Alcohol

Bermudians like a drink, and another one, and another one. Take a look at blackandcoke.com, basically an online photographic diary of the entertainment scene in Bermuda. You don’t have to be a genius to work out that nearly every photograph is essentially the same; groups of locals and expats standing in bars and holding their drinks proudly aloft for the camera.

There was a time in Bermuda when drinking and driving was socially acceptable. The police were even known to have provided escorted journeys for the inebriated motor cyclist. However, a recent surge in drink-related road deaths, has led to a clamp-down on driving whilst impaired. From a legal viewpoint it is not now advisable; nor is it from a practical (i.e. staying alive) angle. Alcohol leads to memory-loss. Not a good idea when in a country where they drive on the left. Forgetting this crucial fact tends to result in an extremely short vacation.

The legal age for drinking is 18.

The strong Christian traditions of Bermuda dictate that no alcohol can be purchased from stores after 10 pm or on a Sunday. Don’t forget to stock up on Saturday for that Sunday afternoon barbeque. Paradoxically, alcohol sales on Sunday from licensed establishments such as bars and restaurants are allowed. Why it is acceptable to get drunk in a bar but not in your garden has always baffled us.

Reader Comments and Additional Information

Bermudian Too :

Just a heads up that you can't buy alcohol after 9pm not 10pm. And definitely not Sunday so stuck up early for your weekends. :)

Bermudian :

The religious mob don't let us buy alcohol on Sundays and oppose casinos opening in Bermuda. Yet almost every church in Bermuda holds some sort of raffle to raise money for themselves. If a raffle isn't gambling I don't know what is. Complete hypocrisy!