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Moonshiners: Master Distiller
Moonshiners: Master Distiller

Moonshiners: Master Distiller

—America's top legal and outlaw distillers go head-to-head in a booze-making competition to see who has what it takes to join the ranks and win the title of Master Distiller. Three competitors will faceoff each week in a series of challenges focused on making a specific type of spirit, including American whiskey, rum, gin, mountain brandy and mezcal, among others.
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Season 15 of 5 Episodes

  • Mark, Digger and Tim judge as legal and outlaw distillers compete to make the best rum; constructing stills of their own design and mashing in their own raw ingredients, only one will survive elimination to earn the title of Master Distiller.

  • Heritage grains meet charred oak as three amateur distillers compete to make the best American whiskey; judged by Mark, Digger and Tim, they go head-to-head in a series of challenges to determine who has what it takes to be Master Distiller.

  • Mark, Digger and Tim judge as top amateur distillers from both sides of the law compete to make mezcal, the moonshine of Mexico; using agave mash, regional recipes and even meat.

  • Legal and outlaw distillers compete head-to-head to see who makes a classic Appalachian tradition called Mountain Brandy.

  • Tickle hosts as Appalachia's most notorious moonshiners go head-to-head in a moonshine distilling competition; Mark, Digger and Tim run their own secret recipes to be judged by the public to determine once and for all who makes the best shine.

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5 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Tea Party Rebellion
    Stock Car Champions
    Race to the Finish Line
    Prison Shine
    Chef-Distiller Showdown
  • Tea Party Rebellion

    Tea and liquor; two beverages Americans will fight a rebellion for; Mark, Digger, and Tim judge as three distillers compete to turn America's duo of hard-won drinks into one top-selling spirit for a chance to win the title of Master Distiller.
    Upcoming
  • Stock Car Champions

    The King Richard Petty and racing champions Thad Moffitt and Brendan Gaughan team up with moonshine legends Mark, Digger and Tim in a backroads reunion 90 years in the making; only one team will earn the honorary title of Master Distiller.
    Upcoming
  • Race to the Finish Line

    With the title on the line, Team Petty and Team Gaughan summon their bootlegging heritage to run championship liquor; as the competition heats up on the stills, Mark and Tim face off on the track, leaving one shiner crashing into the wall.
    Upcoming
  • Prison Shine

    Tickle, Tim and Henry serve as judge and jury while two outlaws and one legal distiller take on the hard-time challenge of turning prison commissary ingredients into high-proof contraband.
    Upcoming
  • Chef-Distiller Showdown

    Nobody knows more about flavor than professional chefs; guest judge Robert Irvine presides over a pressure cooker of competition as three experienced chefs battle to turn raw ingredients into high-proof, culinary-class spirits.
    Upcoming
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America's top legal and outlaw distillers go head-to-head in a booze-making competition to see who has what it takes to join the ranks and win the title of Master Distiller. Three competitors will faceoff each week in a series of challenges focused on making a specific type of spirit, including American whiskey, rum, gin, mountain brandy and mezcal, among others.

Starring

Jeremy Schwartz, Mark Ramsey, Eric "Digger" Manes, Tim Smith, Mike Cockrell, Josh Owens

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