Moonshiners (2011–…): Season 6, Episode 4 - Luck of the Irish - full transcript
A rookie mistake could leave Josh and Chuck's operation dead in the water. Tim Smith travels across the Atlantic to teach an old Irish distillery a thing or two about making moonshine. And Mark and Digger's mash test is interrupted by an unwanted visitor.
WHEN YOU MAKE MOONSHINE,
IT'S GO BIG OR GO HOME.
YOU KNOW, IT SEPARATES
THE MEN FROM THE BOYS.
AND THE IDEAL PARTNER
YOU GOTTA BE ABLE
TO TRUST WITH YOUR LIFE.
AND THEY GOTTA BE
ABLE TO WORK HARD.
THEY GOTTA HAVE SOME AMBITION.
THEY'VE GOTTA HAVE SOME DRIVE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE
DO YOU KNOW THAT WELL
THAT DON'T ALREADY HAVE TOO MUCH
TO LOSE TO COME DOWN
IN THE WOODS
AND MAKE MOONSHINE
AND RISK IT ALL?
WHEN IT COMES
TO ALCOHOL OR MONEY,
WHO THE HELL DO YOU TRUST?
Narrator: AS MOONSHINE
HITS ITS STRIDE,
GRAIN SILOS
ARE FILLED TO CAPACITY.
AND SHINERS ARE LABORING
AROUND THE CLOCK
TO KEEP THE WHISKEY
RICHES POURING IN.
Man: THERE HE IS! THERE HE IS!
RIGHT STRAIGHT THROUGH...
Narrator: IN TENNESSEE, TWO
SHINERS ARE LOADED FOR BEAR.
Man: BOYS, THIS GONNA BE NOISY
WHEN I DISCHARGE THIS SUMBITCH.
YOU JUST DRIVIN' ON
THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD.
Narrator: A VIRGINIA DISTILLER
SEEKS HIS FUTURE
WITH A JOURNEY
INTO WHISKEY'S PAST.
THIS IS SOMETHIN'
LIKE CLIMAX MOONSHINE,
WHERE IT PROBABLY TASTE
LIKE IT -- IT WAS IN A BARREL.
[BLEEP] DAMN!
AND IN SOUTH CAROLINA,
A STILL SITE IS RANSACKED.
SOMEBODY
STOLE OUR [BLEEP] STILL.
[BLEEP] DAMN IT!
♪ NO ONE CAN HOLD ME DOWN ♪
♪ OR MAKE ME CHANGE MY WAYS ♪
♪ SO DON'T WASTE
YOUR BREATH SAYIN' ♪
♪ "CRIME NEVER PAYS" ♪
♪ GOIN' FOR THE RIDE ♪
♪ RUNNIN' TO SURVIVE ♪
♪ AND LIVIN' OUTSIDE THE LAW ♪
♪ AND LIVIN' OUTSIDE THE LAW ♪
THIS IS HOW
WE MAKE THE MOONSHINE!
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
Man: YOU SURE YOU'RE UP
FOR ANOTHER RUN?
IT'LL BE TOMORROW
BEFORE WE GET DONE WITH IT.
YEAH, BUT WE'LL
BE DONE WITH IT.
I'M GLAD TO GETTIN'
IT BUSTED OFF.
IT'S A LOT OF DAMN WORK.
THAT'S IT.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE READY.
FIRE THIS BABY UP.
I'LL TURN THE GAS ON.
ALL RIGHT.
I GOT IT TURNED ON.
IT'LL BE A WHILE
'FORE SHE'S READY.
Narrator: OUTSIDE OF
SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA,
TWO SHINERS HAVE STARTED
THEIR SECOND RUN
AT A 24-HOUR
DISTILLING MARATHON.
Man: NUMBER TWO!
WE WON'T BE HERE FOREVER.
THERE'S JUST
A COUPLE HOURS LEFT.
AND SO FAR, SO GOOD.
WE'VE ALREADY BUSTED OFF
ONE ENTIRE RUN.
OH, YEAH.
WHATEVER YOU DONE
TO THAT PASTE, JOSH,
YOU MADE ALL THE WORLD
OF DIFFERENCE.
INSTEAD OF JUST
PUTTIN' OATMEAL IN LAST,
I PUT THE OATMEAL IN FIRST.
OH, THAT SEALED UP LEAKS UP
EVEN BETTER 'N' BEFORE.
YEAH, IT DID.
PROCESS, MAN.
I'M GLAD TO HAVE
ANOTHER PARTNER DOWN HERE.
BIG CHUCK'S LIKE
A WORKHORSE.
WE AIN'T HAD
ANY HICCUPS SO FAR.
SO I'M FEELIN' PRETTY CONFIDENT.
[BLEEP] STASH HOUSE!
Narrator: IN A SEASON BESET
BY MISFORTUNE...
Josh: EVERYTHING I WORKED
FOR ALL WINTER
LONG JUST WENT UP IN FLAMES.
Narrator: JOSH STRUGGLED TO FIND
A NEW PARTNER.
AFTER AN EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH,
HE SETTLED ON OLD BUYER
BIG CHUCK
TO FILL THE SPOT
OF BREWING PARTNER.
FIRST SHINE
YOU EVER MADE.
THESE HAMBURGERS ARE READY.
WHAT'S THEM WEENIES
LOOK LIKE?
I KNOW THEY'RE READY.
THEY LOOK GOOD.
THAT'S THEM BRATWURST, AIN'T IT?
MAKIN' MOONSHINE
IS MY MAIN BUSINESS.
BUT THERE'S MORE TO IT
THAN MAKIN' MONEY.
IT'S MORE ABOUT HOW TO
KEEP THE HERITAGE ALIVE.
MAKIN' MOONSHINE,
IF -- IF YOU DON'T --
IF YOU DON'T TEACH SOMEBODY,
THEN IT -- IT'S GONNA DIE OUT.
OH, MAN!
ARE THEY EVER GOOD.
BETTER GIVE ME YOURS.
TEACHIN' BIG CHUCK,
IT'S KINDA LIKE A SPECIAL THING.
IT'S KINDA LIKE MY MENTOR,
BARNEY BARNWELL,
HE TAUGHT ME YOU DON'T JUST PASS
THE TORCH TO JUST ANYBODY.
THAT'S GOOD, AIN'T IT?
IT IS GOOD. IT REALLY IS.
YOU HIT A HOME RUN ON THAT,
YOU KNOW WHAT?
[ BLEEP ]
I THINK IT'S PROBABLY
ABOUT READY, CHUCK.
LET'S GO CHECK.
HOW'S IT LOOKIN', JOSH?
THAT BABY'S READY!
IT'S ALREADY RUNNIN', BUDDY.
THERE HE GOES.
THERE IT IS.
THAT FAST!
WOO.
LET'S, UH,
LET'S GO AHEAD AND SWITCH
THAT BUCKET OUT, BIG CHUCK.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO,
JUST DUMP IT?
GONNA DUMP THIS OUT.
WOO-HOO!
ALL RIGHT.
DO IT, BUDDY.
OH, HOLD ON,
I AIN'T GOT THIS SIDE.
AH, [BLEEP].
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
WE GOT IT.
START TO FILL
THIS BABY UP!
SO FAR, THIS HAS BEEN A SUCCESS.
I FEEL LIKE BIG CHUCK'S
LEARNIN' THE ROPES.
THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT
RIGHT THERE, CHUCK.
YOU CAN TELL THAT FUSEL
OIL'S ON THERE WHEN YOU --
WHEN IT DRIES OFF
ON YOUR FINGERS.
I STILL FEEL A LITTLE BIT
OF OIL JUST ON IT.
WHEN THAT QUITS, THAT'S --
THAT OIL'S GONE.
CAN EVEN SMELL IT.
IT SMELLS FUNKY.
Narrator:
GERMAN FOR BAD LIQUOR,
FUSEL OILS ARE FOUL-TASTING
BY-PRODUCTS OF FERMENTATION,
WHICH DEVELOP AT
THE END OF A RUN.
MAKIN' MOONSHINE, IT --
IT'S MORE WORK THAN YOU THINK.
BUT JOSH, HE'LL TEACH YOU
THE RIGHT WAY.
THAT'S THE TAILS RIGHT THERE.
GOOD JOB.
WE BUSTED OFF TWO RUNS.
AND WE'VE DAMN NEAR GOT
A 75-GALLON BARREL FULL.
WE'RE IN BUSINESS NOW.
SECOND RUN!
GOD ALMIGHTY.
♪♪
JUST WHAT I NEED, A TAXI MAN.
HEY, HOW ARE YOU?
HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. GOOD.
LET ME GET THIS.
Narrator: AN OCEAN AWAY
FROM HIS HOME STATE
OF VIRGINIA, TIM SMITH
IS IN THE BIRTHPLACE OF WHISKEY:
IRELAND.
Tim: YOU JUST DRIVIN' ON
THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD.
YEAH, SEE?
HE CALLS THIS
GOIN' THE WRONG WAY.
Narrator: BUT TIM ISN'T HERE
TO SIGHTSEE.
VERY IMPORTANT THAT I GET
THIS OTHER DISTILLERY BUILT.
Narrator: TIM PLANNED TO FINANCE
HIS NEW DISTILLERY
WITH A 6,000-CASE
SALE TO POLAND.
WELL, I GOT AN E-MAIL
FROM POLAND.
AND THE GUY CANCELED THE ORDER.
Narrator:
BUT WHEN HIS POLISH DISTRIBUTOR
CALLED OFF THE DEAL,
TIM WAS LEFT
WITH THE UNSOLD SHINE
AND MOUNTING DEBT.
WITH ONLY 90 DAYS
TO PAY OFF HIS BANK LOAN,
TIM HAS TAKEN A CONSULTING JOB
AT AN IRISH DISTILLERY
TO EARN SOME MUCH-NEEDED CASH
AND HOPEFULLY FIND SOME ANSWERS.
OH, LOOK, HORSES!
I KNOW CHUCK THINKS THAT THIS
IS THE WRONG TIME FOR ME
TO BE GOIN' TO IRELAND.
BUT WE'RE LOOKIN' AT
6,000 CASES HERE THAT WAS --
THAT I'M DEPENDIN' ON TO SELL.
I'VE JUST CALLED EVERYBODY.
I EXHAUSTED ALL MY RESOURCES.
AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT ELSE TO DO.
I'M THINKIN' THERE'S
OPPORTUNITY HERE
TO TRY TO HELP WITH THIS
CANCELED POLISH ORDER.
I WANNA GET ON ONE
OF THESE BIG BUSES HERE.
LOOK AT ALL THEM BUSES!
THEM DOUBLE-DECKER BUSES.
TEELING DISTILLERY
IN DUBLIN.
AND THEY INVITED ME TO COME OVER
AS A MOONSHINE CONSULTANT.
THEY WANTED TO MAKE
SOME, UH, POITIN,
WHICH IS A MOONSHINE
IN IRELAND.
Narrator: POITIN MEANS
LITTLE POT IN NATIVE GAELIC.
THE IRISH VERSION
OF MOONSHINE
IS POT-DISTILLED
AND MADE FROM BARLEY,
POTATOES OR SUGAR BEETS.
A LOT OF OLD BUILDIN'S HERE.
GOIN' FROM BAR TO BAR, YEAH.
THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN.
Narrator:
FOR OVER A MILLENNIUM,
WHISKEY HAS FLOWED
THROUGH THE EMERALD ISLE.
AND IN THE 1600s,
IRELAND CAME TO DOMINATE
THE WORLD LIQUOR TRADE
WITH OVER 1,000
OPERATING DISTILLERIES.
HOWEVER, MASS IMMIGRATION
CAUSED BY WAR
AND THE POTATO FAMINE
PUSHED IRISH WHISKEY
TO THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION.
BY THE 1960s, ONLY FIVE
DISTILLERIES WERE LEFT STANDING.
BUT THANKS TO A NEW GENERATION
OF IRISH DISTILLERS,
THE INDUSTRY IS
ROARING BACK TO LIFE.
WELL, DUBLIN LOOKS LIKE
A VERY OLD CITY,
VERY EUROPEAN.
I'M FASCINATED BY IT.
TEELING DISTILLERY, NOW,
THEY HAVE A LONG HERITAGE
OF MAKIN' IRISH WHISKEY IN A --
IN A BARREL, NOW.
HOPEFULLY I CAN LEARN
SOMETHIN' FROM THESE GUYS,
PICK UP SOME KNOWLEDGE
AND BRING IT BACK TO VIRGINIA
TO FIX THIS PROBLEM
WITH THE POLISH ORDER.
Man:
YOU FEELIN' PRETTY GOOD, J.B.?
YOU AND I,
WE'LL BE DANCIN' A JIG
'FORE THIS LIQUOR
RUN'S OVER TODAY.
Narrator: DEEP IN
THE TENNESSEE BACKWOODS,
MARK, DIGGER AND OLD-TIME SHINER
J.B. RADER
ARE YET TO RUN THEIR FIRST
BATCH OF CRANBERRY MASH.
BUT IT'S ALREADY MANAGED
TO DRAW ONE BIG FAN.
YEAH, THAT THERE [BLEEP]
BREAKS MY HEART
EVERY TIME I SEE IT,
WAY IT'S ALL MASHED UP.
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO
ABOUT THIS DAMN BEAR, DIGGER?
ALL HE'S AFTER IS THAT
SOUR SMELL OF THAT CORN.
YEAH, WE KNOW
HOW FAST WE NEED TO...
WE NEED TO RUN.
RUN, DON'T WE, J.B.?
HELL, ALL I GOTTA
DO IS OUTRUN YOU TWO.
Narrator: AFTER TEAMING WITH
POPCORN SUTTON'S FORMER PARTNER,
J.B., MARK AND DIGGER MIXED UP
A CRANBERRY-AND-CORN-SHINE
FUSION.
BUT THEIR MASH BARRELS
WERE NO MATCH
FOR THE LOCAL WILDLIFE.
Man: AND THE ONLY THING I KNOW
THAT LIKES MASH GOOD ENOUGH
TO DO THAT'S A BIG OL' BEAR.
GOD ALMIGHTY.
HUP!
THERE IT IS.
LOOKY YONDER.
WE BUSTED THAT
MYTH THERE, DIGGER.
BEAR REALLY DO [BLEEP]
IN THE WOODS.
WELL, HE'S GUMMED
UP PRETTY GOOD.
WE DONE HIM A FAVOR
WITH THAT OL' SOUR MASH.
YEAH, HE NEEDED...
YESTERDAY, MR. BEAR CAME
THROUGH, FED ON OUR MASH.
MARK GLANCED OVER
IN THE WEEDS.
AND, UH, APPARENTLY,
THAT MASH,
IT'LL GIVE YOU THE SQUIRTS.
IF YOU'RE RIGHT,
HE'LL WORRY US TO DEATH.
HE WILL.
HE'LL BE BACK.
NOW WE'VE GOT
ANOTHER CONCERN HERE.
I'VE NEVER GET ANYBODY
TO DRINK A STILL BEER
THAT DIDN'T COME BACK
AND WANT SOME MORE LATER ON.
I'M READY WHENEVER YOU ARE.
Narrator: DESPITE THE SETBACK...
SMELLS GOOD.
THEY STILL HAVE THREE BARRELS
OF MASH READY TO RUN.
ALL RIGHT, DIGGER!
LET 'ER COME.
THERE WE GO.
THAT -- THAT'S
ABOUT ENOUGH OF THAT.
YOU GONNA END UP DRUNK.
WE'RE TAKIN' WHAT CRANBERRY
MASH THAT WE DO HAVE LEFT.
AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA SEE
HOW OUR NEW
INFUSION IDEA WORKS.
Narrator: MARK AND DIGGER HOPE
TO BOOST THE FLAVOR
OF THEIR PRODUCT BY
ADDING 50 POUNDS
OF BOILED CRANBERRIES
TO THE TRADITIONAL CORN,
WATER, SUGAR AND YEAST MASH.
Narrator: TO PREVENT
THE ADDITIONAL CRANBERRIES
FROM SCORCHING IN
THE HEATED POT,
MARK AND DIGGER HAVE WELDED
A HOOK INTO THEIR STILL'S CAP.
USING THEIR INNOVATIVE J-HOOK
DESIGN ALLOWS THE SHINERS
TO HANG A MESH BAG
FILLED WITH FRUIT
OVER THE POT OF BOILING MASH,
WHICH INFUSES THE ALCOHOL
WITH STRONGER FLAVOR
ON ITS WAY TO THE CONDENSER.
WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
HERE WE GO.
OH, WE'VE BLOWN THE TORCH OUT.
YOU AND J.B. GO AHEAD
AND GET THEM BERRIES LOADED UP
AND GET THAT READY.
AND I'LL BE A-PASTIN' ON THESE.
TODAY'S, YOU KNOW,
REALLY SPECIAL BECAUSE
THIS IS J.B.'S FIRST RUN
IN ABOUT 15 YEARS.
HE STRUGGLED
WITH HIS HEALTH ISSUES.
AND NOW THAT HE'S HEALTHY,
I'M GLAD TO HAVE HIM COMIN' OUT
AND MAKIN' A LITTLE
LIQUOR WITH US.
HERE GOES NOTHIN', BUCKWHEAT!
THIS IS SOMETHIN'
YOU AIN'T USED TO HEARIN',
BUT YOU'RE HUNG.
Narrator: WITH HALF A CENTURY
OF MOONSHINE EXPERIENCE,
J.B. IS A TENNESSEE LEGEND.
WE'RE HOT.
WE'RE HOT.
I SEEM TO BE UP THERE, DIGGER.
OH, YEAH.
LOOKY THERE.
WE'LL CATCH THAT THIRD
JAR ABOUT HALF FULL
AND THROW THEM OFF OF THERE.
LET'S TASTE TO THAT.
J.B., SEEIN' HOW YOU'RE BACK
IN THE GAME WITH US,
I'M GONNA LET YOU
HAVE THE HONORS.
YOU CAN GIVE US
A READIN'.
UH-OH.
Narrator: COMING UP,
TIM'S COUNTIN' ON THE LUCK OF
THE IRISH.
Tim: HOPEFULLY, IF I CAN HELP
THEM A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW,
I CAN GET THEM TO HELP ME.
WAIT HERE.
GIMME A LITTLE BIT.
AND I'LL BE BACK.
HOPEFULLY, I CAN MAKE US
SOME MONEY AND GET OUTTA HERE.
Narrator: AND BIG CHUCK'S BUYER
PULLS A VANISHING ACT.
HEY, UNBELIEVABLE.
THAT DUDE'S GONE.
♪♪
GET ONE OF THEM OTHER JAR.
WELL, LET'S LET ME TA --
YOU TASTE OF IT THERE, DIGGER.
HELL, HE MAY HAVE HIS DAMN
TASTER ALL OUT OF WHACK.
HELL, FAR, UH...
HELL, I BELIEVE YOU.
I DON'T HAVE TO...
HERE, I WANT YOU TO...
NO, I DON'T -- I BELIEVE YOU.
I WANT YOU TO TO TESTIFY.
YOU TRY TO I -- ISOLATE WHAT
THAT HORRIBLE TASTE IS.
SPIT IT OUT!
MOTHER OF PEARL!
SHOO!
Narrator: IN A SECLUDED HOLLOW,
MARK, DIGGER AND J.B.'S TEST RUN
OF THEIR CRANBERRY-INFUSED SHINE
HAS REACHED A BITTER END.
IT'S GOT A LITTLE
PETROLEUM TASTE.
IT'S HEARTBREAKIN' THAT, UH,
WE SPENT ALL THIS TIME
AND EFFORT,
AND -- AND THE LIQUOR TASTES
AS CRAPPY AS IT DOES.
IT'S HOTTY McHOT
RIGHT THERE.
YEP.
KNOT COME UNLOOSED.
DAD DAMN IT!
HERE, I GET IT.
I GOT IT.
THAT'S HOT.
THAT'S HOT.
I KNOW IT'S HOT!
I'VE GOT GLOVES ON, THOUGH.
WHEN THAT'S GOIN' TO ROILIN',
IT'S GONNA MAKE THIS BAG MOVE.
IT'S WIGGLED THAT KNOT
COMPLETELY LOOSE.
AND THAT'S JUST LAID
RIGHT DOWN ON THE CORE.
WHEN THAT BAG SETTLED
DOWN ONTO THAT BURNER,
IT GOT ENOUGH TO SCORCH.
AND WHEN PLASTIC SCORCHES,
IT GIVES
A PETROLEUM-LIKE FLAVOR.
THAT'S WHY THEY CALL
IT EXPERIMENTS.
JUST ANOTHER DOWNSIDE
OF TRYIN' TO MAKE LIQUOR,
YOU KNOW?
IT'S JUST PART OF IT.
Narrator: THEY'VE LOST NOT ONLY
150 GALLONS OF MASH,
BUT PRECIOUS TIME
IN SHINE SEASON.
HANG IT ON THAT HOOK.
WELL, THAT MAKES SENSE.
THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.
WHY DIDN'T WE THINK
OF THAT START WITH?
AH, WE'RE TOO BUSY THINKIN' OF
OTHER SILLY [BLEEP] I GUESS.
LET'S POUR THIS DAMN LIQUOR
OUT AND GO HOME.
YOU CAN POUR IT
DOWN THAT CREEK.
WATCH THEM FISH
JUMP OUT THE WATER.
YEAH, BUT I BEEN
TO EUROPE.
BUT I NEVER BEEN TO WHERE
YOU DRIVE ON THE LEFT.
I'M GOING TO A DISTILLERY.
IT'S CALLED TEELING DISTILLERY.
Y-YOU HEARD OF THEM?
Narrator:
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC,
TIM'S ON HIS WAY
TO DUBLIN'S TEELING DISTILLERY
TO TEACH THE IRISH WHISKEY MAKER
ABOUT AMERICAN MOONSHINE.
RIGHT NOW, WE KINDA HELD UP
IN A TRAFFIC JAM.
WE CAN'T GET TO MOVIN' HERE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW.
YOU WANT ME TO DRIVE?
I DON'T KNOW.
WELL, IT'S BEEN EXCITIN' TO,
YOU KNOW,
VISIT A DIFFERENT COUNTRY.
UH, I'M JUST KINDA EAGER
TO DO MY JOB.
THIS IS A BUSINESS TRIP.
NOT ON VACATION.
NOW, HERE'S TEELING'S
UP HERE ON THE RIGHT.
OH, OKAY.
THE NEW BUILDIN'.
YEAH.
HOPEFULLY, IF I CAN HELP THEM
A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW,
I CAN GET THEM TO HELP
RESOLVE THEM PROBLEM
WITH THE POLAND ORDER.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
HEY. NO PROBLEM.
I'M GOOD.
HAVE A GOOD ONE.
HI.
I'M ALEX.
WELL, I'M TIM SMITH.
HI, TIM.
YEAH, I'LL SHOW YOU
THE DISTILLERY.
MEETIN' THIS GUY, AND THE WHOLE
EXPECTATION IS, YOU KNOW,
I'M -- I'M MEETIN' SOMEBODY
FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY.
AND HE GOES, "HI, I'M ALEX.
I'M FROM OREGON."
I'M LIKE, "YEAH?"
SO WHAT YOU HAVE INSIDE THERE
IS 3 TONS OF MILLED BARLEY
AND PROBABLY ABOUT
15,000 LITERS OF WATER.
Tim: THE IRISH, THEY WERE
THE FOUNDIN' FATHERS
OF THIS WHOLE THING.
AND THEY BROUGHT IT
TO AMERICA.
AND NOW HERE'S
TIM SMITH AND --
AND ALEX GOIN' BACK TO IRELAND
AND TRYIN' TO, YOU KNOW,
TWEAK THE WAY
THEY MAKE WHISKEY AGAIN.
WE PUMP IT OVER
TO OUR WASH STILL.
THOSE STILLS ARE ALL HANDMADE
IN SIENA, ITALY,
WITH ABOUT 5 TONS
OF COPPER IN EACH ONE.
WOW.
OKAY.
AND THEN WE PUT THAT
INTO THE SPIRIT STILL.
AND THE SPIRIT STILL,
WE'RE COMIN' OFF
AT ABOUT 82 PERCENT ALCOHOL,
ON AVERAGE.
WOW, 160 PROOF!
YEAH, IT'S PRETTY STRONG STUFF.
PRETTY STRONG.
SO YOU ALWAYS DO THREE
ON, UH, EVERYTHING?
YEAH, THAT'S A REAL
DUBLIN THING TO DO.
DUBLIN'S ALL ABOUT
THE TRIPLE DISTILLING.
AND THAT WAS A WAY OF SEPARATIN'
THEMSELVES, HISTORICALLY,
FROM THE SCOTTISH
AND THE AMERICANS, ALSO.
Narrator: BEFORE THE INVENTION
OF THE THUMP KEG, MOONSHINERS
NEEDED TO RUN SHINE
THROUGH THEIR STILLS
AS MANY AS THREE TIMES
TO ACHIEVE THEIR DESIRED PROOF.
BUT INSTEAD OF USING
A THUMP KEG,
IRISH WHISKEY DISTILLERS
USE TRIPLE DISTILLATION.
IN THIS METHOD,
FERMENTED BARLEY
MASH IS PIPED INTO A COPPER POT
CALLED THE WASH STILL
AND HEATED UNTIL
THE ALCOHOL VAPORIZES.
THE VAPOR NEXT TRAVELS
THROUGH THE POT'S ARM
AND INTO A CONDENSER,
CONDENSING IT INTO
A LOW-PROOF SPIRIT
THAT'S ONLY 20 PERCENT ALCOHOL,
CALLED LOW WINES.
THE LOW WINES MOVE ON
TO A SECOND POT,
CALLED THE INTERMEDIATE STILL,
WHERE A SECOND ROUND
OF DISTILLATION FURTHER
INCREASES THE LIQUOR'S ALCOHOL
CONTENT TO AROUND 65 PERCENT.
A FINAL ROUND OF DISTILLATION
THEN OCCURS IN THE SPIRIT STILL,
RESULTING IN AN ALCOHOL
THAT'S 80 PERCENT PURE.
THE FINAL PRODUCT
IS THEN STORED
IN A CONTAINER CALLED
THE SPIRIT RECEIVER,
WHERE THE PROOF
IS LOWERED BEFORE
IT'S TRANSFERRED
TO OAK CASKS FOR AGING.
THE PROCESS IS SLOW
AND EXPENSIVE,
BUT ONE OF THE KEYS
TO THE SIGNATURE SMOOTH FLAVOR
THAT'S MADE IRISH WHISKEY
THE PRIDE OF A NATION.
THIS IS OUR SPIRIT SAFE.
EACH ONE OF THOSE BOWLS
REPRESENTS THE PRODUCTION OFF
OF EACH ONE OF THE STILLS.
PUTTIN' IT OUT THERE.
PROBABLY ABOUT 200 GALLONS
AN HOUR THAT'S MAKIN'.
TWO HUNDRED GALLONS A HOUR!
WOW!
I'M LEARNIN'. I'M LEARNIN'.
YEAH.
SO, UM, DID YOU CALL ME HERE
TO TEACH ME SOMETHIN'?
OR DID YOU CALL ME HERE...
NO!
WE WANNA GET
SOMETHIN' OUTTA YOU!
OH, OKAY.
YEAH.
WELL, THE IRISH HAVE
A TRADITION OF MAKIN' POITIN.
IT'S, LIKE, THE IRISH VERSION
OF MOONSHINE.
OKAY.
SO I'M CURIOUS
AS TO WHAT YOU THINK
OF OUR POITIN
AND IF THERE'S ANY TIPS OR,
YOU KNOW, HELPFUL IDEAS
YOU MIGHT HAVE AS TO...
OKAY.
HOW TO MAKE IT, UH,
A BETTER MOONSHINE...
YOU GOT SOME SAMPLES?
WE DEFINITELY DO.
LET'S LOOK AT SOME SAMPLES.
ALL RIGHT.
LOOKIN' AROUND, YOU KNOW,
I HAVE THIS BIG VISION OF BEIN'
JUST LIKE TEELING DISTILLERY
ONE DAY.
UH, I WANT THAT NEW DISTILLERY.
BUT I CAN'T PAY
FOR WHAT I GOT RIGHT NOW.
AND I COULD FAIL AT THIS.
SO I'M GONNA RUN DOWN
THE CREEK NOW, RIGHT?
YEAH. NO, YOU GOT --
WE GOTTA PULL THAT HOSE OUT,
THAT LENGTH OF HOSE 'TIL I GET
TO THE END OF IT.
WELL, I'M GONNA
GO DOWN THE CREEK.
AND THEN YOU CAN RUN OVER
THERE AND START FEEDIN' IT.
RIGHT?
JUST GO DOWN THERE,
ANYWHERE, AND START PULLIN'.
ALL RIGHT.
Narrator: STILL EXHAUSTED
FROM THEIR 24-HOUR RUN,
SOUTH CAROLINA MOONSHINERS
JOSH AND BIG CHUCK
ARE BACK AT THEIR SITE
WITH AN IDEA
ON HOW TO TRANSPORT THEIR
75 GALLONS OF SHINE QUICKLY.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE
RIGHT NOW.
DRAG IT DOWN!
YEP.
WE CAME UP WITH A IDEA
TO RUN WATER LINE
AND THEN GRAVITY FEED THE LIQUOR
FROM THE STILL SITE ALL THE WAY
DOWN THE CREEK
RIGHT IN THE BACK OF A TRUCK.
WE WON'T HAVE
TO TOTE NONE OF IT.
THAT TAKES ALL
THE LABOR OUT OF IT.
THERE IT IS.
PERFECT.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
I'M READY FOR YOU TO GO
AHEAD AND TURN THAT ON.
WILL YOU COME DOWN HERE
AND HELP ME FILL THESE JUGS UP?
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, BABY.
IT'S BEEN AN ASS OF WORK,
BUT I'M FINALLY BACK IN ACTION.
HOW'S IT GOIN', MAN?
ALL RIGHT, BIG CHUCK.
HEY, MAN.
OH, THAT'S COMIN' OUT GREAT.
HEY, MAN.
WHAT?
I CAN GET RID OF ABOUT
25 GALLONS OF THIS REAL QUICK.
I CAN MOVE IT MAYBE TOMORROW.
SOMEBODY COULD GET IT QUICK.
WE COULD GET RID OF IT, BE DONE.
I THINK I CAN BE MORE
THAN JUST A STILL HAND.
I'M LEARNIN' QUICK,
AND JOSH IS A GOOD TEACHER.
I MEAN, HELL,
IF I'M GONNA GET INTO IT,
I BETTER GET INTO IT
ALL THE WAY --
ALL THE WAY 'ROUND.
PART OF THE JOB
OF BEIN' A MOONSHINER
IS SELLIN' MOONSHINE.
BUT IT'S DANGEROUS
TRAVELIN' WITH IT.
IT'S DANGEROUS MAKIN' THE SALE.
WE NEED TO GET RUNNIN'.
WE NEED TO MAKE MORE,
GET RID OF WHAT WE GOT.
BUT IF BIG CHUCK
HELPED MADE THIS MOONSHINE,
I FEEL LIKE BIG CHUCK'S ENTITLED
TO HELP GET RID
OF SOME OF THIS LIQUOR.
WHATEVER.
LET'S MAKE A QUICK SALE.
WHATEVER.
IF YOU WANT --
YOU GOT A BUDDY
YOU WANNA SELL SOME
TO OR SOMETHIN', THAT'S FINE.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT --
BUDDY, PARTNERS, AIN'T WE?
YEAH.
HERE, MAN.
LET ME GET IT.
Narrator: COMING UP.
Man: BY GOD,
HE'S A BIG 'UN, TOO.
Narrator:
THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS.
BOY, IS THIS GONNA BE NOISY
WHEN I DISCHARGE THIS SUMBITCH.
AND JOSH AND BIG CHUCK'S
COVER IS BLOWN.
[BLEEP] DAMN MOTHA [BLEEP]
STILL SITE IS DESTROYED!
[BLEEP]
DAMN IT!
♪♪
SO THIS IS WHERE THE TOUR ENDS.
OH, OKAY.
PEOPLE COME UP HERE,
THEY CAN TASTE THE WHISKEY.
Narrator:
BACK IN DUBLIN, TIM SMITH
IS HELPING AN OLD IRISH
DISTILLERY TRY SOMETHING NEW.
THIS IS OUR POITIN.
YEAH, I CAN SEE THAT'S CLEAR.
YEAH.
I'M CURIOUS WHAT
YOU THINK OF IT.
IT'S A -- IT'S A NEW ONE FOR US.
WE LIKE TO CALL IT
THE SPIRIT OF DUBLIN.
TEELING DISTILLERY
IN DUBLIN,
THEY HAD A INTEREST
IN MAKIN' POITIN,
WHICH IS A ILLEGAL
MOONSHINE IN IRELAND.
AND THEY TRYIN'
TO MAKE LEGAL,
JUST LIKE I DID
IN THE UNITED STATES.
WELL, THEY INVITED ME
TO COME OVER
AS A MOONSHINE CONSULTANT.
LET'S TRY SOME.
ALL RIGHT.
OH, THAT IS
VERY SMOOTH.
YOUR -- YOUR PROCESS
AND DISTILLATION'S EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU.
YEAH.
SO WE'RE TRYIN' TO HAVE
ALL THE FLAVOR IN THERE,
BUT WITH THAT TRIPLE
DISTILLING IT KEEPIN' IT SMOOTH,
KEEPIN' IT LIGHT.
VERY DIFFERENT.
THE POITIN, A REAL FINE PRODUCT.
IT IS REAL NICE AND CRISP
BECAUSE OF THE TRIPLE
DISTILLATION.
BUT IT'S MISSIN' SOMETHIN'.
Narrator:
ALTHOUGH POITIN CAN BE MADE
USING A VARIETY
OF BASE INGREDIENTS,
TEELING'S CONTAINS ONLY BARLEY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF THAT NOSE?
WELL, IT'S NOTHIN' BUT BARLEY.
I'M USED TO THE CORN.
YEAH. IT'S A BIT DIFFERENT
FROM CORN.
YOU THINK IT'S
A BIT SOFTER?
WELL, CORN WOULD
HAVE MORE SWEETNESS,
SOME MORE VANILLA TYPE
ON THE NOSE.
MAKIN' CLIMAX MOONSHINE
BACK IN THE WOODS,
ME AND MY DAD,
WE ALWAYS WENT TO THIS MILL
AND WE GOT CORN.
I'M GONNA TAKE THIS
AND I'M GONNA TRADE YOU
SOME AMERICAN-MADE
CLIMAX MOONSHINE FOR IT.
I'D LOVE TO SEE IT.
WELL, ONE DAY, WE WENT AND THEY
DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH CORN.
AND MY DAD SAYS,
"WELL, WE GOTTA HAVE
SO MANY POUNDS OF GRAIN
TO MAKE THIS THING WORK."
SO MY DAD SAYS, "OKAY, WELL,
GIMME SOME OF THAT RYE.
AND GIMME SOME OF THAT BARLEY.
AND THAT'LL MAKE IT ALL RIGHT."
SO WE GO BACK AND WE START
PUTTIN' RYE AND BARLEY
AND CORN ALL TOGETHER.
AND IT CAME OUT TO BE
THE BEST MOONSHINE WE EVER MADE.
SO EVER SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN
USIN' THAT SAME RECIPE.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS
THE FIRST BOTTLE
OF CLIMAX MOONSHINE IN IRELAND?
YEAH?
YEAH, HOW 'BOUT THAT?
Narrator: CORN'S SWEETNESS
AND HIGH SUGAR CONTENT
MAKE IT A FAVORED GRAIN
AMONG SHINERS.
TIM SMITH IS
NO EXCEPTION.
BUT HE ALSO INCLUDES
SOME RYE FOR ITS SPICY,
FRUITY FLAVORS AND BARLEY
FOR ITS NUTTY TOFFEE NOTES.
USING A VARIETY OF
GRAINS ALLOWS SHINERS
TO CREATE UNIQUE FLAVOR PROFILES
THAT SET THEM APART.
BASICALLY, UH,
SOME PROCESS AS YOU, SLOW.
OH!
BUT YOU GONNA SEE THE NOSE.
YEAH.
THAT'S THE SWEET CORN IN IT.
I HAVE MALTED BARLEY, ALSO.
AND I GOT RYE IN IT.
SO IT'S THREE GRAINS IN IT.
SEE, STILL SMOOTH.
YEAH, VERY SMOOTH.
I LIKE HOW THAT
RYE IS COMIN' BACK.
YEAH.
YOU HAVE THE LITTLE BITE.
YEAH.
IT IS NICE AND SMOOTH.
SO AGAIN, I HAVE TO SAY,
YOURS IS GOOD,
NICE AND SMOOTH.
DIFFERENT GRAIN BILL.
IF YOU COULD GET
SOME MORE GRAIN IN YOURS,
KEEP THE SAME PROCESS...
YEAH.
IF YOU WANT, UH,
HELP ON THE NOTES.
BOTH -- BOTH
COPPER POT-DISTILLED.
YEAH.
YOU KNOW, WE --
WE COULD DO SOMETHIN' WITH RYE.
I'D LOVE TO DO SOMETHIN'
WITH THE CORN.
BIGGEST PROBLEM IS
THEY ONLY HAVE ONE GRAIN.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE TO MIX INTO IT.
CLIMAX MOONSHINE'S
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
MIXIN' THREE GRAINS TOGETHER
MADE A BETTER TASTE PROFILE.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S -- THIS IS
WHAT WE NEED TO DO AT TEELING.
SO WHERE IS THIS?
YOU SAID IT'S IN A WAREHOUSE?
IT'S AT OUR WAREHOUSES.
THEY'RE UP ON THE BORDER
WITH NORTHERN IRELAND
IN GREENORE.
CAN WE GO THERE?
ABSOLUTELY.
OKAY.
WELL, LET'S GO THERE.
ALEX HAS INVITED ME
TO GO TO THE, UH, WAREHOUSE
WHERE THEY -- WHERE THEY DO
THE BARREL AGIN' AT.
I'M A LITTLE BIT MORE EAGER
AND EXCITED ABOUT LEARNIN'
SOME OF THEIR METHODS
AND SEEIN' WHAT THEY DO.
MAYBE I CAN LEARN
SOMETHIN' ELSE.
THEY CAN HELP ME
WITH THIS POLISH ORDER.
YOU NEED SOME MORE?
I NEED SOME MORE.
RUNNIN' OUT OVER HERE.
YEAH, WELL, GIMME
A LITTLE BIT MORE, TOO.
ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S
THE MOONSHINE GO GOOD WITH?
GOOD-LOOKIN' LADY.
ALL RIGHT!
Narrator: ON A COUNTRY ROAD
IN SOUTH CAROLINA,
JOSH'S NEW PARTNER, CHUCK,
IS EAGER TO PROVE HIMSELF
WITH A 25-GALLON SALE
WORTH $2,500.
Narrator: CHUCK'S USED
A GO-BETWEEN
TO ARRANGE THIS SALE
WITH AN UNKNOWN BUYER.
THE ANONYMITY ADDS
A LAYER OF PROTECTION
TO BOTH BUYER AND SELLER.
PRETTY GOOD, BUDDY.
YOU GOT SOME CASH ON YOU?
NOT THAT I DON'T TRUST YOU.
JUST GOTTA HAVE IT TOGETHER.
HERE, I'LL GET 'EM.
MAN, I 'PRECIATE
YOU HELPIN' ME OUT ON THIS.
I DON'T KNOW
IF I GOT 20 MORE.
YOU KNOW WHAT,
I MIGHT HAVE 10 OR 15.
LET ME GO SEE
WHAT I CAN COME UP WITH.
YEAH, IF YOU WANT,
I'LL GO GET IT.
YEAH?
JUST HANG OUT.
ALL I GOTTA DO IS
FILL UP THREE BUCKETS.
MAN, THAT'S $1,500 MORE.
AND JOSH IS GONNA
BE HAPPY AS HELL.
OH, MAN.
ALL RIGHT.
COME ON.
YOU GET PARANOID.
ALL RIGHT.
WHERE'S THE DUDE AT?
YOU GOTTA BE [BLEEP] ME.
AH, UNBELIEVABLE.
THAT DUDE'S GONE.
WEIRD.
JUST -- I FIGURE HE GOT
PARANOID AND CUT OUT ON ME.
SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO PICK
THE REST OF THIS DEAL UP
AT A LATER DATE,
IF THEY WANT ANY MORE OR NOT.
AH, I HATE DEALIN'
WITH THESE GUYS.
♪♪
THIS IS OUR WAREHOUSE.
ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS WHERE
WE STORE THE SPIRIT
BEFORE IT BECOMES WHISKEY.
WE'VE GOT A SMALL FACILITY
HERE FOR DUMPING THE CASKS.
AND WE CAN, UH, EMPTY
AND FILL CASKS HERE.
Narrator: IN SPITE OF
HIS 3,500-MILE JOURNEY
TO IRELAND, TIM SMITH
IS NO CLOSER TO SOLVING
HIS PROBLEMS AT HOME.
Tim:
I HAVEN'T FOUND THE ANSWERS YET
FOR MY POLISH
ORDER BEIN' CANCELLED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA DO
WHEN I GET BACK AND TELL CHUCK
THAT I REALLY HAVEN'T
FOUND NO ANSWER HERE.
SO WE'VE GOT SOME --
THIS ONE HERE IS, UH,
WHAT WE CALL VIRGIN OAK.
THAT'S VIRGIN PORTUGUESE OAK.
OKAY.
THESE HERE ARE SOME OF
OUR CALIFORNIA RED WINE CASKS.
SO WE GOT THE BOURBON CASKS.
'CAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT TASTE.
YEAH.
IT'S ALL ABOUT FLAVOR.
HOW YOU GONNA GET NEW FLAVORS
AND NEW TASTES
INTO YOUR WHISKEY?
YOU GOTTA GET DIFFERENT BARRELS.
EXACTLY.
THERE IS SOMETHING
MAGICAL ABOUT WHISKEY.
WHAT'S HAPPENIN'
IN THE WHISKEY CASK
IS YOU HAVE
SUBTRACTIVE REACTIONS,
WHERE THAT'S THE RAW SPIRIT
REDUCED BY THE CHAR IN THE CASK.
THEN YOU HAVE YOUR
ADDITIVE REACTIONS,
WHICH IS YOUR COLOR,
IT'S YOUR SPICE,
PUT INTO THE WHISKEY.
AND THEN YOU HAVE
YOUR INTERACTIVE REACTIONS,
WHICH IS THE FRUIT
AND THE FLAVOR
FROM THE ACTUAL SPIRIT
ITSELF INTERACTS
WITH THAT WOOD AND THAT SPICE
AND FORMS NEW FLAVORS.
Narrator:
WHEN BARREL AGING LIQUOR,
THE INTERIOR OF
AN OAK CASK IS CHARRED,
WHICH CARAMELIZES
THE WOOD SUGARS
AND PRODUCES A LAYER OF CARBON.
ONCE THE BARRELS ARE FILLED
WITH FRESHLY DISTILLED ALCOHOL
AND PUT TO AGE,
SEASONAL HEATING
AND COOLING CYCLES
DRIVE ALCOHOL IN
AND OUT OF THE WOOD'S PORES.
ACROSS YEARS OF THESE CYCLES,
THE ALCOHOL PICKS UP SWEETNESS
FROM THE WOOD SUGARS
WHILE THE CHARRED CARBON
LAYER FILTERS
OUT TANNINS AND SULFITES,
RESULTING IN LIQUOR
WITH A SMOOTH, SAVORY FLAVOR
AND RICH BROWN COLOR
KNOWN AS AGED WHISKEY.
TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, TIM,
IT'S REALLY SIMPLE.
IF YOU TASTE THE WHISKEY
AND YOU GET GOOSEBUMPS,
THEN IT'S GOOD.
YOU GOT SOME OF THAT WE CAN TRY?
DEFINITELY.
'CAUSE I GOT
SOME GOOSEBUMPS NOW.
YEAH!
SO YOU CAN HAVE
THE AROMA ANALYZED CHEMICALLY.
AND YOU CAN HAVE THE FLAVOR
ANALYZED CHEMICALLY.
BUT THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD
FOR ANALYZING WHISKEY
IS YOUR NOSE
AND YOUR MOUTH.
OKAY.
THERE YOU GO.
WOW, LOOK AT THAT.
YEAH.
REAL RICH.
MM-HMM.
RED COLOR.
MM.
THAT'S 26-YEAR-OLD.
WOW.
THAT IS SOME SERIOUS
[BLEEP] RIGHT THERE.
MM-HMM.
THIS IS THE SINGLE GRAIN.
OH, THAT'S GOOD.
ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS STRAIGHT, JUST, CORN.
YEAH.
OH, THAT'S REAL GOOD.
THIS IS SOMETHIN'
LIKE CLIMAX MOONSHINE
WOULD PROBABLY TASTE LIKE
IF IT WAS IN A BARREL.
I BET YOU IT WOULD.
YEAH.
Tim: THE WHOLE TIME
I'M THINKIN',
WHAT WOULD CLIMAX MOONSHINE
TASTE LIKE IF IT WAS AGED
IN A BARREL LIKE THIS?
WHAT KIND OF BARREL
YOU PUT THIS IN?
RED WINE.
IS THIS A HIGHER PERCENT ALCOHOL
THAN -- THAN THE OTHER ONE?
NO. NO.
SAME. SAME.
FORTY-SIX. FORTY-FIVE.
FORTY-SIX, YEAH.
FORTY-SIX PERCENT.
YOU KNOW, AGED WHISKEY,
UH, UH, IT SEEMS
LIKE IT DOES HAVE
A WIDER RANGE OF --
OF CUSTOMERS.
SO I REALLY OVERLOOKED
THIS WHOLE PROCESS
OF MAKIN' THE AGED WHISKEY
BECAUSE I NEVER HAD
TIME TO DO IT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TIME WHEN YOU'RE
MAKING A ILLEGAL MOONSHINE.
SO I DIDN'T GROW UP
MAKIN' BOURBON
AND WAITIN' 4 YEARS TO SELL IT.
WHAT -- WHAT ARE THESE BARREL?
THESE WINE BARRELS, TOO?
WHAT -- WHAT'S NICE
ABOUT THE SMALL CASKS
IS THAT YOU GET
A LOT OF INTERACTION
WITH THE WOOD REAL QUICK.
LESS TIME!
YEAH.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT.
LESS TIME.
'CAUSE THAT'S --
THAT'S WHAT I'M ALL ABOUT.
WE'RE LOOKIN'
AT ALL THESE BARRELS.
AND HE'S TELLING
ALL THE CONCEPTS
FROM BIG BARRELS
TO LITTLE BARRELS.
AND I'M GETTIN'
THE WHOLE IDEA
THAT I COULD TAKE
THE POLISH ORDER,
AND I COULD TURN IT
INTO A WHISKEY.
BUT I NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY
TO SPEED UP THE AGIN' PROCESS.
IF ANYBODY CAN DO IT,
I CAN DO IT.
SOON AS I GET BACK,
I'M GONNA TELL CHUCK.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
I LEARNED A LOT THERE.
AND...I HOPE YOU DID.
I ALSO TASTED SOME
GOOD WHISKEY, TOO.
YEAH, THANKS.
GOT ME THINKIN'
ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS.
I DO! THEY WAS TOUGHER
THAN A NIGHT IN JAIL.
Narrator: EAGER TO GET BACK IN
THE GAME AFTER A FAILED RUN,
THREE TENNESSEE SHINERS
ARE READY TO MAKE ANOTHER
BATCH OF CRANBERRY MASH.
Mark:
OUR FIRST RUN OF CRANBERRIES,
IT WAS NOT, SO TO SPEAK,
WORTH A DAMN.
WE DON'T THINK
IT WAS ANYTHING WRONG
EXCEPT EQUIPMENT FAILURE.
BUT, UH, WE'RE REAL EXCITED
ABOUT GETTIN' ANOTHER ROUND
OF MASH COOKED IN.
DIGGER?
YEP.
THE SOLIDS ARE STILL IN HERE.
YEAH, THAT -- WE GOTTA
GET THAT OUT OF THERE.
THAT MAKES -- THAT MAKES ME SAD.
WITH THE BAD RUN OF CRANBERRY
THAT WE HAD EARLIER, PLUS
THE PROBLEM WITH THE BEAR,
YOU KNOW, WE'RE BEHIND
THE 8-BALL HERE.
AND WITH OUR PRODUCTION
GOAL SET HIGHER THIS YEAR,
IT'S REALLY, REALLY CRITICAL
THAT WE DO THIS
AND WE DO IT WELL.
EH, WELL, I'M GONNA GO BACK
AND GET THE BURNER AND A TANK.
AND WE'LL GET
SOME CRANBERRIES A-STEEPIN'.
TODAY, WE'RE GONNA
STEEP OUR CORN AND --
AND BOIL OUR CRANBERRIES.
THAT'S FIRST
ON THE AGENDA.
WE GOTTA GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY
AND GIVE IT THE FEW DAYS
TO WORK OFF.
EH, IT AIN'T BEEN
THE FIRST [BLEEP] DAY
WE SPEND,
HAS IT, J?
I'M JUST GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK
SPENDIN' [BLEEP] DAYS WITH ME.
AIN'T NO SENSE ME AND OL' DIGGER
HAVIN' ALL THE FUN,
ARE THEY?
YOU GRAB THAT PUMP, J.B.
I HEAR SOMETHIN' UP THERE.
THERE HE IS!
THERE HE IS!
WHERE?
RIGHT STRAIGHT THROUGH... SEE?
BY GOD, HE'S A BIG 'UN, TOO.
THERE HE IS.
THERE HE IS.
HERE HE COMES.
THERE HE IS,
COMIN' INTO THE SITE.
OUR DAMN ARCH NEMESIS,
THE BEAR.
QUIT IT, WAYLON!
WAYLON!
WAYLON!
WAYLON, I'M GONNA
BEAT YOUR HIND END!
I'M SORRY, BUDDY.
HE'S BEIN' TOO ROWDY.
THIS DOG RIGHT
HERE'S WAYLON JENNINGS.
HE'S A HOUND DOG.
AND THIS RACCOON HERE,
THIS IS MR. WILLIE NELSON.
THEY'RE BEST FRIENDS.
AND AS ONE OF MY REALLY
GOOD FRIENDS, SID, SAYS,
"YOU HAVE DISTORTED BOTH
OF THEIR MINDS FOREVER."
YOU BEIN' TOO ROWDY!
LET'S GO DO THESE CHORES, BABY.
THERE HE IS! THERE HE IS!
HERE HE COMES.
THERE HE IS,
COMIN' INTO THE SITE.
OUR DAMN ARCH-NEMESIS,
THE BEAR.
IF HE STARTS
BOLTIN' THIS WAY...
BOYS, THIS IS GONNA BE NOISY
WHEN I DISCHARGE THIS SUMBITCH.
OH, HERE HE COMES.
HERE HE COMES.
HE'S CLIMBIN' UP ON THAT BARREL.
THERE HE GOES.
RUN UP THERE
AND SMACK HIM, DIGGER.
SHOW HIM WHO'S
IN CHARGE HERE.
I GOT THE -- I GOT YOUR SIX.
YOU GO.
NOW, YOU ALL DO KNOW
THAT A BEAR CAN OUTRUN
A QUARTER HORSE, DON'T YOU?
BUT I THINK I CAN GET
ONE SHOT OFF
BEFORE HE MAKES THAT DISTANCE.
MR. BEAR IS ENJOYIN'
THE MASH ONCE AGAIN.
AND HE'S -- HE'S AS BIG A BEAR
AS WE THOUGHT HE WAS.
HE'S PROBABLY 300,
350 POUNDS.
SO WE'RE GONNA LEAVE HIM
TO HIS OWN DEVICES TONIGHT.
HE'S A-LOVIN' THAT MASH.
BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU,
WE NEED TO BE OUTTA HERE
BEFORE IT TAKES EFFECT.
THIS -- IT --
IT'S DEFINITELY HIS SITE NOW.
HE CAN HAVE THE POT,
THE DAMN MASH
AND EVERYTHING AT THIS POINT.
NOW, HE MAY BE A MEAN DRUNK
HERE IN A FEW MINUTES.
AND WE DON'T NEED
NO PART OF THAT.
YEP, IT'S TIME TO LEAVE
MR. BEAR TO HIMSELF.
HECK, YEAH.
OLD HAND FEELIN'
A LITTLE BETTER TODAY?
I'M GETTIN' BY.
IT'S HOT AS [BLEEP].
Narrator: 130 MILES
TO THE SOUTHEAST,
SOUTH CAROLINA SHINERS JOSH
AND BIG CHUCK
ARE BACK
AT THEIR STILL SITE,
READY TO MASH IN
AND KEEP UP THEIR MOMENTUM.
WHAT YOU WANT TO EAT TONIGHT?
I DON'T KNOW, MAN.
LET'S GO OUT FOR A DAMN STEAK,
BAKED POTATO AND SALAD.
YOU OWE ME -- YOU OWE ME STEAK.
I'LL BUY YOU A STEAK.
GOOD STEAK!
I WANT A...
HELL YEAH, A GOOD STEAK!
I DON'T WANT NO DAMN...
I'LL BUY YOU A FILET AFTER
ALL THIS WORK WE'VE BEEN DOIN'.
BE CAREFUL OF THAT
LOG THERE, BROTHER.
[BLEEP] DAMN!
WHAT?
THIS AIN'T [BLEEP]
HAPPENIN'.
[ BLEEP ]
DUDE [BLEEP] DANG!
SOMEBODY
STOLE OUR [BLEEP] STILL.
THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENIN'.
GOD [ BLEEP ]...
AFTER ALL I [BLEEP]
DAMN BEEN THROUGH THIS YEAR,
THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENIN'.
I CAN'T DO IT NO MORE.
I'M DONE.
I -- I'M JUST OVER IT, MAN.
EVERY TIME I START
CLIMBIN' OUTTA THE HOLE,
I GET KNOCKED BACK DOWN.
AND I'M SICK OF IT.
BUT I TELL YOU ONE THING.
I'D LIKE TO FIND THE SON
OF A BITCH THAT DID THIS.
GOSH.
I MIGHT -- MIGHT --
MIGHT BE SOMETHIN'
TO DO WITH ME.
YESTERDAY ON THAT SALE.
I'M... UH, LET ME
EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED.
I MADE THE DEAL
WITH THE FIVE BUCKETS.
HE WANTED THREE MORE BUCKETS.
HE HAD THE CASH MONEY ON HIM.
I TOLD HIM TO WAIT THERE,
AND I'D RUN DOWN.
AND I'D GET HIM THREE
MORE BUCKETS RIGHT QUICK.
WAS FILLIN' UP
THE BUCKETS.
AND I HEAR A [BLEEP]
FOUR-WHEELER.
HE COULD'VE SEEN WHERE --
WHERE I HAD THE TRUCK PARKED.
HE COULD'VE WENT DOWN HERE.
AND YOU AIN'T
TOLD ME 'TIL NOW?
WELL, I WAS KINDA
WAITIN' 'TIL THE RIGHT TIME.
I DIDN'T EXPECT THIS.
WHO THE [BLEEP] WAS IT?
I DON'T KNOW HIM.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
YOU DON'T KNOW HIM?
YOU...
I DON'T KNOW HIM.
I -- I S...
IT WAS SET UP THROUGH A GUY...
WHY WOULD YOU [BLEEP]
SELL LIQUOR
TO SOMEBODY YOU DON'T KNOW?
I DON'T -- I DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHY THIS IS EVEN
HAPPENIN' RIGHT NOW.
WHAT'S THE POINT OF [BLEEP]
DAMN JUST BRINGIN'
SOMEBODY ELSE INTO THE MIX
WHEN WE DON'T
ABSOLUTELY NEED 'EM?
AND NOW THIS [BLEEP] GOIN' ON?
I WANNA KNOW WHO
THE [BLEEP] IT IS.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, WELL?
WE GOT [BLEEP]!
I KNOW. I KNOW.
I KNOW.
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND
HOW YOU MAKE A SALE
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
TURNS INTO OUR [BLEEP]
DAMN MOTHA [BLEEP]
STILL SITE IS DESTROYED!
WE CAN'T JUST THROW ANOTHER
[BLEEP] STILL TOGETHER IN HERE
AND [BLEEP] MAKE LIQUOR HERE!
[BLEEP]
DAMN IT!
Narrator:
NEXT TIME ON "MOONSHINERS,"
BROKEN AND BLOODY IN KENTUCKY.
I'M SORRY YOU WITH A TOOTHLESS,
NO GOOD SUMBITCH.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I WANNA WORK
WITH YOU ANYMORE, MAN!
YOU [BLEEP] ME UP!
Narrator: TRUST ISSUES
IN SOUTH CAROLINA...
HOW DO I KNOW THAT
YOU DIDN'T EVEN
JUST SET ME THE [BLEEP] UP?
Narrator: AND IN NORTH CAROLINA,
A LIVING LEGEND RETURNS.
I WON'T EVER RETIRE
FROM MAKIN' MOONSHINE.
[ LAUGHING ]
IT'S GO BIG OR GO HOME.
YOU KNOW, IT SEPARATES
THE MEN FROM THE BOYS.
AND THE IDEAL PARTNER
YOU GOTTA BE ABLE
TO TRUST WITH YOUR LIFE.
AND THEY GOTTA BE
ABLE TO WORK HARD.
THEY GOTTA HAVE SOME AMBITION.
THEY'VE GOTTA HAVE SOME DRIVE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE
DO YOU KNOW THAT WELL
THAT DON'T ALREADY HAVE TOO MUCH
TO LOSE TO COME DOWN
IN THE WOODS
AND MAKE MOONSHINE
AND RISK IT ALL?
WHEN IT COMES
TO ALCOHOL OR MONEY,
WHO THE HELL DO YOU TRUST?
Narrator: AS MOONSHINE
HITS ITS STRIDE,
GRAIN SILOS
ARE FILLED TO CAPACITY.
AND SHINERS ARE LABORING
AROUND THE CLOCK
TO KEEP THE WHISKEY
RICHES POURING IN.
Man: THERE HE IS! THERE HE IS!
RIGHT STRAIGHT THROUGH...
Narrator: IN TENNESSEE, TWO
SHINERS ARE LOADED FOR BEAR.
Man: BOYS, THIS GONNA BE NOISY
WHEN I DISCHARGE THIS SUMBITCH.
YOU JUST DRIVIN' ON
THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD.
Narrator: A VIRGINIA DISTILLER
SEEKS HIS FUTURE
WITH A JOURNEY
INTO WHISKEY'S PAST.
THIS IS SOMETHIN'
LIKE CLIMAX MOONSHINE,
WHERE IT PROBABLY TASTE
LIKE IT -- IT WAS IN A BARREL.
[BLEEP] DAMN!
AND IN SOUTH CAROLINA,
A STILL SITE IS RANSACKED.
SOMEBODY
STOLE OUR [BLEEP] STILL.
[BLEEP] DAMN IT!
♪ NO ONE CAN HOLD ME DOWN ♪
♪ OR MAKE ME CHANGE MY WAYS ♪
♪ SO DON'T WASTE
YOUR BREATH SAYIN' ♪
♪ "CRIME NEVER PAYS" ♪
♪ GOIN' FOR THE RIDE ♪
♪ RUNNIN' TO SURVIVE ♪
♪ AND LIVIN' OUTSIDE THE LAW ♪
♪ AND LIVIN' OUTSIDE THE LAW ♪
THIS IS HOW
WE MAKE THE MOONSHINE!
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Man: YOU SURE YOU'RE UP
FOR ANOTHER RUN?
IT'LL BE TOMORROW
BEFORE WE GET DONE WITH IT.
YEAH, BUT WE'LL
BE DONE WITH IT.
I'M GLAD TO GETTIN'
IT BUSTED OFF.
IT'S A LOT OF DAMN WORK.
THAT'S IT.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE READY.
FIRE THIS BABY UP.
I'LL TURN THE GAS ON.
ALL RIGHT.
I GOT IT TURNED ON.
IT'LL BE A WHILE
'FORE SHE'S READY.
Narrator: OUTSIDE OF
SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA,
TWO SHINERS HAVE STARTED
THEIR SECOND RUN
AT A 24-HOUR
DISTILLING MARATHON.
Man: NUMBER TWO!
WE WON'T BE HERE FOREVER.
THERE'S JUST
A COUPLE HOURS LEFT.
AND SO FAR, SO GOOD.
WE'VE ALREADY BUSTED OFF
ONE ENTIRE RUN.
OH, YEAH.
WHATEVER YOU DONE
TO THAT PASTE, JOSH,
YOU MADE ALL THE WORLD
OF DIFFERENCE.
INSTEAD OF JUST
PUTTIN' OATMEAL IN LAST,
I PUT THE OATMEAL IN FIRST.
OH, THAT SEALED UP LEAKS UP
EVEN BETTER 'N' BEFORE.
YEAH, IT DID.
PROCESS, MAN.
I'M GLAD TO HAVE
ANOTHER PARTNER DOWN HERE.
BIG CHUCK'S LIKE
A WORKHORSE.
WE AIN'T HAD
ANY HICCUPS SO FAR.
SO I'M FEELIN' PRETTY CONFIDENT.
[BLEEP] STASH HOUSE!
Narrator: IN A SEASON BESET
BY MISFORTUNE...
Josh: EVERYTHING I WORKED
FOR ALL WINTER
LONG JUST WENT UP IN FLAMES.
Narrator: JOSH STRUGGLED TO FIND
A NEW PARTNER.
AFTER AN EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH,
HE SETTLED ON OLD BUYER
BIG CHUCK
TO FILL THE SPOT
OF BREWING PARTNER.
FIRST SHINE
YOU EVER MADE.
THESE HAMBURGERS ARE READY.
WHAT'S THEM WEENIES
LOOK LIKE?
I KNOW THEY'RE READY.
THEY LOOK GOOD.
THAT'S THEM BRATWURST, AIN'T IT?
MAKIN' MOONSHINE
IS MY MAIN BUSINESS.
BUT THERE'S MORE TO IT
THAN MAKIN' MONEY.
IT'S MORE ABOUT HOW TO
KEEP THE HERITAGE ALIVE.
MAKIN' MOONSHINE,
IF -- IF YOU DON'T --
IF YOU DON'T TEACH SOMEBODY,
THEN IT -- IT'S GONNA DIE OUT.
OH, MAN!
ARE THEY EVER GOOD.
BETTER GIVE ME YOURS.
TEACHIN' BIG CHUCK,
IT'S KINDA LIKE A SPECIAL THING.
IT'S KINDA LIKE MY MENTOR,
BARNEY BARNWELL,
HE TAUGHT ME YOU DON'T JUST PASS
THE TORCH TO JUST ANYBODY.
THAT'S GOOD, AIN'T IT?
IT IS GOOD. IT REALLY IS.
YOU HIT A HOME RUN ON THAT,
YOU KNOW WHAT?
[ BLEEP ]
I THINK IT'S PROBABLY
ABOUT READY, CHUCK.
LET'S GO CHECK.
HOW'S IT LOOKIN', JOSH?
THAT BABY'S READY!
IT'S ALREADY RUNNIN', BUDDY.
THERE HE GOES.
THERE IT IS.
THAT FAST!
WOO.
LET'S, UH,
LET'S GO AHEAD AND SWITCH
THAT BUCKET OUT, BIG CHUCK.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO,
JUST DUMP IT?
GONNA DUMP THIS OUT.
WOO-HOO!
ALL RIGHT.
DO IT, BUDDY.
OH, HOLD ON,
I AIN'T GOT THIS SIDE.
AH, [BLEEP].
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
WE GOT IT.
START TO FILL
THIS BABY UP!
SO FAR, THIS HAS BEEN A SUCCESS.
I FEEL LIKE BIG CHUCK'S
LEARNIN' THE ROPES.
THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT
RIGHT THERE, CHUCK.
YOU CAN TELL THAT FUSEL
OIL'S ON THERE WHEN YOU --
WHEN IT DRIES OFF
ON YOUR FINGERS.
I STILL FEEL A LITTLE BIT
OF OIL JUST ON IT.
WHEN THAT QUITS, THAT'S --
THAT OIL'S GONE.
CAN EVEN SMELL IT.
IT SMELLS FUNKY.
Narrator:
GERMAN FOR BAD LIQUOR,
FUSEL OILS ARE FOUL-TASTING
BY-PRODUCTS OF FERMENTATION,
WHICH DEVELOP AT
THE END OF A RUN.
MAKIN' MOONSHINE, IT --
IT'S MORE WORK THAN YOU THINK.
BUT JOSH, HE'LL TEACH YOU
THE RIGHT WAY.
THAT'S THE TAILS RIGHT THERE.
GOOD JOB.
WE BUSTED OFF TWO RUNS.
AND WE'VE DAMN NEAR GOT
A 75-GALLON BARREL FULL.
WE'RE IN BUSINESS NOW.
SECOND RUN!
GOD ALMIGHTY.
♪♪
JUST WHAT I NEED, A TAXI MAN.
HEY, HOW ARE YOU?
HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. GOOD.
LET ME GET THIS.
Narrator: AN OCEAN AWAY
FROM HIS HOME STATE
OF VIRGINIA, TIM SMITH
IS IN THE BIRTHPLACE OF WHISKEY:
IRELAND.
Tim: YOU JUST DRIVIN' ON
THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD.
YEAH, SEE?
HE CALLS THIS
GOIN' THE WRONG WAY.
Narrator: BUT TIM ISN'T HERE
TO SIGHTSEE.
VERY IMPORTANT THAT I GET
THIS OTHER DISTILLERY BUILT.
Narrator: TIM PLANNED TO FINANCE
HIS NEW DISTILLERY
WITH A 6,000-CASE
SALE TO POLAND.
WELL, I GOT AN E-MAIL
FROM POLAND.
AND THE GUY CANCELED THE ORDER.
Narrator:
BUT WHEN HIS POLISH DISTRIBUTOR
CALLED OFF THE DEAL,
TIM WAS LEFT
WITH THE UNSOLD SHINE
AND MOUNTING DEBT.
WITH ONLY 90 DAYS
TO PAY OFF HIS BANK LOAN,
TIM HAS TAKEN A CONSULTING JOB
AT AN IRISH DISTILLERY
TO EARN SOME MUCH-NEEDED CASH
AND HOPEFULLY FIND SOME ANSWERS.
OH, LOOK, HORSES!
I KNOW CHUCK THINKS THAT THIS
IS THE WRONG TIME FOR ME
TO BE GOIN' TO IRELAND.
BUT WE'RE LOOKIN' AT
6,000 CASES HERE THAT WAS --
THAT I'M DEPENDIN' ON TO SELL.
I'VE JUST CALLED EVERYBODY.
I EXHAUSTED ALL MY RESOURCES.
AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT ELSE TO DO.
I'M THINKIN' THERE'S
OPPORTUNITY HERE
TO TRY TO HELP WITH THIS
CANCELED POLISH ORDER.
I WANNA GET ON ONE
OF THESE BIG BUSES HERE.
LOOK AT ALL THEM BUSES!
THEM DOUBLE-DECKER BUSES.
TEELING DISTILLERY
IN DUBLIN.
AND THEY INVITED ME TO COME OVER
AS A MOONSHINE CONSULTANT.
THEY WANTED TO MAKE
SOME, UH, POITIN,
WHICH IS A MOONSHINE
IN IRELAND.
Narrator: POITIN MEANS
LITTLE POT IN NATIVE GAELIC.
THE IRISH VERSION
OF MOONSHINE
IS POT-DISTILLED
AND MADE FROM BARLEY,
POTATOES OR SUGAR BEETS.
A LOT OF OLD BUILDIN'S HERE.
GOIN' FROM BAR TO BAR, YEAH.
THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN.
Narrator:
FOR OVER A MILLENNIUM,
WHISKEY HAS FLOWED
THROUGH THE EMERALD ISLE.
AND IN THE 1600s,
IRELAND CAME TO DOMINATE
THE WORLD LIQUOR TRADE
WITH OVER 1,000
OPERATING DISTILLERIES.
HOWEVER, MASS IMMIGRATION
CAUSED BY WAR
AND THE POTATO FAMINE
PUSHED IRISH WHISKEY
TO THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION.
BY THE 1960s, ONLY FIVE
DISTILLERIES WERE LEFT STANDING.
BUT THANKS TO A NEW GENERATION
OF IRISH DISTILLERS,
THE INDUSTRY IS
ROARING BACK TO LIFE.
WELL, DUBLIN LOOKS LIKE
A VERY OLD CITY,
VERY EUROPEAN.
I'M FASCINATED BY IT.
TEELING DISTILLERY, NOW,
THEY HAVE A LONG HERITAGE
OF MAKIN' IRISH WHISKEY IN A --
IN A BARREL, NOW.
HOPEFULLY I CAN LEARN
SOMETHIN' FROM THESE GUYS,
PICK UP SOME KNOWLEDGE
AND BRING IT BACK TO VIRGINIA
TO FIX THIS PROBLEM
WITH THE POLISH ORDER.
Man:
YOU FEELIN' PRETTY GOOD, J.B.?
YOU AND I,
WE'LL BE DANCIN' A JIG
'FORE THIS LIQUOR
RUN'S OVER TODAY.
Narrator: DEEP IN
THE TENNESSEE BACKWOODS,
MARK, DIGGER AND OLD-TIME SHINER
J.B. RADER
ARE YET TO RUN THEIR FIRST
BATCH OF CRANBERRY MASH.
BUT IT'S ALREADY MANAGED
TO DRAW ONE BIG FAN.
YEAH, THAT THERE [BLEEP]
BREAKS MY HEART
EVERY TIME I SEE IT,
WAY IT'S ALL MASHED UP.
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO
ABOUT THIS DAMN BEAR, DIGGER?
ALL HE'S AFTER IS THAT
SOUR SMELL OF THAT CORN.
YEAH, WE KNOW
HOW FAST WE NEED TO...
WE NEED TO RUN.
RUN, DON'T WE, J.B.?
HELL, ALL I GOTTA
DO IS OUTRUN YOU TWO.
Narrator: AFTER TEAMING WITH
POPCORN SUTTON'S FORMER PARTNER,
J.B., MARK AND DIGGER MIXED UP
A CRANBERRY-AND-CORN-SHINE
FUSION.
BUT THEIR MASH BARRELS
WERE NO MATCH
FOR THE LOCAL WILDLIFE.
Man: AND THE ONLY THING I KNOW
THAT LIKES MASH GOOD ENOUGH
TO DO THAT'S A BIG OL' BEAR.
GOD ALMIGHTY.
HUP!
THERE IT IS.
LOOKY YONDER.
WE BUSTED THAT
MYTH THERE, DIGGER.
BEAR REALLY DO [BLEEP]
IN THE WOODS.
WELL, HE'S GUMMED
UP PRETTY GOOD.
WE DONE HIM A FAVOR
WITH THAT OL' SOUR MASH.
YEAH, HE NEEDED...
YESTERDAY, MR. BEAR CAME
THROUGH, FED ON OUR MASH.
MARK GLANCED OVER
IN THE WEEDS.
AND, UH, APPARENTLY,
THAT MASH,
IT'LL GIVE YOU THE SQUIRTS.
IF YOU'RE RIGHT,
HE'LL WORRY US TO DEATH.
HE WILL.
HE'LL BE BACK.
NOW WE'VE GOT
ANOTHER CONCERN HERE.
I'VE NEVER GET ANYBODY
TO DRINK A STILL BEER
THAT DIDN'T COME BACK
AND WANT SOME MORE LATER ON.
I'M READY WHENEVER YOU ARE.
Narrator: DESPITE THE SETBACK...
SMELLS GOOD.
THEY STILL HAVE THREE BARRELS
OF MASH READY TO RUN.
ALL RIGHT, DIGGER!
LET 'ER COME.
THERE WE GO.
THAT -- THAT'S
ABOUT ENOUGH OF THAT.
YOU GONNA END UP DRUNK.
WE'RE TAKIN' WHAT CRANBERRY
MASH THAT WE DO HAVE LEFT.
AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA SEE
HOW OUR NEW
INFUSION IDEA WORKS.
Narrator: MARK AND DIGGER HOPE
TO BOOST THE FLAVOR
OF THEIR PRODUCT BY
ADDING 50 POUNDS
OF BOILED CRANBERRIES
TO THE TRADITIONAL CORN,
WATER, SUGAR AND YEAST MASH.
Narrator: TO PREVENT
THE ADDITIONAL CRANBERRIES
FROM SCORCHING IN
THE HEATED POT,
MARK AND DIGGER HAVE WELDED
A HOOK INTO THEIR STILL'S CAP.
USING THEIR INNOVATIVE J-HOOK
DESIGN ALLOWS THE SHINERS
TO HANG A MESH BAG
FILLED WITH FRUIT
OVER THE POT OF BOILING MASH,
WHICH INFUSES THE ALCOHOL
WITH STRONGER FLAVOR
ON ITS WAY TO THE CONDENSER.
WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
HERE WE GO.
OH, WE'VE BLOWN THE TORCH OUT.
YOU AND J.B. GO AHEAD
AND GET THEM BERRIES LOADED UP
AND GET THAT READY.
AND I'LL BE A-PASTIN' ON THESE.
TODAY'S, YOU KNOW,
REALLY SPECIAL BECAUSE
THIS IS J.B.'S FIRST RUN
IN ABOUT 15 YEARS.
HE STRUGGLED
WITH HIS HEALTH ISSUES.
AND NOW THAT HE'S HEALTHY,
I'M GLAD TO HAVE HIM COMIN' OUT
AND MAKIN' A LITTLE
LIQUOR WITH US.
HERE GOES NOTHIN', BUCKWHEAT!
THIS IS SOMETHIN'
YOU AIN'T USED TO HEARIN',
BUT YOU'RE HUNG.
Narrator: WITH HALF A CENTURY
OF MOONSHINE EXPERIENCE,
J.B. IS A TENNESSEE LEGEND.
WE'RE HOT.
WE'RE HOT.
I SEEM TO BE UP THERE, DIGGER.
OH, YEAH.
LOOKY THERE.
WE'LL CATCH THAT THIRD
JAR ABOUT HALF FULL
AND THROW THEM OFF OF THERE.
LET'S TASTE TO THAT.
J.B., SEEIN' HOW YOU'RE BACK
IN THE GAME WITH US,
I'M GONNA LET YOU
HAVE THE HONORS.
YOU CAN GIVE US
A READIN'.
UH-OH.
Narrator: COMING UP,
TIM'S COUNTIN' ON THE LUCK OF
THE IRISH.
Tim: HOPEFULLY, IF I CAN HELP
THEM A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW,
I CAN GET THEM TO HELP ME.
WAIT HERE.
GIMME A LITTLE BIT.
AND I'LL BE BACK.
HOPEFULLY, I CAN MAKE US
SOME MONEY AND GET OUTTA HERE.
Narrator: AND BIG CHUCK'S BUYER
PULLS A VANISHING ACT.
HEY, UNBELIEVABLE.
THAT DUDE'S GONE.
♪♪
GET ONE OF THEM OTHER JAR.
WELL, LET'S LET ME TA --
YOU TASTE OF IT THERE, DIGGER.
HELL, HE MAY HAVE HIS DAMN
TASTER ALL OUT OF WHACK.
HELL, FAR, UH...
HELL, I BELIEVE YOU.
I DON'T HAVE TO...
HERE, I WANT YOU TO...
NO, I DON'T -- I BELIEVE YOU.
I WANT YOU TO TO TESTIFY.
YOU TRY TO I -- ISOLATE WHAT
THAT HORRIBLE TASTE IS.
SPIT IT OUT!
MOTHER OF PEARL!
SHOO!
Narrator: IN A SECLUDED HOLLOW,
MARK, DIGGER AND J.B.'S TEST RUN
OF THEIR CRANBERRY-INFUSED SHINE
HAS REACHED A BITTER END.
IT'S GOT A LITTLE
PETROLEUM TASTE.
IT'S HEARTBREAKIN' THAT, UH,
WE SPENT ALL THIS TIME
AND EFFORT,
AND -- AND THE LIQUOR TASTES
AS CRAPPY AS IT DOES.
IT'S HOTTY McHOT
RIGHT THERE.
YEP.
KNOT COME UNLOOSED.
DAD DAMN IT!
HERE, I GET IT.
I GOT IT.
THAT'S HOT.
THAT'S HOT.
I KNOW IT'S HOT!
I'VE GOT GLOVES ON, THOUGH.
WHEN THAT'S GOIN' TO ROILIN',
IT'S GONNA MAKE THIS BAG MOVE.
IT'S WIGGLED THAT KNOT
COMPLETELY LOOSE.
AND THAT'S JUST LAID
RIGHT DOWN ON THE CORE.
WHEN THAT BAG SETTLED
DOWN ONTO THAT BURNER,
IT GOT ENOUGH TO SCORCH.
AND WHEN PLASTIC SCORCHES,
IT GIVES
A PETROLEUM-LIKE FLAVOR.
THAT'S WHY THEY CALL
IT EXPERIMENTS.
JUST ANOTHER DOWNSIDE
OF TRYIN' TO MAKE LIQUOR,
YOU KNOW?
IT'S JUST PART OF IT.
Narrator: THEY'VE LOST NOT ONLY
150 GALLONS OF MASH,
BUT PRECIOUS TIME
IN SHINE SEASON.
HANG IT ON THAT HOOK.
WELL, THAT MAKES SENSE.
THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.
WHY DIDN'T WE THINK
OF THAT START WITH?
AH, WE'RE TOO BUSY THINKIN' OF
OTHER SILLY [BLEEP] I GUESS.
LET'S POUR THIS DAMN LIQUOR
OUT AND GO HOME.
YOU CAN POUR IT
DOWN THAT CREEK.
WATCH THEM FISH
JUMP OUT THE WATER.
YEAH, BUT I BEEN
TO EUROPE.
BUT I NEVER BEEN TO WHERE
YOU DRIVE ON THE LEFT.
I'M GOING TO A DISTILLERY.
IT'S CALLED TEELING DISTILLERY.
Y-YOU HEARD OF THEM?
Narrator:
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC,
TIM'S ON HIS WAY
TO DUBLIN'S TEELING DISTILLERY
TO TEACH THE IRISH WHISKEY MAKER
ABOUT AMERICAN MOONSHINE.
RIGHT NOW, WE KINDA HELD UP
IN A TRAFFIC JAM.
WE CAN'T GET TO MOVIN' HERE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW.
YOU WANT ME TO DRIVE?
I DON'T KNOW.
WELL, IT'S BEEN EXCITIN' TO,
YOU KNOW,
VISIT A DIFFERENT COUNTRY.
UH, I'M JUST KINDA EAGER
TO DO MY JOB.
THIS IS A BUSINESS TRIP.
NOT ON VACATION.
NOW, HERE'S TEELING'S
UP HERE ON THE RIGHT.
OH, OKAY.
THE NEW BUILDIN'.
YEAH.
HOPEFULLY, IF I CAN HELP THEM
A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW,
I CAN GET THEM TO HELP
RESOLVE THEM PROBLEM
WITH THE POLAND ORDER.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
HEY. NO PROBLEM.
I'M GOOD.
HAVE A GOOD ONE.
HI.
I'M ALEX.
WELL, I'M TIM SMITH.
HI, TIM.
YEAH, I'LL SHOW YOU
THE DISTILLERY.
MEETIN' THIS GUY, AND THE WHOLE
EXPECTATION IS, YOU KNOW,
I'M -- I'M MEETIN' SOMEBODY
FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY.
AND HE GOES, "HI, I'M ALEX.
I'M FROM OREGON."
I'M LIKE, "YEAH?"
SO WHAT YOU HAVE INSIDE THERE
IS 3 TONS OF MILLED BARLEY
AND PROBABLY ABOUT
15,000 LITERS OF WATER.
Tim: THE IRISH, THEY WERE
THE FOUNDIN' FATHERS
OF THIS WHOLE THING.
AND THEY BROUGHT IT
TO AMERICA.
AND NOW HERE'S
TIM SMITH AND --
AND ALEX GOIN' BACK TO IRELAND
AND TRYIN' TO, YOU KNOW,
TWEAK THE WAY
THEY MAKE WHISKEY AGAIN.
WE PUMP IT OVER
TO OUR WASH STILL.
THOSE STILLS ARE ALL HANDMADE
IN SIENA, ITALY,
WITH ABOUT 5 TONS
OF COPPER IN EACH ONE.
WOW.
OKAY.
AND THEN WE PUT THAT
INTO THE SPIRIT STILL.
AND THE SPIRIT STILL,
WE'RE COMIN' OFF
AT ABOUT 82 PERCENT ALCOHOL,
ON AVERAGE.
WOW, 160 PROOF!
YEAH, IT'S PRETTY STRONG STUFF.
PRETTY STRONG.
SO YOU ALWAYS DO THREE
ON, UH, EVERYTHING?
YEAH, THAT'S A REAL
DUBLIN THING TO DO.
DUBLIN'S ALL ABOUT
THE TRIPLE DISTILLING.
AND THAT WAS A WAY OF SEPARATIN'
THEMSELVES, HISTORICALLY,
FROM THE SCOTTISH
AND THE AMERICANS, ALSO.
Narrator: BEFORE THE INVENTION
OF THE THUMP KEG, MOONSHINERS
NEEDED TO RUN SHINE
THROUGH THEIR STILLS
AS MANY AS THREE TIMES
TO ACHIEVE THEIR DESIRED PROOF.
BUT INSTEAD OF USING
A THUMP KEG,
IRISH WHISKEY DISTILLERS
USE TRIPLE DISTILLATION.
IN THIS METHOD,
FERMENTED BARLEY
MASH IS PIPED INTO A COPPER POT
CALLED THE WASH STILL
AND HEATED UNTIL
THE ALCOHOL VAPORIZES.
THE VAPOR NEXT TRAVELS
THROUGH THE POT'S ARM
AND INTO A CONDENSER,
CONDENSING IT INTO
A LOW-PROOF SPIRIT
THAT'S ONLY 20 PERCENT ALCOHOL,
CALLED LOW WINES.
THE LOW WINES MOVE ON
TO A SECOND POT,
CALLED THE INTERMEDIATE STILL,
WHERE A SECOND ROUND
OF DISTILLATION FURTHER
INCREASES THE LIQUOR'S ALCOHOL
CONTENT TO AROUND 65 PERCENT.
A FINAL ROUND OF DISTILLATION
THEN OCCURS IN THE SPIRIT STILL,
RESULTING IN AN ALCOHOL
THAT'S 80 PERCENT PURE.
THE FINAL PRODUCT
IS THEN STORED
IN A CONTAINER CALLED
THE SPIRIT RECEIVER,
WHERE THE PROOF
IS LOWERED BEFORE
IT'S TRANSFERRED
TO OAK CASKS FOR AGING.
THE PROCESS IS SLOW
AND EXPENSIVE,
BUT ONE OF THE KEYS
TO THE SIGNATURE SMOOTH FLAVOR
THAT'S MADE IRISH WHISKEY
THE PRIDE OF A NATION.
THIS IS OUR SPIRIT SAFE.
EACH ONE OF THOSE BOWLS
REPRESENTS THE PRODUCTION OFF
OF EACH ONE OF THE STILLS.
PUTTIN' IT OUT THERE.
PROBABLY ABOUT 200 GALLONS
AN HOUR THAT'S MAKIN'.
TWO HUNDRED GALLONS A HOUR!
WOW!
I'M LEARNIN'. I'M LEARNIN'.
YEAH.
SO, UM, DID YOU CALL ME HERE
TO TEACH ME SOMETHIN'?
OR DID YOU CALL ME HERE...
NO!
WE WANNA GET
SOMETHIN' OUTTA YOU!
OH, OKAY.
YEAH.
WELL, THE IRISH HAVE
A TRADITION OF MAKIN' POITIN.
IT'S, LIKE, THE IRISH VERSION
OF MOONSHINE.
OKAY.
SO I'M CURIOUS
AS TO WHAT YOU THINK
OF OUR POITIN
AND IF THERE'S ANY TIPS OR,
YOU KNOW, HELPFUL IDEAS
YOU MIGHT HAVE AS TO...
OKAY.
HOW TO MAKE IT, UH,
A BETTER MOONSHINE...
YOU GOT SOME SAMPLES?
WE DEFINITELY DO.
LET'S LOOK AT SOME SAMPLES.
ALL RIGHT.
LOOKIN' AROUND, YOU KNOW,
I HAVE THIS BIG VISION OF BEIN'
JUST LIKE TEELING DISTILLERY
ONE DAY.
UH, I WANT THAT NEW DISTILLERY.
BUT I CAN'T PAY
FOR WHAT I GOT RIGHT NOW.
AND I COULD FAIL AT THIS.
SO I'M GONNA RUN DOWN
THE CREEK NOW, RIGHT?
YEAH. NO, YOU GOT --
WE GOTTA PULL THAT HOSE OUT,
THAT LENGTH OF HOSE 'TIL I GET
TO THE END OF IT.
WELL, I'M GONNA
GO DOWN THE CREEK.
AND THEN YOU CAN RUN OVER
THERE AND START FEEDIN' IT.
RIGHT?
JUST GO DOWN THERE,
ANYWHERE, AND START PULLIN'.
ALL RIGHT.
Narrator: STILL EXHAUSTED
FROM THEIR 24-HOUR RUN,
SOUTH CAROLINA MOONSHINERS
JOSH AND BIG CHUCK
ARE BACK AT THEIR SITE
WITH AN IDEA
ON HOW TO TRANSPORT THEIR
75 GALLONS OF SHINE QUICKLY.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE
RIGHT NOW.
DRAG IT DOWN!
YEP.
WE CAME UP WITH A IDEA
TO RUN WATER LINE
AND THEN GRAVITY FEED THE LIQUOR
FROM THE STILL SITE ALL THE WAY
DOWN THE CREEK
RIGHT IN THE BACK OF A TRUCK.
WE WON'T HAVE
TO TOTE NONE OF IT.
THAT TAKES ALL
THE LABOR OUT OF IT.
THERE IT IS.
PERFECT.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
I'M READY FOR YOU TO GO
AHEAD AND TURN THAT ON.
WILL YOU COME DOWN HERE
AND HELP ME FILL THESE JUGS UP?
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, BABY.
IT'S BEEN AN ASS OF WORK,
BUT I'M FINALLY BACK IN ACTION.
HOW'S IT GOIN', MAN?
ALL RIGHT, BIG CHUCK.
HEY, MAN.
OH, THAT'S COMIN' OUT GREAT.
HEY, MAN.
WHAT?
I CAN GET RID OF ABOUT
25 GALLONS OF THIS REAL QUICK.
I CAN MOVE IT MAYBE TOMORROW.
SOMEBODY COULD GET IT QUICK.
WE COULD GET RID OF IT, BE DONE.
I THINK I CAN BE MORE
THAN JUST A STILL HAND.
I'M LEARNIN' QUICK,
AND JOSH IS A GOOD TEACHER.
I MEAN, HELL,
IF I'M GONNA GET INTO IT,
I BETTER GET INTO IT
ALL THE WAY --
ALL THE WAY 'ROUND.
PART OF THE JOB
OF BEIN' A MOONSHINER
IS SELLIN' MOONSHINE.
BUT IT'S DANGEROUS
TRAVELIN' WITH IT.
IT'S DANGEROUS MAKIN' THE SALE.
WE NEED TO GET RUNNIN'.
WE NEED TO MAKE MORE,
GET RID OF WHAT WE GOT.
BUT IF BIG CHUCK
HELPED MADE THIS MOONSHINE,
I FEEL LIKE BIG CHUCK'S ENTITLED
TO HELP GET RID
OF SOME OF THIS LIQUOR.
WHATEVER.
LET'S MAKE A QUICK SALE.
WHATEVER.
IF YOU WANT --
YOU GOT A BUDDY
YOU WANNA SELL SOME
TO OR SOMETHIN', THAT'S FINE.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT --
BUDDY, PARTNERS, AIN'T WE?
YEAH.
HERE, MAN.
LET ME GET IT.
Narrator: COMING UP.
Man: BY GOD,
HE'S A BIG 'UN, TOO.
Narrator:
THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS.
BOY, IS THIS GONNA BE NOISY
WHEN I DISCHARGE THIS SUMBITCH.
AND JOSH AND BIG CHUCK'S
COVER IS BLOWN.
[BLEEP] DAMN MOTHA [BLEEP]
STILL SITE IS DESTROYED!
[BLEEP]
DAMN IT!
♪♪
SO THIS IS WHERE THE TOUR ENDS.
OH, OKAY.
PEOPLE COME UP HERE,
THEY CAN TASTE THE WHISKEY.
Narrator:
BACK IN DUBLIN, TIM SMITH
IS HELPING AN OLD IRISH
DISTILLERY TRY SOMETHING NEW.
THIS IS OUR POITIN.
YEAH, I CAN SEE THAT'S CLEAR.
YEAH.
I'M CURIOUS WHAT
YOU THINK OF IT.
IT'S A -- IT'S A NEW ONE FOR US.
WE LIKE TO CALL IT
THE SPIRIT OF DUBLIN.
TEELING DISTILLERY
IN DUBLIN,
THEY HAD A INTEREST
IN MAKIN' POITIN,
WHICH IS A ILLEGAL
MOONSHINE IN IRELAND.
AND THEY TRYIN'
TO MAKE LEGAL,
JUST LIKE I DID
IN THE UNITED STATES.
WELL, THEY INVITED ME
TO COME OVER
AS A MOONSHINE CONSULTANT.
LET'S TRY SOME.
ALL RIGHT.
OH, THAT IS
VERY SMOOTH.
YOUR -- YOUR PROCESS
AND DISTILLATION'S EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU.
YEAH.
SO WE'RE TRYIN' TO HAVE
ALL THE FLAVOR IN THERE,
BUT WITH THAT TRIPLE
DISTILLING IT KEEPIN' IT SMOOTH,
KEEPIN' IT LIGHT.
VERY DIFFERENT.
THE POITIN, A REAL FINE PRODUCT.
IT IS REAL NICE AND CRISP
BECAUSE OF THE TRIPLE
DISTILLATION.
BUT IT'S MISSIN' SOMETHIN'.
Narrator:
ALTHOUGH POITIN CAN BE MADE
USING A VARIETY
OF BASE INGREDIENTS,
TEELING'S CONTAINS ONLY BARLEY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF THAT NOSE?
WELL, IT'S NOTHIN' BUT BARLEY.
I'M USED TO THE CORN.
YEAH. IT'S A BIT DIFFERENT
FROM CORN.
YOU THINK IT'S
A BIT SOFTER?
WELL, CORN WOULD
HAVE MORE SWEETNESS,
SOME MORE VANILLA TYPE
ON THE NOSE.
MAKIN' CLIMAX MOONSHINE
BACK IN THE WOODS,
ME AND MY DAD,
WE ALWAYS WENT TO THIS MILL
AND WE GOT CORN.
I'M GONNA TAKE THIS
AND I'M GONNA TRADE YOU
SOME AMERICAN-MADE
CLIMAX MOONSHINE FOR IT.
I'D LOVE TO SEE IT.
WELL, ONE DAY, WE WENT AND THEY
DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH CORN.
AND MY DAD SAYS,
"WELL, WE GOTTA HAVE
SO MANY POUNDS OF GRAIN
TO MAKE THIS THING WORK."
SO MY DAD SAYS, "OKAY, WELL,
GIMME SOME OF THAT RYE.
AND GIMME SOME OF THAT BARLEY.
AND THAT'LL MAKE IT ALL RIGHT."
SO WE GO BACK AND WE START
PUTTIN' RYE AND BARLEY
AND CORN ALL TOGETHER.
AND IT CAME OUT TO BE
THE BEST MOONSHINE WE EVER MADE.
SO EVER SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN
USIN' THAT SAME RECIPE.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS
THE FIRST BOTTLE
OF CLIMAX MOONSHINE IN IRELAND?
YEAH?
YEAH, HOW 'BOUT THAT?
Narrator: CORN'S SWEETNESS
AND HIGH SUGAR CONTENT
MAKE IT A FAVORED GRAIN
AMONG SHINERS.
TIM SMITH IS
NO EXCEPTION.
BUT HE ALSO INCLUDES
SOME RYE FOR ITS SPICY,
FRUITY FLAVORS AND BARLEY
FOR ITS NUTTY TOFFEE NOTES.
USING A VARIETY OF
GRAINS ALLOWS SHINERS
TO CREATE UNIQUE FLAVOR PROFILES
THAT SET THEM APART.
BASICALLY, UH,
SOME PROCESS AS YOU, SLOW.
OH!
BUT YOU GONNA SEE THE NOSE.
YEAH.
THAT'S THE SWEET CORN IN IT.
I HAVE MALTED BARLEY, ALSO.
AND I GOT RYE IN IT.
SO IT'S THREE GRAINS IN IT.
SEE, STILL SMOOTH.
YEAH, VERY SMOOTH.
I LIKE HOW THAT
RYE IS COMIN' BACK.
YEAH.
YOU HAVE THE LITTLE BITE.
YEAH.
IT IS NICE AND SMOOTH.
SO AGAIN, I HAVE TO SAY,
YOURS IS GOOD,
NICE AND SMOOTH.
DIFFERENT GRAIN BILL.
IF YOU COULD GET
SOME MORE GRAIN IN YOURS,
KEEP THE SAME PROCESS...
YEAH.
IF YOU WANT, UH,
HELP ON THE NOTES.
BOTH -- BOTH
COPPER POT-DISTILLED.
YEAH.
YOU KNOW, WE --
WE COULD DO SOMETHIN' WITH RYE.
I'D LOVE TO DO SOMETHIN'
WITH THE CORN.
BIGGEST PROBLEM IS
THEY ONLY HAVE ONE GRAIN.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE TO MIX INTO IT.
CLIMAX MOONSHINE'S
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
MIXIN' THREE GRAINS TOGETHER
MADE A BETTER TASTE PROFILE.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S -- THIS IS
WHAT WE NEED TO DO AT TEELING.
SO WHERE IS THIS?
YOU SAID IT'S IN A WAREHOUSE?
IT'S AT OUR WAREHOUSES.
THEY'RE UP ON THE BORDER
WITH NORTHERN IRELAND
IN GREENORE.
CAN WE GO THERE?
ABSOLUTELY.
OKAY.
WELL, LET'S GO THERE.
ALEX HAS INVITED ME
TO GO TO THE, UH, WAREHOUSE
WHERE THEY -- WHERE THEY DO
THE BARREL AGIN' AT.
I'M A LITTLE BIT MORE EAGER
AND EXCITED ABOUT LEARNIN'
SOME OF THEIR METHODS
AND SEEIN' WHAT THEY DO.
MAYBE I CAN LEARN
SOMETHIN' ELSE.
THEY CAN HELP ME
WITH THIS POLISH ORDER.
YOU NEED SOME MORE?
I NEED SOME MORE.
RUNNIN' OUT OVER HERE.
YEAH, WELL, GIMME
A LITTLE BIT MORE, TOO.
ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S
THE MOONSHINE GO GOOD WITH?
GOOD-LOOKIN' LADY.
ALL RIGHT!
Narrator: ON A COUNTRY ROAD
IN SOUTH CAROLINA,
JOSH'S NEW PARTNER, CHUCK,
IS EAGER TO PROVE HIMSELF
WITH A 25-GALLON SALE
WORTH $2,500.
Narrator: CHUCK'S USED
A GO-BETWEEN
TO ARRANGE THIS SALE
WITH AN UNKNOWN BUYER.
THE ANONYMITY ADDS
A LAYER OF PROTECTION
TO BOTH BUYER AND SELLER.
PRETTY GOOD, BUDDY.
YOU GOT SOME CASH ON YOU?
NOT THAT I DON'T TRUST YOU.
JUST GOTTA HAVE IT TOGETHER.
HERE, I'LL GET 'EM.
MAN, I 'PRECIATE
YOU HELPIN' ME OUT ON THIS.
I DON'T KNOW
IF I GOT 20 MORE.
YOU KNOW WHAT,
I MIGHT HAVE 10 OR 15.
LET ME GO SEE
WHAT I CAN COME UP WITH.
YEAH, IF YOU WANT,
I'LL GO GET IT.
YEAH?
JUST HANG OUT.
ALL I GOTTA DO IS
FILL UP THREE BUCKETS.
MAN, THAT'S $1,500 MORE.
AND JOSH IS GONNA
BE HAPPY AS HELL.
OH, MAN.
ALL RIGHT.
COME ON.
YOU GET PARANOID.
ALL RIGHT.
WHERE'S THE DUDE AT?
YOU GOTTA BE [BLEEP] ME.
AH, UNBELIEVABLE.
THAT DUDE'S GONE.
WEIRD.
JUST -- I FIGURE HE GOT
PARANOID AND CUT OUT ON ME.
SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO PICK
THE REST OF THIS DEAL UP
AT A LATER DATE,
IF THEY WANT ANY MORE OR NOT.
AH, I HATE DEALIN'
WITH THESE GUYS.
♪♪
THIS IS OUR WAREHOUSE.
ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS WHERE
WE STORE THE SPIRIT
BEFORE IT BECOMES WHISKEY.
WE'VE GOT A SMALL FACILITY
HERE FOR DUMPING THE CASKS.
AND WE CAN, UH, EMPTY
AND FILL CASKS HERE.
Narrator: IN SPITE OF
HIS 3,500-MILE JOURNEY
TO IRELAND, TIM SMITH
IS NO CLOSER TO SOLVING
HIS PROBLEMS AT HOME.
Tim:
I HAVEN'T FOUND THE ANSWERS YET
FOR MY POLISH
ORDER BEIN' CANCELLED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA DO
WHEN I GET BACK AND TELL CHUCK
THAT I REALLY HAVEN'T
FOUND NO ANSWER HERE.
SO WE'VE GOT SOME --
THIS ONE HERE IS, UH,
WHAT WE CALL VIRGIN OAK.
THAT'S VIRGIN PORTUGUESE OAK.
OKAY.
THESE HERE ARE SOME OF
OUR CALIFORNIA RED WINE CASKS.
SO WE GOT THE BOURBON CASKS.
'CAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT TASTE.
YEAH.
IT'S ALL ABOUT FLAVOR.
HOW YOU GONNA GET NEW FLAVORS
AND NEW TASTES
INTO YOUR WHISKEY?
YOU GOTTA GET DIFFERENT BARRELS.
EXACTLY.
THERE IS SOMETHING
MAGICAL ABOUT WHISKEY.
WHAT'S HAPPENIN'
IN THE WHISKEY CASK
IS YOU HAVE
SUBTRACTIVE REACTIONS,
WHERE THAT'S THE RAW SPIRIT
REDUCED BY THE CHAR IN THE CASK.
THEN YOU HAVE YOUR
ADDITIVE REACTIONS,
WHICH IS YOUR COLOR,
IT'S YOUR SPICE,
PUT INTO THE WHISKEY.
AND THEN YOU HAVE
YOUR INTERACTIVE REACTIONS,
WHICH IS THE FRUIT
AND THE FLAVOR
FROM THE ACTUAL SPIRIT
ITSELF INTERACTS
WITH THAT WOOD AND THAT SPICE
AND FORMS NEW FLAVORS.
Narrator:
WHEN BARREL AGING LIQUOR,
THE INTERIOR OF
AN OAK CASK IS CHARRED,
WHICH CARAMELIZES
THE WOOD SUGARS
AND PRODUCES A LAYER OF CARBON.
ONCE THE BARRELS ARE FILLED
WITH FRESHLY DISTILLED ALCOHOL
AND PUT TO AGE,
SEASONAL HEATING
AND COOLING CYCLES
DRIVE ALCOHOL IN
AND OUT OF THE WOOD'S PORES.
ACROSS YEARS OF THESE CYCLES,
THE ALCOHOL PICKS UP SWEETNESS
FROM THE WOOD SUGARS
WHILE THE CHARRED CARBON
LAYER FILTERS
OUT TANNINS AND SULFITES,
RESULTING IN LIQUOR
WITH A SMOOTH, SAVORY FLAVOR
AND RICH BROWN COLOR
KNOWN AS AGED WHISKEY.
TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, TIM,
IT'S REALLY SIMPLE.
IF YOU TASTE THE WHISKEY
AND YOU GET GOOSEBUMPS,
THEN IT'S GOOD.
YOU GOT SOME OF THAT WE CAN TRY?
DEFINITELY.
'CAUSE I GOT
SOME GOOSEBUMPS NOW.
YEAH!
SO YOU CAN HAVE
THE AROMA ANALYZED CHEMICALLY.
AND YOU CAN HAVE THE FLAVOR
ANALYZED CHEMICALLY.
BUT THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD
FOR ANALYZING WHISKEY
IS YOUR NOSE
AND YOUR MOUTH.
OKAY.
THERE YOU GO.
WOW, LOOK AT THAT.
YEAH.
REAL RICH.
MM-HMM.
RED COLOR.
MM.
THAT'S 26-YEAR-OLD.
WOW.
THAT IS SOME SERIOUS
[BLEEP] RIGHT THERE.
MM-HMM.
THIS IS THE SINGLE GRAIN.
OH, THAT'S GOOD.
ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS STRAIGHT, JUST, CORN.
YEAH.
OH, THAT'S REAL GOOD.
THIS IS SOMETHIN'
LIKE CLIMAX MOONSHINE
WOULD PROBABLY TASTE LIKE
IF IT WAS IN A BARREL.
I BET YOU IT WOULD.
YEAH.
Tim: THE WHOLE TIME
I'M THINKIN',
WHAT WOULD CLIMAX MOONSHINE
TASTE LIKE IF IT WAS AGED
IN A BARREL LIKE THIS?
WHAT KIND OF BARREL
YOU PUT THIS IN?
RED WINE.
IS THIS A HIGHER PERCENT ALCOHOL
THAN -- THAN THE OTHER ONE?
NO. NO.
SAME. SAME.
FORTY-SIX. FORTY-FIVE.
FORTY-SIX, YEAH.
FORTY-SIX PERCENT.
YOU KNOW, AGED WHISKEY,
UH, UH, IT SEEMS
LIKE IT DOES HAVE
A WIDER RANGE OF --
OF CUSTOMERS.
SO I REALLY OVERLOOKED
THIS WHOLE PROCESS
OF MAKIN' THE AGED WHISKEY
BECAUSE I NEVER HAD
TIME TO DO IT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TIME WHEN YOU'RE
MAKING A ILLEGAL MOONSHINE.
SO I DIDN'T GROW UP
MAKIN' BOURBON
AND WAITIN' 4 YEARS TO SELL IT.
WHAT -- WHAT ARE THESE BARREL?
THESE WINE BARRELS, TOO?
WHAT -- WHAT'S NICE
ABOUT THE SMALL CASKS
IS THAT YOU GET
A LOT OF INTERACTION
WITH THE WOOD REAL QUICK.
LESS TIME!
YEAH.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT.
LESS TIME.
'CAUSE THAT'S --
THAT'S WHAT I'M ALL ABOUT.
WE'RE LOOKIN'
AT ALL THESE BARRELS.
AND HE'S TELLING
ALL THE CONCEPTS
FROM BIG BARRELS
TO LITTLE BARRELS.
AND I'M GETTIN'
THE WHOLE IDEA
THAT I COULD TAKE
THE POLISH ORDER,
AND I COULD TURN IT
INTO A WHISKEY.
BUT I NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY
TO SPEED UP THE AGIN' PROCESS.
IF ANYBODY CAN DO IT,
I CAN DO IT.
SOON AS I GET BACK,
I'M GONNA TELL CHUCK.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
I LEARNED A LOT THERE.
AND...I HOPE YOU DID.
I ALSO TASTED SOME
GOOD WHISKEY, TOO.
YEAH, THANKS.
GOT ME THINKIN'
ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS.
I DO! THEY WAS TOUGHER
THAN A NIGHT IN JAIL.
Narrator: EAGER TO GET BACK IN
THE GAME AFTER A FAILED RUN,
THREE TENNESSEE SHINERS
ARE READY TO MAKE ANOTHER
BATCH OF CRANBERRY MASH.
Mark:
OUR FIRST RUN OF CRANBERRIES,
IT WAS NOT, SO TO SPEAK,
WORTH A DAMN.
WE DON'T THINK
IT WAS ANYTHING WRONG
EXCEPT EQUIPMENT FAILURE.
BUT, UH, WE'RE REAL EXCITED
ABOUT GETTIN' ANOTHER ROUND
OF MASH COOKED IN.
DIGGER?
YEP.
THE SOLIDS ARE STILL IN HERE.
YEAH, THAT -- WE GOTTA
GET THAT OUT OF THERE.
THAT MAKES -- THAT MAKES ME SAD.
WITH THE BAD RUN OF CRANBERRY
THAT WE HAD EARLIER, PLUS
THE PROBLEM WITH THE BEAR,
YOU KNOW, WE'RE BEHIND
THE 8-BALL HERE.
AND WITH OUR PRODUCTION
GOAL SET HIGHER THIS YEAR,
IT'S REALLY, REALLY CRITICAL
THAT WE DO THIS
AND WE DO IT WELL.
EH, WELL, I'M GONNA GO BACK
AND GET THE BURNER AND A TANK.
AND WE'LL GET
SOME CRANBERRIES A-STEEPIN'.
TODAY, WE'RE GONNA
STEEP OUR CORN AND --
AND BOIL OUR CRANBERRIES.
THAT'S FIRST
ON THE AGENDA.
WE GOTTA GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY
AND GIVE IT THE FEW DAYS
TO WORK OFF.
EH, IT AIN'T BEEN
THE FIRST [BLEEP] DAY
WE SPEND,
HAS IT, J?
I'M JUST GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK
SPENDIN' [BLEEP] DAYS WITH ME.
AIN'T NO SENSE ME AND OL' DIGGER
HAVIN' ALL THE FUN,
ARE THEY?
YOU GRAB THAT PUMP, J.B.
I HEAR SOMETHIN' UP THERE.
THERE HE IS!
THERE HE IS!
WHERE?
RIGHT STRAIGHT THROUGH... SEE?
BY GOD, HE'S A BIG 'UN, TOO.
THERE HE IS.
THERE HE IS.
HERE HE COMES.
THERE HE IS,
COMIN' INTO THE SITE.
OUR DAMN ARCH NEMESIS,
THE BEAR.
QUIT IT, WAYLON!
WAYLON!
WAYLON!
WAYLON, I'M GONNA
BEAT YOUR HIND END!
I'M SORRY, BUDDY.
HE'S BEIN' TOO ROWDY.
THIS DOG RIGHT
HERE'S WAYLON JENNINGS.
HE'S A HOUND DOG.
AND THIS RACCOON HERE,
THIS IS MR. WILLIE NELSON.
THEY'RE BEST FRIENDS.
AND AS ONE OF MY REALLY
GOOD FRIENDS, SID, SAYS,
"YOU HAVE DISTORTED BOTH
OF THEIR MINDS FOREVER."
YOU BEIN' TOO ROWDY!
LET'S GO DO THESE CHORES, BABY.
THERE HE IS! THERE HE IS!
HERE HE COMES.
THERE HE IS,
COMIN' INTO THE SITE.
OUR DAMN ARCH-NEMESIS,
THE BEAR.
IF HE STARTS
BOLTIN' THIS WAY...
BOYS, THIS IS GONNA BE NOISY
WHEN I DISCHARGE THIS SUMBITCH.
OH, HERE HE COMES.
HERE HE COMES.
HE'S CLIMBIN' UP ON THAT BARREL.
THERE HE GOES.
RUN UP THERE
AND SMACK HIM, DIGGER.
SHOW HIM WHO'S
IN CHARGE HERE.
I GOT THE -- I GOT YOUR SIX.
YOU GO.
NOW, YOU ALL DO KNOW
THAT A BEAR CAN OUTRUN
A QUARTER HORSE, DON'T YOU?
BUT I THINK I CAN GET
ONE SHOT OFF
BEFORE HE MAKES THAT DISTANCE.
MR. BEAR IS ENJOYIN'
THE MASH ONCE AGAIN.
AND HE'S -- HE'S AS BIG A BEAR
AS WE THOUGHT HE WAS.
HE'S PROBABLY 300,
350 POUNDS.
SO WE'RE GONNA LEAVE HIM
TO HIS OWN DEVICES TONIGHT.
HE'S A-LOVIN' THAT MASH.
BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU,
WE NEED TO BE OUTTA HERE
BEFORE IT TAKES EFFECT.
THIS -- IT --
IT'S DEFINITELY HIS SITE NOW.
HE CAN HAVE THE POT,
THE DAMN MASH
AND EVERYTHING AT THIS POINT.
NOW, HE MAY BE A MEAN DRUNK
HERE IN A FEW MINUTES.
AND WE DON'T NEED
NO PART OF THAT.
YEP, IT'S TIME TO LEAVE
MR. BEAR TO HIMSELF.
HECK, YEAH.
OLD HAND FEELIN'
A LITTLE BETTER TODAY?
I'M GETTIN' BY.
IT'S HOT AS [BLEEP].
Narrator: 130 MILES
TO THE SOUTHEAST,
SOUTH CAROLINA SHINERS JOSH
AND BIG CHUCK
ARE BACK
AT THEIR STILL SITE,
READY TO MASH IN
AND KEEP UP THEIR MOMENTUM.
WHAT YOU WANT TO EAT TONIGHT?
I DON'T KNOW, MAN.
LET'S GO OUT FOR A DAMN STEAK,
BAKED POTATO AND SALAD.
YOU OWE ME -- YOU OWE ME STEAK.
I'LL BUY YOU A STEAK.
GOOD STEAK!
I WANT A...
HELL YEAH, A GOOD STEAK!
I DON'T WANT NO DAMN...
I'LL BUY YOU A FILET AFTER
ALL THIS WORK WE'VE BEEN DOIN'.
BE CAREFUL OF THAT
LOG THERE, BROTHER.
[BLEEP] DAMN!
WHAT?
THIS AIN'T [BLEEP]
HAPPENIN'.
[ BLEEP ]
DUDE [BLEEP] DANG!
SOMEBODY
STOLE OUR [BLEEP] STILL.
THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENIN'.
GOD [ BLEEP ]...
AFTER ALL I [BLEEP]
DAMN BEEN THROUGH THIS YEAR,
THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENIN'.
I CAN'T DO IT NO MORE.
I'M DONE.
I -- I'M JUST OVER IT, MAN.
EVERY TIME I START
CLIMBIN' OUTTA THE HOLE,
I GET KNOCKED BACK DOWN.
AND I'M SICK OF IT.
BUT I TELL YOU ONE THING.
I'D LIKE TO FIND THE SON
OF A BITCH THAT DID THIS.
GOSH.
I MIGHT -- MIGHT --
MIGHT BE SOMETHIN'
TO DO WITH ME.
YESTERDAY ON THAT SALE.
I'M... UH, LET ME
EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED.
I MADE THE DEAL
WITH THE FIVE BUCKETS.
HE WANTED THREE MORE BUCKETS.
HE HAD THE CASH MONEY ON HIM.
I TOLD HIM TO WAIT THERE,
AND I'D RUN DOWN.
AND I'D GET HIM THREE
MORE BUCKETS RIGHT QUICK.
WAS FILLIN' UP
THE BUCKETS.
AND I HEAR A [BLEEP]
FOUR-WHEELER.
HE COULD'VE SEEN WHERE --
WHERE I HAD THE TRUCK PARKED.
HE COULD'VE WENT DOWN HERE.
AND YOU AIN'T
TOLD ME 'TIL NOW?
WELL, I WAS KINDA
WAITIN' 'TIL THE RIGHT TIME.
I DIDN'T EXPECT THIS.
WHO THE [BLEEP] WAS IT?
I DON'T KNOW HIM.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
YOU DON'T KNOW HIM?
YOU...
I DON'T KNOW HIM.
I -- I S...
IT WAS SET UP THROUGH A GUY...
WHY WOULD YOU [BLEEP]
SELL LIQUOR
TO SOMEBODY YOU DON'T KNOW?
I DON'T -- I DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHY THIS IS EVEN
HAPPENIN' RIGHT NOW.
WHAT'S THE POINT OF [BLEEP]
DAMN JUST BRINGIN'
SOMEBODY ELSE INTO THE MIX
WHEN WE DON'T
ABSOLUTELY NEED 'EM?
AND NOW THIS [BLEEP] GOIN' ON?
I WANNA KNOW WHO
THE [BLEEP] IT IS.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, WELL?
WE GOT [BLEEP]!
I KNOW. I KNOW.
I KNOW.
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND
HOW YOU MAKE A SALE
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
TURNS INTO OUR [BLEEP]
DAMN MOTHA [BLEEP]
STILL SITE IS DESTROYED!
WE CAN'T JUST THROW ANOTHER
[BLEEP] STILL TOGETHER IN HERE
AND [BLEEP] MAKE LIQUOR HERE!
[BLEEP]
DAMN IT!
Narrator:
NEXT TIME ON "MOONSHINERS,"
BROKEN AND BLOODY IN KENTUCKY.
I'M SORRY YOU WITH A TOOTHLESS,
NO GOOD SUMBITCH.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I WANNA WORK
WITH YOU ANYMORE, MAN!
YOU [BLEEP] ME UP!
Narrator: TRUST ISSUES
IN SOUTH CAROLINA...
HOW DO I KNOW THAT
YOU DIDN'T EVEN
JUST SET ME THE [BLEEP] UP?
Narrator: AND IN NORTH CAROLINA,
A LIVING LEGEND RETURNS.
I WON'T EVER RETIRE
FROM MAKIN' MOONSHINE.
[ LAUGHING ]