Moonshiners (2011–…): Season 10, Episode 19 - Moonshine Capital Returns - full transcript
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onMoonshiners.
Just because you make
whiskey in Tennessee,
that does not make it
Tennessee whiskey.
I mean, that limestone spring.
That's the deal of it.
God, they all look pretty.
Henry and Kenny Law.
They're one of the families
that made Franklin County
the Moonshine capital
of the world.
It's been 40 years
since we seen this new set up
and who did it?
We did.
There he is, bud.
He's got
this buyer lined up.
So, we're headed to try
and get rid of about 15
gallons of good grain whiskey
Dude, he got someone
with him, man.
Wait. What?
Red, what the hell
you thinking, brother?
Mike, come on.
We don't need this, man.
This is how we make
the Moonshine.
Guess there ain't nothing
to it, but to do it now.
We'll get this plank walked
out and get it over here.
What do you reckon, Kenny?
- Spin it around.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- All right.
- Watch your arm, buddy.
Whoa, you all right?
-Yeah, I'm fine.
-Okay.
In Franklin County,
Virginia,
after smuggling
eight massive submarine stilts
across state lines,
Josh, Tickle and the Laws
are constructing a stilt farm
to mount the largest outlaw
liquor operation the county
has seen in decades.
We got to start
somewhere in here
and there's eight pots.
Might as well start
on one end of it.
We really got our work
cut out for us.
We've got
all this malted corn.
This is two times
on that.
And we ain't got
no steel big enough
to run this stuff on.
And, well, Josh,
he's got all these pots.
We just going to get
everybody together.
A setup here will make us
a whole lot
of malted corn liquor.
We got to start getting
these pots set and we'll just
move right on down the line.
What we're gonna have is,
we're gonna have eight pots
running all the way down here.
And we're gonna have a worm
and thumper barrel over yonder
in the middle where we can
tie everything to 'em.
And as soon as we get them
all set up,
we'll mash in
and we'll run the dope here
to set these things.
I'll tell you right now,
this is higher than those.
This looks even to me.
You should know the measure.
In order to keep things safe,
what we do is,
we bury our blocks down
and then we fill
these things up with dirt.
She's looking good
on this side.
That insulates these blocks
and keeps this fire
from burning these blocks out.
You like this, Boss?
-That looks good.
-All right.
All right, that's one,
seven more to go.
This is a real operation.
I mean,
we got eight stilts here.
Whoa, whoa.
I don't know anybody
that's got eight stilts.
That's an outfit.
That's a for real outfit.
All right.
Looks good.
That's a stretch.
Whoo!
God, they all look pretty.
We're gonna put
two pumps here.
And those long pipes
over the tanks
and it'll go right
over that wall,
right that way,
in beautiful worms
that you've made.
It's just been
a long time since
we had eight subs, you know.
And to do something
like this again
after so many years...
At first, you know, I started
getting overwhelmed by it,
but it's a rush.
I mean, look, can you get back
in that end?
And that end there...
We might...
- Have you ever seen something...
- Yeah.
Been a long time though.
Henry and Kenny Law,
they're one of the families
that made Franklin County
the Moonshine capital
of the world.
This right here is bringing
back the old days.
The most famous
of the Laws
is Henry's father and mentor,
Amos Law,
who operated one
of the most extensive
illegal shine operations
in Virginia history.
In a career that spanned
over half a century,
Amos oversaw a small army
of two-man teams
in multiple locations
that worked as many
as 60 submarine pots.
Each with an 800 gallon
capacity.
Producing tens of thousands
of gallons of shine
each month.
Federal investigators
calculated
that over
a single five-year period,
Amos produced over a half
a million gallons
of untaxed liquor.
But those closest to Amos,
speculate that the Feds
underestimated the output.
And that don't look good.
-That is beautiful.
-Far as you can see.
That looks beautiful.
Yeah, I ain't seen nothing
like this in real life ever.
I say I only seen stuff
like this in pictures.
We got 50 feet of stilts.
Literally 50 feet long.
And I'm hooked up with two
freaking moonshine legends.
I mean, the amount
of knowledge that they have
in their brain, you know,
about this stuff is like...
Is incredible.
I don't reckon
there is nothing left to do,
but finish up building
the furnaces
and get the rest
of the stilts together, right?
That's exactly right.
Right now, we got to build
the front of these subs in,
the back of the subs in.
We have to go out the back
of the building,
we got to get some
oil tanks down there.
Get the burners in there.
As you could see,
we got a hell of a job.
Been four years
since we seeing this
being set up, hadn't it...
-Four freakin'...
-I think it looks good.
-We did it.
-All right. We did it.
I've had very good results
out of tapering liquor
down here at home,
'cause I've brought it
straight from a...
It takes a lot of water
to taper this alcohol down
around here.
In Sevier County,
Tennessee,
in anticipation of a winter
increase in demand,
Mike and Jerry are bottling
liquors fast as they can
make it.
We've been busy stashing up
that stash house doing
round stuff,
all of our jars
are disappearing.
We're using up everything
that we've got,
we can hardly find any jars.
We're running scarce.
See what my...
Eh, about 130.
On overall.
Well, look who finally decided
to show the hell up.
Jerry is supposed to be out
buying jars, you know,
and Jerry's been late
a couple of times, you know.
I make it tolerate,
something once or twice,
but if this becomes
a natural habit,
you know we may
have to re-group
and figure out something else.
I hope like hell
you found some
damn jars, Jerry.
Well, this is it, son.
Saying this is all I got.
Just one damn case
right here, bud.
This is like half stores in.
All the bacon I can do...
They don't had no jars.
Jars are like becoming
extinct right now.
-I think I've got an idea.
-Well, hope like hell you do.
Because we're gonna be
dead in the water.
Gallon jug, get good old
spring water.
We got an added bonus.
Let me show you.
-What you got?
-Check this out.
And here's the
good part there.
Well, I like
the hell out of it.
So we fill that...
-All they're going to know
is spring water.
-Spring water.
The hell it don't look like
it's never been open.
Another bonus that is,
we've now got to get
spring water, we can tamper
with it.
We can tamper with it.
*bleep*, we can ride around
with that in plain
down side nearly.
Yeah. I mean, they see that,
they're going to say...
Tag is there,
nothing about it.
That's exactly right.
I like it. Unload them
bastards.
It's hell of a lot easier
to bottle up and carry it
around with you.
Worst case scenario, we'd get
pulled over with a truck bed
full of
spring water jugs
with the label still on.
-There's the guy in.
-You know when the
seal not broke.
Well, all I got to do
is tell law, "Hell, I'm trying
to stay hydrated, man."
-Look at that.
-I like it.
I'm likin' it.
First thing I guess
we need to do is start pumpin'
some hot water in there.
Heavy wind.
It would take it a man or two
to get here.
-Pretty good work.
-I can hear it. It's comin'.
-And there she comes.
-There she comes.
In Cocke County,
Tennessee,
Mark and Digger prepare
to distill their first
Tennessee whiskey
after discovering
the hardest to find
ingredient,
a pristine lime-stone spring.
We're at a point now,
we got our water source
established in the building.
Ah, that's got us
where we need to be.
Right there.
You know, we hit the
jackpot with the water source
which is lime-stone water.
You know, Tennessee whiskey
is its own animal.
Just because you make
whiskey in Tennessee
that does not make it
Tennessee whiskey.
Go easy with it.
It has it's own
particular recipe,
it has its own particular way
of filtering and ageing,
and if you don't do this
step by step,
then you've not made
true Tennessee whiskey.
You got the grind build
figure out, you think?
Yes, I do.
The measurement per by
are only 40lbs of corn,
six lbs of barley,
and four lbs of rye.
Comes out to exactly
80.8 percent.
-Really?
-It came out perfect.
If you said it son,
it same as it's coming
from a burning bush.
Now true Tennessee whiskey,
it's got to be
predominantly corn.
We're using
close to 80 percent
in our grain bag.
Then the malted barley
and then some rye.
Well, those flavors
come through,
by and large
the flavor profile's
going to be there,
and it's going to be
fine liquor.
You don't know
how to zip it, ain't you?
Well, if I can, I will.
You're a patient man.
Will you say now
who I'm married too?
You're the only fella I know
who got married three times,
still got the same in-laws.
Yep.
That's some pretty dry
malt rye I ever seen
all my barn days.
Wait till you...
The reason we put
the malted barley in,
it possess enzymes.
They have the
elements we need
to help convert these starches
into formidable sugars.
25.
The correct ratio
is 80 percent corn
and 12 percent barley,
and eight percent rye.
Keep our fingers crossed that
it's just good
as we hope it'll be.
This is going to put us
at 240 lbs.
Delicious.
Uh, boy. I like hearing
that open up?
The year's starting
out good, it'll take two
pound of yeast
to kick this off good.
- That's two pounds, ain't it?
- -Yeah.
Now, this is
where the pressure's
on Digger.
You know, he's the grain man,
he's the mash guru.
So... And I hope
all his measurements
are correct
'cause the ball's
in his court now.
That's the end of
that love story.
Let me see that here, baby.
You're
probably getting
tired anyhow.
Now with this flavor
profile we've got
with our grain bill,
beyond that, when we
put it in that barrel
and age it, in six months,
it'll start adding those
flavor profiles,
you're gonna get
the vanillas, you're
gonna get the cinnamons,
you're gonna get
the oak.
Ain't nothing now
than let it do but
to do its deal, ain't it?
Sit there and work off.
Those flavor profiles
are what separated
true Tennessee whiskey
from an aged liquor.
Cover up.
Turn the heat off.
It'll stay warm
in here tonight.
Let's come back
in the morning, check
on it, stir it.
- See where we're at.
- I'm with you.
Gotta get this done.
I've got five gallons
to sell today.
Once again,
Jerry's awful mighty late.
And I'm getting kind of
frustrated just sitting here
twiddling my thumb.
So I gotta pick up
five gallons, take it
down the road,
do a little pull off and see
if I can get a little money
in our pocket.
Jerry's not here
and the show must
continue.
We've got a lot
of work to do.
I'm in a hurry.
But I've got to do it.
What the hell is that?
I hear a car comin'
up the road,
and very many cars
don't come up
this road.
Oh, my God. That's him.
It's my freaking customer.
What the hell is that?
I hear a car comin'
up the road,
and very many cars
don't come up this road.
Oh, my God.
That's him.
It's my freaking customer.
*bleep*
He's down the road.
Now, people
can't take simple
directions.
I plainly told his ass
to meet me at the
first pull off
at the end of the road.
And there he is
sitting right here
under the damn
stash house.
Bastard.
I told this damn clown,
"As soon as you
enter the road,
there's a pull off
right there on your right."
That's a mile-and-a-half
away from the stash
house, right?
Look, he's within
200 yards of me.
There's nothing I can
do now.
I'm just gonna go up there
and play it off and get
this stuff gone.
i thought
that was you.
Well, you...
you're one pull off too damn close to me, brother.
Sorry about that.
Uh, it ain't no
big deal, man.
We'll get you
fixed up here.
Yeah, you lay it right down
on the tail gate there.
- Thank you.
- Yeah, buddy.
- Got you two more jugs here.
- -Appreciate it.
All right.
Thank you.
All right, have
a good one, buddy.
You know,
even though he's at
the wrong damn pull off,
five gallons is five gallons.
I'm feeling good about
making this sale.
But selling alcohol
all by yourself,
that's hard work.
It's just so much better
when your partner
is there
to take up his end
of the slack.
Looking good, Josh.
-It's pretty level.
-It's pretty level
there, yeah.
One submarine pot
setup is a beautiful
thing to a moonshiner.
But when you line
eight of these big,
bad boys up,
I'll tell you what,
it is a sight to behold.
How we doin' this?
-I think it mainly
figure three, didn't we?
-Yeah.
Our next step now
is to build these furnaces in.
Because we're gonna
fire this stuff with oil.
Now that's something
that most people
wouldn't normally use,
but in this old barn
right here,
we don't wanna take
a chance on burning
it down.
You need to cut me some
of those, uh, round flues.
-Okay.
-It'll need to be about
as thick as this block
right here.
Just enough to go
through the cat block.
Any time you go
movin' something inside,
you got a hell
of a job ahead of you.
Trimming those is a complete
different situation.
This is so safe
compared to propane.
Propane is very
dangerous.
Yeah, so we gotta
build all of this in tight,
so we're gonna take these
bricks and we're gonna
put 'em back layer
and we've gotta
totally enclose this thing.
So we can efficiently
heat these pots.
The team
has four 800-gallon
submarine pots
and four 400-gallon
pots lined up in a row.
They'll use two thump kegs
fed into one condenser
and run two pots
of fermented mash at a time.
Once those pots
are done running,
the caps and thump
kegs will move down
to the next two pots
and the process
will repeat itself until
all eight have been run,
resulting in 600 gallons
of finished moonshine.
Got electrodes on these
tips right here.
These burners put off
a little bit of a spark.
That's what lights
the fuel.
It's just like the furnace
of the house,
it's gotta be closed
in tight.
We have any
big gaps or anything,
it'll draw air.
And it'll smoke like
Hailey's old barner's
wheels,
so it's gotta be
pretty tight.
And they slide right
in there, and when
you fire 'em up,
the heat goes
straight under there
and then it comes out
on the back side,
comes out that chimney,
and it's pretty important
when you're in a
still site like this.
'Cause you wanna be
able to get all those
gases and fumes and stuff
outta here.
Makes for a much
cleaner work environment.
And it's a lot safer.
Hell, yeah.
That's smooth, right there.
-All right.
-You got my pipe?
Yes, sir, I got
your pipe right here, Henry.
There we go.
That'll do it.
Josh left his glasses
over here.
I use 'em things for...
- You look just like Josh.
- Wind goggles there, right?
Do I look like Josh?
-Josh!
-Huh?
Do I look like you?
Hi, Josh.
If the police come up,
I'm gonna tell 'em
my name is Josh Owens.
Yes, sir. This is
my still site.
And my name is
Steven Tickle.
- Good times.
I love you, brother.
All right, Tickle,
come on down.
5,700 gallons of mash, if
I've done my math right,
is about what
the capacity is of
all these stills together.
It's gonna be crazy.
- That'll do it.
- It looks killer.
This is a damn
operation, if I've
ever seen one.
Got all blocked in
*bleep* build
blowin' air.
Finally got 'em
all done, boys.
Well, when y'all
get done playing, we
gotta get stuff for mash.
-I'm done playin'.
-What do you reckon?
Think you can
spin it twice?
Bein' able to run
with these guys,
building
with my buddy Tickle...
this is... this is incredible.
I don't even know
how to put it all into words,
but this is the dream team.
As soon as we
finish here, we'll go back
and get all the grain stuff
and sugar-load it.
All right, boys.
Mashin' in.
Yeah, let's get to it
and get to doin' it.
I'm all for that.
When a man's
got a job to do,
he's gotta get it done
regardless if he's
gotta do it by hisself.
Were you waitin'
on tomorrow to get here?
Where you been?
Jerry, where the hell
have you been?
No call or nothin'.
Well, hell. The weather's
been cold.
What's been our
damn goal this year?
To work straight
through, no matter what.
That's what we've
been doing.
Unless I call you and tell you
we're not workin',
we're workin'.
You know, this season
has been hard on everybody
with the pandemic
and everything.
You know, everybody's
gotta survive right now
and fend for themselves.
Our livin', our survival
is making alcohol.
And it's too damn early
and too damn late now
to quit on me now.
Well, you either gonna
be here or you ain't
gonna be here.
So make your mind up.
But right now,
we got work to do.
Well, what's that
supposed to mean?
"I'm either here
or I'm not here?"
Any which way
you wanna take it.
Well, you gotta stay in touch
and let me know what
the hell's goin' on?
Stay in touch?
You're the one
that didn't show up.
You're supposed
to call me.
- I hired you.
- Okay.
-Yeah, that's the way
it works?
-Yeah.
You're sayin'
you're my boss,
not my partner?
No, we're partners.
That's why you should've
called me and let me know
what was goin' on.
You knew there was
work to be done.
As far as I'm concerned
right now, we're still in
a partnership.
But when Jerry's gone,
you know, that's doublin'
up the load on me.
Ah, hell.
Let's just get to it.
Damn, you're here now.
Just call me next time,
damn.
You know, my bad.
I'm sorry, I just figured,
you know, next day it was
just rainin' and cold
and snowy...
At the end of the day,
I'm glad
that Jerry's here.
We can get our
asses back to work.
No big deal.
Get it off your chest
and move on, you know.
We're brothers.
Damn, we should
get some steps built
in this frickin' place.
Let me show you how,
if you need to.
I guess I'm gonna
have to get him a roll
of damn paper towels
to sop all them damn tears
up with now.
- Ready to go mash?
- Let's do it.
Goin' good
for me and Jerry.
We're not gonna stop,
we're just gonna keep
our stash house abore.
You know, that's one
reason I was upset
he wasn't
here on time, you know.
'Cause we've been
doin' phenomenal.
Damn, like we're
walkin' on damn concrete.
I've done got
three barrels already
mashed here.
We're goin' to do
the other three.
-Flat as a flitter.
-It's flat, my God.
But it's one cold
tap sucker out here.
The hay that we got
the mash in around,
it's doin' its job.
It's just better on us
right now.
I'll tell you what,
this here says
it's good and warm
under this stinkin' tarp.
Damn right, 'cause grass
won't sprout in damn
crazy weather, will it?
Germinated and sprouted.
Let's mash these
other three in.
We'll come back
and run this run
right here.
'Cause they supposed
to warm up in a day or two.
Be a little warmer
on us.
You don't think Mother
Nature is tellin' us
a little something?
She's trying to tell us
it may be time to quit.
Me and Jerry,
we're just trying to
push against time, man.
We're stashin'
up our stash house.
We're gonna try to
get these runs in man,
before it's too late.
And before we have
to call the dogs off.
Ow!
We were going
to fill that pot up with
some water
and get it boiling.
That way, we can pour
it on our sugar and corn.
Don't grab that
bottom wheel bare hand.
-All right, we got it baby.
-All right.
Smells like yarn,
don't it?
A little.
- You know what, Jerry?
- What's up, buddy?
At least one damn thing,
we're braving this
when most men won't.
That's for sure.
We're makin' more money
when most men ain't.
That's exactly right.
So how is it smelling,
buddy?
Oh, it smells like corn,
good, sweet corn.
Well, I'm glad you can.
Because, my God,
my sinuses is tore up.
Go ahead and yeast
them in.
It's looking good, man.
We're puttin' the yeast
to it.
It's steamin'. It's gonna
go right to workin'.
-Let's get the hell
outta here.
-Let's go.
I'm ready to get
some heat on
my damn does.
We ought
to be gettin close.
I reckon
it's ready to run.
- Woah!
- That'll knock your head off.
Get your big
deep breath. Big nose...
Oh, I love it.
It takes the breath outta your lungs.
Damn, I love it.
Won't never get
enough if it.
We've been checkin'
this mash pretty much
everyday
just because we're in
a new environment.
We don't know
how it's gonna run.
But, man, this place smells
outstanding.
Everything's worked
perfect.
This is gonna make
some fabulous
Tennessee whiskey.
And here we are,
we're ready to run
this stuff.
I'm lit. Go slow.
I never lost a hair.
You know what?
This is the first
big run of liquor
that we've run indoors
since popcorn.
I'm lit, go slow.
I never
lost a hair.
You know what?
This is the first
big run of liquor
that we've run indoors
since popcorn.
Yeah.
I'll get our condenser goin',
we'll let these heads
escape a little.
Uh-huh. I'll get paste.
And a tub to build it in.
We're inside, the wind
and the elements
aren't
kickin' on our
back door.
And nothin' has
went afoul yet.
So we're comfortable.
I know they're still
people out there
that's trying to make
liquor in the elements
and the cold weather.
And I don't envy
'em that.
But, uh, better them
than us.
Big Sloppy, her first run
ever indoors.
Yeah, she happier
than a hog in slop.
Me and her talk a lot.
-Okay.
-Sometimes she answers.
All the liquor we've done
and this is her first
inside run.
I'll tell you while
we're waitin' on this,
let's get our fielder hung.
-You want to?
-Why not?
Show me what
you had in mind
for it.
We've got this run
goin' good.
That's a good thing
because we've got
another process
we have to take.
Where do you want
this thing here, Pus?
Well, I think it needs
to be right in the middle
where we can kinda
service both racks.
It being our version
of Tennessee whiskey,
we've got a charcoal
filter.
That harder
than Superman's knee
cap.
We filter this liquor
through our liquor
filtration system
we built because
that's part of
the requirement
of Tennessee whiskey,
it has to be over
so many inches of charcoal.
I'm likin' it...
Up. That looks like
your pin.
-There we go.
-It's comin'.
It's a perfect stream
right there.
Tennessee whiskey.
Don't be drinking
off it, Worm.
I ain't drinkin' it.
Boy.
Yeah, boy.
Ain't no heads in that.
It evaporated off.
This alcohol is gonna
get to hang out.
It's not gonna be
immediately sold
and consumed.
It's gonna
sit in a barrel for
a couple or three years...
Spaghetti's what
we make.
...which is gonna involve
our filter,
And we're gonna have
to pack it full of felt,
copper, charcoal.
Get a hose put on it.
And then we can
pump the liquor,
let it trickle through
the filter slowly.
We drop that hose into
the barrel,
let it run right in.
We gotta go fast
or we're runnin' back...
oh, that's beautiful.
Well, hell, we did
spill some.
Yeah.
Can't cry over
spilled liquor.
I say we got the bung
out of that.
Let's just go with it.
Well, get to it.
Ah, there we go,
heady boy.
Crank her up.
Watch her go! Woah...
The filter,
it mellows the liquor,
if you will.
If there's any type of
fire in it at all,
being hot.
You know, unpleasant
taste,
like the fusel oils,
charcoal mellows
that out, which is
a great thing.
So, we're done. That's good.
I'll tell you what,
this'll do.
Let's taste a little bit
of it.
Yeah,
we kinda need this.
-Get a readin' on it...
-I mean, we ain't
took a sup of it yet.
And this where
it's done filtered.
Me and Digger,
we kinda went a ways
into this run.
And, uh, hadn't
really tasted it, so...
We decided to see
if it's worth drinkin'
after we run it
through the charcoal
filter.
-Look how that's
sweatin' on that.
-Mm-hm.
Hell, yeah. It tastes
like liquor.
Oh, but two years
in that barrel yonder.
It's gonna be fine.
If it gets much better,
I won't be able to stand
it.
I think it's outstandin'
liquor.
But with the time
that the barrel
works its magic on it,
it should be
fantastic liquor.
The water.
-I mean, that lime stone
is praying.
-Yeah.
That's the deal, I mean.
This alcohol,
it's Tennessee whiskey.
And it's just sitting over
there, and we just get
to forget about it
and let it hang out for
a couple or three years.
But in the meantime,
we can't go broke.
I mean, we got to make
a little money or sales.
We've always got Daniel
we could rely on making
corn liquor.
Let's fill them up.
Boom.
If we get in and out,
we're good.
-I'm gonna set these here
-Uh-huh.
If you wanna
grab me another two...
Yeah, we've a damn ton
of alcohol in our stash house.
Ten more down.
We've been... running a lot.
We figured we'd have a lot
of alcohol left over for
the spring, but damn.
We've been doing a lot
of dare drops,
we've been making
a hell of a lot of sales
for it to be winter time.
-450.
-Oh, hell yeah!
You know, dare drops,
it could be a good thing
or a bad thing.
I'll be right back.
You better know who you
are dealing with when you're
doing a dare drop.
Just trust the guy
you're dealing with.
You know, dare drops can be
a real good thing,
you don't have to see nobody,
he don't have to see us...
Got some money.
We got money, baby.
Me and Jerry
has got it worked out.
We stagger out our mash,
and while there is a waiting
of fermenting and all...
- Good?
- Good.
...there is no needing
of sitting on couch
watching TV, when we could
be selling this stuff.
You know,
we're hustling that stuff out.
So we're staying busy
constantly around
the damn clock
Hell yeah! Yee-haw!
-It's on a snow bed road.
-It's way back in here.
Yeah, I mean, it's...
I don't want to have
point human touch.
We got buyer lined up.
So we're headed to try to
get rid about 15 gallons
of good grain whiskey.
But, you know, we're not even
putting in the stash house.
But we're still making a lot
of money this time
of the year.
-Is that the little place
you talked about?
-It's here up on the left.
I think it's here.
-Seems pretty quiet.
-Cool bean.
There he is, buddy.
Looks like.
Dude, he's got someone
with him, man.
Wait, what?
- He's got somebody with him.
- Damn.
What the hell
is he thinking?
I don't know.
Let me talk to him.
Dude, I ain't liking this
one bit.
Shh!
- Red!
- Yeah?
I got one damn question
for you.
- Brother, how you doing?
- Red.
What the hell are you
thinking, brother?
What do you mean?
Who you got
in the damn vehicle, Red?
- It's just my woman.
-Just your woman?
I don't know her.
Mike, come on now,
we don't need this, man.
- Who've you got in the damn vehicle, Red?
- -It's just my woman.
Just your woman?
I don't know her.
Mike, come on now,
we don't need this, man.
Last time you said you said
you didn't have nobody
with you.
You know better
than that, man.
You know me...
I know,
I know you, man, but now
what the hell were
you thinking?
That's another set of
damn eyes and ears on us, man.
The last time you come bought
from here you didn't have
nobody with you.
You know the damn rules.
I'm sorry,
but it won't happen again.
Hang on, hang on,
let me talk to Jerry.
You just hold up right there,
man, let me talk to Jerry.
You shouldn't even
be considering this.
What in the damn hell
is he doing?
He ain't never bought nobody
with him. I don't know what
the hell is he thinking.
Why is he doing this now?
That's his wife. His old lady.
I don't care, it's an another
set of eyes and ears, man.
-I know that.
-I mean, yeah...
-But look, I know the man.
-He knows better than this.
I know him, though.
I understand
he ought to know better.
I know we can get in trouble
with this, and I don't
feel good about it.
But we got to sell
this alcohol.
Just let him taste his stuff
and we make the deal
and get the hell out of here.
I just want you to know,
I don't feel good about it.
I know you don't.
I know you don't,
but this could potentially
set us up for, you know,
another sale.
- I mean, you feel pretty comfortable with him...
- -I do.
Let's just do this.
You gonna walk 'em down.
I'm sorry, guys,
I promise you...
I'll accept your apology, man,
we're buddies.
But damn, don't do that to me.
I don't know who she is,
we don't know who
this lady is.
Just go ahead, take this,
see how you like it.
She's cool,
we understand that.
We've got eyes and ears, man,
that ain't what we like.
- Ooh, that's good.
- You like it?
It's so different than usual.
And you say you got me 15?
We've got you
15 gallons,
you know the price.
Let's get this deal done
and get the hell out of here.
I can keep this?
Yeah, put it in your pocket.
Hell, we don't need it.
Yeah.
You can grab one of his.
- Money.
- -I just gotta take it out of here.
Let's see some
dollar bills here.
Thank you, guys.
This never happened,
young lady.
Damn. But we got the money.
It's starting to rain,
like, crazy.
Come on back.
Beautiful.
Beautiful, beautiful.
We've put a lot of time
and money into building
up this still site.
Straight in.
And now we're ready
to mash in our pots.
This is a lot of ingredients.
We have got two tons
of malted corn
that we got from Tim,
there's tons of sugar.
Let's make no mistake
about it, we've got our work
cut out for us here.
Oh, yeah. There we go.
Hell yeah, we're here.
-Yeah.
-We're missing a man.
-Where is Kenny at?
-He's not feeling well.
-Really?
-Yeah, I told him
to stay inside
we've got everything
hooked up.
Burners here. Water.
We don't need help.
Ken and I used to do this
by ourselves, I guess damn
sure we can handle it.
I told him we'll get him
his money, he was happy.
- That's all he wanted to hear.
- Yeah.
Ready to run some water?
Yes, sir, yes, sir.
It's been an absurd amount
of work brining this stills
all the way up to Virginia.
Getting all the supplies,
getting everything setup.
But it's finally starting
to pay off and it feels
pretty good.
Josh is snatching two bags.
As old, broke up as he is,
it's probably not
a great idea.
But he's doing it anyways.
Let's fire
these babies up now.
Fire in the hole, boy.
Let's go.
That's the way to go.
Hell yeah! We're fixed
to be making some, son.
Henry's been telling me about
these oil burners.
And finally we're getting
to see him in action.
That's a whole lot
of less headache.
It's quiet and efficient
-That's a no brainer to me.
-Listen.
Nothing but the rain
and the rooftop
-The thing is quiet.
-Quiet as it can be.
No propane tanks
to be hailing.
No fuel.
No blowing up on us.
Well, I'm ready
to rock and roll.
What do you want to do next?
As soon as it gets hot,
we'll dump it in the rain,
and we'll let it cool
for an hour, and we're ready
to put sugar in it.
We're gonna do these
four tonight.
These four, the next day
we're mashing those four.
If you think you can go around
four serves a day,
you don't want to go mash
all eight of them.
Four of them be ready
too quick, you don't
want that.
When they get ready to run,
you want to run them.
So we'll mash in
four in one day.
And then we'll come back
and mash in four the next day.
About mashing them in a day
apart, that makes them
-where we can come
in the next day.
-Yeah, exactly.
I see a little steam coming
off these two right here.
Let's put some grain in there.
-We spill grain in?
-Yep.
All right, sounds good.
We put one foot
of water in these pots
and we're gonna boil it.
Then we'll put all of
our grains in there.
We'll let that cook
for an hour.
How many bags is that?
That's two, grabbing one more.
Throw them down.
When you're making liquor
in the wintertime,
it's very important
that you get your mash
at a certain temperature.
And when we drop in
malted corn in,
it'll cool it down
a little bit.
So, we keep the fire under it,
so it comes back
for another boil.
Tickle, would you grab me
some sugar bags?
All right,
I'll grab the sugar.
Once we got that sugar in it,
absorb it up real good,
and we put just enough water
to cool it down a little bit.
And that water comes up
to my fingertips right there.
And the bag will be full,
bam, it'll be 90 degrees.
And we'll be ready
to put the yeast in it.
Cover it all over with
insulation and black paper.
The yeast is the bad boy.
We stir that in.
Usually, when winter time
comes, most moonshiners
they cut out,
they quit for the year,
they figure they're done.
But not us.
We never have to heat
the building. You can wrap
it like this right here.
These submarine pots have
a very thick woodside on 'em.
Which has a lot of insulation
value to these pots.
And if this mash works,
it creates its own heat.
Nice and snug.
We're also gonna cover them
with insulation
so it doesn't cool it off.
And we can keep our mash
working, and we can keep
on making liquor
all year long.
-All right. All right.
-Yeah.
Not looking that good, eh?
I think so. Yeah.
-Four, five days, man,
we run it.
-Hell yeah.
-And we making money.
-Yes, sir.
I guess we're coming
and mash them other four
in the morning.
-We done? Let's go.
-Yes, sir. Yeah.
-Let's get the hell
out of here.
-All right.
Yeah, man!
Boom!
-Where you gonna put that?
-That corner right over here.
Well, I don't know about you,
but it looks like you need
some pool lessons.
What are you doing there?
What's going on, man?
Well, just shitting
a little poop.
Got some news about your
buddy Mike Cockrell.
Well, uh...
Do you like to talk right here
on the phone,
or if it's something
you'd rather talk about it
in person?
We'll meet and talk about
it in person.
Nah, it's fine.
One of his buyers got busted.
-Uh-uh.
-Hell you saying?
Yup. And he's talking.
What's up Jack?
Yeah, hey.
You know what?
Hey. All these horses
are eating my truck.
What do you mean
they eating your truck?
I'll bet you a $100
it's 'cause they saw it
on the road.
They're ruining
the paint on it.
-How will that ruin the paint?
-It'll ruin the paint,
I'm telling you.
-How? It's saliva?
-It'll ruin it.
-Yeah. Yeah, yeah!
-Damn tongues.
I ain't going either.
Hey Josh, I think they handled
this side for you.
-They handled this whole side.
-Holy *bleep*.
Yeah.
I mean, look at it.
Sort of fades in and out.
It almost looks like
camouflage paint.
-He's not gonna give up.
He's not gonna give up.
-He's coming back.
Can I ask you what the hell
do you think you're doing?
You stop that. You stop that.
Come on.
Come on.
Well, I'll tell you one
damn thing.
It's freaking cold.
Did you wear your hand gloves
this morning?
I've got them
in my pockets, sir.
I'll tell you what,
it is one bitter cold day.
It's snowing one day,
the sun's shining the next.
But, you know, that's
just the way mother nature is.
Our mash is ready.
We're not gonna let her
put us down.
We're gonna run
this corn liquor.
It's warm
under here though, still.
-Yep.
-All right.
Oh, my God, that's bitter.
That's what we're looking for.
Get old bitter better.
How does it feel?
Frozen?
Feels all right down here.
I feel a little crunchy
going on over here.
You can thaw it down. Hurry.
Damn mud hung up in it.
I want to mix contact.
Damn, sissy.
There we go.
-Is it flowin'?
-Yeah.
Stick it in the hole.
Let the water get through.
I mean, hurry.
It's freezing out here.
There we go.
Our game plan
for the winter run
is just to keep
ultimate mashes out,
mash in three barrels.
Wait couple of days,
mash in the last three.
So we can just keep
stashing at stash house
till we just
cannot do anymore.
All right, there's heat
down at the bottom.
I'mma go throw this
back in the creak.
Turn the gas on.
I'll put the fire in the hole!
Yeah!
That sounds good more *bleep*.
Get these curtains closed up.
Close 'em up.
Pull grab those old cans
You know,
this winter time run,
it's colder than hell
out here.
Oh, my goodness, it's cold.
I can't feel my fingers
and toes.
This looks a little damp here.
But we gonna
keep on going, man.
This world's
changed overnight.
Everybody's gotta
survive right now,
and that's what
me and Jerry's
doing here today.
Look at her.
Whoo!
- All right. It is...
- Holy cow!
You like fire, don't you?
I love fire.
Ready, squeeze.
It will be worth, won't it?
Just have to come out here,
warm up a little bit.
Hey, I'll rather have
a fire to go to
than no fire at all.
That's right.
Let's go
check the still out, bro.
Looks like we got down
liquor running.
That drum in there.
- A 170?
- Yeah, buddy.
I tell you what,
this still is running great.
-Packed and full, ain't it?
-Yeah, it's ready.
Our shield up around it,
it's containing heat.
It's starting to warm up
and get better up in here.
-Open these curtains?
-Open them up.
I'm tickled to death
because at this time
of the year
there ain't nobody selling
a lot of alcohol,
let alone making a bunch.
We're gonna get started.
Packing up at the stash house
and keep on making the sales.
It's amazing what a little bit
of sun might to do.
A little bit of sun,
little bit of wood
makes a big difference.
Yeah, I don't know though.
I just don't think
we've ever hated
that damn column,
right now though.
We never got it heat
up at the top.
It'll sit there
and reflux all day.
She's starting to drop.
Getting into the tail
a little.
Mm-hmm. I'll tell you what,
let's just shut
this bitch down.
The pulp
is starting to drop off.
You know what?
There's no sense
in being greedy with it.
I can spare a damn gallon
or two, you know,
to get out of here
and get people
high quality alcohol.
One more good run, man.
Tell you what,
this little setup
we got going here, man,
has been working good.
I like it a lot.
Okay,
it's the last one, is it?
-Yeah.
-Tuckered you out too much.
That's a downer.
Here he is.
What you doing, big boy?
We're running
this Tennessee whiskey
but we put Daniel in work,
making corn liquor.
So we're going to set him up
with some sugar
and some yeast
and corn, and we got
a little bit of information
for Daniel, too.
We brought you few supplies,
our old buddy.
Well, I'm glad.
We turn them into
some good liquor.
-Been around
and good, ain't you?
-Yes, sir.
Old buddy of Iris
we grew up with
has called us
and he said, "You know,
I've got some
information for you."
Saying that
Daniel's old partner, Mike,
and his buddy, Jerry,
they're making mistakes,
one after another.
Thanks.
All right, brother,
that's oughta do you
for day or two.
-You can't make that, can you?
-No, sir.
-I got a little bit
something else on me.
-Okay.
Tell him where we're headed,
boy.
Word is one of my ex-buyers
and Jerry's buyers
has been busted.
Look at that, bitch.
Living in south
and in the mountains
everybody knows everybody
basically.
And the word
that Digger and I are getting
is that one of their customers
has been caught and busted.
You know, if history
has proven anything,
it's when people
are in trouble
they'll sing
like a damn canary.
Every time.
You know,
I'm kinda surprised at this.
That their still's made it.
Mike's being stupid.
You know, they're young.
Young guns, they ain't got
no loyalty.
Everyone damn cowards.
They won't go do their time
and keep their mouth shut.
Well, you know damn well
that I know all about that.
I got threw under the bus
and pulled out
and run over, you know.
You know, Daniel, you can tell
he has quirky smile
on his face.
I'm sure he is thinking
the same thing
the rest of us do.
You know, like I told him
karma is a fickle bitch.
That's enough said.
It's cold.
Let's get out of here.
I think deep down inside
Daniel's a little bit content
and happy with this news.
But we're
in the same business.
So this means we've got to
put our radar up
If you need us, holler at us.
I will.
You do the same.
Next time on
the season finale
ofMoonshiners...
Daniel Maner.
Word is on the street,
one of the guys
that you've been selling to
has got caught.
We gotta get back
to figure the stuff out.
Figure what's going on.
There's
a damn cop *bleep*.
Oh, my God.
$225 a gallon.
These?
I'll have you a 100 gallons.
I got this *bleep*.
It'll be fine.
You can put liquor
in a barrel, put it on a ship,
let it float,
and in one month
it gives the equivalent
that a year would.
-Bucket, honey.
-Here we go.
Oh, hello.
What's Carol doing here?
Carol would be our bet
on getting this liquor
from the still site
to the stash house.
Frickin' beautiful, man.
This ain't your
grand papi's moonshine still.
- Need our help?
- We gotta talk.
I feel like I'm being,
like, watched.
onMoonshiners.
Just because you make
whiskey in Tennessee,
that does not make it
Tennessee whiskey.
I mean, that limestone spring.
That's the deal of it.
God, they all look pretty.
Henry and Kenny Law.
They're one of the families
that made Franklin County
the Moonshine capital
of the world.
It's been 40 years
since we seen this new set up
and who did it?
We did.
There he is, bud.
He's got
this buyer lined up.
So, we're headed to try
and get rid of about 15
gallons of good grain whiskey
Dude, he got someone
with him, man.
Wait. What?
Red, what the hell
you thinking, brother?
Mike, come on.
We don't need this, man.
This is how we make
the Moonshine.
Guess there ain't nothing
to it, but to do it now.
We'll get this plank walked
out and get it over here.
What do you reckon, Kenny?
- Spin it around.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- All right.
- Watch your arm, buddy.
Whoa, you all right?
-Yeah, I'm fine.
-Okay.
In Franklin County,
Virginia,
after smuggling
eight massive submarine stilts
across state lines,
Josh, Tickle and the Laws
are constructing a stilt farm
to mount the largest outlaw
liquor operation the county
has seen in decades.
We got to start
somewhere in here
and there's eight pots.
Might as well start
on one end of it.
We really got our work
cut out for us.
We've got
all this malted corn.
This is two times
on that.
And we ain't got
no steel big enough
to run this stuff on.
And, well, Josh,
he's got all these pots.
We just going to get
everybody together.
A setup here will make us
a whole lot
of malted corn liquor.
We got to start getting
these pots set and we'll just
move right on down the line.
What we're gonna have is,
we're gonna have eight pots
running all the way down here.
And we're gonna have a worm
and thumper barrel over yonder
in the middle where we can
tie everything to 'em.
And as soon as we get them
all set up,
we'll mash in
and we'll run the dope here
to set these things.
I'll tell you right now,
this is higher than those.
This looks even to me.
You should know the measure.
In order to keep things safe,
what we do is,
we bury our blocks down
and then we fill
these things up with dirt.
She's looking good
on this side.
That insulates these blocks
and keeps this fire
from burning these blocks out.
You like this, Boss?
-That looks good.
-All right.
All right, that's one,
seven more to go.
This is a real operation.
I mean,
we got eight stilts here.
Whoa, whoa.
I don't know anybody
that's got eight stilts.
That's an outfit.
That's a for real outfit.
All right.
Looks good.
That's a stretch.
Whoo!
God, they all look pretty.
We're gonna put
two pumps here.
And those long pipes
over the tanks
and it'll go right
over that wall,
right that way,
in beautiful worms
that you've made.
It's just been
a long time since
we had eight subs, you know.
And to do something
like this again
after so many years...
At first, you know, I started
getting overwhelmed by it,
but it's a rush.
I mean, look, can you get back
in that end?
And that end there...
We might...
- Have you ever seen something...
- Yeah.
Been a long time though.
Henry and Kenny Law,
they're one of the families
that made Franklin County
the Moonshine capital
of the world.
This right here is bringing
back the old days.
The most famous
of the Laws
is Henry's father and mentor,
Amos Law,
who operated one
of the most extensive
illegal shine operations
in Virginia history.
In a career that spanned
over half a century,
Amos oversaw a small army
of two-man teams
in multiple locations
that worked as many
as 60 submarine pots.
Each with an 800 gallon
capacity.
Producing tens of thousands
of gallons of shine
each month.
Federal investigators
calculated
that over
a single five-year period,
Amos produced over a half
a million gallons
of untaxed liquor.
But those closest to Amos,
speculate that the Feds
underestimated the output.
And that don't look good.
-That is beautiful.
-Far as you can see.
That looks beautiful.
Yeah, I ain't seen nothing
like this in real life ever.
I say I only seen stuff
like this in pictures.
We got 50 feet of stilts.
Literally 50 feet long.
And I'm hooked up with two
freaking moonshine legends.
I mean, the amount
of knowledge that they have
in their brain, you know,
about this stuff is like...
Is incredible.
I don't reckon
there is nothing left to do,
but finish up building
the furnaces
and get the rest
of the stilts together, right?
That's exactly right.
Right now, we got to build
the front of these subs in,
the back of the subs in.
We have to go out the back
of the building,
we got to get some
oil tanks down there.
Get the burners in there.
As you could see,
we got a hell of a job.
Been four years
since we seeing this
being set up, hadn't it...
-Four freakin'...
-I think it looks good.
-We did it.
-All right. We did it.
I've had very good results
out of tapering liquor
down here at home,
'cause I've brought it
straight from a...
It takes a lot of water
to taper this alcohol down
around here.
In Sevier County,
Tennessee,
in anticipation of a winter
increase in demand,
Mike and Jerry are bottling
liquors fast as they can
make it.
We've been busy stashing up
that stash house doing
round stuff,
all of our jars
are disappearing.
We're using up everything
that we've got,
we can hardly find any jars.
We're running scarce.
See what my...
Eh, about 130.
On overall.
Well, look who finally decided
to show the hell up.
Jerry is supposed to be out
buying jars, you know,
and Jerry's been late
a couple of times, you know.
I make it tolerate,
something once or twice,
but if this becomes
a natural habit,
you know we may
have to re-group
and figure out something else.
I hope like hell
you found some
damn jars, Jerry.
Well, this is it, son.
Saying this is all I got.
Just one damn case
right here, bud.
This is like half stores in.
All the bacon I can do...
They don't had no jars.
Jars are like becoming
extinct right now.
-I think I've got an idea.
-Well, hope like hell you do.
Because we're gonna be
dead in the water.
Gallon jug, get good old
spring water.
We got an added bonus.
Let me show you.
-What you got?
-Check this out.
And here's the
good part there.
Well, I like
the hell out of it.
So we fill that...
-All they're going to know
is spring water.
-Spring water.
The hell it don't look like
it's never been open.
Another bonus that is,
we've now got to get
spring water, we can tamper
with it.
We can tamper with it.
*bleep*, we can ride around
with that in plain
down side nearly.
Yeah. I mean, they see that,
they're going to say...
Tag is there,
nothing about it.
That's exactly right.
I like it. Unload them
bastards.
It's hell of a lot easier
to bottle up and carry it
around with you.
Worst case scenario, we'd get
pulled over with a truck bed
full of
spring water jugs
with the label still on.
-There's the guy in.
-You know when the
seal not broke.
Well, all I got to do
is tell law, "Hell, I'm trying
to stay hydrated, man."
-Look at that.
-I like it.
I'm likin' it.
First thing I guess
we need to do is start pumpin'
some hot water in there.
Heavy wind.
It would take it a man or two
to get here.
-Pretty good work.
-I can hear it. It's comin'.
-And there she comes.
-There she comes.
In Cocke County,
Tennessee,
Mark and Digger prepare
to distill their first
Tennessee whiskey
after discovering
the hardest to find
ingredient,
a pristine lime-stone spring.
We're at a point now,
we got our water source
established in the building.
Ah, that's got us
where we need to be.
Right there.
You know, we hit the
jackpot with the water source
which is lime-stone water.
You know, Tennessee whiskey
is its own animal.
Just because you make
whiskey in Tennessee
that does not make it
Tennessee whiskey.
Go easy with it.
It has it's own
particular recipe,
it has its own particular way
of filtering and ageing,
and if you don't do this
step by step,
then you've not made
true Tennessee whiskey.
You got the grind build
figure out, you think?
Yes, I do.
The measurement per by
are only 40lbs of corn,
six lbs of barley,
and four lbs of rye.
Comes out to exactly
80.8 percent.
-Really?
-It came out perfect.
If you said it son,
it same as it's coming
from a burning bush.
Now true Tennessee whiskey,
it's got to be
predominantly corn.
We're using
close to 80 percent
in our grain bag.
Then the malted barley
and then some rye.
Well, those flavors
come through,
by and large
the flavor profile's
going to be there,
and it's going to be
fine liquor.
You don't know
how to zip it, ain't you?
Well, if I can, I will.
You're a patient man.
Will you say now
who I'm married too?
You're the only fella I know
who got married three times,
still got the same in-laws.
Yep.
That's some pretty dry
malt rye I ever seen
all my barn days.
Wait till you...
The reason we put
the malted barley in,
it possess enzymes.
They have the
elements we need
to help convert these starches
into formidable sugars.
25.
The correct ratio
is 80 percent corn
and 12 percent barley,
and eight percent rye.
Keep our fingers crossed that
it's just good
as we hope it'll be.
This is going to put us
at 240 lbs.
Delicious.
Uh, boy. I like hearing
that open up?
The year's starting
out good, it'll take two
pound of yeast
to kick this off good.
- That's two pounds, ain't it?
- -Yeah.
Now, this is
where the pressure's
on Digger.
You know, he's the grain man,
he's the mash guru.
So... And I hope
all his measurements
are correct
'cause the ball's
in his court now.
That's the end of
that love story.
Let me see that here, baby.
You're
probably getting
tired anyhow.
Now with this flavor
profile we've got
with our grain bill,
beyond that, when we
put it in that barrel
and age it, in six months,
it'll start adding those
flavor profiles,
you're gonna get
the vanillas, you're
gonna get the cinnamons,
you're gonna get
the oak.
Ain't nothing now
than let it do but
to do its deal, ain't it?
Sit there and work off.
Those flavor profiles
are what separated
true Tennessee whiskey
from an aged liquor.
Cover up.
Turn the heat off.
It'll stay warm
in here tonight.
Let's come back
in the morning, check
on it, stir it.
- See where we're at.
- I'm with you.
Gotta get this done.
I've got five gallons
to sell today.
Once again,
Jerry's awful mighty late.
And I'm getting kind of
frustrated just sitting here
twiddling my thumb.
So I gotta pick up
five gallons, take it
down the road,
do a little pull off and see
if I can get a little money
in our pocket.
Jerry's not here
and the show must
continue.
We've got a lot
of work to do.
I'm in a hurry.
But I've got to do it.
What the hell is that?
I hear a car comin'
up the road,
and very many cars
don't come up
this road.
Oh, my God. That's him.
It's my freaking customer.
What the hell is that?
I hear a car comin'
up the road,
and very many cars
don't come up this road.
Oh, my God.
That's him.
It's my freaking customer.
*bleep*
He's down the road.
Now, people
can't take simple
directions.
I plainly told his ass
to meet me at the
first pull off
at the end of the road.
And there he is
sitting right here
under the damn
stash house.
Bastard.
I told this damn clown,
"As soon as you
enter the road,
there's a pull off
right there on your right."
That's a mile-and-a-half
away from the stash
house, right?
Look, he's within
200 yards of me.
There's nothing I can
do now.
I'm just gonna go up there
and play it off and get
this stuff gone.
i thought
that was you.
Well, you...
you're one pull off too damn close to me, brother.
Sorry about that.
Uh, it ain't no
big deal, man.
We'll get you
fixed up here.
Yeah, you lay it right down
on the tail gate there.
- Thank you.
- Yeah, buddy.
- Got you two more jugs here.
- -Appreciate it.
All right.
Thank you.
All right, have
a good one, buddy.
You know,
even though he's at
the wrong damn pull off,
five gallons is five gallons.
I'm feeling good about
making this sale.
But selling alcohol
all by yourself,
that's hard work.
It's just so much better
when your partner
is there
to take up his end
of the slack.
Looking good, Josh.
-It's pretty level.
-It's pretty level
there, yeah.
One submarine pot
setup is a beautiful
thing to a moonshiner.
But when you line
eight of these big,
bad boys up,
I'll tell you what,
it is a sight to behold.
How we doin' this?
-I think it mainly
figure three, didn't we?
-Yeah.
Our next step now
is to build these furnaces in.
Because we're gonna
fire this stuff with oil.
Now that's something
that most people
wouldn't normally use,
but in this old barn
right here,
we don't wanna take
a chance on burning
it down.
You need to cut me some
of those, uh, round flues.
-Okay.
-It'll need to be about
as thick as this block
right here.
Just enough to go
through the cat block.
Any time you go
movin' something inside,
you got a hell
of a job ahead of you.
Trimming those is a complete
different situation.
This is so safe
compared to propane.
Propane is very
dangerous.
Yeah, so we gotta
build all of this in tight,
so we're gonna take these
bricks and we're gonna
put 'em back layer
and we've gotta
totally enclose this thing.
So we can efficiently
heat these pots.
The team
has four 800-gallon
submarine pots
and four 400-gallon
pots lined up in a row.
They'll use two thump kegs
fed into one condenser
and run two pots
of fermented mash at a time.
Once those pots
are done running,
the caps and thump
kegs will move down
to the next two pots
and the process
will repeat itself until
all eight have been run,
resulting in 600 gallons
of finished moonshine.
Got electrodes on these
tips right here.
These burners put off
a little bit of a spark.
That's what lights
the fuel.
It's just like the furnace
of the house,
it's gotta be closed
in tight.
We have any
big gaps or anything,
it'll draw air.
And it'll smoke like
Hailey's old barner's
wheels,
so it's gotta be
pretty tight.
And they slide right
in there, and when
you fire 'em up,
the heat goes
straight under there
and then it comes out
on the back side,
comes out that chimney,
and it's pretty important
when you're in a
still site like this.
'Cause you wanna be
able to get all those
gases and fumes and stuff
outta here.
Makes for a much
cleaner work environment.
And it's a lot safer.
Hell, yeah.
That's smooth, right there.
-All right.
-You got my pipe?
Yes, sir, I got
your pipe right here, Henry.
There we go.
That'll do it.
Josh left his glasses
over here.
I use 'em things for...
- You look just like Josh.
- Wind goggles there, right?
Do I look like Josh?
-Josh!
-Huh?
Do I look like you?
Hi, Josh.
If the police come up,
I'm gonna tell 'em
my name is Josh Owens.
Yes, sir. This is
my still site.
And my name is
Steven Tickle.
- Good times.
I love you, brother.
All right, Tickle,
come on down.
5,700 gallons of mash, if
I've done my math right,
is about what
the capacity is of
all these stills together.
It's gonna be crazy.
- That'll do it.
- It looks killer.
This is a damn
operation, if I've
ever seen one.
Got all blocked in
*bleep* build
blowin' air.
Finally got 'em
all done, boys.
Well, when y'all
get done playing, we
gotta get stuff for mash.
-I'm done playin'.
-What do you reckon?
Think you can
spin it twice?
Bein' able to run
with these guys,
building
with my buddy Tickle...
this is... this is incredible.
I don't even know
how to put it all into words,
but this is the dream team.
As soon as we
finish here, we'll go back
and get all the grain stuff
and sugar-load it.
All right, boys.
Mashin' in.
Yeah, let's get to it
and get to doin' it.
I'm all for that.
When a man's
got a job to do,
he's gotta get it done
regardless if he's
gotta do it by hisself.
Were you waitin'
on tomorrow to get here?
Where you been?
Jerry, where the hell
have you been?
No call or nothin'.
Well, hell. The weather's
been cold.
What's been our
damn goal this year?
To work straight
through, no matter what.
That's what we've
been doing.
Unless I call you and tell you
we're not workin',
we're workin'.
You know, this season
has been hard on everybody
with the pandemic
and everything.
You know, everybody's
gotta survive right now
and fend for themselves.
Our livin', our survival
is making alcohol.
And it's too damn early
and too damn late now
to quit on me now.
Well, you either gonna
be here or you ain't
gonna be here.
So make your mind up.
But right now,
we got work to do.
Well, what's that
supposed to mean?
"I'm either here
or I'm not here?"
Any which way
you wanna take it.
Well, you gotta stay in touch
and let me know what
the hell's goin' on?
Stay in touch?
You're the one
that didn't show up.
You're supposed
to call me.
- I hired you.
- Okay.
-Yeah, that's the way
it works?
-Yeah.
You're sayin'
you're my boss,
not my partner?
No, we're partners.
That's why you should've
called me and let me know
what was goin' on.
You knew there was
work to be done.
As far as I'm concerned
right now, we're still in
a partnership.
But when Jerry's gone,
you know, that's doublin'
up the load on me.
Ah, hell.
Let's just get to it.
Damn, you're here now.
Just call me next time,
damn.
You know, my bad.
I'm sorry, I just figured,
you know, next day it was
just rainin' and cold
and snowy...
At the end of the day,
I'm glad
that Jerry's here.
We can get our
asses back to work.
No big deal.
Get it off your chest
and move on, you know.
We're brothers.
Damn, we should
get some steps built
in this frickin' place.
Let me show you how,
if you need to.
I guess I'm gonna
have to get him a roll
of damn paper towels
to sop all them damn tears
up with now.
- Ready to go mash?
- Let's do it.
Goin' good
for me and Jerry.
We're not gonna stop,
we're just gonna keep
our stash house abore.
You know, that's one
reason I was upset
he wasn't
here on time, you know.
'Cause we've been
doin' phenomenal.
Damn, like we're
walkin' on damn concrete.
I've done got
three barrels already
mashed here.
We're goin' to do
the other three.
-Flat as a flitter.
-It's flat, my God.
But it's one cold
tap sucker out here.
The hay that we got
the mash in around,
it's doin' its job.
It's just better on us
right now.
I'll tell you what,
this here says
it's good and warm
under this stinkin' tarp.
Damn right, 'cause grass
won't sprout in damn
crazy weather, will it?
Germinated and sprouted.
Let's mash these
other three in.
We'll come back
and run this run
right here.
'Cause they supposed
to warm up in a day or two.
Be a little warmer
on us.
You don't think Mother
Nature is tellin' us
a little something?
She's trying to tell us
it may be time to quit.
Me and Jerry,
we're just trying to
push against time, man.
We're stashin'
up our stash house.
We're gonna try to
get these runs in man,
before it's too late.
And before we have
to call the dogs off.
Ow!
We were going
to fill that pot up with
some water
and get it boiling.
That way, we can pour
it on our sugar and corn.
Don't grab that
bottom wheel bare hand.
-All right, we got it baby.
-All right.
Smells like yarn,
don't it?
A little.
- You know what, Jerry?
- What's up, buddy?
At least one damn thing,
we're braving this
when most men won't.
That's for sure.
We're makin' more money
when most men ain't.
That's exactly right.
So how is it smelling,
buddy?
Oh, it smells like corn,
good, sweet corn.
Well, I'm glad you can.
Because, my God,
my sinuses is tore up.
Go ahead and yeast
them in.
It's looking good, man.
We're puttin' the yeast
to it.
It's steamin'. It's gonna
go right to workin'.
-Let's get the hell
outta here.
-Let's go.
I'm ready to get
some heat on
my damn does.
We ought
to be gettin close.
I reckon
it's ready to run.
- Woah!
- That'll knock your head off.
Get your big
deep breath. Big nose...
Oh, I love it.
It takes the breath outta your lungs.
Damn, I love it.
Won't never get
enough if it.
We've been checkin'
this mash pretty much
everyday
just because we're in
a new environment.
We don't know
how it's gonna run.
But, man, this place smells
outstanding.
Everything's worked
perfect.
This is gonna make
some fabulous
Tennessee whiskey.
And here we are,
we're ready to run
this stuff.
I'm lit. Go slow.
I never lost a hair.
You know what?
This is the first
big run of liquor
that we've run indoors
since popcorn.
I'm lit, go slow.
I never
lost a hair.
You know what?
This is the first
big run of liquor
that we've run indoors
since popcorn.
Yeah.
I'll get our condenser goin',
we'll let these heads
escape a little.
Uh-huh. I'll get paste.
And a tub to build it in.
We're inside, the wind
and the elements
aren't
kickin' on our
back door.
And nothin' has
went afoul yet.
So we're comfortable.
I know they're still
people out there
that's trying to make
liquor in the elements
and the cold weather.
And I don't envy
'em that.
But, uh, better them
than us.
Big Sloppy, her first run
ever indoors.
Yeah, she happier
than a hog in slop.
Me and her talk a lot.
-Okay.
-Sometimes she answers.
All the liquor we've done
and this is her first
inside run.
I'll tell you while
we're waitin' on this,
let's get our fielder hung.
-You want to?
-Why not?
Show me what
you had in mind
for it.
We've got this run
goin' good.
That's a good thing
because we've got
another process
we have to take.
Where do you want
this thing here, Pus?
Well, I think it needs
to be right in the middle
where we can kinda
service both racks.
It being our version
of Tennessee whiskey,
we've got a charcoal
filter.
That harder
than Superman's knee
cap.
We filter this liquor
through our liquor
filtration system
we built because
that's part of
the requirement
of Tennessee whiskey,
it has to be over
so many inches of charcoal.
I'm likin' it...
Up. That looks like
your pin.
-There we go.
-It's comin'.
It's a perfect stream
right there.
Tennessee whiskey.
Don't be drinking
off it, Worm.
I ain't drinkin' it.
Boy.
Yeah, boy.
Ain't no heads in that.
It evaporated off.
This alcohol is gonna
get to hang out.
It's not gonna be
immediately sold
and consumed.
It's gonna
sit in a barrel for
a couple or three years...
Spaghetti's what
we make.
...which is gonna involve
our filter,
And we're gonna have
to pack it full of felt,
copper, charcoal.
Get a hose put on it.
And then we can
pump the liquor,
let it trickle through
the filter slowly.
We drop that hose into
the barrel,
let it run right in.
We gotta go fast
or we're runnin' back...
oh, that's beautiful.
Well, hell, we did
spill some.
Yeah.
Can't cry over
spilled liquor.
I say we got the bung
out of that.
Let's just go with it.
Well, get to it.
Ah, there we go,
heady boy.
Crank her up.
Watch her go! Woah...
The filter,
it mellows the liquor,
if you will.
If there's any type of
fire in it at all,
being hot.
You know, unpleasant
taste,
like the fusel oils,
charcoal mellows
that out, which is
a great thing.
So, we're done. That's good.
I'll tell you what,
this'll do.
Let's taste a little bit
of it.
Yeah,
we kinda need this.
-Get a readin' on it...
-I mean, we ain't
took a sup of it yet.
And this where
it's done filtered.
Me and Digger,
we kinda went a ways
into this run.
And, uh, hadn't
really tasted it, so...
We decided to see
if it's worth drinkin'
after we run it
through the charcoal
filter.
-Look how that's
sweatin' on that.
-Mm-hm.
Hell, yeah. It tastes
like liquor.
Oh, but two years
in that barrel yonder.
It's gonna be fine.
If it gets much better,
I won't be able to stand
it.
I think it's outstandin'
liquor.
But with the time
that the barrel
works its magic on it,
it should be
fantastic liquor.
The water.
-I mean, that lime stone
is praying.
-Yeah.
That's the deal, I mean.
This alcohol,
it's Tennessee whiskey.
And it's just sitting over
there, and we just get
to forget about it
and let it hang out for
a couple or three years.
But in the meantime,
we can't go broke.
I mean, we got to make
a little money or sales.
We've always got Daniel
we could rely on making
corn liquor.
Let's fill them up.
Boom.
If we get in and out,
we're good.
-I'm gonna set these here
-Uh-huh.
If you wanna
grab me another two...
Yeah, we've a damn ton
of alcohol in our stash house.
Ten more down.
We've been... running a lot.
We figured we'd have a lot
of alcohol left over for
the spring, but damn.
We've been doing a lot
of dare drops,
we've been making
a hell of a lot of sales
for it to be winter time.
-450.
-Oh, hell yeah!
You know, dare drops,
it could be a good thing
or a bad thing.
I'll be right back.
You better know who you
are dealing with when you're
doing a dare drop.
Just trust the guy
you're dealing with.
You know, dare drops can be
a real good thing,
you don't have to see nobody,
he don't have to see us...
Got some money.
We got money, baby.
Me and Jerry
has got it worked out.
We stagger out our mash,
and while there is a waiting
of fermenting and all...
- Good?
- Good.
...there is no needing
of sitting on couch
watching TV, when we could
be selling this stuff.
You know,
we're hustling that stuff out.
So we're staying busy
constantly around
the damn clock
Hell yeah! Yee-haw!
-It's on a snow bed road.
-It's way back in here.
Yeah, I mean, it's...
I don't want to have
point human touch.
We got buyer lined up.
So we're headed to try to
get rid about 15 gallons
of good grain whiskey.
But, you know, we're not even
putting in the stash house.
But we're still making a lot
of money this time
of the year.
-Is that the little place
you talked about?
-It's here up on the left.
I think it's here.
-Seems pretty quiet.
-Cool bean.
There he is, buddy.
Looks like.
Dude, he's got someone
with him, man.
Wait, what?
- He's got somebody with him.
- Damn.
What the hell
is he thinking?
I don't know.
Let me talk to him.
Dude, I ain't liking this
one bit.
Shh!
- Red!
- Yeah?
I got one damn question
for you.
- Brother, how you doing?
- Red.
What the hell are you
thinking, brother?
What do you mean?
Who you got
in the damn vehicle, Red?
- It's just my woman.
-Just your woman?
I don't know her.
Mike, come on now,
we don't need this, man.
- Who've you got in the damn vehicle, Red?
- -It's just my woman.
Just your woman?
I don't know her.
Mike, come on now,
we don't need this, man.
Last time you said you said
you didn't have nobody
with you.
You know better
than that, man.
You know me...
I know,
I know you, man, but now
what the hell were
you thinking?
That's another set of
damn eyes and ears on us, man.
The last time you come bought
from here you didn't have
nobody with you.
You know the damn rules.
I'm sorry,
but it won't happen again.
Hang on, hang on,
let me talk to Jerry.
You just hold up right there,
man, let me talk to Jerry.
You shouldn't even
be considering this.
What in the damn hell
is he doing?
He ain't never bought nobody
with him. I don't know what
the hell is he thinking.
Why is he doing this now?
That's his wife. His old lady.
I don't care, it's an another
set of eyes and ears, man.
-I know that.
-I mean, yeah...
-But look, I know the man.
-He knows better than this.
I know him, though.
I understand
he ought to know better.
I know we can get in trouble
with this, and I don't
feel good about it.
But we got to sell
this alcohol.
Just let him taste his stuff
and we make the deal
and get the hell out of here.
I just want you to know,
I don't feel good about it.
I know you don't.
I know you don't,
but this could potentially
set us up for, you know,
another sale.
- I mean, you feel pretty comfortable with him...
- -I do.
Let's just do this.
You gonna walk 'em down.
I'm sorry, guys,
I promise you...
I'll accept your apology, man,
we're buddies.
But damn, don't do that to me.
I don't know who she is,
we don't know who
this lady is.
Just go ahead, take this,
see how you like it.
She's cool,
we understand that.
We've got eyes and ears, man,
that ain't what we like.
- Ooh, that's good.
- You like it?
It's so different than usual.
And you say you got me 15?
We've got you
15 gallons,
you know the price.
Let's get this deal done
and get the hell out of here.
I can keep this?
Yeah, put it in your pocket.
Hell, we don't need it.
Yeah.
You can grab one of his.
- Money.
- -I just gotta take it out of here.
Let's see some
dollar bills here.
Thank you, guys.
This never happened,
young lady.
Damn. But we got the money.
It's starting to rain,
like, crazy.
Come on back.
Beautiful.
Beautiful, beautiful.
We've put a lot of time
and money into building
up this still site.
Straight in.
And now we're ready
to mash in our pots.
This is a lot of ingredients.
We have got two tons
of malted corn
that we got from Tim,
there's tons of sugar.
Let's make no mistake
about it, we've got our work
cut out for us here.
Oh, yeah. There we go.
Hell yeah, we're here.
-Yeah.
-We're missing a man.
-Where is Kenny at?
-He's not feeling well.
-Really?
-Yeah, I told him
to stay inside
we've got everything
hooked up.
Burners here. Water.
We don't need help.
Ken and I used to do this
by ourselves, I guess damn
sure we can handle it.
I told him we'll get him
his money, he was happy.
- That's all he wanted to hear.
- Yeah.
Ready to run some water?
Yes, sir, yes, sir.
It's been an absurd amount
of work brining this stills
all the way up to Virginia.
Getting all the supplies,
getting everything setup.
But it's finally starting
to pay off and it feels
pretty good.
Josh is snatching two bags.
As old, broke up as he is,
it's probably not
a great idea.
But he's doing it anyways.
Let's fire
these babies up now.
Fire in the hole, boy.
Let's go.
That's the way to go.
Hell yeah! We're fixed
to be making some, son.
Henry's been telling me about
these oil burners.
And finally we're getting
to see him in action.
That's a whole lot
of less headache.
It's quiet and efficient
-That's a no brainer to me.
-Listen.
Nothing but the rain
and the rooftop
-The thing is quiet.
-Quiet as it can be.
No propane tanks
to be hailing.
No fuel.
No blowing up on us.
Well, I'm ready
to rock and roll.
What do you want to do next?
As soon as it gets hot,
we'll dump it in the rain,
and we'll let it cool
for an hour, and we're ready
to put sugar in it.
We're gonna do these
four tonight.
These four, the next day
we're mashing those four.
If you think you can go around
four serves a day,
you don't want to go mash
all eight of them.
Four of them be ready
too quick, you don't
want that.
When they get ready to run,
you want to run them.
So we'll mash in
four in one day.
And then we'll come back
and mash in four the next day.
About mashing them in a day
apart, that makes them
-where we can come
in the next day.
-Yeah, exactly.
I see a little steam coming
off these two right here.
Let's put some grain in there.
-We spill grain in?
-Yep.
All right, sounds good.
We put one foot
of water in these pots
and we're gonna boil it.
Then we'll put all of
our grains in there.
We'll let that cook
for an hour.
How many bags is that?
That's two, grabbing one more.
Throw them down.
When you're making liquor
in the wintertime,
it's very important
that you get your mash
at a certain temperature.
And when we drop in
malted corn in,
it'll cool it down
a little bit.
So, we keep the fire under it,
so it comes back
for another boil.
Tickle, would you grab me
some sugar bags?
All right,
I'll grab the sugar.
Once we got that sugar in it,
absorb it up real good,
and we put just enough water
to cool it down a little bit.
And that water comes up
to my fingertips right there.
And the bag will be full,
bam, it'll be 90 degrees.
And we'll be ready
to put the yeast in it.
Cover it all over with
insulation and black paper.
The yeast is the bad boy.
We stir that in.
Usually, when winter time
comes, most moonshiners
they cut out,
they quit for the year,
they figure they're done.
But not us.
We never have to heat
the building. You can wrap
it like this right here.
These submarine pots have
a very thick woodside on 'em.
Which has a lot of insulation
value to these pots.
And if this mash works,
it creates its own heat.
Nice and snug.
We're also gonna cover them
with insulation
so it doesn't cool it off.
And we can keep our mash
working, and we can keep
on making liquor
all year long.
-All right. All right.
-Yeah.
Not looking that good, eh?
I think so. Yeah.
-Four, five days, man,
we run it.
-Hell yeah.
-And we making money.
-Yes, sir.
I guess we're coming
and mash them other four
in the morning.
-We done? Let's go.
-Yes, sir. Yeah.
-Let's get the hell
out of here.
-All right.
Yeah, man!
Boom!
-Where you gonna put that?
-That corner right over here.
Well, I don't know about you,
but it looks like you need
some pool lessons.
What are you doing there?
What's going on, man?
Well, just shitting
a little poop.
Got some news about your
buddy Mike Cockrell.
Well, uh...
Do you like to talk right here
on the phone,
or if it's something
you'd rather talk about it
in person?
We'll meet and talk about
it in person.
Nah, it's fine.
One of his buyers got busted.
-Uh-uh.
-Hell you saying?
Yup. And he's talking.
What's up Jack?
Yeah, hey.
You know what?
Hey. All these horses
are eating my truck.
What do you mean
they eating your truck?
I'll bet you a $100
it's 'cause they saw it
on the road.
They're ruining
the paint on it.
-How will that ruin the paint?
-It'll ruin the paint,
I'm telling you.
-How? It's saliva?
-It'll ruin it.
-Yeah. Yeah, yeah!
-Damn tongues.
I ain't going either.
Hey Josh, I think they handled
this side for you.
-They handled this whole side.
-Holy *bleep*.
Yeah.
I mean, look at it.
Sort of fades in and out.
It almost looks like
camouflage paint.
-He's not gonna give up.
He's not gonna give up.
-He's coming back.
Can I ask you what the hell
do you think you're doing?
You stop that. You stop that.
Come on.
Come on.
Well, I'll tell you one
damn thing.
It's freaking cold.
Did you wear your hand gloves
this morning?
I've got them
in my pockets, sir.
I'll tell you what,
it is one bitter cold day.
It's snowing one day,
the sun's shining the next.
But, you know, that's
just the way mother nature is.
Our mash is ready.
We're not gonna let her
put us down.
We're gonna run
this corn liquor.
It's warm
under here though, still.
-Yep.
-All right.
Oh, my God, that's bitter.
That's what we're looking for.
Get old bitter better.
How does it feel?
Frozen?
Feels all right down here.
I feel a little crunchy
going on over here.
You can thaw it down. Hurry.
Damn mud hung up in it.
I want to mix contact.
Damn, sissy.
There we go.
-Is it flowin'?
-Yeah.
Stick it in the hole.
Let the water get through.
I mean, hurry.
It's freezing out here.
There we go.
Our game plan
for the winter run
is just to keep
ultimate mashes out,
mash in three barrels.
Wait couple of days,
mash in the last three.
So we can just keep
stashing at stash house
till we just
cannot do anymore.
All right, there's heat
down at the bottom.
I'mma go throw this
back in the creak.
Turn the gas on.
I'll put the fire in the hole!
Yeah!
That sounds good more *bleep*.
Get these curtains closed up.
Close 'em up.
Pull grab those old cans
You know,
this winter time run,
it's colder than hell
out here.
Oh, my goodness, it's cold.
I can't feel my fingers
and toes.
This looks a little damp here.
But we gonna
keep on going, man.
This world's
changed overnight.
Everybody's gotta
survive right now,
and that's what
me and Jerry's
doing here today.
Look at her.
Whoo!
- All right. It is...
- Holy cow!
You like fire, don't you?
I love fire.
Ready, squeeze.
It will be worth, won't it?
Just have to come out here,
warm up a little bit.
Hey, I'll rather have
a fire to go to
than no fire at all.
That's right.
Let's go
check the still out, bro.
Looks like we got down
liquor running.
That drum in there.
- A 170?
- Yeah, buddy.
I tell you what,
this still is running great.
-Packed and full, ain't it?
-Yeah, it's ready.
Our shield up around it,
it's containing heat.
It's starting to warm up
and get better up in here.
-Open these curtains?
-Open them up.
I'm tickled to death
because at this time
of the year
there ain't nobody selling
a lot of alcohol,
let alone making a bunch.
We're gonna get started.
Packing up at the stash house
and keep on making the sales.
It's amazing what a little bit
of sun might to do.
A little bit of sun,
little bit of wood
makes a big difference.
Yeah, I don't know though.
I just don't think
we've ever hated
that damn column,
right now though.
We never got it heat
up at the top.
It'll sit there
and reflux all day.
She's starting to drop.
Getting into the tail
a little.
Mm-hmm. I'll tell you what,
let's just shut
this bitch down.
The pulp
is starting to drop off.
You know what?
There's no sense
in being greedy with it.
I can spare a damn gallon
or two, you know,
to get out of here
and get people
high quality alcohol.
One more good run, man.
Tell you what,
this little setup
we got going here, man,
has been working good.
I like it a lot.
Okay,
it's the last one, is it?
-Yeah.
-Tuckered you out too much.
That's a downer.
Here he is.
What you doing, big boy?
We're running
this Tennessee whiskey
but we put Daniel in work,
making corn liquor.
So we're going to set him up
with some sugar
and some yeast
and corn, and we got
a little bit of information
for Daniel, too.
We brought you few supplies,
our old buddy.
Well, I'm glad.
We turn them into
some good liquor.
-Been around
and good, ain't you?
-Yes, sir.
Old buddy of Iris
we grew up with
has called us
and he said, "You know,
I've got some
information for you."
Saying that
Daniel's old partner, Mike,
and his buddy, Jerry,
they're making mistakes,
one after another.
Thanks.
All right, brother,
that's oughta do you
for day or two.
-You can't make that, can you?
-No, sir.
-I got a little bit
something else on me.
-Okay.
Tell him where we're headed,
boy.
Word is one of my ex-buyers
and Jerry's buyers
has been busted.
Look at that, bitch.
Living in south
and in the mountains
everybody knows everybody
basically.
And the word
that Digger and I are getting
is that one of their customers
has been caught and busted.
You know, if history
has proven anything,
it's when people
are in trouble
they'll sing
like a damn canary.
Every time.
You know,
I'm kinda surprised at this.
That their still's made it.
Mike's being stupid.
You know, they're young.
Young guns, they ain't got
no loyalty.
Everyone damn cowards.
They won't go do their time
and keep their mouth shut.
Well, you know damn well
that I know all about that.
I got threw under the bus
and pulled out
and run over, you know.
You know, Daniel, you can tell
he has quirky smile
on his face.
I'm sure he is thinking
the same thing
the rest of us do.
You know, like I told him
karma is a fickle bitch.
That's enough said.
It's cold.
Let's get out of here.
I think deep down inside
Daniel's a little bit content
and happy with this news.
But we're
in the same business.
So this means we've got to
put our radar up
If you need us, holler at us.
I will.
You do the same.
Next time on
the season finale
ofMoonshiners...
Daniel Maner.
Word is on the street,
one of the guys
that you've been selling to
has got caught.
We gotta get back
to figure the stuff out.
Figure what's going on.
There's
a damn cop *bleep*.
Oh, my God.
$225 a gallon.
These?
I'll have you a 100 gallons.
I got this *bleep*.
It'll be fine.
You can put liquor
in a barrel, put it on a ship,
let it float,
and in one month
it gives the equivalent
that a year would.
-Bucket, honey.
-Here we go.
Oh, hello.
What's Carol doing here?
Carol would be our bet
on getting this liquor
from the still site
to the stash house.
Frickin' beautiful, man.
This ain't your
grand papi's moonshine still.
- Need our help?
- We gotta talk.
I feel like I'm being,
like, watched.