What Beers to drink on my Caribbean Cruise

[Cyclman]

Cruises and tropical vacations are the excuse to drink cocktails with umbrellas, cocktails that are bright pink or blue or that have fruits adorning them.

If they have good beer, all the better, but a Mai Tai ain't bad, or a good Rum Punch. Enjoy.

 

[W0GWT]

Holland America, Westerdam boat. Guess I'll drink a wine bottle and recork it with vodka for the trip.

I was on that boat a few years ago. I think I drank Grolsch.

 

[b-boy]

Rum - drink lots of Rum. You are in the Caribbean after all. Red stripe too.

 

[Bensiff]

I was on that boat a few years ago. I think I drank Grolsch.

Yup HA apparently still equals flip top beers and body bags as some old fart always kicks it.

 

[blaster_54738]

I was on that boat a few years ago. I think I drank Grolsch.

I drank my fair share of them as well only to bring the bottles home to reuse lol

 

[Bensiff]

I drank my fair share of them as well only to bring the bottles home to reuse lol

You might be a home brewer if...

 

[paperairplane]

Best beer I've had in the Caribbean was Guiness Foreign Extra.

Spent a week in Jamaica - Red Stripe truly sucks. It was 5 years ago and I still haven't had a Red Stripe or any Appleton rum. Jamaica is beautiful, but in a lot of ways it sucks. Food especially sucks.

 

[Mirilis]

Well I found Old Harbor Brewery in Puerto Rico.. Helles, pale ale, and stoutnarent bad. I didn't care for their Oktoberfest and German pils.

 

[Mirilis]

Nice thing about Puerto Rico is I can use my phone!

 

[Queequeg]

Dragon stout

 

[lowtones84]

Well, looks like you're already there. But as I used to work for HA for a bit (musician )I know for a fact that they certainly don't want you bringing anything back on board from on land to drink. Often times they pick up some of the local beer and stock it on the ship, though. When I worked an Alaskan cruise they always had Alaskan brewing beers, though that rarely trickled down to the crew.

I will second others' advice: the Caribbean is for great rum. I'm sure you'll find some decent beers too, but if you like rum whatsoever, do yourself a favor and try as much as you can!

 

[Curtis2010]

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I will second others' advice: the Caribbean is for great rum. I'm sure you'll find some decent beers too, but if you like rum whatsoever, do yourself a favor and try as much as you can!

Having sailed and lived in the Carib for about a decade now I can tell you that not much good beer is produced in the region. Its mostly just mass produced swill.

Dragon Stout from Jamaica is a strange brew if you run across it. Technically interesting to me, but not a favorite of mine.

Some craft/micro breweries are popping up in the Western Carib (Central America).

There are some excellent rums though: Venezuela's Pampero and Guatemala's Ron Zacapa Centenario top my list.

 

[ShippinUpToBoston]

I suggest Jack's Shack in Grand Turk. It's a couple hundred yards down the beach from the cruise pier.