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    Sailbird Distilling

    5.0 (23 reviews)
    Closed 12:00 pm - 9:00 PM

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    My new favorite Espresso Martini! Glad hubby and I found this gem on our trip to St. Augustine's. We'll be back!
    Julie B.

    New favorite Espresso Martini! So happy hubby and I found this little gem on our trip to St. Augustine! Can't wait to go back! Great place to hang and enjoy locally made spirits!

    Mark M.

    Sailbird Distillery has opened a small bar, that serves drinks and sells their bottles. Stopped by to get a few bottles for friends and myself. Needed more datil pepper vodka and Coffee liquor. Tried 2 drinks while we were there a smoked hot (make with habanero whiskey) old fashioned and a coffee martini. Both were very good.. .

    Anthony C.

    My husband and I stopped in for a quick cocktail for the 2nd day in a row. Yet again we are so lucky for an amazing cocktail, music, and the family atmosphere the moment you walk in the door.

    Bloody Mary mix and sailbird vodka
    Kim L.

    We were here last year, and wanted to come back to check out the new tasting room! Last year Brian was our guide, this year his spouse Susan was in charge. We had a great tasting-and the new space is amazing. They now offer cocktails as well as tasting the different blends. Very awesome!

    Small but mighty (& expanding soon!)
    Crystal O.

    Oh how I love small businesses! Especially when the owners are right there doing the hard work and selling you on their dream/product. And that's how I felt talking to the owners- like this was a hobby turned dream and they are fulfilling other dreams through this business. Another thing I love is businesses who give back to their community- community is everything! Small but mighty comes to mind. I met the owner/distiller at the garage door of the industrial building and he invited us in for a tour. I had some time restraints, but enjoyed listening to him tell me how he started distilling at home and how it was horrible at first and he slowly turned his chemist knowledge into a business, inspired by watching a moonshiners show to boot! This really did make me chuckle. They opened during a pandemic, ended up making hand sanitizer for a spell and are expanding by adding a tasting room "in town"! Tastings- tiny closet of a tasting room- there were two people already in there finishing up their tasting. My son and I stood back and waited till they were done their purchases and happily stepped up to the bar for tastings. They have rum (naturally), vodka, gin, whiskey & cellos. I liked several of their spirits and bought their whiskey and their lemon-cello. The whiskey was smooth, just my taste. If I didn't have 2 orange cellos at home, I would have bought the orange! And I did enjoy the rums and vodkas. Some bottle purchases give a kickback to local non-profits too. I can't wait until their new tasting room opens! They are still a baby in the business and I am excited to see them grow! Thanks to the Florida Distillery Tour for cluing me in on this budding business!

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    Great atmosphere and drinks! This is a new destination stop whenever we come to St Augustine! Thank you Susan for an amazing experience

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    Great little distillery with great products ! Husband and wife very personable and lovely!

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    Great new place in west St Augustine! Owners great and very friendly. Drinks are amazing! Highly recommended

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    I am a fan of small business and Brian & Susan have worked hard on this one to create some excellent products.

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    The Ice Plant

    The Ice Plant

    4.5
    (2.5k reviews)
    0.6 mi
    $$

    My wife and I have visited The Ice Plant several times over the years, and it remains one of our…read morefavorite dining destinations in St. Augustine. The combination of imaginative cocktails, exceptional food, and a unique atmosphere makes every visit memorable. The cocktail program is outstanding. We enjoy trying a variety of their exotic and inventive drinks, and they never disappoint. The flavors are bold, creative, and unlike anything you'll find at a typical restaurant bar. The Yellow Submarine cocktail is quite possibly the best drink I have ever consumed. Made with curry-infused Bermuda black rum, lime, ginger, and Asian five-spice brown sugar syrup, it sounded unusual on paper but came together beautifully. I enjoyed it so much that I ordered four of them that evening, something I rarely do. That was three years ago, and despite returning several times since then, I have never seen it on the menu again. The food is equally impressive. Two years ago, I ordered the Skillet Roasted New York Strip served with Yukon Gold potato-anna, roasted asparagus and spring onions, watercress, and black truffle hollandaise. To this day, it remains one of the top five restaurant meals I have ever eaten. Every component on the plate was exceptional. The steak was perfectly prepared, the crispy potato galette was irresistible, and the black truffle hollandaise elevated the entire dish to another level. It was the kind of meal that stays with you long after the plate is cleared. I would gladly drive 300 miles just to eat it again. Most recently, I had the wild mushroom bisque, and it was the best soup I have ever consumed. Rich, creamy, buttery, intensely mushroomy, and perfectly balanced, it was everything a mushroom soup should be. The addition of crispy pickled onions and crème fraîche added texture and contrast that made an already outstanding soup even better. My wife and I enjoyed it so much that we returned the very next day hoping to order it again, only to discover it had already rotated off the menu. My only complaint about The Ice Plant is that some of their greatest creations seem to disappear as quickly as they arrive. While I appreciate the constantly evolving menu and understand that seasonal changes are part of what makes the restaurant special, there are certain items that deserve a permanent home. The Yellow Submarine cocktail, the wild mushroom bisque, and the Skillet Roasted New York Strip with black truffle hollandaise are three of the finest things I have experienced there. The fact that I can vividly remember one of these items from three years ago and another from two years ago says everything. Great restaurants serve good food. Truly special restaurants create dishes and drinks that stay with you for years. The Ice Plant has done that for me more than once, and that is why we continue to return whenever we visit St. Augustine.

    The Ice Plant is one of those places where the experience starts before you ever take a bite of…read morefood. The decor fits St. Augustine perfectly. Antique, rustic, comfortable, and full of enough character that you almost feel like you've stepped 200 years back in time. Then the drinks arrive, and suddenly you realize you've been transported into the future of cocktails. I wish I could remember the name of the drink I ordered because it was spectacular. Whiskey, a little sweetness, mint, and crushed ice. That's about all I can tell you. What I can tell you is that I could have happily consumed about 30 of them, tumbled down the stairs, and been perfectly happy about the whole experience. My wife went with the Mojito, and it was brilliantly constructed. The crushed ice and layered mint made it look almost too good to drink. Almost. The drinks absolutely deserve five stars. Then came the blue crab beignets, and they were spectacular. That's the kind of appetizer that makes you stop talking for a minute because everyone at the table is too busy enjoying what's happening. Unfortunately, the rest of the food didn't quite live up to the cocktails. The fish dip was very average and lacked much flavor, and the menu itself felt pretty limited. So here's the deal: if you're coming to The Ice Plant for drinks, I would have no problem giving it five stars. The cocktails are that good. This is a highly recommended stop for a drink in St. Augustine. But I have to review the entire experience, and the limited menu and average fish dip bring the overall experience down a notch. Four stars. Come for the drinks. Stay for the atmosphere. Definitely order the blue crab beignets. And if you happen to find yourself three cocktails deep, admiring the antique decor while contemplating the stairs, maybe just take your time.

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    Upstairs bar
    Upstairs bar
    Pimento cheese
    Pimento cheese
    Hand down, the best Shrimp & Grits I have ever had. 10/10.

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    Hand down, the best Shrimp & Grits I have ever had. 10/10.
    St. Augustine Distillery

    St. Augustine Distillery

    4.7
    (1.1k reviews)
    0.6 mi
    $$

    Love visiting this location!…read more I've always made sure to make a stop here when I'm visiting St. Augustine. This last visit was no different! Inside is spacious, clean and what's really interesting is that they have informative areas that showcase the distillation process and other fun facts about the distillery! I enjoy coming for their tasting that they offer. While it use to be free of charge local businesses in the area that also had tastings started charging so that makes sense especially with the amount of visitors they get! Luckily it's only $5 dollars and you get a chance to enjoy a variety of their products. There are employees are different stations that give you information on the spirits and mixers they offer while they craft drinks for you to try. Such as a mule with their vodka, a sweet tasting drink with their crafted rum, another with gin and the final stopping point is an old fashioned! If you end up loving any of the drinks, you're able to purchase a bottle there in their gift shop. They also offer to hold any of your purchases for a later pickup time if you don't want to be holding onto your purchase if you're busy visiting and exploring the city. They also provide different paid experiences involving their whiskey. I have yet to try them out but maybe one day I'll make sure to!

    We saw that the tasting was only $5 per person and couldn't pass it up as a cheap and easy thing to…read moredo while in St. Augustine. We stopped in unexpectedly, signed in without any trouble, and were done in under a half hour. It helped that it wasn't crowded at all and our group of 5 were the only ones on the tasting tour at the time. You get to taste 4 different cocktails made with their various products. The first two were decent, with the second being a step up from the first. The third was our favorite by far, a tiki rum cocktail that actually had a really nice flavor to it. The fourth and final one was a straight vodka pour from an older woman at the last station. She told us that good vodka shouldn't taste like nail polish, which is a bold thing to say right before handing someone a sample that tasted pretty much exactly like acetone. A couple of us couldn't even finish it. The staff overall were super friendly though, and it was genuinely cool getting to go behind the scenes and see all the big machinery in the distillery. Now the gift shop at the end is a different story. Everything was overpriced, and their clearance section was almost insulting, with maybe $2 knocked off the regular prices. We won't be buying any of their products, but for $5 the tasting itself was a fun little experience worth checking out if you're in the area.

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    Packages of half bottles make a great souvenir
    Packages of half bottles make a great souvenir
    Bottle your own bourbon!!!!!
    Bottle your own bourbon!!!!!
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    Classroom
    Whetstone Chocolates

    Whetstone Chocolates

    4.2
    (390 reviews)
    0.5 mi
    $$

    I wasn't expecting to enjoy it as much as I did, especially since I'm not a huge chocolate person,…read morebut the factory tour completely changed that. Our tour guide, Joy, was fantastic. She kept everyone engaged from start to finish, mixed in plenty of jokes, and shared the history of Whetstone and how chocolate is made in a way that was actually interesting. You could tell she genuinely enjoys what she does, and it made the experience that much better. Getting to see the production area, learning the differences between the chocolate varieties, and sampling them along the way was really cool. I walked away with a whole new appreciation for chocolate. As an added bonus, they also have gelato, which was a great way to end the visit. I love checking out unique local spots, and this is definitely one I'll be bringing the rest of my family to when they come visit us in Florida.

    This small chocolatier brings massive flavor & variety when it comes to their products. Whether…read moreit's specialty truffles, chocolate bars, coated nuts or classic chocolate seashells, you're sure to be amazed. They have fudge, popcorns, brittles & even a variety of chocolate based wine & liqueur. While the delectable scent of fresh chocolate draws you in, the loaded displays around you are sure to keep you there. They've recently undergone some renovations which are finally done & the new store looks great. The floor has really been opened up & they did a great job at utilizing the space. Everything is organized nicely, prices are listed clearly & the store itself is spotless. While it may not be the biggest, it's easy to get carried away here as you look at the deliciousness surrounding you. I haven't personally tried them yet but their hot chocolates definitely caught my eye, they offer a nice handful of varieties. Even the coffee lovers, like myself, are recognized. They have a chocolate-flavored coffee that sounds interesting so I'm thinking about grabbing a bag on my next visit. The chocolate covered espresso beans are also delicious, although I like the milk chocolate ones way more than the dark. Every time I've visited this location the employees are so friendly. They acknowledge you as soon as you enter, they almost always offer help & they're efficient at handling crowds. Customer service goes a long way & they do a great job here. If you're just passing through or staying in St. Augustine then you need to give them a visit. In a world full of mass produced chocolate, it's a breath of fresh air to find a company that cares about serving amazing products. You can even do a factory tour at this location to find out all about their process!

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    Whetstone Chocolates
    Tasting card with the five chocolates we tried
    Tasting card with the five chocolates we tried
    Storefront

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    St. Augustine Brewery Tours

    St. Augustine Brewery Tours

    5.0
    (1 review)
    0.8 mi

    We had an absolute blast with Patrick on this tour! Highly recommend this to anyone. you don't have…read moreto know about beer, they'll teach you! Our favorite stop was Sailbird Distilling. The knowledge, the tastes, the history...we will be going back to try another tour!

    From the owner: Welcome to St. Augustine Brewery Tours! If you love history…read moreand craft beer, you're in for a treat. We offer the best St. Augustine brewery tours, where you can dive into the fascinating past of the nation’s oldest city while sipping on the finest brews. Come and let us walk you through the charming streets of St. Augustine, discovering hidden gems in local breweries and distilleries. Our expert guides, like Patrick and Amanda, bring history to life with their engaging stories and deep knowledge of brewing. They make our St. Augustine beer tours more than just a tasting – it’s a journey through time. Our tours are rated the best in St. Augustine because we know how to mix fun with education. We visit multiple breweries and distilleries, where you’ll learn about the brewing process and get to taste the best local craft beers. Want something more private? Customize your own St. Augustine tour for any occasion. Whether you're a local or visiting for the first time, St. Augustine Brewery Tours is the best way to explore the city’s rich history and thriving craft beer scene. So why wait? Book your St. Augustine brewery tour today and get ready for an unforgettable adventure through the past with a glass of amazing beer in hand. Don’t miss out on the best St. Augustine tours. Reserve your spot now and discover why everyone loves St. Augustine Brewery Tours!

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    A tour group entering one of the stops on the tour.
    A tour group entering one of the stops on the tour.
    A tour group walking into one of the stops on our tour!
    A tour group walking into one of the stops on our tour!
    Tour guide educating a guest!

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    Tour guide educating a guest!
    Old Town Trolley Tours St Augustine

    Old Town Trolley Tours St Augustine

    3.9
    (606 reviews)
    1.3 mi
    Takes reservations
    Private events

    We had the most amazing day with all of our drivers. Our son is handicap and wheelchair bond, there…read morewere plenty of encounters that things appeared to be difficult and EVERYONE was amazing. Shout out especially to Jersey, she did nothing but make us feel welcome and a priority with our son. Jersey went out of her way to make sure we were picked up and assisted quickly and kindly. Her attitude is fantastic and our whole family was in love. The dispatcher, Cajun, was another amazing person of assistance. We also encountered Summer as someone who assisted us getting him off a lift and then also was fantastic later on as a driver of ours. Hilary was another great help as she coordinated a shuttle to pick us up at one point to get us to a stop faster.

    This is a good way to see the St. Augustine. You can hop off and whenever you want to and spend as…read moremuch time as you want enjoying the sites. The trams pass by every 15 minutes, so little time is spent waiting. There is a lot of history in this little town so it is well worth the visit. Our tram guide was very knowledgeable but I was somewhat overwhelmed by her presentation because it was absolutely non-stop. I was wishing she wouldd take a breath now and then. Be aware that there are two persons per seat. You cannot commandeer a whole seat for backpacks etc.

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    Flagler College
    Flagler College
    Trolley and Flagler College
    Trolley and Flagler College
    Flagler Memorial Presbyterian Church

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    Flagler Memorial Presbyterian Church
    Tour Saint Augustine

    Tour Saint Augustine

    4.7
    (3 reviews)
    0.8 mi

    We did the Spirit and Spirits ghost tour Valentine's weekend. It was a lot of fun and our your…read moreguide was very knowledgeable and funny. There were about 5 couples all together on the tour. We stopped at three different bars and explored some different areas all within walking distance. The first place was beer only, so my significant other got a free drink since the tour guide bought everyone's first round. The next place we ordered shots and the third place, Stogies, we didn't drink. The first distillery, was very large and you were able to see the machines in the back. The restroom was clean but had minimal waiting space. We only had a few hecklers outside the tour, but we ignored them and made jokes about it since they were pretty wasted. We learned different stories in the area including burial spots. The bars were pretty packed so we did what we could to avoid others and be too close. I happened to catch some orbs in some photos I took which was really cool. Stogies was the most interesting. The guide told us about Annie, who used to own the building. He explained townspeople didn't like her and she was found murdered on her own door step. So she's been called a malevolent spirit. That the bar staff close in pairs and she's injured other staff before. We also took pictures upstairs too. All in all it was a good trip and good price. Only 25 per person. Would definitely do again.

    Pete is the best guide ever!!! He is professional, kind, very knowledgeable and great with my…read morefourth graders! I request him every year! Thank you for another incredible experience teaching about our nation's oldest permanently occupied European settlement!

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    The office is next to Claud's chocolate store
    The office is next to Claud's chocolate store
    This is the logo of the company
    This is the logo of the company
    In front of the Alcazar across the street from their office.

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    In front of the Alcazar across the street from their office.

    Sailbird Distilling - distilleries - Updated August 2026

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