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The Best Episodes of Moonshiners

Every episode of Moonshiners ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Moonshiners!

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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,

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Moonshiners Season 15 Episode 6 - Goldshiner
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Goldshiner

    S15:E6

    When Josh finally completes his decade-long bunker project, he fires up the still for a first-ever run of gold flake cinnamon shine. Mark and Digger deliver some backwoods justice to an unscrupulous man selling industrial alcohol as pot still liquor.

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  2. Moonshiners Season 15 Episode 8 - Kentucky Kingpin
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Kentucky Kingpin

    S15:E8

    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.

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  3. Moonshiners Season 15 Episode 9 - Run for the Border
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Run for the Border

    S15:E9

    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.

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  4. Moonshiners Season 15 Episode 13 - Spirit Animal
    9.5/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Spirit Animal

    S15:E13

    Tim, Tickle and Henry confront the rogue shiners who torched their stash house. Mike and Jerry make liquor from candy roaster squash. But when they fail to return Mark and Huck's copper still cap, it's the mountain men who deliver their just desserts.

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  5. Moonshiners Season 15 Episode 14 - Cocke County Crackdown
    9.5/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Cocke County Crackdown

    S15:E14

    A cop confronts Mark and Digger with knowledge of their outlaw operation, forcing the veteran shiners to team up with Josh to identify a police informant. Tim and Tickle plot revenge on rival shiners who incinerated $20,000 worth of their liquor.

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  6. Moonshiners Season 15 Episode 15 - Wanted Drunk or Alive
    9.5/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Wanted Drunk or Alive

    S15:E15

    Tickle makes tariff-free apple brandy to help resolve the shortage of American liquor on Canadian shelves. Mike and Jerry learn they're wanted men. Josh discovers the source of industrial ethanol that's fueling a glut of fake moonshine across Appalachia.

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  7. Moonshiners Season 15 Episode 2 - Outlaw Redemption
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Outlaw Redemption

    S15:E2

    Tim and Tickle bottle their first illegal run together in 14 years. Mark and Digger reintroduce their infamous hand-made corn liquor to the outlaw market, only to find their price undercut by a mysterious competitor. Josh gets a wakeup call about the law.

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  8. Moonshiners Season 15 Episode 10 - Confiscated Copper Conundrum
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Confiscated Copper Conundrum

    S15:E10

    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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  9. Moonshiners Season 13 Episode 1 - Moonshine is a Miracle
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Moonshine is a Miracle

    S13:E1

    Tickle launches a campaign to legalize home distilling, while Mark and Digger devise a plan to distill pallets of unsold light beer into liquor.

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  10. Moonshiners Season 13 Episode 2 - Try That in a Shine Town
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Try That in a Shine Town

    S13:E2

    An unshackled Digger leads Amanda to where he last saw Popcorn Sutton's stainless steel still.

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  11. Moonshiners Season 13 Episode 3 - Beer Before Liquor
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Beer Before Liquor

    S13:E3

    Digger and Amanda's plan to distill beer in Popcorn Sutton's old still hits a wall.

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  12. Moonshiners Season 13 Episode 4 - The Drunkest President
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - The Drunkest President

    S13:E4

    Tickle unearths an exceptional source of spring water for Josh's peach brandy.

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  13. Moonshiners Season 13 Episode 5 - Quarter Ton of Backwoods Fun
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Quarter Ton of Backwoods Fun

    S13:E5

    Amanda and Kelly attempt to reinvent an Appalachian apple brandy made famous by a 500-pound woman.

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  14. Moonshiners Season 13 Episode 6 - Tennessee Spirit
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Tennessee Spirit

    S13:E6

    When Amanda tracks down a lost apple variety made famous by outlaw brandy, she and Kelly distill a liquor so extraordinary that Mark and Digger find themselves a little too deep in the bottle.

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  15. Moonshiners Season 13 Episode 7 - Legalize It!
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Legalize It!

    S13:E7

    Accident-prone Josh attempts a solo fix to his still site, while Tickle heads to the West Virginia State House to launch his legalization campaign.

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  16. Moonshiners Season 13 Episode 8 - Highway Robbery
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Highway Robbery

    S13:E8

    On the mid-season finale, after losing $11,000 in stolen liquor, Mark and Digger surveil their bootlegger on a delivery to Memphis.

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  17. Moonshiners Season 13 Episode 10 - Boldest Bootleg
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Boldest Bootleg

    S13:E10

    Under cover of Tickle's new restaurant and Josh's new business, the Virginia boys attempt a 500-gallon bootleg.

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  18. Moonshiners Season 13 Episode 11 - The Grapes of Grappa
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - The Grapes of Grappa

    S13:E11

    Mark and Digger challenge Amanda to distill brandy and grappa from the same grapes.

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  19. Moonshiners Season 13 Episode 12 - Carolina Crash Course
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Carolina Crash Course

    S13:E12

    Mark and Digger invent a patriotic corn whiskey recipe using red, white and blue corn.

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  20. Moonshiners Season 13 Episode 13 - Shine Pods
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Shine Pods

    S13:E13

    When their bootlegger suggests putting shine in pods, Mark and Digger enlist Amanda to innovate a product they can sell for $5 a shot.

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  21. Moonshiners Season 13 Episode 14 - Don't Call it Crapple
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Don't Call it Crapple

    S13:E14

    When kitchen trouble forces Tickle to shut down his restaurant, Josh proposes they make carrot-apple moonshine to raise the $8000 needed to reopen.

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  22. Moonshiners Season 13 Episode 15 - Cowboy Legacy
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Cowboy Legacy

    S13:E15

    Mark and Digger invent a high-proof thump keg. When news breaks that their friend Cowboy has been killed, they hurry to retrieve a barrel he was tending.

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  23. Moonshiners Season 13 Episode 16 - The Curse of Oaked Bourbon
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - The Curse of Oaked Bourbon

    S13:E16

    After tasting their best barrel yet, Mark and Digger try their luck and make a run to rival $2,000 bourbon.

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  24. Moonshiners Season 14 Episode 1 - Backlash from the Backwoods
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Backlash from the Backwoods

    S14:E1

    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.

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  25. Moonshiners Season 14 Episode 2 - Code Enforcement
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Code Enforcement

    S14:E2

    Mark and Digger spot their liquor thief on camera as Tickle, Josh and Henry strike gold in Philadelphia with their Peach-Rye recipe. Mike adds insult to injury when he buys out Mark Rogers' sugar supplier, pushing the backwoods shiner to the brink.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Goldshiner" is the best rated episode of "Moonshiners". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/10/2026. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Kentucky Kingpin".