1 00:00:07,141 --> 00:00:09,441 [narrator] Tonight on Moonshiners... 2 00:00:09,510 --> 00:00:11,343 We've moved to this new still site 3 00:00:11,445 --> 00:00:13,445 'cause our other site was burned by the law. 4 00:00:13,514 --> 00:00:15,014 Pretty little feller. I like it. 5 00:00:15,016 --> 00:00:18,817 We've got to make sure we stay one step ahead of our pursuers. 6 00:00:18,819 --> 00:00:20,819 -Boom. Damn. -That'll take your fingerprints off. 7 00:00:20,821 --> 00:00:22,721 Now, you can't go to jail. They won't know who you are. 8 00:00:23,824 --> 00:00:25,124 [Richard Landry] That's a fire, Dan. 9 00:00:25,126 --> 00:00:27,126 This still site has two huge pot stills. 10 00:00:27,128 --> 00:00:30,229 That's putting us 350 gallons a time that we can run. 11 00:00:30,231 --> 00:00:31,363 Is it badass? 12 00:00:32,700 --> 00:00:33,898 [Richard] Bad meaning good. 13 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:35,634 We're gonna splash the market up a little bit, 14 00:00:35,736 --> 00:00:37,403 takeover right here in Tennessee. 15 00:00:37,405 --> 00:00:38,703 -[whistles] -That's way up there. 16 00:00:39,807 --> 00:00:43,942 [Huck] Condenser's gone, pot's gone, cap's gone. 17 00:00:44,044 --> 00:00:46,612 [Mark Rogers] All this hard work done there, man, look at it. 18 00:00:46,614 --> 00:00:47,813 [Amanda Bryant] Oh, boy. 19 00:00:49,717 --> 00:00:52,351 [Tim Smith] This is how we make the moonshine! 20 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:00,993 [Digger] Down we go. 21 00:01:00,995 --> 00:01:02,861 It's gonna be slick here in a minute. 22 00:01:02,963 --> 00:01:04,596 [narrator] After a local police captain 23 00:01:04,598 --> 00:01:07,032 busted their backwoods water source, 24 00:01:07,134 --> 00:01:10,803 the Tennessee two retreated to Digger's family farm 25 00:01:10,805 --> 00:01:13,705 in search of a more secure place to make liquor. 26 00:01:13,707 --> 00:01:15,407 Well, today, you know, we brought a few things 27 00:01:15,409 --> 00:01:18,043 out to the new still site, here at Digger's farm. 28 00:01:18,112 --> 00:01:20,412 You happen to see what our water situation looks like? 29 00:01:20,414 --> 00:01:22,047 We've moved to this new still site 30 00:01:22,049 --> 00:01:24,750 because our other site was burned by the law. 31 00:01:24,818 --> 00:01:26,117 [Digger] We got water. 32 00:01:26,119 --> 00:01:27,719 [Mark Ramsey] One thing's always been the same 33 00:01:27,721 --> 00:01:29,188 for hundreds of years. 34 00:01:29,190 --> 00:01:32,057 Moonshining is a cat and mouse game with the law. 35 00:01:32,126 --> 00:01:35,160 We're the mouse, and the law is the cats, 36 00:01:35,262 --> 00:01:37,696 and the mouse is on the run right now. 37 00:01:37,698 --> 00:01:39,398 [Digger] Boy, that mud's slick, ain't it? 38 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:40,799 [Mark Ramsey] Let's just distill that water 39 00:01:40,801 --> 00:01:42,701 that we're gonna make that scotch mash with. 40 00:01:42,703 --> 00:01:44,103 See if that won't clear it u 41 00:01:44,105 --> 00:01:46,505 [Digger] I got my pap's old spring dug out. 42 00:01:46,507 --> 00:01:48,040 It's not clear yet, 43 00:01:48,109 --> 00:01:51,410 but you have to bear in mind, it rained hard last night. 44 00:01:53,114 --> 00:01:54,947 [Mark Ramsey] This the part I always hate. 45 00:01:54,949 --> 00:01:58,750 This source is a great spring for limestone water, 46 00:01:58,819 --> 00:02:01,553 and once this clay settles out of here a little bit mor 47 00:02:01,622 --> 00:02:03,822 it's gonna be just fine for a Tennessee whiskey. 48 00:02:04,625 --> 00:02:05,724 Just like Popcorn did. 49 00:02:05,726 --> 00:02:08,527 I swear it's a pretty little feller, I like it. 50 00:02:08,529 --> 00:02:12,030 This little piss pot was built off of Popcorn Sutton's 51 00:02:12,032 --> 00:02:13,398 patterns that he had. 52 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,001 We thought it would just be an ultimate kinda 53 00:02:16,003 --> 00:02:18,203 knock in the face to run a run of scotch 54 00:02:18,205 --> 00:02:19,838 on one of Popcorn's stills 55 00:02:19,907 --> 00:02:21,607 because he didn't like scotch. 56 00:02:23,944 --> 00:02:25,711 Oh, look at that. 57 00:02:25,713 --> 00:02:27,946 We are gonna use distilled water 58 00:02:28,015 --> 00:02:29,948 to make this run of scotch. 59 00:02:29,950 --> 00:02:31,350 When we do this process, 60 00:02:31,451 --> 00:02:33,919 even though this water's going in this still cloudy 61 00:02:33,921 --> 00:02:35,821 and a little bit muddy-looking, 62 00:02:35,823 --> 00:02:37,789 what comes out'll be crystal clear. 63 00:02:37,791 --> 00:02:39,424 [Digger] There we go. 64 00:02:39,426 --> 00:02:42,528 The distilled water process is the same as distilling liquor, 65 00:02:42,530 --> 00:02:44,663 except you just have to raise the temperature. 66 00:02:44,732 --> 00:02:46,798 Water boils at a higher temperature than alcohol, 67 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,701 so we don't have to worry about running it low and slow. 68 00:02:49,703 --> 00:02:52,204 We can boil it and push it out as fast as we want to. 69 00:02:52,206 --> 00:02:54,106 [Mark Ramsey] Look yonder. 70 00:02:54,108 --> 00:02:56,108 [Digger] After simmering it down right quick, 71 00:02:56,110 --> 00:02:58,644 see if we got 100% clean water here. 72 00:02:58,712 --> 00:03:01,513 We go from cloudy, muddy water to clear as a bell. 73 00:03:01,515 --> 00:03:02,548 [Mark Ramsey] Oh, yeah. 74 00:03:07,621 --> 00:03:08,620 [Digger] Taste like nothing. 75 00:03:09,523 --> 00:03:10,789 Taste just exactly... 76 00:03:10,791 --> 00:03:12,524 -Taste like water. -[Mark Ramsey] ...like it did before. 77 00:03:12,526 --> 00:03:14,826 [Digger] Don't matter if water runs back on the ground, does it? 78 00:03:14,828 --> 00:03:16,728 No. 79 00:03:16,730 --> 00:03:18,530 [Digger] We have got our distilled water. 80 00:03:18,532 --> 00:03:20,499 We've got about 30 gallons of it, 81 00:03:20,501 --> 00:03:22,100 which is way more than we need. 82 00:03:22,903 --> 00:03:23,936 There you go. 83 00:03:23,938 --> 00:03:25,003 [Mark Ramsey] Yeah, that's plenty. 84 00:03:25,005 --> 00:03:26,605 [Digger] That's a plenty to make a mash out of. 85 00:03:27,408 --> 00:03:29,341 The next step is hydroponically 86 00:03:29,410 --> 00:03:31,043 malting grains and smoking them. 87 00:03:31,045 --> 00:03:34,112 All right, let's go get the rest of our materials 88 00:03:34,114 --> 00:03:36,315 that we need to mash in scotch, 89 00:03:36,317 --> 00:03:38,850 AKA smoked barley. 90 00:03:38,919 --> 00:03:40,118 Smoked barley. 91 00:03:54,602 --> 00:03:56,201 [Mark Rogers] Well, let's go check him out. 92 00:03:56,203 --> 00:03:57,736 [Amanda] Moment of truth, right? 93 00:03:57,838 --> 00:03:59,104 We headed back to our site. 94 00:03:59,106 --> 00:04:00,706 We got a lot of work to do. 95 00:04:00,708 --> 00:04:02,841 We're really looking forward to getting started. 96 00:04:02,910 --> 00:04:04,910 Me and Huck, we've talked it over. 97 00:04:04,912 --> 00:04:07,112 We decided to bring Amanda back this season. 98 00:04:07,114 --> 00:04:08,647 -[Amanda] Want me to pick up that side? -[Mark Rogers] Nah. 99 00:04:08,749 --> 00:04:10,249 She's a good hard worker. 100 00:04:10,350 --> 00:04:12,618 She's really proved herself as part of the team. 101 00:04:14,521 --> 00:04:15,721 [groaning] Lordy. 102 00:04:17,124 --> 00:04:18,423 Old Ugly's gone. 103 00:04:18,425 --> 00:04:19,925 When I got into the still site, 104 00:04:19,927 --> 00:04:22,628 I was hoping everything would be just like we left it. 105 00:04:23,430 --> 00:04:24,529 But it wasn't. 106 00:04:25,699 --> 00:04:27,399 [Huck] Condenser's gone. 107 00:04:27,401 --> 00:04:29,568 Pot's gone. Cap's gone. 108 00:04:29,570 --> 00:04:31,336 Tore the camp all to pieces. 109 00:04:31,438 --> 00:04:34,406 They stole our pot. That's the main thing, you know. 110 00:04:34,408 --> 00:04:35,440 [Amanda] Oh, boy. 111 00:04:38,712 --> 00:04:40,612 [Huck] That's just hard, ain't it? 112 00:04:40,614 --> 00:04:42,514 [Mark Rogers] All this hard work done there, man. 113 00:04:42,516 --> 00:04:44,049 Look, they tore it all to pieces. 114 00:04:44,051 --> 00:04:46,718 I thought we was far enough back with this still site 115 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:48,320 where anybody wouldn't find it. 116 00:04:48,322 --> 00:04:50,922 Uh, it looks like we was wrong. 117 00:04:50,924 --> 00:04:52,424 [Amanda] You think they took it for scrap? 118 00:04:52,426 --> 00:04:53,759 [Huck] Yep. 119 00:04:53,860 --> 00:04:56,728 Hard to leave anything laying around nowadays. 120 00:04:56,730 --> 00:04:58,930 People need money more than usual, 121 00:04:59,033 --> 00:05:02,801 and I guess they thought they about to get the copper and stuff and resell it. 122 00:05:02,803 --> 00:05:04,202 Get that ol' Big Mama, 123 00:05:04,204 --> 00:05:05,804 set it up, don't you think, Huck? 124 00:05:05,806 --> 00:05:07,506 [Huck] Yeah, all we can do. 125 00:05:07,508 --> 00:05:09,708 I know Old Ugly, but what is Big Mama? 126 00:05:09,710 --> 00:05:12,411 That man, Huck's, got an old big still. 127 00:05:12,413 --> 00:05:15,013 Uh, been a while since we run on it, but... 128 00:05:15,015 --> 00:05:17,749 It's big enough to... You can get down in and clean it. 129 00:05:17,818 --> 00:05:18,817 Oh, perfect. [laughs] 130 00:05:18,819 --> 00:05:20,419 Yeah, you can fit right down in there. 131 00:05:21,155 --> 00:05:22,154 Big Mama. 132 00:05:22,623 --> 00:05:24,456 Uh, it's a biggun, 133 00:05:24,558 --> 00:05:26,692 especially for the woods. 134 00:05:26,694 --> 00:05:28,860 Do you have any ideas of somewhere else we could go? 135 00:05:29,963 --> 00:05:30,962 -Yeah. -[Amanda] Somewhere a little... 136 00:05:30,964 --> 00:05:33,365 We can find another location, it's just 137 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:35,500 trouble getting everything moved and getting it there. 138 00:05:36,637 --> 00:05:39,104 We start raw hiding this stuff out of here 139 00:05:39,106 --> 00:05:40,405 and get what we can... 140 00:05:41,642 --> 00:05:42,741 ...go from there. 141 00:05:42,743 --> 00:05:45,410 We sure don't want to try to build back there. 142 00:05:45,412 --> 00:05:47,746 They're liable to come in on us again, you know. 143 00:05:47,815 --> 00:05:50,248 So the first thing we gotta do is find us a new location. 144 00:05:52,853 --> 00:05:55,487 Over the years, there some good locations 145 00:05:55,489 --> 00:05:58,323 you want to go back to, but sometimes it's better 146 00:05:58,325 --> 00:06:00,726 to take a hard place than it is an easy place 147 00:06:00,728 --> 00:06:01,760 to keep from getting caught. 148 00:06:02,363 --> 00:06:03,528 Little bit of a thicket. 149 00:06:04,231 --> 00:06:05,263 Yeah, we'll, uh... 150 00:06:06,300 --> 00:06:07,699 ...go look around a little bit. 151 00:06:07,701 --> 00:06:09,701 See if we can find a spot before we pull it all the way in there. 152 00:06:10,637 --> 00:06:12,838 See what you think about it. 153 00:06:12,906 --> 00:06:15,707 This site here, I've hunted this country all my life. 154 00:06:15,709 --> 00:06:17,642 I ain't never made no liquor out of here, 155 00:06:17,711 --> 00:06:20,112 but I ain't never seen a person in here my whole life 156 00:06:20,114 --> 00:06:23,749 So that makes me feel pretty safe right there. 157 00:06:23,850 --> 00:06:26,218 We need us a good level place, you know? 158 00:06:26,220 --> 00:06:28,687 It's a pretty good place, there's nothing behind us 159 00:06:28,689 --> 00:06:30,455 for miles and miles and miles, 160 00:06:30,524 --> 00:06:32,991 except rough country, I mean rough. 161 00:06:32,993 --> 00:06:35,427 [Mark Rogers] What do you think about setting our pot up here 162 00:06:35,429 --> 00:06:36,862 and running everything that way. 163 00:06:36,930 --> 00:06:38,196 [Huck] It'll work. 164 00:06:38,198 --> 00:06:41,032 We can run our overflow back to the branch right there. 165 00:06:41,034 --> 00:06:42,601 You think that's level enoug 166 00:06:42,603 --> 00:06:43,935 [Huck] Yeah. 167 00:06:44,004 --> 00:06:45,370 Plenty of cover over us right there. 168 00:06:45,372 --> 00:06:46,838 You bet it. 169 00:06:46,940 --> 00:06:50,409 This still site, it's a whole lot further back in the woods. 170 00:06:50,411 --> 00:06:52,144 I think we'll be better off here. 171 00:06:52,245 --> 00:06:53,912 Nothing we haven't done before, right? 172 00:06:54,948 --> 00:06:56,047 Done it all my life. 173 00:06:56,049 --> 00:06:57,449 I believe we can handle it one more time. 174 00:06:57,518 --> 00:06:58,650 -Don't you? -[Amanda] Yes. 175 00:07:11,398 --> 00:07:12,898 [Daniel Maner] What do you think, buddy? 176 00:07:12,900 --> 00:07:15,600 [Richard] I think we need to start unloading this still right now. 177 00:07:15,602 --> 00:07:17,402 [Daniel] You know, it's a blessing Mark and Digger 178 00:07:17,404 --> 00:07:20,005 were generous enough to loan Richard and I 179 00:07:20,007 --> 00:07:21,339 another still to run. 180 00:07:21,375 --> 00:07:23,308 Now, instead of running a three barrel pot, 181 00:07:23,310 --> 00:07:26,011 we'll be running a three barrel pot and a four barrel pot. 182 00:07:26,013 --> 00:07:28,513 All right, so you're thinking about putting it on this side too, right? 183 00:07:28,515 --> 00:07:29,714 [Daniel] That's a good idea. 184 00:07:29,716 --> 00:07:32,150 The more alcohol that we're able to produce, 185 00:07:32,219 --> 00:07:33,919 the more money we're gonna make. 186 00:07:33,921 --> 00:07:36,221 [Richard] This is a big advantage to us right here. 187 00:07:36,223 --> 00:07:39,324 Plus Mark and Digger gave us some corn and some sugar. 188 00:07:39,326 --> 00:07:42,394 We have everything we need to start a first run. 189 00:07:42,396 --> 00:07:44,262 We're gonna splash the market up a little bit. 190 00:07:44,331 --> 00:07:45,931 take over right here in Tennessee. 191 00:07:45,933 --> 00:07:47,232 This is beautiful right here, Dan. 192 00:07:47,301 --> 00:07:48,934 -You think it'll work? -[Richard] Yes, sir. 193 00:07:48,936 --> 00:07:51,036 I'mma let some water run in a couple of these things, 194 00:07:51,038 --> 00:07:52,237 just so we got a little weight in them. 195 00:07:52,339 --> 00:07:53,839 [Daniel] We'll fill it about half full, 196 00:07:53,940 --> 00:07:55,440 then we'll top it off with warm water 197 00:07:55,542 --> 00:07:57,642 and then put our corn in. 198 00:07:57,711 --> 00:07:59,444 We're gonna mash in a corn mash. 199 00:08:02,149 --> 00:08:03,849 Fire up the still 200 00:08:03,950 --> 00:08:05,417 and start warming water up. 201 00:08:05,419 --> 00:08:08,220 [Richard] Right here, we'll set the condenser. 202 00:08:08,222 --> 00:08:09,521 We've got plenty enough room, man. 203 00:08:09,523 --> 00:08:11,256 We're not crowding each other. 204 00:08:11,291 --> 00:08:14,025 I really, really want to make a name for myself out here. 205 00:08:14,027 --> 00:08:16,528 That's how I see it, and that's how it has to be. 206 00:08:16,530 --> 00:08:18,063 We've got the still roughly. 207 00:08:18,131 --> 00:08:20,198 We've got a set. Let's start mashing in. 208 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:23,201 Our biggest competitors in this area are Mike and Jerry. 209 00:08:23,203 --> 00:08:24,769 -[Daniel] Is that warm, Richard? -[Richard] Yeah. 210 00:08:24,771 --> 00:08:27,372 They're trying to sell to the same people that we're trying to sell to. 211 00:08:27,374 --> 00:08:30,108 So we gotta stay on top of these guys. 212 00:08:30,110 --> 00:08:31,977 Let's put a half a bag in each barrel. 213 00:08:37,317 --> 00:08:38,850 I mean, really get it going. 214 00:08:41,522 --> 00:08:43,221 I don't like to use a whole lot of yeast. 215 00:08:45,425 --> 00:08:48,360 That malt has its own dadgum yeast and enzymes. 216 00:08:48,428 --> 00:08:51,463 I think that that's a good adequate amount. 217 00:08:51,565 --> 00:08:54,633 We can cover her up now, and we'll wait seven days. 218 00:08:54,701 --> 00:08:56,501 We'll come back and check it in five. 219 00:08:56,503 --> 00:08:58,803 Having these two stills out here, man, this is nice. 220 00:08:58,805 --> 00:08:59,804 It is. 221 00:08:59,806 --> 00:09:02,307 We went from having $3,000 out here... 222 00:09:02,309 --> 00:09:03,675 [chuckles] To having... 223 00:09:03,677 --> 00:09:06,545 -...to having $6,000. -...$6,000 worth of copper out here. 224 00:09:06,646 --> 00:09:09,114 How are we gonna keep these things secure, man? 225 00:09:09,116 --> 00:09:11,550 I've got the cure for that over there in my truck. 226 00:09:11,618 --> 00:09:14,152 I've got two of the most modern 227 00:09:14,254 --> 00:09:16,488 -game cameras that they make. -Mmm-hmm. 228 00:09:16,490 --> 00:09:18,623 They actually send pictures to my phone. 229 00:09:18,625 --> 00:09:20,892 If somebody walks in, it'll bing. 230 00:09:20,894 --> 00:09:22,227 I can flip down and look at it, 231 00:09:22,229 --> 00:09:23,328 and I can see what it is. 232 00:09:23,330 --> 00:09:24,763 Where they at? I'll go get them. 233 00:09:24,831 --> 00:09:26,464 [Daniel] Pull that good and tight. You got it? 234 00:09:27,601 --> 00:09:28,633 All right. 235 00:09:28,702 --> 00:09:30,902 If we put it on this sucker right here, 236 00:09:30,904 --> 00:09:33,338 and get it facing both stills, 237 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,507 we'll knock two birds out with one stone. 238 00:09:35,509 --> 00:09:38,944 I think that'll see everything we need to see right there. 239 00:09:39,012 --> 00:09:40,946 [Daniel] We've got our corn mashed in, 240 00:09:40,948 --> 00:09:42,948 and hopefully have alcohol 241 00:09:43,016 --> 00:09:44,950 within five to seven days. 242 00:09:45,018 --> 00:09:47,118 We got everything done. We got everything set up. 243 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:48,620 I think we're good to go, Dan. 244 00:09:48,622 --> 00:09:49,721 [Daniel] I think you're righ 245 00:10:02,402 --> 00:10:03,802 This thing ain't light. 246 00:10:03,804 --> 00:10:07,505 Let's see if me and you can malt a run without screwing it up. 247 00:10:07,507 --> 00:10:10,141 We need malted barley in order to make scotch. 248 00:10:10,210 --> 00:10:12,944 So my friend is kind enough to let me use 249 00:10:12,946 --> 00:10:15,113 his malting table and drying rack 250 00:10:15,115 --> 00:10:16,815 for as long as I want to. 251 00:10:16,817 --> 00:10:18,850 -Damn it! -What'd you do, hit your toe? 252 00:10:18,919 --> 00:10:20,352 No, my damn knee. 253 00:10:20,453 --> 00:10:21,519 What did you do, kick the door? 254 00:10:21,521 --> 00:10:22,954 No, I hit it with my knee. 255 00:10:23,857 --> 00:10:25,056 No, with my knee. 256 00:10:25,058 --> 00:10:26,725 -[both laughing] -No, with my knee. 257 00:10:27,628 --> 00:10:29,127 My damn crazy bone. 258 00:10:29,129 --> 00:10:31,262 No, that's when you know you did justice to it. 259 00:10:32,032 --> 00:10:33,031 [laughing] 260 00:10:33,099 --> 00:10:34,799 All right, we ready to dump that bag of grain? 261 00:10:34,801 --> 00:10:36,534 [Mark Ramsey] I don't see why not. 262 00:10:36,636 --> 00:10:38,103 Got this grain from a local farmer 263 00:10:38,105 --> 00:10:39,504 that had a bumper crop this year 264 00:10:39,506 --> 00:10:41,840 and had no more room left in his grain bin, 265 00:10:41,941 --> 00:10:43,041 so we got a bargain. 266 00:10:43,043 --> 00:10:44,175 All right, here we go. 267 00:10:45,245 --> 00:10:47,512 We got this grain for 80 cents a pound. 268 00:10:47,514 --> 00:10:49,614 That's a 10% to 12% savings 269 00:10:49,616 --> 00:10:52,017 That's money we gotta pass on to our customers. 270 00:10:52,019 --> 00:10:54,853 We want everybody to still enjoy the same drin 271 00:10:54,921 --> 00:10:56,354 Everything else is going up high, 272 00:10:56,423 --> 00:10:57,422 we don't want to go high. 273 00:10:57,424 --> 00:10:59,057 Here we go, first bucket. 274 00:11:02,162 --> 00:11:04,963 [Mark Ramsey] This process is not complicated at all. 275 00:11:05,065 --> 00:11:06,498 Spread the grain out on this table, 276 00:11:06,500 --> 00:11:08,700 cover it in water, soak, drain. 277 00:11:08,702 --> 00:11:12,604 Third or fourth day, we should be starting to see sprouts. 278 00:11:12,606 --> 00:11:15,373 Let it stand like this for about 12 hours. 279 00:11:15,375 --> 00:11:17,208 Then do it again, clean water. 280 00:11:17,210 --> 00:11:18,843 [Mark Ramsey] Yeah, couple of times. 281 00:11:18,912 --> 00:11:21,112 We'll know when it started, 282 00:11:21,114 --> 00:11:22,947 -it'll have little... -[Digger] Little shoots going out. 283 00:11:23,049 --> 00:11:24,716 Little baby sprouts on it. 284 00:11:24,718 --> 00:11:26,818 There's something about that just really calming, ain't it? 285 00:11:26,820 --> 00:11:28,553 It's kinda like one of them little Zen gardens. 286 00:11:28,655 --> 00:11:31,322 Yeah. Ooh, soft. 287 00:11:31,324 --> 00:11:32,624 Soft. 288 00:11:32,626 --> 00:11:33,658 [Digger] Namaste. 289 00:11:34,127 --> 00:11:35,460 [laughing] 290 00:11:35,529 --> 00:11:37,262 [Digger] Once w sprout this grain 291 00:11:37,363 --> 00:11:38,763 then we'll dry it out. 292 00:11:38,832 --> 00:11:40,999 And while this is sprouting, 293 00:11:41,001 --> 00:11:42,600 I'm gonna get to thinking about how we're gonna 294 00:11:42,602 --> 00:11:45,236 build the smoker for our Irish peat. 295 00:11:45,338 --> 00:11:47,405 That's what they use to make the grain 296 00:11:47,407 --> 00:11:49,507 to make the best scotch in the world. 297 00:11:49,509 --> 00:11:51,342 Now, we gotta think about a smoker. 298 00:11:51,411 --> 00:11:52,444 [Mark Ramsey] Yeah, that. 299 00:11:53,113 --> 00:11:54,512 [Digger] I'll figure it out. 300 00:12:00,353 --> 00:12:02,821 [Mark Ramsey] All right, Puss, let's run up there to the garage 301 00:12:02,823 --> 00:12:05,623 and check on that barley and see if it's sprouting good enough, 302 00:12:05,625 --> 00:12:08,059 -we'll get it on the drying rack. -[Digger] Uh-huh. 303 00:12:08,128 --> 00:12:09,327 We get it dried, 304 00:12:09,930 --> 00:12:11,395 I'll call Jeff. 305 00:12:11,397 --> 00:12:13,865 I think he needs to get out and kind put his ear to the ground, 306 00:12:13,933 --> 00:12:15,800 see if he can hear anything about anybody talking about 307 00:12:15,802 --> 00:12:16,801 folks making liquor. 308 00:12:17,604 --> 00:12:19,137 More especially, the law. 309 00:12:19,239 --> 00:12:21,539 My family farm, it's outside of Cocke County, 310 00:12:21,641 --> 00:12:23,141 couple of counties over. 311 00:12:23,243 --> 00:12:25,143 [Mark Ramsey] Well, we don't know any law enforcement 312 00:12:25,245 --> 00:12:27,712 over there in the new county where your farms at. 313 00:12:27,714 --> 00:12:29,414 [Digger] Got no clue. 314 00:12:29,416 --> 00:12:31,049 My buddy over there, Jeff, 315 00:12:31,051 --> 00:12:32,917 that's got a farm that neighbors mine, 316 00:12:32,919 --> 00:12:34,352 he knows a lot of people. 317 00:12:34,454 --> 00:12:36,855 He's got his fingers on the pulse about anything going on. 318 00:12:38,725 --> 00:12:40,525 -[Jeff over phone] Hello? -What you doing there, big daddy? 319 00:12:41,561 --> 00:12:43,728 [Jeff] I'm here on the job right now. 320 00:12:43,730 --> 00:12:46,898 Well, I hate to bother you, but we kinda need you 321 00:12:46,900 --> 00:12:49,033 to keep your ear to the ground up there. 322 00:12:49,135 --> 00:12:50,902 You know, just listen, see if you hear anybody 323 00:12:50,904 --> 00:12:54,038 talking about, you know, them looking for people making liquor 324 00:12:54,107 --> 00:12:58,943 and new faces being in town and being suspicious. 325 00:12:59,045 --> 00:13:00,712 [Jeff] No problem, I'll kee my ear to the ground, 326 00:13:00,714 --> 00:13:03,148 but I'm out here every day looking around and... 327 00:13:03,216 --> 00:13:04,515 [Digger] Oh, yeah. 328 00:13:04,517 --> 00:13:06,317 [Mark Ramsey] Well, you know everybody in the community. 329 00:13:06,319 --> 00:13:08,520 You know who's supposed to be there and who ain't. 330 00:13:08,522 --> 00:13:11,322 Law enforcement is more inclined right now 331 00:13:11,324 --> 00:13:13,024 to be looking for liquor, 332 00:13:13,026 --> 00:13:15,527 so keep your eyes peeled and reach back out 333 00:13:15,529 --> 00:13:17,195 and let us know, okay? 334 00:13:17,197 --> 00:13:18,830 [Jeff] No problem, I'll take care of it. 335 00:13:18,832 --> 00:13:20,598 [Digger] All right, brother, I do appreciate you. 336 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:22,600 -[Mark Ramsey] Thank you, Jeff. -[Jeff] Okay. 337 00:13:22,602 --> 00:13:23,734 [Digger] See you, bye. 338 00:13:23,803 --> 00:13:25,403 [Mark Ramsey] All right, I'm glad we talked to him. 339 00:13:25,405 --> 00:13:27,405 You'll scout around, he'll listen... 340 00:13:27,407 --> 00:13:29,941 -[Digger] Mmm-hmm. -...and that's good enough for me. 341 00:13:30,010 --> 00:13:31,910 He'll call us back, he'll get out. 342 00:13:31,912 --> 00:13:33,912 [Mark Ramsey] We'll see where we're at in a day or so, I guess. 343 00:13:33,914 --> 00:13:34,946 Yes, sir. 344 00:13:35,048 --> 00:13:36,047 [Digger] Now, we're gonna head off 345 00:13:36,049 --> 00:13:37,315 and go check on our malted barley, 346 00:13:37,317 --> 00:13:38,416 see how it's coming along, 347 00:13:38,418 --> 00:13:39,951 see if we can't put it on the drying rack. 348 00:13:46,726 --> 00:13:48,560 [Mark Ramsey] I've been maintaining this stuff, Puss. 349 00:13:48,661 --> 00:13:50,662 I think we need to get it on the drying rack. 350 00:13:50,697 --> 00:13:52,831 [Digger] Oh, it's looking fine from here. 351 00:13:52,833 --> 00:13:55,099 Mark and myself are going in to check this grain. 352 00:13:55,101 --> 00:13:58,069 What we're looking for specifically is all grain to be sprouted. 353 00:13:58,071 --> 00:14:00,205 Well, I think it's just about right. 354 00:14:00,207 --> 00:14:04,309 It's perfect, no green showing anywhere, just nice white sprouts. 355 00:14:04,311 --> 00:14:05,910 Which way is it the narrowest? 356 00:14:05,912 --> 00:14:07,512 [Digger] I guess like that. 357 00:14:07,514 --> 00:14:11,216 Barley's cheap, but malted barley is expensive. 358 00:14:11,218 --> 00:14:14,052 Now, the fact that we can malt our own barley 359 00:14:14,153 --> 00:14:15,720 and smoke our own grain, 360 00:14:15,722 --> 00:14:17,222 we're gonna save a ton of money. 361 00:14:17,224 --> 00:14:19,824 [Digger] Now, we gotta build us a smoker, 362 00:14:19,826 --> 00:14:21,659 -and then we'll smoke it. -[Mark Ramsey] Right. 363 00:14:21,761 --> 00:14:23,494 We got our peat blocks. 364 00:14:23,496 --> 00:14:24,829 But without a smoker, 365 00:14:24,831 --> 00:14:27,198 they're useless as tits on a boar hog. 366 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,401 We just have to rig up a smoker that will work with this peat, 367 00:14:30,403 --> 00:14:32,537 we're ready to start making it into liquor. 368 00:14:32,606 --> 00:14:34,939 [Mark Ramsey] We'll get started on one. 369 00:14:34,941 --> 00:14:36,541 [Digger] All right, let's go take care of this. 370 00:14:49,422 --> 00:14:51,155 [Mark Rogers] Well, we made it. 371 00:14:51,257 --> 00:14:52,557 [Amanda] Got enough stuff back there, Mark? 372 00:14:52,626 --> 00:14:53,958 [Mark Rogers] I think I do. 373 00:14:54,060 --> 00:14:56,394 Yeah, we're here today at the new still site. 374 00:14:56,396 --> 00:14:58,630 I always dread setting up a new still site, 375 00:14:58,632 --> 00:14:59,797 but the old one got robbed, 376 00:14:59,799 --> 00:15:01,232 and that's all we can do. 377 00:15:01,301 --> 00:15:03,201 I'm gonna try to find some good foundation rocks 378 00:15:03,203 --> 00:15:04,435 to stick underneath the pot. 379 00:15:04,437 --> 00:15:07,038 [Mark Rogers] Mmm-hmm. Be careful, watch for snakes. 380 00:15:07,140 --> 00:15:08,406 [Amanda] What kinda snakes we have here? 381 00:15:08,408 --> 00:15:09,908 [Mark Rogers] The deadly kind. 382 00:15:09,910 --> 00:15:12,143 Today is not gonna be an easy day, for sure. 383 00:15:12,245 --> 00:15:14,712 So I'm gonna look for any angular stones that I can carry. 384 00:15:14,714 --> 00:15:17,615 They just stack better, and they build a better, more secure fit. 385 00:15:17,617 --> 00:15:21,452 The point of this furnace is to insulate the still, 386 00:15:21,554 --> 00:15:24,956 and it also allows us to distill with indirect heat. 387 00:15:25,024 --> 00:15:28,259 Grab some different sizes, for the little spots. 388 00:15:28,328 --> 00:15:30,028 Moving the flame away from the copper, 389 00:15:30,030 --> 00:15:31,829 it's more efficient, heating it evenly 390 00:15:31,831 --> 00:15:33,364 and distributing that heat evenly. 391 00:15:33,433 --> 00:15:34,799 It makes a huge difference. 392 00:15:38,638 --> 00:15:41,172 We're gonna use a little bit of red clay. 393 00:15:41,174 --> 00:15:43,841 Easily dry out real good, seals stuff off. 394 00:15:43,910 --> 00:15:46,044 It's free, don't cost nothing. 395 00:15:46,046 --> 00:15:48,413 It's about as good as clay as you can use, this right here. 396 00:15:48,415 --> 00:15:50,949 Yeah, that's about as level as we can get, don't you think? 397 00:15:51,050 --> 00:15:53,051 -[Huck] Probably, that's close enough. -[Amanda] Okay. 398 00:15:53,053 --> 00:15:55,253 [Amanda] So I put a lot of thought on this run. 399 00:15:55,355 --> 00:15:57,088 I've been trying to think of every way I could, 400 00:15:57,090 --> 00:15:59,123 how we can get the grains in the pot, 401 00:15:59,125 --> 00:16:02,460 Because I always wanted to try distilling on the grains. 402 00:16:02,562 --> 00:16:05,697 Distilling on the grain, it just gives you a ton of extra flavor 403 00:16:05,699 --> 00:16:08,333 and you can smell the corn. You can smell those grains. 404 00:16:08,434 --> 00:16:11,636 And you can taste them much more predominantly than a standard moonshine. 405 00:16:11,738 --> 00:16:13,638 It's just much more robust. 406 00:16:13,740 --> 00:16:16,341 I've been trying to figure out how I can do it at home, 407 00:16:16,442 --> 00:16:17,942 but I can't do it at home. 408 00:16:17,944 --> 00:16:20,611 Because the direct heat, it will scorch. 409 00:16:20,613 --> 00:16:22,714 -But you can scorch it here, too, if you ain't careful. -[Huck] Mmm-hmm. 410 00:16:23,950 --> 00:16:26,951 I mean, it ain't hard to scorch. 411 00:16:26,953 --> 00:16:29,320 Amanda wants to stay along the grains, you know, 412 00:16:29,322 --> 00:16:30,488 put her grains in the pot. 413 00:16:30,490 --> 00:16:32,357 You let one grain get in there 414 00:16:32,458 --> 00:16:33,725 and let it scorch, 415 00:16:33,727 --> 00:16:34,959 it'll change the taste of the liquor. 416 00:16:35,028 --> 00:16:36,728 Better off to keep it clean. 417 00:16:36,730 --> 00:16:39,430 But you have to really sit there, stir it constantly, 418 00:16:39,432 --> 00:16:41,432 -Right. -till it gets to boiling. 419 00:16:41,534 --> 00:16:43,301 So what I started doing at home was, 420 00:16:43,303 --> 00:16:44,802 I take glass marbles 421 00:16:44,804 --> 00:16:46,170 and I put them at the bottom of the pot. 422 00:16:46,172 --> 00:16:48,239 The marbles work as an agitator. 423 00:16:48,341 --> 00:16:50,908 It reduces any risk of scorching through your whole run. 424 00:16:50,910 --> 00:16:52,410 [Mark Rogers] I don't know anywhere to get any marbles 425 00:16:52,412 --> 00:16:54,712 I ain't played with marbles since I was in school. 426 00:16:56,116 --> 00:16:57,715 And I wasn't in school much. 427 00:16:57,717 --> 00:17:01,019 We can just put some of those grains from that mash in there somehow. 428 00:17:01,021 --> 00:17:03,821 It'll help us improve the flavor and the smell. 429 00:17:03,823 --> 00:17:05,957 But the trick is, how do we get them out? 430 00:17:05,959 --> 00:17:08,226 I never have figured out a way to put a door 431 00:17:08,228 --> 00:17:09,861 on one of these furnaces where we could... 432 00:17:09,962 --> 00:17:12,630 -Open it up? -[Mark Roger laughs] ...take it out. 433 00:17:12,632 --> 00:17:13,898 First I'm concerned, 434 00:17:13,966 --> 00:17:16,801 the only thing that's gonna go in that big pot is liquid. 435 00:17:16,803 --> 00:17:20,204 -The best way is to put it in your thumper. -[Huck] Mmm-hmm. 436 00:17:20,206 --> 00:17:23,741 I've tasted moonshine that's been distilled on the grain. 437 00:17:23,810 --> 00:17:25,943 And there's really nothing like it. 438 00:17:25,945 --> 00:17:27,845 I'm not gonna completely give up on this idea. 439 00:17:27,947 --> 00:17:29,113 It's just time to go back to the drawing board 440 00:17:29,115 --> 00:17:31,049 and figure out a solution to the problem. 441 00:17:31,150 --> 00:17:33,451 [Huck] Hey, you-uns ready for the fire box? I got it for you-uns. 442 00:17:33,553 --> 00:17:34,852 -[Mark Rogers] Yeah. -[Amanda] Yeah, perfect timing. 443 00:17:34,921 --> 00:17:36,754 [Mark Rogers] It takes more out than you think, 444 00:17:36,823 --> 00:17:39,390 uh, to build this furnace, 445 00:17:39,392 --> 00:17:41,526 it's a bigger furnace than you think. 446 00:17:41,528 --> 00:17:43,127 It's gonna be a lot of heat, you know. 447 00:17:43,129 --> 00:17:44,862 When you fire that furnace up, it gets hot. 448 00:17:44,931 --> 00:17:48,199 It runs at 173 or something, you know, 449 00:17:48,201 --> 00:17:50,034 that's about what you want to keep it at. 450 00:17:50,136 --> 00:17:53,704 Any thieves want to get our copper, they'll earn it, won't they? 451 00:17:53,706 --> 00:17:57,742 -They're gonna have to do some work, that's for sure. -[Mark Rogers] Mmm. 452 00:17:57,844 --> 00:18:00,812 We've done good on this furnace, uh, we worked hard on it, 453 00:18:00,814 --> 00:18:02,947 and we've just about got it. 454 00:18:03,049 --> 00:18:04,515 Let's get outta here. 455 00:18:15,128 --> 00:18:17,428 [Daniel] What do you think, Richard? 456 00:18:17,430 --> 00:18:18,963 [Richard] I think I don't have to go to the gym... 457 00:18:19,833 --> 00:18:21,098 ...being a moonshiner. 458 00:18:22,235 --> 00:18:25,036 Today we're gonna get to run seven barrels of corn mash. 459 00:18:25,038 --> 00:18:26,838 This is our first really big run. 460 00:18:26,939 --> 00:18:28,840 [Daniel] See that? 461 00:18:28,908 --> 00:18:31,109 -[Richard] Oh, yeah. -The caps fail, 462 00:18:31,111 --> 00:18:32,944 that's what you all see. 463 00:18:33,012 --> 00:18:35,613 [Daniel] If we get the flavo out of this corn 464 00:18:35,615 --> 00:18:37,048 that I think we're gonna get 465 00:18:37,117 --> 00:18:39,517 this is gonna be some top-shelf corn liquor. 466 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:42,320 We'll get it out here on the market 467 00:18:42,322 --> 00:18:44,555 and put some funds back in our pocket. 468 00:18:44,624 --> 00:18:46,524 -You ready? -Yeah. 469 00:18:49,028 --> 00:18:50,528 [Richard] That's a fire, Dan 470 00:18:50,530 --> 00:18:52,497 This is what I love. Firing this pot up, 471 00:18:52,499 --> 00:18:55,500 starting to get it working, because then we know that things are happening. 472 00:18:55,502 --> 00:18:58,302 That's a scary time in life for a moonshiner, because now you're dedicated. 473 00:18:58,304 --> 00:19:01,205 Before, you just had mash and a proposition 474 00:19:01,207 --> 00:19:03,508 of going into a illegal activity, 475 00:19:03,510 --> 00:19:06,544 but now we are fully in the pool. 476 00:19:06,613 --> 00:19:09,247 Oh, yeah, Dan. Ooh. 477 00:19:09,315 --> 00:19:10,648 Dan, we about to be running. 478 00:19:10,750 --> 00:19:12,817 [Daniel] Let's go. 479 00:19:12,819 --> 00:19:15,153 -[Richard] Oh, yeah, Dan. -We have liquor now, buddy. 480 00:19:16,723 --> 00:19:19,524 -[Daniel] Look at that stream. -That's liquor, that's corn liquor. 481 00:19:19,526 --> 00:19:21,559 Well, Richard, right there's our heads. 482 00:19:21,661 --> 00:19:23,728 We'll get us another good, clean bucket, 483 00:19:23,730 --> 00:19:24,962 we'll swap a bucket out in the heads. 484 00:19:24,964 --> 00:19:26,164 [Richard] Great minds think alike, 485 00:19:26,232 --> 00:19:27,498 -I was already waiting. -Yup. 486 00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:29,333 -[Richard] What's that, you ready? -Yes, sir. 487 00:19:36,409 --> 00:19:38,743 -It's way up there. -Is it bad-ass? 488 00:19:38,778 --> 00:19:40,411 [Richard] Yeah, that's way up there. 489 00:19:40,413 --> 00:19:41,646 Bad, meaning good. 490 00:19:42,849 --> 00:19:44,148 -That's way up there. -[whistles] 491 00:19:44,250 --> 00:19:46,417 [Richard] We got liquor. I love seeing the first thing. 492 00:19:46,419 --> 00:19:48,419 I love seeing liquor come out for the first time, 493 00:19:48,421 --> 00:19:49,820 I know that's really, really high-proof. 494 00:19:49,822 --> 00:19:51,856 -[Richard] Ninety, ninety-five. -That's dad... 495 00:19:51,958 --> 00:19:54,659 That's dad, by God being 90, looks to me like. 496 00:19:54,727 --> 00:19:56,327 [Richard] Throw out the head and we get to the high shots 497 00:19:56,329 --> 00:19:58,062 I mean, we get to the hearts of this run. 498 00:19:58,064 --> 00:19:59,964 And we can really start to taste things here. 499 00:19:59,966 --> 00:20:02,400 This is where everything blends in real well. 500 00:20:03,236 --> 00:20:04,235 See what that tastes like. 501 00:20:06,039 --> 00:20:08,406 [exhales] This tastes really good. 502 00:20:09,842 --> 00:20:11,309 Look, Superman! 503 00:20:12,545 --> 00:20:14,312 When we get this liquor made off... 504 00:20:15,548 --> 00:20:17,315 ...and it makes a good yield 505 00:20:17,317 --> 00:20:19,116 I have a lady, a friend of mine 506 00:20:19,118 --> 00:20:22,053 that wants 20 gallon, just as soon as I get it made. 507 00:20:23,156 --> 00:20:25,756 [Richard] This is 40 gallons of liquor, man. 508 00:20:25,858 --> 00:20:27,325 [Daniel] I know, you're right. 509 00:20:27,327 --> 00:20:30,127 That's eight five-gallon buckets of product. 510 00:20:30,129 --> 00:20:31,329 And Daniel had this liquor sold 511 00:20:31,331 --> 00:20:32,563 before it came out of the worm. 512 00:20:32,665 --> 00:20:35,233 This is awesome. This is a beautiful sight. 513 00:20:35,334 --> 00:20:36,901 [Richard] Had us a pretty good run right here, Dan. 514 00:20:36,903 --> 00:20:38,302 [Daniel] I think we done a pretty good job. 515 00:20:38,304 --> 00:20:40,104 -[Richard] When we gonna sell it? -Tonight. 516 00:20:40,106 --> 00:20:41,405 [Daniel] Right now, order of business, 517 00:20:41,407 --> 00:20:43,207 I've gotta get a hold of the buyer 518 00:20:43,209 --> 00:20:46,043 and, uh, tell her that I've got it and got it ready 519 00:20:46,145 --> 00:20:48,479 If she wants it, and she tries it and likes it, 520 00:20:48,481 --> 00:20:49,747 she's gonna get it. 521 00:20:49,749 --> 00:20:52,216 -[Richard] Let's go get a steak. -We can do that. 522 00:20:52,218 --> 00:20:54,819 [Richard] And then by that time it'll be dark. We can go make the sale. 523 00:20:58,124 --> 00:20:59,824 [Mark Ramsey] This shouldn't take too long, 'cause... 524 00:20:59,826 --> 00:21:01,359 [Digger] No. 525 00:21:01,427 --> 00:21:03,928 [Mark Ramsey] 'Course, you know anything we start, we don't think. 526 00:21:05,331 --> 00:21:07,898 [Digger] It turns into a fiasco, most every time. 527 00:21:07,900 --> 00:21:11,836 With our grain done, it's malted, dried out, 528 00:21:11,937 --> 00:21:15,806 but in the meantime, it has to be smoked to make scotch with. 529 00:21:15,808 --> 00:21:18,042 We gotta build us some sort of little smoker. 530 00:21:18,044 --> 00:21:20,778 This is our Irish peat. 531 00:21:20,780 --> 00:21:23,214 It's what you smoke your grain with for the scotch. 532 00:21:23,216 --> 00:21:25,383 And it's what we're gonna smoke ours with. 533 00:21:25,385 --> 00:21:27,218 [narrator] Peat forms in bogs and swamps 534 00:21:27,220 --> 00:21:28,953 across the northern hemisphe 535 00:21:29,022 --> 00:21:31,222 when decaying fallen plant matter 536 00:21:31,224 --> 00:21:33,624 gathers in layers over thousands of years. 537 00:21:33,626 --> 00:21:37,094 The resulting highly-compact carbon-rich material 538 00:21:37,096 --> 00:21:40,998 has been harvested and used as heating fuel for centurie 539 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,200 Peat's earthy and woody arom 540 00:21:43,202 --> 00:21:45,002 endeared it to scotch makers 541 00:21:45,004 --> 00:21:48,806 who use it at distilleries to dry and smoke their grain 542 00:21:48,808 --> 00:21:52,043 [Mark Ramsey] Will this right here work to set that trash can on? 543 00:21:52,111 --> 00:21:54,211 [Digger] I believe it will, and if it needed to go up even higher, 544 00:21:54,213 --> 00:21:56,113 -we can put it on a block. -Yes, sir. 545 00:21:56,115 --> 00:21:57,915 Due to what we're facing right now 546 00:21:57,917 --> 00:21:59,750 with supply chain issues, 547 00:21:59,852 --> 00:22:02,820 times like this is when you got to make use of what you got 548 00:22:03,423 --> 00:22:05,022 and not waste any money. 549 00:22:05,024 --> 00:22:06,657 Cut a hole, put that right up in there. 550 00:22:06,759 --> 00:22:10,161 -Yeah. -And then put another hole over right there. 551 00:22:10,229 --> 00:22:11,629 [Digger] We've got metal trash cans, 552 00:22:11,631 --> 00:22:14,498 Mark's got a feed bucket to keep the stock in. 553 00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:18,035 Little bit of vent pipe, which Mark used building his new garage, 554 00:22:18,137 --> 00:22:20,604 so we're going to make it into something we can use. 555 00:22:22,041 --> 00:22:23,908 Water it out a little bit, water it out. 556 00:22:24,644 --> 00:22:26,344 A smoker has a fire box 557 00:22:26,412 --> 00:22:29,113 where your wood smolders and gives off a little heat. 558 00:22:32,819 --> 00:22:34,318 Oh, look at that. 559 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:35,720 Then it just goes through a pipe 560 00:22:35,722 --> 00:22:37,054 and in the smoking chamber. 561 00:22:37,123 --> 00:22:38,522 We wanna run it through that pipe, 562 00:22:38,524 --> 00:22:40,958 so it gives it time for any heat to dissipate, 563 00:22:41,060 --> 00:22:43,828 'cause we don't heat that grain up over 100, 105 degrees. 564 00:22:43,830 --> 00:22:46,430 That's optimum for cold smoking some grain. 565 00:22:46,432 --> 00:22:49,200 Vent it at the top, build three racks, 566 00:22:49,202 --> 00:22:51,502 and we'll just do it in three-rack runs 567 00:22:51,504 --> 00:22:52,803 and dump it in a pan and move on. 568 00:22:58,811 --> 00:23:01,612 [Mark Ramsey] Ah, one more, and, Digger, 569 00:23:01,614 --> 00:23:04,515 we built a grain smoker. I think it'll work good. 570 00:23:04,517 --> 00:23:07,785 We've got the smoker built, racks built, 571 00:23:07,787 --> 00:23:10,621 now what we gotta do is get the grain in it, smoke it, 572 00:23:10,623 --> 00:23:13,324 get it ground, and we're one step closer to making scotch. 573 00:23:13,326 --> 00:23:15,359 Hold this up, then we'll drain it, 574 00:23:16,095 --> 00:23:17,128 and head to the farm, 575 00:23:17,130 --> 00:23:19,964 get smoked and mashed in for scotch. 576 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:21,698 [Digger] Damn right. 577 00:23:32,311 --> 00:23:33,611 [Mark Rogers] There's some hog signs, Huck. 578 00:23:33,613 --> 00:23:35,346 -[Huck] Hogs? -[Mark Rogers] He's been here. 579 00:23:35,414 --> 00:23:37,114 Well, speaking of the hogs, 580 00:23:37,116 --> 00:23:39,950 and any possible other intruders to our 'still site, 581 00:23:40,019 --> 00:23:42,820 I picked up some toys I wanna show you. 582 00:23:42,822 --> 00:23:45,556 Basically, it's like a perimeter alarm. 583 00:23:45,658 --> 00:23:48,058 And we'll put a little shell in here 584 00:23:48,060 --> 00:23:50,261 and then tie it to a tripwire. 585 00:23:50,362 --> 00:23:53,030 So there's no projectile in this, it's just black powder. 586 00:23:53,032 --> 00:23:54,799 It's gonna let off a loud bang. 587 00:23:54,801 --> 00:23:57,234 I like stuff that blows up. 588 00:23:57,303 --> 00:24:00,137 And, uh, whoever comes up with that idea is pretty smart. 589 00:24:00,239 --> 00:24:02,039 All right. Going hot. 590 00:24:02,942 --> 00:24:03,741 -[loud pop] -[Mark Rogers] Whoa! 591 00:24:04,444 --> 00:24:05,709 That is loud, ain't it? 592 00:24:05,711 --> 00:24:07,211 If somebody coming up through there, 593 00:24:07,213 --> 00:24:08,879 you know, that goes off, 594 00:24:08,881 --> 00:24:11,715 you'd probably think you were getting shot at. I would. 595 00:24:11,717 --> 00:24:13,284 That's pretty slick. 596 00:24:13,286 --> 00:24:15,619 It'll work, but I guarantee if you set them around here, 597 00:24:15,621 --> 00:24:18,456 me and Mark won't be into 'em without knowing about it. 598 00:24:18,524 --> 00:24:19,623 I won't put them anywhere you go 599 00:24:19,625 --> 00:24:21,725 to the bathroom breaks at. How about that? 600 00:24:21,727 --> 00:24:23,627 -Deal? [chuckles] -[Huck] That'll work. 601 00:24:23,629 --> 00:24:25,129 [Amanda] I'll get to work setting these, 602 00:24:25,131 --> 00:24:27,565 -and you guys can carry on what you're doing. -[Mark Rogers] Gotcha. 603 00:24:29,535 --> 00:24:31,335 -[Mark Rogers] Back at her, Huck. -[Huck] Looking good. 604 00:24:32,538 --> 00:24:35,005 Now, finishing the furnace ain't the end of the work. 605 00:24:35,007 --> 00:24:37,308 We still gotta set her thumper up, 606 00:24:37,310 --> 00:24:39,109 so we can flavor our liquor with something. 607 00:24:39,111 --> 00:24:41,278 -[Mark Rogers] Doesn't wanna walk too good, does it? -[Huck] Uh-huh. 608 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:44,215 We got this oak barrel, you know, for a thumper. 609 00:24:44,217 --> 00:24:45,783 -[Huck] Then we can just pick it up. -[Mark Rogers] Yeah. 610 00:24:45,785 --> 00:24:48,619 [Huck] And we're gonna build us a square box 611 00:24:48,621 --> 00:24:50,821 that'll slide down in there, you can sell it off. 612 00:24:50,823 --> 00:24:54,058 You put fruit in that thumper, it's hard to clean it out. 613 00:24:54,060 --> 00:24:55,626 We just put it all in that cellar and then 614 00:24:55,628 --> 00:24:57,695 take that and dump it out and clean it, you know? 615 00:24:57,697 --> 00:24:59,663 -It's a lot easier. -A lot easier. 616 00:24:59,765 --> 00:25:01,265 [Amanda] Putting the grains into the thumper 617 00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:02,933 will help us give that flavor. 618 00:25:02,935 --> 00:25:03,934 But I'd really like to find some way 619 00:25:03,936 --> 00:25:05,569 to get them into the pots. 620 00:25:05,571 --> 00:25:08,939 So I'm just gonna try to really figure out a way that we can compromise, 621 00:25:08,941 --> 00:25:10,508 and still get those grains into the pot. 622 00:25:10,510 --> 00:25:12,510 The reason I wanted to just incorporate 623 00:25:12,512 --> 00:25:15,045 the cooking on the grains was it'll taste a lot better. 624 00:25:15,047 --> 00:25:17,815 We're just trying to make it easier and faster. 625 00:25:17,817 --> 00:25:20,251 I know she's smart, she showed me things. 626 00:25:20,319 --> 00:25:21,852 And I'm willing to listen. 627 00:25:21,921 --> 00:25:23,654 But it's more trouble than it's worth, 628 00:25:23,756 --> 00:25:26,123 and you scorch your liquor if you don't watch it. 629 00:25:26,125 --> 00:25:28,959 So I put a lot of thought into this, and I got a basket, 630 00:25:28,961 --> 00:25:30,828 similar to the exact same thing you're doing. 631 00:25:30,830 --> 00:25:33,130 It's like a filter basket, basically. 632 00:25:33,132 --> 00:25:35,399 So, it's so small that no grains will come out of it. 633 00:25:35,401 --> 00:25:38,002 And then no particulates, no little bits of the mash 634 00:25:38,004 --> 00:25:39,937 will go into the bottom of the pot at all. 635 00:25:39,939 --> 00:25:41,338 I mean, that's the reason we built this, 636 00:25:41,407 --> 00:25:43,607 to eliminate this. 637 00:25:43,609 --> 00:25:45,709 [Huck] It's so hard to get ingredients, 638 00:25:45,711 --> 00:25:49,413 be a lot of money if something happens. 639 00:25:49,415 --> 00:25:51,582 [Amanda] There is a chance that we could mess this up, 640 00:25:51,584 --> 00:25:55,085 but I feel pretty confident that it's worth the risk. 641 00:25:55,087 --> 00:25:57,521 If anything goes wrong, then I'll replace the mash 642 00:25:57,523 --> 00:25:59,523 and I'll climb in there and scrub it out. 643 00:26:02,228 --> 00:26:04,361 -[Mark Rogers] All right, we'll try it. -[Amanda] All right. 644 00:26:04,463 --> 00:26:05,462 That sound good to you, Mark? 645 00:26:05,564 --> 00:26:06,897 I'll hold you by the ankles. 646 00:26:06,899 --> 00:26:08,299 -[Amanda laughs] -Hold you by the ankles. 647 00:26:08,301 --> 00:26:11,101 Everybody's got new ways, everybody can learn, you know? 648 00:26:11,103 --> 00:26:12,503 If she can come up with an idea 649 00:26:12,505 --> 00:26:15,306 that works better than mine, we'll go for it. 650 00:26:15,308 --> 00:26:18,208 I've never seen nothing fitting any better than that. 651 00:26:18,210 --> 00:26:20,344 I'm happy with the way that this 'still's starting to come together. 652 00:26:20,413 --> 00:26:22,313 All we gotta do is get some grain 653 00:26:22,315 --> 00:26:24,949 mash it in, and then it'll be good to go. 654 00:26:25,050 --> 00:26:26,850 I don't think I ever saw a 'still look this good, though. 655 00:26:27,486 --> 00:26:29,119 Feel like I'm in a fairytale. 656 00:26:45,504 --> 00:26:49,073 Man, women gonna come back here in the middle of nowhere like this? 657 00:26:49,075 --> 00:26:51,942 Oh, yeah. This is, this is where they wanna be. 658 00:26:51,944 --> 00:26:54,612 -They wanna meet here? -Yeah, they said back of the woods, 659 00:26:54,614 --> 00:26:56,547 out of the way from everything. 660 00:26:56,615 --> 00:26:58,315 The buyer's on her way, 661 00:26:58,317 --> 00:27:01,919 we got her 20 gallons of fresh corn shine rot 662 00:27:01,921 --> 00:27:04,054 straight off the worm. 663 00:27:04,056 --> 00:27:06,056 All right. Let's get out and see these ladies. 664 00:27:06,058 --> 00:27:08,525 [Richard] I ain't got no problem seeing a lady, man. 665 00:27:09,428 --> 00:27:11,562 [woman 1] Daniel, Daniel, long time no see. 666 00:27:11,631 --> 00:27:13,831 [Daniel] Hey, how you doing there? [chuckles] 667 00:27:13,833 --> 00:27:15,432 -[woman 1] Doing good, how are you? -[woman 2] Hey. 668 00:27:15,501 --> 00:27:16,800 [Daniel] Well, there it is. 669 00:27:16,802 --> 00:27:17,968 Taste it and see what you think. 670 00:27:24,110 --> 00:27:26,810 -[woman 1] Pretty good. -[Daniel] Think that'll do? 671 00:27:26,812 --> 00:27:29,580 -[woman 1] I think it'll do. I think we'll take her. -[woman 2] Yeah, buddy. 672 00:27:29,582 --> 00:27:32,416 -[woman 2] I'm the banker, so here you are, sir. -[woman 1] Here's the banker. 673 00:27:32,418 --> 00:27:34,118 [Daniel] It's top-shelf corn liquor. 674 00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:36,453 It's not gonna take long to get rid of all that. 675 00:27:36,555 --> 00:27:39,723 We'll get you loaded up and get you out of here. 676 00:27:39,725 --> 00:27:41,058 [Richard] I hope you all enjoyed that. 677 00:27:41,060 --> 00:27:42,092 [woman 1] Have any more? 678 00:27:42,094 --> 00:27:44,728 [Daniel] Well, if you're up for 20 more, 679 00:27:44,730 --> 00:27:47,231 -we can make it happen. -[woman 2] Sounds good. 680 00:27:47,233 --> 00:27:49,800 [Daniel] Give us 20, 25 minutes, we'll be back with it. 681 00:27:49,802 --> 00:27:50,967 [woman 1] I'll be waiting. 682 00:27:51,003 --> 00:27:53,504 You know, this is a dang good start to the season. 683 00:27:53,506 --> 00:27:54,705 [Daniel] She must like that stuff. 684 00:27:54,707 --> 00:27:55,839 [Richard] She must've really liked them. 685 00:27:55,941 --> 00:27:57,141 [Daniel chuckles] 686 00:27:57,242 --> 00:28:00,010 Richard and I have got four more buckets stashed away, 687 00:28:00,012 --> 00:28:03,714 we wanna hurry back to the 'still site and get it ready to go. 688 00:28:03,716 --> 00:28:06,083 [Richard] I ain't ever came back here in the dark. 689 00:28:06,085 --> 00:28:07,551 [Daniel] It's a little different-looking, ain't it? 690 00:28:09,955 --> 00:28:11,922 Let's go get the... get it to her. 691 00:28:13,559 --> 00:28:15,726 You gotta be [bleep] me. 692 00:28:15,728 --> 00:28:17,861 Was there not four buckets sitting here? 693 00:28:23,202 --> 00:28:26,603 [Richard] That ain't good. Somebody's walking around the 'still site. 694 00:28:26,605 --> 00:28:30,541 Some damn body come in here and got this bucket. 695 00:28:30,642 --> 00:28:31,809 [Richard] 'Still site looks good, Dan. 696 00:28:33,179 --> 00:28:34,344 [Daniel] Let's see the footage. 697 00:28:35,614 --> 00:28:37,414 Here's us driving off, now. 698 00:28:38,818 --> 00:28:41,418 And this right here is out of frame. 699 00:28:41,420 --> 00:28:43,520 [Richard] They could've come up around the back of here or somewhere. 700 00:28:43,522 --> 00:28:44,822 [Daniel] They had to come out from this way, 701 00:28:44,824 --> 00:28:47,057 if not, they'd have got caught on that camera right there. 702 00:28:47,059 --> 00:28:50,127 We stashed the buckets of liquor where the camera couldn't see it. 703 00:28:50,129 --> 00:28:51,528 Richard, this 'still site's burnt. 704 00:28:51,530 --> 00:28:53,597 We need to get the hell out of here. 705 00:28:53,599 --> 00:28:56,800 The bottom line is, this 'still site is done. 706 00:28:56,802 --> 00:28:58,535 [Daniel] Let's make it sell, 707 00:28:58,637 --> 00:29:01,705 and then first day light, as the sun's daylight breaks, 708 00:29:01,707 --> 00:29:03,407 we need to be in here tearing 'stills out. 709 00:29:03,409 --> 00:29:05,375 [Richard] Let's get the hell on out of here. 710 00:29:05,377 --> 00:29:07,611 That first daybreak, in the morning, 711 00:29:07,613 --> 00:29:09,913 we gotta be in here tearing this 'still site down 712 00:29:09,915 --> 00:29:11,448 and getting this [bleep] gone outta here. 713 00:29:11,517 --> 00:29:14,551 [Richard] Man, I just come off a high 714 00:29:14,653 --> 00:29:17,421 -and I'm going right back down under. -[Daniel sighs] 715 00:29:33,839 --> 00:29:35,839 [Huck] That there's about the way they say it. 716 00:29:35,908 --> 00:29:39,910 [Mark Rogers] We might have to tweak it a little bit to get it set up. 717 00:29:39,912 --> 00:29:41,145 We gotta fix a little more stuff, 718 00:29:41,246 --> 00:29:44,214 gotta fix the flake stand, get it set up. 719 00:29:44,216 --> 00:29:47,317 And, uh, get our water coming in, we gonna build us a good trough, 720 00:29:47,319 --> 00:29:50,120 so we'll have no trouble having water. 721 00:29:50,122 --> 00:29:54,258 Other than that, we're gonna get started on the mash. 722 00:29:54,326 --> 00:29:56,827 [Amanda] So, I'm gonna make a corn-based mash. 723 00:29:56,829 --> 00:29:59,563 Gonna start with the malted corn in each barrel. 724 00:29:59,665 --> 00:30:01,899 Since Mark gave me creative freedom with this mash, 725 00:30:01,901 --> 00:30:05,035 my idea is to incorporate some other grains 726 00:30:05,137 --> 00:30:08,105 and use a four-grain whiskey recipe. 727 00:30:08,107 --> 00:30:10,908 I picked up some malted whea 728 00:30:10,910 --> 00:30:15,045 and some oats and a little bit of malted barley. 729 00:30:15,113 --> 00:30:16,513 Oats have a really dominant flavor, 730 00:30:16,515 --> 00:30:17,948 so you don't need a lot of oats. 731 00:30:17,950 --> 00:30:19,416 And because they're rolled, 732 00:30:19,418 --> 00:30:22,452 a lot of the sugars have already been pressed out of them. 733 00:30:22,521 --> 00:30:25,656 They're steamed and dried, so I don't even have to grind these. 734 00:30:25,724 --> 00:30:27,224 It's gonna help me to have solid grains 735 00:30:27,226 --> 00:30:29,827 to put into the 'still later when we run the mash. 736 00:30:31,697 --> 00:30:34,064 And last but not least, malted wheat. 737 00:30:36,735 --> 00:30:38,402 Another one of my favorite grains. 738 00:30:38,404 --> 00:30:39,503 And then I need a little bit of sugar 739 00:30:39,505 --> 00:30:41,438 to kick off my fermentation 740 00:30:41,540 --> 00:30:44,474 and make sure we make as much alcohol as possible 741 00:30:44,476 --> 00:30:46,944 Mark and Huck taught me I don't need to put yeast. 742 00:30:47,045 --> 00:30:50,113 I'll have natural wild yeasts in that malted grain. 743 00:30:50,115 --> 00:30:52,416 It's all I need for fermentation. 744 00:30:52,418 --> 00:30:56,220 -[Mark Rogers] How you doing? -[Amanda] Good, good. You guys got good timing. 745 00:30:57,256 --> 00:30:58,722 [Amanda] Got it all mashed in. 746 00:30:58,724 --> 00:31:01,959 Think we just gotta cover it up now and let it go to work. 747 00:31:02,027 --> 00:31:04,795 Definitely gonna need a few more days to leave this mash to work off, 748 00:31:04,797 --> 00:31:06,230 and I wanna make sure I get as much alcohol 749 00:31:06,232 --> 00:31:07,598 out of these grains as possible. 750 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,933 This is the first run of the season and it's all on me, 751 00:31:10,002 --> 00:31:11,735 so I have to make sure that it's a good run. 752 00:31:11,837 --> 00:31:14,404 I'm gonna get a lot of liquor from all the work that we've done. 753 00:31:14,406 --> 00:31:16,740 Might come back up here and stir it, you know, 754 00:31:16,809 --> 00:31:18,942 that's about be all you need to do. 755 00:31:18,944 --> 00:31:20,744 We about ready to roll. Let's get out of here. 756 00:31:20,812 --> 00:31:22,145 [Amanda] All right. I'm good. 757 00:31:23,649 --> 00:31:25,482 Good work today, guys, we got a lot done. 758 00:31:37,596 --> 00:31:39,630 [Digger] This is all-new to us. 759 00:31:39,632 --> 00:31:41,798 [Mark Ramsey] We have never, ever smoked any grain. 760 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:43,400 [Digger] No. We had no reason to. 761 00:31:43,402 --> 00:31:46,436 This little smoker, you know, we're at the jumping-off spot. 762 00:31:46,538 --> 00:31:50,407 We gotta put the grain in it, and fire it up for real, 763 00:31:50,409 --> 00:31:51,608 and see what happens. 764 00:31:52,645 --> 00:31:53,310 Let it rip. 765 00:31:54,413 --> 00:31:55,545 Let that start burning, 766 00:31:55,647 --> 00:31:57,214 and commence putting our grain in there 767 00:31:57,216 --> 00:31:58,815 -while that's getting hot. -I guess we ought to. 768 00:31:59,518 --> 00:32:01,251 Look at this. 769 00:32:01,353 --> 00:32:03,220 [Mark Ramsey] I mean, it's dry as a popcorn fart. 770 00:32:03,222 --> 00:32:03,921 Oh, yeah. 771 00:32:04,623 --> 00:32:06,023 That's ready to rock. 772 00:32:09,728 --> 00:32:11,228 [Mark Ramsey] You think that'll be enough? 773 00:32:11,230 --> 00:32:13,063 [Digger] Oh, yeah. That's plenty. 774 00:32:13,132 --> 00:32:14,097 [Mark Ramsey] Well, look at that. 775 00:32:14,099 --> 00:32:15,198 [Digger] Yep. That's peat smoke. 776 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:16,066 [Mark Ramsey] Is that peat? 777 00:32:16,134 --> 00:32:17,100 [Digger] That will smell like smoke, 778 00:32:17,102 --> 00:32:18,702 you know, from a campfire. 779 00:32:20,806 --> 00:32:22,239 Oh, yeah. Lookee yonder. 780 00:32:22,341 --> 00:32:23,540 [Mark Ramsey] What about that! 781 00:32:23,542 --> 00:32:25,742 -Damned if it don't draw good, don't it? -[Digger] Yep. 782 00:32:25,811 --> 00:32:27,110 All three of those racks 783 00:32:27,112 --> 00:32:29,413 will smoke for probably a couple hours, 784 00:32:29,415 --> 00:32:31,949 and two runs of that, we'll know if we made 785 00:32:31,951 --> 00:32:34,818 scotch grain, or if we just ruined some grain. 786 00:32:39,525 --> 00:32:42,392 Puss, it's gotta be smoked all it's gonna get by now. 787 00:32:42,394 --> 00:32:44,161 Yeah, that smoke's slowed down a lot. 788 00:32:45,431 --> 00:32:47,331 [Mark Ramsey] Let me get over here in the clean air. 789 00:32:48,701 --> 00:32:49,833 Oh, yeah. 790 00:32:49,835 --> 00:32:52,235 [Digger] It's got a good, smoky smell and taste to it. 791 00:32:52,337 --> 00:32:54,805 Let's get that out of there, and load that back up, 792 00:32:54,807 --> 00:32:56,039 and we'll get to grinding. 793 00:32:56,041 --> 00:32:56,906 All right. 794 00:33:00,446 --> 00:33:01,345 [Mark Ramsey] Here, let's get us 795 00:33:01,446 --> 00:33:04,014 another run on there. 796 00:33:04,016 --> 00:33:07,250 Scotch uses zero sugar in the fermentation process, 797 00:33:07,319 --> 00:33:09,720 so it just relies strictly on the grain. 798 00:33:09,722 --> 00:33:11,054 We're gonna assume 799 00:33:11,056 --> 00:33:13,757 that we need to use the whole 50 pounds 800 00:33:13,859 --> 00:33:16,259 on one mash-in, in order to do 801 00:33:16,361 --> 00:33:18,228 a 20, 25 gallon mash. 802 00:33:18,230 --> 00:33:20,664 We'll go ahead and get started to grinding this. 803 00:33:20,766 --> 00:33:21,832 [Digger] We might as well. 804 00:33:26,538 --> 00:33:27,838 Now, some people say 805 00:33:27,906 --> 00:33:29,239 you have to make it powder-fine. 806 00:33:29,341 --> 00:33:30,040 You do not. 807 00:33:30,042 --> 00:33:31,808 You just bust it up 808 00:33:31,810 --> 00:33:34,444 where you can cook all the starches 809 00:33:34,546 --> 00:33:35,812 out of that grain, and convert it 810 00:33:35,814 --> 00:33:37,314 to fermentable sugars. 811 00:33:37,316 --> 00:33:39,049 Well, there we go. 812 00:33:40,819 --> 00:33:41,818 Well, now that we've got 813 00:33:41,820 --> 00:33:44,821 these 50 pounds of barley ground up, 814 00:33:44,823 --> 00:33:46,223 we're gonna head to the still site, 815 00:33:46,225 --> 00:33:47,824 and make us a little mash. 816 00:33:47,826 --> 00:33:49,459 Here we go. 817 00:33:49,528 --> 00:33:51,261 Let's get this out there, and mash in. 818 00:33:56,735 --> 00:33:58,301 We got our barley malted, 819 00:33:58,303 --> 00:34:00,203 we've got our barley smoked 820 00:34:00,205 --> 00:34:01,938 and we have our barley groun 821 00:34:01,940 --> 00:34:03,306 Easy, now. 822 00:34:03,308 --> 00:34:05,609 It's just a matter, now, of mashing it in, 823 00:34:05,611 --> 00:34:08,712 and see if we have any luck coming up with a scotch. 824 00:34:11,517 --> 00:34:12,449 You get to stirring that, 825 00:34:12,551 --> 00:34:13,717 and I'll worry about our still water. 826 00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:14,718 [Digger] We don't need no clumps. 827 00:34:14,720 --> 00:34:16,052 Got her, boy. 828 00:34:18,824 --> 00:34:20,757 [Mark Ramsey] I never thought what I'd ever see the day that 829 00:34:20,859 --> 00:34:23,126 me and you would be making damn scotch. 830 00:34:23,128 --> 00:34:24,494 And yet, here we are. 831 00:34:24,496 --> 00:34:25,328 Here we are. 832 00:34:25,396 --> 00:34:27,831 [Digger] It's about ready for yeast. 833 00:34:27,833 --> 00:34:30,033 This mash-in is pretty much complete. 834 00:34:30,035 --> 00:34:31,134 Digger's pitched the yeast. 835 00:34:31,236 --> 00:34:33,503 We'll come back in seven or eight days, 836 00:34:33,505 --> 00:34:35,605 and see if we've made scotch, 837 00:34:35,607 --> 00:34:36,606 or crap. 838 00:34:36,608 --> 00:34:38,008 I believe we're good. 839 00:34:48,754 --> 00:34:49,920 [Daniel] You hungry? 840 00:34:50,756 --> 00:34:52,222 This is a big old grub. 841 00:34:52,224 --> 00:34:54,024 That's a huge grub. I've never seen that. 842 00:34:54,026 --> 00:34:56,126 -They're tiny in Louisiana, little, small things. -[Daniel] You know, 843 00:34:56,128 --> 00:34:58,829 them grubs, they get in here on these old tree limbs and stuff, 844 00:34:58,831 --> 00:35:01,398 and they eat them, and they get pretty big. 845 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,533 Man, that's nothing but protein right there, huh? 846 00:35:03,602 --> 00:35:04,634 I don't believe I'd eat him, 847 00:35:04,736 --> 00:35:06,002 unless I was starving to death, 848 00:35:06,004 --> 00:35:07,137 but if you was starving to death, 849 00:35:07,206 --> 00:35:08,305 you could eat him, couldn't you? 850 00:35:08,307 --> 00:35:09,739 If I had to, I'd put him in a gumbo. 851 00:35:09,808 --> 00:35:11,741 I think some of these fast-food restaurants 852 00:35:11,843 --> 00:35:13,543 probably got stuff that's worse than this. 853 00:35:13,612 --> 00:35:15,112 [Richard] I'm more than sure, yeah. 854 00:35:17,816 --> 00:35:19,249 [Mark Rogers] You think she's ready, Amanda? 855 00:35:19,318 --> 00:35:20,317 [Amanda] I sure hope so. 856 00:35:20,319 --> 00:35:21,451 It looked good a couple days ago 857 00:35:21,553 --> 00:35:23,053 when I was here, and I stirred her up a bit. 858 00:35:23,689 --> 00:35:24,654 So, today is the day 859 00:35:24,723 --> 00:35:26,623 we finally come back to the still site. 860 00:35:26,625 --> 00:35:28,625 All that's left is to start running some liquor. 861 00:35:30,429 --> 00:35:32,095 -[Mark Rogers] Sugar's out of it. -Yep. 862 00:35:32,097 --> 00:35:33,163 [Amanda] It's sour. 863 00:35:33,165 --> 00:35:35,031 I'm checking the mash, the mash looks good. 864 00:35:35,033 --> 00:35:37,634 The caps have fallen, and I taste nice, sour beer. 865 00:35:37,736 --> 00:35:39,603 -You want to see the basket that I brought? -Mmm-hmm. 866 00:35:40,606 --> 00:35:42,339 It's like a birdcage. 867 00:35:42,407 --> 00:35:43,540 [Amanda] So, it's a hops basket. 868 00:35:43,609 --> 00:35:44,941 It's all stainless steel, 869 00:35:44,943 --> 00:35:46,810 and none of the grains are gonna come out of this. 870 00:35:46,812 --> 00:35:48,912 -Uh-huh. -We can pump our mash right through there, 871 00:35:48,914 --> 00:35:51,715 and make sure no solids get in the pot, at all, 872 00:35:51,717 --> 00:35:54,217 so no chance of scorching. 873 00:35:54,219 --> 00:35:56,686 We'll let Amanda do the ciphering on this. 874 00:35:56,688 --> 00:35:57,821 I figured you'd say that. 875 00:35:57,823 --> 00:35:59,556 Yeah, she's got it in her head that she wants 876 00:35:59,625 --> 00:36:01,625 to make this run on the grain, 877 00:36:01,627 --> 00:36:02,726 If some of that grain, you know, 878 00:36:02,728 --> 00:36:04,327 falls out of that basket, 879 00:36:04,329 --> 00:36:06,229 it could ruin every bit of the liquor, 880 00:36:06,231 --> 00:36:07,330 and the pot, too. 881 00:36:09,601 --> 00:36:10,734 [Amanda] All right. 882 00:36:10,835 --> 00:36:11,535 Yeah, right there. 883 00:36:11,636 --> 00:36:12,702 [Huck] I seen that! 884 00:36:12,704 --> 00:36:14,538 [all laugh] 885 00:36:15,607 --> 00:36:17,040 You get a big mouthful of it? 886 00:36:17,042 --> 00:36:18,108 [Amanda] Oh, God. 887 00:36:18,110 --> 00:36:19,509 It almost came out my nose. 888 00:36:19,511 --> 00:36:21,311 [all laughing] 889 00:36:21,313 --> 00:36:23,446 Y'all let me know when you got enough in there, 890 00:36:23,515 --> 00:36:24,781 and I'll go ahead and start the fire. 891 00:36:24,882 --> 00:36:26,917 You could start it now. We got a good amount in the bottom. 892 00:36:26,919 --> 00:36:28,051 Amanda? 893 00:36:28,053 --> 00:36:29,619 -Yeah? -[Huck] I'm getting ready to swap barrels. 894 00:36:30,322 --> 00:36:31,421 Okay. I got it sealed off. 895 00:36:33,225 --> 00:36:35,325 Once we get the mash into the pot, 896 00:36:35,427 --> 00:36:37,394 I'm gonna scoop the grains u 897 00:36:37,396 --> 00:36:39,629 and fill up this basket with all the good grains 898 00:36:39,631 --> 00:36:41,131 that have all the flavor and alcohol within them. 899 00:36:42,301 --> 00:36:43,934 I'm excited with these oats, 900 00:36:44,035 --> 00:36:45,368 and this malted wheat in here. 901 00:36:45,370 --> 00:36:47,137 I can just smell that it's gonna be awesome. 902 00:36:48,307 --> 00:36:50,106 There's legs on the bottom of this basket, 903 00:36:50,108 --> 00:36:51,942 so Mark and I just lower it down, 904 00:36:52,043 --> 00:36:53,410 and set it on the bottom of the still. 905 00:36:53,412 --> 00:36:55,412 It's easing down in there. 906 00:36:55,414 --> 00:36:57,514 It's just gonna sit right on the bottom, 907 00:36:57,516 --> 00:36:58,448 and close, 908 00:36:58,450 --> 00:37:00,317 and incorporate that flavor safely. 909 00:37:00,319 --> 00:37:01,418 It feels good to finally see it 910 00:37:01,420 --> 00:37:02,485 all coming together, though. 911 00:37:02,487 --> 00:37:03,954 -[Mark Rogers] Yep. -[Amanda] I'll tell you what. 912 00:37:03,956 --> 00:37:06,489 If it's in that worm, it's getting hot. 913 00:37:06,491 --> 00:37:08,024 It'll be coming up that money spout there 914 00:37:08,026 --> 00:37:09,092 in a few minutes. 915 00:37:09,094 --> 00:37:10,427 It won't take it long. You'll probably smell it. 916 00:37:11,063 --> 00:37:11,861 [sniffs] 917 00:37:13,532 --> 00:37:14,931 It's a good smell. 918 00:37:15,033 --> 00:37:17,200 After a long bit of work. 919 00:37:17,202 --> 00:37:18,235 Oh! 920 00:37:19,938 --> 00:37:21,238 -We got liquor. -[Mark Rogers] We got liquor? 921 00:37:21,306 --> 00:37:22,405 [Amanda] Yes, sir. 922 00:37:23,041 --> 00:37:24,107 Ooh! We really... 923 00:37:24,109 --> 00:37:25,508 -Gonna be a start, ain't it? -[Amanda chuckles] 924 00:37:29,114 --> 00:37:30,113 Yeah. 925 00:37:30,115 --> 00:37:31,248 It's not scorched. 926 00:37:31,316 --> 00:37:32,382 It doesn't smell scorched. 927 00:37:32,417 --> 00:37:33,950 It smells like a lot of good grains 928 00:37:33,952 --> 00:37:34,851 are in this liquor. 929 00:37:34,853 --> 00:37:35,919 Now, we've just got to collect it, 930 00:37:35,921 --> 00:37:37,220 and get it down to where it's drinkable, 931 00:37:37,222 --> 00:37:39,055 because the next most important thing 932 00:37:39,057 --> 00:37:40,323 is how does it taste? 933 00:37:40,826 --> 00:37:41,524 All right, Mark. 934 00:37:41,526 --> 00:37:42,525 Let me see that jar. 935 00:37:42,527 --> 00:37:44,027 Get us a little drink, now. 936 00:37:46,231 --> 00:37:47,264 Ooh! 937 00:37:47,332 --> 00:37:48,131 It smells good. 938 00:37:48,133 --> 00:37:49,299 This makes me shiver. 939 00:37:49,301 --> 00:37:50,100 [chuckles] 940 00:37:50,102 --> 00:37:50,834 You getting excited? 941 00:37:50,935 --> 00:37:52,402 -Goosebumps on you? -Yep. 942 00:37:53,338 --> 00:37:54,204 [Huck] You look like a mess. 943 00:37:56,108 --> 00:37:57,040 Oh. 944 00:37:57,042 --> 00:37:58,108 That'll clear out your sinuses. 945 00:37:58,110 --> 00:37:59,042 [Mark Rogers chuckles] 946 00:37:59,044 --> 00:38:00,343 [chuckling] But it tastes good. 947 00:38:00,412 --> 00:38:03,413 After days of research, and nights of lost sleep, 948 00:38:03,415 --> 00:38:06,316 if feels pretty good to get this liquor coming ou 949 00:38:06,318 --> 00:38:07,617 It tastes good. It smells good. 950 00:38:07,619 --> 00:38:09,219 This is all the stuff that I was trying 951 00:38:09,221 --> 00:38:10,520 to incorporate into our product. 952 00:38:11,323 --> 00:38:12,322 Well, it's got some flavor. 953 00:38:13,358 --> 00:38:14,757 Hmm. [whistles] 954 00:38:14,759 --> 00:38:15,892 -Feel a little warm. Ah! -[Amanda] Taste the goods in there? 955 00:38:15,894 --> 00:38:16,960 Yeah. 956 00:38:16,962 --> 00:38:18,662 Yeah, I ain't used to distilling on the grain 957 00:38:18,730 --> 00:38:20,096 like the way she's a-doing it, 958 00:38:20,098 --> 00:38:21,598 but it really turned out goo 959 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:22,932 I appreciate you trusting me, 960 00:38:22,934 --> 00:38:25,235 and letting me have my freedom with the run. 961 00:38:25,937 --> 00:38:27,103 It means a lot. 962 00:38:27,105 --> 00:38:28,938 Yeah, I thought it was gonna be a disaster, 963 00:38:28,940 --> 00:38:30,740 but Amanda, she stuck to her guns. 964 00:38:30,842 --> 00:38:32,409 She's a whole lot younger than us, 965 00:38:32,411 --> 00:38:35,612 and she never growed up here, but really, deep-down, 966 00:38:35,614 --> 00:38:36,846 she's just one of us. 967 00:38:37,749 --> 00:38:38,548 Let's get out of here. 968 00:38:38,617 --> 00:38:39,816 We've done enough for today. 969 00:38:50,629 --> 00:38:52,729 [Mark Ramsey] We're making a little scotch today, Puss. 970 00:38:52,731 --> 00:38:54,431 [Digger] Today's the day that we run 971 00:38:54,433 --> 00:38:55,699 the Popcorn Sutton 972 00:38:55,701 --> 00:38:59,402 thumbing-our-nose-at-him run of scotch. 973 00:38:59,404 --> 00:39:00,937 [Mark Ramsey] Let's see what we got. 974 00:39:01,005 --> 00:39:03,039 All things being considered, it's probably 975 00:39:03,041 --> 00:39:05,208 the most expensive practical joke 976 00:39:05,210 --> 00:39:06,242 we've ever played. 977 00:39:07,846 --> 00:39:09,212 Well, it's dead, 978 00:39:09,214 --> 00:39:11,948 but that chaff ain't falling to the bottom. 979 00:39:11,950 --> 00:39:14,117 This is a really simple recipe. 980 00:39:14,119 --> 00:39:16,553 We smoked the malted barley. 981 00:39:16,621 --> 00:39:18,054 It smells smoky, though. 982 00:39:18,123 --> 00:39:18,955 [Digger] It's smoky, huh? 983 00:39:19,024 --> 00:39:20,289 There's a lot of grain. 984 00:39:20,291 --> 00:39:23,360 This one little barrel of mash has 50 pound of grain in it. 985 00:39:23,428 --> 00:39:24,861 It got a different smell to it, 986 00:39:24,930 --> 00:39:27,364 and there ain't no sugar in it, whatsoever. 987 00:39:27,432 --> 00:39:29,799 But, see how mashy that is? 988 00:39:29,801 --> 00:39:31,101 It did its job. 989 00:39:31,103 --> 00:39:33,203 This is the first liquor run on this pot. 990 00:39:33,205 --> 00:39:34,404 We distilled the water. 991 00:39:34,406 --> 00:39:36,206 We've tested it, it works well, 992 00:39:36,208 --> 00:39:38,541 and now we just gotta make some liquor out of it. 993 00:39:38,643 --> 00:39:39,809 [Mark Ramsey] It's full up. 994 00:39:39,811 --> 00:39:40,877 [Digger] All right. 995 00:39:40,912 --> 00:39:42,946 [Mark Ramsey] I'm gonna get this still lit. 996 00:39:44,716 --> 00:39:45,615 -Whoa. -[Digger] Hmm. 997 00:39:46,151 --> 00:39:47,217 Smell that. 998 00:39:47,819 --> 00:39:48,818 [Digger] It ain't bad. 999 00:39:48,820 --> 00:39:50,653 Scotch is a very popular drink. 1000 00:39:50,655 --> 00:39:52,956 The smoky flavor, you know, 1001 00:39:53,057 --> 00:39:55,125 people that like it, they love it. 1002 00:39:55,127 --> 00:39:56,960 This could very well end up being 1003 00:39:57,061 --> 00:39:59,162 a very marketable product. 1004 00:39:59,231 --> 00:40:00,830 [Digger] Yeah, the top of that condenser's hot. 1005 00:40:00,832 --> 00:40:02,198 Whoa! Dang. 1006 00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:03,633 -Damn! -[Digger] That'll take your fingerprints off. 1007 00:40:03,735 --> 00:40:05,902 Now you can go to jail. They won't know who you are. 1008 00:40:05,904 --> 00:40:06,603 [Mark Ramsey chuckles] 1009 00:40:08,006 --> 00:40:08,638 [Digger] Uh-oh. 1010 00:40:09,608 --> 00:40:11,040 Yonder she comes. 1011 00:40:13,211 --> 00:40:14,244 [Mark Ramsey] Damn scotch. 1012 00:40:14,312 --> 00:40:15,611 [sniffs] 1013 00:40:15,613 --> 00:40:17,547 -[whistles] Boy, it's smoky, ain't it? -Yeah, it is. 1014 00:40:17,616 --> 00:40:20,049 [Mark Ramsey] Looks just like normal liquor, don't it? 1015 00:40:20,051 --> 00:40:21,418 Now, the scotch, when it comes off, 1016 00:40:21,420 --> 00:40:22,819 will be clear, like any other liquor. 1017 00:40:22,821 --> 00:40:26,389 Liquor does not come out red like an aged liquor. 1018 00:40:26,391 --> 00:40:28,625 It comes off clear, then it's up to you 1019 00:40:28,627 --> 00:40:31,494 to figure out what barrel, or what chips you're gonna use 1020 00:40:31,496 --> 00:40:33,963 to accentuate those flavors further. 1021 00:40:35,434 --> 00:40:36,833 Oh, hell, you're gonna like that. 1022 00:40:37,803 --> 00:40:39,402 [rain patters] 1023 00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:44,107 [smacks lips] Pretty damn good though, really. 1024 00:40:44,109 --> 00:40:45,442 I think it's good the way it is, 1025 00:40:45,510 --> 00:40:46,309 but we've got to have 1026 00:40:46,377 --> 00:40:47,977 aged liquor for it to be scotch. 1027 00:40:48,046 --> 00:40:50,346 Tasting on it, the smoky flavor in it 1028 00:40:50,448 --> 00:40:51,815 is not overwhelming. 1029 00:40:51,817 --> 00:40:53,116 [Digger] There's number four, you got. 1030 00:40:53,118 --> 00:40:54,818 We made a little less than a gallon. 1031 00:40:54,820 --> 00:40:56,252 I'm good with that. 1032 00:40:56,321 --> 00:40:58,054 I think this is a success. 1033 00:40:58,156 --> 00:40:59,489 I think the scotch is... 1034 00:40:59,491 --> 00:41:00,656 It ain't bad. 1035 00:41:00,658 --> 00:41:03,059 I think we proved our point here with the scotch. 1036 00:41:03,128 --> 00:41:04,260 Hey, Popcorn! 1037 00:41:04,329 --> 00:41:06,629 What do you think about this damn scotch liquor 1038 00:41:06,631 --> 00:41:07,797 on your little piss-pot? 1039 00:41:07,799 --> 00:41:09,399 Yeah, boy! 1040 00:41:09,401 --> 00:41:13,236 We think the big deal here is our ability to malt grains. 1041 00:41:13,305 --> 00:41:14,204 We need to skedaddle. 1042 00:41:14,206 --> 00:41:15,605 [Digger] Get the hell out of this rain. 1043 00:41:15,607 --> 00:41:18,041 [Mark Ramsey] This is gonna lead us in a new direction. 1044 00:41:18,043 --> 00:41:20,844 Imagine how good a three-grain, 1045 00:41:20,912 --> 00:41:24,214 completely malted-based grain liquor might taste. 1046 00:41:24,216 --> 00:41:25,548 I mean, who knows? 1047 00:41:25,650 --> 00:41:28,551 [Digger] I'm thinking legacy liquor 2.0. 1048 00:41:28,620 --> 00:41:30,053 [Mark Ramsey] I like the sound of that.