The Bondurant brothers are the most notorious bootleggers of the Prohibition era, turning Franklin County, Va., into the Moonshine Capital of the World; now, Tim Smith helps a descendent turn the family business into a hallmark of American whiskey.
After a first-time distillery owner invests $2 million in a pot still and hires rookies to run it, Tim Smith realizes their recipe may blow up the building; Tim must help them rediscover their backwoods roots and learn to make Carolina whiskey.