Moonshiners

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.

Equipment failure and an intruder threaten Moonshiner Tim and his partner Tickles first run of moonshine. Law enforcement agent Jesse Tate busts a nip joint. Moonshining legend Popcorn Sutton runs some shine the old-fashioned way.

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.

Its the dead of winter in Appalachia, and moonshine season is months away. Moonshiner Tim and his partner Tickle are planning a daring 100-mile bootleg run capped with a risky midday moonshine transfer - something Tim rarely does.

A breakthrough is made on Josh and Bills underground still; Mark and Jeff build a copper still.

A storm threatens Josh and Bills underground still; Tickle goes rogue.

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 Jeffs son Lance how to measure the alcohol by volume concentration of moonshine.

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.

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.

In this season finale, one moonshiner will go down. Tickle devises a bold but risky plan to sell Tims shine. Then, Josh & Bills still site is compromised while Jeff, Mark & Jim Tom brazenly run three stills. Finally, Deputy Sheriff Chuck makes his move.

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.

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.

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 Smiths legal moonshine, and Josh and Bill finally begin their first run of strawberry brandy.

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 Bills only hope at financing their shine operation is to consider bootlegging.

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.

Jeff and Mark look to cash in on one final run of the season. Tickle and Chicos 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.

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 years surplus shine. Jeff & Mark survey an indoor still site.

Josh & Bill pick up the pieces of their broken still. Lance tries to brew a moonshine game changer as Sheriffs Deputy Chuck closes in. Tickle gets stranded miles from civilization. Tim sets out from Kentucky in search of greener pastures.

Two former still hands of moonshine legend Popcorn Sutton emerge from the shadows. Tim learns that getting out of the illegal liquor business doesn’t get you out of the woods.

Mark & Jeff feel the heat as the law closes in. Tims plan to give a backwoods makeover to Troys distillery will cost him big. Tickle flirts with disaster as he tries to sell his Kentucky made white lightning.

Josh and Bill have a close call with authorities; a new lawman visits two shiners in Tennessee; Tickle learns a lesson the hard way.

The final weeks of shine season are here. Josh & Bills liquor gets stuck six feet under. Chico & Tyler brew a sweet & sticky moonshine game-changer. Tickle gets trumped by his old buddy. And Mark & Jeffs first sale on the water ends in disaster.

Tickle takes risks to stay true to his old partner; Josh and Bill make a last run in the woods; Mark and Diggers season is in danger when their deal backfires.

In the Season 5 premiere, moonshine is in demand and the law is on the hunt. Included: Tim faces a dilemma that jeopardizes his legit business; Jeff, Mark and Lance aim to double their profits; and Josh and Bill find themselves on shaky legal ground.

Shiners attempt to stay off the grid as the outside world encroaches on the backwoods. Tim breaks the news about the fate of Climax Moonshine. Jeff, Mark and Lance search for a new site before rivals can grab hold of the market.

Weeks into moonshine season, Josh & Bill race to finish their still site and make their first run. Intruders interrupt Mark & Diggers rye test. A deadly disaster leaves Tim rattled and rethinking his plans to expand.

Its one step forward and two steps back for Josh and Bill as they near the completion of their bunker. Meanwhile, Jeff, Mark and Lance are $6000 in the hole after losing a batch of mash before starting work on their Highland Scotch.

In North Carolina a behemoth threatens to undo months of construction for Josh and Bill. A nocturnal prowler threatens Patti and Davids clandestine operation and battle lines are drawn in Kentucky as Chico and Tyler clash over creative differences.

Patti and David work on a fiery, new brew. Elsewhere, the feud continues between Josh and Bill.

The stakes get higher as shine season nears its end. Mark and Digger leave disaster behind for a new still site as Patti and Davids jalapeno whiskey drives them to sell in unfamiliar territory.

Chico & Sandra are anxious to get back in the saddle and make their first run. Tims behemoth tank might not be the ticket to fulfilling the Poland order after all . With Jim Tom by his side, Josh churns out a family heritage spirit.

It’s last call in shine country. Tim is thousands of cases of shine away from delivering the order of a lifetime. Mark & Digger receive the surprise of their lives in the middle of a shine sale. Josh is working on one last score and making amends.

Its moonshine season in Appalachia. Josh has hit the ground running but working solo can lead to catastrophic results. And former outlaw Tim Smith is training his son JT to help run his legal outfit.

Josh finds himself in desperate need of help following a catastrophe and Chico and Sandras moonshine partnership puts strain on their relationship. Mark and Digger get innovative with their still, but the operation attracts an unwanted visitor.

Mark and Digger struggle with a special recipe for a shine legend. Big Chuck tries to redeem himself after destroying Joshs operation. Chico and Sandra continue working on their still site, but disaster strikes.

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 doesnt blow them up. Jeff and Lance make a once banned liquor.

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.

With liquor stockpiled, Carolina shiners Josh and Big Chuck start digging for a new stash site. The pressures 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 natures harvest to make a sweet new brew.

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.

Josh and Chuck struggle to finish winterizing their site; Mark and Digger bring their two-pot still out of retirement; Mark and Mike have enjoyed a string of successful runs, but delivering the goods could land them in the crosshairs of the law.

Jeff, Mark and Lance head their separate ways; Tim gets to spend time with an old friend; Patti and David end their season with a boatload of shine.

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 Joshs favorite still hand has a brush with death.

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.

After a disastrous first run Mark & Digger seek redemption on their 3-pot still. Tim enlists Tickle as JTs moonshine mentor. Patti & David build a second still in hopes of doubling their production & Lance tries to regain Jeffs trust running solo.

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.

In Virginia, Tickle mentors JT at Belmont Farm while Mark & Digger receive an impossible shine order. In Louisiana, Patti & David secure their still site after spotting a deadly intruder, and Lance & Jeff scramble when their bootlegger goes missing.

In the Great Smoky Mountains, Mark & Digger prepare for the first run of hillbilly grappa. In Louisiana, Patti & David bootleg on the bayou. At Belmont Farms, an experimental shine recipe mashes in while Mike seeks out a new still hand in Tennessee.

Josh must make good with a biker gang after a trailer fire leaves them empty handed. Tickles first run of legal rye whisky tempts him to return to the illegal side. In Louisiana, a sassafras shine experiment puts a massive delivery at risk.

Mark & Digger confront a shiner whos been edging into their territory. Red and blue lights flash. Josh makes a split second decision. Lance hopes a big sale could rectify past bootlegging blunders while Mike risks his sale, reputation and freedom.

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 charge, and Rodgers tampers with his final run in an attempt to cash out

Its 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.

Tensions boil over in Tennessee as Mike must answer for blowing up Mark and Diggers 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.

Ten years after Popcorn Suttons 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 secret still in a Kentucky cave.

When their still site gets compromised, Virginia shiners Henry and Kenny enlist the help of bootlegging legend Amos Law. To pay off his debt to Mark & Digger, Mike runs his still to the breaking point. Tim doubles down on JT and Tickles double rye.

Mark and Diggers new apprentice proves talent cant 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.

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.

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. Theres a reason Franklin County, VA is the Moonshine Capital of America, and someone there is above the law.

Mark and Digger find a decade-old jar of Popcorn Suttons shine and vow to re-create their mentors infamous last run; with help from old-timer JB Rader, they rebuild Popcorns pot still and recount the antics of Appalachias most legendary outlaw.

When a dead drop goes sideways, Mark Rogers deploys backwoods justice to straighten out a thief. Kellys massive sorghum haul puts Mark and Diggers pot stills to the test. Mike & Daniels clear apple pie has buyers calling from across county lines.

Mark and Diggers 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 Tickles double rye to put the woods back into his shine.

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 Popcorns boyhood home. On a midnight bootleg, Mark Rogers finds having the law on your side doesnt make you any less of an outlaw.

Tickle’s back and funnier than ever after a year in jail; Josh, already in stitches, reveals an unexpected twist to his season, and Mark and Digger uncover how Popcorn’s shine-hoarding ways will pay off for Pam.

When Tickle returns to the outlaw side, even Tim cant 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.

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.

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 Appalachias most accident-prone shiner is back operating heavy machinery.

Tim devises a plan to make backwoods shine with Tickle for the first time in years. Short on patience and a key ingredient, Mark and Diggers bootleg operation comes under threat. In a series first, two Tennessee shiners get busted by cops on camera.

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.

Tickle announces his engagement and Tim discovers why his best friend cant quit the outlaw side. Unable to sell any shine, Mike attempts a long-distance bootleg that puts him in the crosshairs of the law. Josh bets that Sin City needs one more vice.

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.

Mark and Digger head down to Georgia and uncover "Elvis," Popcorn Suttons most prolific still. Mike plots payback after discovering a rivals liquor stealing his customers. Tim and Tickle are torn over what to do with their new backwoods shine.

Tickle gets a life sentence and Appalachia turns out for his first walk down the aisle. Mark and Digger risk delivering strong shine and sweet justice. Josh smashes obstacles that stood in his way all season. Mike gets a taste of his own medicine.

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.

With his partner in quarantine, Digger has much more on the line than shine. Mike and Jerrys moonshine Frankenstein turns on its creators.

Tickle and the Laws unleash a 700-gallon run on a whisper-quiet steamer still. Mark and Huck traverse Appalachias roughest terrain to run liquor with moonshine legend Jim Tom. Mike and Jerry engineer a high-tech solution to a backwoods problem.

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.

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.

A Mason jar shortage puts a lid on Mark and Diggers distribution plans.

Tim and Tickles friend Howard recreate the first whiskey made in America.

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.

Mark and Digger discover a rare limestone spring to make Tennessee Whiskey.

Josh, Tickle and the Laws build a still farm the likes of which Virginia hasnt 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.

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.

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.

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 its the mash thats worth celebrating. Richard chases the green fairy to make backwoods absinthe.

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.

Mark and Digger revisit the abandoned theme park of their misspent youth and convert a carnival ride into a whiskey-aging machine.

Mark and Digger make a high-proof version of a favourite southern dessert; Amanda wows Mark and Huck with a new method to infuse flavour into shine.

Tim treks to the town of Tequila in search of the 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.

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.

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 speed the flow of liquor; Richard and Craig attempt a crystal-clear Bloody Mary moonshine.

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.

In the season finale, just as Mark and Digger undertake their large-scale bootleg to Nashville, the law makes an unwelcome return.

After losing their water source, Mark and Digger attempt to dig out a centuries-old spring; Josh tells Tickle and the Laws he can fell big timber for a 1,000 gallon still; Richard and Daniel form a Master Distiller dream team.

Fed up with canned food and hiding in the woods, Josh gets into trouble with Kenny Law. Popcorns 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.

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.

In a rare lapse of judgment, Richard implodes Daniels $3,000 copper still. As the fire marshal ramps up his investigation, Josh makes a tough decision to flee the country. Tims solution to a centuries-old still build is going to sting a bit for Howard.

When Josh finds an outlaw operation in Brazil, he gets a hands-on lesson in how quickly he can turn sugar cane into high-proof liquor. In Maggie Valley, Mike and Jerry prepare to fight back when Richard and Craig start a backwoods operation on their turf.

As the Maggie Valley moonshine market shifts in favor of Richard and Craigs 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 Marks illicit activities.

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 rivals stash house.

Josh returns from Brazil only to discover an emboldened fire marshal with pressing questions.

Digger pulls a disappearing act after a combat veteran helps him with a supernatural rye apple recipe. Richard and Craig keep their mash warm in cold weather while Jerry goes into winter with some backwoods tech.

In the season finale, when Killer Beaz closes a sixty-gallon sale, Digger opens the door to his partners 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.

An unshackled Digger leads Amanda to where he last saw Popcorn Suttons stainless steel still.

Tickle unearths an exceptional source of spring water for Joshs peach brandy.

When Amanda tracks down a lost apple variety made famous by outlaw brandy, she and Kelly distill a liquor so extraordinary that Mark and Digger find themselves a little too deep in the bottle.

On the mid-season finale, after losing $11,000 in stolen liquor, Mark and Digger surveil their bootlegger on a delivery to Memphis.

Under cover of Tickles new restaurant and Joshs new business, the Virginia boys attempt a 500-gallon bootleg.

Mark and Digger invent a patriotic corn whiskey recipe using red, white and blue corn.

When kitchen trouble forces Tickle to shut down his restaurant, Josh proposes they make carrot-apple moonshine to raise the $8000 needed to reopen.

After tasting their best barrel yet, Mark and Digger try their luck and make a run to rival $2,000 bourbon.

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.

Tickles 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.

Mark and Digger recruit Patti Bryan to help make hot pepper moonshine and nearly blind themselves in the process. When Tickle over-orders blueberries for his restaurant, he has some explaining and shine-making to do. Mark and Huck build a bootleg boat.

Mark and Digger recruit a young Kentucky moonshiner to help craft a profitable outlaw bourbon. After tracking Mark and Huck to their mountain still site, Mike and Jerry initiate their revenge plan until a well-aimed shot unexpectedly turns the tables.

Mike and Jerrys new submarine still gets washed away by Hurricane flooding. Tickle attempts to persuade accident-prone Josh not to return to racing.

Mark and Digger enlist a new team member who cant testify. Tickle and the Laws must rely on an unproven recipe to turn free sorghum seeds into shine.

Realizing they may be targeted by a police stakeout, Mark and Digger prepare for the worst. Howard drinks Tims last bottle of decades-old rye elixir.

Mark and Digger scramble to hide illegal evidence, only to discover the law is a step ahead. In his final run, Kenny lends a hand to a legend in need.