Cayman Spirits Co. — Attraction in George Town

My wife (who was my girlfriend at that time) and I took a cruise several years ago and Grand Camen was one of our stops. I planned to visit the distillery while we were in port. At that time it didn't have a lot of reviews but did have mostly four and five stars for the ones that it had. So I surprised her with a hike through town to try and find this place, with a printed out map in hand. It was early in the morning and we just went for it, not really knowing what to expect. On the way, we went through several neighborhoods. Sketchy as they were, we tippy toes our way through as chickens followed us! Next we bumped into a pretty sizable cuervo tequila shop! They were just opening the doors but didn't hesitate to pass out several samples while we purchased some bottles of water before continuing on our quest. It wasn't much further before we found what we ventured out for. Once we entered the building, we realized that there was a scheduled tour getting ready to start and they allowed us to join them and partake with the small group. After an very informative presentation and tour of the building and it's processes, we returned to the sampling room. Shot glasses were already spread across the bar and we began to sample EVERY flavor they made... Twice!! (Some of the rum, three times but who's counting) It was a riot, so much fun! By that time the sky opened up and started pouring rain. So, we called a cab to take us back to the ship. In retrospect, this experience turned out to be a great memory and we look back at how much fun we had there. Plus the trek we encountered to find it was probably the best part. There are plenty of great reviews now and we certainly understand why. Enjoy it...

I was excited when we first got here. Local company.

There were 4 cruise ships in port so they were busy trying to get people in and out. There was a black gentleman giving the initial presentation. Very knowledgeable. He was fun to listen to. We tasted their 7 fathoms and the white rum and their dark rum. It was good. We tasted coconut, blackberry and amaretto. Really sweet. It was a big group and a small facility, so they split the group in half and a very pretty young black woman did our half of the distillery part.

We went back into their retail and we were allowed to sample more .

But then I noticed a couple of bottles of rum off to the side that are special aged. One was in an oloroso sherry cask finish. Since my husband has recently started adding sherry casks finished whisky to his collection, I was really interested in the rum. But when I asked the long black haired white guy behind the counter about these specific bottles, he was somewhat condescending stating that they are not the free tastings and I would have to pay for those tastings separate.. ok. But then when I asked if those were actually for sale there. He said yes but then talked down to me because the bottles were like 100 bucks. I felt like he figured that selling a 25$ bottle of banana flavored rum was far more important than selling anything that might be really artistic worth sipping and enjoying.

It's pretty safe to say I will never purchase any for my husband's collection, and I won't be back because of...

We cruised into Grand Cayman for the first time. After taking a taxi tour of the island, a part of our group wanted to stop and try some rum at the Cayman Distillery. We did not have reservations and did not have time to wait for a tour as the ship left relatively early. But for a very small fee, Athena took us on a tasting tour of the rums and spirits that Cayman Spirits produces. Every one of the samples was different and served in an order that allowed us to taste the flavor without merging the nuances. Athena was amazing. She was friendly, conversational, and funny. She made the delicious sampling even better with her candor and personality. We purchased the "build your own sampler" 4 pint box with Coconut Rum, Banana Rum, and 2 of the Dark Rum. The Blackberry liqueur was a favorite, but it did not come in a pint. We decided to walk the path from the distillery to the cruise tender. It is about a mile, but it was an easy trip. While some have said in reviews that the area is "sketchy", we found that it was simply industrial. My wife and I are already planning our trip back to Grand Cayman and will...