The WORST episodes of Moonshiners
Every episode of Moonshiners ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - Firewater
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/14/2014
Josh and Bill suffer the consequences of bootlegging. Darlene goes against her best instinct and lights up her still indoors. Jeff, Mark, and Lance find their competition is still out there. Tim takes final measures to protect his legal shine business.
Watch Now:Apple TV#2 - Super Summit
Season 9 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/24/2020
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.
#3 - Josh Owens-Special
Season 9 - Episode 21 - Aired 8/9/2019
As a teenager, Josh Owens slept under bridges because the Southerner didn't have an easy childhood. During this time, the outlaw has learned how to make it through life alone - with odd jobs in agriculture and as a lumberjack. Then a 'Moonshiner' took him under his wing. Barney Barnwell showed the runaway how to mash and build a still. Because a few extra dollars in your wallet sometimes help a lot when you have to fight hard for your existence. This special features a liquor distiller who never gives up on setbacks
#4 - Rival Shiners
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/24/2013
Tim reaches a milestone with his first bottled batch of shine. Jeff and Mark suspect a rival in their territory. Chico takes a risk that could cost him everything. Josh and Bill's only hope at financing their shine operation is to consider bootlegging.
Watch Now:Apple TV#6 - Swamp Shiners
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/19/2013
Mark and Jeff struggle to set up their remote still site, while Josh and Bill are desperate for cash to build a new copper still. Tensions run high in the Kentucky distillery with Tim and his partner Steve, and a new moonshiner appears in Mississippi.
Watch Now:Apple TV#7 - Tickle Runs Again
Season 9 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/24/2020
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.
#8 - More Shiners More Problems
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/26/2013
Tim Smith hires a person with a checkered past to help at the distillery in Kentucky. Tickle learns how to make moonshine in a copper pot still from one of the best. In North Carolina, Jeff and Mark are surprised by an unexpected visitor.
Watch Now:Apple TV#9 - The Marvelous Mrs. Tickle
Season 9 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/17/2020
Tickle gets a life sentence and Appalachia turns out for his first walk down the aisle; Mark and Digger risk delivering strong shine and sweet justice; Josh smashes obstacles that stood in his way all season; Mike gets a taste of his own medicine.
#10 - Hush Money
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/3/2013
In North Carolina, Jeff and Mark must pay hush money to the property owner of their still site, while veteran shiner Jim Tom helps Wayne perfect his moonshine recipe. In Virginia, Tickle encounters bad luck when he starts bootlegging his own shine.
Watch Now:Apple TV
#11 - Moonshine Cascade
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/11/2014
Tickle and Tyler need to fix a bad feed line and get back to work at the moonshine cave. Jim Tom and Roy build the still that will carry them to greatness. Josh and Bill are sidelined with a crushed still. Sheriff’s Deputy Chuck gains ground on Lance.
Watch Now:Apple TV#12 - A Shiner in Kentucky
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/12/2013
Mark and Jeff clear their remote North Carolina still site, while an argument between Josh and Bill threatens to destroy their partnership. Tim has a tough time adjusting to moonshining in a legal Kentucky distillery, and Tickle takes a road trip.
Watch Now:Apple TV#13 - Full Throttle Throwdown
Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/27/2019
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.
Watch Now:Apple TV#14 - First Run
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/10/2013
Tickle bootlegs at night, while Wayne comes up with an ingenious drop-off plan for his own bootleggers. Equipment failure threatens the production of Tim Smith's legal moonshine, and Josh and Bill finally begin their first run of strawberry brandy.
Watch Now:Apple TV#15 - Prophecy Fulfilled
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/12/2012
Tickle builds a new still. Josh gets angry when he damages the nearly completed underground still site. Mark and Jeff make a risky move when they sell some of their product in town. Jim Tom teaches Jeff's son Lance how to measure the alcohol by volume concentration of moonshine.
Watch Now:Apple TV
#17 - Moonshine Season Starts
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/6/2011
As the season approaches, moonshiner Tim and his partner Tickle search Appalachia for the perfect site to set up his operation. Law enforcement agent Jesse Tate is on the hunt for his first big arrest, but runs into a dangerous web of counter-surveillance.
Watch Now:Apple TV#18 - Time to 'Shine
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/5/2013
It's the start of moonshine season! Moonshiners Jeff and Mark, and partners Josh and Bill hit the ground running. Meanwhile, veteran shiner Tim Smith will make a life-changing move, and Tickle is forced to realize that his time to shine has just begun.
Watch Now:Apple TV#20 - Scotch on the Rocks
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/29/2015
It's one step forward and two steps back for Josh and Bill as they near the completion of their bunker. Meanwhile, Jeff, Mark and Lance are $6000 in the hole after losing a batch of mash before starting work on their Highland Scotch.
Watch Now:Apple TV
#21 - Point of No Return
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/7/2011
Moonshiner Tim and his partner 'Tickle' perform a sacred rite that is rarely captured on film - firing up their still for the first time. Everything goes smoothly, until an emergency hits. Meanwhile, law enforcement agent Jesse Tate pursues a hot tip.
Watch Now:Apple TV#23 - Troubled Waters
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/2/2013
Tickle gets busted by an angry landowner, while Tim devises an ingenious new hiding spot for his back-up stash of shine. Then, Josh & Bill get into a bone-breaking fight at their new still site. Also, Mark bootlegs moonshine by canoe in the dead of night.
Watch Now:Apple TV#24 - Blue Moonshine
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/17/2013
Josh and Bill are forced back to their day jobs after their shine runs blue. Chico, under financial stress, makes a hard decision that could risk it all. Tickle struggles to keep Tim's old territory supplied. Mark and Jeff move their liquor.
Watch Now:Apple TV#25 - Last Shiner Standing
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/30/2013
In this season finale, one moonshiner will go down. Tickle devises a bold but risky plan to sell Tim's shine. Then, Josh & Bill's still site is compromised while Jeff, Mark & Jim Tom brazenly run three stills. Finally, Deputy Sheriff Chuck makes his move.