Moonshiners

2021
4.7
690 reviews
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Season 7 episodes (31)

1 Snake Bitten
11/14/17
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.
2 Shine in the Sky
11/21/17
Moonshine season is underway and shiners are eager to get product 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.
3 Lightning Strikes
11/28/17
Moonshine setbacks are the order of the day. Josh hopes to take on a partner while Mark and Digger erect the cornerstone of their massive 3-pot still. Patti and David hunt for clean swamp water and Mike works solo to fulfill and order.
4 xXxmas
12/5/17
Oh 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.
5 Pony Express
12/5/17
Moonshine season is in full swing. In Tennessee, 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. And Tim hopes to teach JT about his backwoods roots.
6 Second Chances
12/12/17
After a disastrous first run 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 and Lance tries to regain Jeff's trust running solo.
7 Legends of the Shine
12/19/17
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 and runs without a partner. Chico and Sondra start their season with a run of strawberry banana brandy.
8 Pass the Juice
12/26/17
In North Carolina, Mike brings back an old family shine recipe. JT is eager to start running on his own. Mark and Digger try to troubleshoot a stalled fermentation while Patti and David deal with a deadly intruder at their still site.
9 Stash and Grab
1/2/18
In the Great Smoky Mountains, Mark and Digger recruit a retired shiner. In South Carolina, Josh and Chuck run an old family recipe. In Tennessee, Lance enlists the help of a bootlegger to move his product.
10 Arrested Development
1/9/18
In Virginia, Tickle mentors JT at Belmont Farm while Mark and Digger receive an impossible shine order. In Louisiana, Patti and David secure their still site after spotting a deadly intruder, and Lance and Jeff scramble when their bootlegger goes missing.
11 Skins in the Game
1/16/18
Tim tries a centuries old method for finding water at his new site. In Tennessee, Mark and Digger source ingredients for a unique liquor that could make their season. As pressure mounts, Mark and Mike reunite while Chico and Sondra risk it all in Kentucky
12 Curse of the Blown Cover
1/23/18
In the Great Smoky Mountains, Mark and Digger prepare for the first run of hillbillygrappa. In Louisiana, Patti and David bootleg on the bayou. At Belmont Farms, an experimental shine recipe mashes in while Mike seeks out a new still hand in Tennessee.
13 Highway to Hell
2/6/18
On the cusp of his biggest moonshine deal yet, Josh embarks on a harrowing cross-country delivery. Rain threatens the final run of a special seasonal shine recipe. And America's first "Shiner in Chief" inspires a top dollar batch of malted rye whiskey.
14 From the Flames
2/13/18
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, a sassafras shine experiment puts a massive waterborne delivery at risk.
15 High and Dry
2/20/18
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.
16 Lighted Up
3/6/18
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.
17 Not a Crook
3/13/18
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.
18 Foraging for a Long Winter Ahead
3/20/18
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.
19 Nail in the Coffin
3/27/18
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.
101 Codes of the Craft
11/7/17
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.
102 Shiners on Shine: Bootlegging
12/19/17
Master shiners Tim, Tickle and Mark and 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 and revealing their favorite evasion tactics.
103 Shiners on Shine: Close Calls
12/26/17
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.
104 Shiners on Shine: Fails
1/2/18
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.
105 Shiners on Shine: Innovate or Die
1/16/18
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.
106 Shiners on Shine: It Ain't Easy To Shine
1/23/18
There'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.
107 Shiners on Shine: Friends And Foes
1/30/18
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.
108 Shiners on Shine: Moonshiner Heritage
2/6/18
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.
109 Shiners on Shine: Life of Shine
2/20/18
Tim, Tickle, Mark and Digger share an insider's look at a line of work that's far away from the nine-to-five. From life-threatening situations to close-call encounters... this is the wild and unfiltered look at the crazy life of shine.
110 Mark and Digger's Greatest Hits
3/6/18
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.
111 Whiskey Business
3/13/18
Each year, dozens of US craft distilleries fail- and Tim Smith knows why. In this episode, Tim and 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.
112 Mark Rogers: The Will to Survive
3/20/18
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.

About this show

As the black market for white whiskey heats up, the threat of the law continues to put the squeeze on those dedicated to America’s original spirit.

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4.7
690 reviews
USA#1
July 11, 2019
I just started watching a few of these episodes....they are HILARIOUS!......yet whiskey making/moon shining represent generations of hard working honest folks trying to put food on the table for their families originally.When it began it was generational learned knowledge brought over from the immigrants from the hills of Scotland. Any man w/ family who settled into the Appalachian Mtns and could not find work went back to what they were taught since they were kids----making quality 'shine in order to just survive in those early Appalachian days. They did not do it for flair, to write books, nor for any TV series. Legends like "Popcorn Sutton" and "Jim Tom" hopefully will live on for many folks and for many years. Many early makers had just enough money to keep roofs over their families heads....lived in what today we would call "shacks"...yet they never wanted to be in the "Keep up with the Joneses" rat race. They wanted simple lives and to live off the land that God provided for them. Sure some got greedy and the love of that greenback, but. most shiners just wanted enough "likker" for family-- friends who would stop in and socialize on the front porches and have simple fun.
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Shane Powell
January 4, 2013
Like I said , for most southerner people "rednecks' it's just a part of our life. More and more rednecks show are coming out now days .We don't really have to watch it on TV because most of the shows are just the way we live or see ever other day , lol. It's funny as hell that all them Yankee can't stop watching those show's u know and they think where just plain dumb . LOL , Maybe y'all ' you guys for the Yankees" can learn something from us.
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JESSE shelton
January 18, 2017
Love this Show. Teaches everyone else about my Heritage I already know. And let's people know our backwoods traditions are never really dead as long as we keep it alive an we'll through teaching and word of mouth. This means alot to Southern Folks aka Rednecks like myself it's just our way of life.
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