About this season
Think the days of bootleggers, backwoods stills and "white lightning" are over? Not a chance! It's a multi-million dollar industry. But perhaps more importantly to the moonshiners, it's a tradition dating back hundreds of years, passed down to them from their forefathers. It's part of their history and culture. While this practice is surprisingly alive and well, it's not always legal. Moonshiners tells the story of those who brew their shine - often in the woods near their homes using camouflaged equipment - and the local authorities who try to keep them honest. Viewers will witness practices rarely, if ever, seen on television including the sacred rite of passage for a moonshiner - firing up the still for the first time. They will also meet legends, including notorious moonshiner Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton.
Episodes (21)
1. Boom Time for Moonshine
Aired 27 October 2021 • 42 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.
2. Holy Grail of Moonshine
Aired 3 November 2021 • 42 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.
3. Oh Josh, Where Art Thou?
Aired 10 November 2021 • 42 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.
4. Backwoods Old Fashioned
Aired 17 November 2021 • 42 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.
5. Like Water for Moonshine
Aired 24 November 2021 • 42 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.
6. Champagne or Shine Pain?
Aired 1 December 2021 • 42 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.
7. Bottle Shock
Aired 8 December 2021 • 42 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.
8. Mountain Mayhem
Aired 15 December 2021 • 42 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.
9. Young Guns
Aired 22 December 2021 • 42 min
Mark and Digger revisit the abandoned theme park of their misspent youth and convert a carnival ride into a whiskey-aging machine.
10. Appalachian Ambrosia
Aired 5 January 2022 • 42 min
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.
11. Hard Seltzer
Aired 12 January 2022 • 42 min
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.
12. Under Pressure
Aired 19 January 2022 • 42 min
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.
13. Moonshine of Mexico
Aired 26 January 2022 • 42 min
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.
14. Sweet Home Appalachia
Aired 2 February 2022 • 42 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.
15. Tennessee Royalty
Aired 9 February 2022 • 42 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.
16. High Proof Highlands
Aired 23 February 2022 • 42 min
When Josh moves into a remote farmhouse, Tickle and the Laws help devise an underground transport operation.
17. Broken Spanish
Aired 2 March 2022 • 42 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 speed the flow of liquor; Richard and Craig attempt a crystal-clear Bloody Mary moonshine.
18. Moo Shine
Aired 9 March 2022 • 42 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; hunting dogs invade Mike and Jerry's mountain still site.
19. It Takes Amanda
Aired 16 March 2022 • 42 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.
20. Spirit in the Sky
Aired 23 March 2022 • 42 min
Digger gets Daniel to attempt the first large-scale run of his innovative milk-based liquor recipe. Richard combines Digger's sea ageing with his own award-winning recipe to attempt his best liquor yet.
21. Burning Down the House
Aired 30 March 2022 • 42 min
In the season finale, just as Mark and Digger undertake their large-scale bootleg to Nashville, the law makes an unwelcome return.