Every stop on this road is a place where somebody took a leap. A steady job left behind, a family recipe brought out of hiding, an old building given a second life. We sat down with each of them and listened. Hear their story first, then go meet the people who lived it. Stillhouse Road runs north to south, from Florida's east coast across to the Gulf and down to Miami, and it grows by one stop every time a new episode comes out.
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1. Copper Bottom Craft Distillery, Holly Hill, FL
Jeremy Craig peered through the window of a small Vermont distillery on a family vacation, and came home to build Volusia County's first licensed craft distillery.
Guest: Jeremy Craig · Hear their story first
998 N. Beach Street, Holly Hill, FL 32117 · Website
2. Loggerhead Distillery, Sanford, FL
Colby Theisen and Chris Schmitt tell how a small, third-generation Florida you-pick farm became Loggerhead Distillery when a blueberry harvest pushed them to get legal.
Guest: Colby Theisen, Chris Schmitt · Hear their story first
124 W. 2nd Street, Sanford, FL 32771 · Website
3. Yalaha Bootlegging Company, Yalaha, FL
Third-generation farmer Doug McCormack makes moonshine the legal way, with organic blueberries from his own land and a family recipe that stayed hidden for 150 years.
Guest: Doug McCormack · Hear their story first
8222A County Road 48, Yalaha, FL 34797 · Website
4. Homosassa Distillery, Homosassa, FL
A cardiologist who wasn't allowed to retire and a cop who made hummingbird juice in his garage built Homosassa Distillery by hand on Florida's Nature Coast.
Guest: Marc Dossey, Karl Lounge · Hear their story first
8759 W. Tradeways Court, Homosassa, FL 34448 · Website
5. Tarpon Springs Distillery, Tarpon Springs, FL
Barry Butler turned an old Greek sponge warehouse into a grain-to-glass distillery, with a 130-year-old church for a rickhouse and stills named Amazing Grace and RD2D.
Guest: Barry Butler · Hear their story first
605 N. Pinellas Ave, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689 · Website
6. Caribbean Moonshine Distillers, Orlando, FL
Steve Nichols and Mike Weber keep Florida's rum-running history alive, mixing island flavors with classic Florida moonshine.
Guest: Steve Nichols, Mike Weber · Hear their story first
8200 Vineland Ave, #240, Orlando, FL 32821 · Website
7. Indian River Distillery, Vero Beach, FL
Ray Hooker put a piece of 1715 treasure-fleet silver in the still and named his whiskey for the last American pirates.
Guest: Ray Hooker · Hear their story first
3308 Aviation Blvd, Vero Beach, FL 32960 · Website
8. Big Cypress Distillery, Miami, FL
Fernando Plata built Miami's first gin in a warehouse bay next to Kendall's airport, a leap that started over a Christmas dinner and years of self-taught fermentation science.
Guest: Fernando Plata · Hear their story first
13995 SW 144th Ave, Suite 207, Miami, FL 33186 · Website