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More so than any other beer brewed, bottled and sold in the Caribbean, Stag Lager is a Man Thing… You have to drink it to understand.
At least that’s what the makers and marketers of Stag will have you believe. Look at their tagline: A Man’s Beer. Look at their sexy Stag Girls. Look at their sponsorships of thrill-a-minute sporting events like the Stag Rally.
Just look at the name “Stag” for chrissakes! You know: antlers, horns, hard, horny…
Everything about this particular beer reeks and oozes of super-charged testosterone.
Stag’s schtick is so thick you might think it masks some sort of, *ahem*, deficiency.
Say it out loud with me: West Indian Beer of the Month Club. Mmmm, doesn’t that sound tasty?
There are lots of different Beer of the Month Clubs out there, most of them offering a broad array of U.S. craft brews. There are even some that serve up international suds. None, at least not that I’ve found, cater to my cravings for uniquely Caribbean combos of barley and hops.
That stinks.
I mean, we regularly show that the depth and breadth of homegrown Caribbean brews are much more varied than the untraveled beer connoisseur might think. Wouldn’t you throw down a paltry monthly sum to get a new taste of exactly what we’re talking about every month?
When you travel to the Caribbean as often as I do, leaving a wife at home to care for two young kids on her own, it’s always a good idea to return bearing gifts. Jewelry, dresses, scented candles and island spices are always high on my wife’s list, but on my last trip I decided to give her a true-brew taste of a very uncommon destination.
That’s right, I brought her back a beer.
All beers are NOT created equal, a fact made clear at the 2011 Caribbean Rum & Beer Festival in Barbados. Just as I had the opportunity to stand (sit, actually) in judgment of 40 fine rums, so too did an esteemed group of beer experts weigh the merits of 30 regional beers.
In the end there could only be one winner for each of three categories: Lager, Dark Beer and Strong Beer. If you were there and got a taste of the lagers as I did, it’s a good bet you would’ve arrived at the same decision as the judges – Caybrew’s newest creation is also the Caribbean’s best!
Today’s Friday Happy Hour post comes to you live and direct from the 2011 Caribbean Rum & Beer Festival in Barbados, where I had the honor of serving among the distinguished panel of judges for the rum competition held yesterday. It was an amazing experience I can’t wait to tell you about at a later date, but right now I’m all about beer.
“How can that be?” you say. “You love rum, you’re in The Birthplace of Rum judging a rum competition and you’re all about beer?”
Yes, it’s true. That’s not to say that I’m all rummed-out, mind you. It’s just that after sampling 40 different rums over a concentrated four-hour period yesterday, then staying up late with the blend that turned out to be my favorite among the competitors, I’m a tad hungover sluggish today.
As you might imagine, excitement is building around here over the upcoming Caribbean Rum & Beer Festival! I mean, it’s not every day that we get invited to judge anything, much less a celebration of our favorite libation: rum!
It bears noting, though, that the event is called the Caribbean Rum & BEER festival, and while I won’t have the honor of serving in an official judicial capacity over the many participating brews, you can bet that I’ll get my fair share of suds. And if I’m lucky, that fair share will include High Rock.
The third of the four homegrown Grand Bahama beers I’ve been promising to tell you about for the past year, High Rock is the premium offering from the Bahamian Brewery & Beverage Company.
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