Moonshiners (2011–…): Season 4, Episode 2 - Moonshine Cascade - full transcript

I mean, think about it.

You're taking some corn,
some water,

A little packet of some
powdered yeast, some sugar,

The [bleep] starts bubbling
in a day or so,

Starts doing its thing,
it starts getting a funky smell.

You take that and you put it

In a damn pot
and you put some fire under it,

And the steam
that comes off of it

Will get you tore up
from the floor up.

It don't get much better
than that.

It's just fascinating.



I love it when that whiskey
starts burning.

I love making moonshine,

And there's nothing
that's gonna stop me.

You're gonna have to lock me up
and throw away the key,

And then I'm still probably
gonna be making moonshine

In my toilet seat.

Narrator:
Tonight on "moonshiners"...

Hang on.

...Shiners on edge...

Boy, the [bleep]
y'all get me into.

...A legend is exposed...

...Unwelcome visitors...

[ clatter ]

Mark: What was that?



...And a season up in flames.

Bill: He's talking about
changing our business plan

Just so he can go on a date
with this girl.

Clear liquor's, so far,
where our market's been at.

Dude, what's wrong
with making --

What the [bleep]

Man: This is how
we make the moonshine!

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Narrator: As appalachia sheds
its last traces of winter,

The outlaws return, stocking up,

Mashing in, and getting
their stills ready to shine.

But on a backcountry road
in south carolina,

Two shiners
are savoring an early win.

I think we about got our process
perfected, man.

We know
every way not to do it.

In the past,
when most moonshiners

Were shutting down for the year,

Josh, bill, and cutie pie
were only getting up to speed.

But this season,

They've already made $800
on nine gallons of shine...

We got some coming out.
Right on.

...And have another 10-gallon
run ready for the market.

Time for the taste test.
I do too much taste-testing,

I ain't gonna be worth a damn
for the rest of the day.

I always find myself buzzed

And then wanting to pass out
before the end of the run.

I about would like to see
a couple more leaves

On these trees.
No kidding, right?

We pulled off pretty much
a flawless run -- our
first run of the season.

Looks like we're looking good
so far.

I don't want to jinx us,
but it's gonna be a good season.

Come on, cutie pie.
Let's go get some liquor.

I think we got most of the kinks
worked out here lately, man.

We've got nothing to do
but get this thing rolling.

Dude.

What the [bleep]

[bleep] man.

What'd you do?

I didn't do that.

You was the last one down here
working the thing.

Did you pass out?

I ain't done nothing
to it.

What you talkin' 'bout,
"what did I do to it?"

I shut it off, and I went home.
You didn't unhook nothing?

He ended up
not cracking the cap.

The thing chilled out.
It damn sucked in.

It crunched up like a damn, old
piece of [bleep] beer can.

Narrator:
During distillation, to keep
the still from exploding,

Shiners seal every air leak.

But when the run is complete
and the still begins to cool,

The condensing vapor
creates a vacuum.

If the shiner doesn't remember
to take the cap off

And allow air back in,
the still will crumple.

Five minutes ago,
we were on top of the world,

And we had a plan on how we're
gonna get it right this season.

Man [bleep] happens.
I ain't perfect.

How we gonna get liquor out
of a pot looking like that?

[ sighs ]

I thought we was gonna make
some moonshine.

What's your suggestion?
What are we gonna do with it?

When I used to race
motorcycles,

We'd put caps on the end
of our pipes,

And we'd put air to it

And hit it with a rosebud
on the end of a torch

And eat up the creases
and blow them back out.

But the problem is,
when we blow that back out,

It's gonna poke a hole
in it.

So I guarantee you
we'll have to put a patch on it.

We can fix it, but
it won't never be the same.

Josh:
I thought we were gonna hit
the ground running this year,

But it looks like we're
gonna already start off with
some obstacles in our way.

I'm disgusted.

Narrator:
120 miles to the west,

A legend is buying copper
for a new 35-gallon still...

...And might have attracted
some unwanted attention.

Miniatures
are small-scale stills

Used for personal distillation,

And jim tom's are the best
in the region.

Well, we made it.

With the copper in hand, roy
and master still builder jim tom

Can build the pot
in about a day.

The secret to jim tom's work
is the flatlock seam,

A leakproof seal that will
prevent vapor from escaping.

[bleep]
you just get down there,

And we'll slide it up
under that seam.

After interlocking the two ends,

He'll hammer the seam flat
and lay the solder to it.

Building a still
is like making liquor.

You don't get no big hurry,

'cause when you get
in a big hurry,

That's when you mess up stuff.

Well,
that there flat-heated.

That's in good shape.
Looks pretty good.

Narrator:
250 miles to the northwest,

Three shiners have just found
the promised land.

Tickle: Holy [bleep]

I ain't never in my life seen
anything quite like that.

Tickle and the kentucky boys
needed a secure site to shine,

So tyler found them one --
a giant prehistoric cave.

This place right here -- it's
a wonderful place to make shine.

Narrator: The caverns that dot
the appalachian mountains

Have long been used
by outlaws of all stripes

For stashing stolen loot,
counterfeiting,

Or hiding from the law.

For shiners, they were perfect
hideouts for making liquor

Away from the prying eyes
of revenue agents.

Moonshine operations

Like those in the forbidden
caverns of tennessee

Pumped out so much liquor
during the prohibition era

That moonshining became

The number-one commercial use
for caves in state history.

Come on over here, and let me
show you something, here.

Chico: Well, I didn't even see
that sitting there.

Got a 450-gallon of mash
laying here

And it done worked off
and it's ready to go.

See a whiff of that.

Uh-huh.
I can smell it from here.

I can smell it from here, boy.
She's ready to roll.

That's gonna be some high-octane
stuff, coming off there, too.

Yeah, that's gonna be some of
that good, old tim smith liquor.

I can smell it,
tim's recipe.

Yeah.
Only thing we got to do now --

Figure out how to get that water
over here.

I got an idea, and it might not
be safe getting it up here,

But I think
that it's gonna work.

Tyler: If I can get up there
to the top of that cave

And take some kind of a tub
or a bucket of some kind

And hang it over the edge

Where it'll catch that water
as it falls off --

You're talking
about up there?

Yeah, all the way to the top,
right there at the center.

Tickle:
Look how far up it is.

There would be the easy way
of bringing it in with a pump,

But we don't want to put out
some big, loud pump sound

Echoing off this cave.

This ain't gonna be no safe
or easy task, by no means,

But we'll have
a hell of a setup,

And it won't make no racket
at all.

I say, why don't we figure
out how to get up there
and see what we got to do?

Narrator:
Outlaw moonshiners have always
sought cover in nature.

But 200 miles away,
for the first time ever,

One group of shiners

Are planning
to leave the woods behind.

If this didn't get done, we'd
have to be on edge all the time.

Narrator: Lance has put in long
hours sitting surveillance

On a warehouse jeff and mark say
has been empty for years.

Lance:
Now, this is a tedious job,

But you can't trust this
kind of job to anybody else.

Narrator:
And with a mammoth still

That could potentially earn
7,500 tax-free dollars per run,

There's a lot riding
on this spot.

Lance: I know my notes.

I know what time
people come by this way.

I know it got done right.

Nobody's coming around
to check on this place.

It's completely abandoned.

Just a real basic padlock.

Bolt cutters
will let us right in there.

Headed down to tell dad and mark

That I think
this place is gonna work.

Mark: There's lance.

Well,
it's been watched.

Did you see anybody?

We're good to go.

A few people drove by,

But they ain't even got out
or anything.

Good.
When it gets a little darker,

Let's go bust the lock off
that thing, go see what it is.

Sounds good to me. Lance, why
don't you run up to the house

And get
that set of bolt cutters

And meet us here
when it gets dark?

All right.

Narrator:
Mark has reason to be cautious,

Because there's a lawman
gunning for him.

After discovering
a moonshine drop box...

...Deputy sheriff chuck stewart

Set up surveillance
around the perimeter.

He returned to find his trail
camera shot and destroyed.

We got a 30-30
shell casing here.

Narrator: Chuck may have lost a
camera, but he hit the jackpot.

Coming up, it's do or die
for josh and bill...

I'm afraid it's gonna tear
right there.

There's no options.
We have to get this fixed.

...Tim burns a bridge...

I'm trying to get
more production done,

But he's expanding his office.

You're not doing
what you're 'posed to do.

Narrator: ...And taking
moonshine to new heights.

Tyler:
That's a long ways up.

Chico: And I can't catch you.
You're gonna hit the ground.

Boy, the [bleep]
y'all get me into.

Narrator:
A moonshiner can spend countless
hours and considerable cash

Building a still,

But it can all fall apart
in a matter of seconds.

After last night's run,

Josh forgot to loosen the cap,
which caused an implosion.

We're gonna need, what,
fittings for this?

Piece of pipe, solder,
the torch.

They've got $2,000 in sales
lined up,

But without a still,
they're dead in the water.

Bill:
If we don't get this fixed...

There's no options.
We have to get this fixed.

We got mashes ready to go,

And I'm not starting another
season three steps behind.

We've got to get this right.

What do you want to do?
You gonna lay it down up here?

Narrator: Josh's plan is to warm
the dents with a blowtorch,

Then use an air compressor

To inflate the still
back to its original shape.

I'm not sure how good
it's gonna turn back out.

It's got to work.
It's in pretty bad shape.

We'll see what happens.

[bleep]

Sure it's not
your first time?

Why don't you point that
a different direction

Than where our
flammable gas tanks are?

How about you shut up
for a change?

All right, hit it.

Hold on, hold on, whoa.
Hold on, hold on, hold on.

All right, go ahead.

Put a little pressure
on it.

I'm nervous
how that's gonna come out, man.

I'm keeping it steady,
there, man.

I'm afraid it's gonna tear
right there.

I knew it was gonna tear
right there.

I told you.

Cut that off a second.

I'll see if it's leaking
anywhere else.

We'll just get a little spot
of solder on it.

Let's just continue
what we're doing for a minute.

I'm really hoping
the torch and the air
compressor's the way to go,

'cause if it's not,
it's right back to square one.

You done got that copper there
700 degrees, there.

Bill didn't think we
was gonna be able to blow
all those dents out of there,

But I've fixed
enough dirt-bike pops

That I was pretty confident
we was gonna get it blowed out.

It's looking pretty good.

Keep going, bill.
Get your ass out of my face.

Huh?
Get your ass out of my face.

God, you're
a pain in the ass.

Bill: This morning, when
we came in and saw the still
crunched in like that,

I was about ready to go back
to the house.

Heat that copper up,
make it penetrate.

We got it pressurized
back out,

Got our pinhole
soldered back up.

Oh, it's in there.
Okay.

Move that hand.

Then we beat
a couple dents out.

We got it licked, man.

It's just like a racecar.

Hell, it don't go fast till
you put the first dent in it.

[ laughs ]

Let's go make some shine.

Narrator:
Just outside lebanon, kentucky,

After a mysterious
arson attempt,

Tim is struggling to keep
the distillery producing shine.

It's hard enough going
from illegal side to legal side,

And once I get started, you
know, there was an arson fire.

It's not, like, an accident.

They stopped me from producing
moonshine for a little while,

And we're gonna wrap up
production

Once this construction
gets done.

Steve beam called me.
He says,

"hey, I got construction guys
there working."

We're gonna get back
and see what's going on.

Tim: Steve.

Hey, tim.

What are you doing
over here?

We're putting in
new offices.

Yeah, but what about
the construction

On the outside
of the building?

What's going on?
We're gonna get to that.

I don't see
nothing happening.

It just takes more time
to do all that.

I'm trying to get
expansion done,

And I'm trying to get
more production done,

But he's expanding his office.

We moved the paperwork
from down here up there,

And that'll give us
some more room in here.

That's where we're starting.
You got to start somewhere.

Office
don't make moonshine.

He's all about
this paperwork.

To me, the still running,
another still,

More mash, more tanks,
more production.

Paperwork comes
after the production,

Not paperwork
before the production.

I can't believe it.

Steve:
We meet his numbers every month.

I'm doing what he asked me
to do. That's all I can do.

I got to make more --
that's all there is to it.

I just got to make more product.
I don't know what the...

Well...
You're still making it.

All right, I'm gonna concentrate
on making more moonshine.

So I guess you concentrate
on making...Yourself an office.

Well...

You're not doing
what you're 'posed to do.

That's not it.
All right.

[ groans ]

Narrator: 125 miles to the
northeast, the boys are eager

To get shining
in their new cave still site...

Tyler: I feel a lot better about
having to walk all that way.

Narrator:
...A location known only
to tyler's blood relatives...

Until now.

Tyler: Oh, mercy.

Narrator: But a cave this secure
has one major problem --

The water supply is 150 feet up.

Tickle: If we had a damn
motorized pump down here,

It's gonna be making a lot of
noise, and we can't have that.

Narrator: Tyler has an ingenious
plan, but it comes with risks.

Now, what I was thinking --
I got a little contraption made,

And what we're gonna do

Is hang this joker right here up
off of that waterfall.

They'll hang the collection tub
150 feet above the ground,

Directly in line
with the cascading falls.

Once collected in the tub,
gravity will feed

The ice-cold spring water down
a hose to the condenser barrel.

Chico: You figured out
how you're gonna get up there?

Well, I figure we can walk down
this holler here

And see if we can find
a way up.

It ain't gonna be no fun job
packing that damn thing up.

I mean,
that's a long ways up,

But I don't imagine that's
more than 150 foot up there.

We got this.
We got some rope here.

You reckon you can tote that
up there on the end of a rope?

Oh, yeah.
I could probably --

Well, I'll volunteer
to sit here and tie it off.

Throw me rope, I'll tie it off,
and you can hoist it up.

That way, you walk up there
by yourself.

You don't need to extra weight
trying to get up there.

That rock where
that water's coming off --

All that lime
and slick [bleep] up there,

You're liable to step on it
and slip off,

And once you go too far,
there ain't no turning back.

And I can't catch you.
You're gonna hit the ground.

It's gonna be a splat.
Tickle: You ain't kidding.

Narrator:
Tickle and tyler will make
the treacherous climb...

Let's get up
this damn hill.

...While chico provides
ground support down below.

Somebody had to stay down here
on the ground.

I was glad to volunteer
to do so.

You can see the top
of that rock up there.

Yeah, I'm gonna take your word,
'cause I ain't been on it.

I do want to tell you --
there's rattlesnakes
down in this area.

There's copperheads.
Bad, bad dudes.

Mm-hmm, watch that.
Better be careful.

We up awful high
to be falling now.

Watch this tree here.
It ain't rooted very good.

Aah [bleep]

[ muffled vocalizing ]

I wonder if they heard that.

My old man taught me a long time
ago to work smarter, not harder.

So I'll sit here, wait on them.
It don't hurt my feelings none.

It's breath time.

We got to be getting close
to that crick.

I hear the water.

Now, be careful.
I see the edge right here.

Chico!

We got this cable.
We run it down to chico.

It'll be hooked onto the tub.
It's gonna catch the water.

I'm gonna try to get down here
on this next ledge

To run the cable down, which is
probably not the best idea.

Oh, we got her now.

Tyler, now,
you watch your ass.

Hang on.

You don't want to make
no mistakes

When you're doing
[bleep] like this.

Mnh-mnh.

[ breathes deeply ]

Boy, the [bleep]
y'all get me into.

Narrator: Coming up, a lesson
in breaking and entering.

Now, you try to take this.

I see a car coming.
Stay back.

And josh and bill put their
repaired still to the test.

Josh: Putting a fire to it,
sometimes, the thin metal
will just blow out on you.

Let's face it -- with our luck,
anything's possible.

Narrator: Deep
in the kentucky wilderness...

Hang on.
Oh, we got her now.

...At the mouth
of a massive cave,

Tickle and the kentucky boys are
about to make moonshine history.

Tickle: Tyler, I see exactly
what you're talking about.

They're going to hang a tub

20 feet below
the edge of a waterfall.

That's where she's coming off
at, right there.

But it's another 130 feet
to the limestone below.

Boy, the [bleep]
y'all get me into.

I hope they enjoyed
their hike.

Just hang on.
That's a long way down.

I don't ever want to find out
what that's like.

You got that cable
ready to come down?

Right on.

That done took
somebody's ear off.

Let me get situated,
here.

I don't want to slip off
the edge of this damn thing.

All right, bubs!
She's all yours!

Oh, yeah.

[ grunting ]

Yeah, boy.
I hear it.

Yeah, I can see it
coming up now, tyler.

There you go.
We get the hose up here,

Hooked to that thing,
we'll be ready to roll.

You ain't in an easy
spot right there

To be working
on anything.

Well, it'd be a short ride
to the bottom,

And there'd be a big splat
when we get there.

Very possible
it will not be open-casket.

These rocks down here are slick.
That water's cold.

Now we'll just pull this hose up
here to the edge of this rock.

All right, bubs.
Bring her to you.

Bet that hose is heavy,
hooked to that thing.

[ grunting ]

All right, we're gonna
get a little sketchy
right here in this creek.

I'm just gonna run
a standard hose clamp on here,

Put it on that hose
and slip it on this nozzle.

All right.

Easy does it.

This thing's gonna get
heavy quick

Once it starts filling up
with water.

Oh, yeah.
Just a little bit more, bub.

Want it to come down
a little bit more.

All right. About how much
farther do I need to go?

A little more.
See if you could leave it

Hung there on that ledge!

Hold on just a second!

Whoa, right there.

All right, whoa.
I believe that's got her.

Yeah, here we go.

Yeah.

There's water
coming out of it big-time.

They didn't walk up there
for nothing.

That worked great.
That will absolutely be perfect.

Tyler:
Ain't one thing about it.

I'd say nobody else has
ever set up a water system

To cool the worm on
a moonshine still like
we're doing right here.

Tickle: Well, there ain't too
many people using a waterfall

To cool their darn worm,
anyway.

No. I can't say that I've ever
cooled my worm in a waterfall.

I can't say
that I have, either.

[ laughter ]

Narrator: On the other side
of the appalachians,

Josh and bill

Have restored their crushed
still to working order...

Man, I'm glad we got
that still fixed, man.

...Rescuing their moonshine
season from an early grave.

I didn't think we was
gonna be able to pull it
off in less than a day.

The dents are gone.

The still is patched.
It's time to shine.

I can't believe
how much better it looks.

Oh, it's got character.

We're ready. All we got to do
is get the mash down here.

Got enough there?

Keeping mash next to your still
guarantees more charges...

That's
where it needs to be.

...So josh and bill pump it in
from hundreds of yards away.

I'll have it up and running
in less than two minutes.

All right.
That sounds good.

Seasoned shiners know that
moonshining is always risky.

I believe that's it!

But running liquor
in a damaged still

Is a game of russian roulette.

Josh: Putting a fire to it,
sometimes, the thin metal
will just blow out on you.

Let's face it -- with our luck,
anything's possible.

Cutie pie, get out of there.

God, dog.

Bill: She's cranking.
She's cranking.

I'll just kick back and pick
a couple tunes or something

While this thing's heating up.
Bill: Right on.

How many people you got
wanting liquor?

I got some really big things
in the works.

Some of it's
across state lines.

I just say let some of them
come meet on this side
of the state line.

It's good money, though.

The less traveling we could do,
then, the better.

But I got some good ways
to hide it.

[ metal clicks ]
she just thumped.

You hear that?
[ laughs ]

That's good and hot.
That's good and hot.

Come on, miss cutie pie.
Want to go get some liquor?

Come on, girl.
Let's go get some liquor!

It's about time.
Coming off the worm today.

There she comes.
There she comes.

That's what
I'm talkin' 'bout.

[ laughs ]
hit the ground running.

We had a hiccup.
We fixed it.

It's just a miracle that
we're able to get through a run
without something happening.

It smells good.

[ exhales sharply ]
it's hot, but it's good.

Josh: Today was actually
kind of a bump-free day.

We actually got to make
about 11 gallons of moonshine,

And I got to tell you,
it was well-deserved.

Narrator: Josh and bill
have reason to celebrate.

11 gallons can bring in $1,100
on the open market, tax-free.

After fixing
the still, man,

We ain't had
no roadblocks since.

Over in the smoky mountains,
under the cover of night,

Three moonshiners prepare
for a new dawn.

Mark, we'll circle this block,
here, a time or two,

And make sure

There ain't nobody walking
the streets or nothing.

Mark, jeff, and lance
are on their way to break into

The abandoned building
they've been scoping out.

It's the first step in shifting

Their multigenerational
backwoods tradition indoors.

We're going to go in,
see what this thing looks
like on the inside.

Mark:
I see a car coming.

Stay back. Stay back.

The last thing they need now is
a breaking-and-entering charge

Tacked on
to a moonshining felony.

Hey, jeff, turn that lantern
off. Turn it off.

[ speaking indistinctly ]

Everything looks good.

Now, you try to take this.

Shut that door back.

[ clatter ]

What was that?

Coming up, cave shining...

Get me some gas.

There we go.

...And josh is on the prowl.

She's a pretty sweet,
little, old gal.

Bill: He's talking about
changing our business plan

Just so he can go on a date
with this girl.

Narrator: It's the dead of night
in north carolina.

You try to take this.

Mark, jeff, and lance

Are breaking
into an abandoned warehouse,

On the prowl for the perfect
indoor still site.

[ clatter ]

But they may not be alone.

What was that?
Lance: You hear that?

Something fell.
Yeah.

Nobody in here.
[ chuckles ]

I hope not. I don't know
how they'd have got in here.

Some possums, coons.

Jeff: This is a little off
of the traditional moonshining,

But, you know,
you got a roof over you,

If it's pouring rain,
you can keep right on running.

I think we've got
a perfect still site.

Nerves get with you like that.

Let's get out of here.

Narrator: The sun's come up
over south carolina,

Where josh and bill's
first two runs

Have yielded 20 gallons
of premium 100-proof moonshine.

We're gonna start to be in
the black before too long,
instead of in the hole.

Finally getting ahead
of the game -- finally.

If we can stay out
of trouble.

With $2,000 in sales
lined up today,

These two are finally
on their way

To becoming
profitable moonshiners.

I ain't known him
for too long.

I don't guess he's a lawman,
but he seems a pretty good dude.

How about it?
How about it, man.

Good to see you, man.
Good to see you.

I told you we could get you
some good liquors.

We're gonna try
to keep her coming.

All there?
All there.

I trust you.
All right, buddy.

Good to see you, man.
Damn good seeing you.

$1,000. Sweet and smooth
and easy, just like that, man.

It's about time we're bringing
in some serious cheddar.

Who are we selling
this liquor to?

This just little, old chick.
I actually met her at church.

You met her at church.
[ laughing ] yeah.

Ain't nothing wrong
with that.

My mama calls that
"thirsting after righteousness."

She's a pretty sweet,
little, old gal.

She's a good-looking
little thing, too.

Right on, right on.

She knows where to meet us,
don't she?

Yeah.

There she is,
right there.

How you doing?
She ain't bad-looking, is she?

No. I wish we did.

I've been thinking
about that, though.

She asked him
about if we had any apple pie.

So far, our reputation
has been clear liquor --

Good, clear moonshine.

But I'll make you some.
Okay.

Bill:
Now it's kind of sounding

Like he's talking about
changing our business plan

Just so he can go on a date
with this girl.

You're a lot better looking

Than the last person
I sold moonshine to.

I don't think cutting it
down with fruit is the
direction I want to go.

You got a boyfriend?

[ giggles ]

Really?!
[ laughs ]

She just laughed at me.
Can you believe that?

Shot down!
[ laughs ]

Narrator: As the moon rises,

The kentucky shiners
are just starting their shift.

Tyler: We look like witches
conjuring up some [bleep]

Chico: We're gonna brew
something, for sure.

Tickle, chico, and tyler

Are starting their first run
at the cave still site.

I'll tell you what. I feel like
I've had my ass whipped today.

Tickle:
You ain't kidding.

But you know what?

Our water source
is working great for us.

She's full of water.

The water cools the copper worm,

Condensing alcohol vapor
into liquid shine.

What tyler and tickle
done up there on that hill,

You know, I never thought
of harnessing that that way.

That works real good.

Now, after we got it set up,

We ought to be pretty productive
at this place.

Hang on just a second. We're
gonna have to use that torch.

I can't get up in there good
with this thing.

Here.

Chico: It's hard.

Get me some gas.

That right there.
There you go.

All right. There we go.

Oh, it's a good burn.

She's hot here,
and I'll tell you what --

We're getting hot enough
that right over here, you
can't hardly touch her.

I can smell it.

Yeah, yeah. It ain't gonna be
but another couple of minutes,

We're gonna have some liquor
coming out of that thing.

It's gonna feel good
to see something coming
out of that spout.

Yes, sir, yes, sir,
yes, sir, uh-huh.

Boys, I've been waiting for this
the better part of a week.

Mmm-mmm-mmm.

Quit hogging it.

We're starting to get some shine
flowing here,

Which means we're gonna start
getting some money flowing.

I'm extremely pleased with how
everything has turned out.

A lot of hard work to it,
but you know what?

We got it going.

We're gonna make enough money,
we're gonna make enough liquor,

It's gonna blow
y'all's minds.

I don't care nothing
about my mind getting blowed

Long as my pocket gets fat.
It's gonna do that, too.

I just want you to go back
to virginia,

And you lay down
in your bed,

And you don't worry
about the kentucky boys.

We we can handle
this [bleep]

Well, these kentucky boys,
they do things just a little bit

Different
than what we do in virginia,

But that ain't always
a bad thing.

There we go.

Narrator:
Coming up, tensions ignite.

What's wrong
with making apple pie?!

Clear liquor's, so far,
where our market's been at.

Dude, what's wrong
with making --

What the [bleep]

Look, I know what this is,
right here.

It's a throne, man.

It's where the caveman --
you know,

The big, old caveman --
you know, the one in charge.

He sits right here.

He got his main cavewoman
sitting right up here.

You can even see a little
butt print right there where --

She's a big, old girl, I reckon.

A little spot right here
for whatever magical stuff

He was smoking or drinking
or whatever.

He had his damn coconut
full of shine sitting here,

'cause, you know,
they was making that stuff, too.

Then he just looks over
all of his other peon cavemen

That was below him, you know?

This is ancient stuff, man.
Not too many people get to --

I bet my ass
is the first one to sit here

Since the caveman's ass.

I'm willing to bet.

Narrator: On a lonely
north carolina road...

...A shiner made a fatal error,

And a lawman was there
to pick up the pieces.

Chuck: We got a 30-30
shell casing here.

Narrator: Deputy sheriff
chuck stewart is closing in

On the shiner
who shot up his trail cam.

Across the state line, in
the south carolina piedmont...

Get this mash pumped
down the hill,

Make this run,
collect some more dollars.

...Josh and bill
are experiencing something

For the first time --
success.

Right on, right on.

By staying cautious
and remaining focused,

They're steadily building a
reserve of both liquor and cash.

Easy, now.
We got a lot of work to do.

[ exhales deeply ]

Bill: It's early in the day,
and josh drinking already.

I can already see which
direction this day's gonna take.

When he starts drinking
this early,

It ain't gonna be long
that we're gonna be fighting.

Why do you always got to be
giving me a hard time?

We've got a bunch of work
to do, man. You're over there --

I'm just enjoying a little bit
of our fine product.

You look like you're
enjoying it a little
bit too much already.

We got a bunch of work
to do.

Josh: Bill wants to argue
and bicker about everything.

We ain't even got the damn still
cranked up yet.

I just got a -- barely got
a good buzz going.

Barely a good buzz,
all right.

I got to tell you,
I'm getting really sick
and tired of hearing it.

I just want to make some
moonshine and have a good time.

Getting hot, ain't she?

No, the pipe's hot.

Oh, shoot.
Let's pace her up, man.

A little bit more water.
She'll be about ready to go.

Man, that jar's getting
shorter and shorter, man.

[ exhales deeply ]
we got a long way to go.

I'm all right.
You leave me alone.

[ sighing ] all right.

[ barking ]

What is it, cutie pie?

What's she hollering at?
I don't know.

That makes me nervous.

We got a hot still,
and cutie pie starts barking.

Josh: What?
[ barking ]

Well, if there's somebody
down here, it's too late now.

Well, it ain't too late
to run.

It's about ready to run, bill.
I think so.

Hell, it is running.
She's coming. She's coming.

She's running now.

Oh, yeah! That's
a perfect-size stream, too.

I mean, it's running exactly
like it's supposed to.

Hey, you're getting leaves
in our liquor, man.

Leaves all in our liquor.
Damn.

We're gonna have to filter this
again before we sell it.

We are gonna have to sell this
to somebody.

I don't know what to do
with you sometimes, man.

[ breathes deeply ]

All right.
Well, there you are,

Getting roots and damn bark
and [bleep]

In our damn
finished product.

Seriously, no -- no.

If I'd have done that, you'd
have been all over me, man.

There's damn leaves
all in our damn bucket.

Dude, you're getting worried
about one little leaf.

Well, damn, you'd have been
hollering at me about it.

Listen, I'm about sick
of you picking at me.

I've heard
all I'm gonna hear.

Let's just fill up
that last jar, man.

Why can't we just make some
shine without having a problem?

I wish we could.

And while I'm at it,
that damn woman we sold that
liquor to the other day --

What about her?

She says "apple pie,"
and all of a sudden,

You're like,
"we need to make apple pie."

What's wrong
with making apple?

If she wants to buy it and
it's gonna make us more money,

Clear liquor's, so far,
where our market's been at.

Dude, what's wrong
with making --

This liquor right here --
what the [bleep]

Narrator:
Next time on "moonshiners"...

If we tear something up
underneath this thing,

Boy, we [bleep]

Narrator: ...The kentucky boys
are stuck in the mud...

Whoa, you'd better --
mother[bleep]

Narrator: ...Josh and bill
step into the ring...

We'd have to do
a lot less labor.

Put your damn manties on
and --

...Sheriff's deputy chuck
finds his man...

Man: That's the only people
that's bought any of this stuff.

Chuck: The list
has been narrowed to two.

Lance waldroup
is one I'll be looking at.