Moonshiners (2011–…): Season 9, Episode 13 - Rolling Down the Mountain - full transcript

Narrator: on this episode
Of "Moonshiners"...

Come across a still
In my papaw's shed

And just wanted you
To try out what I've got.

In tennessee, two veterans
Take a shine

To a young outlaw in training.

Whoa.

That's an damn excellent jar
Of paint thinner.

Digger: this liquor, there's
Nothing good about it,

But he showed
That he wants to do it.

That speaks volumes to us.

Two shiners break out
The heavy equipment



For an off-road bootleg run
Across the mountain.

Hell yeah.
Damn.

I got to get it going now,

Got the bandits
Waiting on their delivery.

Narrator:
And in north carolina...

What the hell?

Narrator: ...A major
Equipment malfunction

Sends one shiner's profits...

Josh: this is a disaster.

Narrator: ...Up in smoke.

Man: this is how
We make the moonshine!

Captions paid for by
Discovery communications

It's a steep 180 turnaround
From the drought, ain't it?

You can't make
No liquor today.



It'd blow
The damn flames out.

Narrator: in cocke county,
Tennessee,

Foiled by foul weather,

Mark and digger
Are on their way to meet kimbel,

A childhood friend
Of digger's son

Who recently discovered
Moonshine roots

In his own family history.

What are we doing
Up here?

Little kimbel found
An old liquor still on him,

So he has made
A little run of liquor,

And he's wanting me
And you to sign off on it.

Here we are.

Digger:
Kimbel is a local kid.

He's hung around
With all my kids.

We're gonna meet him up here
At the old campground.

What are you doing there,
Kimbel?

Hello, there, young fella.

Kind of shocks you
That a young kid nowadays

Gets the ambition
To make a little liquor.

So, you know,
We're all about helping.

So what you got on your mind
There, buddy?

Well, come across a still
In my papaw's shed,

And I figured
I'd make a little liquor,

Just wanted you to try out
What I've got.

Damn.
Hmm.

Looks kind of like
A jar of milk.

Kimbel: my grandpa,
He's one of my idols.

He's played a big part
In my life,

And I knew
That he ran moonshine,

But he never showed me how or
Even talked about it around me.

It's putting chills down my back
Just knowing

That he done it one day,
And now I'm doing it.

Whoa.

That's a damn excellent jar
Of paint thinner.

Ramsey: well, after tasting it,

I would say that it's just
One step under piss.

It's pretty sad actually.

There's probably been worse
Liquor made but...

Digger: not lately....I don't know when.

You get nothing but
A-plus for your ambition,

But on your liquor,
You're getting an f-minus.

Don't let that
Bust your bubble.

It ain't nothing to be ashamed
Of about this to start with.

We've made cloudy
Liquor, too.

You know, this liquor,
There's nothing good about it.

It don't look good,
Don't taste good,

Don't smell good,
But he's got potential.

I mean, he showed
That he wants to do it.

That speaks volumes to us.

Honestly,
A young man like you

That's showing ambition
And interest in it,

You're the kind of fella

That we want to help
To get started right.

Yep.

Who cares if your first try
At anything isn't any good?

The fact that you try
Is what counts.

We'll get you on the right path.

If you're willing to take
The time to learn,

We're willing to take
The time to show.

Okay.

I'm very excited to work
Alongside mark and digger

To actually run
A good batch of liquor

And figure out
What went wrong with mine.

It's a great opportunity
To get taught by the best.

Keep your mouth shut.
Alright.

Don't tell nobody
What you're doing.

It ain't none
Of their business.

We'll get you where
You need to be.

Then you can do
Whatever you want to.

Alright.

Just as soon
As this rain breaks

And it warms up
A little bit again,

We're gonna go out
To his still site,

See what he did wrong,
See what he did right

And put it all together for him.

We'll see you in a day
Or two, bud.

Okay.

And I'd go home after taking
That little drink of that liquor

And brush my teeth
Real good.

♪♪

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Narrator: across the state line
In graham county,

North carolina, mark and huck

Are loading in hundreds
Of pounds of late-season grapes.

Days earlier,
Their bootlegger, pop,

Took one sip of their
Double-distilled grape brandy

And wanted more.

[ insects buzzing ]

[ laughing ]

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Yeah. It ain't
Completely hard yet,

But I think it'll hold water.

I'm gonna roll with it,
Though.

Narrator: four counties away,

Josh is risking a 60-gallon
Order on a hasty repair

He made to his still.

I believe it's hard enough.
It ain't perfect.

Narrator: over the past week,
Josh and colt scrambled

To finish
Back-to-back runs to complete

An order for colt's band,
The moonshine bandits.

What is that coming
Out of that pipe?

Josh: *bleep*

But a leaky condenser

Forced josh to abandon
The run to make repairs.

It takes about 12 hours
Or something

For that freaking silicone
To seal on there.

I won't be here.

Now with colt on tour,
Josh faces the daunting task

Of running alone
On a makeshift repair.

Last night, we put silicone
On the worm barrel

And sealed up the worm barrel.

I don't know if it's
Gonna hold back the pressure.

It's just not really cured yet,

But I don't have
Another hour to lose.

It's either glued,
Or it ain't glued.

I'm gonna fill it up
With water.

I'm gonna find out.

I've got to get it going now,

Got the bandits
Waiting on their delivery,

And we're just gonna have to
Figure out a way

To make it work.

This is the tail right here.

Hell yes.

So far, it seems watertight.

So we're gonna go ahead
And fire it up and run it.

Right now, the most
Important thing

Is just getting done
With this run.

Hell yeah.
Damn.

It's time just to go ahead
And damn make a run,

Do the best we could,
And it's time to fill it up.

Thing's starting to heat up.

It won't be long at all.

Well, it ain't perfect,
But it's working.

It's got enough water in it,

And it's got enough worm
To distill for the night.

There's no way to make liquor
If it's leaking,

And I've got to make this,
But I don't know...

I don't want
To push my luck.

I knew I had a 50/50 shot
That it was gonna bust loose,

Break the seal,
Start pissing everywhere.

Just wasn't enough to hold.
Damn!

It's about to bust
Over here now!

Ugh!

I was hoping that when it busted
On this side,

It was gonna re--

Relieve it enough
From doing that.

I'm screwed.

Oh, my god.
It just got worse.

My worst fear of springing
A leak

That the water
Is squirting out

To a point that it's
Squirting into my moonshine.

I got no choice but to keep
Pumping water in it, I guess.

As long as it don't come out
Much worse than that,

We can still make the run.

Let's see if this will work
Or not.

Unfortunately, I don't have
A way to fix it

Right now that
It's gonna stop it

From leaking enough
To get the run done.

So the only thing I can do
Is to improvise

And take some pipes and divert
The water away from the worm

And out of my still site.

Well, that'll work there.

This ain't perfect, but I've
Got it under control enough.

I've got it where I can drain it
Out right here into a bucket

And then pour it
Right back in there,

So as long as I keep it
From getting in the 'shine,

We're able to rock and roll.

Part about being a country boy
And being able to survive

Is being able to improvise
When things go wrong.

You have to get by
With what you got.

♪♪

What the hell?

*bleep* damn.

It's coming out faster
Than it's going in.

What a damn mess.

This is a disaster.

The worm is emptying out faster
Than I can get water in it.

That's not gonna condense
The liquor.

With the liquor not condensing,
It's turning to steam.

If it's turning to steam, that's
Your liquor going up in smoke.

My run is ruined.

♪♪

This what you cooked
That liquor on?

Yes, it is.

That's papaw's old
Still right there.

Narrator: ...A young shiner
Learns why old shiners

Don't make them
Like they used to.

That's probably
Lead solder.

That make you go blind.

What a damn mess.

This is a disaster.

It's coming out faster
Than it's going in.

Colt left me yesterday
Expecting me to be able

To get this damn moonshine made,

Come meet these guys,
Make the drop-off,

Make the sale,
Make everybody happy on time,

And now my worm barrel
Is blew up, and there's no way

I'm gonna be able to do that.

♪♪

[ cellphone rings ]

Colt: hello.
Hey.

What's up?
You close?

I got problems.

What's up now?

I ain't gonna be able to make
It there right this second.

Ah, no.

The worm barrel has got
A *bleep* damn major hole in it.

Until I can *bleep*
Let some silicone dry,

That ain't gonna happen.

They're gonna be
*bleep*

Well, just make sure
That they understand

That I just have a little
Hiccup, and I'll fix it.

You know, I mean, I understand
What you got going on,

But I got to go in there
And tell them

That it ain't
Gonna work out.

You know how that's
Gonna look on me?

Listen.
It ain't --

Tell them everything
Is still on go.

We're just a day
Or two behind schedule.

Yeah, but a day or two,

They'll be somewhere
In a different town.

We missed the sale.

I'll do whatever it takes
To make it right.

You get on that,
And I'm gonna go in there

And try to smooth this over,
But it's gonna be hard.

It's gonna be real hard.

Alright.

Alright.
See you.

I got a lot riding on this,
And if I don't make this sale,

I'm liable to lose these guys
As customers.

I don't want that to happen.

So it's important that I get
The worm barrel fixed.

Right now, I may be
Setting myself up for failure,

But I don't want
To lose this deal.

♪♪

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Ramsey: yeah, this is a damn
Good-looking spot, ain't it?

You've been in here
By yourself, kimbel?

Ain't nobody come
With you?

Just all by myself.

Narrator: in the woods of cocke
County, tennessee,

Mark, digger and
Their young pupil embark

On the righteous path
To heritage tennessee liquor.

Digger: you ever get scared?Oh, yeah.

It's pretty scary
Right through here by yourself.

Well,
I'm pretty damn scared.

Like that,
I ain't worried about that.

I worried about
Them damn things

That sneak up behind you
With a badge.

Yeah.

You know, mark and myself,
We need to pass the torch

To some people that really
Are ambitious

About carrying on the craft.

This young man here,
He's young, strong.

If it works out well,

We'll give him
The task of carrying the torch.

Is this what you cooked
That liquor on?

Yes, it is.

Ramsey: that's your
Papaw's still?

That's papaw's old still
Right there.

My still came
From my grandpa's shed.

The fact that it was
Still intact

And has made it
This many years,

It's given me a lot
Of respect for my papaw

Because shows me that he knows
How to build a still.

I mean, honestly this is a piece
Of moonshine history.

Digger: it's called
A laundry kettle,

And it's a prohibition-era
Still.

They sold these wash kettles
In all your mail-order catalogs,

And they were made
Out of copper,

So people were actually
Sealing them up

And making liquor out of them.

I don't want to bust
Your bubble,

But we ain't gonna use
This little fella.

Number one, that's
Probably lead solder.

That make you go blind.

Lead solder is a no-no.
It's toxic.

They didn't know this then,
And kimbel don't know it now,

But this can't ever be used
For making liquor again ever.

I'll tell you something, though,
Young fella.

The fact that you got
1/2 gallon of alcohol

Out of that thing right there,

That's pretty impressive,
Digger.

Yeah, that's
Highly impressive.

Did you like it good enough
To want to continue?

Oh, I'd love to continue
Doing it,

Do it the right way.

What kind of liquor
Do you want to make?

Digger: loving liquor,
Fighting liquor?

Any.
It don't matter to me.

You know, kimbel has got
The gumption to learn,

And we'll get him
On the right path.

We just got to break him
From these bad habits.

Ramsey: alright.

Show us what kind of
Ingredients you used there.

Hot-rise
Self-rising cornmeal,

Good for cornbread,
Bad for liquor,

Simply because
All the baking soda

And everything that's in there.

You don't want that.

That'll jeopardize
Your damn fermentation.

Did you put all these bags
In there in this one run?

Yes.
Ain't no wonder.

Damn, you was cooking
Damn porridge.

You know, kimbel has made
No mistake at all that digger

And myself haven't made
Before ourself.

You know, that's how
You learn.

Well, I'll tell you
What we're gonna do.

You seem like
You want to learn.

Yes, I do.

I'm willing to learn
How to do any of it.

If digger is good
With it...

You good with it?Hell yeah.

You don't know what
I'm gonna say yet.

Aw, hell, I know exactly
What you gonna say.

I got espn and three other
Sports channels.

I know what's on your mind.

If you think this is something
You want to do, kimbel,

You're the kind of young man
We want to help.

Exactly.

So we're gonna try
To show you the proper way.

Might even benefit us
One of these days.

You never know.

Kimbel: getting tips from mark
And digger,

It's a really big deal to me,

And I'm excited to figure out
The right way to mash in,

And I want to know
How to do it.

We'll get you
In the right direction.

We'll get out of here and get
You some quality ingredients.

-alright.
-come on, brother.

-get us on out of here.
-get us out of here.

I don't know if I can find
The way out or not.

♪♪

♪♪

Narrator: across the state line
In north carolina, mark and huck

Are packing supplies to stick it
Out at their still site

And run a nonstop
Week-long moonshine marathon.

Yielding about 5 gallons
Per run, mark and huck

Will need to run
Their first pot

7 to 8 times to collect 35
To 40 gallons of liquor,

Enough to fill and fire
Off their second pot

And double-distill
Their finished product.

To fill their 100-gallon order,

It'll be a time-consuming
Process

That will carry on
Around the clock for days.

With 22 gallons

Of double-distilled brandy
In the barrel

And 78 more to go,

They've decided to break
The work into day

And night shifts.

Coming up, sticking a band-aid
On a gunshot wound...

Ugh.

Narrator: ...It looks like
Too little, too late

For josh's season.

If I can't get this one
To *bleep* stop leaking,

How am I gonna
Get that one to stop leaking?

Look at that.
Son of a bitch!

Ramsey: alright.

Let's learn how to make
A little mash there, puss.

Digger:
I say let's do it.

Narrator: in cocke county,
Tennessee, mark and digger

Are putting a valuable tool
In kimbel's arsenal,

Their coveted
Corn-liquor recipe.

Well, I'm gonna move this
Old-timer here out of the way.

Get your burner there
Somewhere good and level.

Well, we're gonna show kimbel
How to make a proper mash.

He didn't know no better,
So we rounded up what we need

To show him
A proper way to do it.

You got a creek
Down here or spring?

Kimbel: spring.

She's got pretty
Decent pressure.

Ramsey: she's got pretty good
Pressure coming.

I'll tell you
Something now.

When you start this,
Once you bite this bullet,

It's gonna be
In your system, your blood, son.

The rest of your life, you won't
Never be able to shake it.

Kimbel: I trust what these guys
Are teaching me.

They obviously know
What they're doing,

And I've heard that they're
The best to ever do it.

Light that fire.

You got a lighter?

You come in here
To make liquor,

And you didn't
Bring a lighter?

No, I didn't.

Don't burn all the hair
Off your knuckles.

I probably will.

♪♪

Here we go.

Now if you was a-doing this,

What would be
Your very next step?

Put my cornmeal
In the barrel.

And?And my sugar in the barrel.

That's right.

Digger: and that's just
Coarse-ground white corn

Is what that is.

It don't gum up in your pot
Like that fine cornmeal you got.

Kimbel: okay.

What'd it look like when you
Made that first run of mash?

It looked about like
I was kind of making cake or...

Didn't have a lot of liquid
In it.

My mash on my first run was...
I mean, it was almost gravy.

I felt like I was
Making biscuits

Instead of fixing
To make moonshine.

Get you some in there.

Mark and digger got me
Different ingredients.

They got me the correct cornmeal

And helped me figure out
Exactly how much water I need.

I'm more than embarrassed on all
The mistakes that I've made,

But you learn
From your mistakes.

But as a rule...

[ speaks indistinctly ]

Well, you got to learn

To take the lid
Off the bucket first.

Keep an eye on him,
Digger.

Digger: I'm a-watching.

Leave you about that much
Of it in the bottom.

Kimbel is more than eager
To learn this process.

We're more than willing
To teach him,

And this mash
We're fixing to make,

It's gonna be
Leaps and bounds

Over what he made
On that previous run.

Reckon he's excited?
Look at him.

He's a-grinning like a damn
Jackass eating saw briars.

I'm excited for him.

Well, this water is where
It needs to be

To melt that sugar.

Don't burn
Your damn self, boys.

Alright.
We gonna take it easy here.

Alright.

Kimbel, he's doing
A very good job, I think.

His eagerness to learn
Is obvious.

Digger: you don't have
To stir it hard.

I mean,
It's not rocket science.

He don't have to be a genius
To get this,

But he does have
To pay attention

And listen to what
We're telling him.

I wish I had an old still like
That belonged to my papaw.

All I've got is his
Release papers.

His papaw would either
Cut his nuts out

Or be proud of him.

One of the two of them.

What would you
Say he'd do, son?

I'd say he'd probably
Be proud of me.

You think he'd be
Proud of you?

Probably.Good.

I'm telling you, that's gonna
Be a good-looking mash, son.

Well, take them yeast.

One at a time, dump them
In there and stir them in.

Get them good
And mixed up.

It's corny.
It's gonna have the corn.

That's gonna be
Some fine liquor.

I'm here to tell you.

We got my mash finished today,

And I'm gonna come back
Every day,

And I'm gonna check it
And stir it.

I feel honored to have them
Want to teach me how to do this,

And not everybody would.

And you got one other chore
To get done

Before we come back.

Take your papaw's
Old still.

Put it back
In the shed.

Alright.

Digger: they always said
That lead paint hurts you.

I ate 312 number-two
Yellow pencils.

♪♪

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Narrator: across the state line
In the hills of graham county,

North carolina, mark and huck
Are running day and night...

...To fill a 100-gallon order

Before they're left
With sour grapes.

Mark: huck!

After more than 4 days
And almost 40 runs,

Mark and huck
Have amassed 68 gallons.

Mnh-mnh.

I hear something
Off in the distance.

I'm gonna go out here
And take a look and see.

In north carolina,
There's a rumble in the jungle.

Hellfire.

♪♪

We weren't able to bust
That run off

Without having a little leak,

But I didn't have time
For this to dry.

I bought some really good
Silicone, right?

It's still wet in there.

Look at that.

Narrator: in polk county,
North carolina,

With his back up
Against a dirt wall,

The fix josh made to seal up his
Worm barrel just isn't sticking.

Josh: sure wish I'd have let it
Dry or had time to let it dry.

Look at that.
*bleep* is not dry.

My last run was a failure.

Here I spent all this time
And money to make this worm

So badass and so perfect,

And then have it
Malfunction on me

Because I'm in a freaking time
Crunch is, like, ridiculous.

I was gonna put this union
On there where I could take this

In and out if I had
Any problems or whatever.

I can get in there
To work on it.

So what I'm gonna do is
I'm gonna cut that off.

I'm gonna pull it out,

And then I'm gonna
Sand it down real good.

I have to get this seal fixed.

Colt and the bandits are
Expecting me

To keep up
With my end of the bargain.

If I don't meet up, then I'm
Gonna lose my sale on them

To begin
With all the way around,

And that's just
Gonna be a good thing.

Sticky as all get-out.

To fix this worm back properly,

I'm gonna have to pull it
All back apart,

Sand everything down,
Clean it up real good,

Get rid of all that
Old silicone and stuff.

*bleep* dang.

Look at my drill.

My only option is to get
In there headfirst

And put a union on it.

Oh, son of a...Ugh.

Union is basically where
You can screw

Two pieces of pipe together
And take them back apart,

And they'll be watertight.

So if I ever have to pull
The worm back out

To get in there
And work on it for any reason,

All I got to do
Is bust a little bolt loose.

I can pull the whole worm
Out of there if I want to.

The money piece itself will sit
Right there where it's at,

So I don't have to break
The seal every time

I want to work on it.

Whew.

Damn.
That's a pain in the arse.

♪♪

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Ugh. Ugh.
Ouch.

Whew.

Ugh.

Son of a bitch.

God almighty.

I hate this *bleep*

After crawling in and out
Of this barrel 50 million times,

I crawl out of the hole,
And that's when I noticed

That the *bleep* whole bottom
Of the barrel busted,

So I guess crawling inside of it

Wasn't such a good idea
After all.

If I can't get this one
To *bleep* stop leaking,

How am I gonna get
That one to stop leaking?

Look at that.

I just -- I didn't think
It was gonna do that

After we got it together.

That's the weakest point
Right there.

I'm under such a time crunch.

I don't have time for this to be
Happening to me right now,

So I'm really gonna have
To go back to the drawing board,

So I'll have to start over,
Regroup,

Figure out what I'm gonna do
And just do it,

Just suck it up
And freaking do it.

Whew.

I'm going home.

Son of a bitch!

Ahh.

♪♪

♪♪

[ huck grunts ]

Narrator: in the mountains
Of north carolina,

Huck is prepping their epic
Run of grape brandy

So he and mark can safely
Deliver it

To their bootlegger, pop.

Rated to carry over
5,000 pounds off-road,

The 2 1/2-ton
M35 military truck

Is necessary to deliver
The barrels of moonshine

Across steep, rocky terrain and
Deeply rutted logging trails.

Dadgummit.

Oh.
Oh, yeah.

Huck: yeah.

Huck: whoa!

♪♪

What are you doing, puss?

Digger: how about
A little drink of whiskey?

Yeah.

Boy, that's
Good liquor, puss.

What's wrong
With your tongue?

That damn liquor has loved
All the hair off of it.

Boy, that's good.

Enough said.

Damn.

Really?

Really?

Ahh.

Oh, I forgot.

What?

Bartender gets a tip,
Don't he?

You got change
For a quarter?

Narrator:
With their season winding down,

Mark and digger have
1,515 gallons

Of their 2,000-gallon goal.

Mark and huck are on their way
To delivering 478 gallons,

And josh is ready
To retire at 65.

Narrator: in north carolina,

After a week
Of nonstop running,

Mark and huck's goal
Is to finish off their season

Strong with a final
$18,000 sale.

-whoa!
-uh-oh.

Ha!

Damn.

[ both grunting ]

♪♪

What are you doing there,
Cool breeze?

Nothing much.

Oh, we got a surprise
For you.

Digger's got you something.*bleep*

Get you a little better liquor
Coming out.

Narrator:
In cocke county, tennessee,

After lending some
Veteran guidance,

Mark and digger
Are waiting to see

If kimbel has what it takes

To claim a piece of
The proud moonshiner heritage.

Ramsey: you think that mash
Is ready?

Let's take a look.

[ slurps ]

Ready?

It's bitter.Oh, yeah.

I believe you've passed
Your first damn test.

Kimbel is paying attention
To what we're telling him.

Everything we told him
To look for,

It's happened in this mash.

It's ready to run,
And he's learned.

That's the whole point
Of all this.

Now you got to get
That pot set up.

You'll learn this still just
Like you've learned your woman.

Well, let's get some mash in it.

Is it filling up good?

Oh *bleep*

You know, anything
That you do,

Whether it's making marshmallows
Or making liquor,

It's attention to detail.

I didn't realize that
That was still wide-open.

It goes to show, you got
To double-check everything.

That's right.

It happens to us.
It happens to everybody.

Alright.

Crank that burner
Up there.

You remember your
Lighting device today?

Yes, I did.Alright.

You know, lighting that pot,
That's the point of no return.

You're breaking the law
From one end to the other.

Your heart goes to racing.

You've stepped into
Uncharted territory.

Hand him that jar
Of backing.

-there you go.
-now that's your backing.

That's low-proof liquor.

It'll yield you
A little bit more.

Well,
Get your cap in place,

And we'll go on with
The next lesson, plumber putty.

You can roll you out a worm
Of it and mash that into place.

My first run, I didn't know
I wasn't supposed to do this,

So I had steam
Coming out everywhere.

Ramsey: as you start making
Steam in your pot,

You can feel it.

It'll get warm.

We showed kimbel how
To get warm in sections.

Once it starts actually putting
Steam into the thump keg,

We told him about
The thump-keg boogie.

You see that thump keg
Right there?

Watch the top on it.

It's got a heartbeat where that
Steam is starting to come over.

That's your liquor
Getting over in there.

Pretty neat.

When he sees this,
He knows he's getting close.

-there you go.
-there it is.

It's running.

Hell yeah.
Done it.

You can tell by the expression
On kimbel's face,

For a rookie moonshiner,
This is a big moment right here.

Dump that little bit out
Right there.

That's called head.

There ain't no count.

Make your head hurt
Like a son of a bitch.

Here is what we do now.

See how that liquor
Just dribbles

Right over them fire coals?

Mm-hmm.

That's a-getting all that old
*bleep* stuff out of it.

I think you're
Making liquor, son.

Feeling pretty
Freaking good.

Ramsey: he was just grinning
From ear to ear.

I'm sharing his excitement
Because I know

What this meant to me
When I was first learning.

Whew.

That right there is probably
140-proof liquor.

Hell of a lot better
Than what I made.

Damn sight clearer,
Ain't it?

It caught him off guard.

He expected it to be weak
Like that first liquor he made,

But, no, he's making
Real liquor now.

Alright. Shake it good,
And if you can count to 10

And about all them bubbles
Are gone,

You've got
100-proof liquor.

Okay.

You know, he's got a long life
Ahead of him,

And if this is
Something he enjoys,

Kimbel has got the potential

Of being an outstanding liquor
Man for a lot of years.

Digger:
Well, this still --

If you like it, we might be
Pressed to let go of it.

Alright. I mean, how much
Are yuns talking for?

Well, it's a $800 still,
So I'll tell you what you do.

Every run you make, you
Scavenge us a quart out of it.

You put it in a box.

When you get 12,
You bring us that box.

That sounds like a pretty
Good deal to me.

Don't make
No *bleep* liquor.

You start bringing me *bleep*
Liquor, we gonna...

It don't count....Put a boot in your ass.

If this craft is gonna carry
Through to the next generations,

It's up to people like kimbel
To pick it up and learn.

I couldn't be any more pleased
With the young man.

We're gonna take this jar
As your down payment.

Congratulations on your
First successful run of liquor.

I believe we've created us

A damn fine liquor man
Right over here.

Well...

Narrator:
Next time on "Moonshiners"...

Tickle: I'll be damned.

...In virginia, a few buds
Find a new source of green.

Yeah, man, if we could
Extract that cbd oil,

Put it in our moonshine,

That's something
Nobody else has.

-I love it.
-that's right.

Let's get on
With it then.

Narrator: in north carolina...

*bleep* damn.

Narrator: ...One shiner is
Unhinged by a simple fix.

Cody: but I come down here
To see this today,

And now we don't have
No moonshine or a client.

I don't want to lose them.

I don't know what else
To say, though.

Will you be able to handle
A big load?

Like 300-gallon big load.

Yeah, shouldn't have
No problem with that.

And in tennessee...

Holy *bleep*

...Two partners turn up
The heat on their competition.

I put them out of commission
If I find out somebody

Is stepping
On my damn toes.

I'll burn
Their damn house down.