You’ll find The Underground Speakeasy and Distillery in the basement of The Mob Museum in downtown Las Vegas, making it probably the only working distillery housed inside a museum dedicated to organized crime. The operation sits beneath the former federal courthouse where actual organized crime trials took place in the 1950s, including hearings for the Kefauver Committee. They opened in 2018 as part of the museum’s expansion, creating an authentic Prohibition-era atmosphere complete with period-appropriate decor and working copper stills. The setup isn’t just for show—they actually distill moonshine and other spirits using traditional methods and recipes from the 1920s. The space recreates the hidden speakeasies that operated during Prohibition, when Las Vegas was still a dusty railroad town but already had its share of underground operations. You’re literally drinking in a place where federal agents once prosecuted the very people who would have run joints like this. The distillery produces moonshine, gin, and whiskey using copper pot stills and traditional techniques that would have been familiar to bootleggers nearly a century ago. It’s equal parts history lesson and working distillery, with the museum context adding layers most craft distilleries can’t touch.