8.8/1017 votesLoading...#1 - Rise 'n Shine!
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 11/7/2012
Moonshine season in Appalachia has begun. Tim and Tickle are back, as we are introduced to some old school shiners - all looking to grab a piece of a $100 million dollar jackpot – tax free. But with a new lawman in town, everyone will be watching their backs.
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8.3/1017 votesLoading...#2 - Outlaw Brotherhood
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/21/2011
Moonshiner Tim and his partner Tickle soup up Tim's hot rod when they are forced into a daring, daytime bootlegging run. Meanwhile, a hurricane threatens the still site. Then, a new bootlegging biker legend sets out on an 800 mile run.
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8.3/1020 votesLoading...#3 - A Moonshiner's Farewell
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/4/2012
In this season finale, one moonshiner will come to an untimely end. Tim and Tickle risk it all, running 'shine day and night, making more money than Tim's ever made. Agent Jesse makes his biggest move of the season when he ambushes an active still site.
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8.2/1020 votesLoading...#4 - The Law Comes Knockin
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/14/2011
Equipment failure and an intruder threaten Moonshiner Tim and his partner Tickle's first run of moonshine. Law enforcement agent Jesse Tate busts a nip joint. Moonshining legend Popcorn Sutton runs some 'shine the old-fashioned way.
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8.2/1019 votesLoading...#5 - A Price to Pay
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/28/2011
With the leaves falling, Moonshiner Tim makes a risky move and adds a second pot to the still site to double his profits. Tickle has a bad accident - and Agent Jesse prepares for the mother lode of all busts.
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8.2/1019 votesLoading...#6 - Bootleg Hustle
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/17/2012
It's the dead of winter in Appalachia, and moonshine season is months away. Moonshiner Tim and his partner Tickle are planning a daring 100-mile bootleg run capped with a risky midday moonshine transfer - something Tim rarely does.
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8.2/1011 votesLoading...#7 - 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.
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8.2/109 votesLoading...#8 - Back To The Woods
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 11/19/2019
When Tickle returns to the outlaw side, even Tim can't resist the call of the backwoods. Mark and Digger rediscover a lost recipe from a legend. Mike finds the ultimate secret mountain still site, if only he can build a way to access it.
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8.0/1023 votesLoading...#9 - 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.
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8.0/109 votesLoading...#10 - Legend of “Popcorn” Sutton
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 3/6/2019
Mark and Digger find a decade-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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8.0/108 votesLoading...#11 - Hard Times Make the Best Shine
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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7.9/1010 votesLoading...#12 - Burden of Proof
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 1/30/2019
Booted off his backwoods still site, Josh turns to his stock-car racing roots to invent a whole new way of making moonshine. Old-timer JB comes to the rescue as Mark and Digger fall short on a run. Mark Rogers faces a close encounter with the law.
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#13 - A Shiner's Last Stand
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 12/5/2012
Tickle recruits a new partner and tries to find a new site after splitting from Tim; Mark, Jeff and Jim Tom start work on a second still; deputy sheriff Chuck infiltrates a moonshine operation.
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7.8/1011 votesLoading...#14 - 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.
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7.8/1014 votesLoading...#15 - A Very Moonshiners Christmas
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 12/22/2015
Christmas in Appalachia finds the shiners embracing the Yuletide spirit as they gather with friends and loved ones, wrap themselves with new traditions and create new flavors of liquor.
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7.8/109 votesLoading...#16 - Legacy on the Line
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 1/2/2019
Moonshine season is on and the shiners must step it up to stay ahead of big liquor and the law. A 100mph wipeout puts Josh's operation in jeopardy, Tim takes a risk on rye, and Mark and Digger are hell-bent on backwoods justice after Mike's betrayal.
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7.8/1010 votesLoading...#17 - Bootlegger's Bounty
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 2/27/2019
Tracking down an old-time bootlegger, Mark and Digger uncover treasures Popcorn Sutton left behind. In debt, Mike and Daniel engineer a split pot still to upgrade their shine, and its price. Patti and David convert pontoons into a bayou still site.
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7.8/106 votesLoading...#18 - Unfinished Business
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 3/13/2019
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, and Mark & Digger reveal an unexpected twist in their search for Popcorn Sutton's shine, stashed a decade ago.
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7.7/1030 votesLoading...#19 - 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.
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7.7/1010 votesLoading...#20 - Storm's a Brewing
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/28/2012
A storm threatens Josh and Bill's underground still; Tickle goes rogue.
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#21 - Tickle Goes Rogue
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/19/2012
Josh and Bill find mold in their underground still; Jeff's wife and son set up a second still.
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7.7/1011 votesLoading...#22 - Adios, Mr. Still
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 1/9/2013
Gunfire erupts in the bamboo patch just as Josh & Bill fire up their still for the first time this season. Meanwhile, Jeff, Mark & Jim Tom run a batch of President George Washington's rye whiskey. Then, Tickle hits the skids when his still is sabotaged.
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7.7/1010 votesLoading...#23 - 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.
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7.7/1012 votesLoading...#24 - Dog Days of Shining
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 1/3/2017
Josh and Big Chuck find a new still site in hopes of reviving their season; and Mark and Digger test their still design. Later, Mark and Mike check out new territory.
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7.7/1010 votesLoading...#25 - High Proof Holidays
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 12/11/2018
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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The Best Episodes of Moonshiners
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Best Episodes Summary
"Rise 'n Shine!" is the best rated episode of "Moonshiners". It scored 8.8/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/7/2012. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Outlaw Brotherhood".