♪♪
My dad taught me How to moonshine.
I was about 5 years old.
Kindergarten was coming along,
And my dad said If I could help him moonshine,
Then I could skip kindergarten.
Well, today, J.T. Is coming of age,
And I can see myself every day Being my dad.
It's starting all over again.
Real moonshiners,
They understand Carrying on the heritage.
Well, they may die, Their soul may go,
But moonshining Is not going anywhere.
Moonshining Is a lineage tradition
Painstakingly passed From one generation to the next.
Family is the lifeblood That keeps the craft alive.
Those who can pass down A true sense of craftsmanship
Cement their legacy forever.
A son looks for redemption In north carolina.
It's real important for me To earn his respect back.
Well, what Do you think?
Man, I know you just Got out of jail today,
But I'm just trying to Give you an opportunity.
In virginia, A moonshiner returns
With a little help From his friends.
I want to stay out of trouble.
I don't want to wind up Back in jail.
Moment of truth Here, boys.
And in tennessee, One sip will define a season.
My future In the liquor business,
It lays right here.
Son of a bitch.
♪ no one can hold me down ♪
♪ or make me change my ways ♪
♪ so don't waste your breath Sayin' ♪
♪ crime never pays ♪
♪ goin' for a ride ♪
♪ runnin' to survive ♪
♪ when you're livin' Outside the law ♪
♪ we're livin' Outside the law ♪
This is how We make the moonshine!
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♪♪
Glad to Be out of jail?
Man, you ain't Never lied, man.
Been a while since you had Some good food, I bet.
Well, you know, I ate Pretty good up in there.
You know, they made me The baker up in there.
Believe me, of all The people in the jail
To give yeast and sugar to, They give it to me.
Well, they figured you was The best one for it.
In virginia, A reunion is underway.
Tim and j.T. Are taking Tickle out for his first meal
As a free man in nearly a year.
Well, I mean, you know, And everybody in there
Was wanting me to make A little bit of something,
But I was like, "No. I'm just ready to get The hell out of here."
What they want you To make, alcohol?
Yeah, 'course they did.
I'm tired of being In there, you know?
You get told Where you got to go,
Where you got to be, When you got to be there.
And, I mean, you know,
I'm just trying To stay out of trouble.
What are y'all doing?
I got this idea That we go on this road trip,
And I'll show j.T. Some different people Making moonshine,
Different ways Of making moonshine.
I think now He's just watching me.
Even though I'm legal, It's real important that
J.T. Understands Where he came from.
Trying to give him Some ideas.
I mean, he's got something Up there in his head,
But I don't know.
Well, I mean, he's got it In him. He's your son.
Well, I know he's got it.
He just don't know How to use it yet.
-yeah. -you know?
Go down by this Tree line here.
With inspiration as the goal,
Tim has taken j.T. On the road
To introduce him To moonshining's inner sanctum.
Alright. I'll be there.
Alright, We got to turn around.
But the trip Took a detour
When tim's former Partner in crime, tickle,
Was released from jail.
I'll be glad To see the sun.
I ain't seen it In a long time.
I know.
♪♪
So, since you don't have Nothing to do,
Why don't you come And help us out?
I know you just Got out of jail today.
I'm just trying To give you an opportunity.
Well, I tell you...
This way, you can Still be in the business
But not being illegal.
I want to Stay out of trouble.
I don't want to wind up Back in jail.
Would it be easy for me to want To go back out in the woods?
Yes. But I can't.
I think we can Make this work.
Yeah, y'all got to help Each other now.
Still be able to make Moonshine and stay out Of trouble doing it?
Still make moonshine.
Well, j.T. Is real anxious
About starting his own recipe And everything,
But I want him to slow down.
Making moonshine, You can't rush.
You know, shining with tickle
Gonna slow him down A little bit.
You can't get that knowledge Out of a book.
You can't get that Off the internet.
I like what he's doing With j.T.,
But if he follows his dad,
He'll just be A carbon copy of tim.
I believe the way I can benefit him the most --
There's a million mistakes you Can make while making moonshine,
And I've already Made most of them.
But you got to come up To culpeper.
I guess while y'all are On y'all's road trip,
I'll be talking To my p.O.
About leaving And going to culpeper.
-yeah. -all right.
Tickle is still Under state supervision
And can't leave the county Without permission.
I really care about tickle, And tickle's a good guy,
But, you know, He's let me down in the past.
If tickle messes this one up,
You know, it's gonna be me, The brand, and my son, too.
I think that's the first time I've ever seen anybody
Eat chicken tenders With a knife and a fork.
You got to Be proper.
♪♪
We got everything To mash in?
Yeah. Let's go Check out a spring.
In louisiana's Red river country,
Patti and david's season Depends on their ability
To find clean springwater among The area's abundant swamps.
I hope this Thing's cleared up.
Daddy, we got To get mashed in today.
I want to start Making some money.
I'm getting impatient because I'm getting a lot of calls
From down south wanting shine, And I don't have anything made.
We ain't gonna Be able to mash in today.
The father/daughter duo Can't get up and running
Until the small spring Runs clear.
Gravel's gonna filter out The sand and stuff in it.
So david devised A backwoods filtration system
That should provide them With a constant flow.
Without clean water, There's no moonshine.
This sure needs To start working.
We're gonna start Losing customers
If we don't Start producing.
♪♪
Ha ha ha! Looky there.
Pretty, ain't it?Yeah, it's pretty.
That's crystal-clear Water there, buddy.
Good?
That's the best-tasting water I've tasted in years.
Okay, let's mash in.Let's go.
Now you A happy camper?
I'm happy now.
Now that they've secured Their water source,
Patti and david Can start executing
Their plan for the season.
We're gonna run two Of our most popular moonshines
From last season, Which was mayhaw and pear.
What I want to do Is get just a big stockpile
Of 120 gallons Of this premium shine
And then do one big haul Down south
Just right on the gulf there.
We're gonna get $150 a gallon.
I don't want to be on the road Back and forth,
Taking a chance Of us getting caught.
There. Burn all the hair Off your arm.
I ain't never hardly had No hair on my arm.
Nothing but sugar water And mayhaws.
They ought to make Some good shine.
A mayhaw is kind of, like, In a cherry, crab-apple family.
You don't find mayhaws, like, In the mountains or anything.
It's usually In the southern states.
Yes, ma'am.
Pretty color there, Baby.
Now let's go back And get the pears.
I'm getting All those calls
From those gulf fishermen Down south.
You know how those cajuns -- They like to drink.
♪♪
We're gonna be running Pear and mayhaw.
There's no way we can do One at a time,
Or we're gonna be Working around the clock.
Well, I ain't gonna Be in here 24/7, now.
Well, I don't want to, Either.
If you don't, You gonna lose money.
That's true on that.
At the end of the season Last year, we were maxed out,
And we were worn out, too.
I mean, we were having to run Around the clock.
If we get Two stills going,
I think that's Gonna open us up.
What about a thump keg?
We're gonna be running two Different kinds of moonshine.
Just adding another still Will help us out,
Get two stills going, Double the money...
Half the time....Half the time.
You took the words Right out of my mouth.
♪♪
This is kind of A dishearted day.
Yep.
Yeah, we did.
You settled down?
A tiny bit.
Over in the volunteer state, Mark, digger, and j.B. Rader
Are trying to recover From a rookie mistake.
We know the manifold Is the problem.
I'm gonna get it out of there, Get it took apart,
And we'll get right into Cleaning the hell out of it.
You know, we ruined This delicious batch of liquor
By not paying attention To what we're doing.
How about That there, jacob b.?
After weeks of frustration
Building an oversized third pot For their still,
They finally fired it up
But failed miserably.
No, no, no, no!
And ruined it.
It's that Damn manifold.
Back to damn Square one.
Flux is a substance that helps Bond soldered metal seams.
Any flux residue in a still Will foul the liquor.
In the hustle and bustle Of this big, giant build
Getting mashed in And ready to run,
We didn't clean the flux residue Out of this manifold.
Well, I'm a-gettin' Our ketchup opened up
To clean that behemoth Over there.
Stand her up here, and I'll pour A little of this...
It's nasty in there, boys....Cleaner gravy in there.
The best way to remove Stubborn flux residue
Is with a simple mixture Of salt, vinegar,
And good old-fashioned ketchup.
Just apply, then wipe away.
You can look Right here
And see what this will do To that canker.
That green stuff Right there,
And just like this right here, It's all over the inside.
You give that ketchup A few minutes,
It'll make that look Like a brand-new penny.
♪♪
You can bet Your bottom dollar
We won't forget to clean it Again, will we, j.B.?
Hell no.
After we leave this On here
Four or five minutes, You can look.
It makes that copper Shiny as new.
We got to make our Second attempt at this run
To make good liquor this time.
We've got our mash Ready to run.
We're gonna scrub the hell Out of this rascal.
We've got to make This next run work.
We fail again, Then our season's lost.
Coming up...
I'm gonna take you For a trip.
...Blind faith in virginia...
If he takes off, We have no idea where we are.
...And the pressure is on In louisiana.
You think that thing's Gonna blow?
♪♪
In graham county, North carolina,
Lance is on the road To redemption.
First leg of the journey --
Mash in and make up For the batch that he wasted.
So, at the beginning Of the season,
You kind of have to get back In the swing of things,
And dad told me "No more Hiccups, no more mistakes,"
And I've not found My rhythm yet.
It seems like This season's fighting me
A lot harder than Any other season I been through,
So I can't fail again.
Jeff and lance stumbled Out of the gate this season
When lance failed to properly Protect their mash barrels.
The cost of lance's blunder -- 100 gallons of mash
And his father's Hard-earned trust.
Kind of up Against the gun here.
We gotto get Some liquor flowing.
Now lance needs To make things right
To get back In his father's good graces.
That's the way malt corn's Supposed to look, right there.
Stone-ground malt corn That's been germinated,
Dried, and finely ground Contains natural yeast.
Got to make sure I ain't got no clumps.
If we add the malt corn Too fast,
You just get big clumps, And it's hard to bust up.
Grain and sugar, the staple Ingredients of moonshine,
Have not always been Readily available.
During world war ii, National stores of sugar, corn,
And other grains Were sent to the front lines
To feed the allied troops.
When the raw materials Were no longer available,
The price of moonshine Skyrocketed.
Opportunistic shiners Began to make liquor
From previously discarded items,
Such as pea shells, Beet stalks, and turnip greens.
Those talented enough To produce quality hooch
During the lean times Could ask up to $40 per gallon,
The equivalent Of nearly $700 today.
Yeah, this is something I really can't fail at.
I need to redeem myself With dad.
♪♪
It should be done In about seven days.
Get this business going again.
♪♪
Yep.
I'm kind of glad we're doing Just another 30-gallon.
You get them big stills, They hard to handle sometime.
Down on the bayou,
Patti and david Need to build another still
If they want to hit Their season goal.
Ugh!
Dang it, boy, It's burning!
♪♪
Now what?
Daddy, he's always been the type Where he just does his thing,
And I have to just learn By watching.
Alright, that was good Right there.
When he's working, best for me Really just to be quiet,
Because I'm not gonna get No response from him.
When patti's around me, she Worries about things too much.
I don't like to be Rushed on nothing.
It's kind of hard To build a still.
Not just everybody can do it.
It looks good.
I think That's got it.
Go find a thumper?
I've got an idea.
I'll be back.
Is that a threat Or a promise?
A threat!
♪♪
Beer keg?
Phew. It's heavy, daddy.
What you think? Think that'll work?
It's really the perfect size To make a thumper out of.
Moonshining, You try to do something
The cheapest way you can.
I think it's gonna do A good job.
Patti, she used That old brain again.
Now, how you gonna get The beer out there?
I don't have To empty this.
Smells like we having A keg party in here.
If the new still and thump keg Function properly,
Patti and david Should be able to run
60 gallons of mash at a time.
Let me see it.
Ow! *bleep* That's hot!
Darn right it's hot.Well, how are you holding it?
I'm down here. Crazy.
Perfect.That's it right there.
Final touch -- Put the valve on.
That's it.
I guess tomorrow now, we'll get This hauled into the site.
Ow! Gosh!
Why you got to be So mean?
♪♪
Man, this road's getting Mighty dark up in here.
How much farther up this road We got to go to?
I don't know. I haven't been Up here in so many years.
See, if you start Seeing a mailbox,
You know we Getting close.
In southern virginia,
Tim and j.T. Are back on the road,
Searching for the true heart Of outlaw moonshine.
Yeah, that'll be it Right in there somewhere.
Listen.
I hear something.
Rodney brown.
Alright, Let's see.
There's a whole lot about Rodney brown you don't know.
Rodney brown's probably The biggest moonshining bootleg
In franklin county.
I didn't say anything to j.T., But rodney is blind.
Oh, yeah, I hear some music.
Yeah.
They got, like, A whole band up in there.
-hey! -hey, rodney!
Hey! Who is that?
Hey!
That sound like tim.
It istim.
Oh, man.
Who's that with you Right there -- j.T.?
Man, I ain't seen you Since you was a little kid.
What are y'all doing In this neck of the woods, man?
Oh, we was Riding around.
Riding around?Yeah, riding around.
-right on. -yeah.
Are you thirsty?
Well, yeah, We thirsty.
That's probably about Why we come to see you.
oh!
Well, I tell you what now,
You come To the right place.
-you know that. -yeah.
And he says, "Well, hell, He's in there playing music."
I said, "Well, there's A whole lot of things
You don't know about Rodney brown."
Exactly true.
They call me the ghost Of franklin county, man.
That's it. That's it.
Rodney is not Handicapped whatsoever,
Which I hope Just stands out for j.T.
Because rodney don't give up.
He uses all those senses That normally we don't use.
He's feeling it. He's smelling it.
It's like a sense. It's like superpowers here.
Y'all want to go down And take a little taste?
Where we got to go?
Well, the bog Is back there.
We got to go just Right down in the woods.
Down in the woods?
Blind man gonna take us Down in the woods?
I don't see nothing good Coming out of this.
Bit like the blind Leading the blind, ain't it?
Oh, we gonna follow Rodney brown,
Biggest moonshining bootleg In franklin county.
Well, I hope he knows Where he's going.
What you doing? You got us some lanterns?
Yes, sir. I got you light.
Y'all take these things. I don't need them.
Yeah, there you go.
Y'all, I'm gonna Take you for a trip.
You're gonna have To keep up with me, man.
Trying to follow rodney Through the woods,
And he's negotiating around
Just like he's got Night-vision goggles on.
If he takes off, We have no idea where were are.
I got a lantern, And I can't see where I'm going.
Where we going Here, man?
Coming up, In north carolina,
It's every shiner For himself.
Y'all take these things. I don't need them.
Yeah, there you go.
Alright.
Back in virginia,
Tim and j.T.'s quest for a taste Of franklin county's best
Has them following A blind man into the darkness.
I don't know how you know how To get through here.
Be careful over here. There's a tree right there.
Yeah, that's a tree Right there.
And there's one Right here.
Yeah.You know where I'm at.
There's some Back through here.
Here's your path Right here.
And so we just go up This way right here.
-over here. -okay.
Alright, Come on around.
On up here. Right here At this tree right here.
-what tree? -right there.
-this one. -this tree?
This tree Right here.
Oh, that tree Down there.
that one right here.
Y'all want to take A little taste of it?
Yeah.
Now, this right here Is some rye.
It's about a year old.
Mmm. It smells good.
That's some good corn liquor Right there.
-oh, yeah. -yes, sir.
That's some Rodney brown liquor.
Yeah, that's right. That's right.
It's smooth.
Oh, that's got A nice taste.
Making moonshine, Most people can't even do it
With a perfect set of eyes.
It's just so amazing that He's able to do this blind.
♪♪
That's some...It even smellssmooth.
'cause it's Made right.
Oh, yeah.
And it takes time To make good liquor.
I been trying to tell j.T. That for a long time.
I keep telling him He got to slow down.
You ever heard that song "Simple man" by lynyrd skynyrd?
"Take your time. Don't live too fast.
Troubles come, Then they pass."
Yep.Now, that's the way, see,
That's the way Moonshine is
If you don't Get anxious.
Learn all you can.Alright.
And do all you can And watch the feds.
Rodney brown is a moonshiner,
And I'm talking about He makes goodmoonshine,
And this is what's So special about him,
Because he doesn't Let anything stop him.
Just grab the world By its tail, you know?
Just go ahead and swing it. Make it happen, you know?
And j.T., I think, Was absorbing that.
That's a legend Right there.
I mean, that's a legend Right there.
He just keeps on going.
♪♪
Them horseflies Are terrible this year.
Oh, I know it.
Let's see where we're Gonna set this other Still real quick.
Deep in the wetlands Of northern louisiana,
Patti and david are making Their first tandem run
Of mayhaw and pear moonshines.
Us running this new still, we Got this beer keg as a thumper.
It's adding a lot of stress
Because we've never ran Nothing like this before.
I'm worried that It's not gonna work.
When you're running Any kind of fruit mash,
You got to be real careful, 'cause it's not like corn.
You can let it sit There two or three days.
But with fruit, you need To get it done right then.
That's good stuff.
It's ready.
Check this mayhaw, See if it's ready.
That's good. It's ready, too.
I love a taste of that.
Yeah, it's ready.
♪♪
Got mine lit.
Got them both running. Now we'll see how they do.
Kind of like This idea.
You have your still, And I have mine.
Hey! Unh-unh, buddy!
You've got Your own still!
Stealing my junk.
This is mystill, And that's yours.
Yep, mine's getting Warm right here.
Oh! I'm running.
Smells like mayhaw. You smell it?
Yep.
Dump these heads out Real quick.
Put some cheesecloth Down here
And put some mayhaws In it.
When that liquor run Through the mayhaw,
Maybe it'll give it A more mayhaw taste.
This stuff smells good, Don't it, daddy?
Want to try it?
You think that thing's Gonna blow?
No, it ain't Gonna blow.
Well, It's making a noise.
I don't like That thing, daddy.
Oh, yeah. It good?
Good high-proof, too.Heck yeah
That thumper's working, Ain't it?
Yeah, it's holding In there.
I wonder what kind of proof It's starting off at.
140 proof. Right on the dot, too.
That's just how I like my shine.
♪♪
Hoo! It is140 proof.
That's some Good stuff, though.
When you run your first shine Of the season,
You're always wanting To get that taste,
And that first drink Of the mayhaw was wonderful.
That's my last one Right there.
Mm-hmm. Mine, too.
Boy, that mayhaw Tastes good. Taste that.
Patti and david's first Successful run of the season
Yielded a total of 6 gallons Of mayhaw and pear moonshines,
Worth $900.
Well, that still Did good.
Oh, yeah, It done good.
Aw! That's the only Time I get a hug
Is out in the woods.
♪♪
It's the moment of truth In north carolina.
Let's see what It looks like.
The mash is fermented And ready to run.
I'm feeling a lot more Pressure on me now,
Which is gonna make sure that I get this season going right.
Worry about the right corn, The right sugars.
I want to make sure That we don't fail again.
Man, I believe That's ready.
With all the setbacks We've had,
I want to run this tonight, Get it done.
That way, we've got finished, Ready-to-go product.
It's extremely tough running Liquor all night like this,
But I'm gonna make sure I get everything right
From this point on.
Oh, perfect.
I'm ready to go.
Big whoosh.
Now it's just A big waiting game.
This right here is The best office in the world.
♪♪
Yeah, I hope that having A successful run
Is really gonna show dad That I can handle myself,
And it's real important for me To earn his respect back
And to get him To where he trusts me again.
Not so long ago now,
I would've been hammered By this point.
I really like to sample My own product.
I took it to excess.
That's why I don't drink anymore.
When I quit drinking, That give me the drive
To making sure that you have A way of making a living.
There's not many opportunities For somebody
Dropped out of high school.
It's real important for me To be a moonshiner
'cause this is how I take care of our family.
Coming up...
Talking about somebody Was putting out
2,000 or 3,000 Gallons a week.
Looking for a legend...
Is that him Down there?
Looking for amos law.
♪♪
Under the carolina moonlight,
Lance is well into His first run of the season.
I believe that got it.
Oh, we're hot Into our thump keg.
We will have alcohol Anytime now.
I'm gonna go ahead And dial my heat back,
Make sure that I don't scorch The bottom of it.
Oh, yeah. We got alcohol.
♪♪
That's good-smelling alcohol.
♪♪
This is the alcohol That everybody's asking for.
It's getting us back on track To where we need to be,
So I'm tickled to death That it's running.
That jar is full.
That's mighty good liquor. Ooh!
I got a long night ahead of me,
But that sure makes it worth it Right there.
♪♪
Ugh.
Are you tired This morning?
I'm tired.
I hope you're Well-rested.
I'm pretty-good Rested.
♪♪
Well, what do you think?
Well, thank you.
Same right back To you.
Our customers Is coming back.
That was a huge weight Off my shoulders
When he told me that That was good liquor --
Made it all worth it Right there,
Staying out here all night.
When the run is finished,
They'll have $500 worth of corn liquor,
But the bigger payoff for lance Is regaining his father's trust.
Lance, we got to go Get us a load of sugar
And get this mash Back a-workin'.
Not before I get Some sleep, we ain't.
Yeah.
♪♪
That one there Smelling right?
Cap on this one. This one's ready to run.
J.B., what's that Taste like to you?
Like it needs A waffle dipped in it.
Yep.
In the smoky mountains, Mark, digger, and j.B.
Are ready to distill The vanilla-maple mash
That remained when they cut Their last attempt short.
This is our second attempt On this three-pot still.
So far, we've not got A drinkable drop out of it.
Now you go.
Hold up.There we go.
It don't have to be Perfect straight.
It's gonna pump steam Either way.
We're ready to fire These sumbitches up.
okay.
You want to be That close, or you...
Oh, it's okay, I think.
It's blowing itself out.
It's gonna blow the side Out of that thing.
Moonshining will either Teach you patience
Or it'll rid you of any That you did have.
I believe It's burning now!
- I don't want to fail anymore. - Everything stems on this run.
It's gonna be success Or failure from this point on.
Suck it up, buttercup. Be positive.
Still ain't no fun.No.
♪♪
Ol' big sloppy, She's settling herself in.
Yep.
We need to be On the lookout for leaks.
- We've cleaned the manifold. - We've tweaked the burners.
We've did everything That we know to do
To make this a successful run.
I can feel the heat Right up here.
Told you it was A-thumpin'.
Any minute now, We ought to get it.
Yeah, was that A drop or two I seen?
Yeah, the condenser arm Is getting hot, too.
Looky here. Looky here.
Damn. Look there. What a stream.
As hot as that thing was, I knew we was gonna have liquor.
You better get you A catch jug there.
Yes, I should.
Let me put this little filter Down in there,
And we cram it full Of white-oak charcoal,
And then they absorb Fusel oil.
It gives your liquor A nice, smooth flavor.
It's high-octane pudding Right there.
God, it's way too high-proof To drink right now.
We're in the high-shot stages, And it's too fiery
To tell about any flavor profile At this point.
It's gonna be Five minutes a jug.
-ready? -yep.
Now we're getting back On there again.
There we go.
I'm just anxious to run down About 30, 40 jugs
Before we can get the middlings.
We'll see if all these flavors Carried through.
Well, boys, we got A long night's work ahead of us.
Because the different types Of alcohol
And chemical compounds In mash
Cook off At different temperatures,
A run goes through Distinct phases,
Which moonshiners Refer to as cuts.
On a 10-gallon distillation run,
The first vapors to boil off Are called the foreshots,
Which contain poisonous methanol And is discarded.
The next 12 or so ounces to Boil off are called the heads,
Which contain Harsh-tasting aldehydes.
These are also discarded.
The next cut Is called the hearts.
The hearts are pure ethanol.
They taste smooth, rich,
And are the part reserved For drinking.
The end of the run, Also known as tails,
Are low in alcohol And contain water
And other by-products, Like fusel oils.
These are bitter-tasting And cannot be sold as moonshine.
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That's running us to death.
We're about 80.
Let's taste Some of it.
Since our first run was So miserably unsuccessful,
This whole three-pot system,
We don't know If we did it right or not.
Moment of truth Here, boys.
This'll just make or break Our season
And maybe our damn careers.
My future In the liquor business,
It lays right here.
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Son of a bitch.
That's real nice.
It's pretty warm Under here, though.
Yeah, I'd say it is.
Moment of truth Here, boys.
This'll just make or break Our season
And maybe our damn careers.
Back in tennessee,
The fate of mark, digger, And j.B.'s entire season
Rests in a single jug.
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Son of a bitch.
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I can take that A couple of different ways.
Yeah. Probably can.
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That "Son of a bitch" Means...
Looks like I'm gonna Come back to work.
You scared the hell Out of me.
Taste the liquor in your mouth, And then that maple syrup,
It's kind of like 3:00 in the morning
At the waffle house, Ain't it?
Sassy, Yet unpretentious.
Nutty, But not overpowering.
Tickles the olfactory.
Yeah, it does.
It's the palate.
Yeah, it did.
You're so Full of *bleep*.
This successful run,
It's kind of turned a corner For me, if you will.
We're back in the wheelhouse, And we're ready to go forward
And make a lot Of liquor right now.
Boys, I believe we're onto A little something here.
I'm gonna Tell you what, cuz.
We ain't gonna make Any corn liquor this year.
We're gonna Stick to this.
Well, We got to see what
John q. Liquor-buyer public Thinks about it.
We can't Sell this cheap.
This batch Of vanilla-maple moonshine
Will net them $12,000.
I'm back In my game, baby.
-yes! -whoo!
Pow!
I'm gonna tell you, I'm gonna sleep
Like a naked baby Tonight.
Hell yeah.Come here, baby man.
Give me love.
We've been rejuvenated,
And, hell, We're ready to go hell west
And crooked forward Into this season,
And we gonna make A lot of liquor.
J.B. Rader,
I'm glad to have you Back in this game, brother.
You look like a damn Ostrich with polio.
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I like when you drive. I can look around.
When idrive and look around, I run off the road.
In the commonwealth of virginia,
Tim and j.T.'s journey Continues.
It's a trip that tim hopes Will inspire his son,
As well as reveal His own outlaw past.
Want to go back up there In franklin county mountain,
This is where We're gonna go.
You in the moonshine capital Of the whole world here.
Go in this neck of the woods, It's always somebody around here
That knows something About moonshine.
Back in the day when I was doing this illegally,
J.T. Was too young,
And he couldn't Really understand,
You know, and right now, All he knows is the legal way,
But I want him to get The feel of what it was like.
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You got somebody else in mind That we gonna go see?
One of the biggest kingpins Probably on the east coast.
Him and your papa, my dad, They pulled time in richmond.
Back then, You got some serious time,
And you got federal time.
It wasn't like today, just going Into the local jail.
You was going "Down the road," Is what they called it.
Now j.T.'s gonna get To meet this guy
That was working With my dad back in the day.
He would have five or six Different teams set up.
Talking about somebody That was putting out
2,000 or 3,000 Gallons a week.
We can't even do that
At the legal distillery In culpeper.
Nope.
Amos law, One of the most legendary,
Most famous moonshiners In all of franklin county --
Maybe even the whole United states --
Controlling millions of dollars.
He was the big al capone Of moonshining.
These were really rough guys Back in the day.
Some of them died, Some of them got shot,
And amos survived.
Right down this road.
It's right in here Somewhere in this cornfield.
You know you In moonshine country
When you's got corn On both sides of the road.
I only met him One time.
I was a little kid When I met him then.
He might not Even know who I am.
We are taking A little bit of risk,
And this is why we decided To go in the daytime.
I don't want him to, like, Pull out the gun or nothing.
Better be careful Of somebody coming Around that curve,
Because we don't want To get trapped.
Yeah, just stop Right here.
I'd say so.
I ain't seen him In 45 years.
Looking for Amos law.
Next time on "Moonshiners"...
Boy, have I got A surprise for you.
...The scientific method In tennessee.
If that gadget right there Helps our liquor production,
I'll be the first one To pat you on the back.
Left high and dry On the blue ridge...
Maybe you might come And help me a little bit.
Yeah. I just, I been busy.
If we gonna make A 1,200-gallon goal,
Mike is gonna have To be here to help me.
Ugh.
It's good for production To have high-proof.
And the heat is on in kentucky.
Wow.