Antigua and Barbuda

The brands include Hairoun beer in St Vincent, Kubuli beer in Dominica, Wadadli beer in Antigua, Guinness Stout, Loubiere Spring Water, Vitamalt and Fruit Cocktail.

It's delivered to our five-star hotel that evening as I sit by the pool sipping a Wadadli beer with a belly full of lobster and an eye on the cocktail menu.

There, hiding in the shade from the scorching midday sun and drinking pints of the potent local lager Wadadli - or ``widdly widdl'' as it became dubbed - we erupted with delight watching Neil Mellor hit his 35-yard screamer into the Kop goal to win the game with seconds to spare.

For oenophiles, a well-developed and comprehensive wine list is available on an h la carte basis, while Wadadli, the local lager, is on hand as well.

"After a couple of Wadadli - Antigua's local beer - I had the idea of taking my Echo on a record tour of 365 plus beaches plus my wife," said Gwyn.

Gordon Ketelbey, driving Wadadli, showed that it doesn't take too long to get into the money by winning a heat in his first Sydney 38 regatta.

I prepared for day one of Sailing Week by tucking into an omelette drenched in hot sauce and then joined more than 40 locals at Falmouth Harbour to follow the race with the Wadadli Cats spectator cruise (wadadlicats.com, around PS55).

m It's set on a bluff above the hotel where local legend Miss Mary and her assistant ere Jbs Joanna grill juicy chicken and ribs and serve the island's Wadadli beers from an ice-filled cooler.