Moonshiners

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Follows a diverse group of people living in Appalachia who carry on a 200-year-old tradition passed down from their forefathers, making moonshine.

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63 Episodes

  • Cannonball Run
    E1
    Cannonball RunWinter 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.
  • Secret Summit, Part 1
    E2
    Secret Summit, Part 1At 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.
  • Secret Summit, Part 2
    E3
    Secret Summit, Part 2As executive producer Matthew Ostrom continues to interview the guys, they discuss the code of illicit alcohol manufacturers, what it is like to lead a double life, fanatical fans, and the dangers of running a still site.
  • Tickle's Guide To Love
    E4
    Tickle's Guide To Love
  • The Road to the Shine: Outlaw Cuts
    E5
    The Road to the Shine: Outlaw CutsThe off season from moonshining provides the moonshiners some relief from the long hours of work and constant fear of getting caught. The moonshiners set aside their craft and carry on the other parts of their lives.
  • Kick-Off Summit (Season 3)
    E6
    Kick-Off Summit (Season 3)The moonshiners gather in a secluded cabin to kick off the new season. The episode features new-season highlights and clues to what lies ahead. Josh and Bill go on an adventure to Kentucky, and fans get answers to their questions.
  • Secret Summit: The State Of Shine
    E7
    Secret Summit: The State Of Shine
  • A Moonshiners Christmas
    E8
    A Moonshiners ChristmasVisit Tickle at his cabin while he sips on candycane 'shine and trims his Christmas tree in this special episode loaded with Christmas Tickle's Takes and high action, as still site intruders, toxic mold, and mountainside chases plague our shiners.
  • The Ballad Of Jim Tom
    E9
    The Ballad Of Jim TomJim Tom tells his story in song as he begins attempting to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a country music star.
  • Secret Summit: The Struggles
    E10
    Secret Summit: The StrugglesJosh 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 moonshine business.
  • Secret Summit: Secrets Of The Shine
    E11
    Secret Summit: Secrets Of The ShineJeff and Mark reach the ultimate roadblock. Deputy Chuck is hot on a trail. Josh and Bill might finally be back in the game. Mike takes a trip to finish off his biggest sale of the season. Tickle and crew attract unwanted attention.
  • The Off Season
    E12
    The Off Season
  • Secret Summit Kickoff (Season 4)
    E13
    Secret Summit Kickoff (Season 4)Tim, Tickle, Josh, Bill, Jeff and Mark gather at a secret location to count down the minutes to the new season premiere. Jim Tom surprises producers by making his debut at the roundtable. Then the guys let Tim be the judge of a moonshine taste test.
  • Thanksgiving Summit
    E14
    Thanksgiving SummitThe moonshiners gather at a secret location to discuss the season, Thanksgiving table etiquette, and how to bag a turkey Moonshiners-style, and share their favorite family recipes. Shiner Josh and sidekick Cutie Pie visit a legendary moonshiner.
  • Christmas Shine
    E15
    Christmas ShineThe Shiners share they Christmas recipes.
  • Jim Tom's Road To Nashville Volume 1
    E16
    Jim Tom's Road To Nashville Volume 1Jim Tom embarks on an adventure, ending up in Music City, U.S.A.
  • Jim Toms Road To Nashville Volume 2
    E17
    Jim Toms Road To Nashville Volume 2
  • Secret Summit: Outlaw Confessions
    E18
    Secret Summit: Outlaw Confessions
  • One Shot
    E19
    One ShotTim and Tickle sit back and comment while the first episode of Moonshiners is rerun.
  • Two Shots
    E20
    Two ShotsTim and Tickle sit back and comment while the first episode of Moonshiners is rerun.
  • Secret Summit: Final Countdown
    E21
    Secret Summit: Final CountdownThe moonshiners gather to discuss their most dangerous season yet. Chico and Tyler talk about their split with Tickle.
  • The Need For Speed
    E22
    The Need For SpeedJosh aims to take his dirt track skills to the next level with the help of a speedway pro. Tyler searches for the perfect bootlegging car. Mark & Huck take their haul off-road to deliver across state lines. Mark & Digger aim to revive a heritage car.
  • Moonshiners On Moonshiners
    E23
    Moonshiners On MoonshinersBefore season six of Moonshiners begins, the cast is reminiscing about classic moments of seasons past. The shiners are taking a look back at some of the most memorable moments in moonshiner's history.
  • The Legend Of Tim Smith
    E24
    The Legend Of Tim SmithTim 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.
  • Mark Rogers Last Of The Mountain Men
    E25
    Mark Rogers Last Of The Mountain MenMark Rogers has lived off the land, surviving in today's world by hunting, fishing and making liquor. Mark heads into the mountains of Appalachia to track a black bear and also to dig ginseng, a rare medicinal root that he wants to infuse with moonshine.
  • The Tale Of Tickle
    E26
    The Tale Of TicklePittsylvania 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.
  • The Fast And The Fearless
    E27
    The Fast And The FearlessWhile tinkering on a 1950 Packard, Mark and Digger reminisce about the automobile's effect on the moonshining business. Their conversation is a walk down Moonshiners memory lane as we revisit some of the series' greatest hits related to the automobile.
  • Codes of the Craft
    E28
    Codes of the CraftMoonshining 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.
  • Moonshiners xXxmas
    E29
    Moonshiners xXxmasOh by gosh by golly it's time mistletoe and holly... and America's original liquor. Tim and JT team up with Tickle's mother and daughter to create a Christmas surprise, while Chico and Sondra head out to shoot the Christmas turkey.
  • Shiners on Shine: Bootlegging
    E30
    Shiners on Shine: BootleggingMaster shiners Tim, Tickle & Mark & Digger sit down to discuss bootlegging; a tradition as old as the moonshining craft itself. They're reminiscing about their biggest hauls, closest brushes with the law & revealing their favorite tactics of evasion
  • Shiners on Shine: Close Calls
    E31
    Shiners on Shine: Close CallsNo 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.
  • Shiners On Shine: Fails
    E32
    Shiners On Shine: FailsTim, 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.
  • Shiners On Shine: Innovate or Die
    E33
    Shiners On Shine: Innovate or DieMaster 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.
  • Shiners on Shine: It Ain't Easy to Shine
    E34
    Shiners on Shine: It Ain't Easy to ShineThere's no rest for the weary when it comes to making moonshine. Tim, Tickle, Mark and Digger reveal the challenges every shiner must face to keep the heritage spirit flowing.
  • Shiners on Shine: Friends and Foes
    E35
    Shiners on Shine: Friends and FoesMaster 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.
  • Shiners On Shine: Moonshiner Heritage
    E36
    Shiners On Shine: Moonshiner HeritageIn 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 legends.
  • Mark and Digger: Legends and Legacy
    E37
    Mark and Digger: Legends and LegacyMark and Digger give exclusive insight on the early days of their partnership, lessons from legendary old-timer Popcorn Sutton, and how they continue to honor their heritage with innovative still designs and recipes.
  • Whiskey Business
    E38
    Whiskey BusinessEach year, dozens of U.S. craft distilleries fail and Tim Smith thinks he knows why. In this episode, Tim and his team of experts help struggling owners of Missouri Ridge Distillery to "put the woods back in the whiskey", in hopes of helping the producer turn a profit
  • Mark Rogers: The Will to Survive
    E39
    Mark Rogers: The Will to SurviveMark 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.
  • Secret Summit Season Kickoff
    E40
    Secret Summit Season KickoffAmerica'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.
  • Shiners on Shine: Secrets of Backwoods Engineering
    E41
    Shiners on Shine: Secrets of Backwoods EngineeringFrom devising elaborate stills to make high proof liquor, to constructing insane bootleg contraptions to sell it, backwoods ingenuity drives moonshiners to invent new solutions to the centuries old problem of avoiding the long arm of the law.
  • The Legend of Jim Tom
    E42
    The Legend of Jim TomAcross Appalachia, the name Jim Tom has meant moonshine. Between run-ins with the law and time serving hard labor, he spent 60 years making illegal shine. A mentor to Josh, Mark and Digger, his secrets define the next generation of outlaw shiners.
  • Secret Backwoods Recipes
    E43
    Secret Backwoods RecipesAcross centuries of tradition, only a handful of moonshine recipes are considered among the best. In the right hands, local ingredients and backwoods ingenuity create magic in a mason jar. But the path to perfection is always paved with spills.
  • Tickle Runs For His Life
    E44
    Tickle Runs For His LifeMoonshine's prodigal son, Tickle, returns from jail to the Appalachian backwoods. With longtime partner, Tim, determined to stay legal, Tickle recruits an old friend to make an inaugural run of shine and re-stake his claim as an outlaw shiner.
  • Outracing The Law
    E45
    Outracing The LawWith a secret family recipe and a rich legacy in Carolina moonshine, Josh Owens races headlong into a new season. What's a few broken bones when you're building underground stills and selling shine at $200 a gallon, just one step ahead of the law?
  • Born to Shine
    E67
    Born to ShineMoonshiners is back and the backwoods is booming. For Appalachia's liquor makers, it's like the Roaring Twenties again. But a boom time for moonshine also comes with a lot more risk. America's favorite outlaws reveal secrets from the booming new season.
  • Overhaul in Overalls
    E75
    Overhaul in OverallsWith 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.
  • Tickle-Down Economics
    E76
    Tickle-Down EconomicsAmerica'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.
  • Ultimate Summit Showdown
    E77
    Ultimate Summit ShowdownAmerica'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.
  • Ozark Outlaws To The Rescue
    E79
    Ozark Outlaws To The RescueArkansas 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.
  • Moonshiners And True Crime: Pappygate Conspiracy
    E80
    Moonshiners And True Crime: Pappygate ConspiracyMoonshiners 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.
  • Foraging for a Long Winter Ahead
    E118
    Foraging for a Long Winter AheadIn 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.
  • High Proof Holidays
    E140
    High Proof HolidaysIt'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.
  • Midseason Secret Summit
    E144
    Midseason Secret SummitThe shiners gather to deal with unfinished business. Mike tells his side of the Mark and Digger feud. Josh reveals scars from his checkered past, and the shiners put their skills to the test in a whiskey showdown.
  • The Legend Of Popcorn Sutton
    E146
    The Legend Of Popcorn Sutton
  • Secret Summit: Unfinished Business
    E147
    Secret Summit: Unfinished BusinessMoonshiners 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.
  • Secret Summit: Tickle Unshackled
    E148
    Secret Summit: Tickle UnshackledTickle'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.
  • Master Distiller
    E149
    Master DistillerA 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 has what it takes to be called Master Distiller.
  • Code and Conflict
    E150
    Code and ConflictWith no recourse to official law enforcement, outlaw shiners must resolve conflicts through a centuries-old code; Tim, Digger, Mike and Josh reveal secrets of how the unwritten rules of the backwoods play out in real life.
  • New Season Kickoff Summit
    E151
    New Season Kickoff SummitMoonshiners is back and the backwoods is booming. For Appalachia’s liquor makers, it’s like the Roaring Twenties again. But a boom time for moonshine also comes with a lot more risk.
  • Rebel Rye
    E152
    Rebel RyeTim 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 re-create America’s lost rye whiskey.
  • The Real McCoy
    E153
    The Real McCoyMoonshiners 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.
  • Murder On Thunder Road
    E154
    Murder On Thunder RoadMoonshiners 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.

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