Moonshiners: American Spirit (2022)

Season 2

Each week’s episode will focus on a single libation — from Benjamin Franklin’s liquor in Philly to Franklin Roosevelt’s secret moonshine in Georgia.

Released April 14, 2022 Episode 44 min 14+

Genres: Crime, Documentary, Reality, Reality TV

Watch Providers: Discovery, Spectrum On Demand, Discovery +, Discovery+ Amazon Channel, Philo YouTube TV

Production Companies: Magilla Entertainment

Country: United States
Languages: English, Portuguese

IMDb

7.8

/36/

Trakt

/6/

TMDb

100

/1/

S2E1 - Sour Mash Mystery

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.

Dec. 28, 2022, midnight

S2E2 - Gold Rush Moonshine

Tim takes Josh to California's American River in search of the liquor James Marshall distilled before his discovery of gold changed the country forever. With Howard building a period pot still, the shiners recreate a spirit that fueled the 1849 Gold Rush.

Feb. 22, 2023, midnight

S2E3 - Jimmy Red Moonshine

Tim and Tickle search for a legendary ingredient that fueled Charleston's moonshine resurgence after the Civil War but when they taste Jimmy Red Corn for the first time, they realize they can make a run of moonshine with a flavor like no other.

March 23, 2023, midnight

S2E4 - Pancho Villas Moonshine

Tim and Howard head deep into the Texas borderlands in search of Pancho Villa’s lost recipe for Sotol, the rural Mexican moonshine that fueled revolts and revolution. To recreate the cleanest, high-proof spirit, Tickle designs a UFO-shaped copper pot.

April 25, 2023, midnight

S2E5 - Abe Lincolns Liquor

Tim takes Josh to Abe Lincoln's boyhood home in Kentucky to uncover evidence the 16th President may not have been entirely honest about his liquor-selling past. Using local sorghum, they recreate a whiskey that Lincoln would have tasted as a young man.

April 26, 2023, midnight

44 min/ep

447 min

April 14, 2022

April 26, 2023, midnight

Returning Series

TV-14 / 14+