Oh, man, Look at that. That's a steal right there.
Oh, yeah.
Look at that.
Man, that thing is purty.
Howard did a fine job right here.
I mean, he made it perfect.
Basic cop a steal.
Put me a cap and a long arm, and then, you know, condensor.
I mean, this is really old school, period, Correct?
Civil war time right here.
Yes, sir. This long arm on it.
Really? You know, you don't see that nowadays.
Yeah.
Keeping it away from the fire.
Yeah, because, you know, propane, you can control it real easy.
Shut it down like that if you need to.
You can't do a fire like that.
A wood fire? No, we're going to be using this like, back in the days they had an open fire.
And if this alcohol vapor is coming out right nearby, it could ignite it.
And you don't want that to happen because it could backfire to the steel, blow the whole
thing up. And then that's not a good day.
I bet it's going to work. Good.
I bet it will.
I bet it's going to work.
Should be able to capture plenty of vapor coming out of there.
Give me the shovel, then.
All right.
We're gonna get bashed in.
We're going to need this, too.
Yeah, I'm gonna get that, too.
What about this pot? Can you get that to get that, too?
Give me that. What about this matter?
Can you. Can you? I don't know. All right.
How's that?
Well, that looks good.
All right.
You get the rest of it?
Yeah.
Oh, yeah. Perfect.
Is it like a hell hole swamp right here?
I've made liquor in worse places in this, I imagine hell hole swamp is a lot worse than
this.
Well, this is the lonely.
Yeah. Yes, it is.
On the creek. The surroundings of the low country.
I feel like I'm in the period correct time here.
I mean, I'm back in, you know, late 1800s.
Let's see if we can't get us a little fire built in here.
All I need is a little accelerant.
You going to be ready?
I'm ready. There we go.
That's a fire.
This is real deal. Back in the day, just like they did it back in the Civil War.
Wood burning hot fire.
It doesn't put out a lot of smoke.
Nothing's getting hot.
Now. Yes, sir, it is.
I think we're going to be good to mash in.
Yeah, there's some in there.
I mean, the whole purpose is to heat this water up so it will break down the starches
in the grain because we're not going to put no sugars in it.
Nothing else to modify it.
So it's going to be the real deal.
You want to corn meal, You want the grits.
Come here.
All right.
Man. Tico We did all our research we could on this.
Jimmy Red corn. And we don't really have a written down recipe.
So right now, this is going to be our interpretation of what Jimmy red corn
moonshine should be like.
I'm gonna add the Jimmy red corn actually in two different parts.
One is corn meal and the other one is a grits of the corn.
There you go, Jimmy. Red grits in there.
It's in.
They're looking good right there.
It's not only looking good, it's smelling good.
Corn meal, grits, South Carolina rice.
I believe that they would probably using everything back in the day.
Everything they could use added rice to this mash because it is an important crop to
Charleston. Of course, you're getting thick now.
Oh, yes, sir. Uh huh.
Look at that stuff. Oh, yeah.
It's got some starch, so it adds some alcohol.
Plus it will help absorb some of the other grain, giving the final product a smoother
taste. Hey, Jigger, I think what I want to do is get as much starch conversion I can out
of it.
Yeah, it's all grain, Bill.
Yep. Not going to make anything if we don't cook it for a long time.
Yeah. All right.
I don't want to cool it down yet.
I just want to put the lid on it and let it sit.
As long as it'll stay warm, you know, and do a good starch conversion.
Bam! Lids on tickle.
All right. Pull it on back, because we're not adding on sugar to it.
We're doing this the old fashioned way.
You going to come back here in the morning and pitch your yeast?
That's what.
I'd do. All right.
Sounds good to me.
All right, let's get out of these woods before it gets real dark.
Yeah. No, it. Yeah, We got to get back out of here.
Is it going to fit up in there?
Yeah, it fits right up in there.
Just fit up in there. Perfect.
Yeah. Today is the day for us to run this gym.
Red moonshine. You know, we came back a few days ago, pitched our yeast, gave it some
time to ferment. See if it's ready.
You ever think we'd be, like, 50 years old?
Still playing in the creek den?
No.
Hell, we're ready now.
Yes, sir. That ought to catch some liquor.
Do it now. Check this mash out.
All right. Oh, that looks good.
She definitely.
Got some oil.
On. It sure does, don't it?
That's a darker looking mash than what I'm used to seeing.
You know, I mean, we've seen corn.
White, yellow, rye, wheat, barley, everything but that.
Yeah.
Yeah. You never seen.
A total different ballgame.
This is what makes Jimmy red.
Jimmy Red is because the high oil content.
This is the flavor.
What kind of taste you think it's going?
I mean, we tasted high wires, right?
You know, but they were making a whiskey with it.
They could taste. They aged it.
You could taste the barrel in it.
I think, you know, we're going to get real deep, rich Jimmy Red because it's in the
mash. Well, let's get it in steel.
All right, well, let's get it some in there.
Just think of it all.
That oil was in that corn, and when it fermented, it came to the top.
I'm going to put some fire in that man.
Now you make a good fire like I did when we was marching in.
And that's fine. Yeah.
Yeah.
Talking already? Yeah, she's talking already?
Yeah. Yes, sir.
That's what I'm talking about.
Good. You know, when we talk to high wire distilling, they do have an agitator that's
agitating it and a steam fire.
And right now, we're old school.
The only agitator I have is tickled.
You got a little heat coming out.
Won't be long. She'll be ready to cap.
All right. We don't need to make this up.
Some paste.
Bring it over here. Chico got a little bit over here.
A little bit of a leak right there on that seam.
Right there.
Right down there.
You don't want the whole steel to blow up.
Damn, I hate a leak on the bottom.
It was a good thing how it made this arm so long.
Otherwise we'd be in real trouble.
Stop that leak. And she just started coming out.
That's what we want to check on.
Then we got some drops coming out.
Look at it.
Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
She's fixing to roll.
We ain't got far to go.
We only got six feet.
I mean, it's a matter of quarter jaw already.
Yeah, we'll get this.
Jim. Red corn moonshine coming out of the worm, just like it was made during the Civil
War. And I can't wait to taste it.
This is just like being in a South Carolina low country.
I mean, wood fire, Steel Creek, water running.
I took. It isn't right here.
That's it, Tigger.
It looks good.
Damn, it's got a nice bead on it.
Mhm.
Like there's plenty of proof in that jar.
There it is. This is number four.
Jar number four.
Number four. It's probably pretty good proof one.
Yeah, I bet it's still on up there.
That's it right there.
Yeah. Better imagine it is.
I was really nervous about this gem red coin because all that was even though it's got
high proof, we got some Jimmy red corn flavor coming through there.
A little sweet note to it.
I like it.
But I could really taste the flavor of the oil coming through.
It's really sweet and smooth and it's got a buttery taste to it.
This Jimmy red moonshine is really something special.
That is good right there.
It's more corn flavor than any other liquor I have ever tasted.
I really think that flavor is coming from the the red kernels.
I believe that rice just kind of rounded it out real nice.
We need to take this job back to Highway distillery because, you know, this is
history. I mean, no one has made anything like this because the recipe was lost.
I think that right there is a trophy.
I think we need to put this.
In that box. Put them all in there.
Load them up.
Yeah, yeah. Shoot.
I gotta be careful. Boy, that fires.
I need to burn my butter.
Yeah, I'm burning, but. Typekit.
Let's get in here and see Scott an and see what they think about.
Jim Redcorn moonshine.
Well, you know, I think we did a fine job, so I'm anxious to see what they think about it.
I hope they like it. Hello.
Hey, y'all. Hey. We made it back, All right.
How y'all doing?
And we brought you something.
Wow.
What do you think that is?
Right, Johnny?
I think I have an idea.
How'd it go?
Yeah, well, it did pretty good.
Really? What's going to tell us is if y'all taste it.
Yeah, let's do it.
And that's a full jaw.
That is a full jaw. Wow.
It's really smooth.
You get a lot of that fruitiness right off the bat.
Well, that's good. What's interesting is that that oiliness on my lips.
It's amazing how much is there.
That's right. Yeah.
I mean, it's delicious.
You guys did an awesome job.
Oh, Stan. Yeah, that's what we like to hear.
Well, you know, this whole thing did Jimmy red corn, the Civil war, and bringing this
back to life. I mean, this is an important part of American history here that should not
be forgotten.