1 00:00:05,706 --> 00:00:08,741 [narrator] this time on moonshiners... 2 00:00:08,743 --> 00:00:11,877 [josh] y'all been seeing all these hard seltzers all over the place? 3 00:00:11,879 --> 00:00:13,379 He wants to make hard seltzer. 4 00:00:13,381 --> 00:00:14,847 Trust me, it works. 5 00:00:14,849 --> 00:00:18,550 No, to mix that peach brandy with water is something we've never done. 6 00:00:18,552 --> 00:00:21,453 Man, there's a ton of sugar in there, ain't there? 7 00:00:21,455 --> 00:00:25,958 There's people out there willing to pay good money for a top-quality product. 8 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:26,892 What in the hell? 9 00:00:26,894 --> 00:00:28,093 It's blue. 10 00:00:28,662 --> 00:00:30,129 [mike] that's our still, man. 11 00:00:30,131 --> 00:00:31,897 [jerry] the man who's allowing us to run up on his property? 12 00:00:31,899 --> 00:00:32,798 He decided to sell it. 13 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:34,933 It seems like every time we turn around 14 00:00:34,935 --> 00:00:36,902 we're having to pack up, move and go find somewhere else. 15 00:00:36,937 --> 00:00:37,870 Whoo! 16 00:00:37,872 --> 00:00:40,205 We're gonna run some liquor now, boys. 17 00:00:42,777 --> 00:00:45,310 [man] this is how we make the moonshine. 18 00:00:51,752 --> 00:00:53,218 That's good stuff right there 19 00:00:53,220 --> 00:00:55,854 and I'm not really even that big a raspberry fan. 20 00:00:55,856 --> 00:00:57,823 [narrator] along the carolina border, 21 00:00:57,825 --> 00:00:59,758 after devising a recipe 22 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:02,194 for hard seltzer made from moonshine... 23 00:01:02,563 --> 00:01:03,862 [josh] blackberry right there. 24 00:01:04,098 --> 00:01:07,933 Josh prepares to test market the product on his customers. 25 00:01:07,935 --> 00:01:09,101 [josh] there's strawberry. 26 00:01:09,103 --> 00:01:10,669 [brian] boy, that stuff's pretty. 27 00:01:10,671 --> 00:01:13,138 Me and brian are making homegrown hard seltzer. 28 00:01:13,140 --> 00:01:13,906 All right, let 'er rip, cuz. 29 00:01:13,908 --> 00:01:15,707 [machine hissing] 30 00:01:15,709 --> 00:01:17,810 I built this co2 system with this pressure cooker 31 00:01:17,812 --> 00:01:19,812 just to try it out on a small scale. 32 00:01:19,814 --> 00:01:22,548 I'm gonna sell the hard seltzer for eight dollars a quart. 33 00:01:22,550 --> 00:01:24,049 And me and brian are gonna find out 34 00:01:24,051 --> 00:01:26,051 if people are actually gonna really buy this. 35 00:01:26,053 --> 00:01:27,152 Let 'er rip, potato chip. 36 00:01:27,154 --> 00:01:28,420 [hissing] 37 00:01:28,956 --> 00:01:29,655 there it goes. 38 00:01:30,558 --> 00:01:32,524 [josh] homegrown hard seltzer? 39 00:01:32,526 --> 00:01:35,160 That's something totally new and something outside the box. 40 00:01:35,162 --> 00:01:38,497 Uses a little bit of alcohol, stretches it a long way, 41 00:01:38,499 --> 00:01:39,765 makes me a lot of money. 42 00:01:39,767 --> 00:01:43,669 B, if this right here works out, we'll make a damn killing. 43 00:01:43,671 --> 00:01:46,138 Now that we got all this hard seltzer made up, 44 00:01:46,140 --> 00:01:47,773 it's time to put this [bleep] to the test 45 00:01:47,775 --> 00:01:49,741 and see if me and brian are actually gonna be able 46 00:01:49,743 --> 00:01:51,143 to take it out there and sell it. 47 00:01:51,745 --> 00:01:53,812 I got multiple sales lined up. 48 00:01:53,814 --> 00:01:56,248 And I guarantee you, I'm gonna get some feedback. 49 00:01:59,887 --> 00:02:02,855 [brian] what are we gonna say to 'em when we get out? 50 00:02:02,857 --> 00:02:04,256 -[josh] I'll talk to 'em. -[brian] all right. 51 00:02:05,659 --> 00:02:07,159 I didn't exactly tell all my customers 52 00:02:07,161 --> 00:02:08,293 when they were coming to meet me 53 00:02:08,295 --> 00:02:09,795 that I didn't have shine. 54 00:02:09,797 --> 00:02:11,730 -[josh] good to see you, senor. -[customer] good to see you. 55 00:02:11,732 --> 00:02:12,731 [josh] hey look man, we got something 56 00:02:12,733 --> 00:02:15,134 new here we want you to try out. 57 00:02:15,136 --> 00:02:16,969 Just try it out and see what you think. 58 00:02:16,971 --> 00:02:19,238 We got blackberry, watermelon, 59 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,407 we got raspberry, strawberry. 60 00:02:22,409 --> 00:02:24,877 This is like nothing you ever tried before right here. 61 00:02:24,879 --> 00:02:27,045 -[customer] what is it? -[josh] well, it's hard seltzer 62 00:02:27,047 --> 00:02:28,180 but see what you think about it 63 00:02:28,182 --> 00:02:30,983 -before you start judging it. -[customer] all right. 64 00:02:31,552 --> 00:02:33,085 Try this blackberry. 65 00:02:37,024 --> 00:02:39,992 -That's good stuff there. -[josh] it's pretty good. 66 00:02:39,994 --> 00:02:41,827 And I ain't charging as much on it 67 00:02:41,829 --> 00:02:43,829 as I normally do on a cork so 68 00:02:43,831 --> 00:02:44,730 I'll give you a break on it. 69 00:02:44,732 --> 00:02:48,433 Eight dollars a jar is what we come up with. 70 00:02:48,435 --> 00:02:51,370 -[customer] make me a case of the blackberry and strawberry. -[josh] all right. 71 00:02:52,473 --> 00:02:53,739 Hell, yeah. 72 00:02:53,741 --> 00:02:56,141 I knew the second that I sold my first case 73 00:02:56,143 --> 00:02:57,943 they didn't just buy a jar, 74 00:02:57,945 --> 00:02:59,912 I knew I was in business. 75 00:02:59,914 --> 00:03:01,313 -Hard seltzer. -Hard seltzer? 76 00:03:02,349 --> 00:03:04,383 That's good, let's get it in here. 77 00:03:04,385 --> 00:03:06,885 [josh] there's definitely a demand for this hard seltzer. 78 00:03:06,887 --> 00:03:09,788 The money's great, but it can definitely be better. 79 00:03:09,790 --> 00:03:11,023 I'm gonna have to upscale. 80 00:03:11,025 --> 00:03:12,724 This is a booming market 81 00:03:12,726 --> 00:03:13,792 and I am really on to something. 82 00:03:13,794 --> 00:03:15,494 But not on this level. 83 00:03:15,496 --> 00:03:17,863 There's a way to make more money doing this 84 00:03:17,865 --> 00:03:20,232 but I'm definitely gonna need henry, kenny and tickle's help. 85 00:03:38,419 --> 00:03:39,351 [tickle] that's good. 86 00:03:39,653 --> 00:03:42,421 [narrator] in franklin county, virginia, 87 00:03:42,423 --> 00:03:46,058 tickle, henry and kenny are running the last barrels of mash 88 00:03:46,060 --> 00:03:49,962 from the 34 bushels of peaches they secured this season. 89 00:03:51,465 --> 00:03:53,298 Here you go, kenny. 90 00:03:53,300 --> 00:03:55,801 Tell you what, our season's been right rough so far. 91 00:03:55,803 --> 00:03:58,503 But things are starting to look up for us. 92 00:03:58,505 --> 00:04:01,640 -That'll make some damn good stuff. -[tickle] damn right. 93 00:04:01,642 --> 00:04:03,642 [henry] you know, we've been hammering away running peach brandy. 94 00:04:03,644 --> 00:04:06,612 We should get anywhere from 40 to 48 gallons. 95 00:04:06,614 --> 00:04:08,880 And that peach brandy is so damn good, 96 00:04:08,882 --> 00:04:11,116 you know, you're looking at $160 a gallon. 97 00:04:12,419 --> 00:04:13,852 Think that should do it. 98 00:04:14,054 --> 00:04:16,321 -All right, let's get this jewel lit there, henry -light 'em up, baby. 99 00:04:18,025 --> 00:04:19,825 -There we go. -Yeah man. 100 00:04:19,827 --> 00:04:21,960 [tickle] yes sir, she's looking good. 101 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:33,672 [henry] you know, we've been running peach brandy can out 102 00:04:33,674 --> 00:04:34,906 for years and years and years now. 103 00:04:34,908 --> 00:04:37,042 You know, thousands of barrels of peach brandy. 104 00:04:37,044 --> 00:04:38,310 You're getting a little hot here. 105 00:04:38,312 --> 00:04:39,678 We're gonna get it capped over here. 106 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:41,780 We've been doing it for generations now 107 00:04:41,782 --> 00:04:44,249 and I plan on continuing that legacy. 108 00:04:44,618 --> 00:04:45,517 Ain't she pretty? 109 00:04:45,619 --> 00:04:46,718 [tickle] I'm pushing 'em over a bit harder. 110 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:47,786 Yeah, yeah, go ahead and push her. 111 00:04:47,788 --> 00:04:50,222 -Won't be long till we got something. -It's coming. 112 00:04:51,592 --> 00:04:53,859 -I'll tell you what though, we got liquor. -All right. 113 00:04:53,861 --> 00:04:56,028 -What do you think about that, henry? -Beautiful stream. 114 00:04:56,030 --> 00:04:57,896 Damn right. She's rolling too, boy. 115 00:04:57,898 --> 00:04:59,865 As long as it turns it out good. 116 00:04:59,867 --> 00:05:02,134 I'll tell you what, that's some good peach brandy. 117 00:05:02,136 --> 00:05:04,169 This peach brandy, you can't even hardly tell 118 00:05:04,171 --> 00:05:05,737 you're drinking liquor. 119 00:05:05,739 --> 00:05:07,072 It's that smooth. 120 00:05:08,409 --> 00:05:09,741 God, that smells good. 121 00:05:09,743 --> 00:05:11,977 That right there, is some mighty fine brandy. 122 00:05:15,983 --> 00:05:18,216 -About 103. -Yeah, that's perfect. 123 00:05:21,889 --> 00:05:22,421 That is so good. 124 00:05:22,956 --> 00:05:23,822 That is so good. 125 00:05:23,824 --> 00:05:25,691 You don't have to hog it over there. 126 00:05:25,693 --> 00:05:27,092 [tickle] I know, he's running off with it. 127 00:05:27,094 --> 00:05:28,060 Do you all want to try it too? 128 00:05:28,062 --> 00:05:28,794 I don't know. 129 00:05:31,865 --> 00:05:32,764 Tell me what you think of that. 130 00:05:32,766 --> 00:05:33,699 Ooh. 131 00:05:33,701 --> 00:05:35,000 It's good and smooth. 132 00:05:35,002 --> 00:05:37,436 God almighty, the flavor in there. 133 00:05:37,438 --> 00:05:40,806 Peach brandy is a high-dollar product. 134 00:05:40,808 --> 00:05:42,574 I reckon that's it, we done, ain't we? 135 00:05:42,576 --> 00:05:44,076 But we gotta keep it going. 136 00:05:44,078 --> 00:05:47,346 We ain't quite got ourselves out of this hole we done dug. 137 00:05:48,148 --> 00:05:49,247 Oh yeah, she's done. 138 00:06:02,696 --> 00:06:04,663 [mark] hell, you've got every damn scuppernong 139 00:06:04,665 --> 00:06:05,697 in the state of alabama, ain't ya? 140 00:06:05,699 --> 00:06:08,734 And part of the florida panhandle too, brother. 141 00:06:08,736 --> 00:06:12,804 You know, we finished that little run for beaz that he dubbed "ambrosia." 142 00:06:12,806 --> 00:06:15,574 and the scuppernongs come through great. 143 00:06:15,576 --> 00:06:17,843 Now we wanna make a scuppernong cognac. 144 00:06:17,845 --> 00:06:19,845 There is a ton of sugar in there, ain't there? 145 00:06:19,847 --> 00:06:22,481 Man, these are just right, you scored on these. 146 00:06:22,483 --> 00:06:25,016 [mark] cognac's a high-end liquor. 147 00:06:25,018 --> 00:06:26,785 There's no reason ours can't be a high-end liquor 148 00:06:26,787 --> 00:06:29,087 and command a big price as well. 149 00:06:29,089 --> 00:06:31,423 People are working again or willing to pay good money 150 00:06:31,425 --> 00:06:33,191 for a top quality product. 151 00:06:33,193 --> 00:06:37,763 To be cognac, for real, it's gotta be like in Italy or 152 00:06:37,765 --> 00:06:40,031 -somewhere... -From the cognac region of France. 153 00:06:41,101 --> 00:06:42,701 [narrator] in the 16th century, 154 00:06:42,703 --> 00:06:46,004 the dutch were masters of distilling brandy in europe. 155 00:06:46,540 --> 00:06:48,607 To source the large volumes of wine 156 00:06:48,609 --> 00:06:51,576 they needed to make the popular spirit, 157 00:06:51,578 --> 00:06:54,846 they spent merchant ships to the cognac region of France 158 00:06:54,848 --> 00:06:57,215 to trade directly with winemakers. 159 00:06:57,785 --> 00:07:00,452 French wine, however, spoiled easily 160 00:07:00,454 --> 00:07:03,188 during the long voyage back to the netherlands. 161 00:07:03,757 --> 00:07:05,957 To solve this problem, 162 00:07:05,959 --> 00:07:07,893 the merchants supplied the region's winemakers 163 00:07:07,895 --> 00:07:12,531 with copper pots and training in double distillation. 164 00:07:12,533 --> 00:07:16,001 French winemakers quickly adopted the techniques 165 00:07:16,003 --> 00:07:18,703 and developed their own double distilled brandy 166 00:07:18,705 --> 00:07:21,673 worthy of the name cognac. 167 00:07:21,675 --> 00:07:25,744 Today, the luxurious liquor is so popular 168 00:07:25,746 --> 00:07:28,313 only two percent of all cognac produced 169 00:07:28,582 --> 00:07:30,081 stays in France. 170 00:07:30,884 --> 00:07:34,319 To be a true cognac, beaz, you have to distil it twice. 171 00:07:34,888 --> 00:07:37,856 So we do a stripping run in big sloppy, 172 00:07:37,858 --> 00:07:39,624 and get the alcohol all out the mash. 173 00:07:39,626 --> 00:07:41,660 Then we have to redistil 174 00:07:41,662 --> 00:07:43,962 the alcohol and the spirit run. 175 00:07:43,964 --> 00:07:45,897 -Okay. -Then we barrel-age it. 176 00:07:45,933 --> 00:07:47,666 Cognac is double distilled, 177 00:07:47,668 --> 00:07:51,470 number one to up the proof and concentrate the flavors. 178 00:07:51,472 --> 00:07:53,939 We're using big sloppy on this run because right now 179 00:07:53,941 --> 00:07:55,974 it's the biggest still we've got that's functional 180 00:07:55,976 --> 00:07:59,811 in our stable and she makes fine liquor. 181 00:07:59,813 --> 00:08:01,813 I think this'll make some killer cognac. 182 00:08:01,815 --> 00:08:04,483 Hey, let's call it killer cognac. 183 00:08:04,485 --> 00:08:07,719 There's probably a few hundred pounds of scuppernongs here. 184 00:08:07,721 --> 00:08:09,821 Tell you, if we were gonna stomp every one of these, 185 00:08:09,823 --> 00:08:11,289 we're looking at two days' work. 186 00:08:11,291 --> 00:08:13,758 We don't have the time to dedicate to that. 187 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:15,994 So, I brought my chipper shredder that we use 188 00:08:15,996 --> 00:08:17,829 to shred whole corn. 189 00:08:17,831 --> 00:08:19,698 Well, if it'll run through a cob of corn, 190 00:08:19,700 --> 00:08:21,466 a grape ain't gonna be no problem at all. 191 00:08:24,738 --> 00:08:28,573 -Man, that is great right there, that is... -I told you. 192 00:08:28,575 --> 00:08:30,909 -Boy, smell how good it smells. -Yeah. 193 00:08:30,911 --> 00:08:34,112 That's getting all the damn juice and the gritty. 194 00:08:34,815 --> 00:08:38,450 [beaz] well, I am so tickled you got this sucker. 195 00:08:38,452 --> 00:08:41,052 [mark] this pulled our ass out of the fire a couple of times. 196 00:08:42,756 --> 00:08:44,523 [beaz] well, we'll be done with this in no time. 197 00:08:44,525 --> 00:08:46,992 -[digger] yes, we will. -[beaz] I love this. 198 00:08:48,595 --> 00:08:50,862 [mark] you know, it don't matter how hard you work, 199 00:08:50,864 --> 00:08:52,731 you still have to have some fun doing it, 200 00:08:52,733 --> 00:08:55,901 and there ain't nothing any more fun 201 00:08:55,903 --> 00:08:58,136 than pranking beaz any chance that we get. 202 00:08:58,138 --> 00:08:59,137 [machine goes off] 203 00:08:59,139 --> 00:09:00,338 what'd you do to it? 204 00:09:00,874 --> 00:09:02,107 This thing just quit. 205 00:09:02,442 --> 00:09:03,942 It didn't lock up, it just, 206 00:09:03,944 --> 00:09:05,410 power went away and it stopped. 207 00:09:06,980 --> 00:09:08,213 Generator run outta gas? 208 00:09:08,849 --> 00:09:09,814 No, it's full. 209 00:09:09,816 --> 00:09:11,917 I filled it up just before I cranked it. 210 00:09:11,919 --> 00:09:14,686 Yeah, we ain't even halfway done yet. 211 00:09:14,688 --> 00:09:16,855 You know, in a moonshiner's world, 212 00:09:16,857 --> 00:09:18,924 there is something always that goes south on you. 213 00:09:18,926 --> 00:09:22,327 And this is something that beaz hadn't been around enough yet to learn. 214 00:09:22,763 --> 00:09:25,230 I don't see anything in there. 215 00:09:25,232 --> 00:09:29,167 I'm gonna say, all this juice has fouled the motor up. 216 00:09:29,169 --> 00:09:30,969 You'd think it would be sealed though, wouldn't it? 217 00:09:30,971 --> 00:09:32,070 Well, beaz. 218 00:09:33,006 --> 00:09:34,072 You know what that means? 219 00:09:34,841 --> 00:09:36,808 Um, I do. 220 00:09:36,810 --> 00:09:37,776 Get them shoes off. 221 00:09:37,811 --> 00:09:39,210 [beaz] okay. 222 00:09:40,781 --> 00:09:43,381 Them feet, they look like they should be on a damn hobbit. 223 00:09:46,119 --> 00:09:48,119 Beaz thinks, man I'm going to save the day right here 224 00:09:48,121 --> 00:09:49,821 and I'm going to be a hero. 225 00:09:49,823 --> 00:09:51,623 And, he's all in. 226 00:09:51,625 --> 00:09:52,991 Head down wide open. 227 00:09:52,993 --> 00:09:54,960 All right, let's see how this works. 228 00:09:55,629 --> 00:09:57,996 Good lord. 229 00:09:57,998 --> 00:10:00,732 Man, I'm not heavy enough to smush these good. 230 00:10:00,734 --> 00:10:03,702 Boy, if anybody sees us doing this crap right here, 231 00:10:03,704 --> 00:10:06,838 we'll be blackballed from the world of damn liquor. 232 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:09,741 I just want y'all to know, this is terrible. 233 00:10:09,743 --> 00:10:11,710 -This sucks. -It don't look so bad. 234 00:10:11,745 --> 00:10:12,978 You're missing some. 235 00:10:13,614 --> 00:10:16,581 [beaz] yeah, I know. Well, my feet ain't fat like y'all's. 236 00:10:16,583 --> 00:10:19,718 Man, this is so slippery, it's crazy. 237 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:20,952 Them feet look like they belong 238 00:10:20,954 --> 00:10:22,220 on a little mouse, don't they? 239 00:10:23,023 --> 00:10:23,555 They do, don't they? 240 00:10:23,590 --> 00:10:25,123 Really? 241 00:10:25,592 --> 00:10:28,760 You know, we know in our mind that there ain't no way we're gonna have him 242 00:10:28,762 --> 00:10:31,730 stomp on all these grapes but he doesn't know that. 243 00:10:31,732 --> 00:10:32,931 We could just push a joke so far. 244 00:10:32,933 --> 00:10:34,933 We gotta get the work done. 245 00:10:34,935 --> 00:10:37,068 I'm gonna get this over here for your handle. 246 00:10:37,070 --> 00:10:39,237 Thank you. Oh perfect man, thanks. 247 00:10:39,873 --> 00:10:41,139 -[machine starts] -whoa. 248 00:10:43,777 --> 00:10:45,276 -Wow. -You fixed it. 249 00:10:45,979 --> 00:10:47,712 You think it overheated? 250 00:10:47,714 --> 00:10:50,148 Maybe, or could be that mark unplugged it. 251 00:10:51,084 --> 00:10:52,584 -[laughs] -are you kidding me? 252 00:10:52,586 --> 00:10:56,655 This proves beyond a doubt what you're willing to do for us. 253 00:10:56,657 --> 00:10:58,823 You know, it's really a good thing that this 254 00:10:58,825 --> 00:11:00,258 turned out to be just a prank 255 00:11:00,260 --> 00:11:02,627 because we'd be here for three days 256 00:11:02,629 --> 00:11:06,164 if we were waiting on beaz to stomp all these grapes with them little bitty feet. 257 00:11:07,634 --> 00:11:08,833 [mark] well, that's a lot of grape juice. 258 00:11:08,835 --> 00:11:12,570 [beaz] I have never been this proud in my entire life. 259 00:11:12,572 --> 00:11:16,408 To me, this is as gorgeous as a brand new newborn baby. 260 00:11:16,410 --> 00:11:19,911 [digger] all right, beaz, we gotta gently lift 'em right up. 261 00:11:19,913 --> 00:11:21,980 -[both grunt] -[beaz] no kidding. 262 00:11:22,416 --> 00:11:23,448 [digger] all right, here we go. 263 00:11:24,518 --> 00:11:25,550 [beaz] wow. 264 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:28,586 [digger] we got all these grapes shredded up, 265 00:11:28,588 --> 00:11:29,921 now we gotta heat a little water up 266 00:11:29,923 --> 00:11:32,323 so we can melt a little sugar in there and 267 00:11:32,325 --> 00:11:34,225 get started on making this mash. 268 00:11:38,999 --> 00:11:42,133 [mark] all right boys, let's get that scuppernongs in the pot. 269 00:11:42,135 --> 00:11:43,635 [digger] here we go. 270 00:11:43,637 --> 00:11:45,103 We're almost there, guys. 271 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,040 Looking good boys, looking good. 272 00:11:49,643 --> 00:11:51,209 Keep it coming, love. 273 00:11:52,112 --> 00:11:54,412 -Lookee there. -What you want to do? Eat that? 274 00:11:54,414 --> 00:11:56,981 All that's sweet as damn tupelo honey. 275 00:11:56,983 --> 00:11:59,250 You know, to say there's a little bit of flavor in there, 276 00:11:59,252 --> 00:12:00,785 that's an understatement. 277 00:12:00,787 --> 00:12:03,822 It's some of the most flavorful grapes I've ever seen in my life. 278 00:12:03,824 --> 00:12:05,790 These scuppernongs are great. 279 00:12:05,792 --> 00:12:08,993 Yeast nutrient and some good champagne yeast. 280 00:12:09,062 --> 00:12:10,295 What you think, killer? 281 00:12:10,597 --> 00:12:13,064 Well, I think it's gonna be great. That's what I'm thinking. 282 00:12:13,066 --> 00:12:14,399 [digger] we're ready to rock and roll. 283 00:12:14,401 --> 00:12:17,402 We gotta wait about seven or ten days for this to get fermented. 284 00:12:17,404 --> 00:12:19,604 And then we're ready to make some cognac. 285 00:12:19,606 --> 00:12:22,540 [beaz] I think this is what we would call "done mashed in." 286 00:12:22,542 --> 00:12:24,242 [mark] let's get the hell outta here. 287 00:12:38,759 --> 00:12:41,826 [mike] just got back from florida, off my honeymoon and 288 00:12:41,828 --> 00:12:42,761 you know, I couldn't help but think the whole damn time 289 00:12:42,763 --> 00:12:44,729 I was down there, how jerry was doing 290 00:12:44,731 --> 00:12:47,665 and apparently, he's got something he wants to talk to me about. 291 00:12:47,667 --> 00:12:51,870 One thought crosses my mind, that he's not gonna be able to work with me any more 292 00:12:51,872 --> 00:12:54,939 on account of, you know, he had bleeding on the brain. 293 00:12:56,676 --> 00:12:58,209 [jerry] thought I heard you out here. 294 00:12:58,211 --> 00:12:59,811 [mike] what's going on, brother? 295 00:12:59,813 --> 00:13:03,748 Doing pretty good I guess for what I've been through, just trying to take it easy. 296 00:13:03,750 --> 00:13:05,583 You know, it's really good to see jerry right now. 297 00:13:05,585 --> 00:13:06,584 I hadn't seen him since the wedding. 298 00:13:06,586 --> 00:13:08,987 He looks a lot better than he did. 299 00:13:08,989 --> 00:13:11,322 [jerry] I got something I want to show you. Come here and check this out. 300 00:13:13,727 --> 00:13:14,993 [mike] that's our still, man. 301 00:13:14,995 --> 00:13:17,095 The man that's allowing us to run up on his property? 302 00:13:17,764 --> 00:13:18,363 He decided to sell it. 303 00:13:18,765 --> 00:13:19,831 [mike] oh, my god. 304 00:13:20,167 --> 00:13:22,801 How many damn times has this gotta happen to us, man? 305 00:13:22,803 --> 00:13:24,102 I don't know. 306 00:13:24,104 --> 00:13:26,905 I feel like a damn broke-leg dog getting kicked when he's down. 307 00:13:26,907 --> 00:13:29,774 I mean, we can't keep doing this every damn season, man. 308 00:13:29,776 --> 00:13:31,609 It seems like every time we turn around 309 00:13:31,611 --> 00:13:34,012 we're having to pack up, move and go find somewhere else. 310 00:13:34,014 --> 00:13:36,548 I mean, how many more damn places can a man find? 311 00:13:36,550 --> 00:13:37,382 We're running out of time. 312 00:13:37,384 --> 00:13:39,184 We gotta find something pretty quick 313 00:13:39,186 --> 00:13:41,853 so we can bust out a few runs and get some money back in our pocket. 314 00:13:41,855 --> 00:13:43,822 It's gonna be damn hard right now at this time of year 315 00:13:43,824 --> 00:13:46,591 to find another still site just to pop up. 316 00:13:46,593 --> 00:13:48,726 I know, all the wet weather springs are starting to dry up. 317 00:13:48,728 --> 00:13:51,663 As much as I'd love to help, I can't do no backwoods 318 00:13:51,665 --> 00:13:53,464 high hiking, carrying this stuff in. 319 00:13:53,466 --> 00:13:54,999 You need to rest, do what you gotta do, 320 00:13:55,001 --> 00:13:57,602 but it would be good if we could find something quick. 321 00:13:57,604 --> 00:13:58,970 Do you know of anybody? 322 00:13:59,206 --> 00:14:00,438 Not right off the top of my head. 323 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:01,840 I'm gonna try to make a few phone calls. 324 00:14:01,842 --> 00:14:04,742 The thought crossed my mind, though, we ran a lot in tennessee. 325 00:14:04,744 --> 00:14:06,544 What do you think about coming back over that way? 326 00:14:06,546 --> 00:14:08,913 Ugh, I don't like it. I don't like that idea. 327 00:14:08,915 --> 00:14:10,882 Me and jerry's been running north carolina this season 328 00:14:10,884 --> 00:14:13,518 simply because our stash house got raided. 329 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:16,054 There, that's risky. Risky business. 330 00:14:16,056 --> 00:14:18,056 [jerry] it means we gotta move to get stuff going 331 00:14:18,058 --> 00:14:20,225 and things are cooled down enough, you know, then... 332 00:14:20,227 --> 00:14:21,693 We'll try to make it happen. 333 00:14:21,828 --> 00:14:24,229 [jerry] it's very risky for me and mike to go back to tennessee, 334 00:14:24,831 --> 00:14:25,864 but that's what we might have to do. 335 00:14:25,866 --> 00:14:27,932 I'll take care of this end. 336 00:14:27,934 --> 00:14:29,367 Sure, we're gonna get back in business. 337 00:14:44,718 --> 00:14:47,118 Hey, henry, sound like somebody coming down your driveway. 338 00:14:48,822 --> 00:14:50,688 [henry] I'm expecting a delivery. 339 00:14:50,690 --> 00:14:53,491 -That's mr. Joshua. -[tickle] lookie yonder. 340 00:14:53,493 --> 00:14:55,026 He usually shows up with a load of something. 341 00:14:55,028 --> 00:14:56,995 -[henry] yeah, that's true. -You boys ain't 342 00:14:56,997 --> 00:14:57,962 gonna believe what I've been up to. 343 00:14:57,964 --> 00:14:59,097 [henry] well, what's up, hoss? 344 00:14:59,099 --> 00:15:00,965 [tickle] what have you been doing, boy? 345 00:15:06,873 --> 00:15:08,640 [henry] what's up, hoss? 346 00:15:08,642 --> 00:15:10,408 God, I've missed the hell out of everybody. 347 00:15:10,410 --> 00:15:11,709 -What's going on? -Stay used to it. 348 00:15:11,711 --> 00:15:13,478 So josh, what did you do with the shine we sent? 349 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:16,848 Did it get you back on your feet? 350 00:15:16,850 --> 00:15:18,349 -It got him back on one of 'em, anyway. -One of 'em, anyway. 351 00:15:18,351 --> 00:15:20,985 Boys, y'all ain't gonna believe what I've done come up with. 352 00:15:22,022 --> 00:15:25,023 Have y'all been seeing all these hard seltzers all over the place? 353 00:15:25,025 --> 00:15:26,791 -Oh, yeah. -Yeah. 354 00:15:26,793 --> 00:15:27,992 -Yeah. -Low alcohol. 355 00:15:28,428 --> 00:15:29,360 Ten percent. 356 00:15:29,829 --> 00:15:30,728 Ten percent? 357 00:15:30,730 --> 00:15:31,763 Oh, damn. Yeah, yeah. 358 00:15:31,765 --> 00:15:32,997 That's pressured, ain't it? 359 00:15:32,999 --> 00:15:33,831 I heard it when you cracked it. 360 00:15:33,833 --> 00:15:35,233 What kinda price can you give that at? 361 00:15:35,235 --> 00:15:38,102 -Well, I'm selling it for eight dollars a jar. -[tickle] is it selling? 362 00:15:38,104 --> 00:15:41,272 I've done sold cases and cases and cases of it. 363 00:15:41,274 --> 00:15:42,674 God damn, man, that's smooth. 364 00:15:42,676 --> 00:15:45,276 -Smells pretty good. -Got a good smell to it 365 00:15:45,278 --> 00:15:47,445 josh wants to make hard seltzer. 366 00:15:47,447 --> 00:15:51,549 Now, this is not an idea that we would've come up with on our own. 367 00:15:51,551 --> 00:15:53,751 Tell you what, I could see how that could sell right there, josh. 368 00:15:53,753 --> 00:15:59,557 But right now, the market is huge for this stuff. 369 00:15:59,559 --> 00:16:03,027 I've already made a ton of money just off this little pot right here. 370 00:16:03,029 --> 00:16:05,997 -You made this? -I made that out of this. 371 00:16:05,999 --> 00:16:07,565 This little pressure cooker, 372 00:16:07,567 --> 00:16:11,069 it was kind of like an experiment to see if it would work. 373 00:16:11,071 --> 00:16:14,205 To go to a larger scale we're gonna have to use a different tank. 374 00:16:14,207 --> 00:16:16,941 So my plan is, get rid of that. 375 00:16:18,111 --> 00:16:19,143 Put it in here. 376 00:16:19,145 --> 00:16:20,678 Let's get down here where we can take a look at it. 377 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:23,648 I haven't never tore one of these apart before. 378 00:16:23,650 --> 00:16:27,618 It really tastes good. But he did a small trial run with it. 379 00:16:27,620 --> 00:16:30,188 Can we do it on a larger scale, I don't know. 380 00:16:30,190 --> 00:16:33,324 Here's what I want to do. Basically, this is the concept right here. 381 00:16:33,326 --> 00:16:35,059 Put a beer tap on here 382 00:16:35,061 --> 00:16:40,531 and then hook the co2 tank up to it. Keeps it carbonated as it pushes it out. 383 00:16:40,533 --> 00:16:42,233 I say, let's hook this thing up. 384 00:16:42,235 --> 00:16:43,835 So what are you thinking about putting in there? 385 00:16:43,870 --> 00:16:46,004 Only the best. 386 00:16:46,006 --> 00:16:48,406 [chuckles] what you calling the best here, son? 387 00:16:48,408 --> 00:16:50,141 You know what the best is. 388 00:16:50,143 --> 00:16:51,909 It's that peach brandy. 389 00:16:51,911 --> 00:16:52,143 [chuckles nervously] 390 00:16:52,178 --> 00:16:53,678 no. 391 00:16:53,713 --> 00:16:59,717 Henry seemed to be on board right off until josh mentioned peach brandy. 392 00:16:59,719 --> 00:17:04,922 You wanna take our 100 proof peach brandy, and cut it to ten percent? 393 00:17:04,924 --> 00:17:06,724 How are you gonna justify all that? 394 00:17:06,726 --> 00:17:09,794 Because I'm stretching that dollar way on out there, 395 00:17:09,796 --> 00:17:11,996 and it ain't taking that much work to do it. 396 00:17:11,998 --> 00:17:14,265 Henry's peach brandy is primo. 397 00:17:14,267 --> 00:17:16,300 And we wanna charge a primo price. 398 00:17:16,302 --> 00:17:19,404 All we gotta do is fix this apparatus and we're ready to rock and roll. 399 00:17:19,406 --> 00:17:22,807 Trust me, it works. I've already done it, and I've already sold it. 400 00:17:22,809 --> 00:17:23,875 I'm telling you. 401 00:17:23,877 --> 00:17:25,576 [henry] josh has always got something going on, 402 00:17:25,578 --> 00:17:28,246 and everything we've done so far has panned out. We've made money with it. 403 00:17:28,248 --> 00:17:30,748 But water touching my peach brandy's taboo. 404 00:17:30,750 --> 00:17:36,120 So, I'm very reluctant on taking and changing the whole profile of my peach brandy. 405 00:17:36,122 --> 00:17:38,489 When I'm raising hell about having to do something I don't wanna do, 406 00:17:38,491 --> 00:17:40,191 what is it you tell me? 407 00:17:40,193 --> 00:17:42,593 -"but son, you're making money." -that's it. 408 00:17:42,595 --> 00:17:44,429 That's a whole lot of good brandy, 409 00:17:44,431 --> 00:17:46,464 high quality brandy, that we know we can get a big price out of. 410 00:17:46,466 --> 00:17:48,399 But we can sell that, too. 411 00:17:48,401 --> 00:17:51,536 We're gonna be able to sell all our liquor to people we're selling liquor to, 412 00:17:51,538 --> 00:17:54,272 but we're also gonna be able to hit a lot of people with this. 413 00:17:54,274 --> 00:17:58,009 And this is gonna make more money than that brandy is by itself. 414 00:17:58,011 --> 00:18:02,980 I real can tell that henry is just seeing this as something you don't do. 415 00:18:02,982 --> 00:18:05,249 You don't mess with peach brandy. 416 00:18:05,251 --> 00:18:07,685 These seltzers are selling big. 417 00:18:07,687 --> 00:18:12,990 And if we can take a product like what we make and make one out of it, 418 00:18:12,992 --> 00:18:14,525 it's gotta be better than what's in the store. 419 00:18:14,527 --> 00:18:17,829 What I think is we're gonna be able to take that quality of something 420 00:18:17,831 --> 00:18:19,864 and hit a different demographic of people. 421 00:18:19,866 --> 00:18:21,399 I'll tell you what, henry. 422 00:18:21,401 --> 00:18:23,634 Now, how can you argue with making more money? 423 00:18:23,636 --> 00:18:26,003 -Can't argue with that. -Do you need any more convincing? 424 00:18:26,005 --> 00:18:29,474 He took just our regular liquor 425 00:18:29,476 --> 00:18:30,808 and made something this good off of it. 426 00:18:30,810 --> 00:18:33,678 I understand that, it's just this thing we've always had 427 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,948 about putting water in our brandy, man. It's just been taboo. 428 00:18:36,950 --> 00:18:38,716 [tickle] well, well, it ain't brandy no more. 429 00:18:38,718 --> 00:18:41,119 Hey, we still got brandy left over. That's the whole thing. 430 00:18:41,121 --> 00:18:43,187 It only takes so much brandy to make it. 431 00:18:43,189 --> 00:18:45,756 [tickle] it's not like he's asking for all the brandy. 432 00:18:45,758 --> 00:18:49,827 That's something anybody can drink. Even people that don't drink would drink that. 433 00:18:49,829 --> 00:18:52,830 That is good. I have to admit, that is extremely good. 434 00:18:52,832 --> 00:18:54,465 Sometimes it's hard to teach an old dog new tricks. 435 00:18:54,467 --> 00:18:56,501 I think it's worth taking a gamble. 436 00:18:56,503 --> 00:19:00,805 -They seem to be on your side, with you doing it, too. -I say we give it a shot. 437 00:19:00,807 --> 00:19:03,341 All right. Let's do it. Let's do it. Y'all convinced me. 438 00:19:03,343 --> 00:19:05,409 [josh] so we're gonna make the hard seltzer 439 00:19:05,411 --> 00:19:07,778 with that killer peach brandy, and we're gonna charge a killer price. 440 00:19:07,780 --> 00:19:10,314 [tickle] I need a little more convincing, henry, I don't know about you. 441 00:19:10,316 --> 00:19:12,717 [henry] I just don't like putting water with that peach brandy. 442 00:19:12,719 --> 00:19:17,755 If we don't get this recipe down right, and this doesn't turn out good, 443 00:19:17,757 --> 00:19:19,757 henry's gonna be one upset moonshiner. 444 00:19:19,759 --> 00:19:21,259 All right, let's rock, boys. 445 00:19:30,870 --> 00:19:33,404 [mike] you know, I'm basically out of options right now. 446 00:19:33,406 --> 00:19:36,207 Our still site was basically sold out from under us. 447 00:19:36,209 --> 00:19:39,410 Bad as I hate to, I've gotta go ask daniel for some damn help. 448 00:19:39,412 --> 00:19:43,080 You know, me and daniel, we were the best of friends. We were like brothers. 449 00:19:43,082 --> 00:19:45,983 We've had some bad blood in the past, but you know, time heals wounds. 450 00:19:45,985 --> 00:19:49,854 And I figured if anybody knows around this area 451 00:19:49,856 --> 00:19:51,889 where a good still site may be, 452 00:19:51,925 --> 00:19:52,957 it could be him. 453 00:19:52,959 --> 00:19:54,859 What are you doing, daniel? 454 00:19:54,861 --> 00:19:56,427 Hell, riding around with the top down. 455 00:19:56,429 --> 00:19:58,829 Heard that. Long time no see. How you been, brother? 456 00:19:58,831 --> 00:20:00,665 I am as busy as a two-pecker pup. 457 00:20:00,667 --> 00:20:01,799 [both laughing] 458 00:20:01,801 --> 00:20:05,603 well, that's busy. I heard that, I'll tell you what. 459 00:20:05,605 --> 00:20:07,738 Well, I just got back from my honeymoon, 460 00:20:07,740 --> 00:20:10,875 and I come in to find out that our still site's been burned. 461 00:20:10,877 --> 00:20:13,678 The guy just up and sold the damn land out from under me. 462 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,714 And we've had a misfortunate incident with jerry. 463 00:20:16,716 --> 00:20:18,916 He's been piled up in hospital, 464 00:20:18,918 --> 00:20:20,952 and he's in pretty rough damn shape. 465 00:20:20,954 --> 00:20:22,753 That is some bad circumstances. 466 00:20:22,755 --> 00:20:24,855 Regardless of what's ever been said or done, 467 00:20:24,857 --> 00:20:29,093 I'm running out of damn options here, and I don't have any damn where else to go. 468 00:20:29,095 --> 00:20:30,795 We got a long damn past together, that's for damn sure. 469 00:20:30,797 --> 00:20:32,663 Yeah, a long one, that's for sure. 470 00:20:32,665 --> 00:20:36,801 With all that being said, the question I have for you 471 00:20:36,803 --> 00:20:41,639 and the reason I am here is to see, do you know of any damn where in this country 472 00:20:41,641 --> 00:20:45,409 that I could set up and be safe on a damn still site? 473 00:20:46,546 --> 00:20:48,646 Somewhere to set up with all the elements. 474 00:20:48,648 --> 00:20:51,482 You got running water, you're gonna have people. 475 00:20:51,484 --> 00:20:53,584 -Yeah. -And you, it's gotta be somewhere where 476 00:20:53,586 --> 00:20:56,454 a lot of people don't know about that running water. 477 00:20:56,456 --> 00:20:58,456 That's getting hard to find any more with the population, huh? 478 00:20:58,458 --> 00:21:00,024 Mmm-hmm. 479 00:21:00,026 --> 00:21:05,162 Everybody thinks that you just stick a pot out there and fill it full of mash, 480 00:21:05,164 --> 00:21:06,664 and make liquor. It's not that easy. 481 00:21:06,666 --> 00:21:10,635 It's hard on a moonshiner to find a good place to run moonshine. 482 00:21:10,637 --> 00:21:13,471 I just figured you might know a spot. I know there's one out there. 483 00:21:13,473 --> 00:21:14,672 -Finding it is the thing. -Yeah. 484 00:21:14,674 --> 00:21:17,408 -You can't just set a still up anywhere. -That's right. 485 00:21:17,410 --> 00:21:20,978 -You've gotta have all your resources you need. -You got to. 486 00:21:22,415 --> 00:21:25,483 The only ones that I know around here, close, is being used. 487 00:21:25,485 --> 00:21:28,552 But, now, there may be a few more around. 488 00:21:28,554 --> 00:21:31,455 [mike] you know, I don't know if daniel is wanting to help me right here, right now. 489 00:21:31,457 --> 00:21:33,124 You know, I just floated the question out there to him. 490 00:21:33,126 --> 00:21:35,459 He seems like he's hem-hawing around just a little bit with me. 491 00:21:35,461 --> 00:21:39,563 You know, truthfully, mike, I know these woods right here like the back of my hand. 492 00:21:39,565 --> 00:21:42,700 I've hunted about all these hills and hollers around here. 493 00:21:42,702 --> 00:21:44,802 And there ain't no damn body in this world 494 00:21:44,804 --> 00:21:46,971 ever make it through this world without help. 495 00:21:46,973 --> 00:21:50,007 And I'm gonna give you something to go look at. 496 00:21:51,377 --> 00:21:52,777 It's got killer water, 497 00:21:52,812 --> 00:21:56,580 and it's a damn good holler to run liquor in, one way in, one way out. 498 00:21:56,582 --> 00:21:59,016 And you've seen it, and you've been there with me. 499 00:21:59,018 --> 00:22:01,752 That was several years back at pawpaw patch. 500 00:22:01,754 --> 00:22:02,653 And we went to pick pawpaw. 501 00:22:02,655 --> 00:22:04,622 I remember damn well. 502 00:22:04,624 --> 00:22:08,459 But if you go all the way up in the head of that holler, past that pawpaw patch, 503 00:22:08,461 --> 00:22:11,796 in that left-hand holler, you'll find a damn good water source. 504 00:22:11,798 --> 00:22:14,699 Right in there is a fine spot to put a still site. 505 00:22:14,701 --> 00:22:18,069 But there it is. There's your tip. Try that. 506 00:22:18,071 --> 00:22:19,737 Brother, I appreciate it. I owe you the world, man. 507 00:22:19,739 --> 00:22:21,238 Thank you so much. 508 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:23,941 In the past, I probably wouldn't have helped mike at all. 509 00:22:23,943 --> 00:22:27,478 But he's down and out, and he needs to set up and get to making some liquor. 510 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:29,914 I tell you what though, you'd better hurry up. 511 00:22:29,916 --> 00:22:33,084 Because at this time, we ain't got much longer to do it. 512 00:22:33,086 --> 00:22:35,119 Nope. Time's a-wasting, that's for sure. 513 00:22:35,121 --> 00:22:36,420 Well, I appreciate you, brother. 514 00:22:36,422 --> 00:22:38,956 You know I feel like I'm on the right track, right now. 515 00:22:38,958 --> 00:22:41,592 It's giving me somewhere to go, somewhere to look at. 516 00:22:41,594 --> 00:22:43,728 Something I didn't have a few minutes ago. 517 00:22:43,730 --> 00:22:46,430 So here I go. I'm gonna check this place out. 518 00:22:59,812 --> 00:23:03,781 Yeah, if we can make this thing work, 519 00:23:03,783 --> 00:23:05,316 I don't see no reason not to try. 520 00:23:06,919 --> 00:23:08,719 [josh] I was able to convince henry, kenny and tickle 521 00:23:08,721 --> 00:23:10,855 with this idea to make this hard seltzer. 522 00:23:10,857 --> 00:23:13,824 If you don't take a chance, you're not gonna make no money. 523 00:23:13,826 --> 00:23:16,093 There's no way I could use my little bitty crock pot 524 00:23:16,095 --> 00:23:19,430 to be able to make anything on any scale. 525 00:23:19,432 --> 00:23:23,434 So I got to thinking that I could take a beer keg, and modify this thing. 526 00:23:23,436 --> 00:23:25,569 So we can fill it up, and carbonate my drink. 527 00:23:25,571 --> 00:23:29,473 But I'm gonna say one thing, I will kill you if he screws up this brandy. 528 00:23:29,475 --> 00:23:32,476 If it don't work out, take it out of my cut, straight up. 529 00:23:32,478 --> 00:23:35,379 How do we build this thing, josh, that's what I'm mostly about. 530 00:23:43,990 --> 00:23:45,489 [josh] all right, so, see there's a little beer in there. 531 00:23:45,491 --> 00:23:48,092 [henry] mmm-hmm. I smell it. Nasty. 532 00:23:48,094 --> 00:23:50,961 We're gonna let all that rotten beer and all that pressure off. 533 00:23:50,963 --> 00:23:56,267 We're building us a co2 infusion machine to make hard seltzer. 534 00:23:56,269 --> 00:23:57,668 Now we can drill a hole in it, 535 00:23:57,670 --> 00:24:00,438 hook this up to a nipple with freaking little valve on it. 536 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:04,775 We're gonna put one spout on this thing that will be for nothing more 537 00:24:04,777 --> 00:24:08,913 than putting product in this thing and wash this thing out between uses. 538 00:24:08,915 --> 00:24:11,449 We can drill a hole and slide that into it 539 00:24:11,451 --> 00:24:13,384 and it'll be down in there, like that right there. 540 00:24:13,386 --> 00:24:14,585 We're gonna put a tube 541 00:24:14,587 --> 00:24:17,321 that goes all the way down to the bottom of this thing. 542 00:24:17,323 --> 00:24:23,461 What that'll do is it'll put the carbon dioxide inside the product inside this keg. 543 00:24:23,463 --> 00:24:26,664 Then we can just cut it off, hold the pressure in it and be carbonated. 544 00:24:26,666 --> 00:24:33,137 This beer keg is a very integral part of this build, because without pressure 545 00:24:33,139 --> 00:24:39,643 the co2 will not infuse into our hard seltzer product that we've got in here. 546 00:24:39,645 --> 00:24:41,946 We're looking for our drill, our grinder... 547 00:24:41,948 --> 00:24:44,281 -You need a tape measure? -No. 548 00:24:45,885 --> 00:24:47,685 -How about this hammer? -No. 549 00:24:47,687 --> 00:24:50,020 -Needle-nose vise-grips? -No. 550 00:24:50,022 --> 00:24:52,189 -How about that pencil? -Let me think. No. 551 00:24:52,859 --> 00:24:53,624 [bleep] 552 00:24:53,626 --> 00:24:55,359 [laughing] 553 00:25:00,032 --> 00:25:05,903 the design of this beer keg josh had, it's genius and it's simple. 554 00:25:05,905 --> 00:25:08,672 -Yeah. -That'll work right yonder. 555 00:25:08,674 --> 00:25:10,875 This is where we fill it and where we drain it at. 556 00:25:10,877 --> 00:25:12,409 We got that water proofed. 557 00:25:12,411 --> 00:25:15,212 Now, we gotta pressurize it somehow, right? 558 00:25:15,214 --> 00:25:20,584 Then this will slide all the way down into the bottom right there. 559 00:25:20,586 --> 00:25:25,322 It's important that the air goes into the liquid. Put a beer tap on, right? 560 00:25:26,125 --> 00:25:27,424 Boom. That thing's ready to roll. 561 00:25:27,426 --> 00:25:30,294 We finally got this machine built. 562 00:25:33,666 --> 00:25:37,668 Now it's time to test this thing and we're just gonna see how it works. 563 00:25:37,670 --> 00:25:38,869 Y'all ready to see what this thing does? 564 00:25:38,871 --> 00:25:40,437 [henry] here's the liquid gold, boys. 565 00:25:41,407 --> 00:25:43,407 [josh] me watering down henry's liquor? 566 00:25:43,409 --> 00:25:47,077 If that don't work out, I'm never gonna hear the end of this. 567 00:25:48,581 --> 00:25:51,582 I got a 400-foot well dug here. This is not town water. 568 00:25:51,584 --> 00:25:53,651 -There's no chlorine in this water. -Yeah. 569 00:25:53,653 --> 00:25:55,386 It's some of the best water you could ever drink right there, 570 00:25:55,388 --> 00:25:57,488 so I don't mind using that for our mix. 571 00:25:57,490 --> 00:26:00,758 -Yeah, you ain't gonna go wrong with that. -That oughta about do it. 572 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:03,394 All right. Put some fruit in it, and freaking, 573 00:26:03,396 --> 00:26:04,895 let that marinate a little bit. 574 00:26:04,897 --> 00:26:08,933 I mean, we already got peach brandy. Do we really need more peach flavor? 575 00:26:08,935 --> 00:26:11,268 I mean that liquor right there oughta flavor it good. 576 00:26:11,270 --> 00:26:12,670 We'll put all the flavor to it we can. 577 00:26:12,672 --> 00:26:15,539 The taste profile on that right there is probably gonna go way down 578 00:26:15,541 --> 00:26:18,609 when you add that water to it, so we'll put some extra flavor, you know. 579 00:26:18,611 --> 00:26:21,745 -Okay. -You don't know how nervous I am about trying this, do you? 580 00:26:21,747 --> 00:26:24,748 -Let 'er rip, potato chip. -That hurt me. 581 00:26:24,750 --> 00:26:27,818 [josh] the first step in making a hard seltzer's taking the liquor 582 00:26:27,820 --> 00:26:30,888 and diluting down to 20 proof with spring water. 583 00:26:30,890 --> 00:26:33,190 -[kenny] gosh, that's hurting, ain't it? -[henry] that hurt me. 584 00:26:33,859 --> 00:26:35,926 Yep, that's hurting. 585 00:26:35,928 --> 00:26:37,094 Never thought I would see you do that, henry. 586 00:26:37,096 --> 00:26:39,229 -[all laughing] -please don't track us down, daddy. 587 00:26:40,433 --> 00:26:43,901 Daddy seen me pouring brandy over in water, he'd kill me. 588 00:26:43,903 --> 00:26:45,636 -[josh] that's what I'm talking about. -Here you go. 589 00:26:45,638 --> 00:26:47,972 And it smells good, don't it? 590 00:26:47,974 --> 00:26:49,907 Oh, god. Daddy's probably strike me down if he saw me 591 00:26:49,909 --> 00:26:52,409 pouring all that good peach brandy into water. 592 00:26:52,411 --> 00:26:53,644 -That's all we need. -[tickle] I'll tell you what. 593 00:26:53,646 --> 00:26:56,280 -I'm smelling it. -Oh, that's perfect, baby. That's perfect. 594 00:26:56,282 --> 00:26:59,516 It ain't perfect yet. We can't carbonate it like that. We gotta flavor it, still. 595 00:26:59,518 --> 00:27:01,018 [tickle] all right. 596 00:27:01,020 --> 00:27:02,820 [henry] I know you and tickle's always packing knives. 597 00:27:02,822 --> 00:27:03,887 Yes sir. 598 00:27:03,923 --> 00:27:05,255 She's sharp, too, boy. 599 00:27:05,257 --> 00:27:07,825 Yeah, I'd say that's going all right. 600 00:27:07,827 --> 00:27:10,794 [henry] why is kenny's such big chunks and yours are such little bitty ones, tickle? 601 00:27:10,796 --> 00:27:12,863 [kenny] my knife's sharper. [tickle] how big is his? 602 00:27:12,865 --> 00:27:14,064 [henry] yours are little bitty tiny ones. 603 00:27:14,066 --> 00:27:16,033 Josh, you've cut all the peach off of it. 604 00:27:16,035 --> 00:27:17,334 [josh] oh, give me a break. 605 00:27:17,770 --> 00:27:21,739 [laughing] 606 00:27:21,741 --> 00:27:23,107 hold on, it won't come out. 607 00:27:23,109 --> 00:27:25,175 [josh] like a sword in it. [both] excalibur! 608 00:27:25,177 --> 00:27:26,577 [chuckling] 609 00:27:26,579 --> 00:27:29,647 I don't guess there's but one thing better than good old peach brandy, 610 00:27:29,649 --> 00:27:33,350 -and that's my mama's peach cobbler. Oh, my goodness. -[tickle] I'll tell you what. 611 00:27:33,352 --> 00:27:35,486 What do you say, daddy making liquor out of it, mama making cobbler. 612 00:27:35,488 --> 00:27:38,689 -[henry] mama making cobbler. -[laughing] ain't nothing wrong with that. 613 00:27:38,691 --> 00:27:42,159 And they used to say that because we were all kind of bunch of peaches. 614 00:27:42,161 --> 00:27:43,761 -Uh-huh. -Same time that we're making the brandy. 615 00:27:43,763 --> 00:27:45,929 Mm-hm. 616 00:27:45,931 --> 00:27:47,564 -That's exactly what momma-- -that's exactly what she doing. 617 00:27:47,566 --> 00:27:48,766 Exactly. 618 00:27:48,768 --> 00:27:50,834 That's gonna make some good stuff, I can tell you that. 619 00:27:50,836 --> 00:27:53,070 We'll make us a top with like this on it. 620 00:27:53,839 --> 00:27:55,039 [tickle] it does look like a pumpkin. 621 00:27:55,041 --> 00:27:57,007 -Like a lid? -Yeah, like a lid 622 00:27:57,009 --> 00:27:57,975 -for peaches. -Yeah. 623 00:27:57,977 --> 00:27:59,710 That would do good. 624 00:27:59,712 --> 00:28:00,978 Advertise your product. 625 00:28:00,980 --> 00:28:02,446 We don't have to advertise. 626 00:28:02,448 --> 00:28:04,048 They see us coming, they know what it is. 627 00:28:04,050 --> 00:28:06,450 -[mumbling indistinctly] -they know what it is. 628 00:28:06,452 --> 00:28:07,751 Mean peach. 629 00:28:07,753 --> 00:28:09,753 -The juice coming out of-- -coming on out. 630 00:28:09,755 --> 00:28:11,055 -I'd be dogged, if it ain't. -Mm-hm. 631 00:28:11,891 --> 00:28:14,792 -It was very clear, wasn't it now? -Taste it now. 632 00:28:14,794 --> 00:28:16,727 What do you think of the flavor of that? 633 00:28:16,729 --> 00:28:18,295 -Oh, yeah. -Think it's good. 634 00:28:19,298 --> 00:28:19,797 Tastes much better. 635 00:28:19,799 --> 00:28:21,432 Sweet. 636 00:28:21,434 --> 00:28:23,434 -Boys, I believe that's getting close to enough. -Yeah... 637 00:28:23,436 --> 00:28:24,735 I think it might be. 638 00:28:24,737 --> 00:28:27,304 Put a bunch of peaches in it, let it soak. 639 00:28:27,306 --> 00:28:29,139 It'll be good and ready to go. 640 00:28:29,141 --> 00:28:31,375 -Gonna be some good stuff. -[tickle] gonna be just peachy, ain't it? 641 00:28:45,624 --> 00:28:46,990 Heh heh. 642 00:28:47,393 --> 00:28:51,495 Yeah, heading over to this pawpaw patch that daniel told me about. 643 00:28:51,497 --> 00:28:55,032 So we're going up that hollow, see what it's got to offer. 644 00:28:55,034 --> 00:28:56,400 You know, I hadn't been back to this place in years. 645 00:28:56,402 --> 00:28:59,570 I'm gonna go down here and check it out, and see what I can't find. 646 00:28:59,572 --> 00:29:02,906 It means a lot to me that, you know, daniel come over, and give me this advice. 647 00:29:02,908 --> 00:29:04,975 He didn't have to even bring it up to me. 648 00:29:04,977 --> 00:29:09,980 But he did. Maybe it's potentially set me on the right damn path right now. 649 00:29:11,650 --> 00:29:13,317 Old pawpaw tree right here. 650 00:29:13,319 --> 00:29:16,887 This is actually one of the ones me and daniel picked from. 651 00:29:16,889 --> 00:29:19,857 -There's one right there big as a tater. -We're getting a bunch now. 652 00:29:19,859 --> 00:29:20,858 Yes, sir! 653 00:29:20,860 --> 00:29:24,361 Mmm. Smell of these brings me back to childhood. 654 00:29:25,631 --> 00:29:28,932 I'll be darned. Ohh! 655 00:29:28,934 --> 00:29:32,569 That's a good pawpaw. This one's ripe. I'm actually gonna cut it open. 656 00:29:32,571 --> 00:29:34,271 Look how soft that thing is. 657 00:29:36,242 --> 00:29:38,709 By god, that's good eatin' right there. 658 00:29:38,711 --> 00:29:41,779 Although women used to make bread and stuff out of them. 659 00:29:41,781 --> 00:29:43,280 That'll make that liquor, right there. 660 00:29:44,150 --> 00:29:45,349 But anyhoo. 661 00:29:45,351 --> 00:29:47,851 I can't believe I found that one hanging there. 662 00:29:47,853 --> 00:29:50,788 There ain't a pawpaw in this country to be found right now. [laughs] 663 00:29:50,790 --> 00:29:52,156 that's crazy. 664 00:29:52,158 --> 00:29:54,458 But, I definitely feel like I'm on the right track. 665 00:29:54,460 --> 00:29:56,727 There's a hollow right up here to my left. 666 00:29:56,729 --> 00:29:59,563 You know, I just got to step off to the unknown now, 667 00:29:59,565 --> 00:30:02,533 and go and find what daniel was talking about. 668 00:30:02,535 --> 00:30:04,935 Yeah, I feel like a man chasing a damn rainbow. 669 00:30:04,937 --> 00:30:07,938 With a pot of gold at the end of it nobody's ever damn found. 670 00:30:07,940 --> 00:30:10,974 Well I intend to find that pot of gold here today. 671 00:30:13,979 --> 00:30:16,213 Whoo-hoo! Boy, there is water right here. 672 00:30:18,017 --> 00:30:18,615 [exclaims] 673 00:30:18,617 --> 00:30:21,018 damn. My god, that's cold. 674 00:30:21,020 --> 00:30:24,288 This water runs all the time. There ain't no question about that. 675 00:30:25,825 --> 00:30:28,425 Damn. I'm on a damn power line. 676 00:30:28,427 --> 00:30:29,927 I can't run liquor under power lines. 677 00:30:29,929 --> 00:30:33,597 The power company come down here cleaning up, doing their job, you know. 678 00:30:33,599 --> 00:30:36,466 That's a good way to just get seen or get told on. 679 00:30:36,468 --> 00:30:38,535 I'm gonna head on up the hollow, see what I can find. 680 00:30:38,537 --> 00:30:43,140 Damn. Yeah, I'm just gonna keep following this branch up stream, see what I find. 681 00:30:43,142 --> 00:30:45,876 But I don't know, 'cause if there's power lines up there, 682 00:30:45,878 --> 00:30:47,611 this is not gonna work. 683 00:30:47,613 --> 00:30:50,380 If I draw daniel a white line, it's a long way up through here. 684 00:30:56,255 --> 00:30:58,155 Looks like the end of road for me. 685 00:30:58,157 --> 00:30:58,922 [shuts door] 686 00:30:58,924 --> 00:31:01,758 but I hear the sweet sound of water. 687 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:03,861 It's some old growth in here in these woods. 688 00:31:03,863 --> 00:31:07,464 Big trees. Probably ain't too many people been back in here. 689 00:31:08,267 --> 00:31:12,269 That water. I can hear it getting closer and closer. 690 00:31:12,271 --> 00:31:15,405 You know, I can hear the water rushing by as I'm walking through these woods. 691 00:31:15,407 --> 00:31:18,876 Can't help but think, you know what, I think I may be onto something. 692 00:31:18,878 --> 00:31:21,511 Holy mother of pearl! 693 00:31:21,513 --> 00:31:25,883 My god! That is pure beauty. 694 00:31:25,885 --> 00:31:29,920 And bam! There it is, this humungous 70-80 foot 695 00:31:29,922 --> 00:31:31,622 waterfall. Whoo! 696 00:31:31,624 --> 00:31:32,756 [laughing] 697 00:31:32,758 --> 00:31:35,025 I'm just about damn speechless. 698 00:31:35,027 --> 00:31:37,227 All the water in the world that I need. 699 00:31:37,229 --> 00:31:39,863 No power lines. No sign of nobody. 700 00:31:39,865 --> 00:31:40,697 I do believe 701 00:31:40,699 --> 00:31:43,200 I found mine and jerry's still site. 702 00:31:43,202 --> 00:31:47,304 I've never seen anything so breathtaking in my whole entire life. Whoo! 703 00:31:47,306 --> 00:31:49,439 We're gonna run some liquor now, boys! 704 00:32:06,825 --> 00:32:08,392 [mark] well, it's still here. 705 00:32:15,434 --> 00:32:17,968 [all laughing] 706 00:32:17,970 --> 00:32:21,705 [digger] man, there's alcohol in it and it still got plenty of great flavor. 707 00:32:21,707 --> 00:32:23,974 [mark] you know what this means, don't you boys? 708 00:32:23,976 --> 00:32:24,975 [digger] we're gonna have some fine liquor. 709 00:32:24,977 --> 00:32:26,610 [mark] I says get going. 710 00:32:26,612 --> 00:32:28,845 You know our scuppernong mash is ready. 711 00:32:28,847 --> 00:32:30,447 It's ready to go. We're gonna run it today. 712 00:32:30,449 --> 00:32:32,149 Here goes nothing. 713 00:32:33,786 --> 00:32:36,520 [mark] we have two stills here. We're gonna do the stripping run 714 00:32:36,522 --> 00:32:39,623 to take the alcohol from the mash on big sloppy. 715 00:32:39,625 --> 00:32:42,259 Then we'll go straight to the small still with that 716 00:32:42,261 --> 00:32:45,696 spirit and do the spirit run which is the second distillation. 717 00:32:45,698 --> 00:32:46,964 [beaz] nice. 718 00:32:46,966 --> 00:32:49,566 [mark] we've decided we're not using a thumper. 719 00:32:49,568 --> 00:32:51,668 Since it has to be re-distilled anyway. 720 00:32:51,670 --> 00:32:53,971 We just simply want all the volume we 721 00:32:53,973 --> 00:32:57,040 can get out of it in as short a time as we can do it. 722 00:32:57,576 --> 00:33:01,044 Beaz, I'll have to say, old buddy, 723 00:33:01,046 --> 00:33:05,782 you're turning into an outstanding liquor man. 724 00:33:05,784 --> 00:33:07,985 [beaz] I'm enjoying seeing this whole process 'cause 725 00:33:07,987 --> 00:33:09,419 like I said, it's my first 726 00:33:09,421 --> 00:33:12,422 double distillation to do. 727 00:33:12,424 --> 00:33:14,925 [digger] the reason cognac is more of a premium liquor 728 00:33:14,927 --> 00:33:18,562 is the fact that it's double distilled and it's barrel aged. 729 00:33:18,564 --> 00:33:20,897 Now the double distillation. 730 00:33:20,899 --> 00:33:24,267 That brings more of the floral flavor to the fruit to the front. 731 00:33:26,071 --> 00:33:28,972 [beaz] hey, look. Look at that. 732 00:33:29,408 --> 00:33:31,675 I got a coon pecker. 733 00:33:31,677 --> 00:33:34,711 [digger] you don't know which end's up on that little rascal. 734 00:33:34,713 --> 00:33:37,447 [beaz] see, it looks like it's working. 735 00:33:37,449 --> 00:33:38,682 [digger] that's what she never said. 736 00:33:38,684 --> 00:33:42,152 All right, boys, all we got's time now. 737 00:33:42,154 --> 00:33:46,023 [mark] why don't you kick that power up just a dab. That can run a little harder. 738 00:33:49,895 --> 00:33:51,128 [mark] oh, hell. 739 00:33:51,964 --> 00:33:53,096 [digger] them blow the pecker out? 740 00:33:53,098 --> 00:33:54,164 No. 741 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:56,433 What in the hell? 742 00:33:56,435 --> 00:33:58,035 It's blue! 743 00:33:58,037 --> 00:33:59,269 God dang it! 744 00:34:00,806 --> 00:34:02,239 [beaz] what causes that? 745 00:34:02,841 --> 00:34:04,241 [mark] I don't know. 746 00:34:04,843 --> 00:34:07,711 All of our distillate, blue. 747 00:34:07,713 --> 00:34:09,179 That's all you can say about it. 748 00:34:09,181 --> 00:34:11,214 It's not clear. It blue. 749 00:34:11,550 --> 00:34:13,050 Son of a bitch! 750 00:34:24,863 --> 00:34:27,431 [mark] I hate this [bleep]. Look at it. 751 00:34:27,866 --> 00:34:29,366 That looks worse than your [bleep]. 752 00:34:29,368 --> 00:34:31,368 [digger] when you look in you see your liquor 753 00:34:31,370 --> 00:34:34,871 turning blue, that's when you don't clean your copper good. 754 00:34:34,873 --> 00:34:38,075 That sends mark off the rails because his forte is the copper. 755 00:34:38,077 --> 00:34:41,078 So that being said, we dropped the ball here. 756 00:34:42,014 --> 00:34:44,281 [beaz] and so it's from? 757 00:34:45,584 --> 00:34:48,118 [mark] I don't know what it's from. 758 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:50,053 [digger] I got a pretty idea though, it's just 759 00:34:50,055 --> 00:34:52,022 canker... It's... It's 760 00:34:52,024 --> 00:34:53,223 tarnish that gets on copper. 761 00:34:53,225 --> 00:34:55,358 God damn it! 762 00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:59,329 Your cleaning solution and fill it up, that's what it comes out looking like. 763 00:34:59,331 --> 00:35:00,964 [mark] so in this instant, 764 00:35:00,966 --> 00:35:05,102 our damn cognac liquor is the cleaning solution. 765 00:35:06,939 --> 00:35:08,371 Sadly enough. 766 00:35:09,875 --> 00:35:10,774 [mark] that's a rookie mistake, 767 00:35:10,776 --> 00:35:12,042 is what it is. 768 00:35:12,044 --> 00:35:13,577 [beaz] yeah. I'm surprised you all weren't on top of that. 769 00:35:13,579 --> 00:35:15,378 [mark] that's a rookie mistake. 770 00:35:17,816 --> 00:35:21,818 It'll happen to the best of us. You can't cry over spilled milk. 771 00:35:21,820 --> 00:35:24,221 No, but I wanna cry over blue liquor. 772 00:35:25,524 --> 00:35:26,723 I say we just dump it out. 773 00:35:26,725 --> 00:35:28,625 [digger] let's just dump it. Stop the run right there. 774 00:35:28,627 --> 00:35:30,827 Dump the damn stuff, shut her down. I ain't gonna let-- 775 00:35:30,829 --> 00:35:32,963 I'll help you dump it. Hold my food coloring. 776 00:35:33,932 --> 00:35:36,099 You son of a bitch! 777 00:35:36,301 --> 00:35:40,070 [all laughing] 778 00:35:40,706 --> 00:35:43,840 -really? -Yes, really. 779 00:35:43,842 --> 00:35:46,009 -You're welcome. -[mark] it oughta have been our turn. 780 00:35:46,011 --> 00:35:47,711 -[digger] yep. -Damn! 781 00:35:47,713 --> 00:35:49,779 You're official now. 782 00:35:49,781 --> 00:35:52,182 100 million pounds of scuppernongs. 783 00:35:53,085 --> 00:35:54,918 Spent some money on that. 784 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,954 550 miles in the car. 785 00:35:57,990 --> 00:35:59,990 Spent money on that. 786 00:35:59,992 --> 00:36:03,059 Blue food coloring for dollar tree. 787 00:36:03,195 --> 00:36:05,529 Priceless. I owed y'all. 788 00:36:05,531 --> 00:36:06,696 [mark] yes, you did. 789 00:36:06,698 --> 00:36:09,633 [beaz] and I knew we were gonna run that again. 790 00:36:09,635 --> 00:36:13,904 So I knew it'd pull that food coloring right out of it. So... 791 00:36:13,906 --> 00:36:16,106 We were fixing to waste some of this liquor 'cause of you. 792 00:36:16,108 --> 00:36:17,274 We was fixing to dump it out. 793 00:36:17,276 --> 00:36:19,409 [beaz laughing] 794 00:36:19,845 --> 00:36:21,344 good job, man. 795 00:36:21,346 --> 00:36:23,580 -Well, thank you. -I guess we deserve that. 796 00:36:23,582 --> 00:36:24,814 I reckon. 797 00:36:24,816 --> 00:36:26,750 You know to say that we had one coming, 798 00:36:26,752 --> 00:36:29,786 yeah we had... We got a half a dozen coming at least. 799 00:36:29,788 --> 00:36:31,588 [mark] look at that friggin' blue liquor. 800 00:36:31,590 --> 00:36:32,656 [beaz] that's gorgeous. 801 00:36:32,658 --> 00:36:35,825 What dumbass didn't clean their still? 802 00:36:35,827 --> 00:36:38,261 [digger] we're gonna pull this liquor right over here to the other still 803 00:36:38,263 --> 00:36:39,596 to do our spirit run. 804 00:36:39,598 --> 00:36:42,866 And after that we get into the hearts, we'll give her a taste, 805 00:36:42,868 --> 00:36:45,936 and let beaz go away with his chest pulled out 806 00:36:45,938 --> 00:36:48,371 that he pranked mark and digger for a change. 807 00:36:48,373 --> 00:36:51,308 [mark] let's cap her off, baby, man. 808 00:37:02,621 --> 00:37:05,989 Let's start with the first bucket 'cause it's been marinated the longest. 809 00:37:05,991 --> 00:37:08,525 [tickle] all right. Yeah. I can see a color change in that. 810 00:37:08,527 --> 00:37:11,528 Can we reuse these peaches? We could make a pie out of it or something. 811 00:37:11,530 --> 00:37:14,598 We put some peaches in it to add some extra flavor to it. 812 00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:17,667 -[henry] looks good. -[tickle] still got some stuff in it. 813 00:37:17,669 --> 00:37:20,537 -[henry] think we need to strain some more? -Yeah, I think we do. 814 00:37:20,539 --> 00:37:22,806 [henry] we decided to use my peach brandy. 815 00:37:22,808 --> 00:37:24,941 I'm still a little bit reluctant about doing all. 816 00:37:24,943 --> 00:37:26,910 [henry] put the cheese cloth right in the bottom of it. 817 00:37:26,912 --> 00:37:27,978 [tickle] yeah right here. 818 00:37:27,980 --> 00:37:28,979 Like that, you know what I mean? 819 00:37:28,981 --> 00:37:31,448 After we filter this stuff out, 820 00:37:31,450 --> 00:37:35,151 we put it inside our co2 infusion machine. 821 00:37:35,153 --> 00:37:37,787 -Don't spill it. -I believe it's gonna spill everywhere. 822 00:37:37,823 --> 00:37:39,522 Get it. 823 00:37:39,524 --> 00:37:40,790 Whoa, whoa, whoa. It's pouring out the bottom. 824 00:37:40,792 --> 00:37:43,693 Hey, stay over here. Stay over here. Stay over here. 825 00:37:43,695 --> 00:37:45,962 [henry] talking about mixing it with all that water, 826 00:37:45,964 --> 00:37:48,198 is something we've never done. 827 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:51,001 -Yeah. -You can't just dump it. 828 00:37:51,069 --> 00:37:51,901 There we go. 829 00:37:51,903 --> 00:37:53,937 We wouldn't even want a drop of 830 00:37:53,939 --> 00:37:56,439 sweat to drop off our hat into our brandy but 831 00:37:56,441 --> 00:37:57,807 we'll give it a shot and see. 832 00:37:57,809 --> 00:37:59,876 [tickle] right. So we shut this valve off right here 833 00:37:59,878 --> 00:38:01,111 where we just filled that up, right? 834 00:38:01,113 --> 00:38:03,913 Put this hose on here like so. 835 00:38:03,915 --> 00:38:05,749 Now we got our stuff in here. 836 00:38:05,751 --> 00:38:07,851 We're putting the co2 to it. 837 00:38:07,853 --> 00:38:09,319 [tickle] let's turn the gas on. 838 00:38:10,722 --> 00:38:13,923 [josh] if this doesn't work out, me watering henry's liquor down, 839 00:38:13,925 --> 00:38:16,359 boy, have I screwed up big this time. 840 00:38:16,895 --> 00:38:19,996 -Imma hear it bubbling. -She's bubbling. 841 00:38:19,998 --> 00:38:21,698 [tickle] josh is over here controlling the gas. 842 00:38:21,700 --> 00:38:23,733 He starts carbonating. 843 00:38:23,735 --> 00:38:24,834 She's damn sure bubbling through it. 844 00:38:24,836 --> 00:38:25,402 It hits 12 pounds. 845 00:38:25,404 --> 00:38:26,836 Josh keeps carbonating. 846 00:38:26,838 --> 00:38:29,439 How... How do you know how much pressure you're putting in this thing? 847 00:38:29,441 --> 00:38:31,708 -It ain't gonna blow up on us, is it? -I hope it don't. 848 00:38:31,710 --> 00:38:33,910 -Me too. -[josh] right there is 18. 849 00:38:33,912 --> 00:38:35,412 [tickle] it hits 18 pounds. 850 00:38:35,414 --> 00:38:36,746 Josh keeps carbonating. 851 00:38:36,748 --> 00:38:38,982 Here just look... Here, come on, back up a bit. 852 00:38:38,984 --> 00:38:40,784 It hits 25 pounds. 853 00:38:40,786 --> 00:38:42,352 Josh keeps carbonating. 854 00:38:42,354 --> 00:38:43,853 [tickle] I'd shut her down right yonder. 855 00:38:43,855 --> 00:38:45,755 [josh] how's it holding up? See any cracks, anything bulging? 856 00:38:45,757 --> 00:38:46,956 [tickle] it ain't going nowhere. 857 00:38:46,958 --> 00:38:49,926 I read on this thing. It says, do not go over. 858 00:38:49,928 --> 00:38:52,929 [josh] 60 psi. We got a long way to go. 859 00:38:52,931 --> 00:38:57,033 Now I know it says, do not go over 60 psi 860 00:38:57,035 --> 00:38:59,969 all right, that's all good and fine. But now 861 00:38:59,971 --> 00:39:03,073 we welded stuff through this. 862 00:39:03,075 --> 00:39:04,274 How much pressure you got in it? 863 00:39:04,776 --> 00:39:06,076 30 pounds. 864 00:39:06,111 --> 00:39:08,812 -Shut it down josh. -You got 30 pounds. I'd shut that down. 865 00:39:08,814 --> 00:39:10,647 These guys are all freakin' out. But I want as much 866 00:39:10,649 --> 00:39:12,849 pressure on this thing as I get. 867 00:39:12,851 --> 00:39:16,019 -[tickle] how much psi is your weld gonna hold? -Let's shut if off. 868 00:39:16,021 --> 00:39:17,654 One of them things come out of there, it's a bullet. 869 00:39:17,656 --> 00:39:19,155 I'm gonna turn it off. 870 00:39:20,926 --> 00:39:22,926 -It ain't got no-- -[tickle] god almighty! 871 00:39:22,928 --> 00:39:25,428 That thing done spurted up there 20 feet. 872 00:39:25,430 --> 00:39:26,629 Alright, that comes out of your part. 873 00:39:26,631 --> 00:39:27,997 Yeah, that comes out of your part. 874 00:39:27,999 --> 00:39:30,066 [josh] we've got it pressurized. 875 00:39:30,068 --> 00:39:32,268 And now it really is the moment of truth. 876 00:39:32,270 --> 00:39:33,436 Squirt it in there, tick. 877 00:39:35,907 --> 00:39:38,842 I mean it looks like I'm pumping soda out of this thing. 878 00:39:38,844 --> 00:39:42,078 I'll be damn if ain't... Ain't carbonated. 879 00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:44,414 It's got a beautiful slight peach tint to it. 880 00:39:44,416 --> 00:39:47,150 And it's nice and it's bubbly. 881 00:39:48,053 --> 00:39:49,319 What do you think? 882 00:39:51,022 --> 00:39:53,022 Pretty damn good there. 883 00:39:53,859 --> 00:39:55,392 I'm afraid to try it. 884 00:39:55,394 --> 00:39:57,761 [tickle] give it a try. See what you think. 885 00:39:57,763 --> 00:40:00,163 Come on, now. What... What do you think there, henry? 886 00:40:00,165 --> 00:40:02,332 It's got a good taste to it, ain't it? 887 00:40:04,002 --> 00:40:06,336 [josh] he spit it out? Oh! 888 00:40:08,340 --> 00:40:10,073 -[henry] you going for real. -[josh] huh? 889 00:40:10,075 --> 00:40:12,942 -You're going for real. -[josh] what are you talking about? You don't like it? 890 00:40:12,944 --> 00:40:15,078 -For real? -[henry] you don't have a peach brandy 891 00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:16,279 turn out like this. 892 00:40:19,117 --> 00:40:20,817 Gold man, baby 893 00:40:20,819 --> 00:40:22,085 [all laughing] 894 00:40:22,087 --> 00:40:23,019 I got you, boy. 895 00:40:23,021 --> 00:40:24,888 [laughing] 896 00:40:24,890 --> 00:40:27,524 he scared me. He scared me. 897 00:40:27,526 --> 00:40:31,227 It's gonna be a gold mine, I'm telling you! 898 00:40:31,229 --> 00:40:34,030 I'm watching him running around and spitting it out. And the whole time I'm 899 00:40:34,032 --> 00:40:36,866 sitting here in a state of panic thinking I'm never gonna hear the end of it. 900 00:40:36,868 --> 00:40:39,536 You did good. Did good. 901 00:40:39,538 --> 00:40:41,604 I'm just glad that it worked out and he likes it. 902 00:40:41,606 --> 00:40:43,873 I was scared to death y'all was gonna trip out on it. 903 00:40:43,875 --> 00:40:46,643 I was a little terrified myself, son, I have to admit. 904 00:40:46,645 --> 00:40:47,911 It's real bubbly. 905 00:40:47,913 --> 00:40:50,413 It's real light. It'd be something that a lot of people 906 00:40:50,415 --> 00:40:52,115 could drink that normally wouldn't drink. 907 00:40:52,117 --> 00:40:54,751 It's almost I could bubble in champagne or something. 908 00:40:54,753 --> 00:40:55,785 Cap her on up. 909 00:40:55,787 --> 00:40:57,554 -Here. -Yeah, baby. 910 00:40:57,556 --> 00:41:00,657 [henry] normally, my customers for brandy, they look for that kick. 911 00:41:00,659 --> 00:41:03,993 They look for that 100-105 proof from that brandy. 912 00:41:03,995 --> 00:41:06,729 In this situation, we've taken that flavor from that brandy, 913 00:41:06,731 --> 00:41:09,799 and we've reduced it down to 20 proof. We lookin' a whole new market. 914 00:41:09,801 --> 00:41:12,168 We lookin' at customers that they love the flavor. 915 00:41:12,170 --> 00:41:14,404 Just enough to give them a slight buzz. 916 00:41:14,406 --> 00:41:16,372 Think we could make a pile of money with this... 917 00:41:16,374 --> 00:41:17,674 This younger generation. 918 00:41:17,676 --> 00:41:20,743 This about the easiest juggin' up I've ever done in my life. 919 00:41:20,745 --> 00:41:22,812 The tricky part of this hard seltzer, 920 00:41:22,814 --> 00:41:24,681 we've never sold anything like this. 921 00:41:24,683 --> 00:41:25,849 We wanna be competitive 922 00:41:25,851 --> 00:41:28,985 with what people are buying this stuff in the store for. 923 00:41:28,987 --> 00:41:32,422 But then again, we can't just give this stuff away either. 924 00:41:32,424 --> 00:41:34,023 [henry] let's finish getting these bottled up. 925 00:41:34,025 --> 00:41:35,925 'cause this stuff is gone this afternoon. 926 00:41:35,927 --> 00:41:37,794 -Awesome, perfect. -It's that good. 927 00:41:37,796 --> 00:41:40,263 -Thank you, bro. -Thank you. 928 00:41:48,974 --> 00:41:50,874 [josh] we need to come up with a name for it. 929 00:41:50,876 --> 00:41:54,077 How about back wood boys hard seltzer? 930 00:41:54,079 --> 00:41:56,012 [henry] why do we wanna use "boys"? 931 00:41:56,014 --> 00:41:56,813 [tickle] I ain't a boy. 932 00:41:56,815 --> 00:41:57,680 Back woods men. 933 00:41:57,682 --> 00:42:00,917 I... Some... I don't know. 934 00:42:00,919 --> 00:42:03,753 [tickle] look, till you come up with a name, you don't get your cut. 935 00:42:03,755 --> 00:42:05,388 How about polk county paralyzer? 936 00:42:05,390 --> 00:42:07,957 Polk county... We ain't in polk county. 937 00:42:07,959 --> 00:42:10,593 That don't matter. I made the first batch in polk county. 938 00:42:10,595 --> 00:42:12,028 I don't know. It sue is-- 939 00:42:12,030 --> 00:42:13,429 [henry] you like word "peat" don't you frank? 940 00:42:13,431 --> 00:42:14,797 Twisted peach punch. 941 00:42:14,799 --> 00:42:16,299 -What do you think about that? -That's pretty good. 942 00:42:16,935 --> 00:42:18,601 Double twisted peach punch. 943 00:42:18,603 --> 00:42:20,904 -Double twisted peach punch. -That's too much. 944 00:42:20,906 --> 00:42:23,740 I don't know. I like double better than plain. 945 00:42:23,742 --> 00:42:25,108 They're gonna pay more for something double twisted 946 00:42:25,110 --> 00:42:27,076 than single twisted. 947 00:42:27,078 --> 00:42:29,012 It's too hard. 948 00:42:29,014 --> 00:42:30,380 Just for you, josh. 949 00:42:31,850 --> 00:42:34,284 Double twisted peach punch. 950 00:42:34,286 --> 00:42:35,852 What do you want again, sir? 951 00:42:35,854 --> 00:42:38,988 I want some homemade double twisted peach punch. Hard seltzer. 952 00:42:38,990 --> 00:42:41,391 You got it. Done deal. 953 00:42:44,429 --> 00:42:47,163 [tickle] all right, fellers. Yeehaw! 954 00:42:47,165 --> 00:42:48,698 Think we ought to keep a case of that ourselves, right? 955 00:42:48,700 --> 00:42:51,501 Looks damn, look, just about like a damn beer. 956 00:42:51,503 --> 00:42:53,770 -Beer tint. -[tickle] here's the more important question, fellas. 957 00:42:53,772 --> 00:42:56,039 What you reckon we oughta sell this stuff for? 958 00:42:56,041 --> 00:42:58,207 I ain't gonna lie if you could sell for 20 dollars a jar, 959 00:42:58,209 --> 00:42:59,876 that'd be one hell of a profit. 960 00:42:59,878 --> 00:43:00,743 That ain't bad. 961 00:43:00,745 --> 00:43:01,811 I don't think we'll get that for it. 962 00:43:01,813 --> 00:43:04,414 -That's too stout. Yeah. -[tickle] too steep for it? 963 00:43:04,416 --> 00:43:07,650 -It's gotta be worth our time too. -$20 is right by it. 964 00:43:07,652 --> 00:43:10,553 [tickle] oh, sure look. You make a couple hundred extra dollars 965 00:43:10,555 --> 00:43:12,488 for just a little bit more work. It's worth it, ain't it? 966 00:43:12,490 --> 00:43:15,425 That's what I'm trying to say. What do you reckon? 967 00:43:15,427 --> 00:43:18,895 What are people willing to pay? We know what they'll pay for our brandy. 968 00:43:18,897 --> 00:43:20,697 What will they pay for this stuff? 969 00:43:20,699 --> 00:43:21,931 Here's what it boils down to. 970 00:43:21,933 --> 00:43:24,267 20 dollars is too steep. 10 dollars ain't enough. 971 00:43:24,269 --> 00:43:27,437 They sell this in the stores, don't they? 972 00:43:27,439 --> 00:43:31,040 They do. But what we got right here is twice as strong as what's in the store. 973 00:43:31,042 --> 00:43:32,875 -So what they sell in the store is like five. -And twice as much. 974 00:43:32,877 --> 00:43:34,510 And twice as much. 975 00:43:34,512 --> 00:43:37,146 If 5% in stores, we're throwing 10% out there. 976 00:43:37,148 --> 00:43:39,616 -Yeah. -So that's gonna pull some more people in. 977 00:43:39,618 --> 00:43:40,817 Well look. I... I... 978 00:43:40,819 --> 00:43:42,952 What do you all think about this? 979 00:43:42,954 --> 00:43:45,421 One quart of liquor will make five quarts of this. 980 00:43:45,790 --> 00:43:47,156 Yeah. 981 00:43:47,158 --> 00:43:48,891 If we take and make this stuff 982 00:43:48,893 --> 00:43:50,927 12 dollars a quart, 983 00:43:50,929 --> 00:43:53,830 and then get rid of all five quarts 984 00:43:53,832 --> 00:43:54,530 that one quart will make, 985 00:43:54,532 --> 00:43:56,799 that's 60 bucks. 986 00:43:56,801 --> 00:43:59,769 [henry] then we turn that 160 dollars gallon of peach brandy into 987 00:43:59,771 --> 00:44:00,870 240 dollars. 988 00:44:00,872 --> 00:44:03,640 240 dollars a gallon. 989 00:44:03,642 --> 00:44:06,042 160 dollar gallon of shine into 240. 990 00:44:06,044 --> 00:44:07,443 -240. -I like the sound of that. 991 00:44:07,445 --> 00:44:08,911 That don't sound bad. 992 00:44:08,913 --> 00:44:09,779 That's good money right there. 993 00:44:09,781 --> 00:44:12,015 And also we broaden 994 00:44:12,017 --> 00:44:14,617 the market to a whole 'nother group of people. 995 00:44:14,619 --> 00:44:15,618 A whole quart for $12, who wouldn't-- 996 00:44:15,620 --> 00:44:17,920 -who can't afford that? -I mean, think about it. 997 00:44:17,922 --> 00:44:21,424 [tickle] and once they buy their first one, they coming back for another one. 998 00:44:21,426 --> 00:44:24,060 Good as that is, and as strong as it is, 999 00:44:24,062 --> 00:44:25,795 I don't see no problems selling it. 1000 00:44:25,797 --> 00:44:27,463 Sounds like we got a plan then. 1001 00:44:27,465 --> 00:44:29,599 [tickle] I say we go make this a damn sale. 1002 00:44:29,601 --> 00:44:31,834 [henry] how we gonna sell half a case is all I know. 1003 00:44:31,836 --> 00:44:34,303 Y'all gonna drink it all up before we can get there with it. 1004 00:44:50,021 --> 00:44:53,156 [digger]that's alcohol baking. That's the head coming off. 1005 00:44:53,158 --> 00:44:56,659 -Okay. -Well, we've got enough out of it, I'd say, don't we? 1006 00:44:56,661 --> 00:44:58,227 [beaz] yepper. 1007 00:44:58,229 --> 00:45:01,030 All right mark. What color you think this run's gonna be? 1008 00:45:01,032 --> 00:45:03,332 Oh, it's gonna be clear, beaz. 1009 00:45:03,802 --> 00:45:06,903 [beaz] hot metal looks like cold metal. 1010 00:45:06,905 --> 00:45:10,406 [digger] and hot air is invisible just like cold air. 1011 00:45:10,408 --> 00:45:11,374 [beaz] yeah. 1012 00:45:13,745 --> 00:45:15,445 [digger] all right, there it comes. 1013 00:45:15,747 --> 00:45:18,948 Yup. Scuppernong. 1014 00:45:18,950 --> 00:45:21,751 -[beaz] it's clear. -Yes, it's not blue, mr. Beazy. 1015 00:45:21,753 --> 00:45:22,919 [beaz] well... 1016 00:45:22,921 --> 00:45:24,787 [mark] if it had been blue this time 1017 00:45:24,789 --> 00:45:27,824 we'd have had a problem, houston. 1018 00:45:27,826 --> 00:45:31,094 Can you believe how strong the scuppernong smell is? 1019 00:45:33,932 --> 00:45:36,132 Oh, my! 1020 00:45:36,801 --> 00:45:38,201 Man, it's double distilled, but, man, it's still 1021 00:45:38,203 --> 00:45:41,370 plenty flavorful with the scuppernong. 1022 00:45:41,506 --> 00:45:42,772 And it ain't blue. 1023 00:45:43,274 --> 00:45:45,408 -[beaz] and it's not blue, I'll be danged. -It ain't blue. 1024 00:45:45,410 --> 00:45:47,376 You know it's... It's crazy how good this 1025 00:45:47,378 --> 00:45:51,214 second distillation of this scuppernong cognac tastes. 1026 00:45:51,216 --> 00:45:53,716 You know, I think that we've hit it out of the park. 1027 00:45:53,718 --> 00:45:55,618 It's just a matter now of getting it barrel aged. 1028 00:45:55,620 --> 00:45:56,886 That's hard liquor right there. 1029 00:45:56,888 --> 00:45:59,422 [digger] exactly how you want it to be. That's... That's 1030 00:45:59,424 --> 00:46:00,656 the queen of the liquor right there. 1031 00:46:00,658 --> 00:46:02,792 Damn. 1032 00:46:02,794 --> 00:46:05,027 [digger] this scuppernong flavor, it's right there in the front. 1033 00:46:05,029 --> 00:46:07,130 It mellows out then it finishes off 1034 00:46:07,132 --> 00:46:09,132 real good with them floral notes 1035 00:46:09,134 --> 00:46:10,867 that you get from a grape. 1036 00:46:10,869 --> 00:46:12,068 Oh, richard. 1037 00:46:12,237 --> 00:46:13,770 What's up, cool breeze? 1038 00:46:13,772 --> 00:46:16,873 [richard on phone] I just came up on a whole bunch of cherries, man. 1039 00:46:16,875 --> 00:46:18,674 I'm trying to find something to do with it. 1040 00:46:18,676 --> 00:46:21,611 Thought I'd make my signature cherry bounce. 1041 00:46:21,613 --> 00:46:24,847 We first met richard landry with master distiller. 1042 00:46:24,849 --> 00:46:27,917 Here we go, fellas. This gonna be richard. 1043 00:46:27,919 --> 00:46:29,552 [mark] that's richard. Oh, my. 1044 00:46:29,554 --> 00:46:30,920 Richard? 1045 00:46:30,922 --> 00:46:32,855 You're the next master distiller, my friend. 1046 00:46:32,857 --> 00:46:34,423 Congratulations, bro. 1047 00:46:34,425 --> 00:46:36,592 [mark] richard is impressive as a distiller. 1048 00:46:36,594 --> 00:46:38,294 But he's also a donkey on the edge. 1049 00:46:38,296 --> 00:46:40,630 He don't mind trying new things. 1050 00:46:40,632 --> 00:46:44,433 He says he has access to a lot of cherries where he's at. 1051 00:46:44,435 --> 00:46:46,035 [richard] I got a couple hundred pounds of it. 1052 00:46:46,037 --> 00:46:48,805 Damn. That's a million dollars' worth of cherries. 1053 00:46:48,807 --> 00:46:50,373 Hey, richard. We're right now 1054 00:46:51,075 --> 00:46:52,909 finishing up a run of 1055 00:46:52,911 --> 00:46:54,610 scuppernong cognac. 1056 00:46:54,612 --> 00:46:57,013 Why wouldn't that work with cherries? 1057 00:46:57,015 --> 00:46:59,749 [richard] well, it definitely would work with cherries. I don't know 1058 00:46:59,751 --> 00:47:01,684 what kind of process y'all doing with that? 1059 00:47:01,686 --> 00:47:03,686 We just run it twice. Do a 1060 00:47:03,688 --> 00:47:05,855 stripping run, a spirit run. 1061 00:47:05,857 --> 00:47:07,557 [richard] well, that sounds good right there. 1062 00:47:07,559 --> 00:47:09,492 You use that cane syrup. 1063 00:47:09,494 --> 00:47:11,561 Do you think you could get some of that? 1064 00:47:11,563 --> 00:47:13,396 [richard] I got so much sugar cane around me 1065 00:47:13,398 --> 00:47:15,531 I can't throw a rock without hitting some. 1066 00:47:15,533 --> 00:47:20,436 Uh, how about me and old digger officially inviting you to tennessee 1067 00:47:20,438 --> 00:47:22,805 to come up here and bring those stuff and... And we'll... 1068 00:47:22,807 --> 00:47:25,675 We'll do this run with you and we can all learn something. 1069 00:47:25,677 --> 00:47:27,677 You can hang out with us a while. 1070 00:47:27,679 --> 00:47:31,948 [richard] man, that's a christmas present right now. I'm on my way. 1071 00:47:31,950 --> 00:47:35,451 That sounds good, boss. We'll look... We'll look forward to seeing you 1072 00:47:35,453 --> 00:47:37,954 and I'm anxious to lean about the cane. 1073 00:47:37,956 --> 00:47:39,789 [richard] I'll give you all a call when I get everything together. 1074 00:47:39,791 --> 00:47:42,425 Sound like a plan, buddy. I look forward to it. 1075 00:47:42,427 --> 00:47:44,727 -[richard] all right, thank you. -See you, bye. 1076 00:47:44,729 --> 00:47:47,897 Well, you know, richard's wanting to do a cherry liquor. 1077 00:47:47,899 --> 00:47:51,767 He wants to take it to the next level. So here we go. 1078 00:47:51,769 --> 00:47:54,270 [beaz] yeah, this is heavy. Good lord! 1079 00:47:54,272 --> 00:47:55,371 [digger] I got these rags. 1080 00:47:55,373 --> 00:47:57,974 [all laughing]