♪♪
Grandpop, you know, he was Into moonshine pretty heavy.
Sold a lot of whiskey, Never got caught.
One day the revenuers Raided the house.
Anyway, grandma knew The sequence.
She had the rug Over the trapdoor,
And she had A rocking chair there,
And she'd sit in the rocking Chair and start crocheting.
Grandpop came home While they were still there.
He was really mad.
He took one of the police cars All by himself
And rolled it down the hill.
Cops got all upset at him And they beat him up.
Everybody thought He was gonna die.
They called the priest out
And gave him the last Rites and all that,
But he survived.
They didn't arrest him.
He didn't have anything, then Went on back to his business.
An outlaw Moonshiner's survival
Depends on his ability To craft quality liquor
And avoid the authorities.
But working in the backwoods
Also means having to Battle the elements.
Don't get near it.
Serpents descend Upon louisiana...
-hit him again. -okay.
Yeah, he ain't dead!
...An operation Compromised in north carolina...
...And rough justice In tennessee.
That will work, one, two.
Hey, wait a minute! Wait a minute, wait a minute!
-you're under arrest, sir. -*bleep*
♪♪
♪ 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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Well, this will be a fine day To be working
Instead of going and Getting sugar with me.
Well, we got to have sugar, Or we can't work.
On the move in Tennessee, mark and digger
Are loading up on supplies For their next run of liquor.
How much sugar You reckon we need
To get ahold of this time?
We'll have to get half A ton, shouldn't we?
Look who's calling.
What the hell Does he want?
-hello! -hey, digger.
This is killer beaz. -hey, man.
We get a phone call From killer beaz.
He's our stand-up Comedian friend
Who's set up our big jam deal
With ed king from Lynyrd skynyrd last year,
And it's looking like We're gonna deal
With beaz some more.
What? Hey, hey, hey.
Where you at?
You on I-40? -yeah.
You get off the 447 exit,
You'll come back up By the interstate
Under a bridge And a river.
-okay. -just meet us there.
Yeah. We need to just Talk in person, beaz.
Okay, cool, man.
-all right. -all right.
I get nervous Talking on the phones.
Yeah. We don't need to be Talking on the phone.
Well, here's the bridge.
Come on, beaz.
-hell. -he may be lost.
He's liable to be In damn chattanooga.
That's it.
Let's see What he's up to.
♪♪
Killer!
Well, look at this!
How you doing? -beazley!
-mark. -hey, beaz.
Hey, I have landed us Another deal,
Another National celebrity...
60 gallons of grappa,
250 bucks a gallon.
We got two full weeks.
Oh, come on, man. You can do that!
It's a $15,000 deal.
It ain't about the money.
It's more so About the time.
Now, grappa is complicated.
We've got to get a recipe down.
We have to figure out, you know,
What's the best yeast To ferment this with.
High-quality grappa Is rare and expensive.
Its main ingredient, Grape pomace,
Is the leftover peels And stems from winemaking,
That yields in a narrow Harvest window each season.
I mean, you've got to realize It's got to be
A slow, cold fermentation.
It's gonna be long, drawn out, Lot of work, lot of figuring.
It's a whole different beast.
You can't take grapes You buy in the store
And make wine out of it,
And you can't make grappa If you ain't got no wine.
I know a guy that's got A vineyard, but, you know,
I haven't talked to him In quite some time.
This is obviously A seasonal liquor.
We can't meet a deadline If it isn't good.
We're not gonna put Our reputation on the line
For an inferior product.
Yeah, I get that.
This is a big risk.
We mess it up and we've taken Weeks out of our season,
But, you know, if we can bring Something new to the hills
Of tennessee and the liquor Business, bully for us.
I'm gonna try to get down here At this little vineyard,
And see if they've got any Grapes that will work for it.
-let me know. -I'll tell you in liquor.
Can we just not make him A pan of lasagna?
I know how to do that!
I don't know if I can get 15 grand for lasagna.
Love you, man. Thank you.
We've got to figure out How to make this grappa.
I love a challenge, and $250 A gallon, that's $15,000.
That ain't nothing to sneeze at In an old moonshiner's world.
I think that if we put our nose To the grindstone,
I believe we can do this just as Good as we have anything else.
What have we volunteered Our dumb self to do now?
This.
If we can nail this grappa, You know,
It's got the potential Of opening up
A whole new network
Of high-profile, Nashville-based customers.
That's a big round Of liquor
For something We don't normally do.
♪♪
He's right up under here.
Oh, that's Something there.
Down in the bayou state,
Patti and david's water source Is crawling with cottonmouths,
One of the most venomous Snakes in north america.
Me and david were walking The creek again,
Right here by the site, and Came up on another cottonmouth.
It's just as big As the other one.
That would kill you.
Daddy, don't you fall And it get you, now.
Don't fall. Ooh, get it.
Daddy, daddy, daddy.
Oh, my god.
Look at his mouth.
Hit him again!
Okay.
Oh, unh-uh. Ah, he ain't dead!
That ain't good!
I mean, that's close To our site.
It's too close, Right there.
That's two of them.
You see How fast they move?
Mm-hmm.
We'll have us a burial ground Back here before long with...
Ah! Oh, stop!
I ought to hit you.
I'm gonna hit you One day, daddy!
That's two big ones.
Yeah.
Night runs is what Concerns me the most.
You know, you out here, you Can't see something like this.
That's a good one, buddy.
They've got to be coming out Of that beaver pond
And coming up this creek.
Coming up this creek, Fishing.
I think we need to get us Some mothballs and throw out
Because that's supposed to Make the snakes stay away.
I put these things in our house Mainly for moths.
Yup.
We've already killed two Water moccasins, you know,
And I've got an idea Of using mothballs
And maybe just hanging it In some trees
Around the perimeter Of our still site.
Snakes navigate And locate their prey
By using their tongues To capture scent.
The pungent naphthalene Contained in mothballs
Works as a snake repellent,
Temporarily disorienting The serpent
And causing it to retreat.
Yeah.
Hang one on that tree there, Across that creek.
Heck, all I smell Is mothballs now.
That will do it. It's all the way around us now.
My idea is, is that that scent Will go down that creek,
Right straight To where that den
Is where we killed Those two snakes
And maybe it'll keep the rest Of them away, you know,
And they not float up That creek, coming toward us.
By dog, if I was a snake, I wouldn't come around here.
I don't even want To come around.
Moonshine, it's different Every day.
You never know if you Coming home alive
Or if you're going Home arrested or what.
♪♪
-daisy. -yeah?
Can you get me
The clothes out Of the dryer, please?
-yeah. -okay.
Do you need everything In here?
Yeah, I think I do.
In virginia, Tickle is kicking off
The next chapter of his life.
I just got out of jail A couple of weeks ago,
Trying to keep myself busy, And tim called me.
He got to telling me That he wants me to help j.T.
So I'm packing my stuff up today And now I'm hitting the road.
You ready? -dad.
-what? -no. Put it back.
After six months in jail,
Tickle's first call with Tim turned into a job offer
To bring his outlaw Moonshining skills
To tim's legal distilling Operation and train tim's son,
J.T., in the craft.
Since you don't have Nothing to do,
Why don't you come And help us out?
Tim is ready for me To come up to belmont farms
And work at the legal Distillery up there.
That's something new to me.
I think this can be what I need To get me back
On the right track.
Just keep on Heading straight.
Being as I don't have a license,
My daughter daisy Is taking me up there.
When you get to culpeper,
What all is actually Gonna happen?
Me and j.T. Are gonna Start experimenting.
We're gonna get him To come up
With some Of his own recipes.
That way, he can really Kind of come into his own
And be able to apply Hisself to moonshining,
Instead of just running Daddy's recipe.
Well, I'm not looking to get In no more trouble,
That's for sure.
Being out of jail, I've got a lot riding
On my shoulders right now.
I've got my daughter.
I've got my mama To take care of.
I need to keep myself Straight as I can.
You know, before I went In this last time,
Tim had me up there helping him, Trying to keep me busy,
Building his new Stillhouse and all that,
And, you know, I really Feel like I let him down
Because I went back in jail.
So I'm really looking forward To going up to culpeper
And helping j.T.
Hey, look. Before we leave town,
Got to head down To the p.O. Office
And I've got to get My travel permit.
I can't go anywhere Without that.
Now that I'm out, I've got probation to deal with.
They keep a pretty Tight leash on you,
So if I need to go anywhere, I've got to let them know.
All right.
The probation office Is right up here.
I've got to get a travel Permit, and, you know,
I don't know how My probation officer
Is gonna feel about me Working with alcohol.
All right.
I really hope this woman Gives it to me.
If she don't give it to me, I can't go.
I'll be right back.
I might not make it To culpeper at all.
A bootlegger goes M.I.A. In north carolina.
All right.
The probation office Is right up here.
Down in virginia, Still on probation,
Tickle needs permission To cross county lines.
I've got to get a travel permit.
I really hope this woman Gives it to me.
If she don't give it To me, I can't go.
I can't do nothing.
♪♪
-how did it go? -okay!
Got my travel permit. -awesome.
-I'm ready to go. -great.
-I didn't do it! -it's all right, baby.
Curbs happen.
We're heading to culpeper.
I am.
I think this can be A good experience
For me and j.T. Both.
And I tell you what, Even if I think
He's gonna make Something
That's gonna taste bad, We'll let him make it.
That's how I learned.
Had to learn from my own Mistakes, you know?
How long are you gonna Be down there?
Do you know?
A week or two, easy.
You make sure you go To school later today.
Of course.
I make straight a's, Better than you.
Hell no, I didn't make straight a's.
You're pretty intelligent.
Well, yeah.
You can't be stupid And be a moonshiner.
That's for sure.
Right here, you go on To the left.
Right where?
Um, at this stop sign You just ran through.
You are my daughter. Everything is illegal, right?
Well, not unless You get caught.
Well, that's true. That's true.
♪♪
-grappa. -grappa.
We've got to say it Like italian.
We're getting Into the grappa!
We're about to get too big For our damn britches.
Speak for yourself. I've lost 8 pounds.
*bleep*
In the foothills Of the great smoky mountains,
Mark and digger are on the hunt For the grape pomace
Needed to start Their appalachian grappa,
But this elusive cast-off From the wine-making process
Is only produced during a narrow Window of time in the fall.
Can we get everything We need to make it local?
The only thing You need is pomace.
It's stuff that the winery Would throw away.
I'm always up to a challenge When it comes to new mash,
But to make grappa, you've got To have some pomace.
It's not necessarily Readily available.
Pomace is just A cast-off.
It's the skins and the stems And the seeds
From where they mash Those grapes.
They've still Got a lot of sugar
And a lot of flavor Left in it.
I've decided to reach Out to a friend
That has a vineyard And hopefully he's got it.
If we get this stuff today,
We'll need to Figure out something
And get it mashed tomorrow, And no later.
I'm sure that Mushed-up grapes
Ain't got A good shelf life.
No.
I've read some of The history on it,
And it was The poor folk's drink.
Well, that hit us Right in the crease.
That did.
The italian liquor grappa
Is made from pomace, The freshly pressed grape skins,
Stems and seeds left over In wine production.
Just like moonshine In america, in italy,
Grappa was widely home-brewed
And consumed by rural people And subsistence farmers.
On the island of sardinia, Grappa earned its name,
"Filu 'e ferru," Which translates to "Iron wire,"
From an original Bootlegging technique
Used by sardinian farmers.
Grappa was jugged, sealed And buried with an iron wire
Extending from the bottle's neck
To just above The ground surface.
Rust from the iron would leave a Small orange stain on the soil,
Letting the bootlegger know Where the cash was buried.
Legend has it that Centuries-old troves of grappa
Remain hidden across the Countryside to this very day.
Where do you got any idea
Of getting some Of this cast-off?
Allison, she's a member Of this wine club
Down here At this vineyard.
Do you know him Good enough
That we can back A little trust on him?
Oh, yeah.
Hell, I give him plenty Of money for wine a month.
A lot of people Don't understand
The network that exists In our little neck of the woods.
If we need something, we've got People we can reach out to.
Oh, it's pretty. Look at all these grapes.
They're hanging full.
Hey, gene. How are you, man?
You care to go show me Your white muscat vines?
-make some jelly or something? -yeah, you know.
-all right. -yeah.
We thought we might make A little jelly
Or something Of that nature.
That's fine. Come on.
I'll show you, man. You guys are v.I.P.S.
These white muscat vines Are indigenous to our region,
You know.
They grow wild In these mountains.
As sweet as those grapes are, It should make
Some great grappa, In my opinion.
Oh-wee. -yeah.
That's the whites, there. -ooh, damn.
-do they get sweeter? -oh, yeah.
-okay. -yeah.
I was gonna say, They're not done yet.
Genuinely, what we're really Looking for, gene,
Is what do you do with Your scrap, your cast-off,
After you juice Your grapes?
We'll probably have 15 tons Of that stuff this year.
Really, 15 tons?
You wouldn't let us ever have A little of it, would you?
It's kind of taking The trash out for us.
We're glad to help you.
We'll even bring you Some barrels to put it in.
-really? -yeah.
We just can't run To the grocery store
And get a bucketload of it.
We need it.
He's got it, But the sad part about it
Is it's gonna be a long wait
We're gonna have Ahead of us here.
How far away from Maturity are these?
They're probably a month, Something like that.
I don't mind if they get A little sweeter.
Them right there, They're bitter as acid.
He don't mind us having it.
It's no expense to him, But we just have to come back
On his schedule to get them.
You guys want To come help pick?
We've always got plenty Of these laying around.
We'll check our calendars And get back with you.
In the meantime, It loosens the load
A little bit to have some fun.
Thank you, buddy. Good meeting you.
I'm probably just gonna kill A little bit of time
And deal with digger.
I think this is just the perfect Opportunity to get him
His up-and-commance.
♪♪
In north carolina,
Lance is on the final step Of a classic dead drop,
To pick up the cash His new bootlegger
Stashed at the agreed-upon site.
This first case of liquor, So you got it sold.
We've got to get Some money flowing.
Probably be around $300.
To get some urgent cash
For his family's Moonshine operation,
Lance took the risk of Bootlegging his own product.
The sheriff's department, It's noted on surveillance.
Somebody must have Reported us being there.
But after a close call With the law,
He decided it was safer to hire A bootlegger to distribute.
I think it's gonna work out.
We'll be using him to do All of our bootlegging.
Yeah, me and dad, we really Need to keep running
And I can't be bootlegging.
So, hell, it feels good to have Moonshine and money flowing.
With this bootlegger, I'm really hoping
That he'll get to moving A lot of product.
He's gonna bring In new customers, you know,
People that hasn't Ever tried our liquor.
You know, it will help us out.
We'll get back on track.
Hmm.
You know, he told me He would leave it right here
Next to these stills.
I don't know where He would have left it.
No money, no liquor.
No answer.
Call him back.
Straight to voicemail.
This ain't good.
Straight to voicemail.
This season on "Moonshiners"...
Oh, my god.
...Trust comes at a premium In the backwoods.
Somebody has stole My *bleep*
I've got a feeling Who done this *bleep*
Son of a bitches!
-boy. -uh-huh?
He just whipped in Behind us.
We're going to jail.
What the heck?
That's the coast guard.
That ain't good.
Oh *bleep* There's the damn law.
Hell no!
I had a guy call me,
Wanted a couple of gallons Of moonshine.
I'm trying to show j.T. The right way to do things.
Didn't you just Get out of jail?
It's so isolated.
Very few people Have ever seen it.
This is a good dropping place, Right here.
There's Our carrying case.
We're gonna make Renewable energy off the creek.
We gonna call this hillbilly Grappa or grappa moonshine?
That is badass.
No!
What are you doing, tim?
This is straight from hell!
The thing about it is, Son,
They'll step up In the shadows
And shoot you in the back With a 12-gauge.
♪♪
Straight to voicemail.
Back in north carolina,
It's no money And more problems for lance.
My bootlegger, He's got me a little weary
Because if he did get Busted with the moonshine,
I don't want to have the sheriff Knocking on our door.
I don't want to run the risk of Having our stash spot found out.
So I just think I need To get to dad
And tell him what happened.
Our stash spot is compromised.
We don't know if he ripped us Off, but the chance is there.
Anything could have happened.
He could be in jail.
So we're in a tricky spot Right now.
I'm really dreading telling dad.
I know he's gonna be upset.
What was that?
What's the bad news?
You can't trust nobody From the outside,
And I thought I had That drove into lance's head,
But evidently I didn't Preach hard enough.
I've got some bad news For you.
If you don't get the money For the liquor,
I'm gonna keep Your part of the money
Out of the liquor money
To get my money back For what you fronted him.
Yeah, I'm sure about that.
You fronted him the cash For liquor,
Now I ain't got No money for it.
Lance is a great liquor maker, But, you know,
It takes more than being A good liquor maker
To become a good moonshiner.
♪♪
I hope no varmint Knocked our lids off this time.
After defending Their water source
From venomous snakes, The clock is ticking for patti
And david to run their pear And mayhaw shine.
Yes, it did.
Coming back in here, We already mashed in,
So we're gonna see if this New mash is ready to run.
Oh, yeah.
♪♪
That's good stuff, There.
Let's see what this one Looks like.
-good? -superb.
Let's go ahead and pump That one down there.
-all right. -you running pear?
You running pear.
Both pear and mayhaw, still Working and it tasted great.
He's gonna run the pear And I'm gonna run the mayhaw.
We'll see which One tastes the best.
All right. Give it some gas.
♪♪
Kind of getting a late start.
We gonna have to be out here Until late tonight.
That's okay. We brought enough food to eat.
We're gonna have us a feast.
First thing I'm gonna do Is dig a hole.
Years ago, the indians used To build a fire in the ground,
And that way, other people Couldn't see it.
So you an indian today.
I reckon. That's the vent.
That's how it's going To get its oxygen.
If you build a fire In the woods,
Concealing it underground Like this is good.
Yeah, you can use the stuff Out of the pine tree for fuel.
See the bubbling Out of the pine?
You can buy this in a store. It costs you a lot of money.
We just get it out of the woods.
You know, as a kid, me and daddy Would go camping in the woods,
So this was really Nothing much different
Than me being a kid In the woods cooking,
Other than I'm committing A felony and running moonshine.
Fixing to cook us Some taters in the fire.
I didn't bring a can opener,
So I'm having to use What I got out here.
This recipe here I'm making, daddy loves.
Set the dutch oven up here.
It only takes about 45 minutes.
I'm gonna start Adding crust on it,
Add some apples, Add some brown sugar, cinnamon.
This gonna be The last layer.
What I do on this layer is just Slice me some butter up,
A little bit of brown sugar, Put the lid on it,
Set it on my fire and that's How you make an apple cobbler.
Even though you're in the woods,
Doesn't mean you can't Eat good out here.
Normally we just coming in And running shine,
But we're multitasking today.
Daddy, both of these Suckers are running.
-they are? -yeah!
I'm fixing to toss mine.
Let's check the proof on it. You want to check it?
165.
Dang!
That's the highest proof We've ever had.
165, I couldn't believe it.
See what the pear Has done.
-158. -god!
It's good to come off At a high proof
Because that means You yield more liquor.
Can you taste The pear in it?
Yeah, you can taste The pear in it.
That's good.
I'm already Seeing dollar signs.
You know, we've been Running shine for many years.
We've never hit 165.
We were proud of ourselves.
Several factors Contribute to a high-proof run,
Including warm But not hot weather,
An active batch of yeast And running the liquor slowly.
Make money and eat good!
That's it, buddy.
Got sausage, Corn on the cob,
Tomatoes and cucumbers, Pork chop.
We've got liquor coming out And we just some busy bees,
Ain't we, daddy? -yes, ma'am.
Once the liquor Is tempered down,
There will be more to sell.
This tandem run will Yield 8 gallons,
Their best run of the season.
Couldn't ask For anything better.
We've got our bellies full,
Got a bunch of moonshine We're gonna haul out.
It paid off for us tonight.
Oof! This cobbler is superb.
Using big words Tonight!
Justice is served in tennessee.
$200, that will work.
Hey, wait a minute! Wait a minute, wait a minute!
-you're under arrest. -*bleep*
♪♪
-what you been up to? -good to see you.
Good to see you. What's going on, brother?
In culpeper, virginia,
Tickle is shedding His outlaw past
And starting A new chapter in life.
Let me show you What's going on.
How much progress Have you done made
On your stillhouse Back here?
Oh, a little bit. What do you think?
I just got to belmont Farms up here in culpeper
And there's A distillery being run.
Tim has definitely made Better use of his time
Than I was making of mine.
So you've got the still, And then a doubler,
Then a condenser.
That's the cook tank Right here
And that's The collection tanks.
Oh, yeah.
Tickle really showed up?
Last time you were here,
We was just Putting up the walls!
Yeah!
Now, how long you going To be out this time?
I'm gonna be out for the rest Of my life this time.
That's good.
We need you the rest Of your life, then.
I think It's really good that
Tickle is gonna be our expert Right there, you know,
Guiding j.T., doing his thing, Building his recipe, you know.
He has to have an old man To look after him like I did.
I knew you wasn't saying Nothing about me!
-yeah. -oh, right.
I think j.T. Working with tickle,
He's gonna learn that Strong bonding and partnership.
You know, we're gonna Work it out, you know.
Tickle knows everything About moonshining,
But he's also gonna tell him All about being in jail
And doing the things wrong.
I think this is gonna be Really important
And it's gonna Carry him a long ways.
Tell me What you got so far.
All right. Let's go look at it.
All right. Let's check it out.
You know, it's really Good to be back
Working with tim And j.T. And chuck.
All right. Guess we got to go back to work.
What we doing now?
Looking at tickle, That made me think I want
To get something to eat Myself, you know?
♪♪
Mm-hmm.
Outside of Robbinsville, north carolina,
Jeff and lance Are taking extra steps
To make sure the bootlegger Who stole from them
Can't make things worse.
I made a mistake.
I figured I could trust him,
I knowed him All my life.
You still...You ought To talk to me about it
Before you brought Somebody else in.
We're gonna put our liquor Somewhere else
Not at our stash site.
It's just like the harder I talk to you,
The more mistakes You make.
When daddy and grandpa Told me something,
I done it The first time.
They had to tell me Again, they slapped
The *bleep* out of me, Then told me to do it.
Well, your dad and grandpa Ain't here.
It's me and you. -I know.
I don't treat you Like that.
And yet...
Well, It's gonna get older
Because I don't think You're ready.
If something was to happen To me right now,
I feel like you would Be in the dark.
If lance don't wise up,
I'll have to think long and hard To, you know, to figure out me
Somebody else to start drumming.
Yup.
It's just a lot of work
Right in the middle Of moonshine season.
I've tried to teach him better, But he still, you know,
He wants to take them chances.
That really hurt me when He said that he didn't think
I could handle The still site,
So I'm gonna put a lot more Focus into proving him wrong.
You ready? -yeah.
♪♪
Mark's mama's had a little fall
And I'm gonna pick up a sale For him where he can't make it,
So he can go take His mama to the doctor.
In tennessee,
Idle hands Are the devil's playground.
Hey, puss. I appreciate this.
Oh, yeah. Ain't no problem.
Me and digger have been friends For a lot of years,
And he takes a tremendous amount Of joy screwing with me.
I hear something up there Rambling around.
Might be a bear.
It's no secret That I'm superstitious.
Smart aleck, he had This old skull head.
Oh, you son Of a bitch, you!
He had to pitch it In my lap,
Give me pretty much A *bleep* hemorrhage.
By god, you're on Your own, big boy.
You've hurt old whitey.
I'm done with you.
Mark!
He's just an ass*bleep*
Revenge is a dish That's best served cold.
Where do I need To go meet him at?
You know that old shed Up there
What we stored liquor On dead drops before?
-yeah. -yeah.
He'll meet you there.
Digger knows that my mom
Has had some doctors Appointments, so...
Ain't problem.
I'll take care of you, Puss.
So digger agrees to do it And he doesn't know ricky,
But I vouched for him And digger trusts me.
It's kind of A sketchy-looking place,
But you can't be afraid Of sketchy places
When you're doing something That some folks think
Is a little illegal.
So we'll just sit and wait.
♪♪
Here comes somebody.
Yup. I believe that's Probably our guy.
How you doing, man? You ricky?
Yeah, man. You rick? -I'm rick.
If you're rick, I did.
I'm mark's buddy.
Well, we like To think we do.
Take a little gander And see what you think.
I got it out Of the same mold.
It ought to be Pretty close.
-whoo! -that all right?
Yeah?
$200.
That will work, One, two.
Hey, wait a minute! Wait a minute, wait a minute!
Damn it, wait a minute!
-you're under arrest. -*bleep*
♪♪
At the peak of shine season,
When running liquor Takes priority,
Making time for family Is more important than ever.
How old is that gun?
Look like one of them
Daniel bunyan guns, Don't it?
Tyler, he's been talking about This muzzleloader for years.
I mean, ever since he had Shot his first gun,
He's been wanting to get His hands on that muzzleloader.
When you touch that front Trigger, she's ready to fire.
They call it A primitive muzzleloader.
The frontiersmen had it and It's not like a traditional gun,
You put a bullet in And you shoot.
You have to go through The whole process of loading it
And then I just like The big boom with the powder.
-god! -look at that!
I'll taste this one.
I don't like it.
-dummy. -tastes like gunpowder.
That's disgusting.
Yeah?
$200.
That will work. One, two.
Hey, wait a minute! Wait a minute, wait a minute!
Damn it, wait a minute!
-you're under arrest. -*bleep*
Aw, hell. You've got to be *bleep* me.
You're under arrest For illegal transportation
And sale Of illegal alcohol.
Aw, hell.
Oh, god. Son of a bitch.
You know, so payback is a bitch, But he's fixing to meet it.
I'm walking up now and I can see
Digger's head In the back of the truck.
There's no doubt digger thinks That he was arrested,
And I know that he still Doesn't think for one second
That I've done this to him.
You son of a bitch.
Was you a little bit Scared, was you?
No, by god, I was A whole lot scared,
If you'll know The damn truth about it.
Well, good.
The only difference is...
I don't know what You're grumbling for.
We made a sale.
He really wanted The liquor.
You got his money? -yup. That's real.
Yeah. I pissed on it, But I've got it.
I'm sure this prank business Is by no means over,
But I hope this learns him That paybacks are a bitch.
Be aware of your old buddy, now.
If you do something to me,
I'm gonna do Something back to you.
Do you need to go change Your drawers or anything?
Maybe. Yes. *bleep*
♪♪
You ready to get This thing set up?
Yeah. We've got to get It clean first.
Oh, yeah.
This thing ain't been used In probably 50 years or so.
In culpeper, virginia, Tickle starts a new chapter,
Passing down generations
Of moonshining heritage To tim's son, j.T.
All right.
Let's set that pot up here And see how it sets.
What j.T. And I are doing today Is we're cleaning this pot.
You got it? -yup.
We're gonna clean it out With a little bit of vinegar
And then we're Gonna boil that
And let it run all the way Through inside of the thumper,
Inside of the pot, Inside of the condenser.
That's what you Really need to do
To get a good Next successful run.
Helping j.T., I can Still make moonshine,
But I don't have to be out In the woods illegally.
Throw some water In it now?
Yes, sir. We'll water it on up.
Having tickle here with me To kind of give me
A little extra guidance,
He can give me good advice.
I want him here.
He's like a family member.
You've got to put some Over here in this thump,
And we'll clean The whole still.
-that should be enough. -yeah.
You want to start off With a clean still
To make good, Clean liquor.
Oh, yeah. No doubt.
We'll get this thing lit
And it's time to start Pasting it up
While this is filling.
Go ahead. Fire it up.
All right. There you go. All right.
It's just ground rye, Right here.
Makes a good paste.
I'm really excited now.
I know we're only Cleaning this pot,
But just having fire up Under it really gets me going.
I don't believe I've ever done
A still up that Heavy in my life.
Well, you ain't never had A 130-year-old still.
I ain't ever had one This old, either.
This thing is ancient.
I mean, this was chuck's Grandfather's still.
Chuck hisself Started out on this.
You hear the thump?
There, I love that sound.
Make you want To dance, too.
I really feel like I'm a part Of history myself.
All right. Tell you what...
Now it's The waiting game.
Now it's just The waiting game.
When you have this Still heating up,
All you're doing Is sitting there.
So it gives a good opportunity To sit down
And catch up with somebody.
Well, you know, I've been away For a little bit.
How was it in there?
Just trust me on this --
Some place You don't want to go.
Not only do I want to teach J.T. About moonshine,
But I want to Teach him about life.
Do it legal.
Don't take any chance, Any risks.
I took enough in my lifetime For me and you both.
If he can use my experiences To better hisself
And never wind up in a place Like that, hey, you know what?
I'm all for it.
You can't do hardly Nothing in there.
Can't do nothing.
Sit around, eat and sleep And watch out for yourself,
You know, because ain't nobody Else in there got your back.
Out here, you got my back, I got your back.
Your daddy has got Both our backs.
Oh, yeah.
Next time on "Moonshiners"...
That hole Looks pretty dry.
There ain't nothing Coming out!
...High and dry in virginia...
This is A very big distillery.
Without water, I've got A big problem.
What are we gonna do now?
Oh! Damn it.
...And a shiner Reunion gets off
On the wrong foot In north carolina.
If you would have got that Damn pump like I told you to,
I wouldn't be down here
Wallowing around This damn furnace.