Moonshiners (2011)

Comedy · Reality-TV

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.

IMDb rating: 6.2 (1,806 votes)
Seasons: 13
Streaming (US): Hulu · HBO Max · Discovery+ Amazon Channel · YouTube TV · Philo · Discovery · Discovery +
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 13 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2011)

8.31 avg 7 episodes 7.8 → 8.4 44 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Moonshine Season Starts	7.8	34
2	Point of No Return	8.2	27
3	The Law Comes Knockin'	8.4	24
4	Outlaw Brotherhood	8.5	21
5	A Price to Pay	8.4	23
6	A Moonshiner's Farewell	8.5	24
7	Cannonball Run	8.4	23

Season 2 (2012)

7.65 avg 15 episodes 8.7 → 6.0 44 min avg

Bad finale

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Rise 'n Shine!	8.7	21
2	Moonshine Goldmine	7.6	14
3	Moonshiner Vs. Hogzilla	7.6	15
4	Storm's a Brewing	7.8	14
5	A Shiner's Last Stand	7.8	14
6	Prophecy Fulfilled	7.9	15
7	Tickle Goes Rogue	7.7	14
8	Troubled Waters	8.2	15
9	Adios, Mr. Still	7.8	15
10	Moonshine Treasure Hunt	7.4	14
11	Hat in Hand	7.7	15
12	Last Shiner Standing	7.7	14
13	Secret Summit: Part 1	7.5	15
14	Secret Summit: Part 2	7.4	13
15	Tickle's Guide to Love	6.0	9

Season 3 (2013)

7.25 avg 14 episodes 6.2 → 7.3 43 min avg

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Kick Off Summit	6.2	10
1	Time to Shine	7.2	13
2	A Shiner in Kentucky	7.0	13
3	Swamp Shiners	7.0	13
4	More Shiners More Problems	7.4	14
5	Hush Money	7.3	15
6	First Run	7.2	13
8	Blue Moonshine	7.2	13
9	Rival Shiners	7.4	12
10	Bootlegging Blowups	7.6	12
11	Moonshine War	7.9	13
12	Firewater	7.3	12
13	Aftershock	7.5	12
14	Liquid Courage	7.3	12

Season 4 (2014)

7.36 avg 15 episodes 7.1 → 7.5 42 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	The Off Season	7.1	10
1	Shine On	7.2	13
2	Moonshine Cascade	7.3	12
3	Bullet Proof	7.1	13
4	Risky Whiskey	7.4	11
5	Tennessee Rising	7.2	11
6	Moonshine Takedown	7.3	11
7	White Lightning Wars	7.5	12
8	Liquid Assets	7.5	11
9	Shine Jacked	7.3	11
10	Moonshine River	7.7	14
11	Shine Overboard	7.2	13
12	Bootleg or Bust	7.6	13
13	Bros Before Hooch	7.5	13
14	The Shining	7.5	13

Season 5 (2015)

7.54 avg 17 episodes 7.4 → 7.6 42 min avg

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	American Spirits	7.4	18
2	Whiskey Burn	7.5	15
3	Gone A-Rye	7.3	14
4	Still Life	7.6	14
5	Rain or Shine	7.6	14
6	Scotch on the Rocks	7.9	16
7	Six Feet Undercover	7.6	12
8	Out on a Limb	7.6	13
9	Trouble Brewing	7.6	12
10	Caved In	7.4	13
11	Cherry Bounce	7.5	12
12	Shine 'Til You Drop	7.5	12
13	Still Regretting	7.5	12
14	Virgin Whiskey	7.6	11
15	Presidential Shine	7.6	11
16	End of an Era	7.4	11
17	Need for Speed	7.6	8

Season 6 (2016)

7.64 avg 16 episodes 7.5 → 7.6 41 min avg

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Whiskey Rebellion	7.5	13
2	Take Me to the River	7.5	12
3	Hard Start	7.5	12
4	Luck of the Irish	7.7	12
5	Big River Redemption	7.7	11
6	Whiskey Time Machine	7.7	13
7	Dog Days of Shining	7.8	13
8	Smokey Mountain Gin	7.9	14
9	Green Dragon	7.8	13
10	Big City Bootleg	7.6	12
11	Big Wheels Keep on Turning	7.5	12
12	The Green Devil	7.7	13
13	Thunder Pumpkins	7.5	12
14	Two Pot Bang Bang	7.5	12
15	Intruder Alert	7.7	12
16	Last Call	7.6	11

Season 7 (2017)

7.47 avg 18 episodes 7.5 → 7.5 42 min avg

Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Snake Bitten	7.5	12
2	Shine in the Sky	7.0	11
3	Lightning Strikes	7.5	11
4	Pony Express	7.6	9
5	Second Chances	7.7	9
6	Legends of the Shine	7.7	9
7	Pass the Juice	7.3	9
8	Stash and Grab	7.2	10
9	Arrested Development	7.4	10
10	Skins in the Game	7.3	9
11	Curse of the Blown Cover	7.3	9
12	Highway to Hell	7.6	9
13	From the Flames	7.6	9
14	High and Dry	7.5	8
15	Lighted Up	7.6	9
16	Not a Crook	7.4	8
17	Foraging for a Long Winter Ahead	7.7	9
18	Last Nail in the Coffin	7.5	11

Season 8 (2019)

7.95 avg 17 episodes 7.7 → 8.1 41 min avg

Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Secret Summit Season Kickoff	7.7	9
1	Legacy on the Line	7.7	12
2	Backwoods Justice	8.0	11
3	Wrong Side of the Law	7.7	13
4	Popcorn's Secret Stash	7.9	12
5	Burden of Proof	7.8	11
6	Breaking the Laws	8.2	12
7	Mid-Season Secret Summit	8.0	9
8	Moonshiner's Apprentice	7.9	11
9	Hillbilly Ingenuity	7.9	12
10	Half-Cocked, Full Throttle	8.0	10
11	Hundred Proof High Season	8.1	12
12	Unfinished Business	8.0	9
13	Appalachian Inheritance	8.0	10
14	Tickle on the Brink	7.9	9
15	Outlaws or In-Laws?	8.3	11
16	Return of Tickle	8.1	8

Season 9 (2019)

7.62 avg 18 episodes 8.5 → 7.8 47 min avg

Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Back to the Woods	8.5	11
2	Tim's Temptation	7.6	8
3	Tickle's Big Run	7.2	8
4	Crossing County Lines	7.6	7
5	Wedding Cake Shine	7.6	8
6	Drone vs. Shotgun	7.9	9
7	Busted by the Law	7.8	8
8	Toxic Work Environment	7.6	8
9	Tickle to the Rescue	7.2	8
10	Run for the Hills	7.2	8
11	Say Yes to the Mess	7.5	8
12	Murphy's Law for Outlaws	7.5	8
13	Rolling Down the Mountain	7.5	8
14	Hemp Shine	7.6	8
15	Triple Grain Double Cross	8.0	9
16	New Bootlegger in Town	7.5	8
17	Best Served Cold	7.6	9
18	Super Summit	7.8	9

Season 10 (2020)

7.43 avg 20 episodes 8.0 → 7.5 42 min avg

Season 10 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hard Times Make the Best Shine	8.0	11
2	Interstate Alliance	7.9	8
3	Mark and Digger's Big Test	7.4	8
4	Backwoods is Booming	7.2	8
5	No Ordinary Run	7.4	8
6	Single Malt Moonshine	6.4	9
7	Overproof and Under the Gun	7.4	8
8	Too Much of a Good Thing	7.6	8
9	Sweet Corn Revenge	7.6	8
10	Smoke to the Fire	7.7	9
11	Mason Jar Shortage	7.9	9
12	Caught Red-Handed	7.4	8
13	Hog Heaven	7.0	8
14	Ice Shine	7.2	8
15	Another Man's Mash	7.0	8
16	Basement Bust	7.8	9
17	Tennessee Whiskey	7.0	8
18	Two Tons of Fun	7.6	8
19	Moonshine Capital Returns	7.5	8
20	Backwoods Bonanza	7.5	8

Season 11 (2021)

7.50 avg 19 episodes 7.3 → 7.5

Season 11 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Boom Time for Moonshine	7.3	9
2	Holy Grail of Moonshine	7.9	8
3	Oh Josh, Where Art Thou?	7.6	8
4	Backwoods Old Fashioned	7.6	8
5	Like Water for Moonshine	7.4	10
6	Champagne or Shine Pain?	8.0	9
7	Bottle Shock	7.7	9
8	Mountain Mayhem	7.4	8
9	Young Guns	7.4	8
10	Rebel Rye	7.2	9
11	Southern Discomfort	7.6	7
12	Hard Seltzer	7.8	8
13	Under Pressure	7.2	8
14	Moonshine of Mexico	7.3	9
15	Sweet Home Appalachia	7.4	8
16	Tennessee Royalty	7.3	7
17	Born to Shine	7.4	7
18	High Proof Highlands	7.5	6
19	Broken Spanish	7.5	6

Season 13 (2023)

7.73 avg 3 episodes 8.3 → 7.2

Declining

Season 13 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Moonshine is a Miracle	8.3	7
9	Tickle's Restaurant	7.7	6
16	The Curse of Oaked Bourbon	7.2	6

Season 14 (2024)

8.21 avg 14 episodes 8.4 → 8.8

Season 14 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Backlash from the Backwoods	8.4	12
2	Code Enforcement	7.3	10
3	Knockout Punch	8.5	12
4	Bootleg Bottleneck	7.8	7
5	Vengeance Is Shine	8.3	8
6	Unfinished Consequences	8.5	7
7	Respect Your Elderberries	8.3	8
8	Bolt Action	8.0	8
9	Smokin' Barrels	8.4	6
10	Floodwater Runs Deep	8.2	6
11	Strange Brew	8.2	6
12	Spousal Privilege	8.2	6
13	Poaching Pumpkins	8.0	7
16	Resisting Arrest	8.8	6

Moonshiners (2011)

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