Caribbean Lager
Banks (Barbados) Breweries Limited

Caribbean LagerCaribbean Lager
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From:
Banks (Barbados) Breweries Limited
 
Barbados
Style:
American Adjunct Lager
Ranked #127
ABV:
4.7%
Score:
68
Ranked #28,142
Avg:
2.9 | pDev: 20.69%
Reviews:
110
Ratings:
242
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 31, 2023
Added:
Jul 23, 2003
Wants:
  4
Gots:
  35
Formerly Banks Beer. This is the legendary Caribbean beer, made in Guyana since 1955, Barbados since 1961 and celebrated across the region.

17 IBU
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Ratings by dbkdev:
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Rated by dbkdev from New Hampshire

2/5  rDev -31%

Jun 16, 2013
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Rated: 3.79 by The_Kriek_Freak from Pennsylvania

Dec 31, 2023
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Reviewed by edthehead from Maryland

3.44/5  rDev +18.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Bottle pour into a tulip glass.
Clear straw appearance with a soapy head and light lacing. Grass, cracker, scallion, lemon. Medium body, light carbonation, creamy mouthfeel.
Jun 08, 2023
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

2.79/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Feb. 2013: 330 ml shared bottle. ABV is 4.7%. Golden colour, moderate white head. Moderate sweetish aroma, some pilsener malts and grass, not unpleasant though. Medium sweet (or medium dry, if you like) flavour, fairly clean, a little hops in the finish. Could have been worse.
May 30, 2023
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Reviewed by LiquidAmber from Washington

3.37/5  rDev +16.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Poured into a Reuben's Brew pint glass. Pours a light to medium golden amber with a somewhat fizzy, half finger white head that dissipates to sparse patches and a ring around the glass. Aroma of lager malt, mild corn and light grainy notes. Flavor is moderately grainy lager malt, some corn sweetness, light grassy hops, flavor drops off into the finish which leaves the grassy hops somewhat stark and mineral. Medium boded with light creaminess and sharp carbonation; almost over-carbonated. Classic international version of the adjunct lager style, with the mild malt with corn sweetness and a bit more graininess than the domestic ones. Flavor starts out OK, but attenuates and leaves a mildly rough finish.Although it claims to be celebrated throughout the region, it is an mediocre to average lager. At least its in a brown bottle; could be worse skunked.
May 30, 2023
 
Rated: 4 by Wilkolaczek94 from Connecticut

Apr 21, 2023
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Reviewed by Spike from England

2.6/5  rDev -10.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
Drunk from the bottle in Barbados. An acceptable beach beer when very cold. Becomes unacceptable as it warms. Basically just like every other bog standard, cheap & sweet macro lager.
Mar 12, 2023
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Reviewed by RuffReader from Ohio

2.96/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
Drunk directly from a bottle while traveling in Guyana, so ignore the look score. Aroma is very malty and one dimensional, and the taste matches that, although there’s a sweetness upfront followed by an unpleasant aftertaste. Too high of carbonation for my tastes. Overall just too harsh and unrefined to make me want to down multiple of these or drink every day.
Jan 30, 2023
 
Rated: 4 by David19457 from New Jersey

Jan 02, 2023
 
Rated: 3.38 by RochefortChris from North Carolina

Dec 29, 2022
 
Rated: 3.49 by soarinsteven from Illinois

Sep 18, 2022
 
Rated: 3.14 by JonnoWillsteed from England

Apr 15, 2022
 
Rated: 2.73 by saymike32 from New Jersey

Oct 16, 2021
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Rated by harrypowers from Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev +20.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Barbados was hot and humid.

This beer was hoppy, watery and above all cold.

It's a decent beach beer.
Jul 30, 2021
 
 
Rated: 3 by cryptichead from Illinois

Apr 17, 2021
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Reviewed by chitoryu12 from Florida

2.59/5  rDev -10.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
Look: Very pale yellow. One finger of fizzy white head with decent retention.

Smell: Definitely skunked. Sweet corn syrup underneath.

Taste: Slightly skunky corn adjunct malt with a metallic aftertaste.

Mouthfeel: Seltzer.

Overall: Stick to rum.
Jun 28, 2020
 
Rated: 2.88 by Wrigfen from South Carolina

May 02, 2020
 
Rated: 3.5 by bouncepass from California

Jan 31, 2020
 
Rated: 3.33 by travelguy from Ohio

Jan 27, 2020
Caribbean Lager from Banks (Barbados) Breweries Limited
Beer rating: 68 out of 100 with 242 ratings