1 00:00:00,901 --> 00:00:02,568 [narrator] this time on master distiller... 2 00:00:02,570 --> 00:00:08,173 Three outlaw moonshiners, travel a century back in time to the roaring 20s 3 00:00:08,175 --> 00:00:12,277 to see who can make the best bootleg liquor of the prohibition era. 4 00:00:12,279 --> 00:00:14,613 [mike] prohibition corn liquor. 5 00:00:14,615 --> 00:00:18,350 [narrator] but there's a twist that few moonshiners can master. 6 00:00:18,352 --> 00:00:20,586 -What's that? -[digger] that's your strainer. 7 00:00:20,588 --> 00:00:22,321 -[tim] what do you think? -I ain't never seen nothing like that. 8 00:00:22,323 --> 00:00:23,956 I'll have to get me one of them. 9 00:00:24,558 --> 00:00:28,394 [narrator] turning their illegal liquor into drinkable prohibition cocktails. 10 00:00:28,396 --> 00:00:30,763 That cocktail would take the hair off of wooden leg. 11 00:00:30,765 --> 00:00:33,065 I never made pretty drinks. 12 00:00:33,901 --> 00:00:37,703 [narrator] across the country, a handful of expert distillers 13 00:00:37,705 --> 00:00:40,406 are heirs to a centuries-old tradition. 14 00:00:42,410 --> 00:00:45,044 Some operate on the legal side, 15 00:00:45,046 --> 00:00:49,148 others practice their craft beyond the reach of the law. 16 00:00:49,150 --> 00:00:53,452 Now, they'll face off to earn their place in america's liquor-making legacy. 17 00:00:53,454 --> 00:00:55,487 -That's money jar right there. -There's about. 18 00:00:55,489 --> 00:00:58,390 [narrator] judged by three legendary moonshiners, 19 00:00:58,392 --> 00:01:01,427 they'll go head-to-head in a series of challenges... 20 00:01:01,429 --> 00:01:03,695 -Condenser got a leak? -[rogers] it's leaking pretty bad. 21 00:01:03,697 --> 00:01:06,398 -It'll surprise me if something don't go wrong. -[chuckling] yeah. 22 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,667 [narrator] ...To determine, who has what it takes... 23 00:01:08,669 --> 00:01:10,702 If mark don't drink any of it, he'll be okay. 24 00:01:10,704 --> 00:01:12,938 [narrator] ...To earn backwoods bragging rights, 25 00:01:12,940 --> 00:01:15,374 and the ultimate prohibition prize. 26 00:01:15,376 --> 00:01:17,810 24 pounds of yeast, right here. 27 00:01:17,812 --> 00:01:20,312 -That's better than money. -[digger] that's gold right there. 28 00:01:26,987 --> 00:01:31,190 Welcome, boys. We're going back in time to prohibition. 29 00:01:31,759 --> 00:01:34,827 That was the bootleggers paradise. 30 00:01:34,829 --> 00:01:38,097 Corn liquor was king during that period of time, 31 00:01:38,099 --> 00:01:40,499 and everybody was coming to the south from the north, 32 00:01:40,501 --> 00:01:44,036 to get our liquor and take it back up there and have parties. 33 00:01:44,038 --> 00:01:46,772 So, here we go. We're going to make a little drink. 34 00:01:46,774 --> 00:01:48,173 [tim] you made your own mash. 35 00:01:48,576 --> 00:01:50,142 You got your own ingredients. 36 00:01:50,144 --> 00:01:52,644 It's ready to run. We want you to run it. 37 00:01:52,646 --> 00:01:56,682 And at the end, we want you to make a good prohibition cocktail for us. 38 00:01:56,684 --> 00:01:58,851 [digger] boys, whoever makes us the winning cocktail, 39 00:01:58,853 --> 00:02:00,752 you don't get just the bragging rights on that, 40 00:02:00,754 --> 00:02:05,257 you get 24 pounds of my favorite yeast right here. 41 00:02:05,259 --> 00:02:07,493 -That's better than money. -[digger] that's gold right there. 42 00:02:07,495 --> 00:02:11,063 They'd kill over that right there, back in the prohibition days. 43 00:02:11,065 --> 00:02:14,233 The winner will get first choice in the farmhouse, 44 00:02:14,235 --> 00:02:18,971 for the fruits and the juices and the mixers for these prohibition cocktails. 45 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:20,038 Right on. 46 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,774 So, here we go. We need good liquor. 47 00:02:22,776 --> 00:02:26,044 Ready to make drinks out of no more than four hours. 48 00:02:26,413 --> 00:02:28,080 Your time starts... 49 00:02:28,883 --> 00:02:29,448 Now. 50 00:02:34,054 --> 00:02:35,754 [mike] oo-ee. 51 00:02:35,756 --> 00:02:37,389 Let's run some alcohol. 52 00:02:40,594 --> 00:02:41,760 [mark] who's your money on. Tim? 53 00:02:41,762 --> 00:02:42,661 [tim] I'm betting on the winner. 54 00:02:42,663 --> 00:02:44,663 [digger] I'm betting on the underdog. 55 00:02:44,665 --> 00:02:46,865 Which one of y'all's the underdog, by the way? 56 00:02:46,867 --> 00:02:49,868 [mark] my money's on marky, then. 57 00:02:49,870 --> 00:02:52,004 If mark don't drink any of it, he'll be okay. 58 00:02:52,006 --> 00:02:53,105 [chuckles] 59 00:02:53,107 --> 00:02:56,241 I'm mark rogers, I come straight out of the mountains. 60 00:03:22,970 --> 00:03:26,705 My mash is set up just like the old-timers made it back in the 20s. 61 00:03:26,707 --> 00:03:28,106 I make my own yeast, 62 00:03:28,108 --> 00:03:31,677 and it's sugar and corn, really, it all goes in my liquor. 63 00:03:31,712 --> 00:03:33,879 [mark] I noticed one thing, 64 00:03:33,881 --> 00:03:37,849 all three boys, done had your solids strained out before you got here. 65 00:03:37,851 --> 00:03:39,318 That's a good move. 66 00:03:39,687 --> 00:03:41,887 [mike] man, it smells so good. 67 00:03:41,889 --> 00:03:44,856 Out of all the years, I believe that all of us has done this, 68 00:03:44,858 --> 00:03:46,425 it's a practice till the day you die. 69 00:03:46,460 --> 00:03:47,893 Regardless. 70 00:03:48,395 --> 00:03:50,629 My name's mike cockrell. I was born and raised in the state of mississippi, 71 00:03:50,631 --> 00:03:51,730 but I hang my hat in tennessee. 72 00:03:51,732 --> 00:03:54,733 I'm from a long line of moonshiners. 73 00:03:54,735 --> 00:03:57,936 I'm the fifth generation moonshiner, and my son's the sixth. 74 00:03:57,938 --> 00:04:00,606 My family's liquor back in prohibition time, 75 00:04:00,608 --> 00:04:03,375 would have been made and sold and shipped 76 00:04:03,377 --> 00:04:05,744 into big cities to make cocktails with. 77 00:04:05,746 --> 00:04:07,679 I mean, that was the only way of living back then. 78 00:04:07,681 --> 00:04:11,383 So, this competition, it's something really dear and near to my heart. 79 00:04:11,385 --> 00:04:14,753 Good old prohibition corn liquor. 80 00:04:14,755 --> 00:04:18,557 My corn mash recipe is actually passed down to me, through my grandmother. 81 00:04:18,559 --> 00:04:20,826 I do like to use a white sweet corn. 82 00:04:20,828 --> 00:04:23,762 It's got a better flavor, better sugar content. 83 00:04:23,764 --> 00:04:26,431 This alcohol, I know, it's going to come out great, 84 00:04:26,433 --> 00:04:28,300 because this is what I've done all my life. 85 00:04:29,036 --> 00:04:31,003 Hope your mash is as good as mine. 86 00:04:31,038 --> 00:04:31,670 [chuckles] 87 00:04:31,672 --> 00:04:33,739 my partner jerry benson. 88 00:04:33,741 --> 00:04:37,776 I love the guy to death. I consider him a brother of mine, but now... 89 00:04:37,778 --> 00:04:41,246 We're going against each other, you know and let the ball game begin. 90 00:04:44,418 --> 00:04:45,651 Now, jerry if you need any help, 91 00:04:45,786 --> 00:04:48,387 -now, you just call on me, all right? -[jerry] all right. 92 00:04:48,389 --> 00:04:50,122 -I'll be there in a hit. -All right. 93 00:04:50,391 --> 00:04:52,224 [laughs] 94 00:04:53,694 --> 00:04:56,662 my name is jerry benson. I'm from hendersonville, north carolina. 95 00:04:56,664 --> 00:05:00,465 I do a little bit of everything, hvac work, 96 00:05:00,467 --> 00:05:03,168 rv and camp repair work, little bit of home renovation work. 97 00:05:03,170 --> 00:05:05,704 And I've been making moonshine about 15 years. 98 00:05:05,706 --> 00:05:09,508 I run a lot of liquor by myself, but I run even more liquor with mike. 99 00:05:09,510 --> 00:05:13,679 I know what he knows, I wouldn't have no problem taking him out. 100 00:05:13,681 --> 00:05:15,614 Going to a prohibition style competition. 101 00:05:15,616 --> 00:05:17,649 I wanted to try to keep it old school. 102 00:05:17,651 --> 00:05:19,484 Back then, there was nothing real fancy about what they've done, 103 00:05:19,486 --> 00:05:20,952 and it was basic corn whiskey. 104 00:05:20,954 --> 00:05:24,423 If I keep things kind of simple, just stick to the regular old corn recipe. 105 00:05:24,425 --> 00:05:28,260 It kind of gives us that neutral natural base for the bright tail to work off of. 106 00:05:29,096 --> 00:05:31,396 -[rogers] everything going good, jerry? -Really good. 107 00:05:31,398 --> 00:05:34,032 -Good. -Climbing now. 108 00:05:34,601 --> 00:05:36,134 -[mike] climbing on up? -Yeah. 109 00:05:36,637 --> 00:05:38,704 [mike] yep, it's getting there. 110 00:05:38,706 --> 00:05:41,907 [rogers] well, I'm up against mike cockrell, jerry benson. 111 00:05:41,909 --> 00:05:44,042 I've got a little bit of history with mike cockrell. 112 00:05:45,979 --> 00:05:47,346 A tall, ain't it? 113 00:05:49,683 --> 00:05:53,452 -Ain't my fault. -I understand that, but a handshake is man's word. 114 00:05:53,454 --> 00:05:55,654 I've got to get some liquor, so-- 115 00:05:55,656 --> 00:05:58,924 -and I've got to get it. -I can't help you. Get outta here. 116 00:05:58,926 --> 00:06:01,693 I don't watch say a whole lot about people or nothing, anything. 117 00:06:01,695 --> 00:06:03,862 So, I ain't gonna say too much. 118 00:06:03,864 --> 00:06:06,164 I don't care who wins, as long as it ain't mike. 119 00:06:06,667 --> 00:06:09,601 Whoo! Fixing to get into that worm, baby. 120 00:06:09,603 --> 00:06:12,704 Start to get that good corn aroma over here. 121 00:06:12,706 --> 00:06:16,942 [mark] you know, all prohibitions done was made bootleggers rich. 122 00:06:16,944 --> 00:06:19,277 -[digger] yeah. -You know, it didn't stop the nation from drinking. 123 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:20,946 No. 124 00:06:20,948 --> 00:06:23,882 Well did liquor taste really [bleep] back in the prohibition days, marky? 125 00:06:23,884 --> 00:06:25,550 -[laughing] -I don't know. 126 00:06:25,552 --> 00:06:28,887 That were back in my grandpa's days. 127 00:06:28,889 --> 00:06:33,191 Mark rogers he's an old-timer, kind of reminds me of me in a younger sense. 128 00:06:33,193 --> 00:06:35,660 -Hey mark, how you looking down there? -About ready to run. 129 00:06:35,662 --> 00:06:37,796 [mike] I feel like he's gonna be tough to beat. 130 00:06:37,798 --> 00:06:40,532 Boys, you're one hour into you run. 131 00:06:40,534 --> 00:06:43,902 Uh-oh! Getting a drip or two starting over here. 132 00:06:43,904 --> 00:06:46,905 -It'll push a steady stream before you know it. -[mike] yeah, buddy. 133 00:06:46,907 --> 00:06:48,974 Now, it's just a waiting game, ain't it? 134 00:06:49,009 --> 00:06:50,242 Hurry up and wait. 135 00:06:55,149 --> 00:06:56,348 [tim] what you doing over there, mark? 136 00:06:57,017 --> 00:06:58,350 [rogers] huh? 137 00:06:58,352 --> 00:06:59,985 What you doing over there? 138 00:07:01,855 --> 00:07:05,957 It does. It helps get any impurities out that's left over, 139 00:07:05,959 --> 00:07:08,727 and actually put a little flavor in it for me. 140 00:07:08,729 --> 00:07:09,428 I like it. 141 00:07:09,430 --> 00:07:11,029 This mash is really good. 142 00:07:11,031 --> 00:07:13,965 I don't really see a whole lot I need to filter out of it. 143 00:07:13,967 --> 00:07:16,134 Good clean clear liquor, that's what I want to give them. 144 00:07:16,703 --> 00:07:18,270 You're a-running liquor, marky. 145 00:07:18,806 --> 00:07:21,239 [rogers] yep, she's a running. 146 00:07:21,241 --> 00:07:23,675 That crack corn make some hot liquor, baby. 147 00:07:23,710 --> 00:07:25,510 Yeah. 148 00:07:25,512 --> 00:07:28,480 Mark rogers, fine old corn mash recipe, 149 00:07:28,482 --> 00:07:30,215 that's what you're known for, ain't it? 150 00:07:30,217 --> 00:07:32,217 Well, yeah. I've made more of that than any of you. 151 00:07:32,219 --> 00:07:34,119 Oh yeah, you have. 152 00:07:34,121 --> 00:07:35,954 -You happy with everything the way it's going so far? -[rogers] yeah. 153 00:07:35,956 --> 00:07:37,422 -So far. -So far. 154 00:07:37,424 --> 00:07:38,890 -Day's young though, ain't it? -It is. 155 00:07:38,892 --> 00:07:42,427 -Liquor run, anything can go wrong anytime, can't it? -Yeah. 156 00:07:42,429 --> 00:07:44,296 It'll surprise me if something don't go wrong. 157 00:07:44,965 --> 00:07:45,831 Yeah. 158 00:07:45,866 --> 00:07:46,932 Good luck, marky. 159 00:07:46,934 --> 00:07:48,967 -I appreciate it. -All right, man. 160 00:07:49,803 --> 00:07:52,471 Mikey. You're almost up to 140 already. 161 00:07:52,473 --> 00:07:55,106 Yep. Getting there, getting close. 162 00:07:55,108 --> 00:07:59,211 You got any doubts and worries about this prohibition cocktail? 163 00:07:59,213 --> 00:08:00,612 You given that any thought? 164 00:08:00,614 --> 00:08:03,448 Well, I'm always thinking ahead, anyway, even before this liquor runs, 165 00:08:03,450 --> 00:08:05,517 I'm thinking about what type of cocktail I'm going to be able to make, so-- 166 00:08:05,519 --> 00:08:07,786 I'm always spinning up here, somewhere. [laughs] 167 00:08:07,788 --> 00:08:11,389 I can see that hamster up, he's a-peddling and running like hell. 168 00:08:11,391 --> 00:08:12,591 Yeah, missing every other stride, I can tell you. 169 00:08:12,593 --> 00:08:14,392 [laughs] 170 00:08:14,394 --> 00:08:17,162 -all right, mike, good luck to you, buddy. -Thank you, man. 171 00:08:17,965 --> 00:08:19,998 Mr. Benson, 172 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:21,766 how are you feeling about your cocktail? 173 00:08:21,768 --> 00:08:22,767 You got something in mind? 174 00:08:22,769 --> 00:08:24,469 I personally like a good kind of the spring. 175 00:08:24,471 --> 00:08:28,707 -Kind of good fruity cocktail-- -[mark] yeah, I agree. 176 00:08:28,709 --> 00:08:32,978 Prohibition, where the fruits and the juices, and the mixers came in for the drinks. 177 00:08:32,980 --> 00:08:34,546 Simply to make them taller. 178 00:08:34,548 --> 00:08:36,715 Well, if the stories I hear are true, 179 00:08:36,717 --> 00:08:40,185 they put bleach and batteries and all kinds of stuff in their mash. 180 00:08:40,187 --> 00:08:41,419 -[mark] rubbing alcohol. -Yeah. 181 00:08:41,522 --> 00:08:42,821 I don't know. 182 00:08:42,990 --> 00:08:46,625 Mark rogers is only one that was there, when it was taken place. 183 00:08:46,627 --> 00:08:49,261 -It was wild. -[all laughing] 184 00:08:49,263 --> 00:08:50,929 -[mark] good luck, jerry. -Thank you buddy. 185 00:08:50,931 --> 00:08:52,063 Yeah boy. 186 00:08:52,065 --> 00:08:53,665 She's coming, son. 187 00:08:53,667 --> 00:08:56,601 Ha-ha! We getting somewheres now. 188 00:08:56,603 --> 00:08:58,803 Go up a little bit of my fire. Just a fuzz. 189 00:08:58,805 --> 00:09:00,639 [jerry] I don't know about you, 190 00:09:00,641 --> 00:09:02,541 but I'm not a big fan of this little bitty tiny condenser. 191 00:09:02,543 --> 00:09:04,743 This water is way too warm for me. 192 00:09:04,745 --> 00:09:06,311 Yeah, needs to be a little bigger, don't it? 193 00:09:06,313 --> 00:09:09,014 -[jerry] about three times that big, I feel like. -Yeah. 194 00:09:09,016 --> 00:09:13,285 I'm excited to taste it, boys. I know all three of them, be fine liquor. 195 00:09:14,721 --> 00:09:17,022 Oh! What's all this in the floor? 196 00:09:17,024 --> 00:09:18,356 -[digger] water. -Huh? 197 00:09:18,358 --> 00:09:20,125 [digger] you got a big leak, marky. 198 00:09:20,127 --> 00:09:21,860 -Condenser got a leak? -[rogers] it's leaking pretty bad. 199 00:09:21,862 --> 00:09:23,862 [imitates explosion] 200 00:09:23,864 --> 00:09:26,031 [digger] you got run over in your liquor. 201 00:09:27,701 --> 00:09:29,434 [tim] oh! Water. 202 00:09:29,436 --> 00:09:31,469 [digger] you got a big leak, marky. 203 00:09:31,471 --> 00:09:34,406 -Condenser got a leak? -[rogers] it's leaking pretty bad. 204 00:09:34,408 --> 00:09:35,640 [mike] it's somewhere in your bottom, ain't it? 205 00:09:35,642 --> 00:09:37,809 [rogers] I have to turn it down. 206 00:09:37,811 --> 00:09:40,278 [mike sighs] lord, I thought it was over here, but it might be over here. 207 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:42,047 [rogers] it's leaking, yes, sir. 208 00:09:43,684 --> 00:09:46,518 -Just water though. It doesn't really matter. -Yeah, it ain't gonna hurt it. 209 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:47,852 As long as I don't get it in the liquor. 210 00:09:47,854 --> 00:09:49,988 [mike] yeah, we don't wanna get it in the liquor, that's for sure. 211 00:09:49,990 --> 00:09:53,592 Only thing I can do, is get it to slow down just a little bit. 212 00:09:53,594 --> 00:09:54,893 And to really be careful. 213 00:09:54,895 --> 00:09:56,895 Wish, I had noticed that earlier. 214 00:09:56,897 --> 00:09:59,798 One hour and 15 minutes left, boys. 215 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:01,399 [tim] good corn liquor, can't rush it. 216 00:10:01,401 --> 00:10:03,902 -[mark] no. -[tim] they're gonna need all four hours. 217 00:10:03,904 --> 00:10:04,569 [mark] oh, yeah. 218 00:10:04,571 --> 00:10:06,738 Them four hours go fast and-- 219 00:10:06,740 --> 00:10:10,609 you always wishing that you had time to get that next jar. 220 00:10:10,611 --> 00:10:12,110 [digger] [bleep] in the hearts. 221 00:10:14,748 --> 00:10:16,815 You guys happy with what liquor you running? 222 00:10:16,817 --> 00:10:19,818 Absolutely, good, great life. 223 00:10:19,820 --> 00:10:22,153 I'd say we've done 150 proof right there. 224 00:10:23,957 --> 00:10:25,023 [rogers] about 130. 225 00:10:25,025 --> 00:10:26,558 [jerry] proof didn't drop much between one and two. 226 00:10:26,560 --> 00:10:30,261 I feel real good. I think it's going to run at 140,145, mark. 227 00:10:30,263 --> 00:10:33,398 I was really pleased in the beginning, I had good heat, 228 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:37,636 and then my number three jar, my alcohol finally settled down from being so hot, 229 00:10:37,638 --> 00:10:39,537 but my taste profile is really come into it nice. 230 00:10:39,539 --> 00:10:41,840 Flavor's coming in real good. 231 00:10:41,842 --> 00:10:46,411 Now, I'm just gonna focus on my task at hand, and get this job accomplished. 232 00:10:46,413 --> 00:10:50,215 [mark] 45 minutes left. Better be buttoning it up. 233 00:10:53,053 --> 00:10:55,654 [mike] I'll tell you what though, boy, charcoal cleaning it up. 234 00:10:55,656 --> 00:10:57,822 Now I'm clear, I can't even tell where my lines at. 235 00:10:57,858 --> 00:10:59,924 Mike you borrowed that from mark? 236 00:10:59,926 --> 00:11:02,827 -No, I had my own charcoal. -You had my own charcoal. 237 00:11:02,829 --> 00:11:05,830 Look it there. Own charcoal. Cleared it out. 238 00:11:05,832 --> 00:11:07,565 Jerry is switching another jar. 239 00:11:07,601 --> 00:11:08,933 [mike] what jar was that? 240 00:11:09,736 --> 00:11:12,837 -[jerry] seven. -I'm working on number six. It's getting good. 241 00:11:12,839 --> 00:11:13,571 It's getting good. 242 00:11:13,573 --> 00:11:14,939 [tim] they in neck and neck. 243 00:11:14,941 --> 00:11:17,409 You're getting into the back from jerry little bit, ain't you? 244 00:11:17,411 --> 00:11:20,011 Yeah, buddy. The flavors is coming through. 245 00:11:20,013 --> 00:11:21,079 Tasting good, marky? 246 00:11:21,081 --> 00:11:23,048 -[rogers] yeah. -Yeah. 247 00:11:23,050 --> 00:11:25,817 That right there's a drinking liquor, right there, ain't it? 248 00:11:25,819 --> 00:11:27,085 I like my liquor stout. 249 00:11:27,087 --> 00:11:29,254 110, about right. 250 00:11:29,890 --> 00:11:30,655 [laughs] 251 00:11:31,892 --> 00:11:33,258 where you at, mark? What jar you on? 252 00:11:33,393 --> 00:11:35,293 Eight. 253 00:11:35,295 --> 00:11:38,296 [mark] you had five gallon more liquid in yours than they did. 254 00:11:38,331 --> 00:11:39,330 Mmm-hmm. 255 00:11:39,366 --> 00:11:42,200 That's a good yield in a short amount of time. 256 00:11:42,202 --> 00:11:44,836 I had to run my a little faster. I had to catch up pretty quick. 257 00:11:44,838 --> 00:11:46,705 Mark, you worried down there? 258 00:11:46,707 --> 00:11:48,406 -Do I look worried? -[mark] no. Not really. 259 00:11:48,408 --> 00:11:50,542 [mike] you see any concern in them eyes? 260 00:11:50,544 --> 00:11:52,944 I'm used to real big pot. You know, a wood furnace. 261 00:11:52,946 --> 00:11:55,547 Ain't never fooled with gas much. 262 00:11:55,549 --> 00:11:58,016 But, I believe I got it figured out now. 263 00:11:58,018 --> 00:12:00,218 All I'm saying is may the better man win. 264 00:12:00,554 --> 00:12:01,886 Look it there. 265 00:12:01,888 --> 00:12:04,222 -That's money jar right there. -There's about. 266 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:07,959 [rogers] it look good from over here now. 267 00:12:07,961 --> 00:12:09,360 I believe they all going to be good. 268 00:12:09,362 --> 00:12:11,896 They'll be good. I know they'll be good. 269 00:12:11,898 --> 00:12:15,967 But I'm excited to see what kind of prohibition drinks they're going to make. 270 00:12:15,969 --> 00:12:17,202 -Be interesting -[digger] yeah. 271 00:12:17,437 --> 00:12:18,636 I'm done. 272 00:12:19,072 --> 00:12:20,972 When mark decides he's through, I'm glad he just quits. 273 00:12:20,974 --> 00:12:23,141 That's what I'm saying. He's done. He's done threw the hat in. 274 00:12:23,143 --> 00:12:24,776 Ain't no sense second guessing. 275 00:12:24,778 --> 00:12:26,144 [tim] cut it all, that's it. 276 00:12:26,947 --> 00:12:27,779 Here's my jar, boys. 277 00:12:27,781 --> 00:12:29,647 -That's your winning jar? -Yeah. 278 00:12:29,649 --> 00:12:31,149 About the best one I think. 279 00:12:31,151 --> 00:12:33,051 -[digger] hard work. -Looking good, mark. 280 00:12:33,053 --> 00:12:33,685 Okay. 281 00:12:33,687 --> 00:12:35,286 Just us brother. 282 00:12:36,456 --> 00:12:40,525 Tell you what, that last jar, son, has got the stuff to it. 283 00:12:40,527 --> 00:12:43,061 Decent alcohol without getting too deep into my tails. 284 00:12:43,063 --> 00:12:44,896 I'm going to stop right there, and not be greedy. 285 00:12:44,898 --> 00:12:46,431 -[mike] you wrapping it up? -[jerry] yeah. 286 00:12:46,433 --> 00:12:47,732 Now, for the fun part. 287 00:12:47,734 --> 00:12:49,768 [mike] now, you add your little bit of spring water? 288 00:12:49,770 --> 00:12:52,036 [jerry] I think I'm gonna self-temp it. 289 00:12:52,205 --> 00:12:52,670 [mike] you're gonna self temp? 290 00:12:52,672 --> 00:12:55,907 I'm gonna try. 291 00:12:55,909 --> 00:13:00,178 To temper, in my back ends is something I'm not traditionally known for, 292 00:13:00,180 --> 00:13:02,814 but as I got for the tails, my flavors started coming in. 293 00:13:02,816 --> 00:13:06,951 So, I decided to use my third and the fourth and then what I had in my tenth jar, 294 00:13:06,953 --> 00:13:09,087 to do my blending with instead of good spring water. 295 00:13:10,690 --> 00:13:11,623 Wow! 296 00:13:12,692 --> 00:13:14,025 [mark] mike, are you gonna do any blending 297 00:13:14,027 --> 00:13:16,194 or are you just gonna go with your best jar? 298 00:13:16,196 --> 00:13:17,629 [mike] I'm gonna blend a little. 299 00:13:17,631 --> 00:13:20,298 I'm calling my number nine jar, the last jar. 300 00:13:20,300 --> 00:13:22,700 I need it up it up, just a little bit. 301 00:13:22,702 --> 00:13:25,203 I'm gonna go to the middle of the run and do a little blending. 302 00:13:25,939 --> 00:13:28,907 Well, that being said, right here's the jar. 303 00:13:28,909 --> 00:13:31,176 -[thud] -I like the confidence. 304 00:13:31,178 --> 00:13:32,777 -[digger] good luck. -Thank you. 305 00:13:32,779 --> 00:13:33,845 [tim] the one jar. 306 00:13:33,847 --> 00:13:34,813 -[jerry] the one. -[mark] the one. 307 00:13:34,815 --> 00:13:37,448 Five minutes, mikey. 308 00:13:37,450 --> 00:13:40,985 I know, I've got competition, but I feel 100% confident, 309 00:13:40,987 --> 00:13:44,055 in the jar that I'm putting on the table for the judges. 310 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:47,792 That's good whiskey, right there. 311 00:13:47,794 --> 00:13:51,596 It tastes just like I've run it a thousand times before, 312 00:13:51,598 --> 00:13:53,932 and I have no worries, whatsoever. 313 00:13:53,934 --> 00:13:54,999 This is going to be a good jar liquor. 314 00:13:55,001 --> 00:13:56,901 I'm done brother. 315 00:13:56,903 --> 00:13:59,070 I got my jar right here. Number 9 to 5. 316 00:13:59,072 --> 00:14:01,139 -[mark] 9 to 5. -That's it. 317 00:14:01,141 --> 00:14:03,675 -That's the one. -All right. 318 00:14:03,677 --> 00:14:05,410 -All right, guys. -[mark] go take a break. 319 00:14:05,412 --> 00:14:07,779 [digger] we'll get you in a little bit. 320 00:14:07,781 --> 00:14:10,882 [mark] from the looks of things, we've got three good jars of liquor there. 321 00:14:10,884 --> 00:14:13,017 -They know what to doing. -[mark] they do. 322 00:14:13,019 --> 00:14:14,552 Now, this is jerry's, correct? 323 00:14:14,554 --> 00:14:16,054 [tim] this is jerry. 324 00:14:16,690 --> 00:14:17,956 He's popping and going away pretty fast. 325 00:14:17,958 --> 00:14:19,290 -[digger] right. -[mark] yeah. 326 00:14:20,427 --> 00:14:23,394 But it's real clear and nice beads. 327 00:14:23,396 --> 00:14:25,897 -We're north of 110 I'd say. -Yeah. 328 00:14:25,899 --> 00:14:27,432 Yeah, I'd say over a hundred proof, anyway. 329 00:14:27,434 --> 00:14:28,499 This is a good thing. 330 00:14:28,501 --> 00:14:31,402 I wouldn't want him to bring me a 70 proof up here. 331 00:14:31,404 --> 00:14:34,305 -No. Because by the time I make a cocktail out of it... -It would be water. 332 00:14:34,307 --> 00:14:35,440 -...It would be water. -[tim] yeah. 333 00:14:35,475 --> 00:14:37,842 [jerry] I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. 334 00:14:37,844 --> 00:14:40,144 That's the first time I've ever tempered corn liquor with the tails. 335 00:14:41,147 --> 00:14:42,313 [digger] let's get tasting. 336 00:14:42,816 --> 00:14:43,948 [tim] all right. 337 00:14:45,418 --> 00:14:46,851 There you are. Mr. Ramsey. 338 00:14:46,853 --> 00:14:50,622 It must be pretty good. It's taking the paint off the top of that lid. 339 00:14:50,624 --> 00:14:52,924 -So, that's pretty good stuff. -That's either good or bad, ain't it? 340 00:14:52,926 --> 00:14:55,827 -We know it ain't buttermilk. -[mark] no. 341 00:14:55,829 --> 00:14:58,229 It does have a little buttery smell. 342 00:14:58,965 --> 00:15:00,598 I like that. 343 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:01,900 It's good. It's good. 344 00:15:01,902 --> 00:15:03,534 [digger] it's not harsh at all. 345 00:15:03,536 --> 00:15:05,203 Kind of melts in your mouth, don't it? 346 00:15:05,205 --> 00:15:07,739 [mark] it's really a smooth liquor for the proof it is. 347 00:15:07,741 --> 00:15:08,973 [digger] yeah. 348 00:15:08,975 --> 00:15:11,376 I think it's a top notch cocktail liquor. 349 00:15:12,012 --> 00:15:13,678 Jerry's knocked it out. 350 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:15,446 -Yeah. -[tim] good job on jerry. 351 00:15:16,783 --> 00:15:18,816 [mark] 9 to 5, that's mikey's, ain't it? 352 00:15:18,818 --> 00:15:20,318 -[digger] yep. -That's mikey's, 9 to 5. 353 00:15:20,687 --> 00:15:23,054 Now, he did some blending. 354 00:15:23,056 --> 00:15:25,657 Now, believe he is a little bit lower proof, it looks like. 355 00:15:25,659 --> 00:15:27,392 -Little the bit smaller. -[digger] yeah. 356 00:15:27,394 --> 00:15:29,694 Yeah, and they running away pretty quick. 357 00:15:29,696 --> 00:15:32,664 -Well, that's 90 proof liquor. -[tim] yeah, I'd say 90. 358 00:15:32,666 --> 00:15:35,667 [mike] my number nine jar was very, very flavorful. 359 00:15:35,669 --> 00:15:38,069 Just a little over the proof. So, I went to number five, 360 00:15:38,071 --> 00:15:39,771 -and blended those two together. -[jerry] mmm-hmm. 361 00:15:39,773 --> 00:15:41,572 I called that my 9 to 5. 362 00:15:41,574 --> 00:15:44,575 -9 to 5. -And I believe I hit the nail right on the head, huh? 363 00:15:44,577 --> 00:15:47,278 Little bite on the nose. It's a little more harsh, ain't it? 364 00:15:49,382 --> 00:15:52,050 That smell like rum. It's like butter rum. 365 00:15:52,052 --> 00:15:53,685 -[mark] but ain't got no bite to it. -[digger] no. 366 00:15:53,687 --> 00:15:56,154 [tim] he put a lot of tails in it. Didn't he? 367 00:15:56,156 --> 00:15:58,423 [mark] I think that's where he's getting that good flavor from. 368 00:15:58,425 --> 00:16:00,258 Because he did put back ins. 369 00:16:01,194 --> 00:16:02,760 Man. 370 00:16:02,862 --> 00:16:04,896 I think, what I gotta do is just chill it a little bit and put it in a glass. 371 00:16:04,898 --> 00:16:06,731 I'd drink it right out of a cooler ice. 372 00:16:06,733 --> 00:16:09,500 -If this was ice cold. It'd be delicious. -Yeah. 373 00:16:09,502 --> 00:16:12,570 This is a prohibition cocktail straight out of the worm. 374 00:16:12,572 --> 00:16:15,707 [mike] you know, me and you being partners in everything, jerry. 375 00:16:15,709 --> 00:16:18,977 That's the first time we've ever went against each other in a competition. 376 00:16:18,979 --> 00:16:22,947 -Oh, yeah. -That'll show who makes the best liquor. 377 00:16:22,949 --> 00:16:24,816 That'll show who makes the best liquor. 378 00:16:24,818 --> 00:16:26,117 If they ever get back to voting. 379 00:16:26,119 --> 00:16:28,987 It can't do it, can't argue about it no more. 380 00:16:29,022 --> 00:16:30,121 That's right. 381 00:16:30,890 --> 00:16:32,223 That's another clear jar. 382 00:16:32,993 --> 00:16:33,825 That's marky rogers. 383 00:16:33,827 --> 00:16:37,829 This right here, has got some proof in it. 384 00:16:37,831 --> 00:16:39,230 [jerry] where did you end up at, mark? 385 00:16:39,699 --> 00:16:41,399 I let mine around 110. 386 00:16:41,401 --> 00:16:42,600 -110? -Pretty high, yeah. 387 00:16:42,602 --> 00:16:44,769 -[jerry] yeah, well. -That's the way I like it. 388 00:16:44,771 --> 00:16:46,070 [tim] you can smell corn in here. 389 00:16:46,072 --> 00:16:48,973 It's light on the nose, like a damn feather. 390 00:16:50,744 --> 00:16:52,677 Mmm, whoa. 391 00:16:52,679 --> 00:16:55,046 Boy, that get your ass quick. 392 00:16:55,782 --> 00:16:57,582 His proof is just a tiny bit higher up. 393 00:16:57,584 --> 00:16:59,384 Which is backbone for your drink, 394 00:16:59,386 --> 00:17:01,686 -and it tastes good on top of it. -[tim] yeah, it tastes good. 395 00:17:01,688 --> 00:17:03,388 -You know, what we got here? -[mark] we got a dilemma. 396 00:17:03,390 --> 00:17:06,190 -We got a competition. -[digger] yeah. 397 00:17:08,962 --> 00:17:11,629 [narrator] three of appalachia's best moonshiners are going head-to-head 398 00:17:11,631 --> 00:17:14,766 with their prohibition-era spirits. 399 00:17:14,768 --> 00:17:19,937 But now these backwoods outlaws must venture into uncharted territory, 400 00:17:19,939 --> 00:17:25,376 to mix their high proof moonshine into cocktails worthy of the roaring 20s. 401 00:17:25,945 --> 00:17:26,878 [mark] welcome back. 402 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:28,513 We had tough chore to perform. 403 00:17:28,515 --> 00:17:32,150 This round don't determine who gets the yeast. 404 00:17:32,152 --> 00:17:36,354 Best jar on the table is going to get first pick at the fruit stand for your cocktail. 405 00:17:37,023 --> 00:17:38,189 [digger] mark. 406 00:17:38,758 --> 00:17:40,792 You had a fine jar of liquor. 407 00:17:40,794 --> 00:17:43,428 It was spot-on. It was buttery smooth. 408 00:17:43,430 --> 00:17:45,196 Mikey, your flavor. 409 00:17:45,198 --> 00:17:48,599 That jar right there, would be the jar we'd go to in a cooler full of ice. 410 00:17:48,601 --> 00:17:51,903 -It don't need a thing except drinking. -Appreciate it. Thank y'all. 411 00:17:51,905 --> 00:17:54,005 Jerry, flavored smooth and sealed. 412 00:17:54,007 --> 00:17:56,240 -I mean, buttery smooth. -It's like butter. 413 00:17:56,242 --> 00:17:57,608 Thank you means a lot. 414 00:17:57,610 --> 00:17:59,811 -You all did an outstanding job. -Thank you. Appreciate it. 415 00:17:59,813 --> 00:18:02,380 But there can only be one winner. 416 00:18:02,382 --> 00:18:04,649 Get your fruit first, to build a cocktail. 417 00:18:04,651 --> 00:18:08,753 We ended up basing our decisions basically on the proofs. 418 00:18:08,755 --> 00:18:11,789 And then whether we had a good backbone to build a cocktail on. 419 00:18:11,791 --> 00:18:13,458 Mark, you had the highest proof 420 00:18:13,460 --> 00:18:16,928 we could see and still had a good flavor. 421 00:18:16,930 --> 00:18:18,629 [rogers] I know needed to make some good high-proof liquor. 422 00:18:18,631 --> 00:18:22,100 Ain't nobody likes weak liquor and worked good. 423 00:18:22,102 --> 00:18:25,703 Jerry, marky edged you out just a tiny bit. 424 00:18:25,705 --> 00:18:26,804 You come in second. 425 00:18:26,806 --> 00:18:28,940 Mikey, you were a little bit weak. 426 00:18:28,942 --> 00:18:31,776 I believe you put just a little more your tails in yours. 427 00:18:31,778 --> 00:18:33,010 You really needed you to. 428 00:18:33,012 --> 00:18:34,745 And that being said, 429 00:18:34,747 --> 00:18:37,181 mark, you're number one, jerry, you're number two, 430 00:18:37,183 --> 00:18:38,816 mike, your number three. 431 00:18:38,818 --> 00:18:43,821 But to win the big cheese, you all got to build us a prohibition-style cocktail. 432 00:18:43,823 --> 00:18:48,059 And I don't know, that I trust you to make me a cocktail, 433 00:18:48,061 --> 00:18:50,595 that wouldn't take the hair off a wooden leg. 434 00:18:50,597 --> 00:18:51,729 [laughs] 435 00:18:51,731 --> 00:18:53,798 so, we're gonna bring in some help. 436 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,734 She is an expert in prohibition cocktails. 437 00:18:56,736 --> 00:18:58,269 -Sounds good. -[jerry] looking forward to it. 438 00:19:00,974 --> 00:19:02,507 Hey there gentleman. How's it going? 439 00:19:02,509 --> 00:19:03,908 -Hi casey. -How you doing? 440 00:19:03,910 --> 00:19:06,110 -Great to see you all. -Good to see you again. 441 00:19:06,112 --> 00:19:06,711 So casey, this is mark. 442 00:19:06,713 --> 00:19:08,646 This is mike. 443 00:19:08,648 --> 00:19:10,548 -This is jerry down there with the whiskers. -How you doing? 444 00:19:10,550 --> 00:19:12,049 Gentlemen my name is casey fox. 445 00:19:12,051 --> 00:19:14,852 I am a cocktail consultant based in knoxville. 446 00:19:14,854 --> 00:19:17,121 I have a company called libacious. 447 00:19:17,123 --> 00:19:20,291 And our mission is to help people drink better at home. 448 00:19:20,393 --> 00:19:21,592 Wow. 449 00:19:21,794 --> 00:19:24,328 I do have a special affinity for prohibition-era cocktails. 450 00:19:24,330 --> 00:19:26,097 -They're some of my favorites. -[digger] right. 451 00:19:26,099 --> 00:19:28,900 [casey] I am very much looking forward to tasting all your things, 452 00:19:28,902 --> 00:19:30,201 and seeing what we can put together. 453 00:19:30,203 --> 00:19:31,369 All right. 454 00:19:31,371 --> 00:19:32,370 Come on down. 455 00:19:33,373 --> 00:19:34,772 -[casey] hey, there mark. -I got you one fixed. 456 00:19:34,774 --> 00:19:37,441 -See what you think about that. -Oh, excellent. Thank you. 457 00:19:40,113 --> 00:19:42,413 All right. That has a little bit of a kick to it. 458 00:19:42,415 --> 00:19:43,915 -That's right. -[laughs] 459 00:19:43,917 --> 00:19:45,950 are there any flavors that you particularly like? 460 00:19:45,952 --> 00:19:47,051 [rogers] I like lime. 461 00:19:47,053 --> 00:19:48,619 Lime? Oh, excellent. 462 00:19:48,621 --> 00:19:51,822 During prohibition, gin was the most popular liquor that you would find around, 463 00:19:51,824 --> 00:19:54,859 because it was really the easiest to make. 464 00:19:54,861 --> 00:19:57,828 So, I think your liquor would do really, really well 465 00:19:57,830 --> 00:20:01,566 with the modified prohibition-era gin cocktail that we call a southside. 466 00:20:01,568 --> 00:20:02,934 It's very, very simple. 467 00:20:02,936 --> 00:20:05,436 You got your liquor, and then take any kind of sweetener. 468 00:20:05,438 --> 00:20:07,738 Simple syrup or honey and some fresh lime, 469 00:20:07,740 --> 00:20:09,974 and then a little bit of fresh mint as well. 470 00:20:09,976 --> 00:20:11,909 Well, it sounds good. 471 00:20:11,911 --> 00:20:13,411 It's a good one. I hope you like it. 472 00:20:13,413 --> 00:20:14,679 -Thank you. -Cheers. 473 00:20:14,681 --> 00:20:16,214 She's a dandy, I'd say casey is. 474 00:20:16,683 --> 00:20:17,915 She knows what she's doing. 475 00:20:17,917 --> 00:20:19,850 I don't know about these drinks. 476 00:20:19,852 --> 00:20:21,419 So, I listened to her a little bit. 477 00:20:21,588 --> 00:20:22,787 Hey, there mike. 478 00:20:22,822 --> 00:20:24,855 -[mike] hello there. -What you got going on over here? 479 00:20:24,857 --> 00:20:27,325 -See what you think. -Excellent. Thank you, sir. 480 00:20:32,599 --> 00:20:35,900 All right. All right. So, during prohibition, 481 00:20:35,902 --> 00:20:38,336 rum was one of the most popular liquors you would find around, 482 00:20:38,338 --> 00:20:40,504 because there was so much of it being smuggled in from cuba. 483 00:20:40,506 --> 00:20:42,740 And also, lots of americans would go to cuba on vacation. 484 00:20:42,742 --> 00:20:45,209 So, I think you've got a lot of nice notes in here, 485 00:20:45,211 --> 00:20:48,312 that would actually give a lot of similarities to rum, 486 00:20:48,314 --> 00:20:51,582 and particularly in a drink called the hurricane. It's based in new orleans. 487 00:20:51,584 --> 00:20:52,683 I'm pretty familiar with the hurricane. 488 00:20:52,685 --> 00:20:54,452 -I'm from the deep south. -[casey] oh, nice. 489 00:20:54,454 --> 00:20:56,954 So, the prohibition version, it will be very simple. 490 00:20:56,956 --> 00:20:58,723 So, you've got a little lime, some passion fruit, 491 00:20:58,725 --> 00:21:00,091 and some sweet. 492 00:21:00,093 --> 00:21:01,525 If you want to kind of give a drink, 493 00:21:01,527 --> 00:21:04,028 a nice silky velvety texture, 494 00:21:04,030 --> 00:21:06,230 one thing I like to recommend is adding an egg white. 495 00:21:06,566 --> 00:21:07,865 Hmm? 496 00:21:08,001 --> 00:21:13,070 Miss casey recommended that I put a egg white into my cocktail, 497 00:21:13,072 --> 00:21:14,872 which will give it a silky texture. 498 00:21:14,874 --> 00:21:17,208 You add it in before you add your ice into your shaker. 499 00:21:17,210 --> 00:21:19,677 And so you want to shake it without ice. 500 00:21:19,679 --> 00:21:21,912 [mike] but when I get to thinking about it, I was like, "you know what, 501 00:21:21,914 --> 00:21:23,814 I think that would be pretty good." 502 00:21:23,816 --> 00:21:26,884 I love eggs in any shape, form or fashion. 503 00:21:26,886 --> 00:21:27,985 -Appreciate it. -Good luck. 504 00:21:28,621 --> 00:21:30,121 Jerry! 505 00:21:30,156 --> 00:21:31,889 -You got a little something for me to try back there? -[jerry] I sure do. 506 00:21:31,891 --> 00:21:33,124 Say what you think about this. 507 00:21:33,126 --> 00:21:34,659 Excellent. Thank you, sir. 508 00:21:34,661 --> 00:21:35,993 My pleasure. 509 00:21:40,833 --> 00:21:42,667 -Wonderful. Very nice. -Thank you. 510 00:21:42,669 --> 00:21:44,602 What kind of flavors do you like in a cocktail? 511 00:21:44,604 --> 00:21:46,704 Well, I kind of like, you know, fruitier flavors, 512 00:21:46,706 --> 00:21:48,572 but also kind of like you know, kind of the sweet. 513 00:21:48,574 --> 00:21:49,940 Maybe a little bit of citrus? 514 00:21:49,942 --> 00:21:51,742 -Oh, yeah. Absolutely, citrus. -[casey] all right. 515 00:21:51,744 --> 00:21:55,713 There's a cocktail that was really popular during the 20s and 30s called the ward-8. 516 00:21:55,748 --> 00:21:56,914 Traditionally uses bourbon. 517 00:21:56,916 --> 00:21:59,583 Our sweetening agent in that is gonna be grenadine. 518 00:21:59,585 --> 00:22:02,853 And this uses lemon juice, but also add in a little bit of orange juice as well. 519 00:22:02,855 --> 00:22:04,755 It softens and it balances everything out. 520 00:22:04,757 --> 00:22:06,724 -Awesome, I'll give it a try. -All right. 521 00:22:06,726 --> 00:22:07,525 -Wonderful. Good luck, sir. -Thank you. 522 00:22:07,527 --> 00:22:08,759 Appreciate your help. 523 00:22:08,761 --> 00:22:11,796 I'd done a little bit of research on prohibition drinks. 524 00:22:11,798 --> 00:22:14,498 The ward-8, that was one that really caught my eye. 525 00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:16,467 So, it was a good fit for me. 526 00:22:16,469 --> 00:22:19,770 Well men, you know your pecking order, three, two, one. 527 00:22:19,772 --> 00:22:22,707 So, we're gonna move on to challenge number two. 528 00:22:22,709 --> 00:22:24,241 Get y'all out to the fruit stand. 529 00:22:24,243 --> 00:22:26,344 -Timmy, get your boy. -[tim] mmm-hmm. 530 00:22:26,813 --> 00:22:27,378 Tickle. 531 00:22:28,981 --> 00:22:30,881 All right, man. 532 00:22:30,883 --> 00:22:32,550 -[all laughing] -really? 533 00:22:32,552 --> 00:22:34,985 I've been keeping an eye on y'all fellers. 534 00:22:34,987 --> 00:22:36,654 -[digger] what did you do? -He's been in there all that time? 535 00:22:36,656 --> 00:22:37,521 Find a secret passageway? 536 00:22:37,523 --> 00:22:40,391 -[all laughing] -well, tell you what. 537 00:22:40,393 --> 00:22:43,027 This was full when I got in there. I can tell you that much. 538 00:22:43,029 --> 00:22:43,928 [digger] I hope you'll walk. 539 00:22:43,930 --> 00:22:45,162 [tickle] is y'all ready? 540 00:22:45,198 --> 00:22:46,864 All right. 541 00:22:46,866 --> 00:22:47,998 Let's hit it boys. 542 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:48,566 Come on. Let's go. 543 00:22:48,568 --> 00:22:50,034 [laughs] 544 00:22:50,036 --> 00:22:51,769 I know one thing. That's some strong stuff right there. 545 00:22:51,771 --> 00:22:53,304 God almighty. 546 00:22:55,475 --> 00:22:57,108 [tickle] well, I'll tell you fellas, 547 00:22:57,710 --> 00:22:59,710 you will get fired from the pickle factory, 548 00:22:59,712 --> 00:23:01,112 if you put your pecker in the pickle slicer. 549 00:23:01,114 --> 00:23:03,347 -[all laughing] -all right. 550 00:23:04,484 --> 00:23:06,751 [tickle] okay guys. Casey, 551 00:23:06,753 --> 00:23:11,889 she done told you everything you need to mix up some drinks for our judges. 552 00:23:11,891 --> 00:23:15,393 So, three minutes and that's it. Mark. 553 00:23:15,962 --> 00:23:17,695 Here you go, boss man. 554 00:23:17,697 --> 00:23:18,696 -All right. -So, what you got here? 555 00:23:18,698 --> 00:23:20,498 There's all kinds of good stuff. 556 00:23:20,500 --> 00:23:22,066 [rogers] okay, she told me what 557 00:23:22,068 --> 00:23:24,135 she want me to put in cocktail to make it good. 558 00:23:24,670 --> 00:23:25,469 A lime. 559 00:23:25,471 --> 00:23:27,705 We got any honey anywhere? 560 00:23:27,707 --> 00:23:30,007 [tickle] now, that's good stuff. I raise bees myself. 561 00:23:30,076 --> 00:23:32,209 [rogers] honey, and mint. 562 00:23:33,413 --> 00:23:35,746 But, I like orange juice. 563 00:23:35,748 --> 00:23:37,748 [tickle] all right, mark. You got one minute left. 564 00:23:37,750 --> 00:23:39,884 It's about time, you start wrapping this up. 565 00:23:39,886 --> 00:23:41,385 I don't know where the mint's at. 566 00:23:41,387 --> 00:23:43,754 [tickle] we got some herbs over yonder. 567 00:23:43,756 --> 00:23:45,856 And I'll tell you what, I believe all of them would go good in a drink. 568 00:23:45,858 --> 00:23:47,625 [rogers] yeah, they would. 569 00:23:47,627 --> 00:23:49,794 I believe that'll about do me, right there. 570 00:23:49,796 --> 00:23:52,830 All right, oh, yeah, I bet you can make a drink out of that. 571 00:23:52,832 --> 00:23:53,731 [rogers] I'll try. 572 00:23:53,733 --> 00:23:54,598 [tickle] jerry. 573 00:23:54,634 --> 00:23:57,601 You sir, have three minutes. 574 00:23:57,603 --> 00:24:01,005 You better leave me something or I'm gonna be digging in your basket. 575 00:24:01,007 --> 00:24:03,240 [jerry] the ward-8, it's a pretty simple drink. 576 00:24:03,843 --> 00:24:05,142 A little bit of grenadine, 577 00:24:05,812 --> 00:24:07,011 orange juice, 578 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:09,747 and citrus. 579 00:24:09,749 --> 00:24:11,982 Pretty much everything I need was at the farm stand. 580 00:24:11,984 --> 00:24:13,751 [tickle] all right, you got two minutes. 581 00:24:13,753 --> 00:24:15,586 You have got two minutes. 582 00:24:15,588 --> 00:24:17,388 What're you grabbing there, cherries? 583 00:24:17,390 --> 00:24:18,923 -Oh, nothing can go wrong with that. -[jerry] the cherry's good. 584 00:24:18,925 --> 00:24:21,625 One of the things I chose to do is dressing it up with some cherries. 585 00:24:21,627 --> 00:24:23,761 Just kinda give it a little bit of a different contrast. 586 00:24:23,763 --> 00:24:25,196 -I believe I'm good. -[tickle] all right. 587 00:24:25,198 --> 00:24:26,897 -[jerry] short and sweet, huh -short and sweet. 588 00:24:26,899 --> 00:24:27,898 -[laughs] -all right. 589 00:24:27,900 --> 00:24:29,033 You leave me anything, jerry? 590 00:24:29,035 --> 00:24:30,401 -I left a little bit. -[tickle] all right. 591 00:24:30,403 --> 00:24:32,703 Well mike, you got three minutes buddy. 592 00:24:32,705 --> 00:24:36,607 There's the onions. Green beans. Corn and squash. 593 00:24:36,609 --> 00:24:40,845 You know what, look you got tomato juice over yonder for bloody mary. 594 00:24:40,847 --> 00:24:42,813 There's a whole basket of eggs, right yonder. 595 00:24:42,815 --> 00:24:44,381 That makes one in bodybuilder drinks. 596 00:24:44,383 --> 00:24:46,050 [mike] I'm not listening to you. 597 00:24:46,052 --> 00:24:48,586 -I'm toned out. -Okay, you're tone out? All right. 598 00:24:48,588 --> 00:24:50,654 I've got to build the perfect hurricane, 599 00:24:50,656 --> 00:24:52,490 but they don't have passion fruit here. 600 00:24:52,492 --> 00:24:54,258 All I can do at this point, 601 00:24:54,260 --> 00:24:56,961 is run with it and do the best that I can. 602 00:24:56,963 --> 00:24:58,896 [tickle] got two minutes left, mike. 603 00:24:58,898 --> 00:25:00,297 [mike] got me some mint, 604 00:25:00,833 --> 00:25:02,867 some cherries, lime, 605 00:25:02,869 --> 00:25:04,535 and you know me. 606 00:25:04,537 --> 00:25:06,403 [tickle] some jalapenos? All right. 607 00:25:06,405 --> 00:25:08,639 I gotta put a little hot pepper in it. 608 00:25:08,641 --> 00:25:11,242 -I'm done brother. -All right, fellas. 609 00:25:11,244 --> 00:25:14,011 Well, I tell you what. Nobody got any eggs. 610 00:25:14,046 --> 00:25:15,112 [laughs] 611 00:25:15,114 --> 00:25:16,981 [bleep] I need eggs. 612 00:25:17,016 --> 00:25:19,149 -Frig! -He even said it. 613 00:25:19,151 --> 00:25:21,085 -I did. -Oh my [bleep]! 614 00:25:21,087 --> 00:25:23,888 I did, I told him, eggs. 615 00:25:23,890 --> 00:25:28,125 [mike] miss casey suggested putting egg whites in my cocktail for silky taste. 616 00:25:28,127 --> 00:25:29,159 I gotta have egg. 617 00:25:29,161 --> 00:25:30,794 What am I gonna do? 618 00:25:30,796 --> 00:25:33,063 Oh my god! Oh! 619 00:25:34,433 --> 00:25:35,366 [digger] welcome back, boys. 620 00:25:35,368 --> 00:25:35,933 Thank you. 621 00:25:35,935 --> 00:25:38,569 Time to build us a drink. 622 00:25:38,571 --> 00:25:41,639 Remember presentation is everything. 623 00:25:41,641 --> 00:25:44,842 Some people like these nice pretty glasses. 624 00:25:44,844 --> 00:25:46,810 [mark] the one that gets his drink built first, 625 00:25:46,812 --> 00:25:48,646 gets to pick the glass first. 626 00:25:48,648 --> 00:25:50,581 [digger] first come, first serve basis. 627 00:25:50,583 --> 00:25:52,016 All I'm gonna tell you right now, 628 00:25:52,018 --> 00:25:54,418 is think about balance in your flavors. 629 00:25:54,420 --> 00:25:56,253 And we'll go from there. 630 00:25:56,255 --> 00:25:57,855 [digger] 30 minutes, 631 00:25:57,857 --> 00:26:00,491 that's plenty of time to build us a handsome prohibition drink. 632 00:26:00,493 --> 00:26:03,193 Your time starts now. 633 00:26:04,397 --> 00:26:07,364 We want to feel like we're sitting in a speakeasy in the twenties, 634 00:26:07,366 --> 00:26:08,999 when they're sipping on these. 635 00:26:10,937 --> 00:26:15,005 [digger] marky's done started on quality control over there. 636 00:26:15,007 --> 00:26:17,408 [rogers] my deal of a cocktail is taking me a good drink of liquor, 637 00:26:17,410 --> 00:26:20,010 and chasing her down with a cold beer. 638 00:26:20,012 --> 00:26:23,847 But casey told me what you want me to put in cocktails, lime, 639 00:26:23,883 --> 00:26:26,617 honey, and mint. 640 00:26:26,619 --> 00:26:30,154 All right, what in the world is mark doing over there? 641 00:26:30,156 --> 00:26:31,655 -[casey] he got his mint leaves in there. -Yeah. 642 00:26:31,657 --> 00:26:33,390 [laughs] 643 00:26:33,392 --> 00:26:35,926 mark did you find your muddler for your mint over there? 644 00:26:35,928 --> 00:26:37,294 -[rogers] I don't need it. -[casey] okay. 645 00:26:37,296 --> 00:26:39,129 I don't know what muddler is. 646 00:26:39,131 --> 00:26:42,933 You guys got a whole tray of cocktail tools there. Don't forget. 647 00:26:42,935 --> 00:26:45,302 [rogers] I know she knows how to mix all that stuff up good. 648 00:26:45,304 --> 00:26:47,805 Make it taste just as good as it could taste, you know. 649 00:26:47,807 --> 00:26:51,208 But I just want to give them a drink like I would fix myself. 650 00:26:52,812 --> 00:26:55,980 Well, see mike, he's mixing up a whole pot full. 651 00:26:55,982 --> 00:26:57,381 [casey] is that a soup or a cocktail? 652 00:26:57,383 --> 00:26:59,984 We'll let you decide in a little while. 653 00:26:59,986 --> 00:27:02,620 Miss casey recommended that I try to make a hurricane, 654 00:27:02,622 --> 00:27:04,521 but I don't have the ingredients. 655 00:27:04,523 --> 00:27:06,991 So, I'm going to put my own twist on it. 656 00:27:06,993 --> 00:27:09,093 Jerry, you mind, if I borrow some orange juice. 657 00:27:09,395 --> 00:27:10,628 [jerry] yeah, here you go. 658 00:27:12,732 --> 00:27:15,933 [mike] my plan is, I'm going to use orange juice, 659 00:27:15,935 --> 00:27:17,301 a little lime juice. 660 00:27:17,903 --> 00:27:19,203 Some cherry. 661 00:27:19,739 --> 00:27:21,105 And some mint. 662 00:27:21,107 --> 00:27:24,642 And I'm actually going to put in a couple of jalapeno peppers, 663 00:27:24,644 --> 00:27:25,676 which I love. 664 00:27:25,678 --> 00:27:28,746 [casey] oh, we got some spice happening over here. 665 00:27:28,748 --> 00:27:31,615 Mike's gonna put some peppers and I don't care what it is. 666 00:27:31,617 --> 00:27:34,551 He could have a banana split, he going to put peppers in here. 667 00:27:34,553 --> 00:27:37,321 I know who ain't going to vote for him. Tim smith. 668 00:27:38,391 --> 00:27:39,623 I've seen the whole garden going into that. 669 00:27:39,625 --> 00:27:41,125 It's not going to burn you. 670 00:27:41,127 --> 00:27:43,460 He can taste a grain of pepper in a half gallon of milk. 671 00:27:43,462 --> 00:27:45,562 [tim] yeah. 672 00:27:45,564 --> 00:27:48,332 I know that tim smith does not like peppers at all, but I'm gonna risk it. 673 00:27:51,470 --> 00:27:53,637 [mike] I know enough about using peppers, 674 00:27:53,639 --> 00:27:57,141 that I can get that flavor across without burning him up, 675 00:27:57,143 --> 00:27:59,109 and actually convince him to like it. 676 00:28:00,012 --> 00:28:01,845 Mike, can I get a little bit of lime juice? 677 00:28:01,847 --> 00:28:03,080 -[mike] what is it? -Lime juice. 678 00:28:03,082 --> 00:28:04,982 Yep, I pre-tasted, it's good. 679 00:28:04,984 --> 00:28:05,949 -Yeah. -There you go. 680 00:28:05,951 --> 00:28:08,385 The ward-8, it's a pretty simple drink. 681 00:28:08,387 --> 00:28:10,654 So, I'm feeling really good about this. 682 00:28:10,656 --> 00:28:11,722 But I want to make my juice first. 683 00:28:11,724 --> 00:28:14,491 Some orange juice, lime juice. 684 00:28:14,493 --> 00:28:17,895 -I'm noticing a trend in the citrus line. -[casey] mmm-hmm. 685 00:28:17,897 --> 00:28:19,830 Orange juice is the common factor through here. 686 00:28:19,832 --> 00:28:23,067 [jerry] I want to get all my ingredients in different jars. 687 00:28:23,069 --> 00:28:24,802 Where I can add them and blends. I need to. 688 00:28:24,837 --> 00:28:26,437 Bam! 689 00:28:26,439 --> 00:28:29,940 Jerry's just turned from one color to another. 690 00:28:29,942 --> 00:28:31,975 [jerry] and of course, you know, I tweaked it a little bit more of my palate 691 00:28:31,977 --> 00:28:33,644 with some cherries. 692 00:28:33,646 --> 00:28:35,345 I think it's going to be a good blend. 693 00:28:35,347 --> 00:28:36,580 [mike] now, you looking good, bubble. 694 00:28:36,582 --> 00:28:39,650 [jerry] the recipe calls for a half an ounce of liquor. 695 00:28:39,652 --> 00:28:42,486 But you know, three quarter of an ounce might be a little bit better. 696 00:28:42,488 --> 00:28:45,656 [digger] it doesn't look like any of them light on liquor. 697 00:28:45,658 --> 00:28:48,058 Nope, I think they're gonna hit that criteria. 698 00:28:49,462 --> 00:28:51,395 [mark] I'm pretty sure of one thing. 699 00:28:51,397 --> 00:28:54,765 We are going to get a wide range of flavors here. 700 00:28:54,767 --> 00:28:56,366 [casey] I think, you are correct. 701 00:28:56,368 --> 00:28:58,869 I'm seeing some honey going on, I think. 702 00:28:58,871 --> 00:29:01,772 [mark] honey and liquor goes hand-in-hand, my opinion. 703 00:29:01,774 --> 00:29:05,275 Trying to find me a spoon I could stir my honey up with. 704 00:29:08,781 --> 00:29:11,949 Find a little thing that would work. 705 00:29:11,951 --> 00:29:13,984 I was using it like a stick, you know. 706 00:29:19,358 --> 00:29:20,190 Yeah. 707 00:29:23,796 --> 00:29:25,195 What the heck? 708 00:29:25,197 --> 00:29:27,164 Pretty neat deal when I turned it on. 709 00:29:27,166 --> 00:29:28,632 Stirred itself. 710 00:29:30,269 --> 00:29:32,469 I ain't never seen nothing like that. I'll have to get me one of them. 711 00:29:32,471 --> 00:29:34,705 [laughs] 712 00:29:34,707 --> 00:29:38,008 I call it a stirring-stick, or a ziz wheel, or something. It's something. 713 00:29:38,811 --> 00:29:40,210 I never would have known that. 714 00:29:41,847 --> 00:29:43,380 Boys, you got ten minutes. 715 00:29:48,420 --> 00:29:49,720 [mark] you know, we don't know it. 716 00:29:50,022 --> 00:29:52,589 One of these fellows might be coming up with the next big thing. 717 00:29:52,591 --> 00:29:53,423 [casey] it's true. 718 00:29:53,425 --> 00:29:54,825 [mark] I liked that look on his face. 719 00:29:54,827 --> 00:29:58,162 Looked like the good moonshiner seal of approval to me. 720 00:29:59,965 --> 00:30:01,598 [mike] wait a minute. Where's the other-- 721 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,801 is that the other part of my tumbler? 722 00:30:03,803 --> 00:30:06,270 -[digger] yeah, you cram it down there face first. -Flip it around. 723 00:30:07,206 --> 00:30:09,039 -Yeah, there you go. -[digger] there you go. 724 00:30:09,041 --> 00:30:10,107 But it don't. 725 00:30:10,109 --> 00:30:10,841 Oh, it don't? 726 00:30:10,876 --> 00:30:12,309 Argh! 727 00:30:13,445 --> 00:30:15,946 We're all here to win 24 pounds a yeast. 728 00:30:15,948 --> 00:30:18,448 It's a prized possession to people like us moonshiners. 729 00:30:18,450 --> 00:30:21,018 We got a strainer, so I can put it in glasses? 730 00:30:21,020 --> 00:30:23,754 -Is there a strainer? -Sure, there's one over there. It's got a coil on it. 731 00:30:23,756 --> 00:30:24,888 -This? -[casey] yep, that's it. 732 00:30:24,890 --> 00:30:26,123 What's that do? 733 00:30:26,125 --> 00:30:28,025 -[digger] that's your strainer. -[casey] that's your strainer. 734 00:30:28,027 --> 00:30:30,460 [mike] I want miss casey and all the judges, 735 00:30:30,462 --> 00:30:33,163 to be blown away by my cocktail. 736 00:30:33,165 --> 00:30:35,465 [mark] mikey is making him some garnish there, ain't he? 737 00:30:35,467 --> 00:30:37,034 [digger] yep. 738 00:30:37,036 --> 00:30:39,469 So, I've got to put something beautiful on the table. 739 00:30:39,471 --> 00:30:41,171 [casey] seen some things we talked about, 740 00:30:41,173 --> 00:30:42,806 and some other things that are from left field, 741 00:30:42,808 --> 00:30:44,942 but I'm excited to see what happens. 742 00:30:44,944 --> 00:30:47,110 -[tim] far out left field. -[laughs] 743 00:30:47,980 --> 00:30:49,913 [mark] we got to be doing something good over here. 744 00:30:49,915 --> 00:30:52,082 Now, we're back to that ziz wheel. 745 00:30:54,253 --> 00:30:55,419 [digger] he's having a damn ball. 746 00:30:55,421 --> 00:30:57,921 [mark] he's playing with his little outboard motor over. 747 00:30:57,923 --> 00:31:01,091 You know, I might have to get rid of my shaking tins and just use that thing. 748 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:03,293 I know my liquor is real stout, 749 00:31:03,295 --> 00:31:06,396 and I wanted to put orange juice in it just to weaken it down. 750 00:31:06,398 --> 00:31:08,732 -[tim] I think mark is making a screwdriver. -[casey laughing] 751 00:31:08,734 --> 00:31:11,969 -that's a screwdriver on steroids. -[casey] mmm-hmm. 752 00:31:12,938 --> 00:31:14,037 [digger] I just hope it ain't gasoline. 753 00:31:14,039 --> 00:31:15,239 [laughs] 754 00:31:16,742 --> 00:31:17,741 [digger] there we go. 755 00:31:18,811 --> 00:31:20,677 I thought when you got done you set 'em down. 756 00:31:20,679 --> 00:31:23,413 -We got to put them in glasses. -You gotta what? 757 00:31:23,415 --> 00:31:24,915 -[digger] we got to put them in glasses. -We gotta put them in. 758 00:31:24,917 --> 00:31:26,683 Well, I thought you-- well. 759 00:31:26,685 --> 00:31:28,452 [digger] mad mark's got a drink right there. 760 00:31:28,454 --> 00:31:30,320 But everybody else [bleep] out of luck. 761 00:31:30,322 --> 00:31:32,155 Mark rogers, he don't even have his glasses out. 762 00:31:32,157 --> 00:31:34,658 He's trying to carry two big jars up to the judges. 763 00:31:34,660 --> 00:31:36,927 I'm ready to serve. 764 00:31:36,929 --> 00:31:38,762 -Good cocktail glasses. -[digger] I would bet money that was coming. 765 00:31:38,764 --> 00:31:40,797 He likes him a martini glass. 766 00:31:40,799 --> 00:31:44,201 [mike] I'm putting mine in martini glasses. 767 00:31:44,203 --> 00:31:47,170 I love presentation. I like stuff to look good. 768 00:31:47,907 --> 00:31:49,706 Woo-hoo! 769 00:31:49,708 --> 00:31:51,275 [digger] three minutes left guys. 770 00:31:51,277 --> 00:31:53,911 Time to be putting everything together. 771 00:31:53,913 --> 00:31:56,113 [jerry] you know, I feel like I hit this nail right on the head. 772 00:31:56,115 --> 00:31:59,082 I got all my tastes exactly where I want. 773 00:31:59,084 --> 00:32:00,384 Jerry, you happy with yours? 774 00:32:01,186 --> 00:32:02,352 Just gotta ice it and put it in glass. 775 00:32:03,188 --> 00:32:04,087 Okay. 776 00:32:06,792 --> 00:32:07,925 [jerry] I chose that whiskey glass. 777 00:32:07,927 --> 00:32:09,660 Because it just got the profile that I like. 778 00:32:09,662 --> 00:32:10,627 Putting it on the rocks. 779 00:32:10,930 --> 00:32:12,396 This is a really strong thought of mine, 780 00:32:12,398 --> 00:32:14,698 but giving it a good shake, that was chilled. 781 00:32:14,700 --> 00:32:16,133 So, I didn't really feel like I needed the rocks. 782 00:32:16,135 --> 00:32:17,701 Get anyone's you want there. 783 00:32:17,736 --> 00:32:20,070 [glasses clinking] 784 00:32:20,072 --> 00:32:22,205 [digger] prohibition drinks needs to be in a jar. Don't they? 785 00:32:22,207 --> 00:32:23,073 [laughs] 786 00:32:23,075 --> 00:32:24,775 or a bathtub. 787 00:32:24,777 --> 00:32:28,645 [rogers] why would you use a little bitty something, when you got a whole jar? 788 00:32:28,647 --> 00:32:31,848 I'd rather have something a handle on it or have to use both hands. 789 00:32:31,850 --> 00:32:33,550 [tim] he got about a 16-ounce glass. 790 00:32:33,552 --> 00:32:35,953 [mark] and I'ma betting that one would be plenty. 791 00:32:35,955 --> 00:32:38,055 [casey] I don't know if you can drink a whole one of those. 792 00:32:38,057 --> 00:32:40,057 [rogers] I just made them four drinks out of a quart of moonshine. 793 00:32:40,059 --> 00:32:41,258 [laughs] 794 00:32:41,927 --> 00:32:42,559 it'll do the job. 795 00:32:42,561 --> 00:32:44,127 [mark laughs] 796 00:32:44,129 --> 00:32:46,330 looking good, everyone have been doing a good job. 797 00:32:47,733 --> 00:32:50,200 [casey] like the attention to detail over here. Very nice. 798 00:32:50,836 --> 00:32:52,936 [mike] stay! You know what? 799 00:32:53,639 --> 00:32:55,339 Get the flavor. We're good. 800 00:32:56,208 --> 00:32:58,408 I never have made pretty drinks. 801 00:32:58,410 --> 00:33:00,010 [mark] well, there ain't nothing wrong with that. 802 00:33:00,012 --> 00:33:02,813 And these boys, just took that seriously. 803 00:33:02,815 --> 00:33:04,681 [rogers] I looked over at mike and jerry. 804 00:33:04,683 --> 00:33:06,650 Theirs are prettier there. 805 00:33:06,652 --> 00:33:08,018 A little cherries and stuff in it. 806 00:33:08,020 --> 00:33:09,619 Only thing I had was an orange. 807 00:33:09,621 --> 00:33:12,823 So, I put some orange on top of the glass. 808 00:33:12,825 --> 00:33:15,759 I just hope you like, a good stout drink. [laughs] 809 00:33:15,761 --> 00:33:18,829 I believe everybody's all in all done, marky? 810 00:33:18,831 --> 00:33:20,998 I'm done all I can do. It's what I got. 811 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:22,566 -[digger] mikey? -That's all I can do. 812 00:33:22,568 --> 00:33:25,002 -Jerry? -Good to go. 813 00:33:25,004 --> 00:33:27,571 [digger] good deal. Well, y'all chase on out to that holding pen 814 00:33:27,573 --> 00:33:29,706 -and we'll be out to get you when we get a decision. -Sounds good. 815 00:33:29,708 --> 00:33:32,976 [digger] if we remember, what our decision was. 816 00:33:35,814 --> 00:33:37,748 Do either one of you know anything about prohibition cocktails? 817 00:33:37,750 --> 00:33:39,750 I know nothing about prohibition cocktails. 818 00:33:39,752 --> 00:33:42,886 Back them days, they take it any way they can get it. 819 00:33:42,888 --> 00:33:44,521 -Yeah. -[rogers] I ain't much on mixing. 820 00:33:44,523 --> 00:33:47,257 -[mike] rights. -I chase all my drinks and everything. 821 00:33:47,259 --> 00:33:48,792 I really don't know a whole lot about mixing drinks, 822 00:33:48,794 --> 00:33:50,827 but maybe it'll work. 823 00:33:50,829 --> 00:33:53,397 You know, I wouldn't even really know what to mix with it. 824 00:33:53,399 --> 00:33:55,632 -[chuckling] right. -I just got me a drink of water, 825 00:33:55,634 --> 00:33:56,600 or chase it with a beer. 826 00:33:56,602 --> 00:33:59,036 -[all laughing] -[mike] that's right. 827 00:33:59,038 --> 00:34:01,805 I tell you what, you never get too old to learn something new, 828 00:34:01,807 --> 00:34:05,642 or take some good advice when it comes to something special to you, like that. 829 00:34:05,644 --> 00:34:06,943 You do, you better just quit the game. 830 00:34:06,945 --> 00:34:09,246 Yeah, you might as well just stop and quit. 831 00:34:12,351 --> 00:34:14,418 [casey] so, I saw a few of the components we talked about, 832 00:34:14,420 --> 00:34:16,553 but I think, they all went a little off the range. 833 00:34:16,555 --> 00:34:18,889 -[tim] I agree. -So, should we just go down the line? 834 00:34:18,891 --> 00:34:21,158 I think so, slide us one down here, timmy. 835 00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:22,292 [tim] all right. 836 00:34:22,828 --> 00:34:24,594 [mark] wow. 837 00:34:24,596 --> 00:34:26,396 I'm kind of impressed with the looks of it. 838 00:34:26,398 --> 00:34:27,931 [tim] yeah, here's a little garnish. 839 00:34:27,933 --> 00:34:29,733 [casey] I have to say yeah, that's a thing of beauty. 840 00:34:29,735 --> 00:34:31,034 Let's give it a shot. 841 00:34:33,338 --> 00:34:35,105 I think he got the balance well. 842 00:34:35,107 --> 00:34:38,141 He's got his sweet. He's got his tart. He's got his booze. 843 00:34:38,143 --> 00:34:39,810 -I think it's good. -[casey] I do too. 844 00:34:39,812 --> 00:34:40,744 Yeah. 845 00:34:40,746 --> 00:34:43,313 So, its lemony-- [stammering] 846 00:34:43,315 --> 00:34:44,514 I'm trying to say lemony. 847 00:34:44,516 --> 00:34:47,417 Well, he went a little off the range on the citrus, 848 00:34:47,419 --> 00:34:49,820 -but he came up with something pretty good. -Yeah. 849 00:34:49,822 --> 00:34:50,887 It's more like off the chain. 850 00:34:50,889 --> 00:34:52,155 [laughs] 851 00:34:55,928 --> 00:34:56,793 looked pretty good. 852 00:34:56,795 --> 00:34:57,994 -[laughs] -it looked good. 853 00:34:57,996 --> 00:35:00,097 -Yeah. -Both of you's looked really well. 854 00:35:00,099 --> 00:35:01,465 I did wanna put a cucumber on it. 855 00:35:01,467 --> 00:35:02,632 [laughs] 856 00:35:02,634 --> 00:35:04,468 -I'm thankful that I used orange. -Why's that? 857 00:35:04,470 --> 00:35:05,802 Because it looked good with that red cherry. 858 00:35:05,804 --> 00:35:08,038 -[mike] kind of stuck out like a sore thumb. -Yeah. 859 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:09,606 It holds together pretty good. 860 00:35:09,608 --> 00:35:11,975 If it was just a little colder. 861 00:35:11,977 --> 00:35:13,777 [digger] it was on that crushed ice, would be good. 862 00:35:13,779 --> 00:35:16,079 [casey] absolutely. I would have served this on the rocks. 863 00:35:16,081 --> 00:35:17,981 But a respectable drink. 864 00:35:17,983 --> 00:35:20,917 I think, we move on to numero dos. 865 00:35:20,919 --> 00:35:22,185 All right, here we go. 866 00:35:22,754 --> 00:35:23,887 There you are, sir. 867 00:35:24,389 --> 00:35:28,024 -All right. That is a hunk of orange. -Bon appetite. 868 00:35:28,460 --> 00:35:29,359 [tim] oh boy. 869 00:35:29,361 --> 00:35:30,794 -I can smell that pepper. -[casey] mmm-hmm. 870 00:35:30,796 --> 00:35:33,463 -[tim] you can smell that pepper. You can taste it too. -Absolutely. 871 00:35:33,465 --> 00:35:36,666 [mark] I like it. That hits me in the crease. 872 00:35:36,668 --> 00:35:40,670 -If you're not a pepper man. No, it's not a drink for you. -[tim] no. 873 00:35:40,672 --> 00:35:43,006 Who chops up a big old hot pepper and put in the drink? 874 00:35:43,008 --> 00:35:44,808 I don't know, but I'm damn glad he did. 875 00:35:44,810 --> 00:35:46,476 Whoo! I'm sweating already. 876 00:35:46,478 --> 00:35:49,312 I don't know nothing about prohibition cocktails. 877 00:35:49,314 --> 00:35:52,949 So, I took her knowledge and I put my own little twist on it, 878 00:35:52,951 --> 00:35:57,053 which was a jalapeno and a little crushed mint to go along with my hurricane. 879 00:35:57,055 --> 00:35:59,089 I hope it's good enough for the judges. 880 00:36:00,993 --> 00:36:02,058 You know, I like the pepper. 881 00:36:02,494 --> 00:36:05,028 It could use a little more bright citrus, 882 00:36:05,030 --> 00:36:07,430 maybe some lemon or some lime to kind of brighten things up. 883 00:36:07,432 --> 00:36:10,834 This one's a little on the sweet and hot and not enough tart. 884 00:36:10,836 --> 00:36:14,237 It's not horrible, but it wouldn't be my choice at the country fair. 885 00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:17,174 Yeah, but I could drink those all day long. 886 00:36:18,076 --> 00:36:21,645 I got a bottle of acid reflux out that too you can have to go with it. 887 00:36:21,647 --> 00:36:22,946 [mark] oh. I don't need that. 888 00:36:22,948 --> 00:36:24,581 There ain't nothing wrong with my belly. 889 00:36:24,583 --> 00:36:25,782 I ain't never had heartburn my life. 890 00:36:25,784 --> 00:36:27,651 Okay, you keep on drinking that then. 891 00:36:27,653 --> 00:36:31,388 I've rode a million miles with you in a vehicle, 892 00:36:31,390 --> 00:36:32,889 and you have had some issues with that belly. 893 00:36:32,891 --> 00:36:34,824 I didn't say I ain't had no gas. 894 00:36:34,826 --> 00:36:36,760 I said, I ain't never had no heartburn. 895 00:36:36,762 --> 00:36:37,994 -[tim] all right. -[casey] all right. 896 00:36:37,996 --> 00:36:41,198 Let's move on to this quart jaw screwdriver here. 897 00:36:42,401 --> 00:36:43,500 -[tim] that goes a slice of orange in it. -[all laughing] 898 00:36:43,502 --> 00:36:46,203 it's like a slice of watermelon in here. 899 00:36:46,205 --> 00:36:49,940 Feel like garnishes should complement the drink, not take them over, but-- 900 00:36:49,942 --> 00:36:52,842 -we'll see how it goes. Yeah. -[tim] yeah, you gotta take it out to find the glass. 901 00:36:52,844 --> 00:36:54,744 [digger] it's a souped-up screwdriver, ain't it? 902 00:36:54,746 --> 00:36:56,213 That's what it is. 903 00:36:56,215 --> 00:36:58,081 [digger] got plenty of alcohol in it, though. 904 00:36:58,083 --> 00:36:59,115 Whoa! 905 00:36:59,918 --> 00:37:01,084 Hot damn. 906 00:37:01,086 --> 00:37:02,752 I mean liquor times ten. 907 00:37:02,754 --> 00:37:04,421 [digger] hell yeah. 908 00:37:04,423 --> 00:37:06,957 Now, there's my wheelhouse right there. 909 00:37:07,626 --> 00:37:09,359 I saw some mint go in and-- 910 00:37:10,429 --> 00:37:12,662 I saw some other things go in and-- 911 00:37:12,664 --> 00:37:14,864 it's got a whole lot of stuff in there. 912 00:37:14,866 --> 00:37:16,800 -Especially alcohol. -All I'm tasting is the alcohol. 913 00:37:16,802 --> 00:37:20,237 I think, that's why he's got this big old slice of orange, that's a chaser. 914 00:37:25,444 --> 00:37:27,143 -You made a stout one, then? -I made a stout one. 915 00:37:27,145 --> 00:37:30,947 -Heard that. -I made them a prohibition drink. Yeah. 916 00:37:30,949 --> 00:37:32,582 It's strong as hell, but I like it. 917 00:37:32,584 --> 00:37:36,319 -I like my alcohol, like I want my women, strong. -Yeah, I do. 918 00:37:36,321 --> 00:37:38,555 [casey] there's not a lot of complexity there. 919 00:37:38,557 --> 00:37:41,424 The nice thing about cocktails is that they bring a lot of things together in harmony, 920 00:37:41,426 --> 00:37:43,526 and kind of give you lot of different flavors. 921 00:37:43,528 --> 00:37:46,062 And that one is very one note. 922 00:37:46,064 --> 00:37:50,333 Well, marky's is simple, and I'm all about that because I am simple. 923 00:37:50,335 --> 00:37:51,735 [tim] yeah. 924 00:37:51,737 --> 00:37:55,071 [mark] I would drink any of these at any given time but, 925 00:37:55,073 --> 00:37:57,774 mikey's is to me, hits me in the crease. It just, 926 00:37:57,776 --> 00:37:59,409 I love that pepper in it. 927 00:37:59,411 --> 00:38:01,411 I have to put jerry on number one. 928 00:38:01,413 --> 00:38:03,079 I'm digging marky's. 929 00:38:04,650 --> 00:38:05,915 -It would, me too. -I'm a little on the, 930 00:38:05,917 --> 00:38:08,551 little on the anxious nervous side, I guess you'd say. 931 00:38:08,553 --> 00:38:09,619 Going to put in that my truck. 932 00:38:09,621 --> 00:38:12,422 That'll make a lot of liquor right there, guys. 933 00:38:12,424 --> 00:38:14,924 I got a lot of grapes coming in. I could use it. 934 00:38:14,926 --> 00:38:16,493 -Yeah. -We'll see what'll happen. 935 00:38:16,495 --> 00:38:17,927 We'll see what happens. 936 00:38:17,929 --> 00:38:20,764 [mark] casey, since you're our professional here. 937 00:38:20,766 --> 00:38:22,866 I think, she breaks the news to them. 938 00:38:22,868 --> 00:38:24,701 -All right. -Yeah, but hell, we got your back, sister. 939 00:38:24,703 --> 00:38:26,169 I recognized the task at hand. 940 00:38:26,171 --> 00:38:27,404 You want me to go fetch them? 941 00:38:27,939 --> 00:38:29,239 [tim] I think so. 942 00:38:33,512 --> 00:38:35,779 [digger] boys, welcome back. 943 00:38:35,781 --> 00:38:39,382 We had a little bit of a stalemate with deliberations here, 944 00:38:39,384 --> 00:38:42,085 but I think, we know where we're at. 945 00:38:42,387 --> 00:38:43,620 [casey] so, gentlemen, 946 00:38:43,722 --> 00:38:46,523 thank you all for your creativity today in your cocktails. 947 00:38:46,525 --> 00:38:48,091 We weren't all totally in agreement. 948 00:38:48,093 --> 00:38:49,826 But we all found some things we really liked. 949 00:38:49,861 --> 00:38:51,728 So, jerry, 950 00:38:51,730 --> 00:38:54,864 your riff on the ward-8, presentation was marvelous. 951 00:38:54,866 --> 00:38:56,666 And I think it was a very nice-looking cocktail. 952 00:38:56,668 --> 00:38:57,334 [jerry] thank you. 953 00:38:57,336 --> 00:38:58,702 [digger] as far as the drink. 954 00:38:58,704 --> 00:39:01,671 The alcohol, you know you didn't quite put enough for my palate. 955 00:39:01,673 --> 00:39:05,942 You know, I like to taste my liquor more than I like to taste the accompaniments. 956 00:39:05,944 --> 00:39:07,777 Maybe this one should have been served on the rocks. 957 00:39:07,779 --> 00:39:10,413 So, maybe it is the way to go next time. 958 00:39:10,415 --> 00:39:13,650 Mike, I know that you couldn't find your passion fruit, but, 959 00:39:13,652 --> 00:39:16,019 the riff on the hurricane brought us in a lot of nice flavors 960 00:39:16,021 --> 00:39:18,955 and I think that heat really made an impression on the judges, 961 00:39:19,091 --> 00:39:19,823 one way or the other. 962 00:39:19,825 --> 00:39:21,825 I'm sure. 963 00:39:21,827 --> 00:39:24,394 Those peppers man, for me a little bit, little bit hot. 964 00:39:24,396 --> 00:39:26,596 -Can't satisfy everybody. -[tim] yeah, yeah. 965 00:39:26,598 --> 00:39:30,900 That's not anywhere near a hurricane that I've ever had, 966 00:39:30,902 --> 00:39:34,404 and thank you for that, because it's ten times better. 967 00:39:34,706 --> 00:39:36,906 Damn! Thank you. 968 00:39:36,908 --> 00:39:38,441 More like a tornado with a pepper in it. 969 00:39:38,443 --> 00:39:39,676 [casey laughs] 970 00:39:39,678 --> 00:39:44,280 and mark, with the southside, you started off in good shape. 971 00:39:44,282 --> 00:39:46,716 You had your lime, you had your mint and your honey as a sweetener, 972 00:39:46,718 --> 00:39:51,087 and then the copious amount of alcohol knocked it all off the rails. 973 00:39:51,823 --> 00:39:54,591 I ain't a whole lot on mixing drinks. I don't know much about it. 974 00:39:54,593 --> 00:39:57,861 [digger] you're like me. We like to drink strong liquors, 975 00:39:57,863 --> 00:40:02,932 with nothing really standing in the way between that taste of that liquor and my belly. 976 00:40:02,934 --> 00:40:06,002 If you drink one of those, you're probably be enough. 977 00:40:06,004 --> 00:40:08,138 Well, back in prohibition days, 978 00:40:08,673 --> 00:40:10,106 didn't have much money. 979 00:40:10,108 --> 00:40:11,408 Had to get it when you can get it. 980 00:40:11,410 --> 00:40:12,776 [laughs] 981 00:40:12,778 --> 00:40:15,078 [digger] all in all, everybody did a fine job. 982 00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:17,614 But at the end of the day, there can only be one winner, 983 00:40:17,616 --> 00:40:21,050 of the 24 pounds of yeast. 984 00:40:21,052 --> 00:40:23,286 -[tim] make a whole lot of bread with that -[digger] yeah. 985 00:40:24,956 --> 00:40:28,358 And that falls today... 986 00:40:32,097 --> 00:40:33,229 To jerry benson. 987 00:40:34,065 --> 00:40:35,565 [clapping] 988 00:40:35,567 --> 00:40:37,400 -thank you. -Congrats brother. 989 00:40:37,402 --> 00:40:40,103 [casey] jerry, good presentation. Good flavor. Good balance. 990 00:40:40,105 --> 00:40:41,304 Really a nice drink. 991 00:40:41,306 --> 00:40:42,372 [digger] we loved it. 992 00:40:42,441 --> 00:40:43,440 Sir. 993 00:40:44,176 --> 00:40:46,543 To win this competition is absolutely amazing. 994 00:40:46,545 --> 00:40:50,780 24 pounds of the yeast to a moonshiner, I mean that's like gold to a jeweler. 995 00:40:50,782 --> 00:40:53,850 And to be able to take mike out in this was very rewarding. 996 00:40:53,885 --> 00:40:55,985 Mark, come forward. 997 00:40:56,688 --> 00:40:58,755 Now, you are the recipient of the runner-up, 998 00:40:58,757 --> 00:41:01,090 and you've got the little ziz wheel. 999 00:41:02,627 --> 00:41:05,328 Yes, there's a lot of uses you can do with that. 1000 00:41:06,665 --> 00:41:08,832 [mark] I'd rather have the ziz wheel to yeast, anytime. 1001 00:41:08,834 --> 00:41:10,667 I'll keep it with me, at all time now. 1002 00:41:10,669 --> 00:41:12,702 Damn fine job. Appreciate every one of you. 1003 00:41:12,704 --> 00:41:16,105 Now, which one of you gonna drive me back to the house? 1004 00:41:16,107 --> 00:41:18,908 -Ah. -[mark] yeah, grab your prize there, jerry. 1005 00:41:18,910 --> 00:41:20,376 Thank you, guys. 1006 00:41:22,514 --> 00:41:23,813 -There you go. -Thank you, guys. 1007 00:41:23,815 --> 00:41:25,748 -[casey] thank you, gentleman. -[tim] appreciate you all. 1008 00:41:25,750 --> 00:41:27,917 All right, who's mixing the next round? 1009 00:41:27,919 --> 00:41:29,986 -[tim] you. [laughs] -[digger] yeah.