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00:00There we go. Ooh, bam!
00:02This time on Moonshiners.
00:05That's your first illegal run in like 14 years, Tim.
00:09I had...
00:10Four weeks to get 1,000 gallons made.
00:12I say we get to unload it.
00:15Being just paranoid anyway and moonshining is one thing.
00:19I mean, why are you scaring me?
00:20I mean, man.
00:21But you know, in my shoes, this is the next level.
00:25All right, puss.
00:26This is the point of no return.
00:29Let's see what...
00:30Good guy.
00:31Oh, yeah.
00:32Ashdown Moonshine corn liquor is the best.
00:35You know, y'all been out of it a while and I had to find me some.
00:38One world you gettin' it at for...
00:40We've got to find out where this cheap liquor is coming from.
00:45Our livelihood depends on it.
00:48Digger, this is...
00:50Josh.
00:51Josh, who?
00:52I'm concerned.
00:53Something ain't right.
00:54Digger ain't never acted like that before.
00:55Don't have anything at the same spot.
00:57Find you someplace totally away from you to get rid of you.
01:00Licker.
01:01Do that in serious.
01:05This is how we make the moonshine.
01:10I'll see you in the next one.
01:13I'll see you next time.
01:15So where are we going now, Tim?
01:20We're going to church.
01:20That's where we're going.
01:22In Culpeper County, Virginia, after twi-
01:2512 years paying taxes, making legal liquor, a first ever order from-
01:30Canada pulled Tim back to the outlaw side.
01:33You sure you want to do this thing, Tim?
01:35You got a lot to lose.
01:37Skirting Canadian tariffs on American whiskey-
01:40Tim stands to pocket most of the $40,000 deal.
01:45How does it feel, Tim?
01:46We're here dissolving the sugar.
01:48It's nice.
01:49A little bit stressful.
01:50But after a teetotaling preacher threatened him with more than health-
01:55fire and brimstone-
01:57Pot's empty.
01:58We missed pot's empty.
01:59You're potty's empty?
02:00What the hell is this?
02:01Yeah.
02:02Like somebody done shot it.
02:03We don't drink no moonshine.
02:05That stuff is from the devil, man.
02:07Tim finds himself answering to a higher-
02:10law.
02:11If he's down there and he's the one that's punching holes in the-
02:15steel, then, you know, that whole area there has been compromised, you know, because-
02:20he may change his mind from hunting turkeys to hunting us.
02:23In the back of my mind-
02:25I think we gotta get clear with this preacher.
02:27Because if he preaches on us this close, he'll still be-
02:30telling us on the next one.
02:31We could upset this guy and he might go straight to the law if he-
02:35ain't already.
02:36Well, I hope he ain't got no guns in the church.
02:38I've dealt with the law enforcement before, you know-
02:40you know what you're working with and they come after you.
02:42Other moonshiners.
02:43Sometimes territories stepping on toes.
02:45You know, I can work with that too.
02:47But, I mean, it's uncharted territory.
02:49It'd be better to go-
02:50You see the preacher then the judge.
02:51I think you're right about that.
02:53He might go talk to the judge after that.
02:55Yeah, boy, just be quiet.
02:57Sure.
02:58Be quiet.
02:59I think so.
03:00Man, he playing the guitar now.
03:03Hello.
03:05Hey.
03:06Uh-oh.
03:07Are you playing the guitar?
03:09Yeah.
03:10Yeah.
03:11Yeah.
03:12Yeah.
03:14Yeah.
03:15Yeah.
03:16Yeah.
03:17Yeah.
03:18Yeah.
03:19Yeah.
03:20Yeah.
03:20Well, we went back down there in the woods after we saw you the next day and-
03:25we saw where we was working at some things got disturbed and stuff down there.
03:29Ooh.
03:30So we saw a Bible verse written.
03:33We were just thinking maybe you may-
03:35know something about it.
03:36Kind of fits.
03:37Hey, Bible verses, preacher, any-
03:40in the woods, you know, one and one equals two, right?
03:44There's a-
03:45a lot of people against you.
03:46I'm against you.
03:47I don't like it.
03:48Long man gets a hold to you-
03:50it might be too late then.
03:53Hmm.
03:55hinting is all about that.
03:56No, y'all come see me on a Sunday morning.
03:59Let's worship.
04:00Thank the Lord.
04:01I never faced a threat like this before.
04:04When a preacher comes-
04:05he comes out to you and he brings God down on you.
04:07I mean, what are you going to do about that?
04:10Can we go and find a steal site, please?
04:12This is a big game here.
04:13This is a big game here.
04:14This is a big game here.
04:15a car is out-
04:20smell out.
04:20The cap fell, she's deader than a doornail.
04:22She's good to go.
04:25Ready to run.
04:26Bitter, ain't it?
04:28I smell it.
04:30In Polk County, North Carolina.
04:32The faster we get her pumped in there, the faster we get her pumped in there.
04:35The faster we get to make liquor.
04:37After landing a 20-gallon...
04:40In order for the cherry rye moonshine that made his family famous, Josh made...
04:45a risky choice.
04:46Man, that baby punks.
04:48Holy crap.
04:49Swapping in...
04:50Blackberries when the farmer's market came up short on cherries.
04:55Some good stuff.
04:56I can smell the blackberries and everything.
04:58I can smell it better.
04:59Yeah.
05:00The horses are known for making cherry moonshine.
05:02But right this very second, there just are no...
05:05Cherries.
05:06I'm gonna put some fire to it.
05:07Yeah, yeah.
05:10To be a moonshine, you gotta...
05:15adapt and overcome.
05:16I'm not gonna not fulfill my order just because the cherries aren't here right now.
05:20A little bit more than that.
05:21There's a lot of way I can smell the alcohol in there.
05:23The way I see it, something...
05:25Moonshine's better than no moonshine.
05:26So we're gonna make some blackberry and I guarantee you he's gonna love it.
05:29A little blackberry...
05:30All these seeds is micro-sized too.
05:32Walk around smelling like mash all day.
05:34Are you...
05:35It'll smell a lot worse, I promise you.
05:36Blackberry rye.
05:37It's so...
05:40Old school set up.
05:41No thumpers.
05:42So everything's pretty simple.
05:43I see it starting to steam.
05:44We can get the cap.
05:45Yeah, we ain't far from capping it.
05:46Once the mash goes in there and you fire it up, it starts steaming.
05:50You cap it off.
05:51All we gotta do now is just heat it up, let it rock.
05:55Roll and make moonshine.
05:56It's just a matter of time now for we got liquor, buddy.
06:00Oh, yeah.
06:01Damn, you smell that?
06:03I do, I do.
06:05It don't matter how many times I do that, I still love it.
06:10This old boy loves it as much as we do.
06:11Look at there.
06:12Got a little drip.
06:13I don't know if that's condensation or liquor.
06:15Oh, yeah.
06:16It's on, big dog.
06:21She running, boy.
06:22This thing's running great.
06:23It's pumping out the liquor.
06:25Like, you can't believe it.
06:26Ready to try this thing out?
06:30Angers crossed.
06:35I can't complain about that.
06:36It's good and clear.
06:40She's holding a good bead.
06:41Still got a bead.
06:42Got a blackberry.
06:43What calmed it down?
06:45The chef's got to taste his food, Mr. Josh.
06:50I'm gonna tell you, tasting that right there, we didn't go wrong with switching blackberries.
06:55But my only concern is, down here I don't know how picky people are.
06:58Are you sure this fella ain't fin-
07:00I don't have a problem.
07:01Are you crazy?
07:02Did you taste this?
07:05It's right here.
07:06It's good.
07:07I don't know.
07:08It's delicious.
07:09Here, take you another swallow.
07:10Yeah, I'm gonna take a little more.
07:11Hold on, take you another swallow.
07:10You don't gotta ask me twice.
07:11Let's get these buckets filled, get this s*** done, and get the s*** done.
07:15Get the hell out of here.
07:16Yes, sir.
07:17I'm with you.
07:18We got a whole bunch of moonshine here, and we're going-
07:20We're going to make some money, our first sale of a season, and I'm excited.
07:25Let's get these buckets together.
07:28I'm ready.
07:29I'm ready.
07:30Well, puss, this is where it's fixing to get rid-
07:35For real.
07:36Yep.
07:37In Cock County, Tennessee, fearing-
07:40In prison after a close call with the law, Mark and Digger were forced to dismantle-
07:45their statewide illegal empire.
07:47The left of that tree there, Digger.
07:50Now, with no crews left to run shine, they have to revive their once-
07:55thriving corn liquor operation with their own bare hands.
07:59We've got this toe-
08:00a load of corn mash working off.
08:01Once we took Big Sloppy back in there and set her down-
08:05that opens up the illegal world all over again.
08:08And that's when we're back in harm's way.
08:10Let's take this mash.
08:12See if we've made mash for buttermilk.
08:15Oh, yeah.
08:16Oh, yeah.
08:17It's teetering out.
08:18We stir it.
08:19That just gas-
08:20There's no waste left in the grain bed.
08:22Caps fail.
08:25Woo!
08:26Made a little bit of liquor, ain't it?
08:28Well, it's made of alcohol, I guess.
08:30It's up to us and Big Sloppy to make the liquor.
08:32I'll carry my hand if Big Sloppy can carry hers.
08:35Yep.
08:36We're going back to making liquor.
08:40The way we were taught.
08:41Just no single pot.
08:42All by ourselves.
08:43We make enough money to keep-
08:45our families provided for.
08:47That's the only safe way to do business.
08:50I don't remember ever liking this part of-
08:55What, building a furnace?
08:57Yeah.
08:58No, it ain't the most joyful in real-
09:00rewarding part of it.
09:01There's a couple of different ways of building furnaces.
09:04Man!
09:05I don't know what's good at this.
09:06I wish it was her working on it, if that's any consolation.
09:10Once all these rocks and stones around it gets worn, it keeps it up to temperature.
09:15Longer and easier, quicker, because even out in the woods, a little bit of wind-
09:20blowing.
09:21We'll cool the pot down.
09:22I'm going to take and call that it.
09:25As far as I'm concerned.
09:26Well, yeah.
09:27It'll make liquor.
09:28Big sloppy, she's what we-
09:30we call a copper pot steel.
09:31You know, it's what we used in the- in the Smoky Mountains for-
09:35years.
09:36She's solid copper.
09:37Thump keg is copper.
09:39Condenser is all-
09:40copper.
09:41I mean, it's copper to the core.
09:42That's close enough for government work.
09:45And it's gold.
09:46I mean, it's pop- smartphones.
09:47It's hot.
09:48And I mean, it's transfers, but that's never gonna.
09:49We'll you were gonna go and catch the water.
09:50By the way.
09:51And it justpped.
09:53Cool empergets.
09:54We're gonna go home.
09:55Bye.
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10:18Let's go ahead and get that cap on there.
10:20I'll go get us a little Agua and build us a pace.
10:23Okay.
10:27Damn, here we are.
10:28Back to the bar room again, I guess.
10:33We're going to do a run of corn liquor right off the bat.
10:36It's always in demand.
10:38Our customers have always wanted it.
10:40It's just the gold standard of the liquor world.
10:43So far as we're concerned.
10:45Look yonder.
10:46Holy hell.
10:47Damn, we're...
10:48We're in trouble now.
10:49We're illegal now, puss.
10:51Yeah, we're a little uneasy.
10:53But they weren't the man that walked in these woods in this county that made liquor.
10:58It wasn't uneasy when they were either walking in or walking out.
11:01I'm going to dump these heads out, puss.
11:03I'm going to look around more than I did in the past couple of three years.
11:08And do our due diligence where security comes into play.
11:12Howdy, we all be...
11:13We're getting into some horse right about there.
11:14I don't know.
11:15It ought to be calming down a little bit.
11:17It ought to be about one...
11:18120 or so right now.
11:20Boy, look at that right there.
11:21Boy, that is diamond.
11:23It ought to be clear.
11:24That's what we want, ain't it?
11:28Oh, .
11:29It's that good?
11:30Hoard it all up.
11:33Oh, yeah.
11:34That's damn moonshine.
11:38Corn liquor at best.
11:39All right.
11:40All right.
11:41All right.
11:42All right.
11:43Boy, we...
11:44That's a damn fine jar of liquor out there, boss.
11:47Tasting this...
11:48Corn liquor.
11:49It's very familiar.
11:51You know, it's familiar.
11:53I'm not going to say it's the best liquor we've ever made.
11:56I promise you it's the best liquor we've made.
11:58In six months.
11:59Damn.
12:00People's going to be champing at the best to get a hold of that.
12:03That's about 30 gallons.
12:08Digger and I are not planning on using a bootlegger anytime soon.
12:13We're simply going to rely on our customers of old.
12:17Just take one more.
12:18Liability out of our equation.
12:20You know what sucks the biggest right here, Hattie?
12:23We got to carry that son of a bitch out of here.
12:25Yeah.
12:26We ain't got nobody here to tell carry us out of here.
12:28The more people you have involved with you, the better chance you have of getting caught.
12:32So, if we...
12:33If you get in trouble this time, it's going to be on Mark and Digger 100%.
12:36No one else.
12:38Tell you what to do.
12:39Let's just get it where it needs to be.
12:41Split it 50-50.
12:42You're going...
12:43One direction.
12:44I'll go another.
12:45We'll get it sold like that.
12:46And that way, if one of us does...
12:48At least the other one's safe.
12:50Hmm.
12:51I like the way you do business.
12:53Digger and I decide we'll just split this run equally amongst us.
12:56And we'll take it out on our own and sell it.
12:58Man, that's heavy.
12:59We have to be extra cautious because the law knows who we are.
13:03And all they got to do is come glance in the window and we're done for.
13:08I really want to...
13:12I really want to...
13:13I want to build a permanent structure.
13:14And that's why we got the trailer and some wood because it looks good to do.
13:18I want to say, next week it could be raining.
13:20Oh yeah, that's true.
13:21You know?
13:22And I can't miss that opportunity.
13:23I can't miss it.
13:24So I can't take the risk of just sitting up out in the woods and being open.
13:28I hope to the preacher.
13:29That first sight, you know, it's kind of compromised.
13:31It ain't gonna work.
13:32We can...
13:33We can't go back there and set up no moonshine still.
13:35So I actually found another spot a little bit farther away.
13:38You know, no one's gonna find this.
13:40So let me get this straight.
13:43You know, it's going from illegal to legal.
13:45And now you're going back illegal trying to get some of that dirty money.
13:48I made a deal with a guy.
13:49He needed like a thousand gallons of moonshine.
13:51A thousand gallons?
13:53I got a thousand gallons of moonshine to make for this bar in Canada.
13:57Because trying to avoid the...
13:58That's a fair of tax.
13:59I mean, I've never smoked no moonshine across the bar.
14:02I mean, I went across state...
14:03They're going across the border to counter another country.
14:06This is something else.
14:08You may have outdone yourself this time, Tim.
14:10Well, it's back in here, ain't it?
14:12That's a problem for another...
14:13The other day, we got to run it first.
14:15Oh, my.
14:16So I just called Howard.
14:18I got hinted.
14:19I got tickled.
14:20Hey, we're going to put this thing together.
14:22Now, we're not...
14:23I'm building a house, but I want to build a shelter.
14:25The wind from blowing up under it.
14:26Yeah.
14:27You know how the wind gets to...
14:28Well, that's what I'm saying.
14:29This right here blocks everything.
14:30It blocks the light.
14:31It blocks the air.
14:32All...
14:33All we got to do is protect this front.
14:34I think this is one hell of a spot, Tim.
14:36So all we got to do is build some...
14:38Structure.
14:39Try to protect it from the sides that's going to be viewed.
14:42Oh, no.
14:43Because we need to really get these big steels in here and get them set up.
14:46I mean, I'm done playing around.
14:49Get a hammer.
14:50Let's put this post up.
14:51You're not going to put it in the ground?
14:52You're not going to put it in the ground?
14:53No.
14:54We need to put it in the ground full.
14:56You have to hold the base of it a little bit.
14:58We're going to brace it up on top.
15:00I understand that this thing has got one...
15:03one job to do.
15:04It's got to be put up to keep the weather off of us, and it's got to be put up quick.
15:08Did I do good or what?
15:09All you got to do is nail it.
15:10All right.
15:11Did that right.
15:12Mm-hmm.
15:13Me, I've been a carpenter most of all my life, you know.
15:18kind of reached very up high there with my carpentry skills.
15:21I would not climb in any one of y'all's trees.
15:23You see?
15:24We're building a tree house in the woods.
15:28There's your post on the outside like you always want.
15:30Genius.
15:32When that...
15:33We're building a house to be here for 30, 40, 50 years or whatever.
15:36It's hitting that nail in there.
15:37Ugh!
15:38We're just putting something up.
15:39A little bit of protection as visibility, a little bit...
15:43We're just putting up in the weather and also put the steels in.
15:49What do you reckon?
15:50Time to go get some pots and bring them in?
15:51Let's roll.
15:53We're gonna duck?
15:54No.
15:55Where are we going?
15:56To get some tips from there,
15:57Matt Ryan,
15:58what happened?
16:00How did that happen?
16:01Whenever they went on to the outside of the hill,
16:03we liked to live was quiet before.
16:04We would've got some tips from our planet,
16:05we didn't lose, we could have to go with you and be an eye driven,
16:07how we thought we were apart from our planet,
16:08so, people would know,
16:09they would have to go pass it apart from everything.
16:10Think to the end of this tunnel.
16:11All right, good tomorrow.
16:13You should do trouble.
16:15You should crush.
16:16You should sort of five feet in the house当然
16:18and sign up our friends and call minute wall wins.
16:20he's gonna forget all about the cherry rye.
16:22I don't think this fella would be disappointed.
16:25I'm disappointed with the big switch up.
16:27Oh my gosh.
16:30Oh my God, nobody.
16:33What happened?
16:35I don't know what happened.
16:37Oh, I know I can't turn this .
16:39God.
16:40Golly.
16:41Are you kidding me?
16:45Power steering and brakes.
16:47This is the worst possible time something like this.
16:50I can possibly have.
16:53Ah.
16:54Oh, .
16:55The belt's toast.
16:59You got a belt in there?
17:00I don't know, bro.
17:01I don't know, bro.
17:05I don't know.
17:07I luckily have an extra belt behind the seat.
17:10Alright.
17:13Alright.
17:15Well, the last thing that one wants to happen when you got 20 gallons.
17:20of untaxed alcohol in the back of your truck is to be broke down.
17:24Come on.
17:25Get this thing done, bro.
17:26We're going to go to jail.
17:27Yeah.
17:28No face.
17:29Not on the .
17:30Not only to be broke down, but be broke down on the access road, right beside a major highway system.
17:35Where you got a hundred cars a minute coming by you.
17:38Will you draw that back for me, buddy?
17:40Yeah.
17:41Yeah.
17:42This is an ordeal here.
17:43We have anything, please.
17:45Put it over them barrels.
17:46I wish we'd have put a tarp or something in there.
17:48No.
17:49We ain't got nothing.
17:50Oh.
17:50I can't sit here knowing we got moonshine in the back of the truck.
17:53That if the law pulls up and sees...
17:55We're cooked.
17:56Son of a bitch.
17:57Oh, my.
17:58Oh, my.
17:59Oh, my.
18:00Oh, my God.
18:01Chuck, do me a favor.
18:03Hold that slack the hell out of the way for me.
18:05There.
18:06Changing the belt on a vehicle is not the hardest thing you can do.
18:09Oh.
18:10Hellfire.
18:11But the vehicle's scalping hot.
18:13You're on the side of the road and...
18:15You got a chunk load of liquor.
18:16It's kind of easy to start panicking your way out of it.
18:20All right.
18:21All right.
18:22All right.
18:23All right.
18:24Yeah.
18:25All right.
18:26Now, you got a lot of smoke.
18:27All right.
18:28All right.
18:29You hit it?
18:30Yeah, you want to start it up?
18:35Fingers crossed, fingers crossed.
18:37Well, Josh finally wrestles this thing on,
18:39gets the belt back on.
18:40Turns are over, starts.
18:45Any time you're running with Josh,
18:47you tend to lose a little minutes and seconds off.
18:50Your life every day in pounds from sweat.
18:54We've gone eat up some .
18:55And we're supposed to have done met this new customer.
18:59I got it.
19:00Got to go.
19:06We're here, Joe.
19:07We say where he's going to be parked at.
19:10He said he'd be parked around the back here.
19:12Meeting a new customer and selling somebody liquor he don't
19:15know that's kind of already outside the box.
19:17The second thing is, we're not showing up
19:20with what they asked for.
19:21They asked for some cherry.
19:23We're showing up with blackberry.
19:25And we're going to show up late.
19:27Not good.
19:31All right.
19:32Good lord of mercy.
19:33Look at that.
19:34Huh?
19:36Damn, it's Bigfoot.
19:38God, I'm not.
19:39I'll let you do the talking.
19:40As soon as we pull in, you would not believe what a mountain
19:43of a man steps out of his truck.
19:45Holy crap.
19:46How you doing today?
19:48How you doing, buddy?
19:49Close enough.
19:50The bigger he gets.
19:51The bigger he gets.
19:52Check that out.
19:53Check that out.
19:55Now I got to tell him I don't have any dang cherry rye, but I
19:58got some really, really super good blackberry.
20:00You ordered some cherry?
20:01Yes, sir.
20:02But cherries ain't in for a couple of days.
20:05A couple more weeks.
20:06I could get cherries, but I substituted with blackberries.
20:09I hope you don't mind.
20:10Not too much, but.
20:15What do you think?
20:16Man, that's good.
20:17It is.
20:18But, that's not what I ordered.
20:20Take that right there.
20:23You and all, whoever you are.
20:25Share that wheel is going to love it.
20:26And enjoy it.
20:27And come back and .
20:30Give me a couple weeks.
20:31I'll make you some cherry.
20:32It's not what I wanted.
20:33So, just take this.
20:34I don't.
20:35I don't want it.
20:36Just cause it's not cherry, it's blackberry.
20:39Who gives a ?
20:40It's still great whiskey.
20:41Yeah, dawg.
20:42You serious?
20:45Well, I ain't gonna argue.
20:49Well, I ain't gonna argue.
20:50with him.
20:51You ever heard the phrase, don't poke a bear?
20:53For real?
20:55Oh, dang.
20:56So, being a moonshiner is a job just like any other business.
21:00And you're gonna have obstacles.
21:01You're gonna have hurdles.
21:02You're gonna have to improvise.
21:03You're gonna have to think outside the box.
21:05Stuff's gonna break down.
21:06You gotta fix stuff.
21:07Damn, I'm pretty aggressive.
21:10What's up, my boy?
21:11I made some really great whiskey.
21:14We broke down.
21:15We've had to drive to hell and half of Georgia and back to get this whiskey to you.
21:20And...
21:20Now you don't think you want it?
21:22Oh, hell no.
21:23That don't even make no sense.
21:25It's as good as a cherry would be.
21:26I don't see what the problem is.
21:27Man, he knows damn good and well that liquor tastes just...
21:30He wouldn't have even known if we hadn't said nothing.
21:34I'm gonna have to...
21:35I'm gonna have to go find another buyer.
21:36What a waste of a damn day.
21:40Look!
21:42What a waste of an office so he can have four hours,
21:46Using the São Le´s,
21:48And you're going to connect children with museums.
21:50And...
21:52...you're gonna have to tell us some small
21:54We didn't have to go follow him,
21:55We're gonna have to take a moment,
21:56The Можноing tab,
21:59The Можноing tab,
22:00All your living clutter,
22:02Yeah well you're allowing for anything maybe,
22:03All your living payroll,
22:04All your penal fun
22:05Anyways...
22:07block. So there's a whole lot better that we can build a shelter because this has got to be it.
22:12It's going to be the permanent location.
22:14Let's get the steel set.
22:16Yeah, back on in there.
22:17Get her close.
22:18All right, here we go.
22:19This is a big job.
22:21Not only did I got a...
22:22I can make a thousand gallons of moonshine.
22:24I've got to transport this stuff 600 miles across the international border.
22:27That's like 8,000 pounds.
22:29Looking good, boss.
22:30And I thought for sure we had a good...
22:32playing with the little smaller steels, setting them up.
22:34But right now we've got to make up some time.
22:36Keep them coming.
22:37Since we're so far behind, Henry's got these big steels, real big steels, like 1,000 gallons.
22:42So I'm thinking this is great.
22:44Okay.
22:45Hold on here.
22:46We've got...
22:47We've got a little treat now.
22:48We've got to get them into this new location and get them set up.
22:52So we can catch up, you know, and make this order.
22:54Because I already got half the money.
22:56Come over here.
22:57You know, I already got $20,000 for 1,000 gallons.
23:01Holy...
23:02That's a lot like work.
23:03Oh yeah.
23:04I mean, you figure.
23:05We're going to get a hundred gallons out of rent.
23:07Yeah.
23:08Maybe.
23:09Per pot.
23:10You're going to run them five times.
23:11What are we going to do with all the...
23:12We're going to take it when we run it, fellas.
23:13I mean, where are we going to put it?
23:14I already checked in the place.
23:15I know some guys up in the mountain.
23:17We...
23:17We're going to pay them a few dollars.
23:18We'll keep it there.
23:19Nice stash house.
23:20It's safer than being in here.
23:22I think we'll get this thing going or not.
23:25There we go.
23:26Oh!
23:27Boom!
23:28Bam, baby!
23:29It's like a goddamn champagne bottle.
23:30You see that?
23:31I saw that.
23:32Now I should pick it up.
23:33Well, we're doing what we do.
23:35We've got to heat up this water to cook.
23:37This grain in.
23:38Tell you what.
23:39We're well on our way right now.
23:42We're going to take them.
23:43You'll like to see.
23:47Get that burner going, huh?
23:48Oh, yeah, buddy.
23:49You sure?
23:50Watch out for...
23:51How will that water help?
23:52I don't know what's going on with that water hose.
23:53I don't know what's going on with that water hose.
23:54I don't know what's going on with that water hose.
23:55How will?
23:56Can you put it down on...
23:57God damn it, son.
23:58What the f*** are you turning on for?
24:00God damn it.
24:02Tickle.
24:03It was already on.
24:04Nothing wasn't on either.
24:05I hadn't moved enough.
24:07It was just about ahead of itself.
24:08And when I stuck that fire down there, that gas had already built up underneath that steel.
24:12I was...
24:12It was engulfed with flames, man.
24:13Engulfed with flames.
24:14I'm very lucky.
24:15All the hair's been on.
24:16You can see it's shining.
24:17You feel like tomorrow.
24:18Hell, he's feeling it now.
24:20He burned a chunk of his head.
24:21Yeah, you gotta...
24:22Really good haircut on this side.
24:24When we light it again, turn it here the other way so we can even it.
24:27I had a cut out.
24:28You know what you all can do?
24:29Don't force me to come through that door right there.
24:32I know it.
24:33I'm a good buddy.
24:34I survived.
24:37Moonshiners, buckle up and get the job done.
24:44Please.
24:45Tingle's lost his job.
24:47Is working the propane tanker.
24:48I'm gonna get that water hot.
24:49I'm gonna put that grain in there.
24:50Uh-huh.
24:52She's getting the steam on.
24:53Right now, we got both of these steels mashed in.
24:56I think it's gonna work.
24:57It worked off good.
24:58We heated them up.
24:59Got our grains added.
25:00Got our sugar added.
25:02Uh-huh.
25:03That's where you're gonna get the hockey ball, right there.
25:07In a couple of days, we'll be back and we're running.
25:09With every little bit of sugar and grain in the pot.
25:12Anything else that wants to go with it?
25:14A little dirt don't hurt?
25:15Hopefully nothing else happens.
25:17Well, all we can do is come back in a couple of days and check this out.
25:20And hope there ain't no holes in the pot.
25:22Everything worked off right.
25:23Hope for the best.
25:27You know what, man?
25:30I can't believe after a .
25:32That's all we went through.
25:33Make some cherry rye.
25:34We ended up having to make blackberry rye.
25:35Oh, boy, didn't want it.
25:36Then I'm .
25:37It doesn't make any sense.
25:38Making somebody, a brand new customer, which is outside the box, especially.
25:42They're gonna run a liquor, go on the extra mile, and then they don't take it.
25:45That just straight pisses me the hell off.
25:47The problem is, is now we gotta drive down the road with it again.
25:50Yeah.
25:51The problem is.
25:52We've done earned that money.
25:54Now we're gonna have to double earn it.
25:57We gotta find somebody else to buy it.
26:01I went to .
26:02I worked with Henry Kinney at Tickle Up in Virginia.
26:04I left a lot of people hanging around here.
26:07By doing so, I lost a lot of business.
26:12Right now, I got a truckload of liquor I need to get the heck rid of.
26:16So I can call my .
26:17somebody digger to put the word out.
26:18.
26:22Go in.
26:23Nigger, this is Josh.
26:25What are you doin' buddy?
26:26.
26:27Yeah right, you know who the heck is.
26:32Man, you ain't gonna believe the crap that I'm going through, Digger.
26:35I dang made a special order.
26:37Some ride for somebody, and then some guns gave me the biggest runaround after.
26:42You wouldn't believe it.
26:44Josh, you're gonna answer my question, yeah.
26:46I'm answering the question.
26:47Look, you know who I am?
26:51You're a liar.
26:52I'm on the road.
26:53I can tell the way the sound's going.
26:54You bring your ass over here and look and talk to me, I bet.
26:58Uh, okay.
27:00Uh, I'll see you in there.
27:02How long it takes you to get here.
27:03I ain't gonna go to work today.
27:05Okay.
27:08Hey.
27:09Hey.
27:10Hey.
27:11Hey.
27:12You're so weird.
27:13Looks like you don't know who I am.
27:15Benny wants to –
27:17hang up on me. Something ain't right. I've known digger a lot.
27:22We've been good friends a long time. He ain't never sounded like that.
27:27Take care of it. Man, turn this thing around. We need to go to Tennessee.
27:32We need to go to Tennessee.
27:37We need to go.
27:42Here's the gas station right here. There's a road right there at it.
27:47Right now, me and Chuck are on our way to Tennessee.
27:50I'm concerned. Something ain't right.
27:52I've never acted like that before.
27:53When I was on the phone with him, he acted like he didn't know who I was.
27:56Told me if I...
27:57I knew who he was to come and find him.
27:59Yeah, take a left here. Go.
28:01Yeah, this is...
28:02Sure enough, off the beaten path here.
28:05Golly.
28:06There he is.
28:07He's just sitting in the back of the truck.
28:12There he is.
28:15What's up, boss?
28:16Howdy, howdy.
28:17Lots.
28:18Thought you was coming along.
28:19Ah, I had him in the truck with me.
28:22That's a good place for you to sit, son.
28:24Go get in the truck.
28:25Yes, sir.
28:26Well, I really...
28:27I really didn't expect when me and Chuck got out of the truck that Digger would start
28:31tripping out about Chuck.
28:32Being there.
28:33But he did.
28:34Sent him right back to the truck and told him he was not welcome.
28:37That man brought anybody with me.
28:38I should have called you.
28:39I told you, I guess.
28:40But he hung up on me.
28:42Well, you gotta understand where we're at right now, Josh.
28:46Me and Mark got...
28:47Put in handcuffs last year.
28:49What'd they bust you for?
28:51Well, we had a...
28:52Stealing back the truck.
28:53We ain't really talking about it.
28:55Well, I ain't talking about it.
28:57I ain't talking about anything on the telephone.
28:58I'm not gonna talk about anything else on the telephone.
29:00Seriously?
29:02Josh knows damn good and well that we got put in handcuffs last year.
29:05And if there's anything, I'm certain...
29:07It's that the law is still watching us.
29:09What I've got to get through Josh's head is if...
29:12If it could happen to us, it could damn sure happen to him.
29:15Because he's way more reckless than we are.
29:17Don't have anything at the same spot.
29:19Find you someplace totally away from you to get rid of your liquor.
29:22And don't make any more than you can't sell in the court.
29:27In the course of a day or two.
29:31You that serious?
29:32Merry Christmas.
29:35Merry Christmas.
29:37I don't want it.
29:38I want you to take it somewhere on the interstate and throw it out.
29:42He's always been a voice of reason for me.
29:43He's always kind of been in the background giving me good advice.
29:47And if he's telling me that the heat is coming down, we're all connected.
29:52We're all in this together.
29:53We're all like a big family.
29:55And he's telling me I better watch my...
29:57We'll have to pay the keys.
29:58We better listen.
30:00Well, I'll take a chance.
30:02you another number that you'll be able to call me and don't you say a damn word about liquor or anything.
30:07illegal. I don't even want to mention a speeding ticket. I understand. I understand. Exercise.
30:12I love you man. Get in that truck and be safe.
30:17Don't tell me but once.
30:22I love you man.
30:27There you go.
30:32It's been a long time since I've run an illegal still.
30:37That's your first illegal run in like 14 years Tim.
30:41I know.
30:42But I've committed to making this moonshine you know smuggling cross to another country and
30:47I got law enforcement on both sides.
30:49Back where we started.
30:50Back where we started.
30:52You know you got your whole life ahead of you.
30:53You're not really afraid of taking these risks.
30:55But when you get a little bit older.
30:57Think about how life is short.
31:00That damn cap done dropped.
31:02Oh yeah.
31:03She's good and bitter.
31:04She gonna pour the liquor.
31:07And we're actually ready to light this thing.
31:09Oh no no no no no no.
31:12Oh come on Henry.
31:13Not you tickle.
31:14You know you can go off a guy in flames one day.
31:17Here in time.
31:18Then he won't let you near the propane tank again.
31:20What's up with that?
31:21Alright.
31:22There she goes.
31:25Look at him.
31:27See I'm fine Henry.
31:28Nothing to worry about.
31:29We've got 2,000 gallon pots.
31:32Alright.
31:33Still got water.
31:34We're gonna run one pot.
31:36Proof it.
31:37Jug it up.
31:38Then we're gonna switch over.
31:40And we're gonna start running the other 1,000 gallon.
31:42We're gonna do the water hole limbo.
31:47Alright.
31:48This baby's getting hot y'all.
31:50Alright.
31:51We'll give you the honor.
31:52Hot damn.
31:53Ha ha ha ha.
31:57It's like you've been doing all your life.
32:02Tastes all the way around it.
32:03Alright.
32:04Oh get hot?
32:05She's hot baby.
32:07Oh.
32:08See that little roll in the thunder?
32:10Uh huh.
32:11It doesn't bother us.
32:12Man look at this shelter we got.
32:13Yeah I know.
32:15Hey.
32:16Hey.
32:17Look.
32:17Something's coming out.
32:18Uh oh.
32:19Something's coming out.
32:20Uh oh.
32:21Something's coming out.
32:22Damn.
32:22Huh?
32:23You gotta do the honors.
32:24Go ahead and figure it out.
32:25See what it tastes like.
32:26You'll first.
32:27See a legal run in 14 years.
32:29See what she's like.
32:30He's all excited.
32:32Okay.
32:33Bye.
32:38That was it.
32:38What's wrong with that?
32:39Well, that's wrong with that, huh?
32:41Oh my god, it's wrong!
32:42This first moonshine that's coming out of this worm, I mean, there's nothing like it, even
32:47though, it does have a little different taste profile than the legal stuff that comes out
32:51of it.
32:52There's a lot of distillery, but it is really good.
32:54Made in the woods.
32:55Fresh air.
32:56You can't beat that.
32:57Grump in it, made, distilled, everything right here.
33:00I think just the hard work makes it taste good.
33:02Don't spill it, whatever you do.
33:03No, don't try it.
33:04There's money right there.
33:05Don't spill it, whatever you do.
33:06There's money right there.
33:07Look at that.
33:08Look at that.
33:09Look at that.
33:10Oh yeah.
33:11Oh.
33:12As all of the run gets collected into the burrow.
33:17Money right there.
33:17I don't like that, buddy.
33:18Hey, that's some pretty looking looking, too.
33:19Strong, too.
33:20We're going to be in a happy 90.
33:22Proof?
33:23Wow.
33:24Oh, the proof you got it.
33:27Really blending in good.
33:28That's a little bit high.
33:30Now, when we draw, it added a proofing burrow in.
33:32If you're going to put it in a jug, every jug will have the same proof.
33:37Yeah.
33:38Fill him up, baby.
33:39Fill him up.
33:40Fill him up, baby.
33:42Let's jug it up, man.
33:43Money.
33:44Let's jug it up, man.
33:45Money.
33:46Let's jug it up, man.
33:47Tim filled up his first jug.
33:48You know, it'll take 14 years to get back in the woods, and they're going to
33:52take 909 more to get out.
33:53Yeah, we ain't.
33:54We ain't.
33:55We ain't.
33:58We're going to leave Howard and Henry here.
34:00They're going to recap the other still and get.
34:02It going.
34:03Woo.
34:04Let's cap this baby.
34:05Well, me and Tickle take this.
34:07That's the first loot to the stash house.
34:08Yeah, I'm too good.
34:09No rats.
34:10I'm so good.
34:11I'm so good.
34:12Getting her loaded up.
34:13Make sure it's all safe, and then we're going to return back, finish up the stash.
34:17The second one.
34:18This is what it's all about, being illegal.
34:19By the end of the night, we should have at least two.
34:22200 gallons in the stash house.
34:23Be careful, man.
34:24Y'all be safe out there boys, for real, man.
34:27Be serious.
34:28Step one of a thousand gallons.
34:31All we need is about nine.
34:32Even more loops.
34:33.
34:37.
34:38.
34:39.
34:42.
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34:59.
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35:32.
35:08Tickle, you a carpenter.
35:09It's about a 45 degree angle on that feller too, ain't it?
35:13That's right here to make a nice little mash fork.
35:18You keep messing around, that ain't gonna come out of that in a minute.
35:21Ain't gonna say stop messing with my house.
35:23He ain't gonna come out.
35:24If y'all see that beetle, let me know I'm going to hit him in the head with his stick.
35:27You can't eat him.
35:28You can't eat anything you put in your mouth and chew, Henry.
35:30I haven't been known to eat a beaver or two myself.
35:33I don't even want to go there.
35:34I don't even want to go there.
35:38We got what?
35:40What we got back there, 90 gallons in the back?
35:43Yeah, 90 gallons.
35:45We just got to do that about 10 more times, 10, 11 more times.
35:48We finally got our first run.
35:49We made about 90 gallons.
35:51We got it on the truck.
35:52Me and Tickle.
35:53We're gonna go to the stash site.
35:55You're driving like you normally do.
35:56You don't speed.
35:58You know, you stop it at the stop sign.
36:00You stop it at the stop light.
36:01Cautious, careful.
36:02I mean...
36:03This is like...
36:04It's like back in the day, man.
36:06Me and you just riding.
36:08It's like back in the day.
36:08Watching the speed limit.
36:10You don't want to keep none of that stuff around.
36:12You get in trouble, keep...
36:13No, that's just evidence to get us caught.
36:16We're running the law right now.
36:18And they want to search and go.
36:19We're gonna let it have been some trouble.
36:21Yeah.
36:23You know, this probably is one of the most dangerous parts.
36:27You know...
36:27All in it?
36:27I mean, right...
36:28Running the steel, that's one thing.
36:30You know, that's the crime right there.
36:32Manufacturing...
36:33That's what you're not caught without the license.
36:35But hauling it down the road now is more...
36:38A chance of getting caught or something happening.
36:40You know, what if a truck breaks down?
36:42What if an...
36:43Accident, some nut runs into you.
36:45More eyes on you, more chances.
36:46It's easier to get caught.
36:48It's dash after I'm on top of that mountain.
36:50It's on the left side.
36:51It's the first time Tickler has seen it.
36:53I mean, it's kind of off the beaten path.
36:55You can't see it.
36:56It's well-hidden by all the overgrowth...
36:58In the bushes, nobody's been here for years.
37:03All right, check what I think.
37:05This is it.
37:06All right, well.
37:08Let's see if we get to unloading.
37:10Yeah.
37:11Uh-huh.
37:13There we go.
37:15Right now, you know, I really got a whole lot on the line.
37:18I think we store it in the back.
37:21Yeah.
37:21And then work our way back.
37:22Work our way.
37:23Up to the front, yeah, that'd be the way to go.
37:25Being just paranoid anyway and moonshining...
37:28It's one thing.
37:29But, you know, in my shoes, this is the next level.
37:32All right.
37:33We'll sit this thing right here.
37:36Yeah.
37:37Right on.
37:38We ought to do what we want.
37:39I mean, why are you scaring me, man?
37:40Try not to look in the mirror, Tim.
37:41Ha, ha, ha.
37:43All right.
37:44All right.
37:46All right.
37:53We got to get in and out of here.
37:55I know, but I got another plan, Tickle.
37:57What's that?
37:58We got some cameras.
37:59Putting, you know, all of this moonshine in one location, you know, it is.
38:03It is a high risk.
38:04You know, the next month, I've got to continue to do this all the time.
38:07So I've got some game cameras, and I want to put them in different locations.
38:11Yeah, so it's pointing towards...
38:12All of them jokes.
38:13Yeah.
38:14We got to be very cautious about it.
38:16I mean, that's nice.
38:17We got 10 more trips, just like that.
38:20I saw he get out of here before somebody sees his truck out of here.
38:22What do I say?
38:23These 90 jugs sitting up in this stash house, boy, they sure do look good.
38:27All right, let's get out of here.
38:30Let's head on out.
38:32But you know what's going to...
38:32It's going to be a beautiful sight, seeing a thousand of them sitting in here.
38:37It's going to be a beautiful sight, seeing a thousand of them sitting in here.
38:42You know, we didn't make a tremendous amount of liquor on our first corn run.
38:47We're trying to generate a little revenue and just get back to the basics.
38:52You know, I'm on my way right now to one of our oldest, dearest customers.
38:57He's always wanted our corn liquor.
39:00We ain't made a sale of liquor in six months.
39:02And you know, I'm really excited.
39:05What are you doing to you old fart?
39:07Where have you been hiding?
39:09Damn, I've been laying low for six months.
39:11I've...
39:12For sure, I ain't seen hiding her hair, you.
39:14It ain't been by choice, but...
39:17I got you something here.
39:18Man, look at me.
39:21Well, I've been missing something.
39:22Some of y'all's good stuff now.
39:24Hopefully, it'll be familiar to you.
39:25Same old stuff.
39:26Good stuff.
39:27Good stuff.
39:27Yeah, I'll try it out there.
39:28Actually, here.
39:29Well, I ain't gonna sell man no pig in the boat.
39:32That's familiar, right?
39:37Ain't it?
39:37Yeah, that's good as I remember.
39:39I see it.
39:40That's good stuff right there.
39:42Price is still the same.
39:4425 bucks, $100 a gallon.
39:47Well, I hate to, but, you know, y'all been out of it a while.
39:52I had to find me some, and I found some pretty good.
39:57Good stuff.
39:58I've been paying $15 a jar for it.
40:02Jesus, God, $15 a quart.
40:05Well, that's 40% less.
40:07I don't know why anybody's making them any money or two.
40:10I don't either, but you can't blame a feller for...
40:12picking it up at that price.
40:13No, it ain't.
40:14Sure, Paul.
40:14It's just my problem.
40:17I mean...
40:17Man, that just knocks me for a loop.
40:19What in the world are you getting it at for that price, Stan?
40:21Now...
40:22Now, look, how many years we've been doing business?
40:24A long time.
40:25You know I can't tell that.
40:27I get it.
40:28Well, that's just the way moonshiners' codes work.
40:30You don't reveal your sources.
40:31Man, I'm...
40:32I'm getting it from a bootlegger, and you know how that goes.
40:37We've got to find out where this cheap liquor is coming from.
40:42And more importantly, how in the world are they able to produce it and sell it?
40:47for $15.
40:49Our livelihood depends 100%.
40:52We've got to find out what's going on in this moment.
40:56Ah, f***.
40:57I told you to slow down.
41:00Man, you didn't say f*** about s***.
41:02You're falling down.
41:02What the hell are you talking about?
41:04I can't give a jar of liquor away.
41:06I didn't have...
41:07I didn't have no luck either.
41:08If somebody else is trying to choke us out of business, then we've got to choke back.
41:12a little bit.
41:13All I want you to do is just get up off the water a little bit, and I'll be golden.
41:16We've got a pile of...
41:17We've got a water-wave van to pump the freaking water up the bank.
41:19Let's go.
41:20Let's go.
41:21Let's go.
41:22Let's go.
41:23Let's go.
41:24Let's go.
41:25Let's go.
41:26Let's go.
41:27Let's go.
41:28One wheel ain't turning, Jerry.
41:29Chuck.
41:30You hear?
41:31Four wheelers.
41:32You hear that?
41:33We got it together.
41:34You hear that?
41:35We got it together.
41:37Get the hell out of here.
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