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Toppers wins rum contest
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02/23/2019 08:59 AM
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Daily Herald linkHas anyone here taken the tour of the distillery? I was surprised there was a charge for it. It was a long time ago I did it, but I thought the tour of the Bacardi factory was free?
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Re: Toppers wins rum contest
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02/23/2019 10:06 AM
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According to the story, they are charging $20 a head for the tour. Just wondered what you get for $20.
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Re: Toppers wins rum contest
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02/23/2019 01:45 PM
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Would be interested to hear what you find out, but the cruise excursion could be different from the walk up tour. That just seems like a lot of money just for a tour of the factory, even if it includes some free samples.
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Re: Toppers wins rum contest
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OK, sure sounds like the tour is pretty heavy on the rum tasting and most folks would be feeling no pain after!!! Driving afterward sounds dicey...
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Re: Toppers wins rum contest
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TravelHat--we did the Bacardi tour a long time ago, but we certainly got more than two drinks. Just can't figure out why the cost for this tour. Seems out of whack.
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Re: Toppers wins rum contest
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I think a Toppers tour would be neat to see, but 40 clams for the two of us i might think about. Bacardi definitely owes me a free tour! LOL
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Re: Toppers wins rum contest
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Here's what Dave Herbert, who conducts the tours, told me: "The tour takes up to 90 minutes (depends on the number of people), a welcome Rhum Punch, a brief history of Rhum, our story, then they see the bottling and packaging, and 9 samples of Rhum. We are adding a little bit about barrel ageing but we have just started this so just starting to work it into the tour."
As to the cost, people are obviously willing to pay, as the tours are quite popular. They also have a cruise excursion that includes transportation and a visit to Maho beach to watch the planes. Not sure how much that one costs.
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Re: Toppers wins rum contest
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Ed--as Scubaman said, the Bacardi tour is in San Juan. We also went to the Brugal factory, which is in the Dominican Republic. I think at the Brugal factory, I don't think there was any 'tour' per se, but you could buy a bottle of gold rum for $2! The Bacardi tour was quite interesting, and you actually did see the huge barrels where the rum was actually made. That one, I would do again. I personally think I will pass on this one, as to ME, it's not worth the money.
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Re: Toppers wins rum contest
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I may be learning something that i never knew.. Bacardi and Cruzan factory tours on SXM???? Where are they located? I have been going to SXM for almost thirty years...and NEVER KNEW that they had plants on the island. Info please. Cruzan is in St. Croix. We did Bacardi in 2014 and we each were handed 2 drink tickets. I tipped the bartender pretty good and he didn’t look for any tickets after that.
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Re: Toppers wins rum contest
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The samples we had at Brad and Lora's party were very good Georgia. It was fun tasting all of them. Yes, some were sweet, but some were delicious! I like to have some bottles to serve to guests and share SXM memories.
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