St. Thomas Distillery Tour (and The History of Rum)
Duration: 2.5 hours | Exclusive Access | Alcohol Included
Rum and History: Walk in 350-Year Old Buildings, Tour a Distillery & Taste Rum from a Barrel
St. Thomas Distillery Tour Overview
Walk the streets of this old island town while your guide shares the history of rum and how it shaped St. Thomas and the entire Caribbean.
After visiting several historical locations in Charlotte Amalie you’ll enter the walls of a 200-year-old slave house that now houses a craft distillery.
Learn about the process of rum-making from start to finish. A master distiller will share not only the steps involved but also provide samples of rum in its early stages of fermentation. You’ll also get to sample aged rum directly from a barrel!
This is the southernmost craft rum distillery in the United States. It is tucked away in a beautifully restored building dating back generations and nearly lost to time. Now owned by a native from St. Thomas, the distillery is a love letter to rum and the history of St. Thomas.
And after your tour, you’ll get to relax with a rum cocktail in the private gardens at the distillery. This will be the highlight of your trip to St. Thomas.
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What’s Included
Admission to Fort Christian
A walking tour of historic Charlotte Amalie
A behind the scene’s tour of the island’s only rum distillery
Taste rum at various stages of the distilling and aging process
Water and light snacks
An experienced guide and distiller to share ever aspect of the rum world
A rum cocktail to enjoy
Hotel/cruise ship pick up
What to Expect on the distillery tour
Enjoy a wonderfully casual exploration of the history of rum in St. Thomas. We’ll begin the tour at Fort Christian and so will begin your introduction to the island rum experience. We’ll start the tour by sampling a small bit of “kill devil”, aka rum. After the rum and a brief chat about the fort you’ll get to explore the walls and dungeons of this massive fortification.
During the tour we’ll weave the beguiling history of St. Thomas along with the rise of rum on this and many of the surrounding Caribbean islands.
The guided tour will take you to stops at several iconic spots on our way to the longest running craft distillery in the Virgin Islands.
At the distillery you’ll learn the process for taking sugarcane and turning this sweet little grass into rum. And you’ll you get to help in the process by tasting and sharing your thoughts on the progress of the spirit.
After the tour you’ll be free to relax in the tropical gardens as long as you like and enjoy a rum cocktail. And rest assured there is plenty of time and rum for enjoying another cocktail or two.
Meeting & Pick Up
Fort Christian Steps
The tour will start where all St. Thomas stories start – at Fort Christian. A structure dating back to 1672. From there we’ll tour the alleys homes where the rum trade started and thrived for two hundred years.
13 Wimmelskafts Slave House
After the tour you are free to relax in the gardens at our final stop. Or you can continue to explore our lovely town. The final stop is just around the corner from the Main Street in St. Thomas so it’s only a 5-minute-walk to Fort Christian. If you need assistance with finding a taxi we are happy to walk you right to a taxi stand. But either way, we are happy to assist in any way with continuing your St. Thomas vacation!
Additional Tour Stops
- 99 Steps
- One of the oldest Jewish Synagogues in the Western Hemisphere
- The Estate of General Santa Anna
- A incredibly preserved former Slave Quarters
- Churches dating back hundreds of years
