Marker 48 Brewing adds distillery, cocktail bar in Weeki Wachee
Marker 48 Brewing has added SpringWater Spirits in Weeki Wachee, letting beer drinkers and liquor customers stay under one roof as the venue expands its tourism draw.
Marker 48 Brewing has added SpringWater Spirits, a distillery and cocktail bar in Weeki Wachee that lets customers choose beer or on-site blended liquor in the same stop. The expansion turns a long-running brewery into a broader evening destination on Cortez Boulevard, where one group can order pints while another settles in for cocktails and a bottle purchase.
The move matters for Hernando County because it keeps people on the property longer and gives residents and visitors more reason to make Marker 48 the whole outing instead of just a quick stop. SpringWater Spirits sits within Marker 48’s sprawling grounds, alongside the brewery’s live music, happy hours, weekend events, brewery tours, rotating guest food trucks and bingo nights. The venue has also been promoted as family-friendly, with kids and dogs welcome, a mix that helps it function less like a single-use bar and more like an all-day gathering place.
Marker 48’s growth has deep local roots. Maurice and Tina Ryman, both Hernando County natives, founded the business, and it opened to the public in November 2015. Early descriptions put it at a 7-barrel craft brewery with a 32-tap tasting room, and CraftBeer.com said it was the only operating brewery in Hernando County when it opened. Florida’s Adventure Coast now identifies it as the county’s first full-production craft brewery and describes the property as a 6,000-square-foot facility with a tasting room and beer garden.
That positioning fits the way Hernando’s food-and-drink scene has been changing. Florida’s Adventure Coast says the region now offers beer, wine and distilled liquors as part of its dining and nightlife mix, and Marker 48’s new spirits operation pushes that idea further in Weeki Wachee. For a county that continues to add residents and visitors, venues that can combine food, drinks, concerts and events under one roof have become part of the local growth story, not just part of the entertainment calendar.
SpringWater Spirits gives Marker 48 a new sales lane and gives Weeki Wachee another reason to pull traffic off Highway 50 after dark. In a county still building out its nightlife identity, the expansion shows how one local business can help define Florida’s Adventure Coast as a place to stay, spend and come back to.
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