I’ve only seen 3-4 episodes but this show is really growing on me. Maybe this has come up before on here, but I’m wondering about how this show is made. You’d think that since the people who are making this show know what is going on and where, the authorities would go to them to track down the makers. Why does this not happen?
Also, why is moonshine illegal, anyways? I’ve never known much about it or the process of making it. Sure, it’d dangerous, but what’s the reason it’s illegal?
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I’ve only seen 3-4 episodes but this show is really growing on me. Maybe this has come up before on here, but I’m wondering about how this show is made. You’d think that since the people who are making this show know what is going on and where, the authorities would go to them to track down the makers. Why does this not happen?
Also, why is moonshine illegal, anyways? I’ve never known much about it or the process of making it. Sure, it’d dangerous, but what’s the reason it’s illegal?
watching it right now and they are on a magical treasure hunt in the river for moonshine that was dumped over the bridge hundreds of years and worth 1000$ a gallon.
haha this is show is sooo fake just like all the others.
My guess is that it is illegal for tax reasons.
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My guess is that it is illegal for tax reasons.
and another stupid waste of time reality tv show.
JMHO
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My guess is that it is illegal for tax reasons.
bingo! I think there’s a lot they don’t show, but I will watch it….kind of like a train wreck!
On one hand they follow the moonshiners and on the other the cops. Seems like the producers of the show would be considered accesories to a crime. Typical reality tv.
I love that show! might be fake, but it is really interesting. Along with finding bigfoot.. im extremely fascinated by that.. i really want them to be real, just tough to believe
Don’t forget Honey Boo Boo………YIKES!!!!!
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Don’t forget Honey Boo Boo………YIKES!!!!!
That’s BK’s favorite show. 
Ha! Ya, it’s no Deadliest Catch, but gotta watch something while I sit here and freeze until DC comes back on. Jim Tom sure is an entertaining one. Pretty sure I talked to him on the phone when I worked at Cabela’s. Couldn’t understand a freakin word.
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My guess is that it is illegal for tax reasons.
and another stupid waste of time reality tv show.
JMHO
What is the endearment of watching other lives?
I do not get it.
Damm get out and live ones own life!!!!!!
Just getting home and sitting down to do some computer stuff now that I have my computer back and wouldn’t you know Moonshiners is on right now. Along with loving to watch the deadliest catch this is a pretty cool show to watch. You can rest assure that these guys that are exposing this stuff to television are not actively showing there operation. They will show what it takes to make this operation work but not expose themselves to illegal activities.
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check out history channels “Men Who Built America”. Very good show.
I know in documentaries nothing can be used to prosecute the persons that was on film for the public awareness POV. Not sure if moonshiners would fall into that category but as far as being caught have you seen the officers chasing these guys? Seriously its dumb getting chased by dumber.
Moonshine is illegal because it is illegal to distille alcohol. If it is done wrong, it can produce methel alcohol, which would kill the customers. Also, it has to do with taxes. Of course, this whole situation makes for good television according to the producers.
Gov’t wants the tax money. Remember George Washington? Fought the Brits for our feedom, until he needed the tax revenue to pay for the war. Then he called out the troops for the so called whisky rebellion. So much for liberty. That lasted real long didn’t it?
Its fake like most mocumentaries. At least Duck Dynasty does it right. And Deadliest Catch is as real as it gets.
Take my critiques with a grain of salt. I also watch Mob Wives, Housewives, Jersey Shore and any other number of “reality” shows. I watch them with Michelle, but I am a sucker for these shows. Some of it is because I mock the people on the show.
I don’t miss a show. All these guys are the real deal being real shiners and thier all making the real deal. I’m sure the guys that are filming it and the shows producers have signed promises not to inform the local sherrifs, they’d have to or I’m sure these guys wouldn’t be letting them video them making shine. Is it real moonshine coming from those stills, Id bet its the real stuff, even the bottles and jugs that are full of it.
Ya alot of it is staged but there has to be some coordination to whats going on so they can video. I think moonshineing is so deeply engrained in those southern mountains that theres no doubt its the real deal.
Here in Iowa I know a guy who has a still and rarely uses it but he said the other day, as we were talking about the show, that its leagal here to still, for your own consumption but a guy just can’t sell it, he said its the same as beer or wine making. I’m sure purity, actual alcohol content, clean equipment and state and governemnt taxes comes into play. There are a few companies that do leagally make moonshine and sell it on the open market that you can buy and its on some liquor store shelves, and Id bet some of that shine is made from old handed down many generation recepies. I think the show is as close as you can get to the real thing. Anybody have any doubt that Tickles always half or fully crocked and Id bet the guys taking a nip during the videoing is the real stuff because theres no law saying they can’t. Jim Tom is the Journeyman on still making and Id bet theres many many others in the mountains there that won’t be videoed who are just as skilled. A good show showing some of the traditions In America.
I also don’t miss a show! Love the characters on this one, real or not!
Josh and Bill gotta be two of the dumbest people……..
It’s almost like going to the MN State Fair, without the food on a stick, and people watching!
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Ha! That is an awesome analogy for reality TV in general. I’ll have to use that one.
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I am a sucker for these shows. Some of it is because I mock the people on the show.
You have a crush on Snooki. Admit it.
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I am a sucker for these shows. Some of it is because I mock the people on the show.
You have a crush on Snooki. Admit it.
Hey now, she’s married with a baby. Have you seen the pictures of her without make-up? She isn’t half bad, although I wouldn’t even touch that train wreck with your Casey Jones.
I know…Me and the boys at the cabin are starting to think if “they” (Jim Tom and Tickle and the rest) can do….why can’t we????
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I know…Me and the boys at the cabin are starting to think if “they” (Jim Tom and Tickle and the rest) can do….why can’t we????
Just saying…
Because many people who don’t have the proper know-how have ‘done got blowed up’ trying to make moonshine.
Besides, it’s a costly endeavor. The copper alone to make the still is a huge investment.
Coppers just a better conductor of heat is all that is. You can safely make a still out of almost any metal besides galvanized coated metal, unless you like the taste of zink. I wonder how many of the old moonshine guys way back in the hills had access to copper way back when, let a lone even the money to buy it. Back then they could probably throw a still together out of just about anything and for under a couple bucks or even less. They said drinking all the old moonshine would make you go blind, I wonder if it was because of the zink.
Maybe that was the reason alot of the old gas and oil cans were shaped like the boilers and condensers etc. of the old still designs. They could probably go to the local hardware store and buy everything for under $2 bucks and just screw it together and 10 hrs later have a fresh batch of shine.
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They said drinking all the old moonshine would make you go blind, I wonder if it was because of the zink.
The whole “go blind” thing is pretty rare, but it can happen. It is due to the methanol in the beginning of the batch. To remedy this, you always discard the first 5-10% that comes out of the still (the head).
HMMMMM how do you know Prop,,,experience lol,,,buddy. BTW whats that shed got in it way out back on your place? lol
Just for fun type in free moonshine recepies to see whats there
Southies looks pretty good, along the lines of Duck Dynasty.
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