The Barbados Lager Experiment Conducted By The Wandering Scotsman

Nothing beats a good ice-cold bottle of lager to end the day in Barbados; because most days here are fairly hot they seem to go down a real treat. For me it has to be virtually ice cold or it isn’t going to go down quite so good. The problem in Barbados is that because it is still quite hot hear in the evening it doesn’t take long for a bottle of lager to lose its coldness.

Back home in Scotland my beverage of choice would have been ice cold Guinness on draft, or bottles of Budweiser, Coors, Miller, Hoegarrden bottles or on draft, Peroni, or Amstel, all great drinks in my humble opinion. I would gladly drink copious amount of each of those drinks given half a chance.

In Barbados there isn’t anything like the wide choice of lagers available to choose form, in fact I would go as far as saying the choice on this island is the most limited I have every experienced in any country I have ever travelled to. But don’t get me wrong I’m not complaining but making a very real observation.

I have personally reviewed what I consider to be my favourite lagers, which are easily available to buy in Barbados. I could have also included Sol the Mexican lager in my list but I only seem to like it when I’m eating Mexican food, so for that reason I have not included it.

My Four Favourite Lagers That Are Readily Available In Barbados:

1. Banks Beer, Is Brewed in Barbados itself and this is the only country I have ever seen it sold, but it is seemingly available in a few major cities around the world. It is a very drinkable beverage, which goes down a treat, but it must be ice cold to fully appreciate it.

2. Heineken, an internationally known lager that is brewed in Holland and this one I had tasted many times before I moved to Barbados. A very drinkable lager, that goes down a wee bit too easy, which I suppose isn’t a bad thing, unless you drink too much of the stuff.

3. Carib Lager, another lager that that I hadn’t even been aware that it existed until I sampled it a few years ago in Barbados. This good tasting and smooth lager is brewed in Trinidad and Tobago.

4. Piton Lager, Once again another lager that is new to me out with the Caribbean. This one is brewed in St Lucia and again it is a very good tasting lager, which is surprisingly the cheapest of the bunch at about $1.90BDS a bottle in the supermarket.

I wouldn’t say any of the above lagers were any better than the others, I find them all very drinkable and refreshing lagers, which do the job they are meant to do, which is taste good and help me to chill out at the end of another tough day in Barbados!

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