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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.
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.
Visit 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.
(N.B.: this is the same as S02E07 - Tickle Goes Rogue)
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.
As 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.
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.
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.
Off season from moonshining provides the shiners some long awaited relief from long hours of back breaking work and the constant fear of getting caught. We catch-up with each of the moonshiners to see who they are when shining time is done for the year.
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.
Jim Tom prepares to give up shinin' to pursue an opportunity in music, spinning his decades of moonshine wisdom into a brand new song.
The Moonshiners discuss the season so far; Tim takes Chico on an adventure; Josh and Cutie Pie have a new passion.
The Moonshiners come together to discuss the season and the future.
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.
The guys take some time off from making moonshine. Tim trains rookies in the art of making liquor. Tickle goes fishing for monsters. Jim Tom hits the town on his hog. Mark gets in touch with his roots. Josh customizes his truck against Bill’s wishes.
Jim Tom embarks on an adventure, ending up in Music City, U.S.A.
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.
Jim Tom embarks on an adventure, ending up in Music City, U.S.A.
Tim and Tickle sit back and comment while the first episode of Moonshiners is rerun.
Tim and Tickle sit back and comment while the first episode of Moonshiners is rerun.
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.
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.
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.
Before the new season 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.
Mark and Huck cross state lines for a delivery; Josh heads to the dirt track; and Tyler searches for a bootlegging car.
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.
Moonshiner Mark Rogers goes on his annual Black Bear hunt, he also plans on finding some Ginseng so he can make Ginseng Moonshine.
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.
Tim Smith's moonshine business is growing rapidly, and this season, he has to find a new home base to make his product. Originally from Louisiana, Patti spends this season working with her father, David, to make a name for herself in the Louisiana moonshining business.
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.
Tim and JT team up with Tickle's mother and daughter to create a Christmas surprise; Chico and Sondra head out to shoot the Christmas turkey.
Master shiners Tim, Tickle and Mark and Digger sit down to discuss bootlegging, a tradition as old as the moonshining craft itself. They reminisce about their biggest hauls and closest brushes with the law and reveals their favorite tactics of evasion.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mark 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.
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.
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.
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.
From 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.
Across Appalachia the name Jim Tom is synonymous with 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.
Across centuries of tradition, only a handful of moonshine recipes are considered among the best, and the path to high proof perfection is always paved with spills.
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.
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.
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.
Moonshine's prodigal son, Tickle, returns from a year in 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.
With 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?
Midway into the season, America's top moonshiners gather to deal with unfinished business. Mike tells his side of the Mark & Digger feud. Josh reveals scars from his checkered past, and the shiners put their skills to the test in a whiskey showdown.
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.
Tickle's back and funnier than ever after a year in jail. Josh, already 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.
Mark and Digger find a decade-old jar of Popcorn Sutton's shine and vow to re-create 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 most legendary outlaw.
Mark, Digger, Tim, Tickle and Josh come face-to-face to address the season's unfinished business. Tickle introduces the new Mrs. Tickle. One of the world's top spirits experts scores our backwoods moonshiners' best batches of the season.
Moonshiner Steven Tickle hosts as Mark, Digger, Tim, Josh and Mike share their quarantine secrets, make hand sanitizer from backwoods alcohol, and one-up each on how they're shining their way through the pandemic lockdown.
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.
Tickle, Josh, Mike and Daniel compete to make tasty Christmas spirits.
Veteran moonshiners reveal how backwoods law plays out in real life.
Moonshiners 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.
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 re-create America's lost rye whiskey.
Tickle introduces the new Mrs. Tickle; America's favorite moonshiners confront the season's unfinished business; for the first time, a top spirits expert rates each shiner's shine; legal and outlaw distillers compete to make the best mountain brandy.
Moonshiners 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.
Facing a booming demand and skyrocketing cost of goods, America's favourite moonshiners join together to take stock of an unprecedented...
America's favorite outlaws meet to reveal inside stories and expert insights into the unprecedented action in the backwoods, including sneak peeks into Tim's search for outlaw shine in Mexico and one shiner earns the highest moonshine rating yet.
Moonshiners kick off a new season of innovation to combat rising prices.
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.
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.
Tim takes Josh to California's American River in search of the liquor James Marshall distilled before his discovery of gold changed the country forever; the shiners re-create a spirit that fueled the 1849 gold rush.
Tim and Tickle trace a Charleston shine recipe back to the Civil War-era.
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.
Tim and Howard head deep into the Texas borderlands in search of Pancho Villa's lost recipe for Sotol, the rural Mexican moonshine that fueled revolts and revolution. To recreate the cleanest, high-proof spirit, Tickle designs a UFO-shaped copper pot.
Tim takes Josh to Abe Lincoln’s boyhood home in Kentucky to uncover evidence the 16th President may not have been entirely honest about his liquor-selling past. Using local sorghum, they recreate a whiskey that Lincoln would have tasted as a young man.
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.
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.
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.
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.
