Free Distillery Tour & Tasting is a food tour in Key West.
Editorially verified August 21, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Route: Walk-in tour and tasting at chef Paul Menta's Simonton Street distillery, with salt-cured barrel rums poured at two on-site bars
Tip: Tours and samples are free and families and dogs are welcome; the Key Lime and Duval Street Spiced rums are the take-home bottles.
Address: 105 Simonton St, Key West, FL 33040
Key West Food Tours' Southernmost walk grazes through Cuban lunch counters, conch, key lime pie and a rum stop across three hours of Old Town stories.
Tip: Tastings add up to a full lunch, so arrive hungry; the walk covers under 1.5 miles and caps groups at 14.
Papa's Pilar runs guided tours of its working Key West rum distillery in an 1878 tobacco warehouse, finishing with tastings of the Hemingway family rums.
Tip: The distillery opens Sun-Thu 11:00-17:00 and Fri-Sat from 10:00; cocktail classes run alongside the standard tour.
