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The 15 Best Caribbean Beach Bars for 2021
From The Bahamas to St Thomas, the Caribbean’s Most Famous Cocktails
Some of the most famous cocktails in the world originated in the Caribbean, and while they come in a variety of tastes and traditions, they all share one common ingredient: rum. Here are some of our favorite Caribbean cocktails and …
The 20 Best Caribbean Beach Bars to Visit in 2020
There’s a very effective way to test the quality of a Caribbean beach bar: whether you can spend the entire day there. Because best Caribbean beach bars are more than bars — they’re destinations, the sorts of places where you can …
Rum Journal: Soggy Dollar Rum, a Journey to the BVI in a Bottle
By Alexander Britell One of the most beautiful — and perhaps most understated — things about rum is its power to transport. The romantic energy of rum can take you from wherever you’re indulging to a far-off Caribbean island somewhere, to …
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Saying Hola to Jost Van Dyke
By Alexander Britell and Guy Britton JOST VAN DYKE — A little more than a year ago, the leisure boats and charter yachts pulled away from Jost Van Dyke on an afternoon not unlike this one, sipping their last painkillers, their …
The Caribbean’s Best Yachting Destination: The BVI
By Alexander Britell It’s long been the Mecca of yachting in the Caribbean, a bucket list destination that has sent a siren song to travelers and adventurers around the world. And here’s the good news: The British Virgin Islands is …
The British Virgin Islands’ Soggy Dollar Bar Is Open Again
By Alexander Britell If there’s one place that defines the Caribbean beach bar, one place that draws rum-loving pilgrims from around the world, it’s the Soggy Dollar Bar. But after closing due to damage from Hurricane Irma, the legendary spot …
The Soggy Dollar Now Has a Radio Station
The Soggy Dollar Bar. It’s one of the legendary places in the Caribbean: set on White Bay on Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands. Perhaps more importantly, it’s the home of what’s almost certainly the Caribbean’s best painkiller. …
Caribbean Photo of the Week: Leaving the Soggy Dollar
By the Caribbean Journal staff No one likes to leave the Soggy Dollar Bar on Jost Van Dyke. But sometimes you have to. That brings us to the latest Caribbean Photo, which Caribbean Journal reader Giana Benson took after leaving …
This is the Reason to Visit Jost Van Dyke
By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon, CJ Travel Editor JOST VAN DYKE – Believe the hype. The Painkiller, the much-lauded punch they’ve been serving at Jost Van Dyke’s Soggy Dollar Bar since the seventies, is as good as you’ve heard. Maybe even better. …
VIDEO: The Soggy Dollar Bar’s Painkiller
It’s one of those legendary Caribbean cocktails: the Painkiller. What makes it different is that, unlike some of the region’s other cocktail exports, to experience the Painkiller you really have to go to the source: the British Virgin Islands. And while …
The Caribbean’s Best Beach Bar 2013: The Soggy Dollar Bar in Jost Van Dyke, BVI
Above: the Soggy Dollar Bar (Photos by William Torrillo) IT WAS one of the hardest choices we’ve had to make all year: deciding what was the best beach bar in the Caribbean for 2013. Earlier in the year, we named our …
