Red Stripe

Brewed by Desnoes and Geddes (Diageo PLC)
Style: Pale Lager
Kingston, Jamaica

Bottle. Pours just like you typical macro crap. However, this beer is not offensive in any way shape or form. Not a bad little beer if you need something in a pinch.

Bottle. Pours a medium yellow, virtually no head but some wispy notes. Aroma is mostly malt, maybe a touch of grass hidden in there. Flavor is malt, cereal, not much else. Rather bland, but I’ve had worse.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a pale yellow with a small, foamy, white head. The nose is mostly grain with a bit of hops. Medium-high carbonation with a light mouthfeel. Quite a bit of malt sweetness. Grain, corn, and a hint of sugar on the palate. At least a little more hops would make this a bit more refreshing. Fuller bodied than most American versions of the style. Finishes pretty clean with some lingering sweetnes.

Clear gold yellow pour with a thin disappearing white head. Honey sweet and some funky bitter aroma. Taste is very grainy. Clean and crisp though.

Bottle 12oz. It’s been quite a while since i had one of these. I drank it when i was in Jamaca - right after landing the plane someone came and sold it to people on the bus. In fact the 1993 movie "The Firm" came out after our trip and was advertising the beer on some of the sceens in Jamaca. The ratings are about what i remember, a foul taste. It seemed like a weak beer, not much good beer flavor at the time; and i was a bud man back then. That was my one and only Red Stripe. Not to blame it on the beer, but i was sick for two weeks after my trip with some kind of parasite. uhg

Bottle. Pours a very light yellow with a decent full head. Aroma is a light metallic funk... typical lager smell. Very sweet, grassy flavor... fades back to that metallic taste at the finish. Better than many other of its ilk, nonetheless.

Bottle from the corner bodega, helluva lot better than the American macros otherwise available. Not a bad brew if you just need some cheap beer. Some "sour" notes as mentioned before, thin and pretty watery, while maintaining decent beer flavor. Great for summer cool-down chugging as it’s low alcohol.