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Red Stripe

Red Stripe

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10
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A Pale Lager brewed by
Desnoes and Geddes (Diageo PLC)

Kingston, Jamaica

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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13012.21/5.02.22/5.04.7%69.5Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker P  Stats

Commercial Description:
First brewed in 1938.
It is a light alcohol drink with not too strong bitterness but rather soft taste; therefore, it's easy to drink it up.
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 khayman70 (154), Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/58/20

Jan 18, 2003  
A bit on the watery side for my liking. I wasn't impressed by this beer at all.

 TET (149), Finland
1.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/101/55/20
Jan 9, 2009  
Light yellow beer with thin white head. Aroma is typically lager, slightly musty and metallic and hint of sweet malts. Flavour is very light but luckily there is some malts in the beginning. Lot of carbonation with thin body makes this very light to drink. Tasteless and watery lager and I can’t find positive things at the finnish winter; maybe under the caribian sun the Red Stripe could be offer something more?


 BeerBunker (252), Burbank, Illinois, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/58/20
Jan 8, 2009  
24oz bottle. Pours a clear golden color with a fizzy white head. Malt, corn, grass, and weak hop. Taste of malt, corn, grass, honey, and I swear there were some hops in there. Light, watery mouthfeel as expected. Crisp, light, and refreshing. It’s not good by any means, but It’ll get the job done.


 danielcurtis81 (349), San Diego, California, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/102/512/20
Jan 6, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a light gold with flowing bubbles. Not much there, some sweet corn. Refreshing brew.


cb23 (89), St. louis, Missouri, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/103/59/20
Jan 5, 2009  
Bottle. What can you say. OK for a pale lager. Light, crisp clean, refreshing. That is what they are for, not much taste to speak of. Hooray!


 ChainGangGuy (1814), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/512/20
Jan 4, 2009  
$1.29 12 oz. stubbie single at Total Wine & More in Kennesaw, Georgia. After some years of viewing commercials where a Jamaican guy sells beer in little, brown, squashed-down bottles and ends his commercial my shouting "HOORAY BEER!" it’s time to give Red Stripe another try. Appearance: Pours a clear, yellow body with a large, foamy, white head. Rather nice lacing, I must say. Smell: Faintly sweetish nose smelling of light pale malts, spicy hops, and maize (akin to smelling a Frito corn chip). Taste: Light pale malts, yes, a bit corny, and with a light amount of sweetness. Mild spicy hop character and bitterness. Finishes sweetish and crisp. Slight metallic hint lingers into the aftertaste. Mouthfeel: Light-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: Sure, there’re better lagers, but there are also far, far worse ones to be found. The metallic aftertaste definitely mars it’s overall drinkability, but, beyond that, it’s really just another pale lager.



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