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Eastern Main Road, St Joseph, Champs Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago
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This is how it all began; this is the heart of our history. Sir Gerald Wight, founder of the Caribbean Development Company (CDC), ensured that the production process, which was based on the European-Continental method of brewing with our own twist, was mastered before the company’s flagship beverage, Carib Lager Beer was sold in 1950. In fact CDC still produces the perfect lager today because our formula continues to include the best ingredients, unwavering quality and constant innovation.
Today Carib Brewery boasts a portfolio that includes Beer, Malt, Stout and Soft Drinks. We produce Carib, Carib Light, Stag, Pola and Pola Light, Shandy Carib, Mackeson and Guinness as well as the following nonalcoholic brands; Ginseng-Up, Malta Carib, Malta Carib Ultra, Smalta Smalta Smiles – over 1,200,000 hectoliters of product every year.
Our acute insight into what our consumers enjoy has also inspired us to form partnerships with international companies such as Heineken International B.V., Diageo and Ginseng Up Corporation. As a result Heineken, Guinness Stout, Ginseng Up and Smirnoff Ice are also part of our portfolio.
Today Carib Brewery boasts a portfolio that includes Beer, Malt, Stout and Soft Drinks. We produce Carib, Carib Light, Stag, Pola and Pola Light, Shandy Carib, Mackeson and Guinness as well as the following nonalcoholic brands; Ginseng-Up, Malta Carib, Malta Carib Ultra, Smalta Smalta Smiles – over 1,200,000 hectoliters of product every year.
Our acute insight into what our consumers enjoy has also inspired us to form partnerships with international companies such as Heineken International B.V., Diageo and Ginseng Up Corporation. As a result Heineken, Guinness Stout, Ginseng Up and Smirnoff Ice are also part of our portfolio.
4.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle bought at Tesco, Ashford (Surrey not Kent, and certainly not Middlesex). Clear gold with a few ascending bubbles. Thick foamy white head. Aroma is somewhat off putting: corn syrup, cardboard and a chemical metallic edge. Flavourwise it got a sweet syrupy citrus streak and corn. Metallic edge. Underlying sweetness. Better than the aroma. Light. Thin. Benefits from a gentle soft-fizzy carbonation. Typically industrial pale lager swill but they aroma was wrong.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Tesco Supermarket (Various locations)
on 08 May 2026
at 15:21
5.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle at Bubble Beach in the south of Dominica. Just what I needed right now. Refreshing, virtually no alcohol and a stunning view.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2026
at 18:58
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle in Sint Maarten: pours blackish with beige head. Aroma is chocolate, molasses. Taste is sweet, very lacto, some light bitterness at finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2026
at 23:47
4.8/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 4.5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 4.5
Green bottle: pours fizzy yellow with white head. Aroma is green bottle skunk veggies, light grain. Perfectly reasonable to drink in the heat, but unremarkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2026
at 20:04
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2026
at 18:17
4.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2026
at 14:59
3.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2
18/12/2025. Bottle from Ocean Convenience Store, Bridgetown Cruise Terminal. Enjoyed back on the boat. Clear dark pink colour. Heavily sweet and sugary taste. Some sherbet tart comes through. Not something I enjoyed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2025
at 18:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
13/12/2025. Bottle from Rams Supermarket, Bay Road, Basseterre. Enjoyed on Marella Discovery 2 during the sea day voyage en route to Bonaire. Big coffee aroma on opening and pouring. Good pour. Aroma is sweet milky coffee, milk chocolate, maple syrup, roasted malts. Fairly sweet but with some good balancing bitterness. Maple sweetness comes through more in the finish. Decent body, pretty smooth and not too fizzy. Nicely drinkable and one of the best bottled beers on the trip so far.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2025
at 19:30
5.3/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
11/12/2025. Bottle from Rams Supermarket, Bay Road, Basseterre. Clear, almost colourless pour. Lots of sweet coconut and pineapple on the aroma. Very much a pina colada on the taste. Very sweet. Clammy and not at all refreshing in the way the label says it is. But Mrs B says it’s yummy. Not for me though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2025
at 15:06
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 4
Overall 6
11/12/2025. Bottle from Rams Supermarket, Bay Road, Basseterre. Clear dark amber bronze pour. Lots of sweet tamarind. Light bodied but actually not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2025
at 14:55