Maw’s Mountain Moonshine (Website) has opened a hidden speakeasy called The Roost (Website) above its craft distillery and store (so not that hidden anymore) in downtown Mount Dora. The Roost is at 352 N. Alexander Street [GMap] and is open Fridays and Saturdays from 5 p.m. to midnight. Guests book one-hour time slots, and only 15 people can visit at a time.
The bar serves moonshine cocktails and tastings of the distillery’s flavored moonshines, including Hot Apple Pie, Blueberry Muffin, Peach Cobbler, and Banana Puddin’. The Mount Dora distillery and store offers moonshine tastings, a cocktail counter where a “Maw’s Mixologist” makes custom drinks, and shelves of mason jars ranging from 40 to 120 proof. The 120 proof is the brand’s exclusive Black Thunder moonshine.
Maw’s Mountain Moonshine opened in Mount Dora in 2022, and a second location opened in Old Town, Kissimmee in January 2025.
The business is run by the Adkins family, which says it makes the moonshine from an Appalachian family recipe.
