History is about to take place as we get ready for the first time ever, a one on one
shiners showdown all season long.
Mike and Richard, well, they've been in the thick of it.
One of the most explosive feuds we've ever seen on moonshiners.
And now, instead of the two of them doing the talking, we'll let their shine do it.
Mark Digger and Tim, this is going to be a blind taste test.
Richard and Mike each brought three shines that are going to go head to head in three
categories fruit based, corn, liquor and flavored shine.
I want to thank Mike and Richard for being here.
I'm sure there's a lot going through your minds right now.
I appreciate you guys minding your behavior at the end of the table.
Anything for you, Matt.
I appreciate that.
Okay. It's time for the Maggie Valley feud.
Face off judges, you will take a sip of each of the shines that are going head to head and
then secretly vote for which one you like better.
Your vote will be put into these marked envelopes.
At the end, we will tally the votes and declare a winner.
All right. Let's start with category number one, fruit based shine.
Judges, grab the glass marked one A and take a sip.
Don't taste much fruit.
I think it's citrus.
You know, it's it's pleasant.
It's pleasant drink.
But, Digger, you said you picked up on a citrus.
I picked up a citrus note on it and it's.
It's a little bitter, which is, you know, a common thing that happens with with citrus.
But it's a.
Good, good dry finish.
I mean.
It would hold up. It would hold up Well, in a cocktail.
Let's go to one be tell me what you guys think.
This is the fruit category.
Mike and Richard, head to head.
I can't determine what kind of fruit it is.
Y'all sure that's fruit?
I'm tasting chocolate.
I get. I get a good, sweet finish to it.
I'm picking up chocolate.
We always say on master distiller proof is important, but at the end of the day, it
still comes down to flavor for.
The fruit category.
You guys pick your one A or one B.
I'm done.
All right. I'm putting your answers into this envelope.
All right. The votes are in the envelope.
But first, let's find out who's one A and who's one B?
Mike, you are one A.
Can you tell us what you brought in the fruit category?
It's a Satsuma from Mississippi down south.
They only pretty much grow in that region.
They can't survive up here.
And I actually peeled each and every one of those.
Didn't use no pith whatsoever.
That could be helped into the whole batch.
And these are from your grandfather's farm?
From my grandfather's farm?
Yep. Yep. Okay.
All right. Richard, you were one B, what did you bring us?
That's a pawpaw brandy.
What exactly is a pawpaw brandy?
A hillbilly mango is what I heard.
Okay, so it's a cross between.
Where you got that from?
Around the corner from your house?
Sure did.
All right, come on.
I put you guys at the end of the table.
I don't want to have to separate you.
It's multiple tastes.
I mean, some people say it's a cross between a mango and a banana.
I mean, he picked up cherry in it.
He picked up chocolate in it.
They're really good.
Okay, let's move on to our next category.
This is going to be corn liquor two C and two D, So let's start.
I mean, it's got color to it.
So, I mean, did they age it or something?
I'll put it in some wood or put wood in it or something.
It's got a little oakiness to it.
Yeah.
It's got a little age on it.
It's been chipped or.
Doesn't have any fire on the back end.
Let's move on to two D, two, D2D.
What do you guys got?
That one's down in the tails.
Pretty good. I can see oils on top of the.
There's a lot of flavor to it.
Interesting. It's not that clear.
Okay, you guys ready to vote on the corn liquor category?
Okay. I got Tim's vote.
That one's easy.
All right. I got the votes in for the corn category to see Richard, right?
Yes. What did you bring.
My long game?
Your long game?
Yeah, that's for later on.
That's just some good corn liquor right there.
And I toasted some oak to put that in so that oak that you're tasting is out the back
yard.
So you put the oak in it.
Yes. Okay.
Mike, you were too d What did you.
Bring us to? D Yeah, it's just a simple white corn recipe that I've made for years.
Family recipe that's been lent down from Mississippi and all good flavor.
It reminds me of making it with fresh corn.
Really? That was made.
It was made with ground white corn.
All right. Let's move on to the third category flavored shine.
So let's start three E.
I never tasted anything like that before.
It don't have any boundaries, really.
Flavored shine.
It doesn't have boundaries. That's right.
It's a tiny bit harsh on the aftertaste.
Let's move on to three f.
It's like a chocolate malt with alcohol in it.
I'm a tasting pecan.
Yeah, pecan.
Maybe a butter pecan pecan.
A pecan.
Either or Not.
Like sippin creams because they're good.
I mean, you can drink on them all day long and then, you know, finally end up being
drunk later on that night.
I'm a big fan of that part of it.
Let's pick your favorite in the flavored Shine category.
And I'm putting them into this envelope.
Richard, you were three.
What did you bring?
I said apple. Rye. And I didn't flavor it at all.
It came out of the steel like that.
That's the flavor of this alcohol straight from the worm right there.
I didn't I didn't need to do anything else to it.
Okay. So, Mike, you were 3F3F?
Yep.
What is that?
That is a obviously a post flavored alcohol butter pecan.
Y'all was right. Y'all picked up those flavors.
Yeah. The customers that I sell to, they love post flavored sippin creams, stuff like
that. So I make what sells the most.
It makes me the most money. Sure.
We are about to reveal the winner of our very first one on one Shiner showdown.
After tasting Mike and Richard's shine from each category, our judges secretly voted for
their favorite shines and put them in these envelopes.
How are we feeling at the end of the table?
Very good. You know, at the end of the day, win or lose, I'm real confident in my
alcohol. And he's leaving Maggie Valley anyway.
All right, Richard.
I mean, I got a nice new territory.
I'm getting a whole lot of customers.
I mean, win or lose, I win.
All right. See?
All right. This might not have been a good idea, guys.
I think you're just putting gas on the fire.
I think that's what it looks like.
I think so. I mean, I literally I have a pit in my stomach.
What do you say? Let's reveal the winner of each category and the person who wins the
most categories wins the showdown.
All right. The first category was fruit based Shine.
The winner of that category is in this envelope.
Mike brought a Satsuma shine.
Tim said he wanted more fruit.
Mark said it was pleasant.
Digger said he can taste the citrus.
Richard brought a pawpaw shine to the table.
Tim said, I taste chocolate mark.
I can't determine what kind of fruit this is.
Digger It's quite nice.
The winner of this category, fruit based shine.
It was a 2 to 1 vote and the winner is Mike.
Mike won the first flavored Shine category.
That's one for Mike.
Next category, corn liquor.
Richard brought a toasted oat corn liquor, Tim said tasting wood flavor.
Mark There's fire at the back end, Digger said.
I appreciate it.
Mike brought a family corn recipe.
Tim said It's smooth but cloudy.
Mark said lots of flavor.
Digger said this liquor was in the tails.
The winner of the corn liquor category in a three nothing vote.
Richard. That's one category for Mike and one category for Richard.
And I'm about to throw up.
I mean, let's be honest.
Come on. You guys got to be sweating it out.
This last category determines who wins the Shiner showdown of Maggie Valley flavored
shine. Richard.
He brought an apple righ.
Tim said never tasted anything like this before.
Mark said it has no boundaries.
Digger I can't tell the flavor.
Mike brought a butter pecan.
Tim. Sweet like ice cream.
Mark said a drink like this is very popular.
And Digger said, I could drink this all day.
A 2 to 1 vote for all the marbles.
Here we go. The winner is Mike.
Mike? Kim. Apples.
Hey, man, I never said you don't make good liquor.
You just need to make better liquor in Maggie Valley.
Hey.
Who's the winner of damn Maggie Valley?