Cayman's Distillery & Brewery Tours

Cayman is home to some pretty unique beverages. From Seven Fathoms rum which is distilled at 7 fathoms of under sea pressure to White Tip, the beer that saves sharks. 

Whether it be a rainy day or you just need a break from the sun, take a little day trip from Silver Sands and check out the Distillery and one or both of the island's breweries. They do daily tours where you can sample the products and see how these delicious beverages are made.

Cayman Spirit Co.

Duration: 30-40 minutes

Price: $15 USD per person; discounts available for groups of 5 or more.

Location: 68 Bronze Road, Georgetown, Grand Cayman

We strongly recommend booking in advance to secure your tour time – they fill up quickly.

The Cayman Islands Brewery has been operating since 2007 and is Cayman's only brewery, and largest manufacturing facility. Their beers are highly regarded and have won numerous international awards.

Cayman Islands Brewery offers tours Monday-Friday on the hour, 9am-4pm.

The CIB produces four main beers, plus seasonals, all of which are worth sampling. You can purchase their beers from the brewery or from most liquor stores, bars and restaurants Island-wide.

• Caybrew (5% ABV) A smooth, full-bodied premium lager, with a crisp, clean hop character.

• Caybrew Premium Light (4.2%) ABV A premium light lager with a smooth sweet finish. Specially crafted to remove the gluten.  

• Ironshore Bock (7% ABV) An amber lager, made with specialist hops from the Cascade Mountains, delivering a unique roasted after taste.

• White Tip Lager (5.2% ABV) A very smooth pilsner, with bright golden colour. This conservation beer donates $1.20 per case to marine research in the Cayman Islands.

• 345 Lager (5% ABV) A refreshing light lager, with a short sweet finish. One of the Islands most popular beers.

• 345 Stout (7.5% ABV) A bold strong stout, with hints of chocolate and smooth roasted finish.

Seasonals include: Mango Tango, Twisted Citrus and Pirates Gold with more available periodically throughout the year.

1981 Brewing Co is the newest brewery on the island and has been operating since 2017. The clever name is the nautical coordinates of the Cayman Islands: 19 degrees north 81 degrees west.

Three beers are the foundation of this unique brewery. Cayman Blonde, Island Session and Tropical IPA. From time to time, you will find limited editions produced in collaboration with local farmers and stakeholders. 1981 prides themselves in bringing you fresh, local, craft beer, made right here in Grand Cayman from the finest ingredients. They are a craft brewery that truly wants to embody in its brews all that our islands represents.

They do tours too! Here are the hours posted on their website but always good to call ahead +1-345-945-0440:

Tuesday–Thursday: 3pm – 7pm
Friday: 3pm – 8pm
Saturday: 12pm – 5pm
Sunday – Closed

273 Dorcy Drive,

George Town, Grand Cayman,Cayman Islands

Photography Courtesy Of:
Heather Holt Photography
Cayman Islands Brewery
Cayman Islands Distillery
Expedia

1981 Brewing Company

West Bay Dock: Where 7-Mile Beach Begins

West Bay Public Beach and Dock is located at the far north end of Grand Cayman's famous 7-Mile beach and just a 5 minute drive from Silver Sands Condos.

Besides enjoying the blue water and white sand beach as is typical of 7-Mile Beach, West Bay Beach and Dock are special as you also have the old textured dock, ironshore rocks, colorful cabanas and an array of locals and tourists enjoying this charming little public beach making it a nice place to hang out and people watch.

Photography by: Heather Holt Photography

The Wild Chickens of Cayman

While enjoying the lush grounds of Silver Sands you might notice a flock of feathered friends roaming about. The chickens of Grand Cayman are wild, harmless and add that much more character to our little island. You can find them literally everywhere, from the parking lots of banks and supermarkets, to public beaches and the bush and even (disturbingly) hanging outside of KFC... if they only knew!

Some people will eat them as they are a good organic option! However it is said that their meat can be quite tough and needs to be slow cooked.

Two of the downsides to having these guys roaming free is that they don't mind what hour of the day it is, they like to make noise! 3am.... cock-a-doodle-doo!! Also they tend to hand by the sides of the road and bolt to the other side often times making them roadkill. Poor guys.

Photography by: Heather Holt Photography

Best of Cayman Travel Guide

There is a new guide in town, a high end guide to the very best, and their name says it all, THE BEST of CAYMAN! 

Striving to support local, independent businesses, Best of Cayman is a collection of hand picked things to do, places to eat, drink & visit throughout the Cayman Islands. We want to create something that inspires people to visit new places and help local, independent businesses find new customers.

We personally visit every business recommended in the guide which means, if we recommend somewhere, then our customers know they can trust our opinions based on our own experiences.

Quality is behind everything we do and we will never compromise on the quality of our work. We take every photograph ourselves to ensure that the quality is consistently high. We worry about the details from the thickness of the paper to the size of each font we use.

A picture paints a thousand words, so photography is the chosen medium to tell a story behind each of our recommendations. By bringing each business to life our aim is to inspire people to visit them themselves.

Our website, app and book are simple and user friendly. We want the medium to get out of the way so you can focus on finding great places to visit, and awesome things to do.

We want to become the most trusted travel brand in the Caribbean. Not the biggest but the most respected. We want to inspire millions of people to find new places to eat, drink and visit across these beautiful islands.

We have poured our heart and soul into making our website as easy to use and as beautiful as it can be. We are adding over fifty new attractions to the site each month, each of which we visit and photograph ourselves. We have optimised the site for search engines as well as mobile devices and currently the website experiences over 250,000 page views per month with a bounce rate of less than 1%.

We want to make it easy for visitors to our islands to discover the businesses we recommend which is why we developed the Best of Cayman App. The app includes hundreds of photos, contact details for each business and a Google map to help find each attraction. What’s more, once downloaded you don’t need a data connection to use it.

Coming Fall 2017 our first travel guide brings the Best of Cayman together into a small but mighty guide containing over 150 of our hand picked recommendations including places to visit, places to eat, things to do and more. And, crucially there is no advertising. As with everything else we do, we have taken great care with every detail of the design, even when selecting the right thickness, texture and finish of the paper.

Cayman, the Land of Submarines!

There is so much here in Cayman that you can enjoy if you want to do a little day excursion from Silver Sands. The submarine is an activity for everyone young and old! Enjoy the pleasant drive down 7-Mile Beach into Georgetown, hop on the submarine shuttle and enjoy a 20 min surface boat ride to where the submarine is moored, and then enter into the submarine for your underwater adventure!

"The Cayman Islands are one of the top scuba diving destinations in world, and with Atlantis Submarines, you don't have to be a scuba diver to experience the underwater world. The 48 passenger Atlantis Submarine offers a unique but relative option for anyone seeking things to do in the Cayman Islands.

Our guests are treated to the captivating experience of a real submarine dive, in air-conditioned comfort, while discovering coral canyons and brilliant tropical fish of Cayman's National Marine Park to depths of 100 ft.

Day time and Night time departures are offered.

The Seaworld Observatory is a 40 passenger Semi-Submarine, designed and built specifically for Atlantis Inc. for viewing of the shallower reefs.

Guests simply descend into the observatory and enter a wall-to-wall glass-viewing chamber five feet below the surface, gazing at teeming shallow reefs and shipwrecks.

Atlantis Submarines is a sure place for things to do in Grand Cayman that will make your vacation unique, relevant, and memorable."

Photography by:

Atlantis Website

Heather Holt Photography

Seven Mile Summer Sunsets

Summertime in the Cayman Islands is rainy season, which can mean a multitude of things... it can be a passing storm for 10 minutes that comes through unannounced and leaves just as quickly leaving you with a crystal clear day like it never happened, it can mean a wet thundery day all day long, or it can be a perfectly sunny day for you sitting in your lounge chair on the Silver Sand's beach while watching Georgetown disappear into oblivion. Whichever way the weather turns you never know how those sunset are going to end up, with all the moisture in the air and clouds in the sky there are times when that just makes the evening explode with color as the final rays of sun sink down below the horizon.