1 00:00:05,166 --> 00:00:08,867 [narrator] On the special Master Distiller Tournament... 2 00:00:08,867 --> 00:00:12,500 This looks like the who's who of the backwoods liquor world. 3 00:00:12,500 --> 00:00:15,467 [narrator] ...it's a backwoods battle royale. 4 00:00:15,467 --> 00:00:16,700 -[Richard] It's coming. -It's coming. 5 00:00:16,700 --> 00:00:20,266 [narrator] Five champion outlaw distillers, 6 00:00:20,266 --> 00:00:21,900 Amanda, 7 00:00:21,900 --> 00:00:23,100 Richard, 8 00:00:23,100 --> 00:00:24,667 Kelly, 9 00:00:24,667 --> 00:00:26,200 Tater, 10 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:27,667 Mike, 11 00:00:27,667 --> 00:00:31,066 will put their backwoods ingenuity to the test... 12 00:00:31,066 --> 00:00:32,066 Well, fellers, you know, 13 00:00:32,066 --> 00:00:34,467 this is a mean challenge we've issued them. 14 00:00:34,467 --> 00:00:38,000 [narrator] ...through a series of sudden elimination challenges. 15 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:39,767 [Digger] I believe he's on somebody's trail. 16 00:00:39,767 --> 00:00:41,066 Looky here, boom. 17 00:00:41,066 --> 00:00:45,300 [narrator] Only the best backwoods shiner can come up on top... 18 00:00:45,300 --> 00:00:48,166 I know one thing, that is a good drink. 19 00:00:48,166 --> 00:00:52,667 [narrator] ...and earn the title of Master of the Backwoods. 20 00:00:52,667 --> 00:00:54,367 It's gonna be a tight race. 21 00:00:54,367 --> 00:00:55,800 Hell yeah. 22 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,567 [Digger] This looks like the who's who of the backwoods liquor world. 23 00:01:12,567 --> 00:01:14,066 Guys, it's my honor and privilege 24 00:01:14,066 --> 00:01:16,000 to welcome you all to a competition 25 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,166 like you've never seen before. 26 00:01:18,166 --> 00:01:20,467 By the time all these competitions are completed, 27 00:01:20,467 --> 00:01:23,300 we're gonna find out which one of y'all truly is 28 00:01:23,300 --> 00:01:25,200 the Master of the Backwoods. 29 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,000 And at the end of this competition, 30 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,266 you'll win all the backwoods bragging rights 31 00:01:31,266 --> 00:01:34,533 and this sweet little trophy for your mantle. 32 00:01:36,367 --> 00:01:39,600 Every single one of you has faced not only the law, 33 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:41,900 but some of the toughest distilling competitions 34 00:01:41,900 --> 00:01:43,000 in the country. 35 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,166 And you all came out on top. 36 00:01:45,166 --> 00:01:48,100 But this may be the toughest challenge yet. 37 00:01:48,100 --> 00:01:52,000 All right, guys, you're gonna have to run us three jars 38 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,967 of the finest heritage spirits that you can run. 39 00:01:54,967 --> 00:01:56,400 Then you're gonna have to overcome 40 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,767 three of the toughest backwoods challenges 41 00:01:58,767 --> 00:02:00,800 that we've ever come up with. 42 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,500 But I know that if anybody can do this, 43 00:02:03,500 --> 00:02:05,100 you five can. 44 00:02:05,100 --> 00:02:06,000 All right, guys, 45 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,100 your first run's gonna be the foundation 46 00:02:08,100 --> 00:02:10,100 of what this industry was built on. 47 00:02:10,100 --> 00:02:11,800 Even though it's a backwoods world, 48 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:13,800 it was always corn liquor. 49 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:15,667 And that's what everybody cut your teeth on. 50 00:02:15,667 --> 00:02:18,200 But it's up to you. You could add something in there. 51 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:19,967 Let's see what you can do with it. 52 00:02:19,967 --> 00:02:21,166 By the time it's over with, 53 00:02:21,166 --> 00:02:23,834 we want a hundred-proof jar on our table. 54 00:02:24,367 --> 00:02:25,233 [Tim] All right, guys, 55 00:02:25,233 --> 00:02:27,100 but we're not gonna make it easy for you. 56 00:02:27,100 --> 00:02:30,567 As you can see, we only have a copper pot besides you. 57 00:02:30,567 --> 00:02:32,000 So if you're gonna make any liquor, 58 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,166 you gotta go through the first challenge. 59 00:02:34,166 --> 00:02:35,767 So, guys, we're going to have to go outside. 60 00:02:35,767 --> 00:02:36,834 We're going backwoods. 61 00:02:42,900 --> 00:02:43,834 [Mark] Here we go. 62 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:47,367 All right, guys, welcome. 63 00:02:47,367 --> 00:02:51,567 Now, you know any backwoods moonshiner that's worth his salt 64 00:02:51,567 --> 00:02:55,100 should be able to build the most precious part 65 00:02:55,100 --> 00:02:56,700 of any moonshine still, 66 00:02:56,700 --> 00:02:58,567 and that's the condenser. 67 00:02:58,567 --> 00:03:00,166 You know, if you can build a condenser, 68 00:03:00,166 --> 00:03:02,266 then it'll operate with any pot still 69 00:03:02,266 --> 00:03:03,567 that you can hook it to. 70 00:03:04,166 --> 00:03:05,834 Tickle, tell us all about it. 71 00:03:08,066 --> 00:03:11,567 With a condenser, you can distill liquor from any pot. 72 00:03:11,567 --> 00:03:13,834 And this is where the magic happens. 73 00:03:15,066 --> 00:03:17,300 The condenser cools the vapor from the pot 74 00:03:17,300 --> 00:03:20,867 and condenses it back into alcohol in a liquid form, 75 00:03:20,867 --> 00:03:23,533 and it runs down the condenser and into the jar. 76 00:03:24,367 --> 00:03:26,100 There are many types of condensers, 77 00:03:26,100 --> 00:03:28,300 but the most popular in the backwoods 78 00:03:28,300 --> 00:03:30,000 are the worm, 79 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,300 the shotgun, 80 00:03:32,300 --> 00:03:33,533 the double wall, 81 00:03:34,166 --> 00:03:36,000 the Gatling gun, 82 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,200 and the lyne arm. 83 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,367 The lyne arm has an advantage for a Master of the Backwoods. 84 00:03:40,967 --> 00:03:42,867 It's simple, efficient, 85 00:03:42,867 --> 00:03:45,533 and easy to transport in and out of the still site. 86 00:03:46,900 --> 00:03:50,066 However, the lyne arm requires a lot of running water, 87 00:03:50,066 --> 00:03:51,867 and any vapor leak that occurs 88 00:03:51,867 --> 00:03:54,333 is nearly impossible to repair in the woods. 89 00:03:56,500 --> 00:03:57,467 [Digger] All right, guys. 90 00:03:57,467 --> 00:03:59,500 I hope everybody brought their A game. 91 00:03:59,500 --> 00:04:02,300 It's a simple lyne arm condenser, 92 00:04:02,300 --> 00:04:04,200 but it's tough to solder. 93 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,066 We're gonna give you all the tools, all the parts, 94 00:04:06,066 --> 00:04:09,367 and everything you need to make this type condenser. 95 00:04:09,367 --> 00:04:10,900 And you're gonna have two hours to make it, 96 00:04:10,900 --> 00:04:11,900 replicate it. 97 00:04:11,900 --> 00:04:14,200 If you cannot build this in two hours, 98 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:15,066 you are out. 99 00:04:16,100 --> 00:04:18,600 Your two hours starts now. 100 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:19,667 Good luck, and get with it. 101 00:04:21,300 --> 00:04:22,767 There you go. 102 00:04:22,767 --> 00:04:25,100 These are nice, nice condensers they're building. 103 00:04:25,100 --> 00:04:27,767 They're a little bigger than the ones that we've had. 104 00:04:27,767 --> 00:04:30,066 You know, Mike, since you're the soldering king, 105 00:04:30,066 --> 00:04:32,400 you're gonna give us helpful hands if we need it? 106 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:33,166 Hey, you never know, 107 00:04:33,166 --> 00:04:35,066 I might screw something up down here. 108 00:04:35,066 --> 00:04:36,200 My name's Mike Cockrell. 109 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:37,600 I'm from Picayune, Mississippi. 110 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:39,266 I'm pretty much a master at soldering. 111 00:04:39,266 --> 00:04:40,700 I've done it all my life. 112 00:04:40,700 --> 00:04:43,667 I mean, I've been a plumber, I've welded all my life. 113 00:04:43,667 --> 00:04:45,266 And I'm 100 percent confident 114 00:04:45,266 --> 00:04:46,834 in putting the condenser together. 115 00:04:47,667 --> 00:04:49,600 This condenser, it's a very simple concept. 116 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:51,900 It's just an inch and a half pipe, 117 00:04:51,900 --> 00:04:54,734 with a three-quarter inch pipe going through the middle. 118 00:04:55,367 --> 00:04:56,834 Couple of hose connectors 119 00:04:57,667 --> 00:04:59,400 where the water can go inside of a jacket 120 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:01,867 and circulate 100 percent of the time 121 00:05:01,867 --> 00:05:03,000 and cool your liquor off. 122 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:04,567 That's all there is to it. 123 00:05:04,567 --> 00:05:06,367 Mike, how many times have you done this? 124 00:05:06,367 --> 00:05:09,100 -A couple of thousand? -[Mike] Several times. 125 00:05:09,100 --> 00:05:11,867 My favorite part of distilling is keeping the tradition alive 126 00:05:11,867 --> 00:05:13,066 and the heritage alive. 127 00:05:13,066 --> 00:05:15,467 This right here is where the magic happens. 128 00:05:15,467 --> 00:05:16,600 My family done it. 129 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:17,567 I do it. 130 00:05:17,567 --> 00:05:20,800 I have right at 30 years of experience of doing so. 131 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:21,867 [Digger] Mike Cockrell. 132 00:05:21,867 --> 00:05:23,500 [Mike] I've been Master Distiller before. 133 00:05:23,500 --> 00:05:24,967 -Congratulations, brother. -Good job. 134 00:05:24,967 --> 00:05:27,400 [Mike] And I'm gonna be Master of the Backwoods. 135 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:28,467 That's who I am. 136 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:32,000 [Tater] You ever built one of these, Amanda? 137 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,533 I have not built one of these. 138 00:05:34,166 --> 00:05:35,600 Just add this to my repertoire. 139 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:37,233 -How about you, Kelly? -Nope. 140 00:05:38,066 --> 00:05:39,166 Me either. 141 00:05:39,166 --> 00:05:40,467 I'm Tater. 142 00:05:40,467 --> 00:05:42,867 I'm a true blue, through and through 143 00:05:42,867 --> 00:05:44,367 backwoods moonshiner. 144 00:05:44,367 --> 00:05:45,967 I've growed up in the woods. 145 00:05:45,967 --> 00:05:47,367 I laid out of school a lot. 146 00:05:47,367 --> 00:05:49,266 I was in the woods every day. 147 00:05:49,266 --> 00:05:52,000 I've been around true outlaws in my life. 148 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,533 I've lived an outlaw life. 149 00:05:54,367 --> 00:05:56,367 A lot more than a lot of these people 150 00:05:56,367 --> 00:05:58,266 that's in this competition. 151 00:05:58,467 --> 00:05:59,467 Tater, 152 00:05:59,467 --> 00:06:01,400 you're the next Master Distiller. 153 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:03,200 -Well, thank you, y'all. -Congratulations, old buddy. 154 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:04,900 [Tater] I have one Master Distiller, 155 00:06:04,900 --> 00:06:07,400 so they better load their damn dogs 156 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,100 and get ready to go hunting, because here we go. 157 00:06:10,100 --> 00:06:12,100 [Mark] Tater, he don't solder a lot. 158 00:06:12,100 --> 00:06:14,367 No, he's a tile and stonemason. 159 00:06:14,367 --> 00:06:15,500 He's kind of like I am. 160 00:06:15,500 --> 00:06:17,667 I don't have to know how to solder because you do. 161 00:06:17,667 --> 00:06:19,266 [Tim laughs] 162 00:06:19,266 --> 00:06:22,100 [Tater] To be a backwoods shiner, you got to know how to solder. 163 00:06:22,100 --> 00:06:24,567 You got to know how to fabricate all your stuff. 164 00:06:24,567 --> 00:06:26,367 You got to know how it operates, 165 00:06:26,367 --> 00:06:28,700 and you got to know how to operate. 166 00:06:28,700 --> 00:06:32,367 If you're lacking any of that, you have major catastrophes. 167 00:06:32,900 --> 00:06:34,166 [Mike] What that sandpaper? 168 00:06:34,166 --> 00:06:35,800 [Richard] So much damn trouble. 169 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,800 -Too much trouble? -Too much trouble. 170 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,700 My name is Richard Landry, from New Iberia, Louisiana. 171 00:06:42,700 --> 00:06:46,266 I have been distilling for almost 13 years. 172 00:06:46,266 --> 00:06:48,967 And I went to Master Distiller and I actually won. 173 00:06:48,967 --> 00:06:51,767 Richard, you're the next Master Distiller, my friend. 174 00:06:51,767 --> 00:06:53,767 [Richard] I've won quite a few times since then. 175 00:06:53,767 --> 00:06:55,266 That means I just get to come back 176 00:06:55,266 --> 00:06:57,100 and win this Master Backwoods. 177 00:06:57,100 --> 00:07:00,367 I won't blame this kind of condenser on anything. 178 00:07:00,367 --> 00:07:02,467 But I used it when Tim Smith beat me 179 00:07:02,467 --> 00:07:03,500 in the last tournament. 180 00:07:03,500 --> 00:07:04,834 And I lost with it, Tater. 181 00:07:05,166 --> 00:07:06,567 [Tater laughs] 182 00:07:06,567 --> 00:07:08,667 I like this little fountain you got set up here. 183 00:07:08,667 --> 00:07:10,066 I love this. 184 00:07:10,066 --> 00:07:12,133 Yeah, that's gonna be the keeper jar right there. 185 00:07:12,667 --> 00:07:14,433 And the winner is... 186 00:07:14,967 --> 00:07:15,700 Tim Smith. 187 00:07:15,700 --> 00:07:17,667 Congratulations, Timmy. 188 00:07:17,667 --> 00:07:19,467 -So, he remembers? -He remembers. 189 00:07:19,467 --> 00:07:20,867 So hopefully, you know, 190 00:07:20,867 --> 00:07:23,200 he's used up all of his bad karma... 191 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:24,567 -[Tim laughs] -...with you. 192 00:07:24,567 --> 00:07:25,667 Yeah. 193 00:07:25,667 --> 00:07:28,166 Maybe history will repeat itself, Richard. 194 00:07:28,166 --> 00:07:29,200 I hope not, Tater. 195 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:30,567 [Tater laughs] 196 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:33,800 Mike, you're moving kind of fast, huh? 197 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:35,367 That's kinda intimidating. 198 00:07:35,367 --> 00:07:37,500 This is a competition, we're in a hurry. 199 00:07:37,500 --> 00:07:40,166 [Richard] Mike Cockrell and I have a little beef going on, 200 00:07:40,166 --> 00:07:42,667 and I've competed against Mike several times here. 201 00:07:42,667 --> 00:07:44,400 We're always trying to beat each other. 202 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:46,734 When you put all that together in a competition, 203 00:07:47,667 --> 00:07:49,467 we got trouble on our hands here. 204 00:07:49,467 --> 00:07:51,100 Down there next to the expert, huh? 205 00:07:51,100 --> 00:07:52,700 Mr. Cockrell. [chuckles] 206 00:07:52,700 --> 00:07:53,967 [Richard] That's really intimidating. 207 00:07:53,967 --> 00:07:55,266 Just watch what he does. 208 00:07:56,767 --> 00:07:57,600 My name is Amanda Bryant, 209 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:00,100 and I'm from Pocono Lake, Pennsylvania. 210 00:08:00,100 --> 00:08:01,600 When I first came on Master Distiller, 211 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:03,467 I just practiced distilling as a hobby. 212 00:08:03,467 --> 00:08:05,667 Since I have competed a few times, 213 00:08:05,667 --> 00:08:07,567 I started working in the backwoods 214 00:08:07,567 --> 00:08:09,100 with Mark and Huck. 215 00:08:09,100 --> 00:08:10,867 [Mark] Be careful. Watch for snakes. 216 00:08:10,867 --> 00:08:12,367 [Amanda] What kind of snakes we have here? 217 00:08:12,367 --> 00:08:14,700 -[Mark] The deadly kind. -[Amanda laughs] 218 00:08:14,700 --> 00:08:17,100 It doesn't get much more backwoods than these guys. 219 00:08:17,100 --> 00:08:19,200 They are old school, and they're my mentors. 220 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:20,667 So I've been working really hard 221 00:08:20,667 --> 00:08:22,467 to polish my backwoods techniques, 222 00:08:22,467 --> 00:08:24,567 and I deserve to win this competition. 223 00:08:25,667 --> 00:08:27,767 What do you think Mike's a-doing down there, Amanda? 224 00:08:27,767 --> 00:08:29,767 I think he's putting those cups on the end of that... 225 00:08:29,767 --> 00:08:30,667 -[Tater] Yeah? -...jacket. 226 00:08:30,667 --> 00:08:32,667 I am soldering my reducers 227 00:08:32,667 --> 00:08:35,567 on the end of my case pipe here. 228 00:08:35,567 --> 00:08:37,667 In order to put my actual condenser pipe 229 00:08:37,667 --> 00:08:40,467 through the center, you solder these first. 230 00:08:40,467 --> 00:08:43,066 Then put your three-quarter pipe through that one. 231 00:08:43,066 --> 00:08:45,200 Hmm, a little different order than I would have done. 232 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,300 I'm definitely revising my strategy now. 233 00:08:48,300 --> 00:08:50,367 [Amanda] We have to make a lyne arm condenser, 234 00:08:50,367 --> 00:08:52,000 which is one I've never used before, 235 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:53,500 and I've definitely never built one. 236 00:08:53,500 --> 00:08:55,667 But I have made 237 00:08:55,667 --> 00:08:57,367 a bunch of different still parts before. 238 00:08:57,367 --> 00:09:00,100 So I feel pretty good about building the condenser. 239 00:09:00,100 --> 00:09:02,367 We're off to the races, this thing has to work. 240 00:09:02,367 --> 00:09:04,567 So I think I'm better off taking my time. 241 00:09:04,567 --> 00:09:07,600 Yeah, this is not where I want to be in a hurry yet. 242 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:10,700 I'm Kelly Williamson from Cosby, Tennessee. 243 00:09:10,700 --> 00:09:13,266 I started distilling moonshine many years ago. 244 00:09:13,266 --> 00:09:16,266 Can't really tell you when, but it's been a while. 245 00:09:16,266 --> 00:09:17,767 To be a true Master of the Backwoods, 246 00:09:17,767 --> 00:09:19,667 you got to do a little bit of everything. 247 00:09:19,667 --> 00:09:21,967 And thank goodness I've got a background in farming 248 00:09:21,967 --> 00:09:23,900 and doing a little excavating work. 249 00:09:23,900 --> 00:09:25,467 So you just learn how to do stuff 250 00:09:25,467 --> 00:09:27,100 you're not real comfortable with. 251 00:09:27,100 --> 00:09:28,567 And try it till it works. 252 00:09:28,567 --> 00:09:29,967 Yeah, I don't know if I can trust 253 00:09:29,967 --> 00:09:31,767 Mike's advice with 254 00:09:31,767 --> 00:09:33,467 the history that we've got. 255 00:09:33,467 --> 00:09:34,867 The last time I talked to Mike 256 00:09:34,867 --> 00:09:36,266 about anything to do with copper 257 00:09:36,266 --> 00:09:38,367 is when he blew up a still he thought was mine. 258 00:09:38,367 --> 00:09:39,767 -Ooh. -Oh! 259 00:09:39,767 --> 00:09:43,467 What's good for the goose... is good for the gander. 260 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:53,000 He didn't do that. 261 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:54,800 Oh, yeah. He done it. 262 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,166 [Kelly] Mike has pulled a few stunts over the years, 263 00:09:57,166 --> 00:09:59,467 but he's earned his right to be here, for sure. 264 00:09:59,467 --> 00:10:01,000 But, you know, that would be, kind of, 265 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,333 my worst nightmare is to lose to Mike Cockrell. 266 00:10:03,967 --> 00:10:05,367 [laughs] 267 00:10:05,367 --> 00:10:06,734 I heard that, buddy. 268 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:10,000 All right, guys. 269 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,300 One hour left. You're halfway there. 270 00:10:12,300 --> 00:10:14,767 [Mark] Thing about these condensers, 271 00:10:14,767 --> 00:10:17,100 they either work like they're supposed to or they leak. 272 00:10:17,100 --> 00:10:19,300 I just want 'em all to get 'em put together, 273 00:10:19,300 --> 00:10:22,567 leak free, so they can all compete. 274 00:10:22,567 --> 00:10:24,200 [Tim] Tater is soldering like crazy. 275 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,367 [Digger] Yeah, if he has a leak, it ain't for the lack of solder. 276 00:10:26,367 --> 00:10:27,667 He's using up rolls of solder. 277 00:10:27,667 --> 00:10:29,667 It only does so much. 278 00:10:29,667 --> 00:10:32,300 [Tater] It ain't real pretty but seems to work. 279 00:10:32,300 --> 00:10:34,300 Thank you, sir. 280 00:10:34,300 --> 00:10:36,166 [Mike] There it is. All right. 281 00:10:36,166 --> 00:10:37,500 You know, Mike's done. 282 00:10:37,500 --> 00:10:39,367 He, he's done good. 283 00:10:39,367 --> 00:10:41,300 -Are you finished? -I'm done, brother. 284 00:10:41,300 --> 00:10:42,467 That's no surprise to me. 285 00:10:42,467 --> 00:10:44,166 I knew he was gonna kill it at this. 286 00:10:44,166 --> 00:10:45,667 How's yours holding? Good? 287 00:10:45,667 --> 00:10:48,367 I don't see water running out yet. 288 00:10:48,367 --> 00:10:49,166 What they've done, 289 00:10:49,166 --> 00:10:51,266 they've all took 'em a bottle of water. 290 00:10:51,266 --> 00:10:54,266 I don't know how much leakage that would show 291 00:10:54,266 --> 00:10:55,967 because they're not under pressure yet. 292 00:10:55,967 --> 00:10:57,000 [Digger] So it's just gravity. 293 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,066 [Mark] Just gravity flowing. 294 00:10:58,066 --> 00:10:59,567 [Tim] It would leak if you put pressure on. 295 00:10:59,567 --> 00:11:01,333 -[both] Oh, yeah -It'd be spraying everywhere. 296 00:11:02,500 --> 00:11:05,700 Amanda, she's making nice solder joints. 297 00:11:05,700 --> 00:11:07,266 She's very meticulous. 298 00:11:07,266 --> 00:11:08,800 [Digger] She's a perfectionist. 299 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:11,767 You know, if you don't take the time 300 00:11:11,767 --> 00:11:13,400 to do it right the first time, 301 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,867 you'll find the time to do it again. 302 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:18,467 [Kelly] I need four more hands. 303 00:11:18,467 --> 00:11:19,834 [Amanda] Yeah, this one's tricky. 304 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:21,634 This is not my thing. 305 00:11:22,266 --> 00:11:22,967 This whole thing, 306 00:11:22,967 --> 00:11:24,667 creating this lyne arm condenser 307 00:11:24,667 --> 00:11:27,567 is something that I'm not real comfortable with at all. 308 00:11:27,567 --> 00:11:29,667 There's a couple of holes being cut in this big pipe, 309 00:11:29,667 --> 00:11:32,467 and we've got to solder in a true fitting for that, 310 00:11:32,467 --> 00:11:34,900 and that's not my expertise at all. 311 00:11:34,900 --> 00:11:36,900 Kelly is struggling a little bit 312 00:11:36,900 --> 00:11:39,266 'cause this is not what Kelly does. 313 00:11:39,266 --> 00:11:41,000 He's in excavation. 314 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,100 He could pick one of them nipples up over there 315 00:11:43,100 --> 00:11:45,500 and not bring up a bit of dirt with the excavator. 316 00:11:45,500 --> 00:11:49,667 -[Mark] Yeah. -But putting them together is not his strong suit. 317 00:11:49,667 --> 00:11:51,367 [Kelly] And on this one, I got a leak. 318 00:11:51,367 --> 00:11:54,266 [Amanada] Really? Are you sure it's not coming out the valve? 319 00:11:54,266 --> 00:11:57,266 I've gotta get this condenser fixed and right so it doesn't leak 320 00:11:57,266 --> 00:11:59,533 or I'm out of the challenge before we even get started. 321 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:02,266 [bleep] I got a leak. 322 00:12:04,567 --> 00:12:05,834 Damn it! 323 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:09,667 [Kelly] Damn it! I got a leak. 324 00:12:09,667 --> 00:12:12,667 I've gotta get this condenser fixed and right, so it doesn't leak, 325 00:12:12,667 --> 00:12:14,934 or I'm out of the challenge before we even get started. 326 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:18,000 How you coming along, Kelly? 327 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,834 -I suck. -You fix it? 328 00:12:20,300 --> 00:12:21,567 I don't know. 329 00:12:21,567 --> 00:12:24,767 [both chuckle] 330 00:12:24,767 --> 00:12:26,767 Why doesn't that surprise me? 331 00:12:26,767 --> 00:12:28,600 How many times have you done each part, buddy? 332 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:31,867 -Three. -Three? Well, the third time's always a charm. 333 00:12:31,867 --> 00:12:34,200 That's what they say. I hope like hell that's right. 334 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:35,767 Five minutes left, guys. 335 00:12:35,767 --> 00:12:37,467 If you ain't got all them leaks fixed, 336 00:12:37,467 --> 00:12:39,767 you probably ain't going to. 337 00:12:39,767 --> 00:12:41,300 [Mike] This is my wheelhouse here. 338 00:12:41,300 --> 00:12:43,767 I know what I'm doing to build this condenser 339 00:12:43,767 --> 00:12:47,467 because a real backwoods shiner, Master of the Backwoods, 340 00:12:47,467 --> 00:12:49,967 you should know how to build every piece of your still. 341 00:12:50,767 --> 00:12:52,567 But Kelly, on the other hand, 342 00:12:52,567 --> 00:12:55,000 he don't know whether he's coming or going 343 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,800 when it comes to build anything that goes to a still. 344 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:00,567 You got one, two, three, four, five, six joints. 345 00:13:00,567 --> 00:13:01,734 It can leak. 346 00:13:02,867 --> 00:13:04,166 That's encouraging, innit? 347 00:13:05,266 --> 00:13:06,567 [Amanda] Don't let it get in your head, Kelly, 348 00:13:06,567 --> 00:13:07,634 you got this. 349 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:11,400 [Kelly] This has turned that way. 350 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:13,166 I think I'm about there. 351 00:13:13,166 --> 00:13:15,600 I believe this is my last joint. 352 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:18,600 [Tater] Kelly has got a damn condenser bill. 353 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:21,634 -For a fella that don't do no soldering. I, I, I-- -You can tell it. 354 00:13:22,700 --> 00:13:24,967 -You done good. -[all laughing] 355 00:13:24,967 --> 00:13:26,166 Well, it don't look too pretty, 356 00:13:26,166 --> 00:13:27,667 but hopefully it'll work. 357 00:13:27,667 --> 00:13:30,734 -Maybe it's sealed off. -All right. All done. 358 00:13:32,667 --> 00:13:35,867 -Last, but not least. -Well, lady and gentlemen, grab them condensers. 359 00:13:35,867 --> 00:13:37,467 We're gonna go clean 'em and test 'em. 360 00:13:37,467 --> 00:13:39,367 -Lead us out there, Mark. -Here we go. 361 00:13:49,867 --> 00:13:51,800 All right. You completed your first challenge. 362 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:52,867 You made your condenser. 363 00:13:52,867 --> 00:13:53,934 They look good. 364 00:13:54,467 --> 00:13:56,000 But will they work good? 365 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:57,367 [Mark] All right, guys, 366 00:13:57,367 --> 00:13:59,567 we're gonna water pressure test 'em here 367 00:13:59,567 --> 00:14:01,100 to see if you've got any leaks. 368 00:14:01,100 --> 00:14:02,266 If you ain't got no leaks, 369 00:14:02,266 --> 00:14:04,700 there's nothing about these that's unsafe. 370 00:14:04,700 --> 00:14:06,767 So, Amanda, please. 371 00:14:07,500 --> 00:14:08,400 We don't wanna see 372 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:10,967 water coming out from anywhere, guys. 373 00:14:10,967 --> 00:14:14,767 All right. Here's your cold water coming in... 374 00:14:14,767 --> 00:14:17,166 This will be your exit water going out 375 00:14:17,166 --> 00:14:19,266 after it's done its condensin'. 376 00:14:19,266 --> 00:14:21,166 Once we get this water flowing, 377 00:14:21,166 --> 00:14:23,667 we'll slowly shut that valve off 378 00:14:23,667 --> 00:14:25,266 to keep pressure on the jacket. 379 00:14:25,266 --> 00:14:26,867 We'll see where we're at. 380 00:14:26,867 --> 00:14:28,600 We put it against a closed circuit 381 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:30,767 that will tell you if you've got a leak or not. 382 00:14:30,767 --> 00:14:32,266 Watching the judges test my condenser 383 00:14:32,266 --> 00:14:33,567 is a little bit nerve racking. 384 00:14:33,567 --> 00:14:35,767 If this condenser doesn't function properly, 385 00:14:35,767 --> 00:14:37,800 we'll eliminated from the next round of the competition. 386 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:39,166 So no matter what 387 00:14:39,166 --> 00:14:40,367 I just hope there's no leaks. 388 00:14:40,367 --> 00:14:41,734 [Digger] Here's the true test. 389 00:14:43,367 --> 00:14:44,734 That air is going out. 390 00:14:48,867 --> 00:14:50,700 I don't see any leaks, guys. 391 00:14:50,700 --> 00:14:52,867 That was nerve racking. [chuckles] 392 00:14:52,867 --> 00:14:55,567 Well, Amanda, you passed inspection. 393 00:14:55,567 --> 00:14:57,000 -Here you go. -Thank you very much. 394 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,166 -Mike. -There you go. 395 00:14:59,166 --> 00:15:00,800 [Mark] All right, here we go. 396 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:03,000 So far, we've got one can make alcohol. 397 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,300 Not gonna be a competition unless we get two. 398 00:15:05,300 --> 00:15:06,467 [Mike] Looking at this condenser, 399 00:15:06,467 --> 00:15:09,100 to me personally, it's not that big a challenge 400 00:15:09,100 --> 00:15:10,367 because I could lay in my bed 401 00:15:10,367 --> 00:15:12,033 and put it together with my eyes closed. 402 00:15:13,300 --> 00:15:14,767 [hissing] 403 00:15:16,767 --> 00:15:17,867 I hear a leak. 404 00:15:19,467 --> 00:15:21,166 I hear air leaving this. 405 00:15:21,166 --> 00:15:22,667 [Mark] No, it's just the hose. 406 00:15:22,667 --> 00:15:25,667 [Digger] Yeah. Just didn't tighten up the gasket. 407 00:15:25,667 --> 00:15:27,467 Didn't tighten it. 408 00:15:27,467 --> 00:15:30,233 -[Mark] This one's good. -[Digger] We're good to go. 409 00:15:30,567 --> 00:15:31,700 Good job, Mike. 410 00:15:31,700 --> 00:15:32,767 Appreciate it. 411 00:15:32,767 --> 00:15:35,000 We have two who can make alcohol. 412 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:36,867 Gosh! 413 00:15:36,867 --> 00:15:39,166 There you go, Mike. You passed inspection. 414 00:15:39,166 --> 00:15:40,700 -Thank you, sir. -Tater. 415 00:15:40,700 --> 00:15:43,567 See here what we got to do, what we're working with here. 416 00:15:44,667 --> 00:15:46,033 [Tater] I hope you're gentle with it. 417 00:15:48,767 --> 00:15:49,767 [Digger] Open it up. 418 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:55,266 You run against close circuit, you've got no leaks. 419 00:15:55,266 --> 00:15:57,367 I believe you're gonna be good here, Tater. 420 00:15:57,367 --> 00:15:58,800 Well, I hope so. 421 00:15:58,800 --> 00:15:59,767 I patched it through 422 00:15:59,767 --> 00:16:02,500 and got blessed with being able to run my liquor. 423 00:16:02,500 --> 00:16:04,767 But now it's the challenge of actually working 424 00:16:04,767 --> 00:16:07,066 and doing what it's designed to do. 425 00:16:07,066 --> 00:16:09,367 It looks like we've got three in the competition now. 426 00:16:09,367 --> 00:16:11,000 -All right, Richard? -Yes, sir. 427 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:11,967 [Mark] Thank you, sir. 428 00:16:11,967 --> 00:16:12,734 [Richard] We're running, like, 429 00:16:12,734 --> 00:16:13,867 a corn mash through this condenser 430 00:16:13,867 --> 00:16:16,467 that I just built, I can put something together, 431 00:16:16,467 --> 00:16:19,000 I can use it to make alcohol with? 432 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,667 There's no feeling better to me. 433 00:16:20,667 --> 00:16:23,066 [Digger] Yeah, let's see if we got something going on here. 434 00:16:25,567 --> 00:16:26,567 There's water running. 435 00:16:29,467 --> 00:16:30,467 I can hear it. 436 00:16:30,467 --> 00:16:32,467 Here's your proof in the pudding. 437 00:16:36,867 --> 00:16:38,867 [Mark] I believe that it passes muster. 438 00:16:38,867 --> 00:16:41,166 -[Digger] It does in fact. -[Tim] Mm-hmm. 439 00:16:41,166 --> 00:16:43,600 Sounds like we got four in the competition. 440 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:45,200 I'm relieved because I don't have 441 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:46,500 the best of luck with this condenser 442 00:16:46,500 --> 00:16:47,900 but I'm gonna turn that around. 443 00:16:47,900 --> 00:16:49,467 -Nice job. -Thank you. 444 00:16:49,467 --> 00:16:51,000 'Cause I was a little worried right there. 445 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,667 -[Kelly] Oh. -Least, but not last. 446 00:16:53,667 --> 00:16:55,500 -Can we not test mine? -[all laughing] 447 00:16:55,500 --> 00:16:57,166 [Mark] I think this is the one that concerns me. 448 00:16:57,166 --> 00:16:58,867 Me, too. Are you sure you want this? 449 00:16:58,867 --> 00:17:02,100 I don't want you to get eliminated before you get started. 450 00:17:02,100 --> 00:17:03,100 Me neither. 451 00:17:03,100 --> 00:17:04,400 [Mark] All right, Kelly. 452 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:06,667 I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you, boss. 453 00:17:06,667 --> 00:17:08,333 -Me too. -[Mark] Here we are. 454 00:17:09,300 --> 00:17:10,567 [Tim] I hear the water. 455 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:13,567 [Mark] It's filling up. 456 00:17:13,567 --> 00:17:14,834 [Digger] Well, here we go. 457 00:17:19,100 --> 00:17:20,133 [Mark] Well, I'll be damned. 458 00:17:20,567 --> 00:17:21,800 [exhales] 459 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:24,667 The wonders of life never cease to amaze me. 460 00:17:24,667 --> 00:17:26,600 You talk about breathing a sigh of relief. 461 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:28,767 At least I get to run some liquor. 462 00:17:28,767 --> 00:17:31,667 It would be so sad to get out of the challenge that quick. 463 00:17:31,667 --> 00:17:33,367 -Good job, Kelly. -Damn good job, Kelly. 464 00:17:33,367 --> 00:17:34,200 Came through. 465 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:36,066 Good job, Kelly. You're in the competition. 466 00:17:36,066 --> 00:17:37,800 -Thank you. -Pass it off to Kelly 467 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:39,967 and tell them how surprise-- I mean, proud we are of him. 468 00:17:39,967 --> 00:17:42,467 -[all laughing] -There you go, Kel. 469 00:17:42,467 --> 00:17:43,967 -Thank you. -[Mark] You guys done 470 00:17:43,967 --> 00:17:46,367 an excellent job assembling your condenser. 471 00:17:46,367 --> 00:17:48,967 Things are good to go. I'm very proud of all of you. 472 00:17:48,967 --> 00:17:50,200 -Appreciate it. -Thank you. 473 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:51,300 -Good job. -All right, guys, 474 00:17:51,300 --> 00:17:53,367 everybody passed muster on this one. 475 00:17:53,367 --> 00:17:55,367 Now we gotta get everybody where they need to be. 476 00:17:55,367 --> 00:17:57,367 It's time to make that corn liquor. 477 00:17:57,367 --> 00:17:58,400 A the end of this challenge, 478 00:17:58,400 --> 00:17:59,634 one of you'll be going home. 479 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:02,700 There's two many in this room right now. 480 00:18:02,700 --> 00:18:04,567 So Amanda and Kelly, you'll follow with me. 481 00:18:05,066 --> 00:18:05,967 Yes, sir. 482 00:18:05,967 --> 00:18:06,867 [Mike] Good luck, guys. 483 00:18:06,867 --> 00:18:08,767 -Thank you. -Good luck to you guys. 484 00:18:08,767 --> 00:18:10,867 All right, men, you know what to do now. 485 00:18:10,867 --> 00:18:12,100 Gotta make that liquor. 486 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,867 [Tim] All right. You all brought your own corn mash to run. 487 00:18:16,867 --> 00:18:19,767 You have three hours to complete this challenge, 488 00:18:19,767 --> 00:18:21,767 and get your best jar on the table. 489 00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:23,767 [Digger] We want 100 proof jar 490 00:18:23,767 --> 00:18:25,300 of your signature corn liquor, 491 00:18:25,300 --> 00:18:27,467 modified however you want to. 492 00:18:27,467 --> 00:18:29,367 -Your three hour starts... -[Tim] Time starts now. 493 00:18:29,367 --> 00:18:31,166 -...now. Good luck. Get with it. -Get to work. 494 00:18:40,100 --> 00:18:42,000 Oh, [bleep]. I missed the whole thing. 495 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:45,266 Tater, that mash ain't worth a damn on the floor. 496 00:18:45,266 --> 00:18:46,667 Just saying. 497 00:18:46,667 --> 00:18:50,800 -I guess that would be the angels part, wouldn't it? -Yes, sir. 498 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:53,166 Corn liquor, that's the money maker. 499 00:18:53,166 --> 00:18:54,300 I know how to make it, 500 00:18:54,300 --> 00:18:56,400 and I know how to make it damn good. 501 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:58,467 Gonna try to add a different profile to it. 502 00:18:58,467 --> 00:19:00,767 I figured, heck, I'll just think outside the box 503 00:19:00,767 --> 00:19:02,800 and try to make me some coconut moonshine. 504 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:05,100 So I added coconut milk to my mash. 505 00:19:05,100 --> 00:19:07,367 That's just like I'd do it if I'm in wood. 506 00:19:07,367 --> 00:19:09,700 The only thing about it is if they want anything special, 507 00:19:09,700 --> 00:19:11,066 they've had to put it in their mash 508 00:19:11,066 --> 00:19:12,166 'cause they ain't got no thump keg. 509 00:19:12,166 --> 00:19:14,066 They got no thumper to work with. 510 00:19:14,066 --> 00:19:17,000 Mike's mash is a little bit browner than Tater's. 511 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:17,967 [Richard] It smells good. 512 00:19:17,967 --> 00:19:19,467 What did you put in that mash, man? 513 00:19:19,467 --> 00:19:23,500 I put a little salted caramel in with my corn mash. 514 00:19:23,500 --> 00:19:25,867 -Salted caramel? -Yeah, just to see if I can transfer 515 00:19:25,867 --> 00:19:26,867 some of that flavor over. 516 00:19:26,867 --> 00:19:27,934 Since we don't have no thump, 517 00:19:27,934 --> 00:19:30,200 no nothing, coming straight from the pot to a jar... 518 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,200 Everybody loves salted caramel, right? 519 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:34,900 But, you know, put something like a salted caramel syrup 520 00:19:34,900 --> 00:19:37,367 into a corn mash like that is always a big risk. 521 00:19:37,367 --> 00:19:40,467 This could make my alcohol fiery as all hell. 522 00:19:40,467 --> 00:19:43,100 That's why I'm gonna go as slow as possible. 523 00:19:43,100 --> 00:19:44,834 I call that kettle corn liquor. 524 00:19:45,266 --> 00:19:47,667 [giggling] 525 00:19:47,667 --> 00:19:48,667 [Mike] Whoo! 526 00:19:50,467 --> 00:19:51,667 What'd you put in yours? 527 00:19:51,667 --> 00:19:53,266 Just some oats. That's all. 528 00:19:53,266 --> 00:19:54,767 -Oats. -Corn and oats. 529 00:19:54,767 --> 00:19:57,667 My plan for this run is to just come out alive. 530 00:19:57,667 --> 00:19:59,700 'Cause this run is an elimination round. 531 00:19:59,700 --> 00:20:00,767 So I just wanna make sure that 532 00:20:00,767 --> 00:20:02,400 I don't go too fancy with it. 533 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:05,667 Just turn in a real good, clean jar of liquor. 534 00:20:05,667 --> 00:20:08,100 I'm okay if they just leave it the way it is. 535 00:20:08,100 --> 00:20:10,767 I'm a huge fan of corn liquor as it is. 536 00:20:10,767 --> 00:20:13,100 -Yeah. -What do you reckon Kelly and Amanda did 537 00:20:13,100 --> 00:20:15,266 -with their mash? -I don't know. 538 00:20:15,266 --> 00:20:16,700 [Kelly] Are you gonna try to run all your mash, 539 00:20:16,700 --> 00:20:18,200 what are you doing on that? 540 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:19,400 No, sir. I'm gonna leave 541 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:21,600 some headspace on top of the pot. 542 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:24,166 [Kelly] What did you end up doing special to your mash 543 00:20:24,166 --> 00:20:25,066 to make flavors? 544 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,667 Well, it's a corn based mash, 545 00:20:27,667 --> 00:20:29,200 but I put a little peach in there. 546 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:31,567 [Amanda] Some peach puree and some fresh peaches. 547 00:20:31,567 --> 00:20:32,266 I went with peaches. 548 00:20:32,266 --> 00:20:34,400 I know it's a really good option. 549 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:37,600 And I know some of the judges really have favoritism towards peaches. 550 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:40,166 Compliments the corn, I think, a little bit. 551 00:20:40,166 --> 00:20:41,800 This is a Backwoods competition, 552 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:43,500 and if we can't bring it in this round, 553 00:20:43,500 --> 00:20:44,967 we don't deserve to be in the next one. 554 00:20:44,967 --> 00:20:46,900 How about you, Kelly, what'd you put in yours? 555 00:20:46,900 --> 00:20:51,567 Well, I just decided I'd go with straight up corn. 556 00:20:51,567 --> 00:20:53,300 [Amanda] As long as you made a good corn liquor. 557 00:20:53,300 --> 00:20:55,367 Yeah, we'll make it work. 558 00:20:55,367 --> 00:20:59,367 I want my corn liquor to just be straight up plain corn liquor. 559 00:20:59,367 --> 00:21:01,800 [Kelly] I think anybody that couldn't make good corn liquor, 560 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:03,867 don't need to be in a Backwoods challenge. 561 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:08,433 Kelly, you lost? 562 00:21:09,700 --> 00:21:12,066 I'm just trying to figure out the sequence of events 563 00:21:12,066 --> 00:21:13,867 that needs to take place here. 564 00:21:13,867 --> 00:21:15,500 I've never used a condenser like that 565 00:21:15,500 --> 00:21:18,166 that has anything to do with what we're doing. 566 00:21:18,166 --> 00:21:21,000 Well, this type of condenser, I've never even seen operate, 567 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,934 so I'm afraid I might get myself in trouble. 568 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,066 Hm. Hm, hm, hm. 569 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:32,867 Kelly, you lost? 570 00:21:32,867 --> 00:21:34,567 I've never used a condenser like that 571 00:21:34,567 --> 00:21:36,667 that has anything to do with what we're doing. 572 00:21:36,667 --> 00:21:39,200 This type of condenser, I've never even seen operate, 573 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,867 so I'm kind of just trying to figure that out. 574 00:21:41,867 --> 00:21:43,667 I don't know how confident I am 575 00:21:43,667 --> 00:21:46,467 in hooking this dang condenser up like that, are you? 576 00:21:46,467 --> 00:21:47,867 I'll give you a hand, we can figure it out. 577 00:21:47,867 --> 00:21:49,100 [Amanda] I'm gonna leave my cap off up. 578 00:21:49,100 --> 00:21:50,600 Let's figure out yours first. 579 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,500 [Kelly] You know, me and Amanda are in a competition, 580 00:21:52,500 --> 00:21:54,967 but she's willing to help and just share in her knowledge. 581 00:21:54,967 --> 00:21:56,867 It's just a fact of Backwoods life 582 00:21:56,867 --> 00:21:58,667 that we try to work together and help one another. 583 00:21:58,667 --> 00:22:00,567 Yeah, you can put the hose on the bottom. 584 00:22:00,567 --> 00:22:02,166 [Amanda] The one thing that I'm concerned about 585 00:22:02,166 --> 00:22:04,000 is jut kind of running this condenser. 586 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,266 It's totally new to me. I've never done this before. 587 00:22:06,266 --> 00:22:09,166 But these are all really important parts of making liquor in the Backwoods. 588 00:22:09,166 --> 00:22:11,600 So, the only way to learn is to do it. 589 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:13,467 All right, no leaks. Cool. 590 00:22:16,266 --> 00:22:18,400 -[Richard] Mike, you good? -[Mike] Yes, sir. 591 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,967 I've actually used these type of condensers before, 592 00:22:20,967 --> 00:22:22,233 and I know that 593 00:22:22,233 --> 00:22:25,433 I have got run it as slow as I could possibly run this still 594 00:22:26,166 --> 00:22:27,634 to try to get that perfect jar. 595 00:22:28,467 --> 00:22:30,467 That right there will work out, won't it? 596 00:22:30,467 --> 00:22:32,500 [Digger] It will in fact. 597 00:22:32,500 --> 00:22:35,467 [Richard] The only advantage to having a condenser like that is... 598 00:22:35,467 --> 00:22:37,100 as soon as that gets hot, 599 00:22:37,100 --> 00:22:38,600 -it's coming. -It's coming. 600 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:40,467 [Richard] Typically in the moonshine making process, 601 00:22:40,467 --> 00:22:42,500 we'd have something much much bigger than this. 602 00:22:42,500 --> 00:22:44,166 [Richard] But if you're gonna be a Backwoods Master, 603 00:22:44,166 --> 00:22:46,367 it would be necessary to know about different condensers 604 00:22:46,367 --> 00:22:47,233 and what they do. 605 00:22:47,233 --> 00:22:49,266 I'm familiar with this type of condenser, 606 00:22:49,266 --> 00:22:52,166 so I'm feeling confident. 607 00:22:52,166 --> 00:22:54,400 I like them condensers there. 608 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:55,767 [Digger] Yeah, they're ideal. 609 00:22:55,767 --> 00:22:59,600 I mean, that was original of them just running a trough full of water. 610 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:02,100 Now, I have never ever used one of these condensers, 611 00:23:02,100 --> 00:23:05,100 but being a hillbilly or Backwoods shiner, 612 00:23:05,100 --> 00:23:07,367 I'm pretty confident in how I do things, 613 00:23:07,367 --> 00:23:10,967 so I can pretty much accomplish anything I set my mind to. 614 00:23:10,967 --> 00:23:13,767 Fellers, you're halfway home. 615 00:23:13,767 --> 00:23:16,600 [Digger] Burned an hour and a half. You got an hour and a half. 616 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:18,266 Make 'em minutes count. 617 00:23:18,266 --> 00:23:20,400 -Won't be long now, will it? -[Richard] No. 618 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,967 [Digger] We're looking for that bench mark of 100 proof. 619 00:23:22,967 --> 00:23:25,066 That's gonna put their skills to the test. 620 00:23:25,066 --> 00:23:28,200 [Mark] Well, they know when it's holding a bead and when it ain't. 621 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,567 [digger] Well, you know, that's another thing that kind of trick you, 622 00:23:30,567 --> 00:23:32,567 when you have something to the mash, 623 00:23:32,567 --> 00:23:34,867 sometimes it can give you a false bead, 624 00:23:34,867 --> 00:23:39,667 so that's gonna rely on the eyeball and the palate as well, I believe. 625 00:23:39,667 --> 00:23:41,700 [Richard] Yeah, I'm starting to get a few drips down here, Tater. 626 00:23:41,700 --> 00:23:42,600 Oh, you are? 627 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:44,166 [Mike] He's running wide open. 628 00:23:44,166 --> 00:23:45,900 [Tater] It's coming out, boss. 629 00:23:45,900 --> 00:23:47,667 Get a little stream, ain't it? 630 00:23:47,667 --> 00:23:50,867 I'm starting to drip right now and I'm only at 165. 631 00:23:50,867 --> 00:23:53,934 I wonder what that old Kelly and Amanda has done over there. 632 00:23:54,567 --> 00:23:56,634 Looky here, boom. 633 00:24:00,066 --> 00:24:01,900 [Kelly] Alcohol is hot. 634 00:24:01,900 --> 00:24:03,967 -[Tim] You hear it, Amanda? -[Amanda] Ten-four. 635 00:24:05,867 --> 00:24:08,467 -Peekin' at my flames? -[Kelly] Yep. 636 00:24:08,467 --> 00:24:11,166 -I feel okay about it. -[Amanda] I am good. 637 00:24:11,166 --> 00:24:12,600 This ain't my first rodeo, Kelly. 638 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:13,867 -I know, but I... -[both chuckling] 639 00:24:13,867 --> 00:24:15,867 I appreciate it, though. I appreciate it. 640 00:24:15,867 --> 00:24:18,567 I feel like we're all veterans of making a corn liquor. 641 00:24:18,567 --> 00:24:20,100 So the real challenge here 642 00:24:20,100 --> 00:24:22,300 is gonna be how our condensers function for us. 643 00:24:22,300 --> 00:24:24,000 [Amanda] I'm tasting peaches. 644 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,266 -[Kelly] What do you think? -I'm surprised my peaches 645 00:24:25,266 --> 00:24:27,700 are actually coming through a lot better than I thought it would. 646 00:24:27,700 --> 00:24:28,867 -Really? -[Amanda] Yeah. 647 00:24:28,867 --> 00:24:30,700 I'm still a little bit up there on the proof, 648 00:24:30,700 --> 00:24:32,266 but I can taste it. 649 00:24:32,266 --> 00:24:35,667 Right off the bat, I'm getting a really strong peach flavor. 650 00:24:35,667 --> 00:24:37,900 [Amanda] But the bead is really throwing me off on this. 651 00:24:37,900 --> 00:24:39,700 The liquor is still crystal clear, 652 00:24:39,700 --> 00:24:40,834 and it tastes very high proof, 653 00:24:40,834 --> 00:24:43,867 but I'm not getting a strong bead like I'm used to. 654 00:24:43,867 --> 00:24:45,767 [Amanda] Um, how's your proof holding up? 655 00:24:45,767 --> 00:24:49,166 I think I'm still a little hot. I'm probably around 110 or so. 656 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,066 Look, number four. 657 00:24:53,567 --> 00:24:54,800 Ooh. 658 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:56,467 -[Kelly] That went below 90, didn't it? Right? -[Amanda] Yeah. 659 00:24:56,467 --> 00:24:58,900 I would say it's below. Definitely below a hundred. 660 00:24:58,900 --> 00:25:00,233 [Tim] The important thing is 661 00:25:00,233 --> 00:25:02,667 that you're gettin' the taste profile that you was looking for. 662 00:25:02,667 --> 00:25:06,000 Remember what I said, if you can't drink it, I can't drink it. 663 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,467 -Yeah. -[laughs] 664 00:25:07,467 --> 00:25:09,166 That tastes perfectly fine for me. 665 00:25:09,166 --> 00:25:10,967 [Amanda] Come on, perfect jar. 666 00:25:10,967 --> 00:25:12,867 All right, you're two hours in. 667 00:25:12,867 --> 00:25:16,200 You got one hour left. Sixty minutes left. 668 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:17,934 [Richard] That's gonna be it, right there. 669 00:25:18,467 --> 00:25:19,667 Tater, how's it comin'? 670 00:25:19,667 --> 00:25:20,967 [Tater] It tastes like butter. 671 00:25:20,967 --> 00:25:23,867 I like the texture of it, the mouth feel. 672 00:25:23,867 --> 00:25:26,100 I'm not really gettin' a lot of coconut, 673 00:25:26,100 --> 00:25:29,567 but I'm gettin' a real good buttery note like I was shooting for 674 00:25:29,567 --> 00:25:32,400 which will end up being a good, smooth corn liquor. 675 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,300 Well, how's yours, Richard? Did your oats come out yet? 676 00:25:35,300 --> 00:25:36,967 I think the oats came out a little bit. 677 00:25:36,967 --> 00:25:38,467 You're sowing your oats to it? 678 00:25:38,467 --> 00:25:40,266 -I'm sowing my royal oats today. -[Tater] Okay. 679 00:25:40,266 --> 00:25:43,500 [Richard] This condenser is working properly. 680 00:25:43,500 --> 00:25:46,066 I can taste the corn. I can smell the corn. 681 00:25:46,066 --> 00:25:47,500 I can smell the oats. 682 00:25:47,500 --> 00:25:50,800 I mean, I know that this thing is running like it's supposed to be running, 683 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,967 and I think it should give me something really pleasant to turn in to the judges. 684 00:25:55,166 --> 00:25:57,867 So six was too bad, five was not good, 685 00:25:57,867 --> 00:26:00,066 four was all right, three was too hot. 686 00:26:00,066 --> 00:26:02,066 The mixes between three and four, 687 00:26:02,066 --> 00:26:04,100 we come up with this meister. 688 00:26:04,100 --> 00:26:05,266 [digger] I think, at this point, 689 00:26:05,266 --> 00:26:08,667 we've got a really, really big competition on our head. 690 00:26:08,667 --> 00:26:10,567 [Digger] It's gonna be a tight race. 691 00:26:10,567 --> 00:26:13,000 Oh, yeah. When you take five people that knows 692 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:14,900 what they're doing, is... to the level, 693 00:26:14,900 --> 00:26:16,867 if these guys know what they're doing, 694 00:26:16,867 --> 00:26:19,333 it ain't got no choice but to be a tiebreaker. 695 00:26:19,967 --> 00:26:22,166 Thirty minutes left, gentlemen. 696 00:26:22,166 --> 00:26:25,567 If you ain't got your sweet jar, you probably ain't going to. 697 00:26:26,266 --> 00:26:27,700 [Mike shrieks] [bleep] 698 00:26:27,700 --> 00:26:29,667 -[Richard] It's hot. -[Tater] I knowed you would. 699 00:26:29,667 --> 00:26:30,467 -[Richard] It's hot? -Damn. 700 00:26:30,467 --> 00:26:32,266 [Tater] How's things going over there? 701 00:26:32,266 --> 00:26:33,500 [laughs] 702 00:26:33,500 --> 00:26:36,467 Smell that wonderful salted caramel. 703 00:26:36,467 --> 00:26:39,000 [Digger] With salted caramel, smelling good, Mike. 704 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:40,467 [Tater] Mike is tough competition. 705 00:26:40,467 --> 00:26:42,200 He knows how to win these things. 706 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,100 He's got this whole room filled up with salted caramel. 707 00:26:45,100 --> 00:26:46,667 It really smells good. 708 00:26:46,667 --> 00:26:49,200 So it's makin' me a little nervous about Mike. 709 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,700 Well I'll tell you what, Mike, I smell that salted caramel way over here, man. 710 00:26:52,700 --> 00:26:54,467 My alcohol has a fabulous taste. 711 00:26:54,467 --> 00:26:57,266 That salted caramel is coming through really nice, 712 00:26:57,266 --> 00:26:59,900 but my alcohol is a little bit fiery. 713 00:26:59,900 --> 00:27:00,667 Still hot? 714 00:27:00,667 --> 00:27:03,100 [chuckles] Hell yeah. 715 00:27:03,100 --> 00:27:05,000 Bet this right here is still burnin'. 716 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,834 [Mike] That is just crazy. 717 00:27:10,500 --> 00:27:11,533 Look at that. 718 00:27:11,533 --> 00:27:14,266 -Still burning. -Look, you can even see the flame 719 00:27:14,266 --> 00:27:15,500 on my fifth jar, man. 720 00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:17,066 [groans loudly] 721 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,667 I got to get 'em that 100 proof jar liquor 722 00:27:20,667 --> 00:27:22,166 without it being too fiery. 723 00:27:22,166 --> 00:27:24,934 And that's gonna be my biggest challenge here today. 724 00:27:30,700 --> 00:27:33,300 I'm kind of shocked we didn't have at least one leak. 725 00:27:33,300 --> 00:27:35,567 [Mark] You know, just the law of average, 726 00:27:35,567 --> 00:27:37,667 -one of those should've leaked. -[digger] Yeah. 727 00:27:37,667 --> 00:27:38,834 [Mark chuckles] 728 00:27:41,266 --> 00:27:43,667 Well, the thing about it is, usually, 729 00:27:43,667 --> 00:27:46,567 -everybody's not a pro at everything, you know. -[Digger] Yes. 730 00:27:46,567 --> 00:27:48,467 There are very few of them, start to finish, 731 00:27:48,467 --> 00:27:51,667 can build a still, build a mash, and then run the liquor. 732 00:27:53,900 --> 00:27:55,367 [Tater] I believe I'm gonna call it, boys. 733 00:27:55,367 --> 00:27:57,266 I think I'm done. All I can do. 734 00:27:57,266 --> 00:27:58,900 [Digger] Well, with five minutes left, 735 00:27:58,900 --> 00:28:01,867 I'm gonna say pretty much all of you better be done. 736 00:28:01,867 --> 00:28:02,834 [Tater] Yep. 737 00:28:02,834 --> 00:28:05,467 Well, I didn't take a big risk with the coconut, 738 00:28:05,467 --> 00:28:07,867 but the oils that's in it I think may be 739 00:28:07,867 --> 00:28:10,367 taking the bite out the corn, so to speak, 740 00:28:10,367 --> 00:28:12,300 making it have a smoother finish. 741 00:28:12,300 --> 00:28:14,166 Jar number five, boss. 742 00:28:14,166 --> 00:28:17,100 -[Digger] Okay, Tater, head on back to your station. -All right then, thank you. 743 00:28:17,100 --> 00:28:18,367 [judges] Good luck. 744 00:28:18,367 --> 00:28:21,900 All right, men, you got your two minute warning right now. 745 00:28:21,900 --> 00:28:23,033 Well... 746 00:28:23,467 --> 00:28:25,000 I'm gonna turn this in. 747 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:26,600 I'm so happy about this jar. 748 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,500 It has a real good backwoods corn flavor to it, 749 00:28:29,500 --> 00:28:30,767 and I could taste the oats in it. 750 00:28:30,767 --> 00:28:32,934 I think it's gonna be something the judges would like. 751 00:28:34,066 --> 00:28:35,100 I like that right there. 752 00:28:35,100 --> 00:28:37,066 -Looks good. -Good luck. 753 00:28:37,066 --> 00:28:38,066 [Richard] Thank you all! 754 00:28:38,467 --> 00:28:39,300 [Digger] Mikey... 755 00:28:39,300 --> 00:28:42,100 I've got a jar sittin' here ready, guys. 756 00:28:42,100 --> 00:28:44,667 [Mike] The taste of my jar's comin' through really nice. 757 00:28:44,667 --> 00:28:46,467 The salted caramel flavor was there, 758 00:28:46,467 --> 00:28:48,567 but the backend is a little bit fiery. 759 00:28:48,567 --> 00:28:50,600 [Mike] I'm taking a risk turning this jar in. 760 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:52,333 But that's all I have to offer. 761 00:28:53,467 --> 00:28:54,867 -[Mike] There you go. -Well, 762 00:28:54,867 --> 00:28:57,634 we've got three good, clear jars of liquor. 763 00:29:00,166 --> 00:29:01,767 That's good. What jar is that? 764 00:29:01,767 --> 00:29:02,800 Number seven. 765 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:04,367 Very smooth. 766 00:29:04,367 --> 00:29:05,767 [Tim] All right, guys, you got one minute. 767 00:29:05,767 --> 00:29:08,767 Better start figuring out what jar you want to turn in. 768 00:29:08,767 --> 00:29:11,367 Man, it don't get any clearer than that. 769 00:29:11,367 --> 00:29:14,367 [Kelly] Amanda, I think I'm ready to turn this one in then. 770 00:29:14,367 --> 00:29:16,000 I taste this corn liquor and... 771 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,800 even though, I took a risk here not putting any flavor in, 772 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:22,700 and it's given me the true, good corn flavor that I really, really like, 773 00:29:22,700 --> 00:29:25,066 I'm hopin' that's somethin' the judges really love. 774 00:29:25,066 --> 00:29:29,367 A jar of good, clear corn liquor. 775 00:29:29,367 --> 00:29:30,967 It looks good. 776 00:29:30,967 --> 00:29:33,200 I hope you guys enjoy. 777 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:34,867 [Kelly] Just comin' round the bead. 778 00:29:34,867 --> 00:29:37,367 Amanda, you got about 30 seconds left. 779 00:29:37,367 --> 00:29:38,300 You got plenty of time. 780 00:29:38,300 --> 00:29:40,467 I'm just gonna stop obsessing about the bead, 781 00:29:40,467 --> 00:29:41,300 'cause it's not getting me anywhere. 782 00:29:41,300 --> 00:29:42,967 It's all about taste, right? 783 00:29:42,967 --> 00:29:45,767 I was really happy with the outcome of the entire run, 784 00:29:45,767 --> 00:29:49,066 and I got to that perfect jar of corn with peach. 785 00:29:49,066 --> 00:29:50,934 [Amanda] And I just hope the judges agree. 786 00:29:52,667 --> 00:29:53,400 There you go. 787 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,667 [Tim] Oi, Amanda, that looks good. 788 00:29:55,667 --> 00:29:56,767 I love peach brandy. 789 00:29:56,767 --> 00:29:58,567 I may or may not have known that. 790 00:29:58,567 --> 00:30:00,266 -[laughs] You do now. -Mm-hm. 791 00:30:00,266 --> 00:30:02,667 Amanda and Kelly, we'll take these two jars here, 792 00:30:02,667 --> 00:30:04,000 catch up with Mark and Digger. 793 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:05,667 -Good deal. -Y'all comin' with me. 794 00:30:05,667 --> 00:30:07,100 -Let's all get out of here. -Sounds good. 795 00:30:07,100 --> 00:30:08,433 -Thank you. -After you, ma'am. 796 00:30:11,300 --> 00:30:14,467 -Master of the Backwoods. -Master of the Backwoods. 797 00:30:14,467 --> 00:30:17,867 You guys, here we are with no less than what I expected. 798 00:30:17,867 --> 00:30:21,266 Five gem clear jars of liquor. 799 00:30:21,266 --> 00:30:24,600 Look what a challenge they had today, they came in this morning, 800 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:28,467 run a run on a brand new condenser that they made. 801 00:30:28,467 --> 00:30:30,266 That's the backwoods in 'em. 802 00:30:30,266 --> 00:30:32,166 Well, you know, we wasn't gonna get nothing less. 803 00:30:32,166 --> 00:30:35,667 We got the five best Backwoods moonshiners. 804 00:30:35,667 --> 00:30:38,266 We ain't gonna know unless we get started, Timmy. 805 00:30:38,266 --> 00:30:40,667 -[Mark] Let's start right there on the end, then. -Start right there on the end, 806 00:30:40,667 --> 00:30:41,533 that suits me. 807 00:30:41,533 --> 00:30:44,200 I've decided to give a try to somethin' new 808 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:48,200 since I had done a different rig that I never run before. 809 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:49,367 That's always the time to try something. 810 00:30:49,367 --> 00:30:51,066 Oh, heck. Yeah, I figured I'd 811 00:30:51,066 --> 00:30:53,367 just stick my neck out and get it cut off. 812 00:30:53,367 --> 00:30:54,967 [laughter] 813 00:30:54,967 --> 00:30:56,634 -Tater. -Tater. 814 00:30:58,100 --> 00:31:01,467 Looks like a jar of crystal clear glacier water. 815 00:31:01,467 --> 00:31:03,667 All right, let's see what the bead looks like. 816 00:31:03,667 --> 00:31:05,100 [Digger] Right nice. 817 00:31:05,100 --> 00:31:06,867 I'll know more when it hits my palate. 818 00:31:06,867 --> 00:31:09,700 [Digger] He put a little bit of coconut in there. 819 00:31:09,700 --> 00:31:11,400 [Tim] Coconut, uh-oh. 820 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:13,166 [Digger] I get a little on my nose. 821 00:31:13,166 --> 00:31:14,967 [Tim] I can smell that coconut. 822 00:31:17,567 --> 00:31:19,066 [Tim] Nice and smooth. 823 00:31:19,066 --> 00:31:21,567 It's a little bit different than straight corn now. 824 00:31:21,567 --> 00:31:24,367 I guess, because of the coconut milk. 825 00:31:24,367 --> 00:31:26,533 I know it's got a little weird finish on it. 826 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:29,367 -[Tim] True. -I'm telling you. 827 00:31:29,367 --> 00:31:31,300 [Digger] He ain't supposed to swallow it whole. 828 00:31:31,300 --> 00:31:34,300 Well, I'm pretty partial to it, though. It's good. 829 00:31:34,300 --> 00:31:36,967 Well, I say we've moved on to number two. 830 00:31:36,967 --> 00:31:40,000 All right, next jar Richard corn liquor. 831 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,000 It's definitely a clear jar. 832 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,066 That's as clear as you can get a jar liquor. 833 00:31:44,066 --> 00:31:45,300 -See what he's working with. -Yeah. 834 00:31:45,300 --> 00:31:47,000 [Mark] It's holding that bead nice. 835 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:48,400 [Digger] Mm-hmm. 836 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:55,433 -[Digger] That corn liquor. -[Mark] That's corn liquor on the nose. 837 00:31:56,667 --> 00:31:57,667 [Digger] I mean, I'm pretty certain 838 00:31:57,667 --> 00:31:59,600 that's gonna be in the hundred, 839 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:02,667 but it's hitting the palate like a 90 proof liquor. 840 00:32:02,667 --> 00:32:03,900 [Richard] I just did some oats, 841 00:32:03,900 --> 00:32:05,367 threw some oats in with some corn 842 00:32:05,367 --> 00:32:07,867 and keep it in the grain family. 843 00:32:07,867 --> 00:32:09,300 [Richard] It came out pretty good. 844 00:32:09,300 --> 00:32:11,166 I think Richard did an outstanding job. 845 00:32:11,166 --> 00:32:12,900 [Mark] Richard's done a great job. 846 00:32:12,900 --> 00:32:13,867 Nothing wrong with that. 847 00:32:13,867 --> 00:32:16,166 There's nothing wrong with it. 848 00:32:16,166 --> 00:32:18,100 But, you know, he wasted his time putting them oaks 849 00:32:18,100 --> 00:32:20,767 -in then. -I don't think it brought anything else to the party. 850 00:32:20,767 --> 00:32:22,567 Could have just used them for breakfast. 851 00:32:22,567 --> 00:32:23,600 -Yep. -[laughs] 852 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:24,967 [Tim] Let's go to Mike. 853 00:32:24,967 --> 00:32:26,166 And another pretty jar. 854 00:32:26,166 --> 00:32:27,066 I'm telling you. 855 00:32:27,066 --> 00:32:29,400 I think that's the clearest jar on the table. 856 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:31,166 If it gets in the clear, I ain't gonna be able to tell 857 00:32:31,166 --> 00:32:32,100 if there's anything in it. 858 00:32:33,367 --> 00:32:35,100 He might be a little north of a hundred. 859 00:32:35,100 --> 00:32:37,600 I'm telling you, they ain't five points difference 860 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:39,500 in these three jars proofs so far. 861 00:32:39,500 --> 00:32:41,166 -[Mark] Are they smelling good? -Hmm. 862 00:32:41,166 --> 00:32:43,567 I'm getting a little of that caramel on the nose. 863 00:32:43,567 --> 00:32:46,100 You know, about the 100 proof jar that I turned in. 864 00:32:46,100 --> 00:32:48,867 Yeah, you can taste the salty caramel on the back side, 865 00:32:48,867 --> 00:32:52,867 but truly, the corn was, you know, the ballplayer. 866 00:32:52,867 --> 00:32:55,467 It's got a real floral something in there on it. 867 00:32:55,467 --> 00:32:57,467 [Mark] It's a little harsh on the back, ain't it? 868 00:32:57,467 --> 00:32:59,667 -It is. -That's a little different, again. 869 00:32:59,667 --> 00:33:02,700 [stuttering] It goes back into the category of Tater. 870 00:33:02,700 --> 00:33:04,900 [stuttering] You know it's corn liquor, 871 00:33:04,900 --> 00:33:07,300 and it's got a little twist to it, in between. 872 00:33:07,300 --> 00:33:09,767 It's not a good twist like it was with Tater's. 873 00:33:09,767 --> 00:33:13,300 I like the flavor of it. I don't like the harshness. 874 00:33:13,300 --> 00:33:14,600 Would that caramel would... 875 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:16,967 Would that cause that harshness on the back end? 876 00:33:16,967 --> 00:33:18,867 That's the only thing I could blame it on. 877 00:33:18,867 --> 00:33:21,100 Sad, because the taste is delicious. 878 00:33:21,100 --> 00:33:22,867 [Digger] And it's time for Kelly. 879 00:33:22,867 --> 00:33:24,367 [Tim grunts] All right. 880 00:33:24,367 --> 00:33:26,367 That is a clear jar. 881 00:33:26,367 --> 00:33:27,934 -[Digger] All right. -Yeah, it's really nice. 882 00:33:28,667 --> 00:33:30,734 -[Mark] Oh. -[Digger] Hmm. 883 00:33:31,500 --> 00:33:33,600 That's telling me it's a little high. 884 00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:38,567 I actually just stuck with straight up corn liquor mash 885 00:33:38,567 --> 00:33:40,867 and didn't try to put any kind of flavor in it. 886 00:33:40,867 --> 00:33:43,100 Here's why. I done Master Distiller. 887 00:33:43,100 --> 00:33:45,567 And the more I messed with it, the worse it got. 888 00:33:45,567 --> 00:33:48,867 -[all laugh] -You might have learned something, Kelly. 889 00:33:48,867 --> 00:33:51,066 [Digger] Kelly didn't add anything to his corn liquor. 890 00:33:51,066 --> 00:33:52,166 -[Mark] No. -[Tim] No, he run straight corn. 891 00:33:52,166 --> 00:33:55,000 And he's, he's brought us a 90 proof jar. 892 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:56,266 I think you's right on that. 893 00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:57,934 [Tim] Mmm. 894 00:33:58,567 --> 00:33:59,867 That's a good taste. 895 00:33:59,867 --> 00:34:01,100 [Mark] Really good. 896 00:34:01,100 --> 00:34:02,166 I like it a lot. 897 00:34:02,166 --> 00:34:03,600 [Digger] Yeah, I wouldn't tell him this 898 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:06,066 because he'd get calluses all over his hand 899 00:34:06,066 --> 00:34:07,800 and back patting himself. 900 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:10,867 [smacks lips] That's probably as good a jar of corn liquor we've had in a while. 901 00:34:10,867 --> 00:34:12,567 -All right. -Professor. 902 00:34:12,567 --> 00:34:15,767 Professor Amanda. Peach and corn liquor. 903 00:34:15,767 --> 00:34:18,066 [Mark] This one could be a game changer. 904 00:34:18,066 --> 00:34:20,600 You just like the fact there is peach on that lid. 905 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:23,000 [Mark] Well, I like it too. Look at that jar. 906 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:24,166 -How clear it is. -[Digger] Mm-hmm. 907 00:34:24,166 --> 00:34:25,166 All right. 908 00:34:26,300 --> 00:34:28,667 Well, I'm saying she's right around 100. 909 00:34:28,667 --> 00:34:29,867 -[Tim] Yeah? -[Digger] Yeah. 910 00:34:29,867 --> 00:34:32,333 -[Mark] 105. -We'll know here in a minute. 911 00:34:33,367 --> 00:34:36,367 It has got a little octane in there on the nose. 912 00:34:37,266 --> 00:34:38,767 [Digger] And I get a little peach in there. 913 00:34:39,867 --> 00:34:42,767 [Mark] She put white peach puree in it. 914 00:34:42,767 --> 00:34:45,500 You know that goes a long way for flavor. 915 00:34:45,500 --> 00:34:47,767 Did your peach carry through? 916 00:34:47,767 --> 00:34:49,700 -Did it? -Way more than I thought it would. 917 00:34:49,700 --> 00:34:53,667 And that right there is totally different than anything on the table. 918 00:34:54,467 --> 00:34:55,433 Wow! 919 00:34:55,433 --> 00:34:57,900 I know one thing. That is a good drink. [laughs] 920 00:34:57,900 --> 00:34:59,567 It's got a little tiny bit of fire, 921 00:34:59,567 --> 00:35:02,066 but it's not unpleasant and it's not on the end. 922 00:35:02,066 --> 00:35:03,400 It's right there in the middle. 923 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,166 It's not a peach brandy. 924 00:35:05,166 --> 00:35:07,367 But it's been kissed with a little peach fuzz. 925 00:35:07,367 --> 00:35:10,867 Just enough to really set it above the rest. 926 00:35:10,867 --> 00:35:12,567 And it's so smooth. 927 00:35:12,567 --> 00:35:14,667 There's almost nothing to say bad about that. 928 00:35:14,667 --> 00:35:15,800 I mean, hell, on the end, 929 00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:18,567 it's like you just took a little drink of water, honestly. 930 00:35:18,567 --> 00:35:20,967 Damn it! What we say about her? 931 00:35:20,967 --> 00:35:23,800 We say nothing, but thank you for coming to the competition. 932 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,767 -[Digger] Yeah. -And this ain't went the way I thought it I would. 933 00:35:26,767 --> 00:35:28,800 No, absolutely not. 934 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:32,166 Guys, what did we do to deserve a job like this? 935 00:35:32,166 --> 00:35:36,500 We got five really great jars of liquor here. 936 00:35:36,500 --> 00:35:39,967 But one that just lacked a little something on that back end. 937 00:35:39,967 --> 00:35:42,600 I'm just glad you get to tell them and not me. 938 00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:44,266 [beep] You ain't never cared. 939 00:35:44,266 --> 00:35:46,166 -[Tim laughs] -[Digger] Let's go do it. 940 00:35:50,767 --> 00:35:51,767 Now, what I wanna know is 941 00:35:51,767 --> 00:35:53,400 what them judges are thinking right now. 942 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:55,100 They're thinking they're gonna cut one up. 943 00:35:55,100 --> 00:35:56,333 One of the five of us. 944 00:35:56,333 --> 00:35:59,300 [stutters] I'm the one that's actually from back in the hills. 945 00:35:59,300 --> 00:36:00,967 And this is a Backwoods challenge. 946 00:36:00,967 --> 00:36:03,867 So I wouldn't mind losing that to all y'all. 947 00:36:03,867 --> 00:36:06,467 -Y'all... -So you want to drop out, then, Richard? 948 00:36:06,467 --> 00:36:08,000 -Is that what you're saying? -No, I won't do that. 949 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:09,100 Richard said he wants to drop out. 950 00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:10,667 -[all laughing] -[Richard] No, I won't do that. 951 00:36:10,667 --> 00:36:11,834 It only seems fair 952 00:36:11,834 --> 00:36:14,767 that since there was two in that room and three in this room, 953 00:36:14,767 --> 00:36:17,567 next time, there should only be two of you guys left. 954 00:36:17,567 --> 00:36:19,767 I don't know which one of you guys they're gonna cut. 955 00:36:19,767 --> 00:36:22,367 -It's probably gonna be me. -[all laughing] 956 00:36:30,967 --> 00:36:32,767 [Digger] All right, guys, come up and get your jars. 957 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:34,934 [jars hit on table] 958 00:36:35,667 --> 00:36:37,867 Thank you, sir. 959 00:36:37,867 --> 00:36:40,600 [Digger] All right, guys, I hope y'all had an easy rest 960 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:43,567 because we damn sure didn't have no easy test. 961 00:36:43,567 --> 00:36:45,667 I'm telling you, y'all brought your A game, 962 00:36:45,667 --> 00:36:49,166 and unfortunately, somebody's got to go home. 963 00:36:49,166 --> 00:36:51,767 Now I guess we just need to cut to the chase 964 00:36:51,767 --> 00:36:54,767 and go down the line. Mikey. 965 00:36:54,767 --> 00:36:58,066 Fine liquor. You got that salted caramel in there, 966 00:36:58,066 --> 00:37:00,300 got it on the nose and got a little of it on the pallet. 967 00:37:00,300 --> 00:37:02,667 It wasn't overpowering. It wasn't too weak. 968 00:37:02,667 --> 00:37:05,667 It had a little bit of a harsh aftertaste on it. 969 00:37:05,667 --> 00:37:07,700 I don't know if you noticed it when you were drinking it, 970 00:37:07,700 --> 00:37:09,467 but it did finish a little fiery, 971 00:37:09,467 --> 00:37:11,800 little harsh, which surprised me. 972 00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:14,467 I mean, you ran that still the way you're supposed to run 973 00:37:14,467 --> 00:37:16,667 with these little bitty rascals. It was a trick. 974 00:37:16,667 --> 00:37:18,266 -Yep. -[Mark] Mikey. 975 00:37:18,266 --> 00:37:20,567 Salted caramel that mash man's off the chain. 976 00:37:20,567 --> 00:37:22,767 I love salted caramel. 977 00:37:22,767 --> 00:37:25,100 Uh, the flavor in it's killer. 978 00:37:25,100 --> 00:37:28,266 Probably the clearest jar on the table. 979 00:37:28,266 --> 00:37:29,767 But it was a little bit harsh. 980 00:37:30,467 --> 00:37:31,467 But good job. 981 00:37:31,467 --> 00:37:33,467 I love to watch you run a still. 982 00:37:33,467 --> 00:37:35,000 -Appreciate it. -Richard. 983 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:38,867 You had your corn mash. You threw a little extra oats. 984 00:37:38,867 --> 00:37:42,000 And it didn't help you, but it didn't hurt you. 985 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,867 You had a fine jar of corn liquor front to back. 986 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:46,233 Thank you. 987 00:37:46,867 --> 00:37:48,000 Tater. 988 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:53,000 Where in the world does somebody from Podunk, Tennessee, 989 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,500 come up with putting coconut in corn liquor mash? 990 00:37:56,500 --> 00:37:59,266 You gotta think outside the box. 991 00:37:59,266 --> 00:38:03,400 But, uh, honestly, I still get corn liquor flavor. 992 00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:06,266 I think that coconut may have made it a little sweeter. 993 00:38:06,266 --> 00:38:07,967 I wouldn't have thought of it myself. 994 00:38:08,567 --> 00:38:09,567 Good job, Tater. 995 00:38:10,266 --> 00:38:12,567 Tater, Backwoods Moonshiner. 996 00:38:12,567 --> 00:38:13,834 You brought it to the table. 997 00:38:14,100 --> 00:38:15,166 That coconut... 998 00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:17,500 right on spot. 999 00:38:17,500 --> 00:38:19,767 It's a twist, totally different. 1000 00:38:19,767 --> 00:38:21,800 I'm not expecting it from a Tennessee guy. 1001 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:23,166 Maybe Richard, but not you. 1002 00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:30,567 Amanda. One that we never, ever underestimate. 1003 00:38:30,567 --> 00:38:33,867 Do you know how many of them chunks of white peach puree 1004 00:38:33,867 --> 00:38:34,767 did you put in there? 1005 00:38:34,767 --> 00:38:36,567 -Not a whole lot. -[Digger] I'm telling you, 1006 00:38:36,567 --> 00:38:38,700 that right there was something else. 1007 00:38:38,700 --> 00:38:40,967 It was pretty close to being a split brandy, 1008 00:38:40,967 --> 00:38:44,867 which would have been the peaches being fermented with the grain. 1009 00:38:44,867 --> 00:38:46,367 I couldn't come up with a negative, 1010 00:38:46,367 --> 00:38:50,100 except there's not a tanker truck load of it up there waiting on me to sample. 1011 00:38:50,100 --> 00:38:51,200 Thank you. 1012 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:54,567 So that, that right there is fine jar. Don't drop that. 1013 00:38:54,567 --> 00:38:59,266 Man, you had to go and add peaches to your mash. 1014 00:38:59,266 --> 00:39:00,967 [Tim] I think you knew that I liked peaches. 1015 00:39:00,967 --> 00:39:02,667 I mean, that's almost on the edge of cheating 1016 00:39:02,667 --> 00:39:06,400 because you knew there's a judge sitting up there that loves peach brandy. 1017 00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:07,967 You did a good job at it, too. 1018 00:39:07,967 --> 00:39:09,867 -Thank you. -[Tim] Kelly. 1019 00:39:09,867 --> 00:39:12,600 You know, even though you didn't follow suit 1020 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:15,767 and add some mix to your mash, 1021 00:39:15,767 --> 00:39:17,100 you ran a straight corn liquor, 1022 00:39:17,100 --> 00:39:19,367 just like any Tennessee moonshiner should. 1023 00:39:19,367 --> 00:39:21,467 -Outstanding job. -Thank you. 1024 00:39:21,467 --> 00:39:24,967 All five of you really represent the Backwoods Moonshiner. 1025 00:39:25,266 --> 00:39:26,200 Great job. 1026 00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:27,367 -[Kelly] Thank you. -[Richard] Appreciate it. 1027 00:39:27,367 --> 00:39:29,967 After all that, maybe I ought to just kill all of you 1028 00:39:29,967 --> 00:39:31,367 and so you can go home to heaven. 1029 00:39:32,266 --> 00:39:33,900 [Mark] You know, I don't know. 1030 00:39:33,900 --> 00:39:35,100 [Digger] Guys, he is right. 1031 00:39:35,100 --> 00:39:38,333 Because there were five fantastic jars of liquor 1032 00:39:39,166 --> 00:39:43,266 and we can't name a Master of the Backwoods 1033 00:39:43,266 --> 00:39:45,333 if we don't eliminate some folks. 1034 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:49,533 [Digger] So you know, that being said... 1035 00:39:53,467 --> 00:39:56,300 Mikey, that jar right there didn't make the cut, brother. 1036 00:39:56,300 --> 00:39:57,967 I'm awfully sorry. 1037 00:39:57,967 --> 00:39:59,867 Sounds good to me. I'm going home anyway. 1038 00:39:59,867 --> 00:40:01,400 [Digger] But it's a damn fine job. 1039 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:02,600 [Mark] Let me ask you a question. 1040 00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:04,066 -What's that? -I know you tasted it. 1041 00:40:04,066 --> 00:40:05,100 -You drank it. -Mm-hmm. 1042 00:40:05,100 --> 00:40:07,567 And I know you know how good the flavor is. 1043 00:40:07,567 --> 00:40:09,867 -But did you get a little of a harsh? -Hey, it's fire. 1044 00:40:09,867 --> 00:40:11,166 [Mark] You know what we're talking about? 1045 00:40:11,166 --> 00:40:12,166 Yeah, that's fine. 1046 00:40:12,166 --> 00:40:14,266 And that we never expected it in a million years. 1047 00:40:14,266 --> 00:40:16,700 [Mike] I thought I had this competition in the bag. 1048 00:40:16,700 --> 00:40:19,500 And it's disappointing to me that I don't have a second chance 1049 00:40:19,500 --> 00:40:21,100 to prove myself in the Backwoods 1050 00:40:21,100 --> 00:40:23,867 because I know I am a Master of the Backwoods. 1051 00:40:23,867 --> 00:40:26,500 But at the end of the day, I could only blame myself 1052 00:40:26,500 --> 00:40:30,467 because I knew adding the salted caramel is a pretty big risk. 1053 00:40:30,467 --> 00:40:33,367 But I've done it, and now I've got to pay for it. 1054 00:40:33,367 --> 00:40:34,367 -Thank you, Mike. -[Mike] Good luck. 1055 00:40:34,367 --> 00:40:35,467 -[Digger] See you, Mike. -[Amanda] Bye-bye. 1056 00:40:35,467 --> 00:40:37,166 -[Digger] Thank you, Mike. -[Mike] Yes, sir. 1057 00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:41,567 All right, guys. Now, don't y'all get swole up with yourselves 1058 00:40:41,567 --> 00:40:44,767 because it could have very easily went any other direction. 1059 00:40:44,767 --> 00:40:49,000 You guys keep this in mind. Look to your left and right. 1060 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:52,300 After the next challenge, there'll be two of you gone. 1061 00:40:52,300 --> 00:40:53,667 So good luck. 1062 00:40:54,166 --> 00:40:55,367 We're bringing it. 1063 00:40:55,367 --> 00:40:58,266 We've got another challenge coming up. It's gonna be a dandy. 1064 00:40:58,266 --> 00:41:00,367 So y'all set your jars down. 1065 00:41:00,367 --> 00:41:01,433 Head on out, guys. 1066 00:41:01,900 --> 00:41:03,333 [Richard] Oh, good Lord. 1067 00:41:05,266 --> 00:41:06,567 [Mark] Well, I'll tell you what, guys. 1068 00:41:06,567 --> 00:41:08,300 We just thought this one was hard. 1069 00:41:08,300 --> 00:41:10,467 This next round is really gonna get real. 1070 00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:13,667 Welcome to the most difficult challenge 1071 00:41:13,667 --> 00:41:15,700 we've ever issued. 1072 00:41:15,700 --> 00:41:18,166 [narrator] Next time on Master Distiller. 1073 00:41:19,467 --> 00:41:20,767 [Kelly] Forty pounds on a backpack 1074 00:41:20,767 --> 00:41:23,100 with good straps is one thing, killer. 1075 00:41:23,100 --> 00:41:23,900 [Digger] If you want to compete, 1076 00:41:23,900 --> 00:41:25,567 you've got to compete with the best. 1077 00:41:25,567 --> 00:41:27,100 Son of a [beep] sprung a leak. 1078 00:41:27,100 --> 00:41:28,500 Tastes just like pure damn water. 1079 00:41:28,500 --> 00:41:30,166 [Mark] Nobody said it was gonna be easy.