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  1. 6h ago

    Tarpon Springs Distillery: Ouzo, Amazing Grace, and a Church Full of Whiskey

    Barry Butler turned an old Greek sponge warehouse in Tarpon Springs into a grain-to-glass distillery, with a 130-year-old church for a rickhouse and stills named Amazing Grace and R2D2D. Cal Evans talks with him about a savory ouzo found on an old blog, a Highland-style single malt made in Florida, free tours, and the Bahamian sponge divers buried down the road.

  2. Sep 19

    Homosassa Distillery: From Hummingbird Juice to an 800-Gallon Still

    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. Marc Dossey and Karl Lounge talk about chicken-coop tin, an 800-gallon still with no computer on it, rum named for mangrove trees, and why the whole business runs on getting you to come back.

  3. Aug 27

    Indian River Distillery

    Cal Evans visits Indian River Distillery in Vero Beach, where Ray Hooker put a piece of 1715 treasure-fleet silver in the still and named his whiskey for the last American pirates. From a camp in the Florida scrub to rewriting the county zoning code, this is a conversation about bottles that tell forgotten stories of home.

  4. Jul 22

    Big Cypress Distillery

    Fernando Plata built Miami's first gin out of a warehouse bay next to Kendall's airport, a leap that started over a Christmas dinner and years of self-taught fermentation science. He talks about why every recipe is public, why he won't call himself a master distiller, and what it takes to age whiskey in a state with no winter.

  5. Jun 17

    Munyon's Paw-Paw

    Joe Colucci and Paul Massey trace Munyon's Paw-Paw back to a chance discovery at John D. MacArthur Beach State Park. They share how a forgotten Florida story became a modern aperitif brand built on history, curiosity, and timing.

  6. May 26

    Copper Bottom Distillery

    Jeremy Craig didn't plan on becoming a distiller — he was on a family vacation in Vermont when he peered through a window at a small craft distillery and, in that moment, four people walked out knowing exactly what they were going to do with the rest of their lives. A decade later, he's the co-founder and head distiller of Copper Bottom Craft Distillery in Holly Hill, Florida — Volusia County's first licensed craft distillery — and the reigning champion of Discovery Channel's Moonshiners: Master Distiller Season 7. His story is about chemistry meeting craft, a family that showed up, and a stubborn refusal to cut corners.

  7. Apr 9

    Episode 3: Loggerhead Distilling

    Colby Theisen and Chris Schmitt share how a small, third‑generation Florida you‑pick farm became Loggerhead Distillery — a story of stubbornness, creativity, and getting legal when necessity knocked. We trace the moment a blueberry harvest turned into a new craft and hear why making something you can point to changed everything.

  8. Mar 12

    Episode 2: Yalaha Bootlegging Company

    Cal Evans visits Yalaha Bootlegging Co. in Lake County, Florida, where third-generation farmer Doug McCormack is making moonshine the legal way — using organic blueberries from his own land and a family recipe that stayed hidden for 150 years. From a grandfather who never admitted a thing to a standoff with the FDA after the pandemic, this episode is full of characters, surprises, and genuinely great spirits.

  9. Feb 3

    Episode 1: Caribbean Moonshine Distillers

    In this episode, we explore the vibrant world of Caribbean Moonshine in Orlando, FL.

    Episode 1: Caribbean Moonshine Distillers
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