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Spending the Holiday Season anywhere in the Caribbean is nice. A Carib Christmas enjoyed in Tobago, though, is extra-special to me.

The story of Cerveza Hatuey is really the story of 3 beers. It's also the story of a brave man and Cuba's enduring fight against oppression.

Much maligned, they are the butt of a seemingly endless string of jokes. They are the pale tourist. This is their beer.

Island Pirate Ale is one of five new brews launched in 2014 by Pirate Republic Brewing, a new enterprise heralded as The Bahamas' first craft brewery.

Bahamian Friday happy hour celebrations are best enjoyed with some ice-cold Sands Beer, a boat, and calm seas.

Ginger beer mixes so nicely with rum that I would never dream of combining it with any other spirit, much less beer. Royal Jamaican, however, begs to differ.

Cerveza Presidente, the Dominican Republic brew, is a prime example of the fact that beer and politics tend to make strange bedfellows.

Here's hoping that the Prez registers sweet memories of Jamaica over a local brew during his time in Kingston. Just not this one...

Carib may be more widely consumed. Stag may taste better. On a global level, though, Red Stripe wins most any best Caribbean beers contest.