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Cape Fear Distillery
Also known as Tipsy Toad Gallery & Gifts
The island shop for Cape Fear Distillery: free tastings and bottles of its vodka, gin, rum, bourbon, tequilas, and rum creams, plus art and gifts, on Maritime Way.
Cape Fear Distillery makes its spirits in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, and this shop on Maritime Way, opened in 2025, is its island outpost. Nothing is distilled here: it’s a tasting counter, bottle shop, and small gallery, in the same building as Bald Head Bottle. Founder Alex Munroe, a Bald Head homeowner since 1994, has pointed out that the island never had an ABC store, so this is the place to buy a bottle of spirits without a trip to the mainland.
Tastings are free. The lineup runs from GameFish Vodka and Maritime Gin to Frying Pan Shoals Bourbon, the BillFish tequilas, and the Beach Blast rum creams; the coconut is the island best-seller. The walls carry art for sale, from Henry Diltz prints and Dr. Seuss art to work by local artist Ken White.
What you'll find
- Free daily tastings
- GameFish Vodka, Maritime Gin, and Cape Fear Rum
- Frying Pan Shoals Bourbon and Solera Whiskey
- BillFish tequilas and TeqCafe coffee liqueur
- Beach Blast rum creams in coconut, peach, banana, and cocoa mint
- Art for sale, plus gifts and apparel
Good to know
- The island has no ABC liquor store, as the distillery's founder points out, so this is where you can buy a bottle of spirits without crossing to the mainland.
- Tastings and bottle sales are for guests 21 and over.
- Nothing is distilled on the island; the spirits are made in Elizabethtown, North Carolina.
- The Village directory lists the shop as Tipsy Toad Gallery & Gifts, the name of the distillery's gallery on the mainland.
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