With Moonshiners, Discovery Funnel has another huge reality show hit on its hands. Within the spirit of these gritty profession series as Most harmful Catch, Axe Males, and Ice Road Truck drivers, Moonshiners adds an additional spicy component towards the recipe: illegality.
The large star from the show is moonshiner Tim Cruz of Climax, Virginia, who walks audiences with the complex and demanding procedure for locating a location, creating a still, and brewing moonshine – all while overlooking his shoulder for that police and Department of Alcoholic Drink Control agents (like Moonshiners co-star, agent Jesse Tate).
Virginia Department of Alcoholic Drink Control makes an argument towards the Connected Press that claims that a criminal offense isn't happening on the program since it is a dramatization, with no illegal liquor has been created.
“If criminal activity was really happening, the Virginia ABC Bureau of Police Force might have taken action.”
^ Tim Cruz (center), boy JT (left) and friend Tickle
Tim Cruz discloses a great deal about his identity on the program, including the truth that he's Chief from the Climax Volunteer Fire Department, which appears to beg the issue, why hasn’t Tim Cruz been arrested? And it is he really making moonshine?
Although the question has not yet been clarified definitively (thanks mainly In my opinion towards the cast members’ contracts with Discovery Funnel) there has been a few interviews that appear to reduce just a little light about them.
The very first interview was carried out by local ABC affiliate WSET reporter Louise Rosenbaum (A lot more like Louise Rosenbomm nom nomm!) (She’s mighty fine) who spoken with both Tim Cruz and Jesse Tate additionally towards the show’s executive producer, Matthew Ostrom:
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UPDATE - It seems that WSET has erased the clip 
The revealing area of the interview is by using Tate, who states quite clearly, “Nobody within the whole series was really coming to a liquor, we wouldn’t allow that. When we understood somebody was making liquor they could have been within the next episode in handcuffs.”
That appears to reply to the issue, but Tim Cruz did a telephone interview with BourbonBlog.com‘s Tom Fischer that appears to hint that cameras did really catch some outlaw moonshine brewin’:
Bourbon Blog: Many people happen to be asking us, they’ve been visiting our site and they’ve been saying, “Is this really legitimate? Is that this – are these folks really moonshining? How could they be carrying this out without getting arrested?” Is among the questions that they’re asking.
[Tim chuckles]
Bourbon Blog: Now's that something can answer?
Tim Cruz: That’d be something I couldn’t answer.
[both laugh noisally]
Tim Cruz: Using the laws and regulations in Virginia, and I’m confident around elsewhere, you've got to be observed and physical examples of the merchandise you’re creating needs to be used and examined – and every one of this needs to visit a court, after which that arresting officer needs to testify inside a court he did that.
Bourbon Blog: Right
Tim Cruz: So how's it going likely to arrest me for moonshinin’ which i did 5 years ago? Moonshiners take lots of safeguards. And That I would say professional moonshiners, you realize? Professional moonshiners take lots of safeguards.
Bourbon Blog: However people know what you are.
Tim Cruz: Yeah, now I’m jumpin’ a fence. Now I’ve become, um, upon the market, OK? [chuckles] Things I did yesterday doesn’t mean I’m going to get it done tomorrow.
In either case, it may sound as if Tim Cruz is upon the market in the illegal moonshining business. Additionally, it sounds as if Tim includes a tight grasp around the law and my prediction is the fact that he labored with Discovery Funnel producers (as well as their legal team) to bend what the law states so far as they might having to break it. Now, whether which means Tim never really made alcohol on camera or otherwise, or he skirted arrest because law officials never saw anything personally, or Tim in some way handled to record all of the footage 5 years ago and it is exempt from arrest because of some kind of statute of restrictions – that’s still unclear.
One factor that isn’t unclear is always that Tim Cruz is really a wonderfully charming guy having a really sharp mind on his shoulders (which can be difficult to pick on for individuals who look down upon his thick Southern/hillbilly accent) which accumulates with a seriously entertaining television! Where else will you visit a one-lane bridge shotgun showdown?!? Ought to be fact, Moonshiners brought all original cable programming Wednesday evening with more than 2.six million audiences!
It ought to be interesting to determine what Tim and Discovery Funnel have planned for his or her sophomore season considering that Tim has “retired.” I understand I’ll be updated it to anything they develop.
Moonshiners airs on Discovery Funnel Wednesday nights at 10PM e/p.
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