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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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