and rye is a little different. most whiskey folks drink is mostly out of corn, which yields a sort of sweeter end product. rye's kind of spicier, little bit sharper. but it was the popular grain at the time. and how they would do this is take all of those different grains and mix them in these large barrels called mash tubs. and they would put them in and they would add boiling water. and behind us here, this is the boiler where the water gets heated up. and you would actually have to dip that out and bring it over to one of these large tubs and deposit the grain in here, put the boiling water in, and then you'd take this mash rake and then you would stir it. and stir it up and get it all together. and you would continue to do that until this was filled up. and by doing that, essentially, what you're trying to do is cook the grain to turn the starches that are in the grain into sugars. and then once that happens, you introduce the yeast and the yeast works on the sugars to produce the alcohol, takes three to five days to do tha

>> rye whiskey. >> rye whiskey down south last weekend, no. >> are you in the a whiskey drinker at allthe whole interview. rye whiskey, tequila on the table? >> i'm a patron drinker, there's no way i could drink rye whiskey. >> i think we got to go to the cant cantina. >> sounds good. our footnote, is going to the dogs. [ e ngine revs ] [ male announcer ] strip away the styling. strip away the rearview monitors, tv screens, bluetooth... and even the cup holders. you know what's left? the only suv's with american-built f-alpha truck frames. the ruggedly capable pathfinder, xterra, armada. ♪ receive up to twenty-five hundred dollars cash back on select nissan suv's. ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. let'all we need is a couple end. of gallons of our hardest-working paint... ...from the get-it-done place that gives us more top-rated brands than anywhere else... ...at prices that won't shake up our budget. let's make a one-wall statement... ...or tackle a total room takeover ...with paint that'll get the job done in f

>> rye whiskey. >> get out. >> rye whiskey drinker. >> i had whiskey down south last weekend -- couldn'tno, i'm a tequila girl. >> i knew i lfd you for some reason. >> tequila is a great thing. >> anything you drink for breakfast? you know -- we'll have that. >> here's the thing for breakfast -- >> the mimosa chick. >> i'm so glad you brought that up. i think mimosa is a crime against wine. in the prohibition era the reason they were putting orange juice in the booze is because the booze was made in a bathtub and tasted awful. so most orange juice-based drinks are bad drinks, including the mimosa. the way to make it a good drink is to do it in proper proportions and add to magic ingredients, you do an ounce of orange juice, three ounces of champagne. which is the opposite to the way most people do it. but then you add a large dash of gin and a small dash of campari. the red italian liquor and that makes a drink called the peroquey. and that's something that you should totally have for breakfast. >> starting with me. this is a cheer's to rachel maddow for a great interview. coffee is on t

and we use real american rye whiskey, absinthe. >> now, you've got to crack the ice. have you ever cracked ice before? >> jimmy: no, i have never cracked ice. >> oh, okay. well, look. so you have to kind of -- and then, that's gonna be the cube.; but we're gonna get to that in a second because what we are going do is this. ready? >> jimmy: yeah. >> a little bitters. >> jimmy: yeah, bitters. >> bitters. >> jimmy: yeah, i don't have that. >> yep, and this bitters. >> jimmy: i got to get bitters. >> yeah, bitters. here, try bitters in here. >> jimmy: yeah, what is this called? >> that's english store bitters. and this is peychaud bitters. >> jimmy: so far, this drink looks great. [ laughter ] >> now, you got to muddle it. >> jimmy: muddle it. >> you want to break the sugar up. >> jimmy: yup. >> while you're doing that, i'm gonna take the absinthe. bam! yeah, yeah. all right. now what we're gonna do -- i'm coming back around. look at this. we are, like, dancing here. >> jimmy: yeah, this is fantastic. >> so we're gonna just sort of tak

>> rye whiskey. >> get out. girl at >> no. i'm a tequila girl. >> oh, i knew i loved you. >>> the big three is ahead with the three key voting blocs siding with president obama in a big way. so why is the race so close? an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement, if your car is totaled, we give you the money for a car one model year newer. liberty mutual auto insurance. [ male announcer ] new lashblast 24hr with anti smudge power will last through all your drama. who knew lashes this big could last this long. [ male announcer ] new lashblast 24hr from covergirl. all at 150 calories or less, there's definitely a temptations for you. unless you're one of those people who doesn't like delicious stuff. temptations. it's the first jell-o that's just for adults. today i own 165 wendy's restaurants. and i get my financing from ge capital. but i also get stuff that goes way beyond banking. we not only lend people money, we help them save it. [ junior ] ge engineers found ways to cut my energy