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[narrator] this time on
master distiller...
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Three outlaw moonshiners,
travel a century back in time
to the roaring 20s
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to see who can make
the best bootleg liquor
of the prohibition era.
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[mike] prohibition
corn liquor.
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[narrator] but there's a twist
that few moonshiners
can master.
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-What's that?
-[digger] that's
your strainer.
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-[tim] what do you think?
-I ain't never seen
nothing like that.
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I'll have to get me
one of them.
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[narrator] turning their
illegal liquor into drinkable
prohibition cocktails.
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That cocktail would take
the hair off of wooden leg.
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I never made pretty drinks.
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[narrator] across the country,
a handful of expert distillers
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are heirs to
a centuries-old tradition.
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Some operate
on the legal side,
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others practice their craft
beyond the reach of the law.
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Now, they'll face off to earn
their place in america's
liquor-making legacy.
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-That's money jar
right there.
-There's about.
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[narrator] judged by three
legendary moonshiners,
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they'll go head-to-head
in a series of challenges...
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-Condenser got a leak?
-[rogers] it's leaking
pretty bad.
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-It'll surprise me if
something don't go wrong.
-[chuckling] yeah.
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[narrator] ...To determine,
who has what it takes...
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If mark don't drink any of it,
he'll be okay.
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[narrator] ...To earn
backwoods bragging rights,
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and the ultimate
prohibition prize.
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24 pounds of yeast,
right here.
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-That's better than money.
-[digger] that's gold
right there.
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Welcome, boys.
We're going back in time
to prohibition.
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That was the
bootleggers paradise.
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Corn liquor was king
during that period of time,
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and everybody was coming
to the south from the north,
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to get our liquor
and take it back up there
and have parties.
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So, here we go.
We're going to
make a little drink.
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[tim] you made your own mash.
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You got your own ingredients.
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It's ready to run.
We want you to run it.
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And at the end,
we want you to make a good
prohibition cocktail for us.
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[digger] boys, whoever makes
us the winning cocktail,
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you don't get just
the bragging rights on that,
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you get 24 pounds of
my favorite yeast right here.
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-That's better than money.
-[digger] that's gold
right there.
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They'd kill over that
right there,
back in the prohibition days.
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The winner will get
first choice in the farmhouse,
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for the fruits and the juices
and the mixers for these
prohibition cocktails.
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Right on.
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So, here we go.
We need good liquor.
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Ready to make drinks out of
no more than four hours.
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Your time starts...
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Now.
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[mike] oo-ee.
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Let's run some alcohol.
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[mark] who's your money
on. Tim?
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[tim] I'm betting
on the winner.
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[digger] I'm betting on
the underdog.
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Which one of y'all's
the underdog, by the way?
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[mark] my money's
on marky, then.
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If mark don't drink any of it,
he'll be okay.
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[chuckles]
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I'm mark rogers, I come
straight out of the mountains.
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My mash is set up
just like the old-timers
made it back in the 20s.
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I make my own yeast,
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and it's sugar and corn,
really, it all
goes in my liquor.
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[mark] I noticed one thing,
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all three boys,
done had your solids strained
out before you got here.
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That's a good move.
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[mike] man, it smells so good.
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Out of all the years,
I believe that all of us
has done this,
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it's a practice till
the day you die.
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Regardless.
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My name's mike cockrell.
I was born and raised in
the state of mississippi,
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but I hang my hat
in tennessee.
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I'm from a long line
of moonshiners.
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I'm the fifth generation
moonshiner,
and my son's the sixth.
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My family's liquor
back in prohibition time,
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would have been made
and sold and shipped
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into big cities
to make cocktails with.
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I mean, that was the only way
of living back then.
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So, this competition,
it's something really
dear and near to my heart.
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Good old
prohibition corn liquor.
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My corn mash recipe is
actually passed down to me,
through my grandmother.
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I do like to use
a white sweet corn.
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It's got a better flavor,
better sugar content.
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This alcohol, I know,
it's going to come out great,
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because this is what
I've done all my life.
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Hope your mash is
as good as mine.
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[chuckles]
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my partner jerry benson.
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I love the guy to death.
I consider him a brother
of mine, but now...
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We're going against
each other, you know
and let the ball game begin.
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Now, jerry if you need
any help,
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-now, you just call on me,
all right?
-[jerry] all right.
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-I'll be there in a hit.
-All right.
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[laughs]
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my name is jerry benson.
I'm from hendersonville,
north carolina.
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I do a little bit of
everything, hvac work,
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rv and camp repair work,
little bit of
home renovation work.
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And I've been making moonshine
about 15 years.
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I run a lot of liquor
by myself, but I run
even more liquor with mike.
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I know what he knows,
I wouldn't have no problem
taking him out.
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Going to a prohibition
style competition.
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I wanted to try to
keep it old school.
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Back then, there was
nothing real fancy about
what they've done,
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and it was basic corn whiskey.
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If I keep things kind of
simple, just stick to
the regular old corn recipe.
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It kind of gives us that
neutral natural base for the
bright tail to work off of.
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-[rogers] everything
going good, jerry?
-Really good.
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-Good.
-Climbing now.
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-[mike] climbing on up?
-Yeah.
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[mike] yep,
it's getting there.
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[rogers] well, I'm up against
mike cockrell, jerry benson.
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I've got a little bit of
history with mike cockrell.
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A tall, ain't it?
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-Ain't my fault.
-I understand that,
but a handshake is man's word.
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I've got to get
some liquor, so--
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-and I've got to get it.
-I can't help you.
Get outta here.
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I don't watch say
a whole lot about people
or nothing, anything.
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So, I ain't
gonna say too much.
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I don't care who wins,
as long as it ain't mike.
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Whoo! Fixing to get into
that worm, baby.
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Start to get that good
corn aroma over here.
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[mark] you know,
all prohibitions done
was made bootleggers rich.
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-[digger] yeah.
-You know, it didn't stop
the nation from drinking.
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No.
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Well did liquor taste really
[bleep] back in
the prohibition days, marky?
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-[laughing]
-I don't know.
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That were back in
my grandpa's days.
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Mark rogers he's an old-timer,
kind of reminds me of
me in a younger sense.
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-Hey mark,
how you looking down there?
-About ready to run.
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[mike] I feel like
he's gonna be tough to beat.
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Boys, you're one hour
into you run.
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Uh-oh! Getting a drip or two
starting over here.
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-It'll push a steady stream
before you know it.
-[mike] yeah, buddy.
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Now, it's just a waiting game,
ain't it?
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Hurry up and wait.
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[tim] what you doing
over there, mark?
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[rogers] huh?
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What you doing over there?
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It does.
It helps get any impurities
out that's left over,
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and actually put a little
flavor in it for me.
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I like it.
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This mash is really good.
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I don't really see a whole lot
I need to filter out of it.
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Good clean clear liquor,
that's what
I want to give them.
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You're a-running
liquor, marky.
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[rogers] yep, she's a running.
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That crack corn make
some hot liquor, baby.
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Yeah.
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Mark rogers,
fine old corn mash recipe,
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that's what
you're known for, ain't it?
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Well, yeah.
I've made more of that
than any of you.
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Oh yeah, you have.
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-You happy with everything
the way it's going so far?
-[rogers] yeah.
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-So far.
-So far.
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-Day's young though, ain't it?
-It is.
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-Liquor run, anything can
go wrong anytime, can't it?
-Yeah.
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It'll surprise me if
something don't go wrong.
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Yeah.
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Good luck, marky.
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-I appreciate it.
-All right, man.
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Mikey. You're almost up to
140 already.
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Yep. Getting there,
getting close.
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You got any
doubts and worries about
this prohibition cocktail?
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You given that any thought?
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Well, I'm always thinking
ahead, anyway,
even before this liquor runs,
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I'm thinking about what type
of cocktail I'm going to be
able to make, so--
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I'm always spinning up here,
somewhere. [laughs]
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I can see that hamster up,
he's a-peddling and running
like hell.
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Yeah, missing
every other stride,
I can tell you.
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[laughs]
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-all right, mike,
good luck to you, buddy.
-Thank you, man.
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Mr. Benson,
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how are you feeling
about your cocktail?
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You got something in mind?
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I personally like a good
kind of the spring.
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-Kind of good
fruity cocktail--
-[mark] yeah, I agree.
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Prohibition, where the fruits
and the juices, and the mixers
came in for the drinks.
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Simply to make them taller.
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Well, if the stories
I hear are true,
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they put bleach and batteries
and all kinds of stuff
in their mash.
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-[mark] rubbing alcohol.
-Yeah.
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I don't know.
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Mark rogers is only one that
was there,
when it was taken place.
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-It was wild.
-[all laughing]
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-[mark] good luck, jerry.
-Thank you buddy.
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Yeah boy.
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She's coming, son.
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Ha-ha!
We getting somewheres now.
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Go up a little bit of my fire.
Just a fuzz.
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[jerry] I don't know
about you,
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but I'm not a big fan of this
little bitty tiny condenser.
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This water is
way too warm for me.
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Yeah, needs to be
a little bigger, don't it?
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-[jerry] about three times
that big, I feel like.
-Yeah.
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I'm excited to taste it, boys.
I know all three of them,
be fine liquor.
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Oh! What's all this
in the floor?
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-[digger] water.
-Huh?
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[digger] you got
a big leak, marky.
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-Condenser got a leak?
-[rogers] it's leaking
pretty bad.
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[imitates explosion]
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[digger] you got run over
in your liquor.
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[tim] oh! Water.
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[digger] you got
a big leak, marky.
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-Condenser got a leak?
-[rogers] it's leaking
pretty bad.
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[mike] it's somewhere
in your bottom, ain't it?
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[rogers] I have to
turn it down.
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[mike sighs] lord,
I thought it was over here,
but it might be over here.
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[rogers] it's leaking,
yes, sir.
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-Just water though.
It doesn't really matter.
-Yeah, it ain't gonna hurt it.
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As long as I don't
get it in the liquor.
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[mike] yeah, we don't wanna
get it in the liquor,
that's for sure.
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Only thing I can do,
is get it to slow down just
a little bit.
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And to really be careful.
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Wish, I had noticed
that earlier.
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One hour
and 15 minutes left, boys.
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[tim] good corn liquor,
can't rush it.
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-[mark] no.
-[tim] they're gonna need
all four hours.
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[mark] oh, yeah.
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Them four hours go fast and--
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you always wishing
that you had time
to get that next jar.
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[digger]
[bleep] in the hearts.
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You guys happy with
what liquor you running?
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Absolutely, good, great life.
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I'd say we've done
150 proof right there.
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[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.