Master Distiller
(2019)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 6 | Season 5 | Tournament of Champions | Season 3 | Season 2 | Season 1 | Specials | Top 5 Episodes
Season 6
Corn Stars
Episode 4 - 2-06-2024
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Free Is Me
Episode 3 - 1-30-2024
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Zero Proof Spirits
Episode 2 - 1-23-2024
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Reverse Engineering Showdown
Episode 1 - 1-16-2024
Three expert distillers blind-taste a mystery liquor, then compete to recreate it from raw ingredients. Using only their senses, they must reverse-engineer the flavors, texture and proof in a challenge that puts even the judges to the test.
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Season 5
Amanda vs Richard vs Tater
Episode 20 - 3-15-2023
When Spring comes, everything is at stake for backwoods shiners. Outlaw champions Amanda, Richard and Tater compete to make the top spirit with this Spring's best ingredients as judged by Mark, Digger and guest judge Mike.
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Delicious but expired
Episode 19 - 3-08-2023
Digger takes three distillers to a local farm to select ingredients for their mash from containers of expired produce. With Mark and Tim joining at the judges table, competitors fire up their stills to turn culled crops into top shelf spirits.
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Still Builder Showdown
Episode 18 - 3-01-2023
In the first-ever combo competition, three craftsmen-distillers compete to build working stills from raw sheet copper while mashing in a run of liquor from scratch ingredients; with catastrophic failure at stake, winning comes down to the final jar.
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Race To The Finish Line
Episode 17 - 2-22-2023
With the title on the line, Team Petty and Team Gaughan summon their bootlegging heritage to run championship liquor. But as the competition heats up on the stills, Mark and Tim face off on the track, leaving one shiner crashing into the wall.
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Racing Champions
Episode 16 - 2-22-2023
The King Richard Petty and racing champions Thad Moffitt and Brendan Gaughan team up with moonshine legends Mark, Digger and Tim in a backroads reunion 90 years in the making; only one team will earn the honorary title of Master Distiller.
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President’s Day
Episode 15 - 2-15-2023
In honor of all the past presidents who dabbled in distilling, moonshiners Josh, Howard and Kelly compete to make the best jar of a recently discovered presidential liquor recipe that was so tasty it may have led to the repeal of Prohibition.
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Billion Buck Booze
Episode 14 - 2-02-2023
To earn the title of Master Distiller and a stake in a booming billion-dollar ready-to-drink cocktail market, three legal and outlaw shiners compete to craft the best high-proof canned cocktail from scratch ingredients.
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Armed Forces Faceoff
Episode 13 - 1-25-2023
Tim, Mark and Digger judge the results as three US military veterans, who served their country overseas, battle to become the next Master Distiller. To nobody’s surprise, Tickle takes on his duty as honorary drill sergeant a little too seriously.
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Final Showdown Legal vs Outlaw
Episode 12 - 1-18-2023
Mark, Digger and Tim have saved one of the hardest distilling challenges for last in an epic tournament finale; just one out law and one legal distiller remain to battle for liquor supremacy.
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Dual at Dawn: Legal vs. Outlaw
Episode 11 - 1-11-2023
Mark, Digger and Tim devise a diabolical challenge as a pair of outlaw shiners face two legal distillers in battle for corn liquor supremacy. Facing double elimination, only one distiller from each side of the law will survive to face the final showdown.
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Team Digger vs Team Tim
Episode 10 - 1-04-2023
Digger coaches three outlaw shiners as they face off against Tim's three legal distillers in a three-round ultimate elimination tournament designed to determine once and for all which side of the law makes the best high-proof spirits.
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Family Feud
Episode 9 - 12-28-2022
For the first time ever, families bring their inherited moonshine recipes to the Master Distiller arena. But when couples, siblings and a father-son team fire up stills together under the pressure of a ticking clock, sparks can fly in more ways than one.
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Secret Santa Showdown
Episode 8 - 12-21-2022
It's a holiday extravaganza with guest judge Danielle Parton along with Mark Rogers and Tickle as a sneaky St. Nick. Presented with frugal Secret Santa gifts, Richard, Mike and Howard bring their backwoods skills to distill the cheeriest Christmas spirit.
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Bang For The Buck
Episode 7 - 12-14-2022
Mark, Digger and Tim taste the results as two outlaw shiners and a legal distiller take on record high prices in a competition to see who can make the best run of shine on a $30 budget. Only one will take home the title of Master Distiller.
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Firehouse Flameout
Episode 6 - 12-07-2022
Three firefighters famous for their shine compete to run their best off-duty recipes. Veteran firemen Tim and Mark taste the results and, along with Digger, pay tribute to the longstanding history between the brotherhoods of firefighting and moonshining.
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American Agave
Episode 5 - 11-30-2022
By law, tequila and mezcal can only be made in Mexico, but outlaw distillers follow their own set of rules. Three of the best bring American ingenuity to a 500-year-old recipe, but only one will be named Master Distiller.
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Tim's Thanksgiving Throwdown
Episode 4 - 11-23-2022
When Tim announces the first Thanksgiving actually took place in Virginia, Tickle smokes a Virginia ham in honor of the occasion, while champions Amanda, Richard and Daniel face off to run the best holiday liquor to complete the Thanksgiving feast.
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Finger-Lickin' Shine
Episode 3 - 11-16-2022
When backwoods shiners and a professional distiller bring groundbreaking savory flavors to the competition, the judges are blown away by their original recipes for chocolate malt, loaded baked potato and Nashville hot chicken moonshine.
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Big Box Store Showdown
Episode 2 - 11-09-2022
When backwoods shiners and a professional distiller bring groundbreaking savory flavors to the competition, the judges are blown away by their original recipes for chocolate malt, loaded baked potato and Nashville hot chicken moonshine.
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Prehistoric Shine
Episode 1 - 11-02-2022
Three self-taught distillers compete to make whiskey from ancient grains.
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Tournament of Champions
Master Distiller Tournament Finale
Episode 4 - 5-18-2022
Two master distillers enter the final round but only one can emerge the tournament champion and compete against the judge of their choice, Mark, Digger or Tim; Danielle Parton and Henry Law join as guest judges for the final blind tasting showdown.
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Josh's Lucky Bounce
Episode 3 - 5-11-2022
Three Master Distiller champions remain in the grand elimination tournament, but only two will survive; with Josh as guest judge, Mark, Digger and Tim ramp up the stakes with one of the most challenging and legendary backwoods spirits, Cherry Bounce.
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Backwoods Double Elimination
Episode 2 - 5-04-2022
The top legal and outlaw champions in the history of Master Distiller compete against still-hand champions in a grand elimination tournament. Competitors must design elaborate still builds and run four fan-favorite liquors from raw ingredients.
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Clash of the Champions
Episode 1 - 4-27-2022
Six top winners in Master Distiller history face off in a grand elimination tournament where they must design elaborate still builds and run backwoods liquors from raw ingredients. Popcorn Sutton’s spouse, Pam Sutton joins judges Mark, Digger and Tim.
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Season 3
Breakfast Booze
Episode 21 - 4-20-2022
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.
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Revenge of the Still Hands
Episode 20 - 4-13-2022
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.
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Caffeinated Shine
Episode 19 - 4-06-2022
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.
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Sippin' Cream
Episode 18 - 3-30-2022
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.
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Backwoods Hard Seltzer
Episode 17 - 3-23-2022
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.
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Apple Pie
Episode 16 - 3-16-2022
Returning champions take on Moonshine’s most popular flavour - Apple Pie.
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Honey Means Money
Episode 15 - 3-09-2022
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.
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Hard Times Shine
Episode 14 - 3-02-2022
With ingredients in short supply, Mark, Digger and Tim judge the "hard times challenge;" shiners Tickle, Mike and Daniel each bring their ingenuity to see who makes the best liquor with unconventional ingredients.
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Italian Grappa
Episode 13 - 2-23-2022
Legal and outlaw distillers compete to turn raw ingredients into the best high-proof spirits. Hosted by moonshine legends Mark, Digger, Tim, and Tickle along with top guest judges, they'll determine who has what it takes to be called Master Distiller.
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The Best Medicine
Episode 12 - 2-16-2022
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.
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Popcorn Sutton Challenge
Episode 11 - 2-02-2022
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.
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Absinthe's Tricky Sister
Episode 10 - 1-26-2022
Tickle digs up the history and Mark, Digger and Tim judge asthree highly skilled distillers battle to make Pastis, ahigh-octane liquor created in 1930s France to trick the law after the government banned its notorious sister spirit,Absinthe.
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Shot of Redemption
Episode 9 - 1-19-2022
Legal and outlaw distillers compete to turn raw ingredients into the best high-proof spirits. Hosted by moonshine legends Mark, Digger, Tim, and Tickle along with top guest judges, they'll determine who has what it takes to be called Master Distiller.
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Moonshine of Eastern Europe
Episode 8 - 1-12-2022
Legal and outlaw distillers compete to turn raw ingredients into the best high-proof spirits. Hosted by moonshine legends Mark, Digger, Tim, and Tickle along with top guest judges, they'll determine who has what it takes to be called Master Distiller.
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Lost Family Recipe Showdown
Episode 7 - 1-05-2022
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.
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Battle of the States
Episode 6 - 12-08-2021
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.
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Outlaw Grudge Match
Episode 5 - 12-01-2021
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.
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World War of Whiskey
Episode 4 - 11-26-2021
It's bourbon vs scotch vs Japanese whiskey; Mark, Digger and Tim judge as three specialized distillers compete in a global whiskey showdown.
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Battle of the Still Hands
Episode 3 - 11-17-2021
Legal and outlaw distillers compete to turn raw ingredients into the best high-proof spirits. Hosted by moonshine legends Mark, Digger, Tim, and Tickle along with top guest judges, they'll determine who has what it takes to be called Master Distiller.
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Nuts on the Line
Episode 2 - 11-10-2021
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 unique process, Mark and Digger admit the results rival their own hazelnut rum.
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American as Applejack
Episode 1 - 11-07-2021
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.
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Season 2
Battle Of The Judges
Episode 10 - 3-02-2021
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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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Pot-Still Vodka
Episode 9 - 2-23-2021
Distillers compete to make Vodka; the secret to surviving a Russian winter and now America's most-consumed spirit.
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George Washington Rye
Episode 8 - 2-16-2021
Three distillers compete to make a recipe created by George Washington himself. Judged by legends Mark, Digger and Tim, only one competitor can earn the prestigious title of Master Distiller for producing the first president's own signature liquor.
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Ultra High Proof
Episode 7 - 2-09-2021
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.
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Spirit of the South
Episode 6 - 2-02-2021
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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.
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Gin Craze
Episode 5 - 1-26-2021
41m
Legal and outlaw distillers compete to make gin, a notorious spirit with medieval roots that is still prized in the backwoods today. Judged by legendary shiners Mark, Digger and Tim, only one can earn the title of Master Distiller.
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Battle of Backwoods
Episode 4 - 1-19-2021
Judged by legends Mark, Digger and Tim, three of America's favorite moonshiners, 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.
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Navy Strength Rum
Episode 3 - 1-12-2021
Outlaw shiners and legal distillers compete to distill true Navy Strength Rum, but the bar for entry is 114-proof. With Tickle as honorary pirate and judged by shiners Mark, Digger and Tim, only one distiller can earn the title of Master Distiller.
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Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Episode 2 - 1-05-2021
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.
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High Proof Cherry Bounce
Episode 1 - 12-29-2020
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.
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Season 1
Mark vs. Digger vs. Tim
Episode 5 - 3-31-2020
41m
Tickle hosts as Appalachia’s most notorious moonshiners go head-to-head in a moonshine distilling competition. Mark, Digger and Tim run their own secret recipes to be judged by the public to determine once and for all who makes the best shine.
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Mountain Brandy
Episode 4 - 3-24-2020
41m
Legal and outlaw distillers compete head-to-head to see who makes a classic Appalachian tradition called Mountain Brandy. Judged by moonshine legends Mark, Digger and Tim, only the best will have what it takes to be named Master Distiller
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Moonshine of Mexico
Episode 3 - 3-17-2020
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Mark, Digger and Tim judge as top amateur distillers from both sides of the law compete to make mezcal, the moonshine of Mexico; using agave mash, regional recipes and even meat.
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American Whiskey
Episode 2 - 3-10-2020
41m
Heritage grains meet charred oak as three amateur distillers compete to make the best American whiskey; judged by Mark, Digger and Tim, they go head to head in a series of challenges to determine who has what it takes to be Master Distiller.
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Rum Conundrum
Episode 1 - 3-03-2020
48m
Mark, Digger and Tim judge as legal and outlaw distillers compete to make the best rum; constructing stills of their own design and mashing in their own raw ingredients, only one will survive elimination to earn the title of Master Distiller.
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Moonshine of Mexico
Episode 3 - 3-17-2020
41m
Mark, Digger and Tim judge as top amateur distillers from both sides of the law compete to make mezcal, the moonshine of Mexico; using agave mash, regional recipes and even meat.
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