Post #587291 by thePorpoise on Sat, Apr 30, 2011 5:40 PM

On 2011-04-10 11:13, thePorpoise wrote:
I've had four Caribbean-brand ginger beers: Barritt's, Blue Sky, Gosling's, and Reed's. (haven't found Regatta anywhere).

UPDATE-- ok, finally found Regatta. Also, revisited the grocery store JCS Jamaican Country Style. Bottom line-- Jamaican style sucks., Stick with bermudan style ginger beer. here are the conclusions from my lab experiments:

--Barritt's is slightly the sweetest, it works best in the DarkNstormy (key = the lime juice);

--Gosling has the heaviest ginger bite (no sweetness)-- works best in the Moscow Mule; and

--Regatta lies between the Barrit's and the Gosling i nterms of sweetness and ginger bite-- works th best in the Suffering Barsteward...

oh, the sacrifices my cocktail laboratory makes...