Years ago I was a little traumatized by the price of beer in the Cayman Islands. I seem to remember they were about 5$ each regardless of in a cafe or to go. I love trying new beers when I travel. My best memories of Thailand are sitting out in the heat in cafes everynight with my hand wrapped around a tall Singha. Are there any other typical Drinks that are common in Bonaire?

Cold ones

Favorites are
Amstel Bright (brewed in Curacao I think)
Polar (brewed in Venezuela)
Balashi?...(maybe Aruba)
Amstel Regular
Speckeled hen Ale (only available at Lion's Den)
Regular Suspects

Bright and Polar are usually found in 7 ounce bottles and cost from around $1 US up to about $2.50 in more upscale bars. I have to agree with you about beer prices in Cayman, we were there a couple of years ago and I bought a case of Red Stripe (that had been exported to US then reimported to Cayman) and it was like $70 US in the grocery store. Beer's way more reasonable on Bonaire.

Typical Drink....Rum and Coke,
Rum and Coke
Coke and Rum
Rum Punch
I think the Dutch drink a lot of gin (gin makes me forget)

I learned this one from a Puerto Rican friend in Miami, mix about 2/3 shot of Lemon Rum with a Bright or a Polar....way tasty

Happy Travels
Joe

i agree, we drink polar and amstel there. at the bars i drink polar but at our condo i drink amstel. amstel bottles are returnable and you pay a deposit. polar arent returnable bottles. i thought they were 9 oz. bottles....

Hmmm...funny how the names here are Minihane,Murphy, and Brannan in this discussion. Thanks for the info...enjoy the game today!!

Amstel normal are returnable....amstel bright are not. I learned that one watching the little kids cleaning off the tables at Lac Cai on sundays.

They mighta been 9 ouncers.........i just drank em never measured em.

It was once upon a time O'Brannan

so there

cheesemeister

Rum punch...rum punch...rum punch...yummy!

Neil,
Here's an earlier Beer post, with pictures
http://www.oldbonairetalk.com/cgi-local/bbs/show.cgi?tpc=31&post=152337#POST152337

Chet, YAY for the picture of the beers! I remember Polar beer in a bottle, I've never seen it in a can. I like the 7 oz. Brights. Being a lightweight drinker, two Brights are just right for me.

O'Mary

On the last trip I had a bunch of Amstel and Polar. To my taste, the Polar was by far the better beer.

Ok...no one mentioned Heineken. That is usually a choice with the two Amstels. The dutch are beer drinkers. Hard liquor is not as popular, I guess because it is expensive and when you're thirsty beer does the trick. For those of you who like the "sweet" drinks, just about all bars have that frozen mix machine for daqueris, margaritas, etc.
And the cans are sooooo little, you need more than a six pack! That Lemon Bacardi and Bright sounds great!

I loved the shortie bottles! Wish they would make more of them (in GOOD beer!) in the US!

I must say, I never have liked rum in any form, but my daughter and family lived in Puerto Rico for two years, then I went to Aruba and then Bonaire will be back........and since two of my FAVORITE things are pineapple and coconut....well, am beginning to learn that rum and the tropics go well with pineapple and coconut and warm breezes......<g>

Have a rum drink on me! Have a beer! Heck have two! But not Heineken, I'm allergic to it! (Seriously!)

And, um, I'm Italian

V......Coconut rum cream. Most available in Jamaica, does a coffee great.
And we were talking about beer weren't we

cheeserumster

I only drink 2 kinds of beer, cold & ice cold,
never have had a problem finding either on Bonaire....

Doug,
I have lower standards, I add a third kind: "Free", which isn't always easy to find.