1 00:00:01,896 --> 00:00:03,206 - [Henry] There we go. - Oh, bam. 2 00:00:03,379 --> 00:00:05,102 [narrator] This time on "Moonshiners"-- 3 00:00:05,103 --> 00:00:08,895 That's your first illegal run in, like, 14 years, Tim. 4 00:00:08,896 --> 00:00:11,896 I had four weeks to get 1,000 gallons made. 5 00:00:12,034 --> 00:00:13,275 I say we get to unloading. 6 00:00:14,620 --> 00:00:19,000 Being just paranoid anyway in moonshining is one thing. 7 00:00:19,137 --> 00:00:20,413 I mean, why are you scaring me, man? 8 00:00:20,586 --> 00:00:23,275 But, you know, in my shoes, this is the next level. 9 00:00:25,379 --> 00:00:27,931 All right, Puss. This is a point of no return. 10 00:00:29,379 --> 00:00:32,171 - [Digger] See what we got. - [Mark] Oh, yeah. 11 00:00:32,172 --> 00:00:35,000 That's damn moonshine corn liquor at its best. 12 00:00:35,137 --> 00:00:37,274 You know, y'all been out of it a while, and I had to 13 00:00:37,275 --> 00:00:38,827 find me some. - Where in the world are 14 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:40,827 you getting it at for that price? 15 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,586 We've got to find out where this cheap liquor is 16 00:00:44,758 --> 00:00:48,000 coming from. Our livelihood depends on it. 17 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,206 - Digger, this is Josh. - [man, on radio] Josh, who? 18 00:00:51,379 --> 00:00:53,274 I'm concerned. Something ain't right. 19 00:00:53,275 --> 00:00:54,895 Digger ain't never acted like that before. 20 00:00:54,896 --> 00:00:57,000 Don't have anything at the same spot. 21 00:00:57,172 --> 00:00:59,620 Find you someplace totally away from you to get rid of 22 00:00:59,793 --> 00:01:01,379 your liquor. - It's that serious? 23 00:01:02,586 --> 00:01:05,103 - [snap] - [theme music plays] 24 00:01:05,275 --> 00:01:07,689 [Big Chuk] This is how we make the moonshine. 25 00:01:16,793 --> 00:01:18,482 [Tickle] So where are we going now, Tim? 26 00:01:19,793 --> 00:01:21,896 We're going to church. That's where we're going. 27 00:01:22,034 --> 00:01:26,586 In Culpeper County, Virginia, after 12 years paying taxes, 28 00:01:26,758 --> 00:01:30,379 making legal liquor, a first-ever order from Canada 29 00:01:30,551 --> 00:01:32,896 pulled Tim back to the outlaw side. 30 00:01:33,034 --> 00:01:34,413 You sure you want to do this thing, Tim? 31 00:01:35,379 --> 00:01:36,999 [Tickle] You got a lot to lose. 32 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:41,413 Skirting Canadian tariffs on American whiskey, Tim stands 33 00:01:41,586 --> 00:01:45,068 to pocket most of the $40,000 deal. 34 00:01:45,241 --> 00:01:47,378 How does it feel, Tim, to be out here with the salt 35 00:01:47,379 --> 00:01:48,793 and the sugar? - [Tim] It's nice. 36 00:01:48,965 --> 00:01:50,172 A little bit stressful. 37 00:01:51,172 --> 00:01:53,999 But after a teetotaling preacher threatened him with 38 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,827 more than hellfire and brimstone... 39 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:58,999 - [Tickle] The pot's empty. - [Tim] What do you mean the pot's empty? 40 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,274 - [Tickle] Your pot is empty. - [Henry] What the hell is this? 41 00:02:01,275 --> 00:02:03,000 - [Henry] Yeah. - [Tickle] Like somebody done shot it. 42 00:02:03,137 --> 00:02:04,931 We don't drink no moonshine, though. 43 00:02:05,068 --> 00:02:07,068 That stuff is from the devil, man. 44 00:02:07,241 --> 00:02:10,310 ...Tim finds himself answering to a higher law. 45 00:02:11,517 --> 00:02:14,585 If he's down there and he's the one that's punching holes 46 00:02:14,586 --> 00:02:18,102 in the still, then, you know, that whole area there 47 00:02:18,103 --> 00:02:20,171 has been compromised, you know, because, 48 00:02:20,172 --> 00:02:22,517 you know, he may change his mind from hunting turkeys 49 00:02:22,689 --> 00:02:24,033 to hunting us. 50 00:02:24,034 --> 00:02:26,379 In the back of my mind, I think we got to get clear with this 51 00:02:26,551 --> 00:02:28,274 preacher, because if the preacher's on us 52 00:02:28,275 --> 00:02:31,171 this close, he'll still be on us on the next one. 53 00:02:31,172 --> 00:02:34,275 We could upset this guy, and he might go straight to 54 00:02:34,448 --> 00:02:35,585 the law if he ain't already. 55 00:02:35,586 --> 00:02:38,000 Well, I hope he ain't got no guns in the church. 56 00:02:38,172 --> 00:02:39,482 I've dealt with the law enforcement before. 57 00:02:39,655 --> 00:02:40,931 You know, you know what you're working with 58 00:02:41,068 --> 00:02:42,172 when they come after you. 59 00:02:42,344 --> 00:02:43,931 Other moonshiners, sometimes territory, 60 00:02:44,068 --> 00:02:46,827 stepping on toes, you know, I can work with that, too. 61 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,999 But, I mean, this is uncharted territory. 62 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,620 It'd be better to go see the preacher than the judge. 63 00:02:51,793 --> 00:02:53,275 You're right about that. He might-- 64 00:02:53,448 --> 00:02:55,102 He might go talk to the judge after you talk to him. 65 00:02:55,103 --> 00:02:57,413 [Tim] Yeah, well, just be quiet, [indistinct]. 66 00:02:57,586 --> 00:02:59,310 Be quiet. 67 00:02:59,482 --> 00:03:02,172 I think so. Man, he playing the guitar now. 68 00:03:03,379 --> 00:03:04,482 Hello. 69 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,102 - Hey. - [Tim] Uh-oh. 70 00:03:08,103 --> 00:03:10,275 - [Tim] He playing the guitar. - [preacher] Yeah. 71 00:03:10,448 --> 00:03:12,482 [ominous music plays] 72 00:03:17,620 --> 00:03:18,862 So what's going on? 73 00:03:19,689 --> 00:03:22,793 Well, we went back down there in the woods after we saw 74 00:03:22,965 --> 00:03:24,482 you the next day. 75 00:03:24,655 --> 00:03:26,896 And we saw where we was working at. 76 00:03:27,034 --> 00:03:30,275 Some things got disturbed, and stuff down there. 77 00:03:30,448 --> 00:03:33,688 We saw a bible verse written. We were just thinking, 78 00:03:33,689 --> 00:03:36,274 maybe you may know something about it. 79 00:03:36,275 --> 00:03:37,517 Kind of fits. 80 00:03:37,689 --> 00:03:40,206 Hey, Bible verses, preacher in the woods, 81 00:03:41,172 --> 00:03:43,379 you know, one and one equals two, right? 82 00:03:44,482 --> 00:03:46,481 There's a lot of people against you. 83 00:03:46,482 --> 00:03:48,586 I'm against you. I don't like it. 84 00:03:48,758 --> 00:03:50,068 Lawman gets a hold to you. 85 00:03:51,068 --> 00:03:52,655 It might be too late then. 86 00:03:55,103 --> 00:03:57,102 Henry knows all about that. 87 00:03:57,103 --> 00:03:59,171 Y'all come see me on a Sunday morning. 88 00:03:59,172 --> 00:04:00,379 Let's worship the Lord. 89 00:04:01,827 --> 00:04:04,000 [Tim] I never faced a threat like this before. 90 00:04:04,172 --> 00:04:06,481 When a preacher comes after you and he brings God down 91 00:04:06,482 --> 00:04:08,793 on you, I mean, what are you gonna do about that? 92 00:04:10,379 --> 00:04:12,378 Can we go and find a still site, please? 93 00:04:12,379 --> 00:04:13,586 This is a big game here. 94 00:04:19,413 --> 00:04:21,171 - [Big Chuk] Smell alcohol. - The cap fell. 95 00:04:21,172 --> 00:04:23,310 She's deader than a doornail. She's good to go. 96 00:04:24,896 --> 00:04:26,792 Ready to run. 97 00:04:26,793 --> 00:04:27,896 Bitter, ain't it? 98 00:04:28,827 --> 00:04:30,379 I smell it. 99 00:04:30,551 --> 00:04:33,310 In Polk County, North Carolina. 100 00:04:33,482 --> 00:04:34,999 [Josh] The faster we get her pumped in there, 101 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,000 the faster we get the liquor. 102 00:04:38,172 --> 00:04:41,103 After landing a 20 gallon order for the cherry rye 103 00:04:41,275 --> 00:04:43,931 moonshine that made his family famous, 104 00:04:44,068 --> 00:04:46,172 Josh made a risky choice. 105 00:04:46,344 --> 00:04:47,896 [Josh] Man, that baby pumps. 106 00:04:48,034 --> 00:04:49,412 Holy crap. 107 00:04:49,413 --> 00:04:52,481 Swapping in blackberries when the farmer's market came up 108 00:04:52,482 --> 00:04:53,793 short on cherries. 109 00:04:55,068 --> 00:04:56,274 That's some good stuff. 110 00:04:56,275 --> 00:04:57,793 I can smell the blackberries and everything. 111 00:04:57,965 --> 00:04:59,310 - I can smell it's bitter. - [Big Chuk] Yeah. 112 00:04:59,482 --> 00:05:02,378 The Owenses are known for making cherry moonshine. 113 00:05:02,379 --> 00:05:05,481 But right this very second, there just are no cherries. 114 00:05:05,482 --> 00:05:06,827 I'm gonna put some fire to it. 115 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:07,895 Yeah, yeah. 116 00:05:07,896 --> 00:05:10,274 [music plays] 117 00:05:10,275 --> 00:05:12,586 [whoosh] 118 00:05:12,758 --> 00:05:16,310 To be a moonshiner, you got to adapt and overcome. 119 00:05:16,482 --> 00:05:19,172 I'm not gonna not fulfill my order just because the cherries 120 00:05:19,344 --> 00:05:21,792 aren't here right now. - A little bit more than that. 121 00:05:21,793 --> 00:05:23,517 Golly, I can smell the alcohol in there. 122 00:05:23,689 --> 00:05:25,482 The way I see it, some moonshine is better than 123 00:05:25,655 --> 00:05:27,275 no moonshine, so we're gonna make some blackberry, 124 00:05:27,448 --> 00:05:28,689 and I guarantee you he's going to love it. 125 00:05:28,862 --> 00:05:32,206 Them little blackberry seeds is micro-sized, too. 126 00:05:32,379 --> 00:05:34,378 Walk around smelling like mash all day. 127 00:05:34,379 --> 00:05:36,895 Oh, you've smelled like worse, I promise you. 128 00:05:36,896 --> 00:05:38,103 [Big Chuk] Blackberry Rye. 129 00:05:39,482 --> 00:05:41,310 This is an old-school setup, no thumpers, 130 00:05:41,482 --> 00:05:42,793 so everything's pretty simple. 131 00:05:42,965 --> 00:05:44,689 Yeah, I see it starting to steam, we can get the cap. 132 00:05:44,862 --> 00:05:46,310 [Josh] Yeah, we ain't far from capping it. 133 00:05:46,482 --> 00:05:49,379 Once the mash goes in there and you fire it up, it starts 134 00:05:49,551 --> 00:05:50,689 steaming, you cap it off. 135 00:05:52,793 --> 00:05:54,310 All we got to do now is just heat it up, 136 00:05:54,482 --> 00:05:56,585 let it rock and roll, and make moonshine. 137 00:05:56,586 --> 00:05:59,206 [Josh] It's just a matter of time now before we got liquor, buddy. 138 00:06:00,620 --> 00:06:02,378 Oh, yeah. 139 00:06:02,379 --> 00:06:05,585 - Damn, you smell that? - [Big Chuk] I do, I do. 140 00:06:05,586 --> 00:06:09,379 It don't matter how many times I do that, I still love it. 141 00:06:09,551 --> 00:06:11,517 I hope this old boy loves it as much as we do. 142 00:06:11,689 --> 00:06:13,000 Looky there. Got a little drip. 143 00:06:13,137 --> 00:06:15,206 I don't know if that's condensation or liquor. 144 00:06:15,379 --> 00:06:18,000 Oh, yeah. It's on, big dog. 145 00:06:20,931 --> 00:06:22,172 Keep running, boy. 146 00:06:22,344 --> 00:06:23,792 This thing's running great. 147 00:06:23,793 --> 00:06:26,931 It's pumping out the liquor like you can't believe. 148 00:06:27,068 --> 00:06:28,310 Ready to try this thing out? 149 00:06:29,724 --> 00:06:30,827 Fingers crossed. 150 00:06:34,827 --> 00:06:36,172 [Big Chuk] Can't complain about that. 151 00:06:37,586 --> 00:06:38,724 It's good and clear. 152 00:06:39,896 --> 00:06:41,896 She's holding a good bead. Still got a bead. 153 00:06:42,034 --> 00:06:43,827 Got a blackberry. Boy, it calmed it down. 154 00:06:45,896 --> 00:06:48,103 A chef's got to taste his food, Mr. Josh. 155 00:06:50,379 --> 00:06:52,896 I'm gonna tell you, tasting that right there, 156 00:06:53,034 --> 00:06:54,689 we didn't go wrong with switching to blackberries. 157 00:06:54,862 --> 00:06:56,827 But my only concern is, down here, I don't know 158 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,103 how picky people are. 159 00:06:58,275 --> 00:07:00,896 You sure this fella ain't gonna have a problem? 160 00:07:02,689 --> 00:07:04,379 Are you crazy? Did you taste this? 161 00:07:04,551 --> 00:07:06,724 This right here is good. 162 00:07:06,896 --> 00:07:09,000 - Here, take you another swallow. - Yeah, I'll take me one more. 163 00:07:09,172 --> 00:07:12,068 - Hold on, take you another swallow. - You don't got to ask me twice. 164 00:07:12,241 --> 00:07:14,481 Let's get these buckets filled, get this [bleep] done, 165 00:07:14,482 --> 00:07:16,724 and get the hell out of here. - Yes, sir, I'm with you. 166 00:07:16,896 --> 00:07:19,931 We got a whole bunch of moonshine here, and we're going 167 00:07:20,068 --> 00:07:21,136 to make some money. 168 00:07:21,137 --> 00:07:23,517 Our first sale of the season, and I'm excited. 169 00:07:31,793 --> 00:07:35,895 [Mark] Well, Puss, this is where it's fixing to get real. 170 00:07:35,896 --> 00:07:37,310 [Digger] Yep. 171 00:07:37,482 --> 00:07:40,586 In Cocke County, Tennessee, fearing prison after 172 00:07:40,758 --> 00:07:44,172 a close call with the law, Mark and Digger were forced to 173 00:07:44,344 --> 00:07:47,000 dismantle their statewide illegal empire. 174 00:07:48,206 --> 00:07:50,068 [Mark] Go left of that tree there, Digger. 175 00:07:50,241 --> 00:07:54,172 Now, with no crews left to run shine, they have to revive 176 00:07:54,344 --> 00:07:57,585 their once-thriving corn liquor operation with their own 177 00:07:57,586 --> 00:07:58,895 bare hands. 178 00:07:58,896 --> 00:08:01,689 [Mark] We've got this tote of corn mash working off. 179 00:08:01,862 --> 00:08:05,000 Once we tote Big Sloppy back in there and set her down, 180 00:08:05,137 --> 00:08:08,827 that opens up the illegal world all over again, and that's when 181 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:10,206 we're back in harm's way. 182 00:08:10,379 --> 00:08:11,448 Let's check this mash. 183 00:08:12,827 --> 00:08:14,689 [Digger] See if we've made mash or buttermilk. 184 00:08:16,586 --> 00:08:18,378 Oh yeah, it's petering out. 185 00:08:18,379 --> 00:08:21,793 We stir it, that's just gas left in the grain bed. 186 00:08:21,965 --> 00:08:22,931 Caps fell. 187 00:08:25,586 --> 00:08:26,620 Woo. 188 00:08:26,793 --> 00:08:28,413 Made a little bit of liquor in it. 189 00:08:28,586 --> 00:08:30,482 Well, it's made alcohol. I guess it's up to us 190 00:08:30,655 --> 00:08:32,206 and Big Sloppy to make the liquor. 191 00:08:32,379 --> 00:08:35,413 I'll carry my end if Big Sloppy can carry hers. 192 00:08:35,586 --> 00:08:36,827 Yep. 193 00:08:37,724 --> 00:08:40,931 We're going back to making liquor the way we were taught, 194 00:08:41,068 --> 00:08:43,310 just an old, single pot, all by ourselves. 195 00:08:43,482 --> 00:08:47,172 We make enough money to keep our families provided for. 196 00:08:47,344 --> 00:08:49,172 That's the only safe way to do business. 197 00:08:50,103 --> 00:08:51,102 [Mark] I don't remember... 198 00:08:51,103 --> 00:08:53,275 [two thuds] 199 00:08:53,448 --> 00:08:55,000 ...ever liking this part of it. 200 00:08:55,931 --> 00:08:57,931 - [Digger] What, building a furnace? - [Mark] Yeah. 201 00:08:58,068 --> 00:09:01,688 [Digger] No, it ain't the most joyful and rewarding part of it. 202 00:09:01,689 --> 00:09:04,517 There's a couple of different ways of building furnaces. 203 00:09:04,689 --> 00:09:06,620 Amanda was good at this. 204 00:09:06,793 --> 00:09:09,896 I wish it was her working on it, if that's any consolation. 205 00:09:10,034 --> 00:09:13,688 [Mark] Once all these rocks and stones around it gets worn, it keeps 206 00:09:13,689 --> 00:09:17,000 it up to temperature longer and easier, quicker, 207 00:09:17,137 --> 00:09:21,172 because even out in the woods, a little bit of wind blowing 208 00:09:21,344 --> 00:09:23,103 will cool the pot down. 209 00:09:23,275 --> 00:09:26,724 I'm gonna take and call that it, as far as I'm concerned. 210 00:09:26,896 --> 00:09:28,413 [Digger] Well, yeah, it'll make liquor. 211 00:09:28,586 --> 00:09:31,517 Big Sloppy, she's what we call a copper pot still. 212 00:09:31,689 --> 00:09:35,724 You know, it's what we used in the Smoky Mountains for years. 213 00:09:35,896 --> 00:09:38,827 She's solid copper. Thump keg is copper. 214 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:40,310 Condenser is all copper. 215 00:09:40,482 --> 00:09:42,688 I mean, it's copper to the core. 216 00:09:42,689 --> 00:09:44,172 [Digger] That's close enough for government work. 217 00:09:48,379 --> 00:09:50,724 [suspenseful music plays] 218 00:09:50,896 --> 00:09:52,067 All right, Puss. 219 00:09:52,068 --> 00:09:54,482 This is the point of no return when you light it up. 220 00:09:54,655 --> 00:09:55,620 Here we go. 221 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,172 - [whoosh] - [bluegrass music plays] 222 00:10:01,827 --> 00:10:04,413 This is where the rubber meets the road, Hattie boy. 223 00:10:05,586 --> 00:10:08,171 Or the wrist meets the handcuffs. 224 00:10:08,172 --> 00:10:09,275 You make the pick. 225 00:10:16,931 --> 00:10:18,103 [Digger] We're steaming a little bit. 226 00:10:18,275 --> 00:10:20,413 Let's go ahead and get that cap on there. 227 00:10:20,586 --> 00:10:22,895 I'll go get us a little agua and build us a paste. 228 00:10:22,896 --> 00:10:23,896 [Mark] OK. 229 00:10:24,034 --> 00:10:25,793 [thuds] 230 00:10:27,172 --> 00:10:30,586 Damn, here we are, back to the bar room again, I guess. 231 00:10:32,896 --> 00:10:35,895 We're gonna do a run of corn liquor right off the bat. 232 00:10:35,896 --> 00:10:37,862 It's always in demand. 233 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:39,895 Our customers have always wanted it. 234 00:10:39,896 --> 00:10:42,585 It's just the gold standard of the liquor world, 235 00:10:42,586 --> 00:10:45,931 as far as we're concerned. - [Digger] Look yonder. 236 00:10:46,068 --> 00:10:48,793 [Mark] Oh, hell. Damn, we're in trouble now. 237 00:10:48,965 --> 00:10:51,103 We're illegal now, Puss. 238 00:10:51,275 --> 00:10:54,896 Yeah, we're a little uneasy, but they wasn't a man that 239 00:10:55,034 --> 00:10:57,793 walked in these woods in this county that made liquor that 240 00:10:57,965 --> 00:11:00,000 wasn't uneasy when they were either walking in 241 00:11:00,206 --> 00:11:01,171 or walking out. 242 00:11:01,172 --> 00:11:02,792 I'm gonna dump these heads out, Puss. 243 00:11:02,793 --> 00:11:04,793 All right. 244 00:11:04,965 --> 00:11:07,103 I'm gonna look around more than I did in the past couple 245 00:11:07,275 --> 00:11:09,792 or three years and do our due diligence 246 00:11:09,793 --> 00:11:12,172 where security comes into play. 247 00:11:12,344 --> 00:11:13,792 Hattie, we ought to be getting into some hearts 248 00:11:13,793 --> 00:11:15,068 right about there. - [Mark] Well, I don't know. 249 00:11:15,241 --> 00:11:16,758 [Mark] It ought to be calming down a little bit. 250 00:11:16,931 --> 00:11:19,862 [Digger] It ought to be about 120 or so right now. 251 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,068 Boy, look at that right there. 252 00:11:21,241 --> 00:11:23,275 [Digger] Boy, that is diamond clear. 253 00:11:24,379 --> 00:11:25,965 [Mark] That's what we want, ain't it? 254 00:11:28,413 --> 00:11:29,895 Oh [bleep]. 255 00:11:29,896 --> 00:11:31,758 It's that good? Hoard it all up. 256 00:11:35,620 --> 00:11:36,862 Oh, yeah. 257 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,413 That's damn moonshine corn liquor at its best. 258 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,206 - Boy. - [Mark] That's a damn fine jar 259 00:11:45,379 --> 00:11:47,000 of liquor right there, boss. 260 00:11:47,172 --> 00:11:51,000 Tasting this corn liquor, it's very familiar. 261 00:11:51,137 --> 00:11:53,068 You know, it's familiar. 262 00:11:53,241 --> 00:11:55,586 I'm not gonna say it's the best liquor we've ever made. 263 00:11:55,758 --> 00:11:57,689 I promise you, it's the best liquor we've made 264 00:11:57,862 --> 00:12:00,067 in six months. 265 00:12:00,068 --> 00:12:02,274 Damn, people's gonna be champing at the bits to get 266 00:12:02,275 --> 00:12:03,517 ahold of that. 267 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:07,517 That's about 30 gallons. 268 00:12:08,689 --> 00:12:12,000 Digger and I are not planning on using a bootlegger 269 00:12:12,172 --> 00:12:13,274 anytime soon. 270 00:12:13,275 --> 00:12:16,585 We're simply gonna rely on our customers of old. 271 00:12:16,586 --> 00:12:20,274 Just take one more liability out of our equation. 272 00:12:20,275 --> 00:12:22,999 You know what sucks the biggest right here, Hattie? 273 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:24,896 We gotta carry that son of a bitch out of here. 274 00:12:25,034 --> 00:12:28,102 Yeah, we ain't got nobody here to carry us out of here. 275 00:12:28,103 --> 00:12:29,999 [Mark] The more people you have involved with you, 276 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:31,758 the better chance you have of getting caught. 277 00:12:31,931 --> 00:12:34,586 So, if we get in trouble this time, it's going to be on Mark 278 00:12:34,758 --> 00:12:37,379 and Digger 100%, no one else. 279 00:12:37,551 --> 00:12:38,862 Tell you what do. 280 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:42,172 Let's just get it where it needs to be, split it 50-50. 281 00:12:42,344 --> 00:12:44,517 You go in one direction, I'll go in the other. 282 00:12:44,689 --> 00:12:46,103 We get it sold like that. 283 00:12:46,275 --> 00:12:48,517 And that way, if one of us does get caught, at least 284 00:12:48,689 --> 00:12:49,862 the other one's safe. 285 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,481 Hmm, I like the way you do business. 286 00:12:52,482 --> 00:12:55,102 So Digger and I decide we'll just split this run equally 287 00:12:55,103 --> 00:12:57,896 amongst us, and we'll take it out on our own and sell it. 288 00:12:58,034 --> 00:13:00,171 - [grunts] - Damn, that's heavy. 289 00:13:00,172 --> 00:13:02,378 We have to be extra cautious, because the law knows 290 00:13:02,379 --> 00:13:04,792 who we are, and all they got to do is come glance in the window, 291 00:13:04,793 --> 00:13:05,896 and we're done for. 292 00:13:12,103 --> 00:13:13,792 I really want to build a permanent structure, 293 00:13:13,793 --> 00:13:16,482 and that's why we got the trailer and some wood, 294 00:13:16,655 --> 00:13:20,000 because it looks good today. Next week, it could be raining. 295 00:13:20,172 --> 00:13:21,102 Oh, yeah, absolutely. 296 00:13:21,103 --> 00:13:22,896 And I can't miss that opportunity. 297 00:13:23,034 --> 00:13:24,102 I can't miss it. 298 00:13:24,103 --> 00:13:26,000 So I can't take the risk of just setting up out 299 00:13:26,172 --> 00:13:27,481 in the woods and being open. 300 00:13:27,482 --> 00:13:28,895 I talked to the preacher. 301 00:13:28,896 --> 00:13:30,379 That first site, you know, it's kind 302 00:13:30,551 --> 00:13:32,481 of compromised. It ain't gonna work. 303 00:13:32,482 --> 00:13:34,792 We can't go back there and set up no moonshine still. 304 00:13:34,793 --> 00:13:38,206 So, I actually found another spot, a little bit farther away. 305 00:13:38,379 --> 00:13:39,896 You know, no one's gonna find this. 306 00:13:41,482 --> 00:13:42,758 [Howard] So let me get this straight. 307 00:13:42,931 --> 00:13:45,689 You went from illegal to legal, and now you're going back 308 00:13:45,862 --> 00:13:48,000 illegal, trying to get some of that dirty money. 309 00:13:48,137 --> 00:13:49,379 I made a deal with a guy. 310 00:13:49,551 --> 00:13:51,585 He needed like 1,000 gallons of moonshine. 311 00:13:51,586 --> 00:13:53,792 1,000 gallons? 312 00:13:53,793 --> 00:13:55,758 [Tim] I got 1,000 gallons of moonshine to make for this 313 00:13:55,931 --> 00:13:58,862 buyer in Canada because he's trying to avoid the tariff tax. 314 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,586 I mean, I've never smuggled no moonshine across the border. 315 00:14:01,758 --> 00:14:04,172 I mean, I went across state lines, but going across 316 00:14:04,344 --> 00:14:08,585 the border to another country, this is something else. 317 00:14:08,586 --> 00:14:10,274 You may have outdone yourself this time, Tim. 318 00:14:10,275 --> 00:14:11,758 Well, who's back in here, man? 319 00:14:11,931 --> 00:14:13,378 But that's a problem for another day. 320 00:14:13,379 --> 00:14:14,689 We've got to run it first. 321 00:14:14,862 --> 00:14:16,378 God almighty. 322 00:14:16,379 --> 00:14:19,274 So I just called Howard, got Henry, I got Tickle. 323 00:14:19,275 --> 00:14:20,896 Hey, we're gonna put this thing together. 324 00:14:22,206 --> 00:14:24,000 Now, we're not building a house, but I want to 325 00:14:24,137 --> 00:14:26,896 build a shelter. - [Henry] Wind blowing up under it. 326 00:14:27,034 --> 00:14:28,206 You know how the wind gets to blowing sometimes. 327 00:14:28,379 --> 00:14:29,585 Well, that's what I'm saying. 328 00:14:29,586 --> 00:14:31,172 This right here blocks everything, it blocks the light. 329 00:14:31,344 --> 00:14:32,481 It blocks the air. 330 00:14:32,482 --> 00:14:34,413 All we got to do is protect this front. 331 00:14:34,586 --> 00:14:36,068 I think this is one hell of a spot, Tim. 332 00:14:36,241 --> 00:14:39,482 So all we got to do is build some structure, try to protect 333 00:14:39,655 --> 00:14:41,378 it from the sides that's gonna be viewed. 334 00:14:41,379 --> 00:14:44,896 Because we need to really get these big stills in here 335 00:14:45,034 --> 00:14:45,931 and get them set up. 336 00:14:46,068 --> 00:14:47,379 I mean, I'm done playing around. 337 00:14:49,103 --> 00:14:51,793 Get a hammer. Let's put this post up. 338 00:14:51,965 --> 00:14:53,206 [Tickle] You're not gonna put it in the ground? 339 00:14:53,379 --> 00:14:56,310 [Tim] No, what do you need to put it in the ground for? 340 00:14:56,482 --> 00:14:58,000 To help hold the base of it a little bit. 341 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:00,931 We're gonna brace it up on top. 342 00:15:01,068 --> 00:15:03,999 I understand that this thing has got one job to do. 343 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,171 It's got to be put up, keep the weather off of us, 344 00:15:06,172 --> 00:15:08,103 and it's got to be put up quick. 345 00:15:08,275 --> 00:15:11,068 Did I do good or what? All you got to do is nail it. 346 00:15:11,241 --> 00:15:12,102 Is that right? 347 00:15:12,103 --> 00:15:14,102 [chuckling] 348 00:15:14,103 --> 00:15:18,000 Me, been a carpenter most all my life, you know, and kind of 349 00:15:18,137 --> 00:15:20,620 reached very up high there with my carpentry skills. 350 00:15:20,793 --> 00:15:23,379 I would not climb in any one of y'all's tree houses. 351 00:15:23,551 --> 00:15:25,517 - Let's get this up. - [Tickle] You see? 352 00:15:25,689 --> 00:15:27,792 We're building a tree house in the woods. 353 00:15:27,793 --> 00:15:29,206 [Tickle] There's your post on the outside, like 354 00:15:29,379 --> 00:15:30,482 you always want. - [Tim] Genius. 355 00:15:32,310 --> 00:15:34,689 We're not building a house to be here for 30, 40, 356 00:15:34,862 --> 00:15:35,931 50 years or whatever. 357 00:15:36,068 --> 00:15:37,620 It's hitting that nail in there. 358 00:15:37,793 --> 00:15:40,758 We're just putting something up, a little bit of protection, 359 00:15:40,931 --> 00:15:44,171 as visibility, a little bit from the weather, and also put 360 00:15:44,172 --> 00:15:45,172 the stills in. 361 00:15:45,344 --> 00:15:47,586 [thuds] 362 00:15:49,172 --> 00:15:50,585 What do you reckon? Time to go get some pots 363 00:15:50,586 --> 00:15:52,413 and bring them in? - Let's roll. 364 00:15:58,586 --> 00:16:00,862 [Big Chuk] We're getting pretty close, ain't we? 365 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:02,586 What did he say, just meet him up here somewhere? 366 00:16:03,620 --> 00:16:06,000 Supposed to meet down here at this rental place down here, 367 00:16:06,137 --> 00:16:07,999 but it's supposed to be on this road. 368 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,895 We're on the way to meet my customer's brother, Whit. 369 00:16:10,896 --> 00:16:13,895 We got a whole bunch of moonshine here, and we're going 370 00:16:13,896 --> 00:16:16,379 to make some money, our first sale of the season, 371 00:16:16,551 --> 00:16:18,206 and I'm excited. 372 00:16:19,275 --> 00:16:21,586 When he tastes this blackberry rye, he's gonna forget 373 00:16:21,758 --> 00:16:23,310 all about the cherry rye. 374 00:16:23,482 --> 00:16:25,000 I don't think this fella will be disappointed with 375 00:16:25,172 --> 00:16:26,482 the big switch up. 376 00:16:27,620 --> 00:16:28,689 Oh, my god. 377 00:16:28,862 --> 00:16:30,758 [suspenseful music plays] 378 00:16:31,793 --> 00:16:35,000 - [indistinct talking] - [Big Chuk] What happened? 379 00:16:35,172 --> 00:16:36,378 [Josh] I don't know what happened. 380 00:16:36,379 --> 00:16:39,172 All I know, I can't turn this [bleep]. 381 00:16:39,344 --> 00:16:42,655 Golly. Are you kidding me? 382 00:16:45,103 --> 00:16:46,379 Power steering breaks. 383 00:16:47,379 --> 00:16:49,862 This is the worst possible time something like this could 384 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:50,931 possibly happen. 385 00:16:54,310 --> 00:16:55,792 Ah [bleep]. 386 00:16:55,793 --> 00:16:57,000 The belt's toast. 387 00:16:58,793 --> 00:17:00,758 You got a belt in there? 388 00:17:00,931 --> 00:17:01,862 [Josh] I don't know, bro. 389 00:17:07,172 --> 00:17:09,896 I luckily have an extra belt behind the seat. 390 00:17:12,896 --> 00:17:14,068 All right. 391 00:17:15,689 --> 00:17:18,689 Well, the last thing that one wants to happen when you got 392 00:17:18,862 --> 00:17:22,999 20 gallons of untaxed alcohol in the back of your truck is to be 393 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:24,413 broke down. - Come on, Chuk. 394 00:17:24,586 --> 00:17:25,793 We got to get this [bleep] thing done, bro. 395 00:17:25,965 --> 00:17:28,274 - We're gonna go to jail. - Yeah, no [bleep]. 396 00:17:28,275 --> 00:17:29,482 Hey. 397 00:17:29,655 --> 00:17:31,171 Not only to be broke down, but be broke down 398 00:17:31,172 --> 00:17:35,000 on an access road right beside a major highway system 399 00:17:35,137 --> 00:17:38,378 where you got 100 cars a minute coming by you. 400 00:17:38,379 --> 00:17:39,862 Will you draw that back for me, buddy? 401 00:17:41,689 --> 00:17:43,896 Yeah, this is an ordeal here. 402 00:17:44,034 --> 00:17:45,482 We have anything put over them barrels? 403 00:17:45,655 --> 00:17:47,586 I wish we'd have put a tarp or something in there. 404 00:17:47,758 --> 00:17:50,000 - No, we ain't got nothing. - Oh. 405 00:17:50,172 --> 00:17:52,310 I can't sit here knowing we got moonshine in the back of 406 00:17:52,482 --> 00:17:56,379 the truck that if the law pulls up and sees it, we're cooked. 407 00:17:58,206 --> 00:18:00,275 - Son of a bitch. - [Big Chuk] Oh, my god. 408 00:18:01,172 --> 00:18:03,000 Chuk, do me a favor. 409 00:18:03,172 --> 00:18:05,862 Hold that slack the hell out of the way for me there. 410 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,206 Changing the belt on a vehicle is not the hardest thing 411 00:18:08,379 --> 00:18:09,275 you can do. 412 00:18:09,448 --> 00:18:11,275 Oh, hellfire. 413 00:18:11,448 --> 00:18:13,585 But the vehicle's scalding hot. 414 00:18:13,586 --> 00:18:14,689 You're on the side of the road, 415 00:18:14,862 --> 00:18:16,895 and you got a truckload of liquor. 416 00:18:16,896 --> 00:18:20,379 It's kind of easy to start panicking your way out of it. 417 00:18:21,586 --> 00:18:23,275 - [Josh] All right. - All right. 418 00:18:23,448 --> 00:18:24,931 [grunting] 419 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,068 - Get it? - [Josh] Yeah. 420 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:33,103 You want to start it up? 421 00:18:34,758 --> 00:18:36,481 Fingers crossed. Fingers crossed. 422 00:18:36,482 --> 00:18:39,274 Well, Josh finally wrestles this thing on, gets the belt 423 00:18:39,275 --> 00:18:41,482 back on, turns her over... 424 00:18:42,793 --> 00:18:43,931 starts. 425 00:18:45,103 --> 00:18:48,000 Any time you're running with Josh, you tend to lose 426 00:18:48,172 --> 00:18:50,586 a little minutes and seconds off your life every day 427 00:18:50,758 --> 00:18:52,172 in pounds from sweat. 428 00:18:52,344 --> 00:18:53,689 Whew! 429 00:18:53,862 --> 00:18:56,274 We've done eat up some time, and we're supposed to have done 430 00:18:56,275 --> 00:18:57,586 met this new customer. 431 00:18:59,482 --> 00:19:00,586 I got to go. 432 00:19:07,275 --> 00:19:08,378 We're here, Chuk. 433 00:19:08,379 --> 00:19:09,792 [Big Chuk] He say where he's gonna be parked at? 434 00:19:09,793 --> 00:19:12,171 [Josh] He said he'd be parked around the back here. 435 00:19:12,172 --> 00:19:14,379 Meeting a new customer and selling somebody liquor 436 00:19:14,551 --> 00:19:17,241 you don't know, that's kind of already outside the box. 437 00:19:17,413 --> 00:19:20,171 The second thing is, we're not showing up with what 438 00:19:20,172 --> 00:19:23,000 they asked for. They asked for some cherry. 439 00:19:23,172 --> 00:19:24,792 We're showing up with blackberry. 440 00:19:24,793 --> 00:19:27,034 And we're gonna show up late. 441 00:19:27,206 --> 00:19:28,241 Not good. 442 00:19:30,241 --> 00:19:31,793 All right. 443 00:19:31,965 --> 00:19:33,688 [Big Chuk] Good Lord have mercy. Looky there. 444 00:19:33,689 --> 00:19:34,793 Huh? 445 00:19:35,896 --> 00:19:37,758 Damn, it's bigfoot. 446 00:19:37,931 --> 00:19:40,000 [Big Chuk] God almighty, I'll let you do the talking. 447 00:19:40,172 --> 00:19:42,655 Soon as we pull in, you would not believe 448 00:19:42,827 --> 00:19:45,137 what a mountain of a man steps out of this truck. 449 00:19:45,310 --> 00:19:46,689 Holy crap. 450 00:19:46,862 --> 00:19:47,793 How you doing today? 451 00:19:47,965 --> 00:19:48,965 [man speaking] 452 00:19:49,103 --> 00:19:52,482 The closer I get, the bigger he gets. 453 00:19:52,655 --> 00:19:54,482 Check that out. 454 00:19:54,655 --> 00:19:56,172 And now I got to tell him I don't have any 455 00:19:56,344 --> 00:19:59,482 dang cherry rye, but I got some really, really super good 456 00:19:59,655 --> 00:20:00,723 blackberry rye. 457 00:20:00,724 --> 00:20:03,137 - [Josh] You ordered some cherry? - [man talking] 458 00:20:03,310 --> 00:20:05,274 [Josh] But cherries ain't in for a couple more weeks. 459 00:20:05,275 --> 00:20:08,172 I couldn't get cherries, but I substituted 460 00:20:08,344 --> 00:20:09,378 with blackberries. 461 00:20:09,379 --> 00:20:11,275 I hope you don't mind too much, but... 462 00:20:14,862 --> 00:20:17,034 - What do you think? - [man speaking] 463 00:20:17,206 --> 00:20:18,172 It is. 464 00:20:18,344 --> 00:20:19,551 [man speaking] 465 00:20:21,655 --> 00:20:23,275 Take that right there. 466 00:20:23,448 --> 00:20:25,379 You and all whoever you're gonna share that with 467 00:20:25,551 --> 00:20:27,482 is gonna love it. And enjoy it. 468 00:20:27,655 --> 00:20:30,482 And come back in a couple weeks. 469 00:20:30,655 --> 00:20:33,482 - I'll make you some cherry. - [man talking] 470 00:20:36,896 --> 00:20:38,896 Just because it's not cherry, it's blackberry, 471 00:20:39,034 --> 00:20:41,137 who gives a [bleep], it's still great whiskey. 472 00:20:41,310 --> 00:20:43,068 God, dog! You serious? 473 00:20:48,896 --> 00:20:50,172 [Big Chuk] Well, I ain't gonna argue with him. 474 00:20:51,172 --> 00:20:53,448 You ever heard the phrase, "Don't poke a bear?" 475 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:56,378 Hot dang. 476 00:20:56,379 --> 00:20:59,344 So, being a moonshiner is a job, just like any other 477 00:20:59,517 --> 00:21:01,551 business, man, and you're gonna have obstacles. 478 00:21:01,724 --> 00:21:03,344 You're gonna have hurdles. You're gonna have to improvise. 479 00:21:03,517 --> 00:21:05,000 You're gonna have to think outside the box. 480 00:21:05,172 --> 00:21:07,068 Stuff's gonna break down. You got to fix stuff. 481 00:21:08,551 --> 00:21:10,482 Damn, big aggressive sucker, boy. 482 00:21:11,448 --> 00:21:13,482 I made some really great whiskey. 483 00:21:13,655 --> 00:21:14,930 We broke down. 484 00:21:14,931 --> 00:21:17,862 We've had to drive to hell and half of Georgia and back to 485 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,344 get this whiskey to you. 486 00:21:19,517 --> 00:21:21,965 And now you don't think you want it? 487 00:21:22,103 --> 00:21:24,448 Oh, hell no. That don't even make no sense. 488 00:21:24,620 --> 00:21:26,068 It's as good as the cherry would be. 489 00:21:26,241 --> 00:21:27,654 I don't see what the problem is. 490 00:21:27,655 --> 00:21:29,275 [Big Chuk] Man, he knows damn good and well that liquor tastes 491 00:21:29,448 --> 00:21:30,895 just as good as any liquor he done put up there. 492 00:21:30,896 --> 00:21:32,965 He wouldn't even have known if we hadn't have said nothing. 493 00:21:34,241 --> 00:21:36,481 I'm gonna have to go find another buyer. 494 00:21:36,482 --> 00:21:37,896 What a waste of a damn day. 495 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:50,586 [Tim] I mean, everything in here got to come out. 496 00:21:51,896 --> 00:21:54,034 [Howard] You ain't got much time to get this done. 497 00:21:54,206 --> 00:21:56,000 No, we're less than four weeks already. 498 00:21:56,965 --> 00:22:00,585 We started with the first site, and we got compromised. 499 00:22:00,586 --> 00:22:02,171 We had to get out of town and move. 500 00:22:02,172 --> 00:22:05,895 I got another site that's on down the road on the side of this mountain. 501 00:22:05,896 --> 00:22:08,172 [Henry] Right, Tim, we're gonna put them up against this block. 502 00:22:08,344 --> 00:22:10,378 So it's a whole lot better that we can build a shelter, 503 00:22:10,379 --> 00:22:11,585 because this has got to be it. 504 00:22:11,586 --> 00:22:13,172 It's gonna be the permanent location. 505 00:22:14,551 --> 00:22:15,758 [Henry] Let's get the still set. 506 00:22:15,931 --> 00:22:17,481 [Tickle] Yeah, back her on in there, get her close. 507 00:22:17,482 --> 00:22:19,344 [Tim] All right, here we go. 508 00:22:19,517 --> 00:22:20,965 This is a big job. 509 00:22:21,103 --> 00:22:23,586 Not only do I got to make 1,000 gallons of moonshine, 510 00:22:23,758 --> 00:22:25,965 I've got to transport this stuff 600 miles across 511 00:22:26,103 --> 00:22:27,378 the international border to Canada. 512 00:22:27,379 --> 00:22:29,275 That's like 8,000 pounds. 513 00:22:29,448 --> 00:22:30,757 Looking good, boss. 514 00:22:30,758 --> 00:22:32,655 And I thought for sure we had a good plan with the little 515 00:22:32,827 --> 00:22:34,171 smaller stills, set them up. 516 00:22:34,172 --> 00:22:36,000 But right now, we've got to make up some time. 517 00:22:36,172 --> 00:22:37,447 [Tickle] Keep them coming. 518 00:22:37,448 --> 00:22:40,379 Since we're so far behind, Henry's got these big stills, 519 00:22:40,551 --> 00:22:42,585 real big stills, like 1,000 gallon stills. 520 00:22:42,586 --> 00:22:44,896 - So I'm thinking, "This is great." - [Tickle] OK. 521 00:22:46,137 --> 00:22:49,137 Hold on here, we've got a little tree navigating us. 522 00:22:49,310 --> 00:22:51,793 [Tim] We've got to get them into this new location and get them set 523 00:22:51,965 --> 00:22:55,103 up so we can catch up and make this order, because I already 524 00:22:55,275 --> 00:22:57,171 got half the money. - [Henry] Come on this way. 525 00:22:57,172 --> 00:23:00,241 I already got $20,000 for 1,000 gallons. 526 00:23:01,551 --> 00:23:03,793 Holy [bleep], that's a lot like work. 527 00:23:03,965 --> 00:23:06,655 Well, I mean, you figure we're gonna get 100 gallons out of 528 00:23:06,827 --> 00:23:09,068 the run, maybe. - Per pot. 529 00:23:09,241 --> 00:23:10,723 You're gonna have to run them five times. 530 00:23:10,724 --> 00:23:12,758 What are we going to do with all the liquor when we run it, fellas? 531 00:23:12,931 --> 00:23:14,000 I mean, where are we gonna put it? 532 00:23:14,137 --> 00:23:15,103 [Henry] I already checked in the place. 533 00:23:15,275 --> 00:23:16,655 I know some guys up in the mountain. 534 00:23:16,827 --> 00:23:18,758 We pay them a few dollars. We can keep it there. 535 00:23:18,931 --> 00:23:21,275 - Nice stash house. - [Henry] It's safer than being in here. 536 00:23:23,758 --> 00:23:25,586 I think we'll get this thing going or not. 537 00:23:25,758 --> 00:23:27,793 - There we go. - Ooh, bam, baby. 538 00:23:27,965 --> 00:23:30,000 It's like a goddang champagne bottle. 539 00:23:30,137 --> 00:23:31,688 - You see that? - [Henry] I saw that. 540 00:23:31,689 --> 00:23:35,103 - Now she's picking up. - Well, we're doing what we do. 541 00:23:35,275 --> 00:23:38,344 We got to heat up this water to cook this grain in. 542 00:23:38,517 --> 00:23:40,448 Tell you what, we're well on our way right now. 543 00:23:44,344 --> 00:23:45,724 Here, Tickle, you'll light this. 544 00:23:47,068 --> 00:23:49,068 - [Tim] Get that burner going, Henry. - [Henry] Oh, yeah, buddy. 545 00:23:49,241 --> 00:23:52,448 - Sure. - [Tim] Watch out for that water hose. 546 00:23:52,620 --> 00:23:55,137 [Tim] I don't know what's going on with that water hose. 547 00:23:55,310 --> 00:23:57,481 - [Tim] Howard, can you put it down? - God damn it, son. 548 00:23:57,482 --> 00:24:01,378 What the [bleep] did you turn it on for? 549 00:24:01,379 --> 00:24:03,275 - God damn, Tickle. - [Tickle] It was already on. 550 00:24:03,448 --> 00:24:06,482 - [Henry] No it wasn't on either. - I hadn't moved the knob. 551 00:24:06,655 --> 00:24:07,964 Tickle got ahead of himself. 552 00:24:07,965 --> 00:24:10,103 And when I stuck that fire down there, that gas had already 553 00:24:10,275 --> 00:24:12,895 built up underneath that still, I was engulfed with flames, 554 00:24:12,896 --> 00:24:14,862 man, engulfed with flames. I'm very lucky. 555 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,137 All the hair's burned off. You can see it shining. 556 00:24:17,310 --> 00:24:20,137 - You'll feel that tomorrow. - Hell, he's feeling it now. 557 00:24:20,310 --> 00:24:21,448 [Howard] He burned a chunk of his hair. 558 00:24:21,620 --> 00:24:24,241 Yeah, you got a good haircut on this side. 559 00:24:24,413 --> 00:24:26,241 When we light it again, turn your head the other way, 560 00:24:26,413 --> 00:24:27,896 so we can even your haircut out. 561 00:24:28,034 --> 00:24:29,481 You know what you all can do? 562 00:24:29,482 --> 00:24:31,551 Don't force me to come through that door right there. 563 00:24:31,724 --> 00:24:32,688 [laughing] 564 00:24:32,689 --> 00:24:33,862 Oh, my good buddy. 565 00:24:35,689 --> 00:24:39,896 I survived, moonshiners buckle up and get the job done. 566 00:24:43,137 --> 00:24:46,000 Hey, kid. 567 00:24:46,137 --> 00:24:48,793 Tickle's lost his job working the propane tank. 568 00:24:48,965 --> 00:24:49,792 I'm gonna get that water hot. 569 00:24:49,793 --> 00:24:51,344 I'm gonna put that grain in there. 570 00:24:51,517 --> 00:24:53,655 Uh-huh. She's getting the steam on. 571 00:24:53,827 --> 00:24:56,137 Right now, we got both of these stills mashed in. 572 00:24:56,310 --> 00:24:57,309 I think it's gonna work off good. 573 00:24:57,310 --> 00:24:59,965 We heated them up, got our grains added, 574 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,034 got our sugar added. - [Howard] Uh-huh. 575 00:25:05,068 --> 00:25:07,034 That's where you're gonna get the alcohol right there. 576 00:25:07,206 --> 00:25:10,241 A couple of days, we'll be back and we'll run it with every 577 00:25:10,413 --> 00:25:12,792 little bit of sugar and grain in the pot. 578 00:25:12,793 --> 00:25:14,481 Anything else that wants to go with it, a little dirt 579 00:25:14,482 --> 00:25:16,896 don't hurt. - Hopefully, nothing else happens. 580 00:25:17,034 --> 00:25:19,241 Well, all we can do is come back in a couple of days 581 00:25:19,413 --> 00:25:21,551 and check this out and hope ain't no holes in the pot 582 00:25:21,724 --> 00:25:23,034 and hope everything worked off right. 583 00:25:23,206 --> 00:25:24,172 Hope for the best. 584 00:25:29,172 --> 00:25:30,965 [Josh] You know what, man? 585 00:25:31,103 --> 00:25:33,448 I can't believe after all we went through to make some 586 00:25:33,620 --> 00:25:35,689 cherry rye, we ended up having to make blackberry rye. 587 00:25:35,862 --> 00:25:38,172 Old boy didn't want it. That don't make any sense. 588 00:25:38,344 --> 00:25:41,034 Making somebody a brand new customer, which is outside 589 00:25:41,206 --> 00:25:43,585 the box, a special run of liquor, going the extra mile, 590 00:25:43,586 --> 00:25:45,000 and then they don't take it? 591 00:25:45,172 --> 00:25:47,448 That just straight pisses me the hell off. 592 00:25:47,620 --> 00:25:49,793 The problem is, is now we got to drive down the road 593 00:25:49,965 --> 00:25:51,275 with it again. - Yeah. 594 00:25:51,448 --> 00:25:54,481 The problem is, is we've done earned that money. 595 00:25:54,482 --> 00:25:55,758 Now we're gonna have to double earn it. 596 00:25:55,931 --> 00:25:59,034 We got to find somebody else to buy it. 597 00:26:01,586 --> 00:26:03,172 I went to work with Henry, Kenny, and Tickle 598 00:26:03,344 --> 00:26:04,688 up in Virginia. 599 00:26:04,689 --> 00:26:07,137 I left a lot of people hanging around here. 600 00:26:07,310 --> 00:26:10,481 By doing so, I lost a lot of business. 601 00:26:10,482 --> 00:26:12,275 [ringback tone] 602 00:26:12,448 --> 00:26:14,688 Right now, I got a truckload of liquor I need to get 603 00:26:14,689 --> 00:26:16,137 the heck rid of. 604 00:26:16,310 --> 00:26:20,792 So I can call my buddy, Digger, to put the word out. 605 00:26:20,793 --> 00:26:23,241 [ringback tone] 606 00:26:23,413 --> 00:26:25,655 - Go ahead. - Digger, this is Josh. 607 00:26:25,827 --> 00:26:28,103 - What are you doing, buddy? - [Digger] Josh who? 608 00:26:29,137 --> 00:26:30,896 [Josh] Yeah, right. 609 00:26:31,034 --> 00:26:32,275 You know who the heck this is. 610 00:26:32,448 --> 00:26:34,379 Man, you ain't gonna believe the crap that I'm going 611 00:26:34,551 --> 00:26:36,896 through, Digger. I dang made a special order 612 00:26:37,034 --> 00:26:38,482 of some rye for somebody, 613 00:26:38,655 --> 00:26:42,274 and then son-of-a-guns gave me the biggest runaround after. 614 00:26:42,275 --> 00:26:44,241 You wouldn't believe it. 615 00:26:44,413 --> 00:26:46,068 [Digger] Josh, you didn't answer my question yet. 616 00:26:46,241 --> 00:26:47,241 I asked you a question. 617 00:26:49,275 --> 00:26:52,274 Look, you know who I am. You're on the road. 618 00:26:52,275 --> 00:26:54,000 I can tell by the way the sound's going. 619 00:26:54,137 --> 00:26:56,586 You bring your ass over here and look and talk to me 620 00:26:56,758 --> 00:26:58,274 about that. 621 00:26:58,275 --> 00:27:00,067 OK. 622 00:27:00,068 --> 00:27:02,171 [Digger] All right, I'll see you in however long 623 00:27:02,172 --> 00:27:04,274 it takes you to get here. I ain't going nowhere today. 624 00:27:04,275 --> 00:27:06,378 OK. 625 00:27:06,379 --> 00:27:07,896 [Digger] All right, man, be careful. 626 00:27:11,689 --> 00:27:13,137 Weird. 627 00:27:13,310 --> 00:27:14,551 Acts like he don't know who I am. 628 00:27:16,103 --> 00:27:18,171 Then he wants to hang up on me. 629 00:27:18,172 --> 00:27:19,551 Something ain't right. 630 00:27:21,137 --> 00:27:22,655 I've known Digger a long time. 631 00:27:22,827 --> 00:27:24,274 We've been good friends a long time. 632 00:27:24,275 --> 00:27:25,655 He ain't never sounded like that. 633 00:27:25,827 --> 00:27:28,172 What do you think of it? 634 00:27:28,344 --> 00:27:30,655 Man, turn this thing around. We need to go to Tennessee. 635 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:44,481 Here's the gas station right here. 636 00:27:44,482 --> 00:27:46,655 There's a road right there at it. 637 00:27:46,827 --> 00:27:48,067 [Big Chuk] Yeah. 638 00:27:48,068 --> 00:27:49,758 [Josh] Right now, me and Chuk are on our way to Tennessee. 639 00:27:49,931 --> 00:27:51,378 I'm concerned. Something ain't right. 640 00:27:51,379 --> 00:27:53,172 Digger ain't never acted like that before. 641 00:27:53,344 --> 00:27:55,000 When I was on the phone with him, he acted like 642 00:27:55,137 --> 00:27:56,309 he didn't know who I was. 643 00:27:56,310 --> 00:27:59,034 Told me if I knew who he was to come and find him. 644 00:27:59,206 --> 00:28:01,137 [Josh] Yeah, take a left here. Go. 645 00:28:01,310 --> 00:28:04,689 [Big Chuk] Yeah, this is sure enough off the beaten path here. 646 00:28:04,862 --> 00:28:07,000 - Golly. - There he is. 647 00:28:08,862 --> 00:28:10,379 [Josh] He's just sitting in the back of the truck. 648 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,172 - [Josh] What's up, boss? - [Big Chuk] Howdy, howdy. 649 00:28:17,344 --> 00:28:20,000 What? Thought you was coming alone. 650 00:28:20,172 --> 00:28:22,068 I had him in the truck with me. 651 00:28:22,241 --> 00:28:23,482 That's a good place for you to sit, son. 652 00:28:23,655 --> 00:28:25,586 - Go get in the truck. - Yes, sir. 653 00:28:26,482 --> 00:28:28,758 Well, I really didn't expect when me and Chuk got out of 654 00:28:28,931 --> 00:28:31,793 the truck that Digger would start tripping out about Chuk 655 00:28:31,965 --> 00:28:33,689 being there. But he did. 656 00:28:33,862 --> 00:28:35,448 Sent him right back to the truck and told him 657 00:28:35,620 --> 00:28:36,655 he was not welcome. 658 00:28:36,827 --> 00:28:38,688 I didn't mean to bring nobody with me. 659 00:28:38,689 --> 00:28:40,274 I should have called you and told you, I guess. 660 00:28:40,275 --> 00:28:42,034 But you hung up on me. 661 00:28:42,206 --> 00:28:44,896 Well, you got to understand where we're at right now, Josh. 662 00:28:46,103 --> 00:28:49,172 Me and Mark got put in handcuffs last year. 663 00:28:49,344 --> 00:28:51,103 What'd they bust you for? 664 00:28:51,275 --> 00:28:52,965 Well, we had a still in the back of the truck. 665 00:28:53,965 --> 00:28:55,758 We ain't really talked about it. 666 00:28:55,931 --> 00:28:58,034 Well, I ain't talking about anything on the telephone, 667 00:28:58,206 --> 00:29:00,896 and I'm not gonna talk about anything else on the telephone. 668 00:29:01,034 --> 00:29:02,274 Serious? 669 00:29:02,275 --> 00:29:04,689 Josh knows damn good and well that we got put in handcuffs 670 00:29:04,862 --> 00:29:07,068 last year, and if there's anything I'm certain of, 671 00:29:07,241 --> 00:29:09,137 it's that the law is still watching us. 672 00:29:09,310 --> 00:29:12,586 What I've got to get through to Josh's head is if it can happen 673 00:29:12,758 --> 00:29:15,689 to us, it can damn sure happen to him, because he's way more 674 00:29:15,862 --> 00:29:17,067 reckless than we are. 675 00:29:17,068 --> 00:29:19,896 Don't have anything at the same spot, find you someplace 676 00:29:20,034 --> 00:29:22,103 totally away from you to get rid of your liquor, 677 00:29:23,103 --> 00:29:27,171 and don't make any more than you can't sell in the course of 678 00:29:27,172 --> 00:29:28,275 a day or two. 679 00:29:31,172 --> 00:29:32,275 You that serious? 680 00:29:33,448 --> 00:29:36,862 - [snap] - Merry Christmas. 681 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:39,378 I don't want it, I want you to take it, somewhere on 682 00:29:39,379 --> 00:29:41,274 the interstate and throw it out. 683 00:29:41,275 --> 00:29:43,448 Digger's always been a voice of reason for me. 684 00:29:43,620 --> 00:29:45,379 He's always kind of been in the background, giving me 685 00:29:45,551 --> 00:29:46,896 good advice. 686 00:29:47,034 --> 00:29:50,758 And if he's telling me that the heat's coming down, 687 00:29:50,931 --> 00:29:52,965 we're all connected. We're all in this together. 688 00:29:53,103 --> 00:29:54,793 We're all, like, a big family. 689 00:29:54,965 --> 00:29:58,481 And he's telling me I better watch my p's and q's. 690 00:29:58,482 --> 00:29:59,586 We better listen. 691 00:30:00,689 --> 00:30:04,000 Now, I'll text you another number that you'll be able 692 00:30:04,137 --> 00:30:05,482 to call me. And don't you say a damn word 693 00:30:05,655 --> 00:30:07,551 about liquor or anything illegal. 694 00:30:07,724 --> 00:30:09,274 I don't even want to mention a speeding ticket on my phone. 695 00:30:09,275 --> 00:30:11,378 I understand. I understand. 696 00:30:11,379 --> 00:30:12,862 Exercise caution, son. 697 00:30:13,793 --> 00:30:15,172 - Love you, bro. - I love you, man. 698 00:30:15,344 --> 00:30:17,551 Get in that truck and be safe. 699 00:30:17,724 --> 00:30:19,000 Ain't got to tell me but once. 700 00:30:23,793 --> 00:30:26,000 [music plays] 701 00:30:31,482 --> 00:30:33,586 - There you go. - It ain't light. 702 00:30:33,758 --> 00:30:34,964 No. 703 00:30:34,965 --> 00:30:36,551 It's been a long time since I've run an illegal still 704 00:30:36,724 --> 00:30:38,102 in the woods. 705 00:30:38,103 --> 00:30:41,895 - That's your first illegal run in, like, 14 years, Tim. - I know. 706 00:30:41,896 --> 00:30:44,275 But I've committed to making this moonshine, 707 00:30:44,448 --> 00:30:47,241 you know, smuggling cross to another country, and I got 708 00:30:47,413 --> 00:30:48,793 law enforcement on both sides. 709 00:30:48,965 --> 00:30:51,103 - [Howard] Back where it started. - [Tickle] Back where we started. 710 00:30:51,275 --> 00:30:52,655 When you're young, you know, you got your whole life 711 00:30:52,827 --> 00:30:54,758 ahead of you, you're not really afraid of taking 712 00:30:54,931 --> 00:30:56,448 these risks, but when you get a little bit older, 713 00:30:56,620 --> 00:30:58,896 you think about how life is short. 714 00:30:59,793 --> 00:31:01,413 [Howard] That damn cap done dropped. 715 00:31:03,896 --> 00:31:05,758 Oh, yeah. She's good and bitter. 716 00:31:05,931 --> 00:31:07,103 She gonna pour the liquor. 717 00:31:07,275 --> 00:31:08,862 [Tickle] All right, y'all ready to light this thing? 718 00:31:10,241 --> 00:31:12,758 [Henry] Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 719 00:31:12,931 --> 00:31:14,481 - Oh, come on, Henry. - Not you, Tickle. 720 00:31:14,482 --> 00:31:17,689 You know, you engulf a guy in flames one darn time, 721 00:31:17,862 --> 00:31:19,896 and then he won't let you near the propane tank again. 722 00:31:20,034 --> 00:31:20,965 What's up with that? 723 00:31:21,103 --> 00:31:22,344 All right. 724 00:31:23,896 --> 00:31:25,000 There she goes. 725 00:31:26,275 --> 00:31:28,137 Look at it. See, I'm fine, Henry. 726 00:31:28,310 --> 00:31:29,655 Nothing to worry about. 727 00:31:29,827 --> 00:31:32,379 We've got two 1,000-gallon pots. 728 00:31:32,551 --> 00:31:34,585 All right, still got water. 729 00:31:34,586 --> 00:31:38,585 We're gonna run one pot, proof it, jug it up, then we're 730 00:31:38,586 --> 00:31:40,758 gonna switch over, and we're gonna start running 731 00:31:40,931 --> 00:31:43,379 the other 1,000 gallon pot. 732 00:31:43,551 --> 00:31:45,896 Do the water hose limbo. 733 00:31:48,275 --> 00:31:51,000 [Henry] Baby's getting hot, y'all. 734 00:31:51,137 --> 00:31:53,172 - I'm gonna give you the honors. - Hot damn. 735 00:31:55,379 --> 00:31:57,448 - [thuds] - [chuckling] 736 00:31:58,689 --> 00:32:00,068 [Henry] It's like you've been doing all your life. 737 00:32:02,068 --> 00:32:04,241 - [Henry] Paste all the way around it. - [Howard] All right. 738 00:32:04,413 --> 00:32:05,793 - Oh, getting hot? - She's hot, baby. 739 00:32:07,344 --> 00:32:08,688 Ooh. 740 00:32:08,689 --> 00:32:10,793 See, you hear that little roll in the thunder? 741 00:32:10,965 --> 00:32:13,000 It doesn't bother us now. Look at this shelter we got. 742 00:32:13,137 --> 00:32:14,103 Yeah, I know. 743 00:32:15,275 --> 00:32:17,862 - Hey, hey, look. - Something's coming out. 744 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:19,275 - Uh-oh. - [Howard] Something's coming out. 745 00:32:19,448 --> 00:32:22,103 - [indistinct] under. - [Tickle] Tim. 746 00:32:22,275 --> 00:32:23,482 - [Tim] Huh? - [Tickle] You got to do the honors. 747 00:32:23,655 --> 00:32:26,171 Go ahead and figure it out. See what it tastes like. 748 00:32:26,172 --> 00:32:29,068 Your first illegal run in 14 years. 749 00:32:29,241 --> 00:32:31,137 - See what she's like. - He's all excited. 750 00:32:31,310 --> 00:32:33,000 [suspenseful chord strike] 751 00:32:37,689 --> 00:32:39,585 - How is it? - Nothing wrong with it. 752 00:32:39,586 --> 00:32:40,965 [Tickle] Oh yeah, nothing wrong with it, ain't it? 753 00:32:41,103 --> 00:32:42,895 [Howard] He even got a smile on his face. 754 00:32:42,896 --> 00:32:45,103 This is the first moonshine that's coming out of this worm. 755 00:32:45,275 --> 00:32:46,585 I mean, it's nothing like it. 756 00:32:46,586 --> 00:32:48,792 Even though it does have a little different taste 757 00:32:48,793 --> 00:32:51,481 profile than the legal stuff that comes out of 758 00:32:51,482 --> 00:32:54,172 my distillery, but it is really good. 759 00:32:54,344 --> 00:32:55,895 - Made in the woods. - Fresh air. 760 00:32:55,896 --> 00:32:57,379 You can't beat that. Thump in it, 761 00:32:57,551 --> 00:32:59,482 made, distilled, everything right here. 762 00:32:59,655 --> 00:33:03,241 I think just the hard work makes it taste good. 763 00:33:03,413 --> 00:33:04,619 Don't spill it, whatever you do. 764 00:33:04,620 --> 00:33:06,793 - I'm trying. - [Tim] That's some money right there. 765 00:33:06,965 --> 00:33:09,000 Look at that, look at that, look at that. 766 00:33:09,137 --> 00:33:10,241 Oh, yeah. 767 00:33:12,172 --> 00:33:15,172 That's all of the run gets collected into the barrel. 768 00:33:16,379 --> 00:33:17,412 Money right there, buddy. 769 00:33:17,413 --> 00:33:18,793 Hey, that's some pretty looking liquor, too. 770 00:33:18,965 --> 00:33:19,896 Strong, too. 771 00:33:20,034 --> 00:33:22,344 We're gonna be in a happy 90 proof. 772 00:33:23,241 --> 00:33:25,172 Wow. What proof you got? 773 00:33:27,172 --> 00:33:29,758 Really blending in, good. That's a little bit high. 774 00:33:29,931 --> 00:33:32,034 Now, when we draw it out of the proofing barrel and put it 775 00:33:32,206 --> 00:33:34,862 in a jug, every jug will have the same proof. 776 00:33:39,793 --> 00:33:41,000 - Yeah. - Jug them up, baby. 777 00:33:45,448 --> 00:33:47,171 [Tim] Let's jug it up, man. Money, honey. 778 00:33:47,172 --> 00:33:48,413 Tim filling up his first jug. 779 00:33:49,344 --> 00:33:51,275 You know, it'll take 14 years to get back in the woods, 780 00:33:51,448 --> 00:33:54,379 and now it's gonna take 999 more to get out. 781 00:33:54,551 --> 00:33:56,655 - [laughing] - It might. 782 00:33:56,827 --> 00:33:59,792 We're gonna leave Howard and Henry here. 783 00:33:59,793 --> 00:34:03,172 They're gonna re cap the other still and get it going. 784 00:34:03,344 --> 00:34:05,448 Woo. Let's cap this baby. 785 00:34:05,620 --> 00:34:08,551 While me and Tickle take this first load to the stash house. 786 00:34:08,724 --> 00:34:10,896 - [Tim] There you go, Tickle. - [Tickle] All right. 787 00:34:11,034 --> 00:34:13,344 Start getting her loaded up. 788 00:34:13,517 --> 00:34:15,862 Make sure it's all safe, then we're gonna return back, 789 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:17,274 finish up the second one. 790 00:34:17,275 --> 00:34:19,793 This is what it's all about, being illegal. 791 00:34:19,965 --> 00:34:21,655 By the end of the night, we should have at least 792 00:34:21,827 --> 00:34:24,862 200 gallons in the stash house. - [Henry] Be careful, man. 793 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:26,447 Y'all be safe out there, boys, for real, man. 794 00:34:26,448 --> 00:34:30,688 - This is where it gets serious. - [Tim] Step one of 1,000 gallons. 795 00:34:30,689 --> 00:34:32,379 All we need is about nine more loads. 796 00:34:43,586 --> 00:34:45,137 [Henry] I wonder where that beaver dam's at. 797 00:34:45,310 --> 00:34:47,585 The dam right there. All the wood's piled up right there. 798 00:34:47,586 --> 00:34:49,758 Yeah, I thought it was supposed to be in the water, though. 799 00:34:49,931 --> 00:34:52,274 He's a dry land beaver. That's the dam, 800 00:34:52,275 --> 00:34:54,378 that's his house right there. - [Tickle] Yeah, that's just his house. 801 00:34:54,379 --> 00:34:55,344 So he ain't making no dam. 802 00:34:55,517 --> 00:34:56,586 He just got his house right there. 803 00:34:56,758 --> 00:34:58,241 Uh-huh. He's coming underneath it. 804 00:34:58,413 --> 00:34:59,723 - [Tickle] I'll help him out. - [Tim] Get him. 805 00:34:59,724 --> 00:35:01,172 [Tim] Get him. Get him. - [Tickle] Get him, Henry, get him. 806 00:35:01,344 --> 00:35:02,965 [Henry] I thought I saw him jump out of there, man. 807 00:35:03,103 --> 00:35:04,482 [Tim] Look at that thing. 808 00:35:04,655 --> 00:35:06,585 That's what you call a beaver cut. 809 00:35:06,586 --> 00:35:09,379 - [Henry] See that? - [Tim] Tickle, you're a carpenter. 810 00:35:09,551 --> 00:35:12,585 It's about a 45 degree angle on that feller, too, ain't it? 811 00:35:12,586 --> 00:35:15,000 - Look at that. - [Henry] This right here will 812 00:35:15,172 --> 00:35:16,379 make a nice little mash fork. 813 00:35:18,379 --> 00:35:20,034 [Tim] You keep messing around, he's gonna come out of 814 00:35:20,206 --> 00:35:21,275 there in a minute. 815 00:35:21,448 --> 00:35:22,688 Ain't gonna say, "Stop messing with my house." 816 00:35:22,689 --> 00:35:23,792 He ain't gonna come out. 817 00:35:23,793 --> 00:35:25,137 If y'all see that beaver, let me know. 818 00:35:25,310 --> 00:35:27,172 I'm gonna hit him in the head with this stick right here. 819 00:35:27,344 --> 00:35:28,826 [Henry] You can't eat him, can you? 820 00:35:28,827 --> 00:35:30,481 [Tickle] You can eat anything you put in your mouth and chew, Henry. 821 00:35:30,482 --> 00:35:33,171 I've been known to eat a beaver or two myself. 822 00:35:33,172 --> 00:35:35,586 [Henry] I didn't want to go there. I don't even want to go there. 823 00:35:40,068 --> 00:35:41,482 [Tickle] We got what? What do we got back there? 824 00:35:41,655 --> 00:35:42,896 90 gallons in the back. 825 00:35:43,034 --> 00:35:44,448 Yeah, 90 gallons. 826 00:35:44,620 --> 00:35:46,310 We just got to do that about 10 more times. 827 00:35:46,482 --> 00:35:48,793 - 10, 11 more times. - [Tim] We finally got our first run. 828 00:35:48,965 --> 00:35:52,034 We made about 90 gallons. We got it on the truck. 829 00:35:52,206 --> 00:35:54,586 Me and Tickle, we're gonna go to the staff site. 830 00:35:54,758 --> 00:35:56,000 You're driving like you normally do. 831 00:35:56,172 --> 00:35:57,792 You don't speed. 832 00:35:57,793 --> 00:36:01,103 You stop at the stop signs. Stop at the stop light. 833 00:36:01,275 --> 00:36:02,344 Cautious, careful. 834 00:36:02,517 --> 00:36:06,034 I mean, this is, like, back in the day, man. 835 00:36:06,206 --> 00:36:07,447 I mean, you're just riding. 836 00:36:07,448 --> 00:36:10,000 - It's like back in the day, - Watching the speed limit. 837 00:36:16,344 --> 00:36:18,688 We run into the law right now and they want to search 838 00:36:18,689 --> 00:36:20,965 your car, we're gonna wind up in some trouble. 839 00:36:21,103 --> 00:36:22,448 [Tim] Yeah. 840 00:36:22,620 --> 00:36:24,172 You know, this probably is 841 00:36:24,344 --> 00:36:26,344 one of the most dangerous parts. 842 00:36:26,517 --> 00:36:27,654 [Tickle] Hauling it? 843 00:36:27,655 --> 00:36:29,448 [Tim] I mean, running the still, that's one thing. 844 00:36:29,620 --> 00:36:32,034 You know, that's the crime right there, 845 00:36:32,206 --> 00:36:34,585 manufacturing alcohol without the license. 846 00:36:34,586 --> 00:36:38,000 But hauling it down the road now, there's more chance of 847 00:36:38,137 --> 00:36:40,275 getting caught, something happening. 848 00:36:40,448 --> 00:36:42,172 You know, what if a truck breaks down? 849 00:36:42,344 --> 00:36:44,551 What if, in an accident, some nut runs into you? 850 00:36:44,724 --> 00:36:46,585 [Tickle] More eyes on you, more chances, easier to 851 00:36:46,586 --> 00:36:48,172 get caught. 852 00:36:48,344 --> 00:36:50,000 There's a stash house right on top of that mountain. 853 00:36:50,137 --> 00:36:51,412 It's on the left side. 854 00:36:51,413 --> 00:36:53,655 [Tim] It's the first time Tickle has seen this stash site. 855 00:36:53,827 --> 00:36:55,068 I mean, it's kind of off the beaten path. 856 00:36:55,241 --> 00:36:56,447 You can't see it. 857 00:36:56,448 --> 00:36:58,688 It's well hidden by all the overgrowth and the bushes. 858 00:36:58,689 --> 00:36:59,965 Nobody's been here for years. 859 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:06,689 - [Tim] This is it. - [Tickle] All right. 860 00:37:06,862 --> 00:37:09,793 Well, I say we get to unloading. 861 00:37:11,103 --> 00:37:12,206 [Tim] Uh-huh. 862 00:37:13,103 --> 00:37:14,758 There we go. 863 00:37:14,931 --> 00:37:17,793 Right now, you know, I really got a whole lot on the line. 864 00:37:17,965 --> 00:37:20,241 Oh, yeah. I think we start in the back. 865 00:37:20,413 --> 00:37:22,551 - Yeah. - And then work our way back to the front. 866 00:37:22,724 --> 00:37:24,758 Work our way up to the front. Yeah, that'd be the way to go. 867 00:37:24,931 --> 00:37:28,965 Being just paranoid anyway in moonshining is one thing. 868 00:37:29,103 --> 00:37:32,241 But, you know, in my shoes, this is the next level. 869 00:37:32,413 --> 00:37:34,137 All right. 870 00:37:34,310 --> 00:37:35,551 We'll sit this thing right here. 871 00:37:35,724 --> 00:37:37,206 Yeah. 872 00:37:37,379 --> 00:37:38,896 And that ought to do what we want. 873 00:37:39,034 --> 00:37:40,067 I mean, why are you scaring me? 874 00:37:40,068 --> 00:37:42,000 [Tickle] Try not to look in the mirror, Tim. 875 00:37:44,448 --> 00:37:46,655 [ominous music plays] 876 00:37:53,068 --> 00:37:54,517 [Tickle] We got to get in and out of here. 877 00:37:54,689 --> 00:37:56,689 I know, but I got another plan, Tickle. 878 00:37:56,862 --> 00:37:58,689 - [Tickle] What's that? - [Tim] I bought some cameras. 879 00:37:58,862 --> 00:38:01,895 [Tim] Putting, you know, all of this moonshine in one location, 880 00:38:01,896 --> 00:38:03,793 you know, it is a high risk. 881 00:38:03,965 --> 00:38:06,517 You know, the next month, I've got to continue to do this 882 00:38:06,689 --> 00:38:09,172 all the time. So I've got some game cameras, 883 00:38:09,344 --> 00:38:10,896 and I want to put them in different locations. 884 00:38:11,034 --> 00:38:13,792 - [Tim] Yeah, so it's pointing towards them jugs. - Yeah. 885 00:38:13,793 --> 00:38:16,206 We got to be very cautious about it. 886 00:38:16,379 --> 00:38:17,793 Well, I mean, that's 90 gallon. 887 00:38:17,965 --> 00:38:19,862 [Tickle] We got 10 more trips just like that. 888 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:21,689 I say, we get out of here before somebody sees this truck 889 00:38:21,862 --> 00:38:23,034 out here. - [Tim] What I say. 890 00:38:23,206 --> 00:38:25,585 These 90 jugs sitting up in this stash house, 891 00:38:25,586 --> 00:38:27,379 boy, they sure do look good. 892 00:38:28,793 --> 00:38:30,206 All right, let's get out of here. 893 00:38:30,379 --> 00:38:31,481 Let's head on out. 894 00:38:31,482 --> 00:38:34,310 But you know what's gonna be a beautiful sight? 895 00:38:34,482 --> 00:38:36,551 Seeing 1,000 of them sitting in here. 896 00:38:38,517 --> 00:38:40,689 [music plays] 897 00:38:42,068 --> 00:38:45,689 [Mark] You know, we didn't make a tremendous amount of liquor 898 00:38:45,862 --> 00:38:47,241 on our first corn run. 899 00:38:47,413 --> 00:38:51,103 We're trying to generate a little revenue and just get 900 00:38:51,275 --> 00:38:52,448 back to the basics. 901 00:38:53,413 --> 00:38:55,758 You know, I'm on my way right now to one of our oldest, 902 00:38:55,931 --> 00:38:56,895 dearest customers. 903 00:38:56,896 --> 00:38:59,689 He's always wanted our corn liquor. 904 00:38:59,862 --> 00:39:02,585 We ain't made a sale of liquor in six months. 905 00:39:02,586 --> 00:39:05,000 And, you know, I'm really excited. 906 00:39:05,137 --> 00:39:07,000 What're you doin', you old fart? 907 00:39:07,137 --> 00:39:08,206 [man] Where you been hiding? 908 00:39:09,310 --> 00:39:11,310 Damn, I been laying low for six months. 909 00:39:11,482 --> 00:39:14,517 That's for sure, I ain't seen hide nor hair of you. 910 00:39:14,689 --> 00:39:18,344 It ain't been by choice, but I got you something here. 911 00:39:18,517 --> 00:39:20,517 Man, look at that. 912 00:39:20,689 --> 00:39:23,517 Well, I've been missing some of y'all's good stuff now. 913 00:39:23,689 --> 00:39:25,206 Hopefully, it'll be familiar to you. 914 00:39:25,379 --> 00:39:26,551 Same old stuff. Good stuff. 915 00:39:26,724 --> 00:39:29,206 - Yeah, try it out there. - Let's see here. 916 00:39:29,379 --> 00:39:31,689 [Mark] Well, I ain't gonna sell a man no pig in a poke. 917 00:39:35,793 --> 00:39:37,068 That's familiar, ain't it? 918 00:39:37,241 --> 00:39:39,034 Yeah, that's as good as I remember. 919 00:39:39,206 --> 00:39:42,000 That's it. That's good stuff right there. 920 00:39:42,137 --> 00:39:46,103 Price is still the same, $25, $100 a gallon. 921 00:39:47,586 --> 00:39:51,792 Well, I hate to, but y'all been out of it a while, 922 00:39:51,793 --> 00:39:53,310 and I had to find me some. 923 00:39:54,206 --> 00:39:58,068 And I found some pretty good stuff. 924 00:39:58,241 --> 00:40:01,793 I've been paying $15 a jar for it. 925 00:40:01,965 --> 00:40:06,689 Jesus, God, $15 a quart? Hell, that's 40% less. 926 00:40:06,862 --> 00:40:09,103 I don't know how anybody's making them any money at that. 927 00:40:09,275 --> 00:40:12,551 I don't either, but you can't blame a feller for picking that 928 00:40:12,724 --> 00:40:14,344 up at that price. - [Mark] No, it ain't your fault. 929 00:40:14,517 --> 00:40:16,379 It's just my problem. 930 00:40:16,551 --> 00:40:18,413 I mean, that just knocks me for a loop. 931 00:40:18,586 --> 00:40:21,689 What in the world are you getting it at for that price? 932 00:40:21,862 --> 00:40:23,896 Now look, how many years have we been doing business? 933 00:40:24,034 --> 00:40:26,758 - A long time. - You know I can't tell that. 934 00:40:26,931 --> 00:40:27,999 I get it. 935 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:29,586 Well, that's just the way moonshiners' codes work. 936 00:40:29,758 --> 00:40:31,034 You don't reveal your sources. 937 00:40:31,206 --> 00:40:33,344 I mean, I'm getting it from a bootlegger. 938 00:40:33,517 --> 00:40:34,620 And you know how that goes. 939 00:40:36,689 --> 00:40:40,517 We've got to find out where this cheap liquor is 940 00:40:40,689 --> 00:40:41,931 coming from. 941 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,688 And more importantly, how in the world are they able to 942 00:40:45,689 --> 00:40:49,000 produce it and sell it for $15? 943 00:40:49,137 --> 00:40:52,413 Our livelihood depends 100% on it. 944 00:40:56,137 --> 00:40:57,275 [Josh] Ah [bleep]. 945 00:40:58,241 --> 00:41:00,068 [Big Chuk] Told you, slow down. 946 00:41:00,241 --> 00:41:02,103 [Josh] Man, you didn't say [bleep] about slowing down. 947 00:41:02,275 --> 00:41:03,758 What the hell are you talking about? 948 00:41:03,931 --> 00:41:06,344 I can't give a jar of liquor away. 949 00:41:06,517 --> 00:41:07,757 I didn't have no luck either. 950 00:41:07,758 --> 00:41:10,655 If somebody else is trying to choke us out of business, 951 00:41:10,827 --> 00:41:13,034 then we got to choke back a little bit. 952 00:41:13,206 --> 00:41:15,172 All we need to do is just get up off the water a little bit, 953 00:41:15,344 --> 00:41:16,517 and I'll be golden. 954 00:41:16,689 --> 00:41:18,585 We've got to find a way then to pump freaking water 955 00:41:18,586 --> 00:41:19,689 up the bank. 956 00:41:21,275 --> 00:41:23,172 - [bleep]. - [yelling] 957 00:41:24,068 --> 00:41:25,103 Ah, damn. 958 00:41:25,275 --> 00:41:27,241 Well, I'm all wet, and the dag-gone wheel 959 00:41:27,413 --> 00:41:28,655 ain't turning, Jerry. - [Josh] Chuk. 960 00:41:30,068 --> 00:41:31,586 - [Josh] You hear? - [Big Chuk] Four-wheelers. 961 00:41:34,034 --> 00:41:35,792 [Josh] You hear that? 962 00:41:35,793 --> 00:41:37,758 We got to get the hell out of here.