Meet the Moonshiners of Season 11

A look at all the Moonshiners you’ll be seeing throughout the all-new season that starts Oct. 27 at 8P on Discovery and streams on discovery+. It’s boom time for moonshine!

October 22, 2021

By: Discovery

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Tickle

Everyone’s favorite moonshiner, Tickle, has finally served out his debt to society and is back in the action again. Tickle has teamed up with two of Franklin County VA’s most legendary shiners, Henry and Kenny Law. Their specialty is turning large batches of fruit into the best brandies in Appalachia.

Tim

Outlaw turned legal moonshiner Tim Smith has worked hard to establish his legal brand and make good on the legacy left to him by his father. Demand for his 'shine has become so great that he outgrew his distillery and partnered up with friend and distiller Chuck Miller to build Climax Distillery right next to Chuck’s Belmont Distillery.

Digger

Digger can usually be found making mash and slinging jokes. An expert 'shiner trained by Popcorn Sutton, Digger is always refining his recipes and experimenting with new ingredients. His recent discovery of a limestone spring led him to make real Tennessee Whiskey. Armed with his sense of humor as dry as malted corn, Digger and fellow veteran 'shiner Mark Ramsey aim to revolutionize the craft, developing new tastes while keeping traditional techniques and moonshine alive for the next generation.

Richard

Richard spent his youth fishing, hunting and boating through the alligator infested bayous of Louisiana. Now he’s in those same places he knows so well plying his craft as a moonshiner. His knowledge of the plants and herbs native to the bayou that he uses in distilling is unsurpassed. With unmatched attention to detail, Richard is fearless about tackling the task of producing some of the most technically difficult liquors there are, including a traditional absinthe, to rival anything made past or present.

Mark Ramsey

Mark Ramsey was once the still builder for world-renowned moonshiner Popcorn Sutton. He's dedicated his life as a moonshiner to preserving traditional moonshine, while designing and building the specialized still components to usher in a host of new flavors and innovative brewing techniques.

Josh

Former professional motocross racer turned stock car driver, trophy hunter, and moonshiner, Josh has building stills and running whiskey deep in his blood. He learned everything he knows about 'shining from friend, moonshiner, and musician Barney Barnwell. Now he’s taken Barney’s legacy north to team up with Tickle and the Law’s to build one of Virginia’s largest illegal moonshine operations.

Digger

Mike

Mike learned to make moonshine as a boy in the lowlands of Mississippi before relocating and bringing his skills to the hills of Eastern Tennessee. His recipes like locust bean and paw-paw moonshine come from the oldest moonshine traditions in Appalachia. This season, to avoid what they fear is an impending police investigation, Mike and his partner Jerry have taken flight across the state line to North Carolina.

Craig

Richard’s brother and partner, Craig, has the skill and technical knowledge to help Richard realize his most difficult recipes. With a shorthand that could alone develop between brothers Craig and Richard, their partnership is a model of creativity and efficiency.

Mark Rogers

Raised in a log cabin miles from the nearest road in the mountains of Appalachia, Mark grew up far off the grid, living off the land. Mark has spent the last thirty years doing what he loves — making moonshine and hunting, practices that connect him to his ancestors and heritage.

Jerry

Originally from Hendersonvile, NC, Jerry is a natural engineer with a true genius for solving difficult mechanical problems. From a 13-foot-high reflux column still to a hydroelectric waterwheel, Jerry is able to look at something and immediately understand how to build it. During his partnership with Mike, Jerry has repeatedly dazzled with some of the best backwoods engineering ever featured on Moonshiners. This season Jerry puts together a never before seen wooden barrel still and cracks the code on blueberry champagne.

Kenny

Kenny grew up making and running shine with his cousin Henry, under the tutelage of his uncle, the world-renowned outlaw moonshiner, Amos Law. Henry and Kenny have had one another’s back since before they can remember. When prosecutors handed Kenny the choice to rat out fellow moonshiners or go to prison, Kenny took the same path as his cousin, Henry, honoring the code of silence and opting for years in Federal prison.

Huck

Cousin to Mark Rogers, Huck grew up in the same remote mountains of Appalachia, running the ridges, hun>ng, fishing, and, of course, making moonshine. When he’s not making shine, Huck spends his time creating custom handmade knives.

Daniel

Tennessee native Daniel is a moonshiner, expert welder, custom 4x4 builder, and has spent the last two seasons partnering with Mark and Digger on big runs of liquor. As a skilled shiner who is as honest as the summer days are long, Daniel is the person that Mark and Digger turn to when they need a trusted third partner on a run too large for them to handle themselves.