Cruzan Rum Distillery — Attraction in United States Virgin Islands

If you are visiting St. Croix then you DEFINITELY should come here for a tour and some rum sampling! The tour is pretty short, but that is not by design. The length of the tour will vary based on the number of people and how many questions are asked. The tour walks you through all of the various facilities, staging areas, and machinery involved in the distilling process. At the time I did the tour there were no photography restrictions.

In my opinion, the best part of the tour was the end when you get to sample the various rum blends (must be 18 or over). You receive a set amount of samples with your tour package, but you can purchase additional samples (or schmooze with the bartender/tour guide to receive additional free samples). You also have the option to purchase full bottles of rum either individually or in packaged combinations. The prices for bottles here are ridiculously cheap so I highly recommend you take advantage of this. Also, Cruzan Rum has an arrangement with the Import/Export officials to ensure that you have no issues taking the bottles of the island. They conveniently package your bottles in a travel safe container, which I thought was pretty awesome.

Overall this place was a ton of fun! The staff are some of the most genuine and pleasant people I have ever met. Doesn't hurt that the rum is fantastic as well, and I don't even like rum. I highly recommend visiting here if you're...

We took a tour of the distillery one afternoon in late March. Unfortunately for us, rum was not being produced because the quota for the first quarter had been met, so we were not able to see the actual production. If you want to see rum being produced, visit early in the quarter since they begin production the first of each quarter and continue until the quota is met. A guide walked us around a bit, pointing out different buildings and describing light to dark rums and how they’re made. She seemed very knowledgeable but talked so fast that it was difficult to take in all that she was saying. The most interesting thing we saw was the warehouse where thousands of barrels of rum were being aged.

The $5 fee included drinks at the hospitality pavilion. A rum punch was given to everyone, then you could choose from a menu of mixed concoctions. Rum shots were also available. The drinkers in our group enjoyed the alcoholic offerings while the non-drinkers sipped on virgin pina coladas.

There is a gift shop with shot glasses, visors, and other souvenirs. It is also possible to purchase bottles of rum to take home with you. The bottles are wrapped and packaged and checked in with your airline as luggage; there is no extra fee for this for most airlines (Spirit is the exception).

We enjoyed the few hours spent at the distillery but wish we could have seen the rum...

This place was great! They weren’t in production when we went, so we got $3 off our admission. That includes two cocktails and 4 samples. For $5!!!!! Including the tour! Our tour guide was the daughter of the president of the company, the ones who basically owned the place, so she knew her stuff. It was nice to see where the bourbon barrels go after they leave Jim Beam (the same company owns both). They were cleaning out the vats, so there wasn’t the most pleasant of smells, but that happens... We wound up buying a six pack to take home with us (you can check it as a bag for free back to mainland US). They have some good deals on certain packages but we wanted our own. You need to buy six because if you don’t, it might break on the plane. We paid extra $3 to have them bubble wrapped, but the guy threw in two little bottles so it equaled out anyway. Even without it being in production, we were all so...