Red Stripe Jamaican Lager - Desnoes & Geddes Limited

Jason

Massachusetts

3.3/5  rDev +9.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Always been a nice drinkable lager, had this brew at the Naked Fish with some grilled tuna and it did a great job of washing it down.

Serving type: bottle

08-30-2001 01:19:23 | More by Jason

Todd

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev +15.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Presentation: 12oz custom brown "shorty" bottle with a red & white painted label. No freshness date. Label states: "For over 65 years Red Stripe has embodied the spirit, rhythum and pulse of Jamaica and its people." -- hey, I thought that was marijuana that did that?

Appearance: Clear pale gold in colour with lively carbonation and a healthy creamy white lace of a head.

Smell: Faint hop and grain aroma, with a touch of sulfur.

Taste: Light to medium body. Mouthfeel is fairly smooth and creamy on the palate (from the carbonation). Upfront dextrin sweetness followed by a rather lemon/lime hop bitterness, a slight crisp snap and a brush of coarse hop leaf on the palate. Finishes with a light grain dryness and grain/steely flavour.

Notes: Not a bad brew. Refreshing. Goes great with jerked foods or one of my favourites, curried goat. They sell it at Rhythm & Spice Caribbean Grill in Central Sq. Cambridge, MA. An excellent match with all of their food.

Serving type: bottle

11-30-2000 23:02:43 | More by Todd

cfitterer

Arizona

3.25/5  rDev +7.6%

05-21-2013 02:33:23 | More by cfitterer

bobbyr5

Michigan

3.25/5  rDev +7.6%

05-21-2013 01:55:24 | More by bobbyr5

jonnyrice

Vermont

2.75/5  rDev -8.9%

05-21-2013 01:54:04 | More by jonnyrice

lagerfirst

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -0.7%

05-21-2013 01:33:41 | More by lagerfirst

Kingcurio

Oklahoma

3.25/5  rDev +7.6%

05-21-2013 01:32:37 | More by Kingcurio

johntfox

Florida

3.25/5  rDev +7.6%

05-21-2013 01:31:22 | More by johntfox

qubit01

New Mexico

3/5  rDev -0.7%

05-20-2013 15:35:00 | More by qubit01

ClayO

Arizona

3/5  rDev -0.7%

05-19-2013 21:31:15 | More by ClayO

NessaHilling

West Virginia

1.75/5  rDev -42.1%

05-19-2013 21:23:00 | More by NessaHilling

sunny289

California

3.5/5  rDev +15.9%

05-19-2013 18:33:23 | More by sunny289

delta490

Virginia

2.81/5  rDev -7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.75

Poured a 330ml bottle into a Shaker pint glass.

A- pours a light and clear gold with about one finger of almost creamy white head. The head lingers on but doesn't leave any lacing.

S- some sweet notes of malt or bread. But more or less non-descript

T- Again, some malty sweetness but very little else. No depth and nothing distinct about it.

M- not bad. A nice fuller feeling, not watered down. A nice hint of carbonation

O- not the best but certainly not the worst

Serving type: bottle

05-18-2013 09:52:24 | More by delta490

ajtorres311

Florida

3.5/5  rDev +15.9%

05-16-2013 15:49:09 | More by ajtorres311

Slatetank

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev +15.9%

05-15-2013 18:42:59 | More by Slatetank

lucasj82

Indiana

3.25/5  rDev +7.6%

05-15-2013 02:00:57 | More by lucasj82

KerryCummins1977

Kentucky

3.75/5  rDev +24.2%

05-15-2013 01:17:39 | More by KerryCummins1977

thatdewguy

North Carolina

2/5  rDev -33.8%

05-14-2013 04:40:47 | More by thatdewguy

mralbertson

North Carolina

3.25/5  rDev +7.6%

05-14-2013 03:52:57 | More by mralbertson

aty11b

Texas

3/5  rDev -0.7%

05-14-2013 01:33:21 | More by aty11b

surfrogue1

Maryland

2.75/5  rDev -8.9%

05-11-2013 23:29:56 | More by surfrogue1

FLima

Brazil

2.35/5  rDev -22.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25

Used to drink it a lot, in some particular bars a long time ago. Let’s see how it goes now.
Pale yellow color with a decent head with medium retention.
Aroma of corn and pale malt, and notes of vanilla. I would not say it is pleasant.
Refreshing and crisp taste, strong corn taste and very light floral hops. Buttery aftertaste.
Light body with a good carbonation.
After so many years, I now erased completely the good old impressions over it. It is really an average or even bad brew, you have to drink it freezing cold and ignoring its aroma.

Serving type: bottle

05-11-2013 00:05:26 | More by FLima

jrkenn

Georgia

3/5  rDev -0.7%

05-10-2013 19:22:19 | More by jrkenn

JakeDebus

Maryland

3/5  rDev -0.7%

05-10-2013 14:50:30 | More by JakeDebus

blknikon

Massachusetts

2.75/5  rDev -8.9%

05-07-2013 23:22:45 | More by blknikon