Tim and Tickle head to Chicago in search of Al Capone's lost Prohibition gin. As Howard builds a prohibition-era pot still and barters for a 1920s clawfoot bathtub, the three shiners start a run hoping to taste the lost spirit a century after its heyday.

In Boston, Tim and Howard go back in time in search of the recipe for the lost colonial rum that started America's outlaw liquor legacy. With help from Tickle and a few other patriots, they recreate the spirit that was a favorite of Paul Revere.

Tim and Howard scour Pennsylvania for pre-prohibition rye and a colonial-era grist mill to recreate a spirit that sparked the Whiskey Rebellion in 1791. During their search, Tickle builds a unique still to help them distill this lost American rye whiskey.