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.
s15e01 - Born Tax-Free
s15e02 - Outlaw Redemption
s15e03 - Proof or Consequences
s15e04 - Stashes to Ashes
s15e05 - Dead Drops Don't Lie
s15e06 - Goldshiner
s15e07 - A New Tariff in Town
s15e08 - Kentucky Kingpin
s15e09 - Run for the Border
s15e10 - Confiscated Copper Conundrum
s15e11 - Penny Wise, Impound Foolish
s15e12 - Braking Badly
s15e13 - Spirit Animal
s15e14 - Cocke County Crackdown
s15e15 - Wanted Drunk or Alive
s15e16 - Outlaw & Order
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, passed down to them from their forefathers. It's part of their history and culture. While this practice is surprisingly alive and well, it's not always legal.
Moonshiners tells the story of those who brew their shine - often in the woods near their homes using camouflaged equipment - and the local authorities who try to keep them honest. Viewers will witness practices rarely, if ever, seen on television including the sacred rite of passage for a moonshiner - firing up the still for the first time. They will also meet legends, including notorious moonshiner Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton.