Blogs

22 March 2023

It’s Camping Season on Aruba

For locals on Aruba, camping is just as synonymous to the Easter season as egg hunts and bunny rabbits.

16 March 2023

Cheers to You for Helping Us Stay Sustainable!

Balashi Brewery continues to inspire the community to value their empty beer bottles. Return your empties—it’s great for the environment and for your wallet!

3 March 2023

Local Pride: Royal Aruba Aloe

Balashi is proud to be Aruba’s original and much-beloved local beer. We are honored to share the spotlight with other quality local businesses and products and can think of no other Aruba original for our first spotlight feature than the one and only Royal Aruba Aloe.

1 February 2023

The Magical Creativity of Carnival

Spotlight on Costume Designer Zilha Wever The Carnival season is Aruba’s most cherished and festive time of the year, illustrating the boundless creativity, initiative, imagination, and joie de vivre of the Aruban people. Weeks-long celebrations, music competitions, and events culminate with the three biggest parades of the season—the Grand Lighting Parade, the San Nicolas Grand Parade, and the Oranjestad Grand Parade. Many begin their preparations for road pieces and costumes months prior. Backyards and spare rooms are turned into sewing factories, as an incredible investment in time, effort, and money is made by so many.

18 January 2023

Urvin Croes: Culinary Artist

Balashi Brewery’s Magic brand of beers is a proud supporter and collaborator of Aruba’s art scene, featuring creativity across the spectrum of talented artists from a wide range of disciplines. One of these artists is Chef Urvin Croes, owner and operator of Infini.

6 December 2022

The Magic of Art

Spotlight on abstract painter Yahaira Maduro. Craft beer culture is finding mutual, collaborative space within the art world. Showcasing this growing trend, Documenta, an exhibition held every five years in Germany and revered as perhaps the most significant show of contemporary art, had guests sipping craft beer in lieu of glasses of bubbly or wine during the exhibition’s celebratory opening.