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Season 8 – Moonshiners

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Moonshiners have been around in the U.S. since the Whiskey Rebellion of the 1790s; surprisingly, there are still a number of Americans who make moonshine, an illegally produced distilled beverage, mainly in the Appalachian region of the country; this docuseries tells the stories of people who brew their shine, often under the cloak of darkness in woods near their homes, and the authorities who try to keep them honest; the show allows viewers to witness practices rarely seen on television, including firing up the still for the first time, a moonshiner's rite of passage; the show also introducers viewers to moonshining legends such as Marvin Sutton.
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Episode 1 Aired Dec 11, 2018 High Proof Holidays It'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. Details Episode 2 Aired Jan 2, 2019 Legacy on the Line The shiners must step it up to stay ahead of big liquor and the law; a 100-mile-per-hour wipe-out puts Josh's operation in jeopardy; Tim takes a risk on rye; Mark and Digger are hell-bent on backwoods justice after Mike's betrayal. Details Episode 3 Aired Jan 9, 2019 Backwoods Justice Tensions boil over in Tennessee as Mike must answer for blowing up Mark and Digger's still; with Tickle in jail, JT answers the call when two outlaw shiners show up looking for help; Josh discovers his mash barrels are under attack by a black bear. Details Episode 4 Aired Jan 16, 2019 Wrong Side of the Law Tim finds himself on the wrong side of the law after son JT spots an agent near a backwoods still site; Mike designs a unique still to make high-dollar shine; Mark and Digger make an in-town run; Josh discovers what bears do in the woods. Details Episode 5 Aired Jan 23, 2019 Popcorn's Secret Stash Ten years after Popcorn Sutton's 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 still site in a Kentucky cave. Details Episode 6 Aired Jan 30, 2019 Burden of Proof Booted off his backwoods still site, Josh turns to his stockcar racing roots to invent a new way of making moonshine; old-timer JB comes to the rescue as Mark and Digger fall short on high-proof run; Mark Rogers has a close encounter with the law. Details Episode 7 Aired Feb 6, 2019 Breaking the Laws When their still site gets compromised, shiners Henry and Kenny enlist the help of bootlegging legend, Amos Law; to pay off his debt to Mark and Digger, Mike runs his still to the breaking point; Tim doubles down on JT and Tickle's double rye. Details Episode 8 Aired Feb 13, 2019 Mid-Season Secret Summit Top moonshiners gather to deal with unfinished business; Mike tells his side of the Mark and Digger feud; Josh reveals scars from his checkered past; the shiners put their skills to the test in a whiskey showdown. Details Episode 9 Aired Feb 13, 2019 Moonshiner's Apprentice Mark and Digger's new apprentice proves that talent can't be taught; Josh converts a new racecar trailer into a mobile moonshining masterpiece; Mark Rogers enlists the help of a retired lawman to bootleg 30 gallons of shine into a music festival. Details Episode 10 Aired Feb 20, 2019 Hillbilly Ingenuity As Josh gets ready to fire up his mobile still at a biker rally, law enforcement gets wise to his illicit plan; Mark and Digger's backwoods potato vodka hits a sweet spot; short on payback cash, Mike and Daniel invent a new way to get out of debt. Details Episode 11 Aired Feb 27, 2019 Bootlegger's Bounty Tracking down an old-time bootlegger, Mark and Digger uncover treasures Popcorn Sutton left behind; deep in debt, Mike and Daniel engineer a split pot still to upgrade their shine; Patti and David convert pontoons into a bayou still site. Details Episode 12 Aired Mar 6, 2019 Full Throttle Throwdown Fast cars collide with backwoods tradition as moonshiner Josh Owens puts pedal to the metal on the Carolina Dragway; gasser rules mean vintage cars and parts only, but in skilled hands heritage pays off in horsepower; these gearheads race for glory. Details Episode 13 Aired Mar 6, 2019 Mobile Moonshine Madness 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. Details Episode 14 Aired Mar 6, 2019 100 Proof Heritage Mark and Digger's first run of barrel-aged bourbon gets interrupted by a bear; scaling up Tickle's double rye tests Tim's backwoods engineering; Mark Rogers builds a malt house to make corn whiskey; Donnie and Theresa come up short on shine. Details Episode 15 Aired Mar 6, 2019 Legend of Popcorn Sutton Mark and Digger find a 10-year-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. Details Episode 16 Aired Mar 13, 2019 Unfinished Business 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; Mark and Digger reveal an unexpected twist in their search for Popcorn Sutton's shine, stashed a decade ago. Details Episode 17 Aired Mar 16, 2019 Whiskey Deception When a dead drop goes sideways, Mark Rogers deploys backwoods justice to straighten out a thief; Kelly's massive sorghum haul puts Mark and Digger's pot stills to the test; Mike and Daniel's clear apple pie has buyers calling from other counties. Details Episode 18 Aired Mar 27, 2019 Free Tickle After a year behind bars, Tickle gets transferred to Culpeper County, and Tim concocts a plan to get him out; in North Carolina, Mark Roger runs huckleberry shine to sweeten a backwoods deal; Red Fox's crew works its tails off making peach brandy. Details Episode 19 Aired Mar 27, 2019 Breaking the Code Mark and Digger's 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 Tickle's double rye to put the woods back into his shine. Details Episode 20 Aired Mar 31, 2019 Hillbilly Hack Mark and Digger build a hillbilly hack to save their handmade vodka; Pam may know more than she thinks about Popcorn's lost shine; Josh finds trouble while running a still outside of the woods; Patti and David risk a seaplane bootleg on the bayou. Details Episode 21 Aired Mar 31, 2019 Risky Whiskey 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 Popcorn's boyhood home; on a midnight bootleg, Mark Rogers finds having the law on his side doesn't make him less of an outlaw. Details Episode 22 Aired Apr 3, 2019 The Trouble With Tickle Tickle returns to Tim's distillery and discovers he's traded one prison for another; Mark and Digger unearth a trove of Popcorn's shine; Josh finds an untapped market at a biker rally but learns the cost of entry is much more than the ticket price. Details Episode 23 Aired Apr 3, 2019 Tickle Unshackled Tickle is back and funnier than ever after a year in jail; Josh reveals an unexpected twist to his season; Mark and Digger share how Popcorn's shine-hoarding ways will pay off for Pam; Tim gets a rematch on a proofing challenge. Details Episode 24 Aired Jul 9, 2019 Master Distiller A subculture of distillers carries on the backwoods tradition of moonshining; now, judged by Mark, Digger and Tim, the country's top legal and outlaw shiners go head to head to see who has what it takes to be called Master Distiller. Details
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Season Info

Executive Producer
Matt Ostrom, Brian Flanagan, Dolores Gavin, Laura Palumbo Johnson, Christopher Tetens
Network
Discovery Channel
Rating
TV-14 (L)
Genre
Reality, Crime
Original Language
English
Release Date
Dec 11, 2018