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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.
4.6/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 4.5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Clear pale golden colour, large frothy white head, slowly diminishing, fair lacing. Grassy aroma, grain, cardboard, bit soap. Flavour light sweet and slightly bitter. Light body, watery texture, soft carbonation, light hoppy sweetbitter finish; not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2015
at 13:32
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Carib Premium Lager (by Carib Brewery):
Aroma: 5/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.5/5
27/IV/15 - 33cl bottle from a trade @ my country ticks and pulled pork sandwiches tasting - BB: IV/2015 (2015-534) Thanks to CH-303 for the trade!
Clear pale yellow beer, creamy white head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of cannabis on opening the bottle, which is a good sign. Then in the glass it's more sweet, corn flakes, corn syrup, bit sugary. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: bit sweet, malty touch, corn flakes, soft bitterness. Aftertaste: some citrus, little bitter.
Aroma: 5/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.5/5
27/IV/15 - 33cl bottle from a trade @ my country ticks and pulled pork sandwiches tasting - BB: IV/2015 (2015-534) Thanks to CH-303 for the trade!
Clear pale yellow beer, creamy white head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of cannabis on opening the bottle, which is a good sign. Then in the glass it's more sweet, corn flakes, corn syrup, bit sugary. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: bit sweet, malty touch, corn flakes, soft bitterness. Aftertaste: some citrus, little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2015
at 14:02
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Clear golden colour, white head. Malty aroma, weed, skunky hops. Light hoppy finish, weed.
(from 33cL bottle @ Tim’s country ticks and pulled pork sandwiches tasting. Thanks for sharing, tderoeck!)
(from 33cL bottle @ Tim’s country ticks and pulled pork sandwiches tasting. Thanks for sharing, tderoeck!)
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2015
at 12:56
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottle at home. Pours clear golden, nose is dull toffee, grassy, taste is pretty much the same, a little sweetness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2015
at 12:58
2.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 1
Right, lets get this straight. I am drinking this because I will then become the top rater of beers from Trinidad and Tobago (14th Mar 2015). 330ml clear bottle from a local TESCO store. Poured into a ’Leffe’ chalice at home during a ’random tasting evening’ with myself. Pink body, with a lighter pink wisp and collar, soon to be half a collar. Is this a joke? Sickly, sweet and just horrendous really. The Sorrel ’substitute’ obviously adds to the colour and the taste, a sweet Strawberry flavour within the sickly mess is detectable and Sorrel is supposed to have a Strawberry flavour I believe. Anyway, a lesser man would have drain poured this: but I drank the lot. Wensleydale and Cranberry Cheese helped to ensure it all went down my throat. How to score this? I knew what I was getting, the bottles clear and you can obviously see the liquid inside: I will not be unkind, but the brew is in fact ’shitty’.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2015
at 17:31
3.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Canned 330ml. -Courtesy of Marko, shared with him and Jablanko. Clear yellow coloured, small to medium sized airy white head, corn in the nose. Corn and brewing cereals with short bitterish finish. Typical Carib lager.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jan 2015
at 05:03
3.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 4
Thanks Marjan (and heavy)! Shared with ogivlado and Jablanko. Poured a shiny yellow-golden body with a small head. Strange, not that pleasant aroma, corny feet really, dusty, eggy, meh. Corny, sweetish taste with a solid carbonation bite, bready, eggy again, but somehow harmless and drinkable, a crappy beer saved by the mouthfeel. And even though the adjuncts are dead obvious, it managed to be better than many beers that followed...
Tried
on 14 Jan 2015
at 18:38
3.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
From bottle 31.12.15. Transparently pale golden. Initially foamy, but diminishing white head. Sweet aroma with succade, grass and flowerfields. Similarly sweet taste. Very low bitterness. Artificial sweetner in aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2014
at 14:51
1.1/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 1
Flavor 1
Texture 2
Overall 0.5
Pale yellow colour, almost no head at all; aroma of sweat and faeces; I was reluctant to taste first but finally I made the mistake and gave it a chance...horrible!
Tried
on 22 Nov 2014
at 04:24
3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3
Bottle shared at ZZT 10. Pours clear pale golden with a small white head. Aroma of grain, light malt, cardboard and light hops. Flavor is over light sweet and light bitter. Light bodied with high carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Nov 2014
at 07:23