#2267 travel Tuesday: beers of the Caribbean

One of the ladies at work told me that she is going to Jamaica in April. I've been to Jamaica once, and I have fond memories of sitting at a beach bar, out on the deck, listening to reggae music, and drinking many bottles of Red Stripe beer. (Check out post #1594 for the full post about our day in Ocho Rios.)

Thinking about Red Stripe made me think of other beers I've had while vacationing in the Caribbean. Most of the islands have their own beers, and MT and I feel like we should drink local beer when we are on island. For this post, I decided to compile a list of the beers that I can remember. The list is in no particular order, it's just off the top of my head.

Mexico

Of course there are two coasts in Mexico, and it is not an island, but I'm going to count it

anyway because they have damn fine beer. MT prefers Corona whether we are in Mexico or anywhere. He will often say he drinks two kinds of beer: Corona and free. I like Corona too, but I find that I prefer Sol. I fell for Sol when we were in Isla Mujeres. It's light and delicious, perfect for warm Caribbean days. I also really like Pacifico. That's my beer of choice when I'm on the Pacific side of the country.

Belize
Also not an island nation, although we did spend a week or so on Ambergris Cay which is an island. Belikin is the beer to drink in Belize. I remember that it had a very nice taste.

Dominican Republic
Presidente! So, soooo good! We have looked for it in the liquor store here, but we haven't found it.

Barbados
I like Banks beer from Barbados. A good memory is sitting at a beach bar drinking Banks after a day of touring the island.

St. Lucia
Piton is the beer to drink on this island. The beer is named after the famous mountains there. Like most Caribbean beers, it is light and delicious.

St. Kitts
Although this beer isn't from St. Kitts (apparently it's from Trinidad and Tobago), but I happily drank Carib beer one afternoon on the beach in St. Kitts. They were ridiculously cheap, as I recall, and man, did they taste good while I sat on that hot sand on the rocky beach.

That's all I can think of! I looked at a couple of websites to jog my memory, but, yeah, these are all that I've had. I'll need to do a bit more travelling in the Caribbean so I can try more beers!

P.S. these are not photos I took. They are from the internet. I bet I have some photos of beers though!