20,472 No pun intended. 324 00:12:20,474 --> 00:12:23,742 [mark] see, it's moving a little tiny bit. 325 00:12:23,744 --> 00:12:28,279 I just don't know if that's enough to jostle it enough. 326 00:12:28,281 --> 00:12:30,882 We look at it, we take a step back from it, 327 00:12:30,884 --> 00:12:34,085 and it's just hanging out there, you know, 328 00:12:34,087 --> 00:12:35,353 like a hair in a biscuit, 329 00:12:35,355 --> 00:12:37,355 it ain't really doing anything. 330 00:12:37,357 --> 00:12:38,757 But we needed to move you know 331 00:12:38,759 --> 00:12:43,094 about just at least that much right there. 332 00:12:43,096 --> 00:12:45,029 I mean just to push with your finger on it, 333 00:12:45,031 --> 00:12:47,198 it sends it moving, it sends it rocking, 334 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:48,867 doing what it needs to do. 335 00:12:48,869 --> 00:12:51,269 But, uh, the wind has to do it, 336 00:12:51,271 --> 00:12:53,304 digger and myself, we're not gonna be here 337 00:12:53,306 --> 00:12:55,273 to push it backwards and forwards. 338 00:12:55,275 --> 00:12:58,076 Is there any way even to check weather pattern? 339 00:12:58,078 --> 00:12:59,477 Let me look at the wind, 340 00:12:59,479 --> 00:13:01,613 I'll look at the aviation website. 341 00:13:01,615 --> 00:13:02,747 How high are we here? 342 00:13:02,749 --> 00:13:05,350 We're 1,327 feet. 343 00:13:05,352 --> 00:13:07,185 Winds at this elevation are calm, 344 00:13:07,187 --> 00:13:09,020 that's like this little boring 345 00:13:09,022 --> 00:13:10,555 five mile air breeze. 346 00:13:10,557 --> 00:13:12,757 We need a windier place. 347 00:13:12,759 --> 00:13:14,759 -Yeah. -I don't know where to go. 348 00:13:14,761 --> 00:13:17,762 But I know for a fact the higher up we are, 349 00:13:17,764 --> 00:13:19,197 the more wind that blows. 350 00:13:19,199 --> 00:13:21,800 Mountain tops are where you get your biggest wind. 351 00:13:21,802 --> 00:13:23,268 We all know that. 352 00:13:23,270 --> 00:13:26,104 Got that old topographical map to give us elevations, 353 00:13:26,106 --> 00:13:27,906 all these knobs through here. 354 00:13:27,908 --> 00:13:31,409 I'm thinking we need to go find my old topographical map, 355 00:13:31,411 --> 00:13:32,811 look at the highest peaks, 356 00:13:32,813 --> 00:13:35,213 and then try to find a way to get up there 357 00:13:35,215 --> 00:13:37,048 and put some liquor somewhere to age it. 358 00:13:37,050 --> 00:13:38,349 We know this will work. 359 00:13:38,351 --> 00:13:40,418 It will. We just got to find the wind. 360 00:13:44,958 --> 00:13:47,859 [dramatic music playing] 361 00:13:56,503 --> 00:13:58,536 help me pick up this stuff right here. 362 00:13:58,538 --> 00:14:00,505 Me and brian are riding all over the place, 363 00:14:00,507 --> 00:14:01,973 trying to locate a still site. 364 00:14:01,975 --> 00:14:05,109 Long story short, I turn them side by side over. 365 00:14:05,111 --> 00:14:06,911 See, what happened was... 366 00:14:09,249 --> 00:14:10,915 Joshua was coming in hot. 367 00:14:12,118 --> 00:14:13,484 [josh] I still don't know what happened really. 368 00:14:13,486 --> 00:14:15,286 I just know that it flipped over 369 00:14:15,288 --> 00:14:18,456 and I knew as it was going I just locked on tight 370 00:14:18,458 --> 00:14:20,191 and I held on as hard as could. 371 00:14:20,193 --> 00:14:22,227 I knew it was too late to catch myself. 372 00:14:22,229 --> 00:14:24,062 There was no freaking stopping it. 373 00:14:24,064 --> 00:14:26,030 When it toppled over at some point, 374 00:14:26,032 --> 00:14:27,599 it landed on my foot... 375 00:14:27,601 --> 00:14:30,602 -[groans] -my foot hurting bad. 376 00:14:30,604 --> 00:14:33,304 When I got up, I was thinking that my foot 377 00:14:33,306 --> 00:14:34,873 was cut in half inside my boot. 378 00:14:34,875 --> 00:14:36,074 That's what it felt like. 379 00:14:38,411 --> 00:14:41,179 This [bleep] went on your leg, your foot was stuck 380 00:14:41,181 --> 00:14:43,248 in the steering wheel and it was like flipped over. 381 00:14:43,250 --> 00:14:45,717 So here josh sits with a purple foot. 382 00:14:45,719 --> 00:14:47,418 Like this thing was instantly purple 383 00:14:47,420 --> 00:14:49,020 and he could barely get his boot off. 384 00:14:49,022 --> 00:14:50,722 All right, man, you gotta go to the hospital. 385 00:14:50,724 --> 00:14:52,724 [josh] I just wanna go home. 386 00:14:52,726 --> 00:14:54,192 My grandma and grandpa said, 387 00:14:54,194 --> 00:14:56,828 "boy, if you're gonna be dumb, you got to be tough." 388 00:14:56,830 --> 00:14:59,664 I was trying to get up and walk it off, 389 00:14:59,666 --> 00:15:01,399 but I wasn't walking any damn where. 390 00:15:01,401 --> 00:15:03,835 My whole foot is turning purple. 391 00:15:03,837 --> 00:15:05,803 I gotta go to the hospital, I'm just telling you. 392 00:15:06,606 --> 00:15:08,573 I know I do, my foot's crushed. 393 00:15:09,876 --> 00:15:11,609 Look how purple it is... 394 00:15:13,580 --> 00:15:14,646 -[bleep] just take... -Yeah. 395 00:15:14,648 --> 00:15:15,546 Just take me. 396 00:15:24,991 --> 00:15:26,791 I was trying to be tough about it. 397 00:15:28,628 --> 00:15:31,562 Just another little old checkmark, 398 00:15:31,564 --> 00:15:32,997 another brick in the wall, 399 00:15:32,999 --> 00:15:37,001 broken bones, and injuries to the josh owens saga. 400 00:15:39,639 --> 00:15:41,239 [engine starting] 401 00:15:41,241 --> 00:15:44,075 [engine revving] 402 00:15:58,391 --> 00:16:01,392 [acoustic music playing] 403 00:16:06,366 --> 00:16:09,200 [sighs] well, my initial plan is today 404 00:16:09,202 --> 00:16:11,336 is to fill these bins with ice. 405 00:16:11,338 --> 00:16:13,271 I've got to freeze all the necks 406 00:16:13,273 --> 00:16:15,573 of these champagne bottles, just the necks, 407 00:16:15,575 --> 00:16:17,709 so I can pull it out and knock the cap off, 408 00:16:17,711 --> 00:16:19,243 blow the frozen plug out, 409 00:16:19,245 --> 00:16:22,914 which contains all the sediment of the leftover yeast 410 00:16:22,916 --> 00:16:26,150 and particles that could have been left over into the wine. 411 00:16:26,152 --> 00:16:29,220 And then cork it off, put my wire cage on it, 412 00:16:29,222 --> 00:16:30,855 and she's ready to rock and roll. 413 00:16:30,857 --> 00:16:32,991 But first off, I wanna give old jerry a call. 414 00:16:32,993 --> 00:16:34,492 You know, me and jerry are partners. 415 00:16:34,494 --> 00:16:36,661 We do this stuff together. We need each other. 416 00:16:36,663 --> 00:16:39,030 So I'm glad that he's able to communicate 417 00:16:39,032 --> 00:16:40,231 with me through phone. 418 00:16:41,067 --> 00:16:42,333 What's up, buddy? 419 00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:43,668 Oh, I'm just laying here. 420 00:16:43,670 --> 00:16:45,737 I got these bottles I wanted to show you. 421 00:16:46,106 --> 00:16:47,638 Nice. 422 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,807 I got all the... All the bottles upside down. 423 00:16:49,809 --> 00:16:51,676 I guess now, next thing is 424 00:16:51,678 --> 00:16:53,378 I'll just start freezing those necks. 425 00:16:53,380 --> 00:16:55,013 Don't forget to get two bags of ice 426 00:16:55,115 --> 00:16:56,514 and add a little bit of salt. 427 00:16:56,516 --> 00:16:58,383 I want about two inches up the bottleneck. 428 00:16:58,385 --> 00:16:59,584 So about two inches? 429 00:16:59,586 --> 00:17:01,486 -Two just over the neck, yeah. -Okay. 430 00:17:01,488 --> 00:17:03,221 [jerry] now make sure you do it right. 431 00:17:03,223 --> 00:17:05,023 -I'm gonna do it right. -[jerry] yeah. 432 00:17:05,025 --> 00:17:06,057 Make me proud. 433 00:17:06,059 --> 00:17:07,392 All right, brother, I'll do. 434 00:17:07,394 --> 00:17:08,659 -See you, man. -Have a good night. 435 00:17:08,661 --> 00:17:10,094 All right. Bye-bye. 436 00:17:10,096 --> 00:17:12,397 Jerry is so hell-bent on me finishing it. 437 00:17:12,399 --> 00:17:13,664 I want it to be as perfect 438 00:17:13,666 --> 00:17:15,833 as I could ever possibly make it now. 439 00:17:23,376 --> 00:17:24,642 All right. 440 00:17:27,914 --> 00:17:30,014 I'm at the last process of this champagne. 441 00:17:30,016 --> 00:17:31,549 I've got to freeze all the necks 442 00:17:31,551 --> 00:17:33,217 of these champagne bottles. 443 00:17:33,219 --> 00:17:36,320 Today is the final process of the champagne run. 444 00:17:36,322 --> 00:17:39,090 When we freeze that neck, we can lock that top off, 445 00:17:39,092 --> 00:17:40,658 shoot that plug of ice out, 446 00:17:40,660 --> 00:17:42,326 which is gonna contain all the sediment in it 447 00:17:42,328 --> 00:17:43,928 and then turn around and re-cork it 448 00:17:43,930 --> 00:17:45,163 and it should be good to go. 449 00:17:45,165 --> 00:17:47,198 I can do it by myself. 450 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:49,567 But, you know, it's always best 451 00:17:49,569 --> 00:17:51,702 if you have you partner here with you. 452 00:17:51,704 --> 00:17:54,672 He wants me to carry forward, I'm carrying forward 453 00:17:54,674 --> 00:17:56,407 a little salt to it. 454 00:17:56,409 --> 00:17:57,809 The salt, it starts 455 00:17:57,811 --> 00:17:59,811 the process of melting the ice, 456 00:17:59,813 --> 00:18:01,479 but it'll be colder 457 00:18:01,481 --> 00:18:03,514 than the freezing temperature of 32. 458 00:18:03,516 --> 00:18:05,316 As soon as you put the neck to your champagne bottles 459 00:18:05,318 --> 00:18:09,253 in the icy, salty water, it's gonna immediately 460 00:18:09,255 --> 00:18:11,055 start to freeze the neck of that bottle. 461 00:18:11,057 --> 00:18:13,391 I'm gonna get my boards, got to lift this up 462 00:18:13,393 --> 00:18:16,561 so I can get my ice bin under here. 463 00:18:16,563 --> 00:18:18,429 But I'll tell you what, I wish jerry was here right now 464 00:18:18,431 --> 00:18:19,997 to help me do this. 465 00:18:19,999 --> 00:18:21,232 Yeah, I got to be careful 466 00:18:21,234 --> 00:18:22,967 not to shake these things up too much. 467 00:18:22,969 --> 00:18:24,535 I gotta bring the bottles up, 468 00:18:24,537 --> 00:18:27,071 so I can slide the dadgum ice bin under them. 469 00:18:27,073 --> 00:18:29,740 Now, I need to take a board out at a time I guess. 470 00:18:31,344 --> 00:18:33,344 And then I got to bring them right back down, 471 00:18:33,346 --> 00:18:35,213 but you only want your neck sticking down an ice 472 00:18:35,215 --> 00:18:36,914 because that's all you wanna freeze 473 00:18:36,916 --> 00:18:39,117 because that's where all your sediments' at, is in that neck. 474 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:41,385 All I got to do is wait for these things to freeze. 475 00:18:41,387 --> 00:18:43,421 Jerry, I know he'd love to be there, 476 00:18:43,423 --> 00:18:45,456 but he can't be and he's depending on me to do it. 477 00:18:45,458 --> 00:18:47,758 So, you got figure it out for yourself, 478 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:49,327 you know, sometimes. 479 00:18:49,329 --> 00:18:52,563 Well, oh, sure. 480 00:18:58,071 --> 00:18:59,537 Oh, yes. 481 00:18:59,539 --> 00:19:01,739 We got a good plug of ice in there. 482 00:19:01,741 --> 00:19:03,774 We've got all the sediment from the yeast 483 00:19:03,776 --> 00:19:06,043 and particles and everything left behind 484 00:19:06,045 --> 00:19:08,446 that we do not want in our champagne 485 00:19:08,448 --> 00:19:12,116 froze right here in the neck of this champagne bottle. 486 00:19:12,118 --> 00:19:13,551 All right. 487 00:19:13,553 --> 00:19:15,520 We got to take the cap off, blow it out. 488 00:19:15,522 --> 00:19:17,855 It should blow the cube of ice out. 489 00:19:18,324 --> 00:19:19,557 I hope like so. 490 00:19:23,696 --> 00:19:24,695 Uh-oh. Here we go. 491 00:19:26,232 --> 00:19:28,065 Let me shake that up, blow that down there. 492 00:19:29,335 --> 00:19:31,002 It froze too much. 493 00:19:35,074 --> 00:19:36,908 All we got to do is get that to blow out. 494 00:19:40,180 --> 00:19:42,580 Oh, there we go... [laughs] 495 00:19:42,582 --> 00:19:44,148 boy, what a good blow. 496 00:19:44,751 --> 00:19:45,716 Here we go. 497 00:19:45,718 --> 00:19:47,018 We got champagne. 498 00:19:47,020 --> 00:19:48,986 Jerry's gonna be proud now. 499 00:19:48,988 --> 00:19:50,655 So you got to be real, real quick. 500 00:19:50,657 --> 00:19:52,723 Get back to the table, cork it off, 501 00:19:52,725 --> 00:19:53,958 put the wire cage on it. 502 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:55,359 There we go. 503 00:19:55,361 --> 00:19:57,128 We can lay it flat again. 504 00:19:57,130 --> 00:19:58,596 If you don't put the wire cage on it, 505 00:19:58,598 --> 00:19:59,964 it could blow the cork. 506 00:20:02,602 --> 00:20:04,435 Right there. There's the plug of ice 507 00:20:04,437 --> 00:20:05,937 that comes out of the champagne bottle. 508 00:20:05,939 --> 00:20:08,139 That's your yeast sediment right there. 509 00:20:09,008 --> 00:20:10,942 And we got good clean champagne. 510 00:20:10,944 --> 00:20:12,410 Yee-haw. 511 00:20:12,412 --> 00:20:14,812 I'm actually having fun popping these caps 512 00:20:14,814 --> 00:20:16,681 and plugging it off, and putting the wire cages on. 513 00:20:17,784 --> 00:20:19,116 You know, I'm about to taste this champagne 514 00:20:19,118 --> 00:20:20,785 for the very, very first time. 515 00:20:20,787 --> 00:20:22,954 There's a whole hell of a lot riding on this right now. 516 00:20:23,389 --> 00:20:24,655 Damn it. 517 00:20:24,657 --> 00:20:25,756 Calm down. 518 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:35,967 Oh, my god. 519 00:20:35,969 --> 00:20:38,336 Jerry is gonna be proud of this. 520 00:20:38,338 --> 00:20:41,105 I tell you what, man, this stuff is phenomenal. 521 00:20:41,107 --> 00:20:43,574 He's got the blueberry coming through all the way. 522 00:20:45,111 --> 00:20:46,644 Whoo, boy. 523 00:20:46,646 --> 00:20:48,980 But right up there about the 12%, 13% 524 00:20:48,982 --> 00:20:50,581 alcohol in there. 525 00:20:50,583 --> 00:20:51,882 I'm tickled to death. I can't believe 526 00:20:51,884 --> 00:20:54,252 that it's turned out this way. Whoo. 527 00:20:54,254 --> 00:20:56,153 You know, jerry would love to be here right now 528 00:20:56,155 --> 00:20:58,522 to help me do this, but he's not. 529 00:20:58,524 --> 00:21:01,359 I just try to make it as fun as I can for myself. 530 00:21:01,361 --> 00:21:04,395 He'll be proud of my work that I've done and completed 531 00:21:04,397 --> 00:21:07,732 for both of us and it's a win-win at the end. 532 00:21:07,734 --> 00:21:09,767 Oh, yes, we're getting there. 533 00:21:13,206 --> 00:21:16,207 [country music playing] 534 00:21:23,483 --> 00:21:24,715 it's getting here 535 00:21:24,717 --> 00:21:26,384 and my eyes aren't poor anymore. 536 00:21:26,386 --> 00:21:27,785 You know, mark and myself, 537 00:21:27,787 --> 00:21:29,153 we got to figure out some place 538 00:21:29,155 --> 00:21:32,590 where the wind moves enough to keep these barrels moving. 539 00:21:32,592 --> 00:21:34,091 This topo map's gonna show us 540 00:21:34,093 --> 00:21:36,727 where we're high up in the hills. 541 00:21:36,729 --> 00:21:38,596 I've got an old topographical map 542 00:21:38,598 --> 00:21:40,965 and it shows us what the elevation is. 543 00:21:40,967 --> 00:21:42,700 One thing that we're not short on 544 00:21:42,702 --> 00:21:44,068 that's, mountaintops around here. 545 00:21:44,070 --> 00:21:46,504 And all the... All the highest peaks though, 546 00:21:46,506 --> 00:21:48,306 the park services has got. 547 00:21:48,308 --> 00:21:50,207 Yeah, we can't be in no park. 548 00:21:50,209 --> 00:21:52,943 You do not do anything illegal on federal land. 549 00:21:52,945 --> 00:21:56,747 That gets you more time than doing the actual crime itself. 550 00:21:56,749 --> 00:21:58,115 Well, we got to have some place 551 00:21:58,117 --> 00:22:00,151 people don't infringe upon that. 552 00:22:00,153 --> 00:22:01,385 It's got to be secure. 553 00:22:01,387 --> 00:22:03,921 [mark] digger and I grew up in these mountains here 554 00:22:03,923 --> 00:22:06,123 and all these bumps and these hills 555 00:22:06,125 --> 00:22:10,061 are mountain peaks, a big huge area. 556 00:22:10,063 --> 00:22:13,030 All the cherokee forest, smoky mountains, 557 00:22:13,032 --> 00:22:15,032 private land, western north carolina, 558 00:22:15,034 --> 00:22:16,267 eastern tennessee. 559 00:22:16,269 --> 00:22:18,369 What about up here on bradley mountain? 560 00:22:18,371 --> 00:22:20,705 It's got nothing but houses in development now. 561 00:22:21,941 --> 00:22:23,941 Okay. 562 00:22:23,943 --> 00:22:26,744 See anything right through here, see that? 563 00:22:26,746 --> 00:22:29,447 That's one of the highest points of national park. 564 00:22:29,449 --> 00:22:31,115 National park. 565 00:22:31,117 --> 00:22:33,084 Most of these tops are in government land 566 00:22:33,086 --> 00:22:34,785 or private land that, 567 00:22:34,787 --> 00:22:36,854 you know, we don't know who owns them. 568 00:22:36,856 --> 00:22:39,824 -Rattlesnake mountain. -That's the national forest. 569 00:22:39,826 --> 00:22:41,092 See that cherokee national forest? 570 00:22:41,094 --> 00:22:43,427 Yup, we have our cherokee. Yup. Sure is. 571 00:22:43,429 --> 00:22:46,263 This narrows our search considerably 572 00:22:46,265 --> 00:22:48,232 the fact that, yeah, the costs are there 573 00:22:48,234 --> 00:22:49,834 but we don't have access to them. 574 00:22:49,836 --> 00:22:51,569 This is maggie valley right here? 575 00:22:51,571 --> 00:22:53,137 Yeah, this is the valley right there. 576 00:22:53,139 --> 00:22:55,406 -Campbell creek road. -That's up there where... 577 00:22:55,408 --> 00:22:56,874 That's the old popcorn site. 578 00:22:56,876 --> 00:22:58,476 -Popcorn sites, yeah. -Yeah. 579 00:22:58,478 --> 00:23:01,145 Mmm-hmm. Look here. 580 00:23:01,147 --> 00:23:04,148 There's cataloochee. It's all private owned. 581 00:23:04,150 --> 00:23:06,484 It is the highest peak of it is. 582 00:23:06,486 --> 00:23:08,586 -There's a ski resort there. -Yup. 583 00:23:08,588 --> 00:23:10,287 But just over here, 584 00:23:10,289 --> 00:23:11,922 you know what's right there, don't you? 585 00:23:11,924 --> 00:23:14,492 -That's a ghost town. -That's a ghost town. 586 00:23:14,494 --> 00:23:17,928 The place we're looking at is the old ghost town. 587 00:23:17,930 --> 00:23:19,563 It's an old theme park. 588 00:23:19,565 --> 00:23:21,399 And that might work for us, puss. 589 00:23:21,401 --> 00:23:22,466 Yup. 590 00:23:22,468 --> 00:23:24,001 It was a shoot 'em up town. 591 00:23:24,003 --> 00:23:25,436 There was old west shootouts 592 00:23:25,438 --> 00:23:27,371 on every corner every two hours. 593 00:23:27,373 --> 00:23:29,240 It was a place every kid wanted to go 594 00:23:29,242 --> 00:23:31,108 when he was our age back years ago. 595 00:23:31,110 --> 00:23:33,010 -And it's abandoned, digger... -Yeah. 596 00:23:33,012 --> 00:23:34,812 ...And it's got gates on the road. 597 00:23:34,814 --> 00:23:37,081 -It's private owned. -It is private owned. 598 00:23:37,083 --> 00:23:39,316 You know, I've got a lot of fond memories 599 00:23:39,318 --> 00:23:41,318 from ghost town when I was a kid. 600 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:42,686 You know who's watching 601 00:23:42,688 --> 00:23:44,955 after that property up there, don't you? 602 00:23:44,957 --> 00:23:46,190 -Cowboy. -Cowboy. 603 00:23:49,495 --> 00:23:52,630 [country music playing] 604 00:24:05,778 --> 00:24:08,145 oh, damn... 605 00:24:13,886 --> 00:24:15,152 [groans] 606 00:24:15,154 --> 00:24:17,254 last night, I went to the hospital. 607 00:24:17,256 --> 00:24:19,223 My foot is in pretty bad shape. 608 00:24:19,225 --> 00:24:20,658 What in the world? 609 00:24:20,660 --> 00:24:22,927 Yeah, I broke it in like four places. 610 00:24:22,929 --> 00:24:25,229 It's gonna have to have some pins in it. 611 00:24:25,231 --> 00:24:28,432 I was thinking, man. I can't really do anything. 612 00:24:28,434 --> 00:24:31,302 Like I always can't do... [bleep] what am I gonna do? 613 00:24:31,304 --> 00:24:32,837 It ain't the pain. 614 00:24:32,839 --> 00:24:35,306 You know, I'm in pain, it's throbbing, but I'm good. 615 00:24:35,308 --> 00:24:37,308 What I'm not good about is the fact 616 00:24:37,310 --> 00:24:40,211 that I can't go do anything. 617 00:24:40,213 --> 00:24:42,213 It hurts and I know it's there, 618 00:24:42,215 --> 00:24:44,648 but when I wanna get up, I go to the bathroom or something, 619 00:24:44,650 --> 00:24:46,750 I wanna get up and just go, and I'm like, 620 00:24:46,752 --> 00:24:48,385 I don't go very far, far. 621 00:24:48,387 --> 00:24:50,488 I realize I ain't going without these crutches. 622 00:24:50,490 --> 00:24:53,991 There ain't no way I'm gonna be running two 450 gal stills. 623 00:24:54,694 --> 00:24:57,795 Hey, I've been down before. 624 00:24:57,797 --> 00:25:00,331 I'll be right back. It's just gonna be a minute. 625 00:25:00,333 --> 00:25:02,500 -More than a minute. -I'm just saying. 626 00:25:02,502 --> 00:25:04,301 Who you told about all this? 627 00:25:04,303 --> 00:25:06,003 Have you old henry or kenny, any of them, 628 00:25:06,005 --> 00:25:07,538 called tickle, anybody? 629 00:25:07,540 --> 00:25:08,672 Man, it's just happened. 630 00:25:08,674 --> 00:25:11,308 Hell, I ain't have time to gather my bearings yet. 631 00:25:11,310 --> 00:25:14,912 Well, I got a partnership with henry, kenny, and tickle. 632 00:25:14,914 --> 00:25:17,715 Yeah, I'll call them and see what they say. 633 00:25:17,717 --> 00:25:19,583 They got all those stills up there running. 634 00:25:19,585 --> 00:25:20,918 I'm supposed to have those stills 635 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:24,455 down here running and I don't have them running. 636 00:25:24,457 --> 00:25:27,358 I'm gonna have a real hard time setting them up, too. 637 00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:29,326 [man] joshua, what's going on, brother? 638 00:25:29,328 --> 00:25:32,229 I got... I got myself into a situation. 639 00:25:33,266 --> 00:25:35,232 -[man] what do you mean? -When I was in a rig, 640 00:25:35,234 --> 00:25:36,634 I don't know if you could say 641 00:25:36,636 --> 00:25:38,869 I crashed my foot or just broke it or what, 642 00:25:38,871 --> 00:25:40,371 but I broke it multiple places 643 00:25:40,373 --> 00:25:42,740 and I got to have surgery, so... 644 00:25:42,742 --> 00:25:45,910 [man] oh, man, you got to be kidding me. 645 00:25:45,912 --> 00:25:48,345 That's gonna hold up the whole operation, isn't it? 646 00:25:48,347 --> 00:25:49,747 Yeah. I didn't even think about it 'till 647 00:25:49,749 --> 00:25:53,117 -a few minutes ago. -[man] man, oh, man. 648 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:54,652 Well, listen, holler if you need us, 649 00:25:54,654 --> 00:25:56,987 need a few thousand dollars to hold you over? 650 00:25:56,989 --> 00:25:59,423 Well, I got a little something up my sleeve. 651 00:25:59,425 --> 00:26:01,292 I'm hoping it might work out. I don't know. 652 00:26:01,294 --> 00:26:03,027 It might be stupid as all to get out, 653 00:26:03,029 --> 00:26:05,696 but it might be the best thing I ever did, too, so. 654 00:26:05,698 --> 00:26:07,865 I'm trying to think of a way right now. 655 00:26:07,867 --> 00:26:09,567 I might be onto something where I maybe 656 00:26:09,569 --> 00:26:11,869 could make some money without the stills. 657 00:26:11,871 --> 00:26:13,370 And if you could just, you know, 658 00:26:13,372 --> 00:26:14,972 give me my cut worth of alcohol, 659 00:26:14,974 --> 00:26:16,607 it'd be fine with me. 660 00:26:16,609 --> 00:26:18,275 -[man] instead of money? -Yeah. 661 00:26:18,277 --> 00:26:20,644 He told me to give me some money, whatever it took. 662 00:26:20,646 --> 00:26:22,279 I told him just for right now, 663 00:26:22,281 --> 00:26:23,881 -just send me some shine. -[man] that works. 664 00:26:23,883 --> 00:26:25,583 We got things rolling pretty good here. 665 00:26:25,585 --> 00:26:26,917 How am I gonna pull this off? 666 00:26:26,919 --> 00:26:28,319 Want me to send it down? 667 00:26:28,321 --> 00:26:30,654 I think I'll just send brian on up there to get it. 668 00:26:30,656 --> 00:26:31,956 [man] all right. Well, just come on then. 669 00:26:31,958 --> 00:26:33,490 -All right, brother? -Okay, brother. 670 00:26:33,492 --> 00:26:34,725 [man] all right. Bye. 671 00:26:34,727 --> 00:26:36,527 Sure is good to have good partners, 672 00:26:36,529 --> 00:26:38,062 good friends. 673 00:26:38,064 --> 00:26:39,897 What's the trick you got up your sleeve? 674 00:26:39,899 --> 00:26:42,566 -Just go get the whiskey. -All right. 675 00:26:42,568 --> 00:26:44,568 Brian, he's picking up my cut of the liquor 676 00:26:44,570 --> 00:26:47,605 instead of picking up the cash because I got this idea, 677 00:26:47,607 --> 00:26:49,340 it's risky and it may not work. 678 00:26:49,342 --> 00:26:50,908 But if it does work, 679 00:26:50,910 --> 00:26:52,443 I think I'm really onto something. 680 00:26:52,445 --> 00:26:53,644 Holler if you need me. 681 00:26:53,646 --> 00:26:55,112 Keep that thing rubber side down. 682 00:26:55,114 --> 00:26:56,246 What side's rubber? 683 00:26:56,248 --> 00:26:57,748 On the tire. 684 00:27:04,724 --> 00:27:07,758 [country music playing] 685 00:27:08,995 --> 00:27:10,127 oh, yeah. 686 00:27:10,630 --> 00:27:12,062 Last one. 687 00:27:12,064 --> 00:27:14,298 I've got champagne now. 688 00:27:14,300 --> 00:27:17,034 Whoo. Forty-eight bottles. 689 00:27:17,036 --> 00:27:18,702 I've got every one of these bottles finished, 690 00:27:18,704 --> 00:27:20,237 and I can't believe I didn't drop one, 691 00:27:20,239 --> 00:27:21,905 spill one, you know, I got half 692 00:27:21,907 --> 00:27:23,340 of the champagne going to the wedding 693 00:27:23,342 --> 00:27:24,675 and the other half that I'm going to try 694 00:27:24,677 --> 00:27:27,077 to sell to somebody to try to help jerry out. 695 00:27:27,079 --> 00:27:30,080 We've got it done, man. We got to call jerry. 696 00:27:30,082 --> 00:27:32,716 Let him see the finished product that it's done. 697 00:27:32,718 --> 00:27:34,985 [phone ringing] 698 00:27:34,987 --> 00:27:37,621 -hey, buddy. -What's going on? 699 00:27:37,623 --> 00:27:39,523 I want you to see something, brother. 700 00:27:39,525 --> 00:27:40,658 Look at here. 701 00:27:41,927 --> 00:27:43,994 [jerry] oh, you got them... You got them corked? 702 00:27:43,996 --> 00:27:46,530 I got all of them corked, 703 00:27:46,532 --> 00:27:48,098 froze every one of them, 704 00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:49,600 blow the plugs out, 705 00:27:50,503 --> 00:27:52,469 got them corked off, and re-racked, man. 706 00:27:52,471 --> 00:27:55,172 -We got good champagne. -[jerry] nice. 707 00:27:55,174 --> 00:27:57,207 Ready for the wedding, huh? 708 00:27:57,209 --> 00:28:00,310 It's all ready, man. That's for sure. 709 00:28:01,580 --> 00:28:04,014 [jerry] well, I'm just gonna let you know that upfront 710 00:28:04,016 --> 00:28:06,583 I don't really know what's gonna happen the weekend. 711 00:28:06,585 --> 00:28:09,787 Yeah. That's okay, brother. As long as you get well. 712 00:28:09,789 --> 00:28:11,121 It's all right if you can't make it, 713 00:28:11,123 --> 00:28:12,222 it's fine. 714 00:28:12,224 --> 00:28:14,091 [jerry] I wasn't sure expecting all this. 715 00:28:15,895 --> 00:28:17,394 That's the... That's the thing, don. 716 00:28:17,396 --> 00:28:19,930 No, man, we don't never know nothing about it, you know? 717 00:28:19,932 --> 00:28:21,432 Nah, I sure don't. 718 00:28:23,202 --> 00:28:24,835 I'm worried to death about jerry. 719 00:28:24,837 --> 00:28:26,403 What if he has a major stroke 720 00:28:26,405 --> 00:28:27,938 inside the hospital and he just dies, 721 00:28:27,940 --> 00:28:30,741 you know, what can I say? What can I do? 722 00:28:30,743 --> 00:28:33,043 You know, you can always rewind 723 00:28:33,045 --> 00:28:35,145 and always tell yourself, 724 00:28:35,147 --> 00:28:37,514 "I should have done this or why didn't I do that?" 725 00:28:37,516 --> 00:28:40,317 you know, every one of us is guilty of it. 726 00:28:40,319 --> 00:28:42,519 Well, I've got this done, brother. 727 00:28:42,521 --> 00:28:44,321 [jerry] I'm proud of you, man. 728 00:28:44,323 --> 00:28:45,622 I knew you could do it. 729 00:28:46,792 --> 00:28:48,659 Take care of yourself. 730 00:28:48,661 --> 00:28:50,761 I'll let you know if something happens tomorrow, 731 00:28:50,763 --> 00:28:53,197 if I could get out, get out of this prison. 732 00:28:53,199 --> 00:28:55,499 -Love you, brother. -[jerry] I love you, bro. 733 00:28:55,501 --> 00:28:56,567 See you. 734 00:28:59,338 --> 00:29:01,538 [sighs] 735 00:29:01,540 --> 00:29:04,575 [dramatic music playing] 736 00:29:15,054 --> 00:29:16,420 oh, man. 737 00:29:18,824 --> 00:29:20,257 I don't even know if he's gonna be able 738 00:29:20,259 --> 00:29:21,759 to work with me again. 739 00:29:23,295 --> 00:29:25,629 [dramatic music playing] 740 00:29:25,631 --> 00:29:27,097 we got her done, though. 741 00:29:30,903 --> 00:29:33,637 Damn. [chuckles] 742 00:29:33,639 --> 00:29:36,206 I hate getting emotional, man. I can't stand it. 743 00:29:39,678 --> 00:29:41,044 I just figured he'd been good enough 744 00:29:41,046 --> 00:29:43,013 to be at the wedding, you know. 745 00:29:43,015 --> 00:29:46,016 I guess it's a bunch of dudes for you. 746 00:29:46,018 --> 00:29:48,385 We think we're better than we are, 747 00:29:48,387 --> 00:29:52,356 and then life hits. 748 00:29:53,526 --> 00:29:55,025 Brings you down. 749 00:29:57,229 --> 00:29:59,797 I just hope he gets better. That's all I can hope for, 750 00:29:59,799 --> 00:30:01,532 that he gets better and I'll do everything 751 00:30:01,534 --> 00:30:03,233 I can to help him. 752 00:30:03,235 --> 00:30:05,269 Even if he can't be at the wedding, 753 00:30:05,271 --> 00:30:08,205 even if he can't continue on working with me. 754 00:30:09,809 --> 00:30:12,910 I might one day get somebody else to help me. 755 00:30:12,912 --> 00:30:17,214 But they won't never, nobody ever replace jerry. 756 00:30:18,250 --> 00:30:19,316 Ever. 757 00:30:23,589 --> 00:30:26,590 [intense music playing] 758 00:30:29,628 --> 00:30:33,497 [country music playing] 759 00:30:33,499 --> 00:30:34,765 [josh] okay. 760 00:30:37,136 --> 00:30:39,369 Oh, where the hell is brian? 761 00:30:39,371 --> 00:30:40,838 He said he'd be here. 762 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:42,806 Henry, kenny, and tickle are counting on me 763 00:30:42,808 --> 00:30:44,241 to pull my fair share of the weight 764 00:30:44,243 --> 00:30:46,610 while I'm back here. Now that I broke my foot, 765 00:30:46,612 --> 00:30:49,012 I don't wanna let henry, kenny, or tickle down. 766 00:30:49,014 --> 00:30:51,815 So I sent brian to virginia to pick up my cut of liquor. 767 00:30:51,817 --> 00:30:53,951 Now, I'm gonna have to be real creative. 768 00:30:53,953 --> 00:30:55,385 You're gonna [bleep] when you see this. 769 00:30:55,387 --> 00:30:57,321 [josh] why is that? 770 00:30:57,323 --> 00:30:59,256 Just come look at it. 771 00:30:59,258 --> 00:31:02,492 -110 gallons. -Hell, yeah. 772 00:31:02,494 --> 00:31:04,394 There ain't no way I'm gonna be running in 773 00:31:04,396 --> 00:31:06,463 and have a 600 gal steel site over and over. 774 00:31:06,465 --> 00:31:08,632 So I've been thinking about something else. 775 00:31:08,634 --> 00:31:11,134 We could take a little bit of moonshine 776 00:31:11,136 --> 00:31:13,837 and turn it into a whole lot of damn money. 777 00:31:13,839 --> 00:31:14,972 What do you wanna do with all this? 778 00:31:14,974 --> 00:31:17,007 You know, everybody's into this hard silky thing. 779 00:31:17,009 --> 00:31:18,108 Yeah. 780 00:31:18,110 --> 00:31:20,177 I was thinking about maybe 781 00:31:20,179 --> 00:31:21,879 trying to do something like that. 782 00:31:21,881 --> 00:31:22,980 There's all these drinks 783 00:31:22,982 --> 00:31:24,715 popping up with carbonation and stuff, 784 00:31:24,717 --> 00:31:27,050 you know, and the, sort of, like soda 785 00:31:27,052 --> 00:31:28,418 and some of them are really good. 786 00:31:28,420 --> 00:31:30,287 We could make flavored seltzer water 787 00:31:30,289 --> 00:31:32,256 and add a little bit of alcohol to it, 788 00:31:32,258 --> 00:31:35,325 like of a homemade moonshine seltzer, you know. 789 00:31:35,327 --> 00:31:37,561 I know that sounds insane, 790 00:31:37,563 --> 00:31:39,763 but I think it might be a worthy cause, 791 00:31:39,765 --> 00:31:41,698 because it's like such a big thing right now, 792 00:31:41,700 --> 00:31:43,934 there's always companies popping up doing it. 793 00:31:43,936 --> 00:31:46,503 You know, everybody's got a hard seltzer. Yeah. 794 00:31:46,505 --> 00:31:48,238 I got to see... Here are two things. 795 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:50,807 Maybe we could take a little bit of moonshine, 796 00:31:50,809 --> 00:31:53,010 mix it with some flavors and stuff, 797 00:31:53,012 --> 00:31:55,379 pressurize it, carbonate our own drink. 798 00:31:55,381 --> 00:31:56,980 We're really firing a hole this year. 799 00:31:56,982 --> 00:31:59,283 We haven't hardly made a ounce of liquor. 800 00:31:59,285 --> 00:32:01,118 I really need this idea to work out. 801 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:02,619 [brian] open up. 802 00:32:06,325 --> 00:32:09,326 Every time josh tells me he's got some kind of an idea, 803 00:32:09,328 --> 00:32:11,261 sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, 804 00:32:11,263 --> 00:32:12,562 but most of the time, 805 00:32:12,564 --> 00:32:15,132 he knows what he's got going on. 806 00:32:15,134 --> 00:32:18,035 All right. So my whole plan is just to try it out 807 00:32:18,037 --> 00:32:20,304 on a small scale just to see if it works, 808 00:32:20,306 --> 00:32:22,039 so I don't waste a lot of liquor. 809 00:32:22,041 --> 00:32:23,874 I'm gonna take a pressure cooker. 810 00:32:24,310 --> 00:32:25,676 Whoa. 811 00:32:25,678 --> 00:32:27,711 Hook it to a co2 tank. 812 00:32:27,713 --> 00:32:29,947 You got to drink in it, it'll make it carbonated... 813 00:32:29,949 --> 00:32:31,782 -[horn blows] -holy [bleep]. 814 00:32:31,784 --> 00:32:33,984 -[chuckles] -do it again. 815 00:32:33,986 --> 00:32:35,152 [brian] fire in the hole. 816 00:32:35,154 --> 00:32:36,920 We put the first batch of moonshine in there 817 00:32:36,922 --> 00:32:38,989 and we put the pressure to it. 818 00:32:38,991 --> 00:32:41,124 [brian] I don't know if I'd hold it right under your face. 819 00:32:41,126 --> 00:32:43,093 [josh] I'm thinking this may be one of the biggest 820 00:32:43,095 --> 00:32:45,595 harebrained ideas I've ever had. 821 00:32:45,597 --> 00:32:47,331 But for the hole it fills, 822 00:32:47,333 --> 00:32:49,232 man, we're definitely gonna be onto something. 823 00:32:49,234 --> 00:32:51,435 Let see what it does if it damn carbonates 824 00:32:51,437 --> 00:32:54,371 our moonshine or not. 825 00:32:54,373 --> 00:32:56,139 Does that look carbonated to you? 826 00:32:56,141 --> 00:32:57,507 [brian] I don't know. 827 00:33:02,348 --> 00:33:03,814 Hell no. 828 00:33:08,921 --> 00:33:13,090 [country music playing] 829 00:33:13,092 --> 00:33:16,159 [mark] here. Better put a stop around them just for safety. 830 00:33:17,229 --> 00:33:18,562 Son of a bitch. 831 00:33:19,631 --> 00:33:20,964 You need me to help you out? 832 00:33:20,966 --> 00:33:23,300 Don't throw the thing. Set that on there. 833 00:33:25,771 --> 00:33:28,205 -Look here. -I know. It used to be... 834 00:33:28,207 --> 00:33:29,706 Far down our backers just... 835 00:33:29,708 --> 00:33:31,375 Well, I wouldn't put it any different, 836 00:33:31,377 --> 00:33:33,043 I just have to stretch it out. 837 00:33:33,045 --> 00:33:34,177 I don't need it stretched out. 838 00:33:34,179 --> 00:33:35,178 Well, look here. 839 00:33:35,180 --> 00:33:36,580 I need this son of a bitch the same stuff. 840 00:33:36,582 --> 00:33:39,116 -Woosah. -[chuckles] 841 00:33:39,118 --> 00:33:41,418 [laughter] 842 00:33:41,420 --> 00:33:42,953 you're stressing a little [bleep] 843 00:33:42,955 --> 00:33:44,688 and the bigger [bleep] thing that bothered you a bit. 844 00:33:44,690 --> 00:33:46,223 -Now what's up with that? -[mark] I don't know. 845 00:33:46,225 --> 00:33:48,191 It usually ain't like me, is it? 846 00:33:48,193 --> 00:33:50,060 Too much caffeine, mark? 847 00:33:50,062 --> 00:33:51,228 No. 848 00:33:52,398 --> 00:33:53,964 -Thank you. -Hey, you're welcome. 849 00:33:53,966 --> 00:33:54,998 I got you. 850 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,267 Woosah... [chuckles] 851 00:33:57,970 --> 00:34:00,871 [country music playing] 852 00:34:00,873 --> 00:34:03,140 [josh] that's not carbonated worth a damn. 853 00:34:03,142 --> 00:34:05,409 That didn't pan out for me too well. 854 00:34:05,411 --> 00:34:07,344 We're using some pretty highproof moonshine 855 00:34:07,346 --> 00:34:09,012 and when I carbonate the liquor, 856 00:34:09,014 --> 00:34:11,214 I see bubbles in it and I see it's carbonated, 857 00:34:11,216 --> 00:34:13,083 but it goes flat almost instantly. 858 00:34:16,021 --> 00:34:17,654 [grunts] that's not carbonated. 859 00:34:17,656 --> 00:34:19,523 [josh] I don't know. I'm not a scientist. 860 00:34:19,525 --> 00:34:21,525 We got a lot of experimenting to do. 861 00:34:21,527 --> 00:34:24,428 Adding that to moonshine just don't make it carbonated. 862 00:34:24,430 --> 00:34:27,064 Alcohol contents are high in it or something? 863 00:34:27,066 --> 00:34:29,032 Here's a jar of some cherry moonshine in there, 864 00:34:29,034 --> 00:34:30,400 that we could put in there. 865 00:34:30,402 --> 00:34:31,935 Shoot, let's try it, hell, it's worth a shot 866 00:34:31,937 --> 00:34:33,170 and it can't hurt it. 867 00:34:33,172 --> 00:34:34,738 I've been thinking, you know, 868 00:34:34,740 --> 00:34:37,641 I've tried to carbonate this high proof alcohol, 869 00:34:37,643 --> 00:34:40,577 well, water carbonates, soda carbonates, 870 00:34:40,579 --> 00:34:43,580 and all these things are forced carbonated. 871 00:34:43,582 --> 00:34:46,083 So maybe if I use different ingredients, 872 00:34:46,085 --> 00:34:48,552 maybe, like, if I use a lower proof liquor, 873 00:34:48,554 --> 00:34:52,222 an alcoholic beverage with other ingredients mixed in it, 874 00:34:52,224 --> 00:34:53,924 maybe that'll hold carbonation. 875 00:34:53,926 --> 00:34:55,292 Just gonna dump the whole thing in there? 876 00:34:55,294 --> 00:34:56,793 Yeah, let it rip, tater chip. 877 00:34:56,795 --> 00:34:58,395 Josh, he's got some cherry bounce. 878 00:34:58,397 --> 00:35:00,730 We're gonna put it in this pressure cooker. 879 00:35:00,732 --> 00:35:02,399 Hopefully it's not gonna be a cherry bomb. 880 00:35:02,401 --> 00:35:04,468 Light a fire to it, son. 881 00:35:04,470 --> 00:35:05,802 Why we both getting back? 882 00:35:05,804 --> 00:35:07,771 Tuck her up real tight. 883 00:35:07,773 --> 00:35:09,973 I'm not scared to touch it. 884 00:35:09,975 --> 00:35:11,508 You ready? 885 00:35:11,510 --> 00:35:13,710 All right. 886 00:35:13,712 --> 00:35:16,113 -Good theory. -Oh, I'll just be damned. 887 00:35:16,115 --> 00:35:19,116 Wait, look here. It fizzes just like a coke. 888 00:35:19,118 --> 00:35:21,284 Now that we got another concoction in here, 889 00:35:21,286 --> 00:35:22,819 seems like it's holding the fizz. 890 00:35:22,821 --> 00:35:25,322 [brian] what do you think, josh? 891 00:35:25,324 --> 00:35:26,957 That's wild. 892 00:35:26,959 --> 00:35:29,960 Went from tasting like a moonshine in a jar, 893 00:35:29,962 --> 00:35:33,230 to more like a soda with a little alcohol in it. 894 00:35:33,232 --> 00:35:35,298 It just kind of took a little bit of the edge off of it, 895 00:35:35,300 --> 00:35:36,900 and put a little bit of fizz in it. 896 00:35:36,902 --> 00:35:38,969 -Is that not damn good? -That's damn good. 897 00:35:38,971 --> 00:35:41,304 Yeah, that's damn good, puts a spin on it, don't it? 898 00:35:41,306 --> 00:35:42,772 You know what josh owens would say, don't you? 899 00:35:42,774 --> 00:35:45,041 -[josh] what? -Damn. 900 00:35:45,043 --> 00:35:47,344 [josh] I know a lot of alcohols like beer, 901 00:35:47,346 --> 00:35:48,712 sparkling wine. 902 00:35:48,714 --> 00:35:50,313 They create their own carbon dioxide. 903 00:35:50,315 --> 00:35:51,982 But that's not what we're doing. 904 00:35:51,984 --> 00:35:54,017 We're creating an alcoholic drink 905 00:35:54,019 --> 00:35:55,385 and we're pressurizing it. 906 00:35:55,387 --> 00:35:57,220 We're putting the co2 in it. 907 00:35:57,222 --> 00:36:00,023 We're putting our own carbon dioxide in it. 908 00:36:00,025 --> 00:36:02,025 -You see that? -Cherry bounce seltzer? 909 00:36:02,027 --> 00:36:03,326 That's crazy. 910 00:36:03,328 --> 00:36:05,929 If we can take this and turn this into something 911 00:36:05,931 --> 00:36:08,632 that actually holds up and we got the corner 912 00:36:08,634 --> 00:36:10,333 of the market far as I'm concerned. 913 00:36:10,335 --> 00:36:11,701 Two barrels of shine out there 914 00:36:11,703 --> 00:36:12,936 and in the... In the van. 915 00:36:12,938 --> 00:36:16,006 That will go a long way, 916 00:36:16,008 --> 00:36:18,508 you go to making some flavors with that shine, 917 00:36:18,510 --> 00:36:20,744 because you're cutting it down with that right there. 918 00:36:20,746 --> 00:36:23,246 It's gonna stretch it out and double the money. 919 00:36:23,248 --> 00:36:25,749 That's over a thousand courses, at least. 920 00:36:25,751 --> 00:36:27,784 This broken foot may kick my ass 921 00:36:27,786 --> 00:36:29,553 but it sure ain't broke my ass. 922 00:36:29,555 --> 00:36:31,721 I think we might be onto something. 923 00:36:31,723 --> 00:36:33,056 I hope we are. 924 00:36:33,058 --> 00:36:34,791 Something other than a broke foot. 925 00:36:34,793 --> 00:36:36,259 [josh] yeah, no doubt. 926 00:36:44,236 --> 00:36:46,203 [country music playing] 927 00:36:46,205 --> 00:36:48,471 how out of place is a wooden barrel 928 00:36:48,473 --> 00:36:51,074 gonna look in the place called ghost town? 929 00:36:51,076 --> 00:36:54,110 Ghost town is an abandoned theme park 930 00:36:54,112 --> 00:36:55,679 from the early '60s 931 00:36:55,681 --> 00:36:57,113 and, you know, 932 00:36:57,115 --> 00:36:59,482 what makes ghost town so ideal for us 933 00:36:59,484 --> 00:37:01,651 is it's behind a locked gate. 934 00:37:01,653 --> 00:37:04,154 It has a road leading directly to it. 935 00:37:04,156 --> 00:37:06,022 It's not accessible to the public, 936 00:37:06,024 --> 00:37:07,591 and it's on a mountaintop. 937 00:37:07,593 --> 00:37:09,893 So for what we need it for, 938 00:37:09,895 --> 00:37:12,362 it's the perfect solution to our problem. 939 00:37:12,364 --> 00:37:15,799 I ain't seeing no cowboys since popcorn was still alive. 940 00:37:15,801 --> 00:37:17,434 Cowboy got his nickname, 941 00:37:17,436 --> 00:37:19,803 because he was a gunfighter at ghost town. 942 00:37:19,805 --> 00:37:21,905 He was one of the first employees there. 943 00:37:21,907 --> 00:37:23,573 He's always been the caretaker. 944 00:37:23,575 --> 00:37:25,342 Every time it's changed hands, 945 00:37:25,344 --> 00:37:27,043 they've always entrusted cowboy 946 00:37:27,045 --> 00:37:29,546 with keys and with the property. 947 00:37:29,548 --> 00:37:30,914 But, you know, if anybody knows 948 00:37:30,916 --> 00:37:32,549 about ghost town, it's cowboy. 949 00:37:32,551 --> 00:37:34,451 He always told me he's the first man 950 00:37:34,453 --> 00:37:37,220 to blaze a trail in there. 951 00:37:37,222 --> 00:37:38,955 Here comes his ford pick him up truck. 952 00:37:38,957 --> 00:37:40,090 All right. Maybe. 953 00:37:40,092 --> 00:37:42,525 That sounds like what a cowboy oughta drive. 954 00:37:42,527 --> 00:37:44,294 [cowboy] are you fellas lost? 955 00:37:44,296 --> 00:37:46,830 -Hello, old buddy. -Lord, there's my buddy. 956 00:37:46,832 --> 00:37:48,665 -How you doing, old buddy? -Hello there, cowboy. 957 00:37:48,667 --> 00:37:49,866 How you doing old buddy? 958 00:37:49,868 --> 00:37:51,101 I ain't seen you in a long time. 959 00:37:51,103 --> 00:37:52,235 I ain't seen you in 15 years. 960 00:37:52,237 --> 00:37:54,237 Well, I ain't no purdier, son. 961 00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:55,605 Well, let me ask you a question. 962 00:37:55,607 --> 00:37:57,140 Just lay it on me, brother. 963 00:37:57,142 --> 00:38:00,443 Now your role as a gunfighter in ghost town. 964 00:38:00,445 --> 00:38:02,912 -Yeah. -Actually bought you a part 965 00:38:02,914 --> 00:38:04,648 in the hollywood movie of deliverance , then? 966 00:38:04,650 --> 00:38:06,149 Deliverance. 967 00:38:06,151 --> 00:38:08,551 Cowboy's claim to fame, I guess, 968 00:38:08,553 --> 00:38:11,888 he was a character in the movie deliverance. 969 00:38:11,890 --> 00:38:13,356 Yeah. On the show was jon voight 970 00:38:13,358 --> 00:38:14,991 -and burt reynolds. -Yeah. 971 00:38:14,993 --> 00:38:18,995 And all them, and I went to hollywood. 972 00:38:18,997 --> 00:38:20,897 [mark] he was one of the mountaineer men 973 00:38:20,899 --> 00:38:23,199 that had the encounter 974 00:38:23,201 --> 00:38:25,068 with ned beatty's character in the movie, 975 00:38:25,070 --> 00:38:27,470 which wasn't a very pretty scene. 976 00:38:27,472 --> 00:38:29,606 I did have my two front teeth out 977 00:38:29,608 --> 00:38:31,207 when they done the movie deliverance. 978 00:38:31,209 --> 00:38:33,343 Cowboy's most famous line 979 00:38:33,345 --> 00:38:36,012 is "you sure got a pretty mouth, boy." 980 00:38:36,014 --> 00:38:37,881 of all the lines in that movie, 981 00:38:37,883 --> 00:38:39,449 that one sticks with you. 982 00:38:39,451 --> 00:38:42,719 -He's an icon. -What do you need me for? 983 00:38:42,721 --> 00:38:44,254 -Uh... -Well, 984 00:38:44,256 --> 00:38:47,157 we think you're the only one that may be able to help us. 985 00:38:47,159 --> 00:38:49,659 -Well, if I can, I will. -I know you will. 986 00:38:49,661 --> 00:38:51,494 We wanna get in up there on top of the mountain, 987 00:38:51,496 --> 00:38:53,063 at the old ghost town. 988 00:38:53,065 --> 00:38:55,065 What are you going up there for in that old place? 989 00:38:55,067 --> 00:38:57,434 Well, you know that man, 990 00:38:57,436 --> 00:39:00,070 popcorn, and mark, all of us, you know what we's into. 991 00:39:00,072 --> 00:39:01,971 I know what you're into. I know. 992 00:39:01,973 --> 00:39:04,007 You know it don't hurt us any by the fact 993 00:39:04,009 --> 00:39:07,310 that cowboy was friends with popcorn sutton. 994 00:39:07,312 --> 00:39:09,279 We'll tell him what we have in mind. 995 00:39:09,281 --> 00:39:11,414 We don't wanna keep any secrets from him. 996 00:39:11,416 --> 00:39:13,416 We got some barrels we wanna take up there 997 00:39:13,418 --> 00:39:15,218 -and let them age. -I see. 998 00:39:15,220 --> 00:39:16,252 Yeah. 999 00:39:16,254 --> 00:39:18,054 The weather changes up there are drastic. 1000 00:39:18,056 --> 00:39:19,222 -Oh, yeah. -And we're wanting to... 1001 00:39:19,224 --> 00:39:20,690 We're wanting to age our liquor up there, 1002 00:39:20,692 --> 00:39:22,325 and you know as well as anybody 1003 00:39:22,327 --> 00:39:24,060 when that... When that weather changes, 1004 00:39:24,062 --> 00:39:25,462 -that barometric pressure... -Oh. 1005 00:39:25,464 --> 00:39:27,230 Drops, that liquor goes in all that wood. 1006 00:39:27,232 --> 00:39:28,531 And makes it work there. 1007 00:39:28,533 --> 00:39:29,799 And we're gonna try to set it somewhere 1008 00:39:29,801 --> 00:39:32,302 where it'd wobble around like, you know, it's almost... 1009 00:39:32,304 --> 00:39:33,903 And the wind blows up here, yeah. 1010 00:39:33,905 --> 00:39:36,072 And we need that weather changing 1011 00:39:36,074 --> 00:39:38,174 -drastic every day or so. -That's good. 1012 00:39:38,176 --> 00:39:39,609 What's the weather like up there? 1013 00:39:39,611 --> 00:39:41,211 -Does it change quick? -Oh, lord, 1014 00:39:41,213 --> 00:39:43,580 it can be hot today and cold tomorrow 1015 00:39:43,582 --> 00:39:45,048 and the wind would be blowing, 1016 00:39:45,050 --> 00:39:47,517 that's what you need, the wind blowing and... 1017 00:39:47,519 --> 00:39:50,120 These are the things that we wanted to hear. 1018 00:39:50,122 --> 00:39:52,155 This is what we're looking for. 1019 00:39:52,157 --> 00:39:54,224 We know that it'd be safe up there because... 1020 00:39:54,226 --> 00:39:55,525 -Yeah. -You know, 1021 00:39:55,527 --> 00:39:57,327 -nobody can get to it. -Yeah. 1022 00:39:57,329 --> 00:39:59,529 And the thing that we want more than anything... 1023 00:39:59,531 --> 00:40:00,764 -What? -We want you 1024 00:40:00,766 --> 00:40:02,432 to be the only one that knows that they're there. 1025 00:40:02,434 --> 00:40:04,868 Yeah. You know why? It's none of my business. 1026 00:40:04,870 --> 00:40:07,670 I know. Well, we trust you with everything we got. 1027 00:40:07,672 --> 00:40:09,739 Do you care to let us in up there and... 1028 00:40:09,741 --> 00:40:11,574 I'll let you in and let you out. 1029 00:40:11,576 --> 00:40:13,376 Ain't nobody gonna know. 1030 00:40:13,378 --> 00:40:16,246 I know where to turn the cameras off and turn them on. 1031 00:40:16,248 --> 00:40:17,881 We appreciate that. 1032 00:40:17,883 --> 00:40:20,150 Cowboy said yes and I couldn't be any happier. 1033 00:40:20,152 --> 00:40:23,019 The mayor of this town handed me the keys to the city. 1034 00:40:23,021 --> 00:40:25,955 [cowboy speaking] 1035 00:40:28,660 --> 00:40:30,360 now, you'd go off like a rocket. 1036 00:40:32,197 --> 00:40:34,197 -Yup. -[cowboy speaking] 1037 00:40:36,234 --> 00:40:38,802 you can just follow me up. 1038 00:40:38,804 --> 00:40:40,103 That sounds like a plan. 1039 00:40:40,105 --> 00:40:41,371 We'll follow right behind you, old buddy. 1040 00:40:41,373 --> 00:40:42,572 All right. You follow behind me. 1041 00:40:42,574 --> 00:40:43,840 You know, we don't know exactly 1042 00:40:43,842 --> 00:40:45,275 what we're looking for, 1043 00:40:45,277 --> 00:40:47,777 but getting in the gate's half the battle. 1044 00:40:47,779 --> 00:40:50,480 We'll have to fix old cowboy up a little bit of alchy-hall. 1045 00:40:50,482 --> 00:40:53,082 Yes, we will. Cowboy said yes. 1046 00:40:53,084 --> 00:40:56,619 Under his conditions he has to let us in and let us out. 1047 00:40:56,621 --> 00:40:58,555 Cowboy, thank you, old buddy. We'll be in touch. 1048 00:40:58,557 --> 00:41:00,123 Yeah. All right. Well, take care, you boys. 1049 00:41:00,125 --> 00:41:01,458 -All right. -And I'm watching. 1050 00:41:01,460 --> 00:41:02,792 All right. Hit the leak here baby, man. 1051 00:41:02,794 --> 00:41:04,027 We got access. 1052 00:41:04,029 --> 00:41:04,928 We're in the middle of nowhere, 1053 00:41:04,930 --> 00:41:05,995 that's the main thing. 1054 00:41:05,997 --> 00:41:08,798 [country music playing] 1055 00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:10,733 we feel like we just got the key to the kingdom, 1056 00:41:10,735 --> 00:41:11,935 so to speak. 1057 00:41:15,407 --> 00:41:16,539 Wow. 1058 00:41:16,541 --> 00:41:18,408 Damn, this is a lot of memories. 1059 00:41:18,410 --> 00:41:20,777 It was a big deal to get come up here when we was a kid. 1060 00:41:20,779 --> 00:41:22,846 We're about to enter the emerald city 1061 00:41:22,848 --> 00:41:26,049 as far as whisky aging we hope.