♪♪
All I've got is 10 gallon. I need 15.
It's short supply In tennessee.
You don't never want to promise Nothing out that you ain't got.
♪♪
We're Getting soaked.
Mother nature Threatens to shut down
Production in kentucky.
Rain harder! That's what I'd do.
I would just Rain harder.
This is $22,500 Worth of shine.
It's one of the biggest sales I've ever made in my life.
And where There's smoke...
This ain't happening.
...There's fire.
All my stuff is burning.
Aaaaah!
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♪ runnin' to survive ♪
♪ when you're livin' Outside the law ♪
♪♪
♪ we're livin' Outside the law ♪
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This is how We make the moonshine!
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♪♪
Man, that's some Shine, darling.
Get this done, Right here.
In north carolina,
Josh loads up For his biggest sale ever.
You know, I think I've figured out
Two buckets is $1,500.
So, right now, Me and old crazy chuck
Are trying to get This trailer loaded up
With this 150 gallons Of cherry bounce.
This is $22,500 worth of shine.
It's one of the biggest sales I've ever made in my life.
I made my deal with This big-biker distributor.
The guys I'm doing this deal With, they want me to haul
The cherry bounce Out to this big bike rally.
It's been over a month Since I got this stuff made,
So right now, We're on our way out west.
Don't forget.
We got to leave room For these side-by-sides.
To help Conceal the cargo,
Josh will stop down the road To load in his racing bikes.
I'm hauling this huge load Of liquor and my race cars,
My motorcycles, My side-by-sides.
Everybody out there is going To be having a trailer,
So I'm going to blend right in.
oh.
Damn trailer load Of whiskey.
♪♪
So, this biker customer of mine, It's a really big deal for me
Because he's got a huge network Of people out west,
Take more shine than I can make,
And more demand Equals more money.
All right, big dog. You lead the way.
Watch out for cops.
Will do.
Josh gonna Have me ride point,
So I'm going to run interference
And make sure no cops or nothing Stop him.
If anything, I'll do the speeding
And get stopped, But he could go on.
If I get pulled over,
And they catch me With this 150 gallons of liquor,
I could do like five To seven years in prison.
It's going to be a long ride.
I expect the unexpected At this point.
♪♪
I started shooting footage On my phone
Just to document the trip.
I document damn near Everything.
I love it.
I hope and pray that god
Will keep us safe On this journey.
Due to The high police presence
At the sturgis motorcycle rally,
Josh's buyer is adamant that
No cameras follow him To the deal.
We're finally ready To roll out and go to sturgis.
We're driving all the way. We're driving nonstop.
Wish us luck.
♪♪
All right. It sounds good.
In graham county, Jeff and his son, lance,
Are moving to a new stash site
After their bootlegger Disappeared
With $300 of their liquor.
♪♪
It's a good spot.
♪♪
After our bootlegger Got locked up,
I don't guess We'll ever get that money.
Oh, yeah. I'll get the money.
I doubt it.Yeah. I'll get the money.
I'll bet you won't.
Put your money Where your mouth is.
For $300 worth of liquor,
You're going to give me A dollar?
Yeah.
Well, hey. Give me that.
Let me show you Something.
You know, george washington Was our first president.
The first year He made rye whiskey,
He made $7,000.
Today, that be $7 million.
That give me the idea to mix up George's recipe.
I've run it before.
I'm gonna learn you To do it.
America's first Commander in chief
Was also the nation's first Distiller in chief.
After leaving office in 1797,
George washington began Producing and selling
Rye whiskey.
By the end of that summer,
Demand was so high He needed to expand.
♪♪
Two months later,
Washington built A new distillery on his estate
With five pots And the capacity
To pump out 11,000 gallons per year,
Making the mount Vernon distillery
The largest in the nation.
This was an unexpected Turn of events
Considering just Five years earlier,
Washington used federal forces To crush a violent tax revolt
Led by distillers In western pennsylvania.
So we're gonna add Rye whiskey
With our corn liquor.
Lance, he's tasted The rye whiskey before,
But he's never been with me When I run it.
So I'm going to learn You to do it,
And then that's another recipe That you'll have.
I'm going to learn This george-washington recipe
The way he wants Me to learn it.
I want to prove to dad That I can focus
100% of my attention On moonshining.
I'll get the money.
You can kiss that money Good-bye.
That's the bet -- We shook on it.
But let's get This stuff unloaded
And get it in there.
♪♪
And I don't know exactly Where you're wanting
To meet this fellow at,
But we surely crossed the line Over here in cocke county.
Over in tennessee, Mike's new still hand, daniel,
Has set up a sale outside Their territory in cocke county.
The only problem That we're facing
Is that we're a little Shy of 15 gallon.
I don't know what we'll do To work it out,
But we'll have to work Something out with him.
We going over here To make this sale,
And daniel has promised out 15 gallons of liquor,
And we ain't got it.
All we got's 10 gallons of liquor.
We had a big explosion, And we blow a cap
And lose a bunch of steam.
A lot of liquor goes Out in the air,
And we could only Run 10 gallons.
♪♪
I don't have any idea In the world
Who daniel is fooling with,
But I got to trust him To get the sale done.
And he's a big, long-headed Fellow, ain't he?
He's a big Old-feller now.
Let's go ahead and see What we can do.
I hope you can Get rid of this.
I do, too.
♪♪
I'd like for you to meet My buddy, mike.
How you doing, Buddy?
You've bought liquor off of me Over the past few years,
But now this is actually Mike's liquor.
This is the apple-blueberry Brandy that you wanted.
I was 100% sure that We'd have the 15 gallon,
But we couldn't.
We had some bad mishaps,
And I hope you'll still Want the 10.
Yeah.
Let me go to the truck Just a moment.
I'll get it out, Let you try it.
I've made a few sales In cocke county,
But I know the people That I sell to.
I'm just hoping to get out of Here with the skin of my teeth
And see that we get This liquor sold tonight.
Open you a jar of that Right there and taste that.
I know.
You don't never want to promise Nothing out that you ain't got.
I've been expanding My territory,
Going over into cocke county.
This the way I'm going To get a new market going,
And I've got to do What I've got to do
To feed my family.
♪♪
Somebody Help me, please!
They say The road to hell
Is paved with good intentions.
All my stuff is burning.
Please help me!
♪♪
All I've got for you here, Tonight, is 10 gallon.
We promised this guy 15 gallons of liquor,
And we ain't got it.
And all I could do, I saved out a gallon for myself.
If you buy the 10 gallons From us,
That was my personal gallon
I was going to keep For myself, man.
If you'll take that, I'll give you that gallon.
That's $150 worth of liquor Right there.
♪♪
You just give us our money For 10,
This is yours.
I'll give him my extra Gallon of liquor
If that's what it takes.
Ten gallons, Brother.
All right. It's all there, mike.
-sorry about the problem. -yeah. Yeah.
Have a good one.
Over here in cocke county,
I want them to be able to come Back and buy from me again.
That right there could have been A bad deal going wrong.
It could have ruined My name, you know.
At least we got the money In your pocket.
That's it.
♪♪
In north carolina, Jeff is showing his son, lance,
How to make George washington's rye whiskey.
Our george washington -- It's a recipe I've never run,
So I've got to keep My eye on the ball,
So it tickles me to death To get tacks to come out here
And run it with dad.
The recipe Relies on malted barley
As a means of boosting The alcohol content
Of the final product.
To malt barley, burlap is placed On a nonporous surface.
On top of that, a roughly 1-inch Layer of barley is spread,
Then another layer of burlap.
The burlap is kept damp For about two days,
During which time, The barley will germinate.
The barley sprouts Are then dried, ground,
And added to the mash.
The ground barley sprouts Will contain enzymes
That help convert The grain starch into sugars
That the yeast can more easily Convert into alcohol.
Did you get water In both of them?
I already did.
There we go.
You ready?
Yep.
We got it ready now, And, in a couple days,
We ought to have Some malt.
♪♪
Can you smell The strawberries?
They're in the back, And I can smell them.
That means they're, Like, ready.
Yeah, but I don't want To smell them
Until after They've fermented,
And they running In the jar.
The window is quickly closing In kentucky
On chico and sondra's Second attempt
At making Strawberry-banana brandy
Before the fruit spoils.
I better get these Strawberries cut because,
If we don't mash in today, They're no good.
Like, this...
Those are nasty.
You don't want those.
A failed water pump Ruined their first batch,
So chico swapped three jars Of shine for a new one.
Running?
Uh-huh. Aah!
You got water up?
Yeah, I got water. Damn it.
Here's the thing About making liquor.
*bleep* breaks, You've got to fix it,
Which happens a lot.
Something somewhere Doesn't like me.
Is it Starting to rain?
Yep.
Back to strawberries.
♪♪
I'll get this lit.
♪♪
We're getting soaked.
Let's get some of These bananas in here.
Ow! That's hot.
Nice.
Thank you.
Rain harder! That's what I'd do.
I would just Rain harder.
Looks good, Smells good.
Give me a bucket.
That's scalding hot. Please be careful.
♪♪
Now I got to go down And turn the pump on
And fill this barrel up Before we can start the yeast.
While we're mashing in,
The rain is not going To really affect us.
Tell me when you got water.
It's not the ideal weather To mash in with,
But we'll get through it.
Yeah, it's coming.
All right. Just stir it.
I am stirring it.
He's in the truck.
You *bleep*.
Is it full yet?
Come check, See if it's full, honey.
You just trying to make me Stand out in the rain.
I'm not falling for it.
But if it starts raining On us during the run,
It has potential to stop us Dead in our tracks.
With this cold water Dropping on the still,
It's automatically going To condense in the cap itself
And run back down in the pot,
So we need to figure out Some kind of shelter
Or some way of getting out of The weather while we're running.
We need to put a roof On that damn thing.
Yeah.
♪♪
It sure is a nice, pretty, Sunny morning though.
Ain't it? -yeah.
But I'm glad the fog laid down For we can see
To get around up In these old woods.
In tennessee,
Daniel has an idea For a new moonshine recipe.
Yeah, I've been up In here before.
Yeah, but I love it back In these mountains.
Me and daniel was driving Around this morning,
Going to look for something,
An idea that he's got To run some liquor with
Because the ingredients Is getting scarce
This time of the year.
♪♪
This property That we're at today,
It's actually In daniel's family,
Has been for 100 years,
And so we could just Harvest like we want to
And don't have any worries.
Oh.
You want to go ahead And get these buckets out now?
Yeah, let's go ahead And get them.
I know you're gonna Like this idea,
So let's go ahead And get them.
Look right here.
You ever seen One of them?
That's a honey locust.
I know what the tree is.
I just hadn't ever Fooled with them.
The reason they're called A honey locust --
They're full Of sweet honey.
Honey locust looks Like a big old bean,
And you just bust it open,
And it's got this green Honey-type substance in it,
And, I mean, it tastes exactly Like honey and kiwi mixed.
This right here will Make some good mash.
Pop that joker open there And look at that.
Well, there's some Fruit in it, ain't it?
There you are. Taste that.
That's sweet. That's sugar.
Don't that taste like Wild honey?
-yeah. Damn. That is good. -oh, yeah.
I've seen honey locust before,
But I didn't know they was Plumb full of honey
And that sticky, Gummy paste in it,
But when daniel broke them open And let me try that,
They plumb Full of that stuff, man,
And it just tastes terrific.
It's sweet enough To make good liquor.
Hell. Let's try it, buddy.
Let's get all we can get Of these things.
I'm up for trying it.
Watch these thorns now.
That's the only thing I know About a honey locust,
Pretty much, Is they will hurt you.
They got thorns on As long as your finger.
They'll bust a tractor tire If you run over them.
Yeah, I'm telling you what, Them thorns is rough.
♪♪
You know, we got a problem Going on here.
-yeah. -I just noticed.
Number one, I'm too Damn short to pick them.
Yep.
What we going to do?
I ain't climbing This thing.
As we start filling Our buckets up with
These honey locust beans, We're reaching up,
And we're getting our hands Stuck all to pieces,
And we both look at each other, And we're like,
"There's no way that we're going To be able to reach all these
That's in this tree."
What's that?
Will that tree come back For another time, right?
It won't...
Well, as long as it don't Kill it off, yeah.
Let's go get a saw And cut this bastard down.
Let's do it.
♪♪
It'll grow back. I mean, it's not hurting nature.
And, in five, six years,
We'll be able to come back And pick some more off
This same honey locust tree.
Mm.
I'd love to have a biscuit Right now to put that on.
That would be good. Wouldn't it, buddy?
Yeah, buddy.
That's going to make Some good stuff.
Everything that We're running right now
Has got to be seasonal,
And this honey locust Is seasonal,
And, luckily, We've run into this,
And it's an abundance of it.
That's clean ground, That.
I love everything To be natural.
Anything I can get From the earth,
Anything I can pick, grow, Kill, or catch --
That's the way I like to do things.
Hand me that saw.
I think daniel has Done a good job.
I believe it's going To make good liquor.
I couldn't have brought him In at a better time
Because I was just About out of ideas.
Yeah, buddy.
That's going to make Some good mash, for sure.
♪♪
-there she flies. -there it comes now.
The sweet taste Of victory can be elusive.
It taste any good?
♪♪
Well, lance, let's check This stuff and see
If it's got sprouted.
That's all we're waiting on Before we can get
Our george washington Started.
Yeah, I've got sprouts On this end.
After days Of preparation,
Jeff and lance push forward With their washington rye.
It's got the sprout. We can use it for malt.
We'll go and mash in And get it ready.
Well, your fire is lit.
I'll talk you through it As we go,
Because, you know,
I ain't got the recipe Wrote down for it.
I got it memorized.
You know, we don't never Write nothing down.
Now, on this, we got to put The sugar in it
And dissolve it.
Yeah.
It's a pretty big Moonshiner's code.
You don't write things down.
If you write it down, They're going to be able
To find it eventually.
Then we'll dump Our corn in.
You just keep all the tips And tricks in your head.
And then take a whole bag Of rye to each barrel.
That's one of the biggest Reasons all the old moonshiner
Recipes and tips and tricks Have died off,
Because the moonshiner didn't Have nobody to pass it on to,
And when he died,
So did the recipes And everything else.
See how thick It is now?
Mm-hmm.
Finish it up, then, With the water.
♪♪
A lot of people grinds Their malt way too thin.
We'll grind it, and then We'll add it to our mash.
But you just need The husk cracked on it
To where it'll make Your mash go to working.
We'll wait till It works off.
A couple of real quick stirs, And we'll be done with it.
The malted barley Enzymes quickly go to work,
Converting the starches in The mash into fermentable sugar.
It excites me To get to run something
That our first president run, You know.
I made a joke the first time I run it --
Martha decided there wasn't Enough money in being president,
So she put george to making Liquor to make a living.
That ought to do it, Lance.
We added the malted barley in,
And it take four or five, Six days for it to work off,
And then we'll run it and see
What our george washington Tastes like.
It's ready. Let's get out of here.
♪♪
What have we got? Well...
We ready to run?
The yeast and nature Done its work.
We should be ready to run At least this one.
Over in kentucky,
Chico and sondra are Ready to run,
But only if mother nature Cooperates.
It's lit.
I'm worried about The weather.
This is outside.
We're fighting elements And mother nature constantly,
So, therefore, We have to adapt.
♪♪
Around the tree.
-this one? -yes, perfect.
Now bring it here.
While we're waiting On the still to heat up,
I do want a roof to cover us When it's raining,
So I'm going to take paracord.
We'll go from tree to tree With the cord as I tie it.
All right. Cool.
We'll tie the tarp where It spreads apart it even,
And I'll take the cord And run it through the eyelets.
Thank you.
Sondra is using This piece of pipe
To straighten out The tarp as I tie it.
The roof has to have A pitch to it.
It has to be able to run off.
Not a big deal while You're mashing in,
But if it starts raining on us While we're running this liquor,
The water can stop us From completing
What we came down here to do.
-way to go. -I'd say that worked.
Now, is that pretty good And centered?
You're a damn genius, I swear.
Now we can just watch our money Right here.
Now that we've finally got All these problems addressed,
You know, we have a roof.
Now we can just sit and relax And watch it run.
-hey, it's running. -cool.
Grab your head. See what you've got.
Is it clean?
Ooh, a little muck-y.
We need to bump The heat down.
See how that's Running off milky?
Yeah.It's running too hot.
What's the temperature on? Way too hot.
Yeah, 200. We're about 20 degrees too hot.
Cloudy liquor is the result Of running the still too hot.
Bits of mash get ejected From the pot into the thump keg.
Shiners call this "Puking the still."
And there's a kink In this return too.
There you go. Now then.
Now let's try that.
Every time I'm out here, I feel Like I learn something new.
I have my degree in moonshining, I think,
But I'm refining it now.
-looking better? -yeah. Running a lot slower.
Yeah, see? -clear?
When we go to talking About making liquor,
It's hard work,
But each time she learns Something,
It takes off of me.
I can feel it between my eyes A little bit, right?
It's what It's supposed to do.
It makes it where I can Work on something else
While the still is running.
I get a nice Strawberry finish.
This run will yield 15 gallons Of strawberry-banana brandy.
And it's not Real heavy.
Yeah. It's not heavy.
Like, the fall crawl was, like, A more of a, like, a blanket.
But we're going to have to Change gears here before long.
Fall is coming.
The new clientele We've built up really
Like the strawberry-banana,
But strawberries Are going out of season,
So it's time to kind of Change gears a little bit
And start thinking about what Our next step is going to be.
I'm tired of cutting up Strawberries anyway
Because they're this big.
♪♪
In illinois, Josh and chuck experience a bump
In the road to sturgis.
We pulled over At a gas station
'cause this stupid trailer hitch Has been rattling like crazy,
And we realized That the drop hitch
Wasn't positioned In the right spot.
And it's got, like, a little Soda machine key-top thing.
You know, you break the hitch Loose, pull the pin out,
And we took The pressure off of it
And went to bust The lock loose,
And the lock was Completely screwed up.
The only way to keep The trailer hitch together
Was to put duct tape on it.
I'm not a rocket scientist,
And I'm not the sharpest tool In the shed,
But, hell, duct tape Will fix anything.
We're back on the road.
Me and big chuck Have been driving forever,
But we're just about out west To the damn bike rally.
I guess we're going To sign off now.
♪♪
All the leaves has fell A hella lot in two days.
I mean, it's coming down, Got the road covered up.
Cold weather is On its way.
It's coming, And it's coming fast.
I guarantee you,
But we'll get up there And get her mashed in.
I hope we don't get Soaking-ass wet.
Time is of the essence Right now.
As rain falls On the blue ridge,
Mike and daniel Pick up the pace.
Get us a little water And put in here.
The wintertime is coming. The leaves are falling.
I'm stretched for time.
If we wait a little bit, It'll fill up its damn self.
It sure will.
If I don't get this done,
I'll piss off a lot of customers And let them down,
And I don't intend to do that.
I intend to push forward And get this done.
Start breaking some of them up While I hold this.
I can do her, buddy.
-all right. -see?
That's going to make some pretty Good stuff, ain't it?
Yeah. As much Sweet and sugar
As they are in these Honey locusts,
Yeah, I believe it will.
I want to extract every bit of This goody out of this stuff.
Oh, yeah. Well, look at that stuff.
It just looks like Kiwi honey.
I mean, That's what it is.
♪♪
We down here breaking up All these honey locusts
Into our pot and added water,
Firing it up And get to boiling it.
We're not worried about The actual pods theirself...
Just take a handful of them Like that and just...
...Because that's where All the goody is at,
Is on the inside Of those pods.
We're busting them in half.
It's amazing how much of that Stuff is in there.
It's crazy. Ain't it?
Cooking them down And extracting all of that
Honey and sugar out of there, Boil all that goodness out.
Boy, that thing smells So good, don't it?
It does. It smells real good.
Once we cook those down And get all the sugars
And that honey-kiwi taste Out of there,
That liquid turns brown And green-ish looking,
That means we getting Everything done.
It's making A thick syrup.
We'll pour it over Into the barrel,
Stir in our sugar,
Fill it up with A little cooled water
To get the temperature down.
Uh-oh.
The water is stopped up. I'll tell you what.
I'll run up there And try to fix that.
All right.
Right there is how we want The liquor to come out.
That ain't how we want our water To come out.
The hardest time in the year To run moonshine, man,
Is in the fall.
You're constantly having to walk Up and down the mountain
To unstop your water pipe
Because all the leaves Is falling.
Just another setback, Just something else to drown us,
Looks like today.
Packed full Of leaves.
You got it, mike. Come on down.
I got her going again.
We got a good Full stream now.
We'll go try her again.
We got to have water to cool My mash pot down
To be able to add My yeast into my pot.
If I don't do that, I have to come back tomorrow,
And I don't have Tomorrow.
♪♪
Add the yeast to it.
♪♪
You never know how a new mash Is going to turn out,
Especially when you take A gamble on a new flavor.
All you can do is put one foot In front of another
And just try it out.
That right there Is a good smell
And a good-tasting yeast Right there.
I think it'll work, Right there.
Oh, man. That'll bring it alive.
All right. I believe that's enough.
I think it is.
Go ahead And stir that in.
I'm going to cap it off And load up and get out of here.
I'm about sick Of getting soaking wet.
All we can do is hope and pray For this mash to work out.
We're all mashed in today.
I'm going home to get my ass dry And get in some warm weather
And come back on another day
To check it out and hope And pray it works.
Let's get on Out of here.
It ain't getting no drier, Is it?
♪♪
Well, dad, You ready to be
Running some George washington?
Yeah, if it's ready to go, I'm ready to run it.
It's just another day On the job for us.
♪♪
It's ready, lance,
So let's get some of this In there
And get it to heating.
Yeah. I feel like We're winning back
Some of the customers We lost last year
With us running George washington.
I run it, you know, Several times before,
And it sells like hotcakes.
♪♪
That george washington Is a lot darker in color
Than the corn beer, Ain't it?
Yeah, that's actually Some rough-looking beer.
It'll come out as clear As a bell though.
Beer is another term Shiners call fermented mash.
♪♪
Well, lance, I'm going To build a fire
While you're making paste.
♪♪
Our customers Really likes it.
Yeah. They do love it.
Are you sure you're going To be able to take this over
When I quit, lance?
You plan on quitting Pretty soon?
No, but you got to pay attention And listen to what I tell you.
What did you say?
I said, "You got To pay attention
And listen to what I tell you."
What did you say?
Now you're just being A smart aleck now.
You never know how your health Is going to be or anything.
You know, I'm getting On up in years.
Don't worry.
I'll bury you out there In the field somewhere.
Well, that's fine With me.
I don't care if you just roll me Over in the ditch
And leave me uncovered,
But I want you to be able To carry this tradition on.
I don't want to have to smell The smell, though.
♪♪
Lance, we got some george Washington a'dripping.
Yep.
Tastes like Rye whiskey to me.
It's good, too.
We've got liquor In the bucket.
It tastes great -- Onward and upward for us.
I'm glad to have Forward momentum.
I'm glad to get back in this.
♪♪
-it's high-proof liquor. -good.
What do you think We'll get out of it?
I'd say it's 150, 160.
I'm glad that I've finally Got to learn
This george washington recipe.
Well, lance, we got Another full jar here.
I'm gonna Switch them out.
Okeydoke.
I can pass it on To my kids one day.
Here's you Another full one.
That's really important For me.
Jeff and lance's run Yields 5 gallons
Of george washington rye, Worth $625.
♪♪
You got them in there?
Yep.
That's been a pretty good day After all, though.
Yep.
♪♪
Look at this nasty storm Forming behind me back here.
I don't know if that's the start Of a tornado or what,
But it sure as heck Looks like one.
On interstate 29, Josh is just hours away
From his biggest sale ever.
I'm on the road To sturgis.
I got 150 gallons of cherry Bounce in the trailer.
I just want to get This sale made
Without getting in any trouble.
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Well, I'm still on the road.
I'm towing the trailer, And chuck is my lead man.
He's watching out for me.
He's headed down the road In front of me
If there's any cops, Anything going on.
What the hell we got Going on here?
So I'm starting to notice Everybody swerving all around me
And blowing their horn And flashing their lights,
And I'm, like, trying to Figure out what's going on.
So I'm looking In my rearview mirror,
And I see a bunch of smoke.
I see flames.
Aaah!
This ain't happening.
Please, god, stop it.
This ain't my *bleep* Luck, man.
My race-car trailer,
My pick-up truck, My new bike --
All my stuff is burning!
Look!
Aaaah!
Do you want to do something else Beside just stand there?
I'm keeping The cable straight.
I'm about done.
So you've cranked it For five seconds,
I've been cranking on it For hours?
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
Your arms are stronger Than me.
You're lazy.
I'm lazy?
Lazy.
Look what I found In the car.
The kids Left them in there.
We gonna work out Some issues real quick.
Come on, homie.
No hitting in the ear.
No cheating out of my hand, Either.
Time out.
I didn't hear no bell.
We done? Yeah.
So, should I, like, Make the appointment
Next week For the counselor,
Or are you feeling All right?
Well, I didn't have a problem To start with.
Youse the one wanting to fight, Being lazy.
I always love you.You're such an ass.
♪♪
All my stuff is burning.
This is the trip From hell!
Aaaaah!
The road to sturgis Has led to a dead end for josh.
All my *bleep* Is going to burn.
The whole 150 gallons of Cherry bounce is up in flames.
I don't want to lose My truck too.
My truck is going to burn.
Somebody help me!
Trying to get the trailer Unhooked from the truck,
That's not a easy task.
Because the jack is broke On the trailer,
There's no way to get it Off of my truck.
This ain't my *bleep* Luck, man.
The only thing I could do Was pull the pin out,
But I can't get the pressure Off of the pin,
So the pin wouldn't come out.
Water!
Please, help me!
I'm stuck with a trailer on fire Stuck to my truck.
*bleep*
It's not going to be long Before the law is here.
And I got all this liquor In the back of the trailer.
The cops show up.
I immediately start panicking, Thinking I'm going to jail.
My tailgate is about To burst into flames.
♪♪
Daniel, I hope this honey locust Is ready to run off.
It's been getting awfully Cool overnight.
All right. I think, probably, it will.
We've had several Pretty good days.
On a damp day In tennessee,
Mike and daniel are ready to run
Their first batch Of honey locust shine.
-want to check that mash? -yeah.
We're down to the wire as far As being able to run liquor.
We've had some cold nights,
And the yeast has to stay Above 70,
75 degrees To really ferment well.
-what do you think? -by god, it smells right.
You know, we mashed This honey locust in.
We're hoping for the best.
You're always taking a gamble When you're trying to run
Something brand-damn-new To give to somebody.
I'm hoping to knock it Out of the park.
Give me a little dag At it.
It's ready?
Yeah. Yeah. It smells good.
I'll bet that'll be Good liquor.
You know, with this honey Locust, it's ready to run.
We're hoping for the best, But we don't have no idea how
This *bleep* going to turn out.
♪♪
There we go.
We've took a gamble on mashing This brand-new flavor in.
We've got to make this And make it right.
You need some help?
You'll be all night pasting That damn thing.
Dang-old fire Is burning my legs off.
Starting to get hot. Ain't it?
-yeah. -it won't be long now.
Oh, it's getting Real damn hot.
I can take it if you can.
I'm quitting.
All righty.
Yeah, you don't want None of that now.
Unh-unh.
-there she flies. -there she comes now.
You can smell That honey-kiwi smell,
But we still don't know yet How it's going to taste.
♪♪
That won't even make you Make a face, son.
I mean, that's just Good liquor.
You can taste every bit Of the honey locust in that.
You dang sure can.
I mean, it's there.
I throwed that Across my tongue.
It was just what I hoped for.
♪♪
It taste any good?
You can taste the honey Locust in it.
My god. I mean, it tastes Just like kiwi and honey
Mixed with just a little bit Of citrus-y flavor in it.
Give it a shake And see what we got.
I think maybe, after this, I will have earned my position
As far as being
A still hand or a partner.
One thirty, 135 -- Somewhere along in there.
He seems to like it,
And we'll just see How it goes from here.
You can't beat it.
This is the new fall liquor Right here.
Me and daniel ain't never Heard of nobody else
Ever running Honey locust liquor.
We took the risk.
We didn't know how it was Going to turn out.
It could have been a big bust.
Our season could have been over.
This is the best liquor I've run All year long.
I mean, this is going To be good liquor, son.
I believe it is.
And I thank you for coming up With the idea, brother.
We've got to get it out there And get a demand for it,
And we feel real confident That that's going to happen.
That's good liquor.
I like the flavor. I'm satisfied.
♪♪
The whole 150 gallons of Cherry bounce is up in flames,
$22,500 just in product.
That ain't including my trailer,
My motorcycles, My side-by-sides.
There ain't no getting it back.
It's gone.
I just watched it burn To the damn ground.
And I got this biker Distributor.
These guys are expecting me to Show up with all this *bleep*,
And it burnt.
I'm not being a man Of my word now,
And I'm a man of my word, No matter what,
So I've got to figure out How I'm gonna fix this.
I don't know these dudes Well enough to know
How they're going To handle this.
They may go crazy on me.
They may, you know. Who knows?
♪♪
I just lost it all,
Freaking unbelievable.
♪♪
Next time on "Moonshiners"...
You know, I been getting A whole lot of calls
From people... -mm-hmm.
...Wanting me to make them Some moonshine,
Illegal moonshine.
...A shiner struggles with Temptation in virginia.
You'll go to jail. You'll be back in jail again.
Well, I'm -- I got To do something, champ.
♪♪
You didn't deliver, man. What happened?
And rising From the ashes...
I had a fire, And I lost my trailer
And everything in it, But that wasn't my fault.
Here I sat Like a little fool.
Maybe I need to find Somebody else.