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Red Stripe Jamaican Lager
Desnoes & Geddes Limited
- From:
- Desnoes & Geddes Limited
- Jamaica
- Style:
- American Adjunct Lager
Ranked #100 - ABV:
- 4.7%
- Score:
- 69
Ranked #28,090 - Avg:
- 2.99 | pDev: 20.74%
- Reviews:
- 1,063
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Wednesday at 10:19 PM
- Added:
- Nov 30, 2000
- Wants:
- 58
- Gots:
- 797
The great Jamaican Beer we know today has set the standard by which other beers are measured since 1928. Today the company is a subsidiary of one of the largest and most profitable beverage and alcohol conglomerates Heineken.
A beautiful amber lager with low butterscotch flavour, full bodied and a smooth post palate sensation. Lager beer, light gold colour.
Ingredients: Pilsen Malt, Hops, Cassava Starch, Water
A beautiful amber lager with low butterscotch flavour, full bodied and a smooth post palate sensation. Lager beer, light gold colour.
Ingredients: Pilsen Malt, Hops, Cassava Starch, Water
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Ratings by generallee:
Reviewed by generallee from Virginia
3.95/5 rDev +32.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
3.95/5 rDev +32.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Presentation: It was poured form a brown 12oz stubby "medicine bottle" into a pint glass.
Appearance: The body has a light golden yellow color with good clarity. There is some visible carbonation that floats up to the big, white, and foamy head. The head fades quickly and doesn't leave much lace behind.
Smell: Its aroma has sweet bready malts that are almost fruity along with some light grain and hay notes.
Taste/Mouth feel: The flavor is very similar to the aroma. The malt has a sweet character with some grainy notes and a mild hop presence that adds just enough bitterness for some balance. It has a clean finish and a light body with decent carbonation to tickle the palate.
Notes: Overall this is a wonderful lager that go down easy on a hot day. I like to pair this with a fresh cut lawn and a hammock in the shade.
Jul 18, 2008Appearance: The body has a light golden yellow color with good clarity. There is some visible carbonation that floats up to the big, white, and foamy head. The head fades quickly and doesn't leave much lace behind.
Smell: Its aroma has sweet bready malts that are almost fruity along with some light grain and hay notes.
Taste/Mouth feel: The flavor is very similar to the aroma. The malt has a sweet character with some grainy notes and a mild hop presence that adds just enough bitterness for some balance. It has a clean finish and a light body with decent carbonation to tickle the palate.
Notes: Overall this is a wonderful lager that go down easy on a hot day. I like to pair this with a fresh cut lawn and a hammock in the shade.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by LagerMan_US from Maine
3.55/5 rDev +18.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.55/5 rDev +18.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Decent. Quite smooth. Actually, almost too smooth, sort of buttery, with sweet overtones.
Different, tho' not bad.
Suggestion: Cut it with a macro lager such as Bud, that has more carbonation, and it's just about perfect ! .)
Wednesday at 10:19 PMDifferent, tho' not bad.
Suggestion: Cut it with a macro lager such as Bud, that has more carbonation, and it's just about perfect ! .)
Rated by etan420 from Illinois
2.75/5 rDev -8%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.75/5 rDev -8%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
sawdust?
Jan 19, 2024Rated by ChrisMoo
4.16/5 rDev +39.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.16/5 rDev +39.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Not a bad beer. Very good on a hot day. Sweet butterscotch flavor. Enjoyed it
Sep 24, 2023Reviewed by Grax from Iowa
3.4/5 rDev +13.7%
look: 5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.4/5 rDev +13.7%
look: 5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Pretty typical beer aroma of sweet corn and malts, heavy undertones of that butterscotch described. The body's pretty much all the same, a bright, refreshing wave of sweet corn, butterscotch, and melon. It's simple and straightforward and a pretty good macro.
Sep 22, 2023Reviewed by secondtooth from Indiana
3.27/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.27/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
APPEARANCE: Clean, pale, watery golden, with a light head of white suds.
AROMA: Cereal grains/malts, really pretty average to style.
TASTE: Light and malty/ cereal grainy, not overly sweet but hops are subtle. Pretty decent lager, not too unique but more than drinkable on a warm, sunny day in the Caribbean.
Aug 08, 2023AROMA: Cereal grains/malts, really pretty average to style.
TASTE: Light and malty/ cereal grainy, not overly sweet but hops are subtle. Pretty decent lager, not too unique but more than drinkable on a warm, sunny day in the Caribbean.
Red Stripe Jamaican Lager from Desnoes & Geddes Limited
Beer rating:
69 out of
100 with
3523 ratings
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