Moonshiners: Master Distiller

Three skilled shiners compete using both freeze and heat distillation in a battle to make America's first liquor. Lisa Laird Dunn from America’s oldest distillery joins Mark, Digger and Tim to judge whose applejack deserves the title of Master Distiller.

Mark, Digger and Tim judge as a female distiller challenges an outlaw shiner and a pro distiller from Hawaii to make the best nut liquor. When one shiner deploys a never-before-seen process, Mark and Digger admit the results rival their own hazelnut rum.

Mark, Digger and Tim judge as notorious still hands Howard, Huck and Kelly face off to determine which aspiring moonshiner makes the best corn liquor to win a thousand dollars' worth of sheet copper and earn the title of Master Distiller.

It's Bourbon vs Scotch vs Japanese whiskey. Mark, Digger and Tim judge as three specialized distillers compete in a global whiskey showdown. Spirits expert Tim Jones joins to help determine which regional distiller will earn the title of Master Distiller.

Josh, Mike and Mark Rogers compete in the ultimate liquor-making rematch. Judged by moonshine legends Mark, Digger and Tim, only one outlaw shiner will emerge with grudge match bragging rights and a backwoods trophy any true moonshiner would love.

Three outlaw shiners representing Alabama, Ohio and West Virginia compete to determine whose regional Appalachian recipe and style make the best corn liquor. Mark, Digger and Tim call in corn liquor master Mark Rogers to help make the final call.

Special guest judge Danielle Parton joins Mark, Digger and Tim as Josh, Daniel and Mike put their family recipes on the line to see whose multi-generational moonshine heritage will weather the test of time.

Tim introduces Mark and Digger to high-proof Slivovitz as three top distillers compete to make the legendary plum-powered liquor of Eastern Europe, with recipes kept alive by outlaw moonshiners for decades behind the iron curtain.

Mark, Digger and Tim team up with three underdog contestants for a fresh shot at redemption. Two backwoods shiners and a professional distiller bring their best recipes to the table for a second chance at winning Master Distiller.

Tickle digs up the history and Mark, Digger and Tim judge as three highly skilled distillers battle to make Pastis, a high-octane liquor created in 1930s France to trick the law after the government banned its notorious sister spirit, Absinthe.

Guest Judge Pam Sutton joins Mark, Digger and Tim as three Master Distiller champions face real backwoods elements as they compete to make Popcorn Sutton's legendary outlaw corn whiskey recipe using tools and techniques from the past.

For centuries, moonshiners moonlighted as medicine-makers. In that backwoods tradition, three distillers compete to make moonshine that packs a medicinal punch, as Mark, Digger and Tim judge whose jar ultimately tastes the best.

Mark, Digger and Tim judge and Tickle brings the history and hilarity as two legal distillers compete with a backwoods outlaw moonshiner to determine who can turn the scraps from winemaking into the best jar of grappa, Italy’s original moonshine.

With ingredients in short supply, Mark, Digger and Tim judge the ultimate hard times challenge. Notorious shiners Tickle, Mike and Daniel each bring their own brand of backwoods ingenuity to see who makes the best liquor with unconventional ingredients.

Tim, Mark and Digger judge as two outlaw shiners compete to make top-notch moonshine from raw honey, one of the trickiest and most expensive ingredients ever attempted by shiners in the backwoods.

Rising shiners Richard, Howard and Mike compete to make Apple Pie Moonshine. Judged by Mark, Digger and Tim, who each have their own take on what makes Apple Pie America's most popular flavor of shine.

Josh Owens guest judges as three accomplished distillers compete using backwoods methods and forced pressurization to turn raw ingredients into winning cans of hard seltzer. The results surprise even veteran liquor men, Mark, Digger and Tim.

Richard, Josh and Daniel compete to run high-proof spirits for sippin’ cream. But when Tickle reveals the cream source is an actual dairy cow, all three shiners must dig deep into their country roots to put a winning jar on the table.

Tim, Mark and Digger judge as three skilled distillers integrate coffee into their mash recipes to see who can run the most stimulating jar of shine to earn the title of Master Distiller and a run of their winning recipe in a major distillery.

Loyal still hands for Tim, Richard and Mark and Digger steal the spotlight, putting their moonshining skills on the line as the judges conduct a blind tasting to determine whose number two will emerge as the new number one.

In a judge-favorite challenge, three experienced distillers attempt to turn classic American breakfast foods, from donuts to blueberry pancakes, into eye-opening spirits. Mark, Digger and Tim taste the results to determine who will rise to the occasion.

Mark, Digger and Tim judge as Mark Rogers, Mike Cockrell and Jerry Benson compete to distill the best Prohibition-era moonshine. Then with help from historical cocktail expert Casey Fox, they must turn their liquor into cocktails from the Roaring 20s.

Outlaw shiners Josh, Richard and Mike think they can turn almost any ingredient into top notch liquor. Now they'll have to prove it by making spirits from everyday groceries found in a country store. Mark, Digger, Tim and Tickle judge the unusual results.

In the spirit of Christmas, Tickle competes in Master Distiller for the first time. Facing Josh and Mike in a holiday showdown, all three shiners must run their own mash and a gift basket of secret ingredients as Mark, Digger and Tim savor the results.