The BEST episodes of Moonshiners
Every episode of Moonshiners ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Moonshiners!
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. Discovery Channel's all-new series 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.
#1 - Penny Wise, Impound Foolish
Season 15 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/17/2026
Josh constructs a decoy in a daring plot to retrieve his confiscated copper still from the police impound lot. Mike and Jerry promise to deliver something they've never attempted before. Mark and Huck face off with their own backwoods bear problem.
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#2 - Confiscated Copper Conundrum
Season 15 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/10/2026
When police raid his underground still site, Josh joins Tickle & Henry in a shine run for a stock car legend. Mark & Digger contend with a rotten-egg taste in their blueberry brandy. Amanda & Kelly try to stop bears from doing what bears do in the woods.
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#3 - Last Call
Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/14/2017
Winter hot on their heels, shiners aim to cash in. A legendary partnership comes to a bittersweet end as Jeff, Mark and Lance head their separate ways. Tim gets to spend time with and old friend. Patti and David end their season with a boatload of shine.
#4 - Kentucky Kingpin
Season 15 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/24/2026
Tim goes full outlaw in the Bluegrass State only to uncover the dark side of working with a Kentucky shine boss. Mark and Digger enlist Amanda and Kelly to procure a truckload of hail-damaged peaches. Mike and Jerry pressure test their rapid-aging system.
#5 - Run for the Border
Season 15 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/3/2026
Tim and Howard race to complete a thousand-gallon order before the Canadian tariff-running boat docks. Josh takes cover as surveyors set stakes above his underground still site. Mike and Jerry tail their bootlegger and uncover a backroads speakeasy.
#6 - Backlash From the Backwoods
Season 14 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/12/2024
After Mark and Digger sell a $20,000 barrel of whiskey, they realize someone has been siphoning their liquor for years. Mark Rogers plots backwoods justice after finding Mike on his turf. Josh lands a lucrative deal, but Tickle and Henry have other ideas.
#7 - Mountain Mayhem
Season 11 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/15/2021
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.
#8 - Too Much of a Good Thing
Season 10 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/12/2021
As Tickle and the Laws start a massive rye run, a mysterious tip results in too much of a good thing. Jerry gets rushed to the hospital and Mike finds himself shorthanded. Tim innovates a backwoods process for his single-malt shine.
#9 - Moonshine Takedown
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/9/2014
Tickle nails down a stash spot. Josh and Bill butt heads in the backwoods. Jim Tom and Roy are back in action. Mark and Digger's still goes from old school to state-of-the-art. And Mark and Jeff put the bells and whistles on their new shine spot.
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Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/24/2020
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.
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#11 - Boldest Bootleg
Season 13 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/9/2024
Under cover of Tickle's new restaurant and Josh's new business, the Virginia boys attempt a 500-gallon bootleg; when the creek runs dry, Jerry designs what he hopes will be a revolutionary waterless still; Tim and Howard make rum from corn stalks.
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#12 - Resisting Arrest
Season 14 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/11/2025
In the season finale, Mark and Digger scramble to clear evidence of outlaw activity -- only to discover the law is one step ahead. Mike and Jerry build a column still that runs two proofs at once. In his final run, Kenny lends a hand to a legend in need.
#13 - Burning Down the House
Season 11 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/30/2022
In the season finale, just as Mark and Digger undertake their large-scale bootleg to Nashville, the law makes an unwelcome return.
#14 - Dead Drops Don't Lie
Season 15 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/2026
When Mark and Huck's shine stash vanishes, the hunt for culprits sparks explosive plans for revenge.
#15 - Arrested Development
Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/9/2018
Tickle mentors JT at Belmont Farm; Mark and Digger receive an impossible shine order; Patti and David secure their still site after spotting a deadly intruder; Lance and Jeff scramble when their bootlegger goes missing.
#16 - It Takes Amanda
Season 11 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/16/2022
Amanda joins Mark and Huck in an attempt to make shine from a rare corn.
#17 - Maggie Valley Mayhem
Season 12 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/22/2023
Josh and the Laws get permission from 95-year-old moonshine legend Cecil Love to retrieve a hidden still and recreate his oldtime Franklin County moonshine recipe. Richard and Craig jury rig a fix for their missing still arm, with disastrous results.
#18 - Mobile Moonshiner Madness
Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/6/2019
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. There's a reason Franklin County, VA is the Moonshine Capital of America, and someone there is above the law.
#19 - Another Man's Mash
Season 10 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/2/2021
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.
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Season 11 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/9/2022
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.
#21 - Mid-Season Secret Summit
Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/12/2019
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.
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Season 9 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/3/2020
Mark and Digger head down to Georgia and uncover "Elvis," Popcorn Sutton's most prolific still; Mike plots payback after discovering a rival's liquor stealing his customers; Tim and Tickle are torn over what to do with their new backwoods shine.
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Season 8 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/13/2019
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 & Daniel's clear apple pie has buyers calling from across county lines.
#24 - A New Tariff in Town
Season 15 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/17/2026
After rivals destroy Tim's Canada-bound moonshine, he relocates his tariff-dodging operation to Kentucky, where neighbors follow their own unwritten code. Tickle and Henry target the lake house crowd, while Amanda crafts a new Manhattan-style corn liquor.
#25 - Knockout Punch
Season 14 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/26/2024
Backwoods shiner Mark Rogers delivers a decisive blow to Mike and Jerry, forcing them to rethink their strategy from a distance. Tim Smith faces a crisis and recruits Howard to help revive his flagging sales. Mark and Digger identify their liquor thief.
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