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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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • Legal and outlaw distillers compete head-to-head to see who makes a classic Appalachian tradition called Mountain Brandy.
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  • 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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4 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Bang for the Buck
    Zero Proof Spirits
    Corn Stars
    Reverse Engineering Showdown
  • Bang for the Buck

    Mark, Digger and Tim taste the results as two outlaw shiners and a legal distiller take on record high prices in a competition to see who can make the best run of shine on a $30 budget.
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  • Zero Proof Spirits

    America's top legal and outlaw distillers go head-to-head in the ultimate booze making competition to see who has what it takes to join the ranks of the greats and win the title of Master Distiller.
    Upcoming
  • Corn Stars

    A base recipe invented centuries ago spawned modern American moonshines and bourbons; three distillers start with the same heritage corn and battle for their own corn liquor legacy.
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  • Reverse Engineering Showdown

    Three expert distillers blind-taste a mystery liquor, then compete to re-create it from raw ingredients; using only their senses, they must reverse-engineer the flavors, texture and proof in a challenge that puts even the judges to the test.
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Moonshiners: Master Distiller

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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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