Well, I am back home for the holidays once again and attempting to type on my parents' terrible computer. There's a ton to do around the house before we begin the Christmas Eve celebrations, so this will be a quick entry. On a cold, snowy day like this, what better place to escape to than Jamaica!
If you take everything that is great about Christmas, subtract the cold, annoying shoppers, snow and shoveling, and add sunshine, swimming, barbecuing and fruity rum drinks, then you get Christmas in Jamaica. It sounds like a great time, and one of the most celebrated time on the year in the island country, In fact, returning home to Jamaica on the holidays is a running gag for those living abroad because it's almost impossible to book a flight. Everyone returns home. Jamaicans spend the day drinking Red Stripe and Guinness, feasting on jerk chicken, ox tail, goat, and rum fruit cake, and enjoy shopping around at the grand market for hours at a time. A traditional Christmas ends with a large, outdoor family party with drinks, treats and fun. Sounds like my kind of place!
Old Jamaican Ginger beer is another anomaly of origins. I purchased it in Michigan, but it was distributed in Canada, but it was made in Jamaica, but it's only really popular in England? Got that? The only thing that really stands out about this bottle and ingredients is just how massively unhealthy it is! One bottle is 225 calories with 54 grams of sugar and carbohydrates. 54! That's 18% of the suggested value. This might be the record for carbs in a soda. The bottle also claims to be made with firey Jamaican Root Ginger. At the risk of this putting me into a food coma, let's give it a shot. It smells very gingery. Not like a ginger ale, but more like the ginger pieces you get with your sushi. (sips) It's not bad. It's not a ginger ale whatsoever. Definitely a ginger beer. Strong flavor that creeps down your throat as you drink it. If it weren't for the massive amount of carbs, I could see myself enjoying this one more often. OK, I'm off to open some presents! 3.5 out of 5 Rudolph Noses. 
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