St. Augustine Builds Business Around Booming Tasting Room

As the number of distilleries in the US continues to skyrocket, the presence of a tasting room and/or visitor's center is becoming an integral part of keeping a small spirits business afloat. Florida-based St. Augustine Distillery--which was named best craft gin distillery in the US by a recent USAToday consumer poll--is a prime example of a craft distillery getting it right in this department.The St. Augustine tasting room gets about 400 visitors a day and is expecting to hit 160,000