One of my favourite adventures, whenever I travel, is going on tasting tours. Wandering around a new city in search of good food and drink on your own involves a lot of trial, error, and misses; but when the time is tight, I find it’s much faster to join a tour with a trusted guide.
前往佛羅里達州聖奧古斯丁；我是美國歷史最悠久且持續有人居住的城市，因此選擇跳過傳統上組織的美食品嚐之旅，而是決定著手進行個人釀酒廠和工廠之旅，以尋找波旁威士忌，威士忌，朗姆酒，杜松子酒，伏特加酒和巧克力。
聖奧古斯丁釀酒廠的一兩個Dram
112 Riberia Street，聖奧古斯丁，佛羅里達州32084
Located in a historic commercial ice plant building from the early 1900’s, 聖奧古斯丁釀酒廠有限公司 以手工製作的小批量威士忌，朗姆酒，杜松子酒和伏特加酒聞名。他們在適應佛羅里達，尤其是聖奧古斯丁濕熱的海洋氣候的同時，也能夠生產出這些屢獲殊榮的烈酒。
杜松子酒是當地柑橘的不二之選，此外，還添加了新鮮的整草-在老式毛刺磨機中使用前要手工研磨-使其具有獨特而充滿活力的精神。在招募了幾位當地調酒師品嚐杜松子酒後，他們知道他們有一些特別的東西。
儘管還很年輕，但他們的威士忌確實與Maker's Mark的一位前蒸餾大師和Stranahan的Colorado威士忌的前創始人Distiller形成血統，是其創作不可或缺的一部分。
Whiskey ages in charred oak barrels with the spirit soaking into the wood during the hot summer months and being “squeezed out” during the colder months giving it its deep colour and rich flavouring. To keep their whiskey from over-extraction in Florida’s consistently balmy southern temperatures, St. Augustine Distillery chose to finish the ageing process for a portion of the spirit in larger barrels. Brilliant!
它也是在肯塔基州以外創建的首批波旁威士忌的5%之一，也是最早在佛羅里達生產的波本威士忌之一。
他們在現場陳釀的罐裝朗姆酒和佛羅里達州種植的蔗糖作伏特加，完善了他們的蒸餾品嚐菜單。
釀酒廠遊覽是免費的，每週進行7天。 ID為必填項。
閱讀其他 聖奧古斯丁釀酒廠的評論.
可供選擇的烈酒種類繁多，再加上餐廳和酒吧進行研究，您很難不帶一瓶（或兩個）聖奧古斯丁釀酒廠。
Conveniently a quick walk down the street and around the corner from St. Augustine Distillery Co. is another tasting tour — this time, sugary sweet and perfect for the whole family.
聖奧古斯丁油石巧克力的巧克力品嚐之旅
139 King Street，St.Augustine，FL 32084
有三種 聖奧古斯丁的磨刀石巧克力 零售店位於聖奧古斯丁市內，但只有國王街位置提供工廠參觀和商店。
On our 1-hour tour of the Whetstone Chocolate factory, our merry group of 25 chocolate tasters learned the complete process of creating fine chocolates. With words like fermenting, roasting, grinding, refining, conching, and tempering — our tour included an introduction to the Henry and Esther Whetstone family history, and a walk through the factory floor where we saw first hand how their chocolates get created.
To understand how to taste chocolate, Whetstone Chocolates recommends that you eat it in solid form without anything added to the chocolate such as nuts. As a result, they created a line of solid chocolates known as “Select Blends” for this exact purpose.
“Select Blends” are chocolates created with a combination of cocoa beans from different parts of the world to create specific flavour profiles that remain consistent from year to year.
在旅行中，我們品嚐了以下內容：
San Marco混合白巧克力（0%可可）
– Creamy light with a slight caramel taste
阿維萊斯混合牛奶巧克力（31%可可）
– Milk chocolate similar to Swiss-made chocolates, lightly sweet and silky smooth.
De Leon混合黑巧克力（47%可可）
– A dark chocolate blend with a fruity, wine flavour.
Menendez黑巧克力（72%可可）
– European-style dark chocolate aged to provide a mellow, balanced flavour.
工匠巧克力片
– A decorative piece of chocolate as opposed to a square bar.
Whetstone Chocolates商店提供各式各樣的美味巧克力禮盒，非常適合與您一起回家，還設有美味的冰淇淋吧台，讓您在回到酒店時可以享受甜蜜的冷飲。
遊覽每週進行7天，並確保您進行預訂 （這是一個受歡迎的遊覽）.
– Tickets are Adults $8, Children 5-17 years of age $5.50, Children under 5 are free.
– Each adult ticket includes $2 coupon towards purchase over $10.
– As this is a working factory, tour participants are required to wear hairnets and beard guards (provided).
– No outside food or drink is allowed.
閱讀其他 Whetstone Chocholates的評論.
無論您是想品嚐波旁威士忌的豐富風味還是喜歡柔滑絲滑的巧克力的甜美decade廢，您都可以在聖奧古斯丁釀酒廠和聖奧古斯丁的油石巧克力之旅中找到適合自己的幻想，在佛羅里達聖奧古斯丁中找到自己喜歡的東西。
您是否經歷過釀酒廠之旅或巧克力工廠之旅？在下面的評論中讓我們知道。
在尋找聖奧古斯丁住宿的地方嗎？
– We stayed at the lovely St. George Inn perfectly located right on historic St. George Street. A full review to come shortly, but in the meantime – check 價格和評論.
小費： 方便的 紅色火車之旅 如果您不想在烈日下漫步，可以在釀酒廠，巧克力工廠，聖喬治旅館以及整個聖奧古斯丁的其他主要旅遊景點停留。
提供旅行協助的人 Florida’s Historic Coast。所有意見完全是我自己的。
閱讀有關聖奧古斯丁的更多信息：
– 佛羅里達聖奧古斯丁的歷史，陽光與遊覽
– 佛羅里達聖奧古斯丁披薩時間
– 2015年世界糧食錦標賽佛羅里達基西米的食物大戰
