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Moonshiners: American Spirit

Moonshiners: American Spirit

Moonshiners Tim and Howard travel across the U.S. to rediscover legendary liquors that have been lost to time.
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Season 16 of 6 Episodes

  • When Tim and Howard head to FDR's summer home in Georgia, they uncover a Prohibition-era mystery that could have triggered a presidential scandal.

  • Tim and Tickle attempt to re-create the lost recipe Elijah Craig used in 1789 when he invented bourbon whiskey; by tracking down the ingredients and equipment of the era, they'll be the first to taste America's original bourbon in over two centuries.

  • Tim and Howard trek to Philadelphia in search of Ben Franklin's 250-year-old recipe for spruce beer prized by George Washington's troops; Tim and Tickle rediscover a spirit that may have been lost to time.

  • In Chicago, Tim and Tickle track down the recipe for Al Capone's legendary Prohibition-era gin; when Howard uncovers a 1920s clawfoot bathtub, the three shiners fire up their vintage-style still in hopes of tasting the 100-year-old lost spirit.

  • When Tim and Howard arrive in Boston in search of Colonial rum, they uncover the spirit that inspired America's bootleggers, outlaw liquor men and patriots; with help from Tickle, they re-create the recipe that was a favorite of Paul Revere's.

  • Tim lures Tickle to Kentucky on a quest to unearth the origins of sour mash whiskey and why it changed American distilling forever; with help from Howard and Art, they build a period-correct pot still to recreate a recipe nearly two centuries-old.
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Moonshiners Tim and Howard travel across the U.S. to rediscover legendary liquors that have been lost to time.

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Tim Smith, Howard Thompson, Steve Tickle

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