Season 1
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Dec 6, 2011
As the season approaches, moonshiner Tim and his partner Tickle search Appalachia for the perfect site to set up his operation. Law enforcement agent Jesse Tate is on the hunt for his first big arrest, but runs into a dangerous web of counter-surveillance.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Dec 7, 2011
Moonshiner Tim and his partner 'Tickle' perform a sacred rite that is rarely captured on film - firing up their still for the first time. Everything goes smoothly, until an emergency hits. Meanwhile, law enforcement agent Jesse Tate pursues a hot tip.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Dec 14, 2011
Equipment failure and an intruder threaten Moonshiner Tim and his partner Tickle's first run of moonshine. Law enforcement agent Jesse Tate busts a nip joint. Moonshining legend Popcorn Sutton runs some 'shine the old-fashioned way.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Dec 21, 2011
Moonshiner Tim and his partner Tickle soup up Tim's hot rod when they are forced into a daring, daytime bootlegging run. Meanwhile, a hurricane threatens the still site. Then, a new bootlegging biker legend sets out on an 800 mile run.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Dec 28, 2011
With the leaves falling, Moonshiner Tim makes a risky move and adds a second pot to the still site to double his profits. Tickle has a bad accident - and Agent Jesse prepares for the mother lode of all busts.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Jan 4, 2012
In this season finale, one moonshiner will come to an untimely end. Tim and Tickle risk it all, running 'shine day and night, making more money than Tim's ever made. Agent Jesse makes his biggest move of the season when he ambushes an active still site.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Apr 18, 2012
Winter means the ‘shine has gone cold and the stills aren't in operation. But, that doesn't mean Tim and Tickle stop doing their thing. Curious to see what they are up to? Then this is your lucky day because Moonshiners returns on Wednesday, April 18th with Moonshiners: Cannonball Run. Tim and Tickle are back and this time it's not about making ‘shine but about making the rounds. On the go and not taking it slow Moonshiners: Cannonball Run welcomes the boys back in a big way.
Season 2
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Nov 7, 2012
Moonshine season in Appalachia has begun. Tim and Tickle are back, as we are introduced to some old school shiners - all looking to grab a piece of a $100 million dollar jackpot – tax free. But with a new lawman in town, everyone will be watching their backs.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Nov 14, 2012
A breakthrough is made on Josh and Bill's underground still; Mark and Jeff build a copper still.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Nov 21, 2012
Jim Tom helps Mark and Jeff repair a broken still; Mark hunts a wild hog.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Nov 28, 2012
A storm threatens Josh and Bill's underground still; Tickle goes rogue.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Dec 5, 2012
Tickle recruits a new partner and tries to find a new site after splitting from Tim; Mark, Jeff and Jim Tom start work on a second still; deputy sheriff Chuck infiltrates a moonshine operation.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Dec 12, 2012
Tickle builds a new still. Josh gets angry when he damages the nearly completed underground still site. Mark and Jeff make a risky move when they sell some of their product in town. Jim Tom teaches Jeff's son Lance how to measure the alcohol by volume concentration of moonshine.
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Dec 19, 2012
Josh and Bill find mold in their underground still; Jeff's wife and son set up a second still.
Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Jan 2, 2013
Tickle gets busted by an angry landowner, while Tim devises an ingenious new hiding spot for his back-up stash of shine. Then, Josh & Bill get into a bone-breaking fight at their new still site. Also, Mark bootlegs moonshine by canoe in the dead of night.
Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Jan 9, 2013
Gunfire erupts in the bamboo patch just as Josh & Bill fire up their still for the first time this season. Meanwhile, Jeff, Mark & Jim Tom run a batch of President George Washington's rye whiskey. Then, Tickle hits the skids when his still is sabotaged.
Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Jan 16, 2013
Tim searches for 200 gallons of moonshine in a lake; Tickle finds his former helper; Jeff protects his still from an intruder; Mike uses horse manure for something other than gardening.
Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Jan 23, 2013
Tickle asks Tim for help; Jeff, Mark and Jim Tom battle a swarm of yellow jackets; and Josh rescues Cutie Pie.
Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Jan 30, 2013
In this season finale, one moonshiner will go down. Tickle devises a bold but risky plan to sell Tim's shine. Then, Josh & Bill's still site is compromised while Jeff, Mark & Jim Tom brazenly run three stills. Finally, Deputy Sheriff Chuck makes his move.
Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Feb 6, 2013
At a secluded location, the moonshiners meet with executive producer Matthew Ostrom to talk about their encounters with law enforcement, the reasons why they let cameras film them, how they make dynamite, and time-tested proofing methods.
Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Feb 13, 2013
In Part Two of this special, the moonshiners rendezvous in a secluded cabin for an interview with executive producer Matthew Ostrom. They talk about the moonshiners code, leading double lives, obsessive fans, and the perils of life at the still site.
Season 3
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Nov 5, 2013
It's the start of moonshine season! Moonshiners Jeff and Mark, and partners Josh and Bill hit the ground running. Meanwhile, veteran shiner Tim Smith will make a life-changing move, and Tickle is forced to realize that his time to shine has just begun.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Nov 12, 2013
Mark and Jeff clear their remote North Carolina still site, while an argument between Josh and Bill threatens to destroy their partnership. Tim has a tough time adjusting to moonshining in a legal Kentucky distillery, and Tickle takes a road trip.
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Nov 19, 2013
Mark and Jeff struggle to set up their remote still site, while Josh and Bill are desperate for cash to build a new copper still. Tensions run high in the Kentucky distillery with Tim and his partner Steve, and a new moonshiner appears in Mississippi.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Nov 26, 2013
Tim Smith hires a person with a checkered past to help at the distillery in Kentucky. Tickle learns how to make moonshine in a copper pot still from one of the best. In North Carolina, Jeff and Mark are surprised by an unexpected visitor.
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Dec 3, 2013
In North Carolina, Jeff and Mark must pay hush money to the property owner of their still site, while veteran shiner Jim Tom helps Wayne perfect his moonshine recipe. In Virginia, Tickle encounters bad luck when he starts bootlegging his own shine.
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Dec 10, 2013
Tickle bootlegs at night, while Wayne comes up with an ingenious drop-off plan for his own bootleggers. Equipment failure threatens the production of Tim Smith's legal moonshine, and Josh and Bill finally begin their first run of strawberry brandy.
Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Dec 17, 2013
Josh and Bill are forced back to their day jobs after their shine runs blue. Chico, under financial stress, makes a hard decision that could risk it all. Tickle struggles to keep Tim's old territory supplied. Mark and Jeff move their liquor.
Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Dec 24, 2013
Tim reaches a milestone with his first bottled batch of shine. Jeff and Mark suspect a rival in their territory. Chico takes a risk that could cost him everything. Josh and Bill's only hope at financing their shine operation is to consider bootlegging.
Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Dec 31, 2013
Tim enlists Tickle's help to investigate his new still hand, Chico. Josh and Bill take on new risks as they try to stay alive in the moonshine game, as bootleggers. Jeff, Mark and Lance look to take out the competition.
Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Jan 7, 2014
Tickle goes undercover to learn what Chico has been doing; Josh and Bill travel to a music festival; Mark and Lance seek to eliminate the competition.
Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Jan 14, 2014
Josh and Bill suffer the consequences of bootlegging. Darlene goes against her best instinct and lights up her still indoors. Jeff, Mark, and Lance find their competition is still out there. Tim takes final measures to protect his legal shine business.
Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Jan 28, 2014
Jeff and Mark look to cash in on one final run of the season. Tickle and Chico's still site is compromised. Mike is desperate to complete his New Orleans order, and turns to Darlene. Josh and Bill might get to sell some of their own liquor after all.
Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Feb 4, 2014
Jeff and Mark reach a roadblock; Deputy Chuck is in hot pursuit; Mike travels to finish off his biggest sale of the season; Tickle attracts unwanted attention.
Season 4
Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Nov 4, 2014
Tim is on the run after his operation was set on fire. Jim Tom prepares for his second coming as a moonshiner. Tickle & Tyler take their partnership to a new level. Josh & Bill sell last year's surplus shine. Jeff & Mark survey an indoor still site.
Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Nov 11, 2014
Tickle and Tyler need to fix a bad feed line and get back to work at the moonshine cave. Jim Tom and Roy build the still that will carry them to greatness. Josh and Bill are sidelined with a crushed still. Sheriff's Deputy Chuck gains ground on Lance.
Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Nov 18, 2014
Josh & Bill pick up the pieces of their broken still. Lance tries to brew a moonshine game changer as Sheriff's Deputy Chuck closes in. Tickle gets stranded miles from civilization. Tim sets out from Kentucky in search of greener pastures.
Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Nov 25, 2014
Josh and Bill rebuild bigger and better. Lance takes a risk on a new kind of whiskey, while Jeff and Mark prep their indoor still site. Tickle and crew battle the elements in Kentucky. Tim gives the North Carolina distillery a backwoods makeover.
Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Dec 2, 2014
Tim learns a tough lesson; Mark and Jeff have a brush with the law.
Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Dec 9, 2014
Tickle nails down a stash spot. Josh and Bill butt heads in the backwoods. Jim Tom and Roy are back in action. Mark and Digger's still goes from old school to state-of-the-art. And Mark and Jeff put the bells and whistles on their new shine spot.
Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Dec 16, 2014
Mark and Jeff feel the heat as the law closes in. Tim's plan to give a backwoods makeover to Troy's distillery will cost him big. The law cracks down on Josh and Bill. Tickle flirts with disaster as he tries to sell his Kentucky made white lightning.
Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Dec 23, 2014
Tickle has his hands full keeping track of his liquor and Chico and Tyler are becoming suspicious. Bill and Josh build an underground bunker to hide their shine. Tennessee shiners, Mark and Digger, test an invention that could revolutionize moonshining.
Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Dec 30, 2014
Josh and Bill have a close call with authorities; a new lawman visits two shiners in Tennessee; Tickle learns a lesson the hard way.
Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Jan 6, 2015
Josh and Bill have a triple batch run; Tickle makes a sacrifice to save his partnership; Tim is ready to see if the Asheville distillery can produce his moonshine.
Episode: 4x11 | Airdate: Jan 13, 2015
The final weeks of shine season are here. Josh & Bill's liquor gets stuck six feet under. Chico & Tyler brew a sweet & sticky moonshine game-changer. Tickle gets trumped by his old buddy. And Mark & Jeff's first sale on the water ends in disaster.
Episode: 4x12 | Airdate: Jan 20, 2015
Josh and Bill secretly sell their shine; Tim returns to Virginia to fill an order; Mark tries to make a delivery by boat; Tickle's deal nearly breaks down.
Episode: 4x13 | Airdate: Jan 27, 2015
Tickle takes risks to stay true to his old partner; Josh and Bill make a last run in the woods; Mark and Digger's season is in danger when their deal backfires.
Episode: 4x14 | Airdate: Feb 3, 2015
It's last call in shine country. Deputy Chuck takes to the water to catch Mark red-handed. Tim & Tickle work together to make a rush delivery of 2,000 cases of liquor in their home state. The cops close in on Josh & Bill with shocking consequences.
Season 5
Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Nov 17, 2015
Moonshine season is in session; Tim faces a dilemma that could jeopardize his legal business; Jeff, Mark and Lance want to double their profits.
Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Nov 24, 2015
The outlaws want to turn a profit before the law closes in on them; Josh and Bill have their first run; Jeff, Mark and Lance check out the competition; Mark and Digger design a still.
Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Dec 1, 2015
The shiners attempt to stay off the grid; Tim breaks the news about the fate of Climax Moonshine; Jeff, Mark and Lance search for a new site.
Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Dec 8, 2015
Josh and Bill find themselves without a still; Mark and Digger get help from a whiskey legend; Mark, Jeff and Lance start an ambitious construction project.
Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Dec 15, 2015
Weeks into moonshine season, Josh & Bill race to finish their still site and make their first run. Intruders interrupt Mark & Digger's rye test. A deadly disaster leaves Tim rattled and rethinking his plans to expand.
Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Dec 22, 2012
Christmas in Appalachia finds the shiners embracing the Yuletide spirit as they gather with friends and loved ones, wrap themselves with new traditions and create new flavors of liquor.
Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Dec 29, 2015
Josh and Bill are nearly finished with the bunker; Jeff, Mark and Lance lose a batch of mash and are in the red when they begin making the highland scotch.
Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Jan 5, 2016
Mark and Digger, with help from Jim Tom, craft 150 gallons of brandy using their revolutionary still pot design. Now, it's just a matter of getting their shine into the hands of their eager customers.
Episode: 5x09 | Airdate: Jan 12, 2016
A behemoth threatens Josh and Bill's construction; a nocturnal prowler invades Patti and David's operation; battle lines are drawn in Kentucky.
Episode: 5x10 | Airdate: Jan 19, 2016
In North Carolina a behemoth threatens to undo months of construction for Josh and Bill. A nocturnal prowler threatens Patti and David's clandestine operation and battle lines are drawn in Kentucky as Chico and Tyler clash over creative differences.
Episode: 5x11 | Airdate: Jan 26, 2016
Patti and David work on a fiery, new brew. Elsewhere, the feud continues between Josh and Bill.
Episode: 5x12 | Airdate: Feb 2, 2016
Tim works to fill a large international order. Elsewhere, Tickle goes to court in Virginia.
Episode: 5x13 | Airdate: Feb 9, 2016
Mark and Digger set up a new still site. Elsewhere, Patti and David try their jalapeño whiskey in an untested market.
Episode: 5x14 | Airdate: Feb 16, 2016
Josh is missing his help; production is stopped at Snags' distillery; Chico and Sandra go mountain shining; Patti and David hurry their run as the hunting season starts.
Episode: 5x15 | Airdate: Feb 23, 2016
Chico and Sandra are eager to make their first run; Tim's tank may not enable him to fulfill the Poland order; Josh churns out a family heritage spirit.
Episode: 5x16 | Airdate: Mar 1, 2016
Patti and David rush to sell off their stash before a local fracking operation ends their season in a bust. Jeff, Mark and Lance hope that a classic recipe will save their season. A calling card from the law may bring Mark & Digger's season to an end.
Episode: 5x17 | Airdate: Mar 8, 2016
Tim is thousands of cases off from delivering his order; Mark and Digger are surprised at a sale; and Josh makes amends.
Episode: 5x18 | Airdate: Mar 15, 2016
Josh gets some help from a pro with his dirt track skills. Elsewhere, Tyler searches for a bootlegging car while Mark and Huck make a delivery over state lines.
Season 6
Episode: 6x01 | Airdate: Nov 15, 2016 (62 min)
Josh hits the ground running but working solo risks catastrophic results; former outlaw Tim Smith trains his son JT to help run his legal outfit.
Episode: 6x02 | Airdate: Nov 22, 2016 (62 min)
Patti and David scramble to locate a clean water source for their operation; Mark Rogers ventures into unfamiliar territory to secure new buyers; Mark and Digger use an old moonshiner's trick to spook intruders from their still site.
Episode: 6x03 | Airdate: Nov 29, 2016
A catastrophe leaves Josh desperately in need of a helping hand; Chico and Sandra's moonshine partnership puts strain on their relationship; Mark and Digger furnish still with an innovation, but their operation has attracted an unwanted visitor.
Episode: 6x04 | Airdate: Dec 6, 2016
Rookie mistake could leave Josh and Chuck's operation dead in the water; Tim Smith travels across the Atlantic to teach an old Irish distillery a thing or two about making moonshine; Mark and Digger's mash test is interrupted by an unwanted visitor.
Episode: 6x05 | Airdate: Dec 13, 2016
Mark and Digger struggle to get a special recipe run for a shine legend. Big Chuck attempts to redeem himself after destroying Josh's operation. Chico and Sandra continue work on their still site but disaster strikes on the road to riches.
Episode: 6x06 | Airdate: Dec 20, 2016
It's Christmas time in shine country! Mark & Digger get in the holiday spirit by playing Santa Claus for kids in need. Patti & David prepare special treats for a festive holiday feast. Bill and friends prepare for Christmas caroling the Carolina way.
Episode: 6x07 | Airdate: Dec 27, 2016
Tim needs to rescue his operation, challenging the laws of nature and time. Mark and Digger implement a high tech addition to their operation that could double their output, if it doesn't blow them up. Jeff and Lance make a once banned liquor.
Episode: 6x08 | Airdate: Jan 3, 2017
Josh and Big Chuck find a new still site in hopes of reviving their season; and Mark and Digger test their still design. Later, Mark and Mike check out new territory.
Episode: 6x09 | Airdate: Jan 10, 2017
Tim Smith aims to put a whiskey time machine to the test; Chico and Sandra switch gears with a new recipe in hopes of jump-starting their stalled season; Mark and Digger opt to experiment with distilling an old classic on their high-speed rig.
Episode: 6x10 | Airdate: Jan 17, 2017
Josh and Chuck work to reclaim their place at the top. Later, money threatens an old partnership for Jeff, Mark and Lance; and Mark and Digger craft a special brew for a high-rolling customer.
Episode: 6x11 | Airdate: Jan 24, 2017
With liquor stockpiled, Carolina shiners Josh and Big Chuck start digging for a new stash site. The pressure's on as backwoods distillers Mark and Digger haul 60 gallons of premium gin to Nashville the sale of their career. In the Louisiana swamplands, father/daughter duo Patti and David follow nature's harvest to make a sweet new brew.
Episode: 6x12 | Airdate: Jan 31, 2017
Mark and Digger bring in a moonshine legend to rev-up production; Josh and Chuck turn to an old power source to prolong their operation; Chico and Sondra gear up for their first big sale of the season; Tim puts money on the line.
Episode: 6x13 | Airdate: Feb 7, 2017
Jeff and Lance attempt to salvage their absinthe recipe; Mark puts his new partner to the test; backbreaking labor and a lack of profit threaten to leave Josh up the creek without a paddle or a partner; Patti and David lack their key ingredient.
Episode: 6x14 | Airdate: Feb 14, 2017
An ingredient has Josh and Chuck ready to quit the business; Mark and Digger band together with JB to run their signature spirit; Tim puts his turbo-aged whiskey to the test; Chico and Sondra have their sights on a new brew.
Episode: 6x15 | Airdate: Feb 21, 2017
Josh and Chuck struggle to finish winterizing their site; Mark and Digger bring their two-pot still out of retirement; and Mark and Mike have enjoyed a string of successful runs, but delivering the goods could land them in the crosshairs of the law.
Episode: 6x16 | Airdate: Mar 7, 2017
Winter closes in and shiners aim to finish their seasons strong. Mark and Digger clash with the law. A breach from an intruder leaves Josh and Chuck deep in debt. Chico and Sondra's operation is burned.
Episode: 6x17 | Airdate: Mar 14, 2017
Winter hot on their heels, shiners aim to cash in. A legendary partnership comes to a bittersweet end as Jeff, Mark and Lance head their separate ways. Tim gets to spend time with and old friend. Patti and David end their season with a boatload of shine.
Episode: 6x18 | Airdate: Mar 28, 2017
Pittsylvania County's most wanted, Steven Ray Tickle, takes a trip down memory lane remembering the people and events that shaped his life and led him to become the model backwoods shiner and outlaw he is today.
Episode: 6x19 | Airdate: Mar 28, 2017
While tinkering on a 1950 Packard, Mark and Digger reminisce about the automobile's affect on the moonshining business. Their conversation is a walk down Moonshiners memory lane as we revisit some of the series' greatest hits as related to the automobile.
Season 7
Episode: 7x01 | Airdate: Nov 14, 2017
Moonshine season is back and the demand for white lightning is higher than ever. Tim Smith has a visitor from his outlaw past, Mark and Digger get a sign from above in Tennessee, and Josh's favorite still hand has a brush with death.
Episode: 7x02 | Airdate: Nov 21, 2017
Moonshine season is underway & shiners are eager to get to market. Josh mashes in while awaiting Cutie Pie's fate. Mark and Digger struggle with materials building an experimental 3-Pot still. Chico and Sondra build a still high in the trees.
Episode: 7x03 | Airdate: Nov 28, 2017
Josh hopes to take on a partner; Mark and Digger erect the cornerstone of their massive 3-pot still; Patti and David hunt for clean swamp water; Mike works solo to fulfill and order.
Episode: 7x04 | Airdate: Dec 5, 2017
Mark and Digger are ready to test out their 3-pot still; Chico and Sondra employ a four-legged still hand; Josh rides under the radar in South Carolina; Tim hopes to teach JT about his backwoods roots.
Episode: 7x05 | Airdate: Dec 12, 2017
Mark and Digger seek redemption on their 3-pot still; Tim enlists Tickle as JT's moonshine mentor; Patti and David build a second still in hopes of doubling their production; Lance tries to regain Jeff's trust.
Episode: 7x06 | Airdate: Dec 19, 2017
Mark and Digger test yeast strains to get the most out of a new shine recipe; Tim and JT visit moonshine legends; Mark Rodgers sets up a new still site; Chico and Sondra start their season with a run of strawberry banana brandy.
Episode: 7x07 | Airdate: Dec 26, 2017
Mike brings back an old family shine recipe in North Carolina; JT is eager to start running on his own; Mark and Digger try to troubleshoot a stalled fermentation; Patti and David deal with a deadly intruder at their still site.
Episode: 7x08 | Airdate: Jan 2, 2018
Mark and Digger recruit a retired shiner; Josh and Chuck run an old family recipe; Lance enlists the help of a bootlegger to move his product; Sondra has to think fast.
Episode: 7x09 | Airdate: Jan 9, 2018
Moonshiners go to extremes to illegally produce and distribute white lightning. There's a king's ransom waiting for those bold enough to grab it, but the police are more determined than ever to catch them red handed. The day of reckoning may be just around the bend.
Episode: 7x10 | Airdate: Jan 16, 2018
Moonshiners go to extremes to illegally produce and distribute white lightning. There's a king's ransom waiting for those bold enough to grab it, but the police are more determined than ever to catch them red handed. The day of reckoning may be just around the bend.
Episode: 7x11 | Airdate: Jan 23, 2018
Mark and Digger prepare for the first run of hillbilly grappa; Patti and David bootleg on the bayou; an experimental shine recipe; Mike seeks out a new still hand.
Episode: 7x12 | Airdate: Feb 6, 2018
Josh embarks on a harrowing cross-country delivery; rain threatens the final run of a special seasonal shine recipe; America's first Shiner in Chief inspires a top dollar batch of malted rye whiskey.
Episode: 7x13 | Airdate: Feb 13, 2018
Josh must make good with a biker gang after a trailer fire leaves them empty handed; Tickle's first run of legal rye whisky tempts him to return to the illegal side; in Louisiana.
Episode: 7x14 | Airdate: Feb 20, 2018
Approaching a massive season sale, Josh becomes a mad moonshine scientist. Mark and Digger scramble to complete a technically challenging run while Mark risks a solo run of sour mash whiskey. Patti and David hit the Gulf for their biggest sale yet.
Episode: 7x15 | Airdate: Mar 6, 2018
Mark and Digger confront a shiner who's been edging into their territory. Red and blue lights flash, and Josh makes a split second decision. Lance hopes a big sale could rectify past bootlegging blunders while Mike risks his sale, reputation and freedom.
Episode: 7x16 | Airdate: Mar 13, 2018
Tim considers a permanent role for Tickle at the Distillery, while Sondra convinces Chico that a unique recipe will seal their season. Lance surprises Jeff with an unorthodox moonshine ingredient, and Patti and David risk a supersized mega run.
Episode: 7x17 | Airdate: Mar 20, 2018
In Tennessee, Mike sets himself up for a career high with a run of specialty liquor but faces a devastating setback. In the last run of the season, Sondra takes the reigns, and Rodgers tampers with his final run in an attempt to cash out.
Episode: 7x18 | Airdate: Mar 27, 2018
In this explosive season finale, backwoods rivalries reach the breaking point! Cops stop Mark and Digger during their last big bootleg. Josh risks a $20K sale with an unreliable biker gang, and Mike lights the fuse on an Appalachian turf war.
Season 8
Episode: 8x01 | Airdate: Jan 2, 2019
Moonshine season is on and the shiners must step it up to stay ahead of big liquor and the law. A 100mph wipeout puts Josh's operation in jeopardy, Tim takes a risk on rye, and Mark and Digger are hell-bent on backwoods justice after Mike's betrayal.
Episode: 8x02 | Airdate: Jan 9, 2019
Tensions boil over in Tennessee as Mike must answer for blowing up Mark and Digger's still. With Tickle in jail, JT answers the call when two outlaw shiners show up looking for help in the woods. Josh faces more bad news in the form of a bear.
Episode: 8x03 | Airdate: Jan 16, 2019
Legal shiner Tim finds himself on the wrong side of the law after son JT spots an agent near a still site. Mike designs a unique still to make high-dollar shine. Mark and Digger make an in-town run and Josh discovers what bears do in the woods.
Episode: 8x04 | Airdate: Jan 23, 2019
Ten years after Popcorn Sutton's death, his widow reveals a clue that could lead Mark and Digger to a hidden stash; Mike must gin up his brandy game to pay off his debt to Mark and Digger; Donnie and Teresa build a still site in a Kentucky cave.
Episode: 8x05 | Airdate: Jan 30, 2019
Booted off his backwoods still site, Josh turns to his stock-car racing roots to invent a whole new way of making moonshine. Old-timer JB comes to the rescue as Mark and Digger fall short on a run. Mark Rogers faces a close encounter with the law.
Episode: 8x06 | Airdate: Feb 6, 2019
When their still site gets compromised, shiners Henry and Kenny enlist the help of bootlegging legend, Amos Law; to pay off his debt to Mark and Digger, Mike runs his still to the breaking point; Tim doubles down on JT and Tickle's double rye.
Episode: 8x07 | Airdate: Feb 13, 2019
Mark and Digger's new apprentice proves talent can't be taught. Josh tempts fate converting a new race car trailer into a mobile moonshining masterpiece. Mark Rogers enlists a retired lawman to bootleg 30 gallons of shine into a music festival.
Episode: 8x08 | Airdate: Feb 20, 2019
As Josh gets set to fire up his hidden mobile still at a biker rally, law enforcement gets wise to his illicit plan. Mark & Digger's backwoods potato vodka hits a sweet spot. Short on payback cash, Mike and Daniel invent a new way to get out of debt.
Episode: 8x09 | Airdate: Feb 27, 2019
Tracking down an old-time bootlegger, Mark and Digger uncover treasures Popcorn Sutton left behind. In debt, Mike and Daniel engineer a split pot still to upgrade their shine, and its price. Patti and David convert pontoons into a bayou still site.
Episode: 8x10 | Airdate: Feb 27, 2019
Fast cars collide with backwoods tradition as Moonshiner Josh Owens puts pedal to the metal on the Carolina Dragway. Gasser rules mean vintage cars and parts only, but in skilled hands heritage pays off in horsepower. These gearheads race for glory.
Episode: 8x11 | Airdate: Mar 6, 2019 (120 min)
Josh debuts his mobile still at a North Carolina biker rally. In the Great Smoky Mountains, Mike gets burned by a taste of his own medicine. There's a reason Franklin County, VA is the Moonshine Capital of America, and someone there is above the law.
Episode: 8x12 | Airdate: Mar 6, 2019
Mark and Digger's first run of barrel-aged bourbon gets interrupted by a bear. Scaling up Tickle's double rye tests Tim's backwoods engineering. Mark Rogers builds a malt house to make corn whiskey. In Kentucky, Donnie and Theresa come up short.
Episode: 8x13 | Airdate: Mar 13, 2019
When a dead drop goes sideways, Mark Rogers deploys backwoods justice to straighten out a thief. Kelly's massive sorghum haul puts Mark and Digger's pot stills to the test. Mike & Daniel's clear apple pie has buyers calling from across county lines.
Episode: 8x14 | Airdate: Mar 20, 2019
A year behind bars, Tickle transfers to Culpeper County, and Tim concocts a plan to get him out. Breaking the shiner code can come at a steep price for Mark Rogers. Mark & Digger's handmade vodka is on a hot streak until a cold snap puts profits at risk...
Episode: 8x15 | Airdate: Mar 20, 2019
Mark and Digger's handmade vodka is on a hot streak until a cold snap threatens their run. For Mark Rogers, breaking the moonshiner code can come at a steep price. Tim Smith risks a big run of Tickle's double rye to put the woods back into his shine.
Episode: 8x16 | Airdate: Mar 27, 2019 (120 min)
Mark and Digger build a hillbilly hack to save their handmade vodka. Pam may know more than she thinks about Popcorn's lost shine. Nothing but trouble for Josh running a still outside of the woods. Patti and David risk a seaplane bootleg on the bayou.
Episode: 8x17 | Airdate: Mar 27, 2019
Tickle gets out of jail and Tim must keep him busy, but Tickle has ideas of his own. Mark and Digger make a discovery at Popcorn's boyhood home. On a midnight bootleg, Mark Rogers finds having the law on your side doesn't make you less of an outlaw.
Episode: 8x18 | Airdate: Apr 3, 2019
Tickle returns to Tim's legal distillery and discovers he's traded one prison for another. Mark and Digger unearth a trove of Popcorn's shine. Josh finds an untapped market at a biker rally, but learns the cost of entry is more than the ticket price.
Season 9
Episode: 9x01 | Airdate: Nov 19, 2019 (120 min)
When Tickle returns to the outlaw side, even Tim can't resist the call of the backwoods; Mark and Digger rediscover a lost recipe from a legend; Mike finds the ultimate secret mountain still site, if only he can build a way to access it.
Episode: 9x02 | Airdate: Nov 26, 2019
Tim joins Tickle on a journey through the backwoods of Virginia to rekindle their fiery passion for the outlaw life; Josh Owens dives headlong into the season hoping to make bank while leaving law enforcement none the wiser.
Episode: 9x03 | Airdate: Dec 3, 2019 (120 min)
Tickle mashes in his first large scale run of outlaw shine in years. Mark and Digger scramble to save their Popcorn legacy mash from runaway livestock. Mike ditches Daniel for a new full-time partner. Mark and Huck double their proof and their price.
Episode: 9x04 | Airdate: Dec 10, 2019
Teaming up with a former competitor, Mark and Digger sell their legacy shine in a neighboring county. Mike and Jerry double their shine output only to find customers are getting their shine from another source. Mountain man Mark tracks an intruder.
Episode: 9x05 | Airdate: Dec 17, 2019
Mark and Digger attempt their first backwoods miracle, turning wedding cake into moonshine. Tickle scrambles for cover when aerial surveillance threatens a return to jail. And Appalachia's most accident-prone shiner is back operating heavy machinery.
Episode: 9x06 | Airdate: Dec 31, 2019
Josh breaks into his secret stash to build a new still site, and breaks out his shotgun when a drone invades his airspace. Daniel hits the jackpot selling for Mark and Digger, while Mike finds his steady customers mysteriously less thirsty than usual.
Episode: 9x07 | Airdate: Jan 7, 2020
Mark and Digger go across county lines to bootleg their triple-grain shine. Mark Huck uses bear scent to track down an intruder while Mike and Jerry fire up the 24-jar rig and discover the downside of backpressure.
Episode: 9x08 | Airdate: Jan 14, 2020
Tickle's carpentry skills shine as Virginia outlaws plan a risky modification to their still; Mark and Digger take a big swing on a small ingredient that can't pass the sniff test; Josh uncovers the worst way to foster a toxic work environment.
Episode: 9x09 | Airdate: Jan 21, 2020
Tickle answers the call when Josh needs help salvaging an abandoned submarine still and his season. Mark and Digger take on a specialty bourbon made from Indian corn. Facing jail time, Van and Ewok gamble their freedom for another run.
Episode: 9x10 | Airdate: Jan 28, 2020
Mark and Digger attempt to rescue a former apprentice from a moonshine calamity; an unknown competitor invades Mike's turf, forcing him to change his shine strategy; Mark and Huck bank on backwoods survival skills to fuel their high-proof run.
Episode: 9x11 | Airdate: Feb 4, 2020
Tickle announces his engagement, and Tim discovers why his best friend can't quit the outlaw side; unable to sell any shine, Mike attempts a long-distance bootleg that puts him in the cross-hairs of the law; Josh thinks Sin City needs one more vice.
Episode: 9x12 | Airdate: Feb 11, 2020
Tickle and Tim put fire to their first backwoods run in a decade; with 250 gallons of mash on the brink of expiring, Mark and Digger torpedo their own operation; a minor oversight for Josh triggers a domino effect that threatens his entire site.
Episode: 9x13 | Airdate: Feb 18, 2020
A young outlaw with an old pot still earns an apprenticeship with Mark and Digger; Mountain man Mark tackles a week-long run to hit an $18K order that includes special delivery; in a desperate attempt to fix his worm barrel, Josh dives in headfirst.
Episode: 9x14 | Airdate: Feb 25, 2020
Tickle and the Laws infuse a batch of shine with anxiety-reducing CBD, Josh digs into a secret stash to cure his blues and a mystery bootlegger encroaches on Mike's turf.
Episode: 9x15 | Airdate: Mar 3, 2020
Mark and Digger heads to Georgia to visit an old-time shiner and restore an important piece of Popcorn Sutton history; Tim and Tickle plan on how to sell their new shine; Mike finds out about a rival on his turf.
Episode: 9x16 | Airdate: Mar 10, 2020
Mike and Jerry confront Daniel about how their rival's liquor is invading their territory; Tickle, Henry and Kenny scale up their CBD-infused moonshine operation; a new bootlegger makes Mark and Digger an offer they can't refuse.
Episode: 9x17 | Airdate: Mar 17, 2020
In the season finale, Tickle gets a life sentence -- to the marvelous Mrs. Tickle. Mark and Digger risk delivering both moonshine and justice.
Season 10
Episode: 10x01 | Airdate: Nov 24, 2020 (120 min)
With national supply chains disrupted, Mark and Digger unearth a ton of free ingredients, Tickle helps Josh build a submarine still farm and Mike designs a first-ever backwoods column still, perfect for endless runs of high-quality low-cost liquor.
Episode: 10x02 | Airdate: Dec 1, 2020
When Josh lands a windfall of peaches, he and Tickle forge a peach brandy-making alliance. Mark and Digger's plans dry up when their surplus corn supply mysteriously disappears, and Mike and Jerry's column still spews ethanol vapor, causing a panic.
Episode: 10x03 | Airdate: Dec 8, 2020
With his partner in quarantine, Digger has much more on the line than shine. Mike and Jerry's moonshine Frankenstein turns on its creators. After decades in the backwoods, mountain man Mark Rogers enlists his dad to run with him for the first time.
Episode: 10x04 | Airdate: Dec 15, 2020
Mark and Digger deploy an old-world innovation to bring their barrel-aged reserves to market, while Tim attempts to make Tickle's CBD moonshine on a commercial scale. Josh puts himself at the mercy of the mountains' greatest peril -- a rookie shiner.
Episode: 10x05 | Airdate: Dec 22, 2020
Tickle and the Laws unleash a 700-gallon run on a whisper-quiet steamer still. Mark and Huck traverse Appalachia's roughest terrain to run liquor with moonshine legend Jim Tom. Mike and Jerry engineer a high-tech solution to a backwoods problem.
Episode: 10x06 | Airdate: Dec 29, 2020
Mark and Digger's plan to employ an out of work friend backfires on payday. Tim invents a low-cost way to make his first single-malt moonshine. With their backwoods column still cranking out liquor, Mike discovers Jerry isn't carrying his own weight.
Episode: 10x07 | Airdate: Jan 5, 2021
Mark and Digger attempt oatmeal raisin shine for a high-flying Nashville customer; Mike and Jerry find themselves under the gun when they over deliver on proof to a biker gang; Mark and Huck forge a lifeline to old-time shiners deep in the mountains.
Episode: 10x08 | Airdate: Jan 12, 2021
As Tickle and the Laws start a massive rye run, a mysterious tip results in too much of a good thing. Jerry gets rushed to the hospital and Mike finds himself shorthanded. Tim innovates a backwoods process for his single-malt shine.
Episode: 10x09 | Airdate: Jan 19, 2021
After Mike asks the wrong shiner for help, Mark and Digger land a skilled new partner. On a mountain run, Mark and Huck nearly meet the barrel of a gun. Jerry attempts a comeback as a land sale forces him and Mike to abandon their column still site.
Episode: 10x10 | Airdate: Jan 26, 2021
Facing more rye and apples than the Laws can run, Josh moves his steamer still to Virginia and Tickle adds smoke to the fire. Mark and Huck help Jim Tom turn cherries into shine. Mike and Jerry risk a huge run in the barn of an unsuspecting farmer.
Episode: 10x11 | Airdate: Feb 2, 2021
A Mason jar shortage puts a lid on Mark and Digger's distribution plans. Mike and Jerry must return to land they've been warned off. Tim's scheme to repurpose a massive tank as an oversized pot still pushes his steam boiler to the breaking point.
Episode: 10x12 | Airdate: Feb 9, 2021
Tickle and the Laws recruit Josh to build a winter-proof still site. Mountain man Mark converts a free load of sugar beets into high-proof moonshine. Mike and Jerry crack a few nuts to turn their column-distilled liquor into southern pecan liquor.
Episode: 10x13 | Airdate: Feb 16, 2021
Mark and Digger find a solution to the jar shortage but the juice may not be worth the squeeze. Tim enlists Tickle's friend Howard to help recreate the first whiskey made in America. Mike and Jerry distill vodka from surplus restaurant supplies.
Episode: 10x14 | Airdate: Feb 23, 2021 (61 min)
Mark and Digger invent a new recipe turning hundreds of jars of expired mandarin oranges into marketable liquor. Tickle and the Laws face headaches in their attempt to produce freeze-distilled apple liquor. Mike and Jerry make birch bark moonshine.
Episode: 10x15 | Airdate: Mar 2, 2021
Tickle and the Laws invent a new recipe with master distiller Richard Landry. Mark and Digger crack their thousand jar problem while mashing in their most profitable run in years. Tim and Howard make a ceramic still to rediscover a colonial whiskey.
Episode: 10x16 | Airdate: Mar 9, 2021
Trouble arises after Josh gains access to a cellar still site. Mark and Digger find a new way to cut costs and bayou shiner Richard makes medical moonshine.
Episode: 10x17 | Airdate: Mar 16, 2021 (61 min)
A new limestone source helps Mark and Digger make Tennessee Whiskey while the Laws pull Tim back in to cross state lines for a key ingredient. Later, Richard makes moonshine from cotton candy.
Episode: 10x18 | Airdate: Mar 23, 2021 (61 min)
Josh drives a tractor trailer full of stills across state lines to help Tickle and the Laws run two tons of malted corn. Mark and Digger christen their own secret Tennessee Whiskey distillery. Richard builds a copper Virginia-style submarine still.
Episode: 10x19 | Airdate: Mar 30, 2021 (61 min)
Josh, Tickle and the Laws build a still farm the likes of which Virginia hasn't seen since the heyday of Amos Law. Jerry misses a day of work and Mike lets down his guard. Mark and Digger discover a rival moonshiner faces a reckoning with the law.
Episode: 10x20 | Airdate: Apr 6, 2021 (61 min)
In the season finale, with eight stills running full tilt, Tickle enlists Mrs. Tickle to stash too much shine. Mark and Digger devise a way to age their Tennessee whiskey at sea. Tim gets drawn into an epic bootleg, while Mike and Jerry face the law.
Season 11
Episode: 11x01 | Airdate: Oct 27, 2021 (62 min)
Mark and Digger get raided by cops forcing them to flee across state lines. Tickle and the Laws assemble a new mega operation as Josh heads their way with a truckload of fruit. Mike and Jerry build the courage to return to the scene of their own crime.
Episode: 11x02 | Airdate: Nov 3, 2021 (62 min)
JB leads Mark and Digger to the secret site of Popcorn Sutton's infamous last run. Mike and Jerry's attempt to make a still from a used whiskey barrel blows up in their faces. Tickle, Josh and the Laws get ambushed, forcing them to run for the hills.
Episode: 11x03 | Airdate: Nov 10, 2021 (62 min)
Tickle and the Laws escape from a raid on their still site only to discover that Josh is missing. Tim and Howard tackle a gas shortage with a high-proof solution. Mike and Jerry rebuild their oak barrel pot still after blowing up their first attempt.
Episode: 11x04 | Airdate: Nov 17, 2021 (61 min)
Mark and Digger hit a wall transporting Tennessee water to Popcorn's North Carolina still site. Mark and Huck attempt to make fortified wine the old-fashioned way - with their feet. Richard tries to summon the green fairy for a New Orleans absinthe buyer.
Episode: 11x05 | Airdate: Nov 24, 2021 (62 min)
When Mark and Digger ask to run on commercial property, the answer is as shocking as the results. Mike and Jerry turn blueberries into top shelf brandy, but it's the mash that's worth celebrating. Richard chases the green fairy to make backwoods absinthe.
Episode: 11x06 | Airdate: Dec 1, 2021 (61 min)
Mark and Digger attempt to reroute a limestone creek over a mountain and onto private property. Mike drops a bombshell on Jerry while making backwoods blueberry champagne. Mark and Huck experiment with making moonshine from a surplus of raspberry syrup.
Episode: 11x07 | Airdate: Dec 8, 2021 (62 min)
Mark and Digger retrieve their sea-aged whiskey only to discover how easily it slips through their fingers. Richard and Craig run into trouble upsizing absinthe production. Tickle and the Laws look to moonshine history to get their season on track.
Episode: 11x08 | Airdate: Dec 15, 2021 (62 min)
Mark and Digger search in an unlikely location for the ideal spot to sea-age their Tennessee Whiskey. A wrong turn earns Josh his next broken bone. When Jerry gets rushed to the ER, his partner is forced to figure out a complex recipe without him.
Episode: 11x09 | Airdate: Dec 22, 2021 (62 min)
Mark and Digger revisit the abandoned theme park of their misspent youth and convert a carnival ride into a whiskey-aging machine. Mark Rogers invites young-gun Amanda to trade knowledge for wisdom. Mike's blueberry champagne is the toast of his wedding.
Episode: 11x10 | Airdate: Jan 5, 2022 (61 min)
Mark and Digger make a high-proof version of a favorite Southern dessert. Tim takes a backwoods ritual into the lab and onto store shelves. Amanda lends Mark and Huck her cutting edge process for infusing flavor into their old-school corn whiskey.
Episode: 11x11 | Airdate: Jan 12, 2022 (68 min)
When Josh devises a formula for a profitable hard seltzer, he must convince Tickle and the Laws to contribute their valuable peach brandy to a risky enterprise. Mark and Digger attempt to turn a windfall of scuppernong grapes into Appalachian cognac.
Episode: 11x12 | Airdate: Jan 19, 2022
Amanda helps Mark and Huck use science to infuse fresh-picked pears into their traditional corn shine. Richard teams up with Mark and Digger to make cherry cognac. Jerry returns from his close call to help Mike build a waterfall still site in Tennessee.
Episode: 11x13 | Airdate: Jan 26, 2022 (68 min)
Tim treks to the town of Tequila in search of the legendary moonshine of Mexico. Tickle, Josh and the Laws build an assembly line of submarine stills for a large-scale run of pricey cherry shine. Mark and Digger take backwoods rye to a whole new level.
Episode: 11x14 | Airdate: Feb 2, 2022 (61 min)
Mark and Digger break the sound barrier finishing a run of straight rye for a Southern Rock customer. Richard makes a Big Easy classic for a demanding New Orleans chef. Jerry gets his shine groove back helping Mike reinvent a taste of the South.
Episode: 11x15 | Airdate: Feb 9, 2022 (71 min)
Mark and Digger team up with Danielle Parton to run the first moonshine in decades on her legendary family property. Tim heads to the highlands of Jalisco to harvest blue agave to run Tequila. Richard invents a flammable recipe for a New Orleans chef.
Episode: 11x16 | Airdate: Feb 23, 2022 (61 min)
When Josh moves into a remote farmhouse, Tickle and the Laws help devise an underground transport operation. In the highlands of Mexico, Tim gets hands-on turning 7-year-old agave into age-worthy tequila. Mike and Jerry attempt a sweet corn shine recipe.
Episode: 11x17 | Airdate: Mar 2, 2022 (61 min)
Tim heads south to Oaxaca to uncover centuries-old secrets of making Mezcal. With costly sweet corn mash about to expire, Jerry jury rigs auto parts to help accelerate the flow of liquor. Richard and Craig attempt a crystal-clear Bloody Mary moonshine.
Episode: 11x18 | Airdate: Mar 9, 2022 (68 min)
When Digger scores a tank of fresh milk, he and Mark attempt to solve the mystery of turning milk into moonshine. Tickle and Josh ramp up underground operations at the Law's rental house, while hunting dogs invade Mike and Jerry's mountain still site.
Episode: 11x19 | Airdate: Mar 16, 2022 (61 min)
Amanda returns to the mountains to help Mark and Huck crack the recipe for making shine from a rare breed of corn. Tim gets hands-on making old-school mezcal with volcanic rock and a horse-drawn stone wheel. Mike and Jerry attempt to make gin from quinoa.
Episode: 11x20 | Airdate: Mar 23, 2022 (61 min)
Digger enlists Daniel to attempt the first large-scale run of his innovative milk-based liquor recipe. Richard combines Digger's sea aging with his own award-winning recipe to attempt his best liquor yet. Mike and Jerry upgrade their backwoods column still.
Episode: 11x21 | Airdate: Mar 30, 2022 (61 min)
In the season finale, just as Mark and Digger undertake their large-scale bootleg to Nashville, the law makes an unwelcome return. Tim gets a shock when Mexican moonshiners make him liquor with meat. Josh sparks a conflagration at Henry's rental house.
Season 12
Episode: 12x01 | Airdate: Nov 9, 2022 (61 min)
It's the season 12 premiere and prices are going nuts. Mark and Digger discover they're under investigation by the law. Mike and Jerry recruit Popcorn Sutton's son and Josh goes into hiding when a fire marshal tracks the source of his house fire.
Episode: 12x02 | Airdate: Nov 16, 2022 (61 min)
After losing their water source, Mark and Digger attempt to dig out a centuries-old spring. Confounded by lumber prices, Josh tells Tickle and the Laws he can fell big timber for a 1000 gallon still. Richard and Daniel form a Master Distiller dream team.
Episode: 12x03 | Airdate: Nov 23, 2022
Mark and Digger skirt the law and make scotch in a pot still designed by Popcorn Sutton. Mark, Huck and Amanda have their copper stolen while Richard and Daniel use game cameras to protect their stills.
Episode: 12x04 | Airdate: Nov 30, 2022 (61 min)
Fed up with canned food and hiding in the woods, Josh gets into trouble with Kenny Law. Popcorn's son proves as unpredictable as his notorious dad. Tim and Howard rediscover a lost recipe for log still whiskey invented by a Kentucky teenager in 1836.
Episode: 12x05 | Airdate: Dec 7, 2022
A police detective confronts Mark and Digger at the pump and doesn't mince words about his intent. Tickle and the Laws attempt to help as Josh's sanity erodes surviving in the woods. Tim and Howard construct a 19th century wood still from a giant log.
Episode: 12x06 | Airdate: Dec 14, 2022
Mark and Digger score ten tons of sugar only to find a tracking device on their truck. Richard and Daniel devise a rum recipe to dominate the outlaw market. Mike and Jerry hit the jackpot with sweet-smelling mimosa liquor but catch wind of a new rival.
Episode: 12x07 | Airdate: Jan 4, 2023
When weevils infest Mark and Digger's pricey grain, they must get rid of the bugs without killing their malt process. Tim and Howard fire up a log still with explosive consequences. Josh breaks out of his backwoods prison only to find himself up a creek.
Episode: 12x08 | Airdate: Jan 11, 2023
In a rare lapse of judgment, Richard implodes Daniel's $3,000 copper still. As the fire marshal ramps up his investigation, Josh makes a tough decision to flee the country. Tim's solution to a centuries-old still build is going to sting a bit for Howard.
Episode: 12x09 | Airdate: Jan 18, 2023
Josh searches for a recipe for caffeinated moonshine in the Brazilian highlands. Mark and Digger help Richard salvage the copper still he destroyed before Daniel returns.
Episode: 12x10 | Airdate: Jan 25, 2023 (61 min)
Josh gets a hands-on lesson in quickly turning sugar cane into high-proof liquor in Brazil. Mike and Jerry prepare to retaliate after Richard and Craig start a backwoods turf war.
Episode: 12x11 | Airdate: Feb 1, 2023 (61 min)
Josh feels the heat when a Brazilian moonshiner pressures him to attempt an illegal bootleg run far from home. Law enforcement ambushes Mark Ramsey in his own garage. In Maggie Valley, Mike
Episode: 12x12 | Airdate: Feb 8, 2023 (61 min)
As the Maggie Valley moonshine market shifts in favor of Richard and Craig's recipes, Mike and Jerry devise a plot to push the newcomers out of town. Mark and Digger convince Killer Beaz to take on the riskiest parts of Mark's illicit activities.
Episode: 12x13 | Airdate: Feb 15, 2023
Josh learns a method of making liquor that breaks all the rules in Brazil. Richard and Craig protect their operation from bears while Mike and Jerry dabble in elderberry moonshine and sabotage.
Episode: 12x14 | Airdate: Mar 1, 2023 (61 min)
To beat inflation, Mark and Digger attempt an old-school run of liquor they can sell at a 1990s price. Danielle Parton teams up with Henry and Kenny to make legendary Franklin County moonshine. Richard and Craig discover a rival's stash house.
Episode: 12x15 | Airdate: Mar 8, 2023 (61 min)
Tickle asks Tim to help convert a bus into a mobile moonshine rig; Digger and Beaz scramble to save a big sale for a rising country star who happens to be Willie Nelson's granddaughter; Richard and Craig abandon their still site.
Episode: 12x16 | Airdate: Mar 15, 2023 (61 min)
Josh returns from Brazil only to discover an emboldened fire marshal with pressing questions. Amanda convinces Mark and Huck to make rye whiskey without using sugar. Digger and Beaz race to make a $15,000 whiskey run for Nashville royalty.
Episode: 12x17 | Airdate: Mar 22, 2023 (61 min)
Josh and the Laws get permission from 95-year-old moonshine legend Cecil Love to retrieve a hidden still and recreate his oldtime Franklin County moonshine recipe. Richard and Craig jury rig a fix for their missing still arm, with disastrous results.
Episode: 12x18 | Airdate: Mar 29, 2023 (61 min)
Digger enlists a combat veteran to run his supernatural rye apple recipe, then pulls his own disappearing act; Richard and Craig struggle to keep their mash warm in cold weather; Jerry engineers some backwoods tech to keep making shine into winter.
Episode: 12x19 | Airdate: Apr 5, 2023 (61 min)
A Pittsburgh shiner convinces Digger and Beaz to cash in on a whole new market; Josh gets a special delivery and convinces the Laws to attempt the high-speed moonshine he witnessed in Brazil.
Episode: 12x20 | Airdate: Apr 12, 2023 (61 min)
When Killer Beaz closes a sixty-gallon sale, Digger opens the door to his partner's secret; Tickle completes his mobile still build only to learn the law will stop a school bus; Mike digs in his heels and possibly, his own grave.
Season 13
Episode: 13x01 | Airdate: Jan 2, 2024 (61 min)
Tickle launches a campaign to legalize home distilling, while Mark and Digger devise a plan to distill pallets of unsold light beer into liquor. Hobbled by racing injuries, Josh plots his return to making shine. Then, Digger makes a shocking revelation.
Episode: 13x02 | Airdate: Jan 9, 2024 (61 min)
An unshackled Digger leads Amanda to where he last saw Popcorn Sutton's stainless steel still. Richard and Mike's uneasy alliance faces a common threat when an extortionist shine boss demands payment. Josh modifies a vehicle, returning to the woods.
Episode: 13x03 | Airdate: Jan 16, 2024 (61 min)
Digger and Amanda's plan to distill beer in Popcorn Sutton's old still hits a wall. Jerry designs an innovative still that combines multiple shine recipes in a single run. Josh's mission to surprise his partners leaves him trapped in a vanload of peaches.
Episode: 13x04 | Airdate: Jan 23, 2024 (61 min)
Tickle unearths an exceptional source of spring water for Josh's peach brandy. Tim sets out to resurrect a spirit that fueled America's most intoxicated president. Mike convinces Richard to ignore an extortion attempt and risk angering a local mob boss.
Episode: 13x05 | Airdate: Jan 30, 2024 (61 min)
Amanda and Kelly attempt to re-invent an Appalachian apple brandy made famous by a 500-pound woman. Mark and Digger lend Popcorn Sutton's condenser to an ambitious new team of shiners. Richard and Jerry find a common cause, putting Mike in the hot seat.
Episode: 13x06 | Airdate: Feb 6, 2024 (61 min)
When Amanda tracks down a lost apple variety once famous for making outlaw brandy, she and Kelly turn out an extraordinary liquor that Mark and Digger find themselves too deep in the bottle. Tim and Howard invent a novel double-distilling device.
Episode: 13x07 | Airdate: Feb 13, 2024 (61 min)
Accident-prone Josh attempts a solo fix to his still site, while Tickle heads to the West Virginia State House to launch his legalization campaign. Arkansas double cousins Big Chuk and Joe Boy risk bootlegging their shine by boat downriver to Louisiana.
Episode: 13x08 | Airdate: Feb 20, 2024 (61 min)
On the mid-season finale, after losing $11,000 in stolen liquor, Mark and Digger surveil their bootlegger on a second delivery to Memphis. Tickle preps to open his own restaurant, but outlaw habits die hard as he makes it a distribution hub for shine.
Episode: 13x09 | Airdate: Apr 2, 2024 (61 min)
On the midseason premiere, Tickle and Carol open their new restaurant while Tickle contends with conflicting priorities. Mark and Digger enlist Amanda to improve their wildly popular hazelnut rum. Back on his own two feet, Josh shocks his outlaw partners.
Episode: 13x10 | Airdate: Apr 9, 2024 (61 min)
Under cover of Tickle's new restaurant and Josh's new towing business, the Virginia boys attempt a 500-gallon bootleg. When the creek runs dry, Jerry designs what he hopes will be a revolutionary waterless still. Tim and Howard make rum from corn stalks.
Episode: 13x11 | Airdate: Apr 16, 2024 (61 min)
Mark and Digger challenge Amanda to distill brandy and grappa from the same grapes. After Jerry's copper still vanishes, the Maggie Valley trio scours the scrapyards. The Ozark double cousins track a Hot Springs water source to make Prohibition shine.
Episode: 13x12 | Airdate: Apr 23, 2024 (61 min)
Mark and Digger invent a patriotic corn whiskey recipe using red, white and blue corn. Jerry's stolen still threatens to drive a wedge between partners. Accident-prone Josh returns to the safety of his home, only to crash his minivan into his own house.
Episode: 13x13 | Airdate: Apr 30, 2024 (61 min)
When their bootlegger suggests putting shine in pods, Mark and Digger enlist Amanda to innovate a product they can sell for $5 a shot. Jerry confronts the thief who stole his waterless still. Big Chuk and Joe Boy price themselves out of their own market.
Episode: 13x14 | Airdate: May 7, 2024 (61 min)
When kitchen trouble forces Tickle to shut down his restaurant, Josh proposes they make carrot-apple moonshine to raise the $8000 needed to reopen. Mike, Jerry, and Richard secure a secretive location to run apple pomace brandy in their waterless still.
Episode: 13x15 | Airdate: May 14, 2024 (61 min)
Mark and Digger invent a high-proof thump keg. When news breaks that their friend Cowboy has been killed, they hurry to retrieve a barrel he was tending. Tickle puts faith in an unproven recipe to save his restaurant. Jerry designs a solar mash fermenter.
Episode: 13x16 | Airdate: May 21, 2024 (61 min)
After tasting their best barrel yet, Mark and Digger make a run to rival $2,000 bourbon in the season finale. Tickle makes a daring deal selling shine at a wrestling match to reopen his restaurant. Mike faces the daunting prospect of Richard's revenge.
Season 14
Episode: 14x01 | Airdate: Nov 12, 2024 (61 min)
After Mark and Digger sell a $20,000 barrel of whiskey, they realize someone has been siphoning their liquor for years. Mark Rogers plots backwoods justice after finding Mike on his turf. Josh lands a lucrative deal, but Tickle and Henry have other ideas.
Episode: 14x02 | Airdate: Nov 19, 2024 (61 min)
Mark and Digger spot their liquor thief on camera as Tickle, Josh and Henry strike gold in Philadelphia with their Peach-Rye recipe. Mike adds insult to injury when he buys out Mark Rogers' sugar supplier, pushing the backwoods shiner to the brink.
Episode: 14x03 | Airdate: Nov 26, 2024 (61 min)
Backwoods shiner Mark Rogers delivers a decisive blow to Mike and Jerry, forcing them to rethink their strategy from a distance. Tim Smith faces a crisis and recruits Howard to help revive his flagging sales. Mark and Digger identify their liquor thief.
Episode: 14x04 | Airdate: Dec 3, 2024 (61 min)
Tickle's crew resurrects a 400-mile bootleg route from the 1980s, but a shine spill puts them face-to-face with the law. Richard attempts a risky liquor that uses mold to aid in fermentation. Tim turns to honey to get his shine sales buzzing.
Specials
Episode: S02 Special | Airdate: Feb 14, 2013
Episode: S02 Special | Airdate: Feb 14, 2013
Episode: S02 Special | Airdate: Oct 29, 2013
A preview of the Season 3 premiere of "Moonshiners" is filled with facts, tweets and bonus scenes from the reality series. Also: a look at how the guys have kept busy during the off-season.
Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Nov 5, 2013
The 'shiners gather in a secluded cabin to kick off the most thrilling season yet. They share new-season highlights, and clue us in on what lies ahead. Josh and Bill go on an adventure to Kentucky, and fans get answers to their questions.
Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Nov 26, 2013
With the season in full swing, the Moonshiners come together for a "State of the Shine" Summit to discuss what has happened in the season so far, and what lies ahead.
Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Dec 10, 2013
The moonshiners share some of their holiday traditions with us. Tim celebrates with his firehouse family; Josh cuts the best tree for his daughter. Mark and Jeff share a holiday dinner; Bill makes handmade gifts, and Tickle offers some holiday tips.
Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Jan 7, 2014
Jim Tom tells his story with help from some friends in the music industry.
Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Jan 14, 2014
The Moonshiners discuss the season so far; Tim takes Chico on an adventure; Josh and Cutie Pie have a new passion.
Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Feb 4, 2014
The Moonshiners gather to look back at the season. Tim talks about a major set back. Tickle and Chico relive a heart-pounding moment. Josh and Bill count their blessings. Mark and Jeff confess their regrets. Wayne tells what it's like to work with Jim Tom.
Episode: S04 Special | Airdate: Nov 4, 2014
The guys count down to the new season; Jim Tom makes his debut at the roundtable.
Episode: S04 Special | Airdate: Nov 11, 2014
Episode: S04 Special | Airdate: Nov 18, 2014
Episode: S04 Special | Airdate: Dec 9, 2014
It's Christmas in Appalachia and whether it's pig pickin', duck hunting or holiday trimmings, these moonshiners are bringing their old time traditions to the yuletide, not to mention a whole lot of shine.
Episode: S04 Special | Airdate: Dec 30, 2014
Jim Tom embarks on an adventure, ending up in Music City, U.S.A.
Episode: S04 Special | Airdate: Jan 6, 2015
Jim Tom embarks on an adventure, ending up in Music City, U.S.A.
Episode: S04 Special | Airdate: Jan 27, 2015
Tim and Tickle sit back and comment while the first episode of Moonshiners is rerun.
Episode: S04 Special | Airdate: Feb 3, 2015
The moonshiners gather to discuss their most dangerous season yet. Chico and Tyler talk about their split with Tickle. Jeff and crew discuss standing up to the law. Jim Tom and Roy show us animal calls, and Tim takes over as host of the show.
Episode: S04 Special | Airdate: Feb 3, 2015
In this Throwback episode of Moonshiners, Tim and Tickle have a "Watch party" as they joke and reminisce back on their friendship while watching the start of the 2nd season of Moonshiners.
Episode: S05 Special | Airdate: Dec 22, 2015
Celebrating Christmas in Appalachia; the shiners embrace the holiday spirit by gathering with loved ones, giving alms and creating new flavors of shine.
Episode: S06 Special | Airdate: Nov 15, 2016 (62 min)
The most memorable moments from past seasons.
Episode: S06 Special | Airdate: Dec 6, 2016
The spirit of giving is in the air as Tim Smith churns up a festive new flavor of shine.
Episode: S06 Special | Airdate: Dec 13, 2016
Episode: S06 Special | Airdate: Feb 28, 2017
Episode: S06 Special | Airdate: Feb 28, 2017
Episode: S06 Special | Airdate: Mar 14, 2017
Tim Smith, who delivered his father's illegal shine recipe from the backwoods of Virginia to America's store shelves, takes us back in time to his humble beginnings. Accompanying him to locations of his memories, we glance into his life as a moonshiner.
Episode: S06 Special | Airdate: Mar 21, 2017
Episode: S07 Special | Airdate: Nov 7, 2017
Moonshining is a dog eat dog business, where the players play for keeps and the weak are quickly culled from the herd. These are the six guiding principles of the trade that no moonshiner can live without at least not for very long.
Episode: S07 Special | Airdate: Jan 2, 2018
No strangers to risking their lives and freedom for one of the country's most dangerous traditions, Tim, Tickle, Mark and Digger look back on their closest calls while braving the harsh wilds and the law to keep the shine flowing.
Episode: S07 Special | Airdate: Jan 9, 2018
Tim, Tickle, Mark and Digger relive their greatest muck ups from rookie mistakes to season sinking disasters--every shiner has a memorable moment they just want to forget.
Episode: S07 Special | Airdate: Jan 16, 2018
Master moonshiners, Tim, Tickle, Mark and Digger are taking a look back at their greatest feats of backwoods engineering and the innovations that have furthered the craft while keeping their operations clandestine and productive.
Episode: S07 Special | Airdate: Jan 30, 2018
Master moonshiners Tim, Tickle, Mark and Digger take a look at the friendships, families and rivalries that have defined the craft of moonshining through the years.
Episode: S07 Special | Airdate: Feb 6, 2018
In the hills of Appalachia, making moonshine is more than just a way of making a living...it's a tradition. Masters Tim, Tickle, Mark and Digger take a look at the moonshine traditions that have stood the test of time and pay homage to moonshine legends.
Episode: S07 Special | Airdate: Feb 20, 2018 (120 min)
Episode: S07 Special | Airdate: Mar 6, 2018
Mark and Digger celebrate their greatest hits and misses. Trace the paths that set these two legends on a crash course with destiny and one another. With new interviews and never before seen footage, they'll reminisce on the best and worst of moonshine.
Episode: S07 Special | Airdate: Mar 13, 2018
Each year, dozens of US craft distilleries fail & Tim Smith knows why. In this episode, Tim & his team of experts help struggling owners of Missouri Ridge Distillery "put the woods back in the whiskey", in hopes of turning it from problem to profit.
Episode: S07 Special | Airdate: Mar 20, 2018
Mark Rogers, the last American mountain man and Appalachian moonshiner is heading back out into the wilderness with only with the clothes on his back, a very sharp knife, and his cousin Chuck who wants a crash course in how to make moonshine.
Episode: S08 Special | Airdate: Dec 11, 2018
It's Christmas in Appalachia and Tim Smith is 4000 miles away in Alaska making a special delivery to his northernmost customer. In Tennessee, Mark and Digger cook up a plan to make a holiday run of liquor for two legendary shiners from a bygone era.
Episode: S08 Special | Airdate: Jan 2, 2019
America's top 'shiners gather at an undisclosed location to discuss unsettled business for Moonshiners' new season. They reveal backwoods secrets that keep them ahead of the law, and put their skills to the test in a first-ever moonshiner showdown.
Episode: S08 Special | Airdate: Feb 10, 2019
Episode: S08 Special | Airdate: Feb 20, 2019
Episode: S08 Special | Airdate: Mar 6, 2019
When Mark and Digger find a decade-old jar of Popcorn Sutton's shine, they vow to recreate their mentor's infamous last run. With help from old-timer JB Rader, they rebuild Popcorn's pot still and recount the antics of Appalachia's legendary outlaw.
Episode: S08 Special | Airdate: Mar 13, 2019
Moonshiners share their tricks for running shine and how they avoid the long arm of the law. Tim reveals a visit with Tickle behind bars, and Mark & Digger reveal an unexpected twist in their search for Popcorn Sutton's shine, stashed a decade ago.
Episode: S08 Special | Airdate: Apr 3, 2019
Tickle's back and funnier than ever after a year in jail. Josh, in stitches, reveals an unexpected twist to his season. Mark and Digger uncover how Popcorn's shine-hoarding ways will pay off for Pam, and Tim gets a rematch on a proofing challenge.
Episode: S08 Special | Airdate: Jul 9, 2019
A subculture of distillers across America carries on the backwoods tradition of moonshining. Now, judged by legends Mark, Digger and Tim, America's top legal and outlaw shiners go head to head to see who wins the right to be called Master Distiller.
Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: Nov 26, 2019
Josh Owens rushes headlong into a new outlaw moonshing season.
Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: Dec 10, 2019
Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: Dec 24, 2019
Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: Dec 24, 2019 (180 min)
Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: Mar 24, 2020
Tickle introduces a new Mrs. Tickle; A top spirits expert scores the shiner's shine.
Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: May 9, 2020 (67 min)
Tickle hosts as his fellow shiners share their quarantine secrets.
Episode: S10 Special | Airdate: Nov 17, 2020 (61 min)
Tickle comes to the rescue after apprentice moonshiners Howard and Moe "lose" a quarter of their run. But when the old friends embark on a risky bootleg operation, only newlywed and former bondswoman, Mrs. Tickle, can save them all from the law.
Episode: S10 Special | Airdate: Apr 13, 2021 (59 min)
Veteran moonshiners reveal how backwoods law plays out in real life.
Episode: S11 Special | Airdate: Oct 20, 2021 (61 min)
America's favorite outlaws reveal secrets from the booming new season.
Episode: S11 Special | Airdate: Dec 29, 2021 (62 min)
Tim and Howard go to Pennsylvania in search of the spirit that sparked the Whiskey Rebellion. As they track down pre-prohibition rye and a colonial-era grist mill, Tickle builds a one-of-a-kind still to help recreate America's lost rye whiskey.
Episode: S11 Special | Airdate: Jan 5, 2022 (61 min)
Tim searches for moonshine in Mexico and one shiner scores the top jar yet.
Episode: S11 Special | Airdate: Feb 16, 2022 (61 min)
When Tim, Josh and Mike first ran shine in the backwoods, they inherited generations of tradition along with their family recipes. But what they did next put them on a road filled with obstacles that made them the legendary shiners they are today.
Episode: S11 Special | Airdate: Apr 6, 2022 (61 min)
Facing a booming demand and skyrocketing cost of goods, America's favorite moonshiners join together to take stock of an unprecedented year of challenges and innovation, while a top spirits expert ranks the best of the best outlaw liquor of the season.
Episode: S12 Special | Airdate: Nov 2, 2022 (61 min)
Moonshiners kick off a new season of innovation to combat rising prices.
Episode: S12 Special | Airdate: Dec 21, 2022
With tons of shine to sell, Josh and Tickle attempt to buy a car from an off-duty cop and turn it into a bootlegging vehicle. As sparks fly, Tickle's challenge turns to keeping Josh from setting it on fire. Mark Ramsey hits the gas in his own shiner car.
Episode: S12 Special | Airdate: Jan 18, 2023
America's favorite outlaws reveal secrets to making profitable liquor amid skyrocketing prices. A police captain deploys new tactics against Mark and Digger, a feud erupts between shiners in NC and Tickle reveals his tool of choice for cutting prices.
Episode: S12 Special | Airdate: Mar 29, 2023 (62 min)
America's favorite outlaws join forces to reveal secrets of the season; Mark Ramsey emerges from the shadows, and shiners deliver a verdict on Mike and Richard's top jars of the season.
Episode: S12 Special | Airdate: May 10, 2023
Mark, Digger and Tim explore the 1970s-era Tennessee-Mississippi border where famed lawman Buford Pusser battled a crime mob fueled by illegal liquor money and ignited a lasting mystery about the disappearance of his would-be assassins.
Episode: S13 Special | Airdate: Dec 26, 2023 (61 min)
Arkansas moonshiners Big Chuk and his double cousin Joe Boy enlist Josh Owens' help with their outlaw operation -- but when Josh gets injured in a racing accident, they team up with legendary shiners Henry and Kenny Law in a daring bootleg to help Josh.
Episode: S13 Special | Airdate: Jan 9, 2024
Moonshiners Mark, Digger, Tim, and Tickle delve deep into bourbon country's darkest secret. When 200 bottles of the coveted Pappy Van Winkle vanish, the theft of the world's most expensive bourbon is just the tip of a staggering criminal conspiracy.
Episode: S13 Special | Airdate: Feb 13, 2024
Moonshiners Mark, Digger, and Tim delve deep into the case of the most prolific and elusive bootlegger of the Prohibition era. Declared Public Enemy Number One by the government, Bill McCoy's outlaw mission was about a lot more than just fame and fortune.
Episode: S14 Special | Airdate: Nov 5, 2024 (61 min)
Moonshiners Mark, Tim, and Josh drive the notorious Thunder Road in Dawson County, Georgia, to investigate the murder of "Lightning" Lloyd Seay, a notorious bootlegger turned pioneering stock car racer who was killed over a few bags of sugar.