Beer in the Caribbean

Each island generally brews its own unique pale lager, the occasional stout, and often a non-alcoholic malta beverage.

[1] Contract-brewing of international beers is also common, with Heineken Pilsener and Guinness Foreign Extra Stout being the most popular.

The brewery produces a line-up of four distinctive beers, each inspired and influenced in one way or another by Aruba's heritage and way of life.

[5] Winner of three consecutive Gold Medals from Monde Selection,[5] it is also stronger than most Caribbean lagers, at 7%ABV.

[6] In 2007 Sands Beer based out of Freeport, Grand Bahama entered the market with its signature Lager "Sands" it also launched beers called High Rock named after a town in Eastern Grand Bahama, and a dark stout called Strong Back.

[9] 10 Saints beer is brewed in Speightstown, St. Peter in Barbados and aged for 90 days in Mount Gay 'Special Reserve' Rum casks.

[12] The national beer of Dominica is Kubuli, an amber-colored lager which won the Monde Selection Gold Medal in 2002.

The West Indies Beer Company is a craft brewery located in L'Anse Aux Epines that was founded in September 2014.

[14] Prestige is the name for a brand of American-style lager produced by Brasserie Nationale d'Haïti in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

[18] Trouble's Brewing is a small craft brewery that first emerged in 2019 to carve out their own market niche in Jamaica.

[23] Ingeniero Microbrewery is located in Manatí and produces 5 beer brands: Porter Rican, Son of a Glitch, Mother Hopper, Tamarindia Amber Ale and Conuco.

Ocean Lab Brewing Co. operates a large production facility, tap room and events venue in Carolina.

Their beers make reference to places, people and historical events around the city, most notably: La Ceiba IPA (named after the centuries-old landmark tree) and El Polvorín Smoked Porter[28] (a tribute to the heroes of the El Polvorín fires of 1899).

They also produced Jíbaro Ale, which was a beer made with ginger and lemon peel and Dacay Oatmeal Stout, both available seasonally.

[31] A few local bars have started to produce their own house beers by contract through established breweries.

In Ponce, small bar Birriola has produced a Blonde Ale through Señorial Brewing, and in San Juan, El Tap has established Saint-Turce Beer Co. and released Tras Talleres, a Double IPA.

New microbreweries include Pura Vida Brewery in Cabo Rojo, Cold Blood Brewery in Quebradillas, Rincón Beer Company in Rincón, Reina Mora Brewing Co. in Sabana Grande and Cervecería del Callejón in San Juan.

Although from unknown locations in Puerto Rico, other microbreweries in the process of getting their permits are Amalgama Brewing, Gafas Locas Beer Co. and Cervezas Cielo Roto.

Distributed island wide in draught form Antillia bottles are also found at local grocery and wine shops and are often sold by large resort clients.

The brewery is located in Odsan and they operate a beer garden at Duty Free Pointe Seraphine, the cruise terminal in the capital of Castries.

In 2019 Tommy's Brewing Company won two Double Gold Medals at the 2019 European Beer Challenge in London.