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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 29 of 10 Episodes

  • Legal and outlaw distillers compete to make a 300-year-old spirit called Cherry Bounce; a favorite drink of George Washington, nearly lost to time; Josh Owens, whose family kept the recipe alive for generations in the backwoods, joins as guest judge.

  • Mark, Digger and Tim judge as three amateur distillers compete to make the world's most notorious spirit; absinthe; building stills of their own design and mashing in from raw ingredients, only one will earn the title of Master Distiller.

  • Outlaw shiners and legal distillers compete to distill true Navy strength rum, and the bar for entry is 114-proof; with Tickle's honorary pirate and judged by shiners Mark, Digger and Tim.

  • Josh Owens, Mark Rogers and up-and-comer Daniel Maner compete to see who makes Appalachia's most authentic backwoods shine and win a rare jar of Popcorn Sutton's liquor.

  • Distillers compete to make peach brandy; a spirit so prized in the Old South it was once more popular than whiskey; judged by Mark, Digger and Tim.

  • Distillers compete to make a Prohibition-era classic; moonshine up to an ultra-high 180 proof; building their own stills and mash; judging are Mark, Digger, Tim and guest Mark Rogers.

  • Distillers compete to make a recipe created by George Washington himself.

  • Distillers compete to make vodka; the secret to surviving a Russian winter and now America's most-consumed spirit.

  • Tim Smith challenges Mark and Digger to a moonshine-making rematch; the three legends face off to see who can bring the best jar of moonshine to the table and win the ultimate bragging rights.

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3 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    High Proof Cherry Bounce
    Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
    Navy Strength Rum
  • High Proof Cherry Bounce

    Legal and outlaw distillers compete to make a 300-year-old spirit called Cherry Bounce; a favorite drink of George Washington, nearly lost to time; Josh Owens, whose family kept the recipe alive for generations in the backwoods, joins as guest judge.
    Upcoming
  • Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

    Mark, Digger and Tim judge as three amateur distillers compete to make the world's most notorious spirit; absinthe; building stills of their own design and mashing in from raw ingredients, only one will earn the title of Master Distiller.
    Upcoming
  • Navy Strength Rum

    Outlaw shiners and legal distillers compete to distill true Navy strength rum, and the bar for entry is 114-proof; with Tickle's honorary pirate and judged by shiners Mark, Digger and Tim.
    Upcoming
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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