“He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the Promised Land.” It’s one of Dr. Martin Luther King’s most iconic speeches: “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” his address to striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tenn. on April 3, 1968. And it was born on the tiny island […]
Above: Antillia Brewing Company in St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff While the Caribbean region is one dominated by rum, its also a vastly underrated place for beer, from heavyweights like Carib, Red Stripe and Prestige to a growing craft beer movement. While the latter has largely been limited to breweries in the US […]
Above: the Brana brewery makes Prestige beer, among other beverages By the Caribbean Journal staff USAID and Haiti’s Brana Brewery have signed a memorandum of understanding aiming to source sorghum locally in Haiti. Brana, which is a subsidiary of Heineken, will partially replace its imported malted barley, which is uses to make the non-alcoholic Malta […]
Above: the brewery produces the Prestige beer brand, among others By the Caribbean Journal staff Heineken will be investing more than $40 million in the coming years to upgrade and expand the Brasserie Nationale d’Haiti (BRANA) brewery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the company announced Monday. The announcement came during a visit by former US President Bill […]
