Red Stripe

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

I used to drink this a lot but haven’t had it in a long time. Didn’t expect it to hold up, but it’s actually still quite drinkable. I clean, sweet finish. Nice for hot weather drinkin’.

Bottle. Pours a pale yellow body with a quickly diminishing head. Aroma is a bit malty but thats about it. Not much flavor crisp clean some bitternes. Easy to drink. Eh.

12oz. Pours yellow. Not much of an aroma, but I can tell you why people like this so much... the sweetness. There is a a slight rose petal, strawberry thing going on here. Also, the fact that it is unoffensive is probably why people gravitate to this beer.

Pours a golden color with a fluffy white head. Aroma is heavy malt, with slight grass and hop notes as well. Taste is the same, with it pretty smooth throughout. Not spectacular by any means, but I didn’t hate this.

i dont know if i got a skunky bottle or what but this beer needs to be very very cold. i drank about 5 ounces out of a 22 and had to stick it in the freezer. i get back to it in a few minutes but so far this isnt very good. nice bottle design though.

Bottle. First beer of the "Not-Very-Good-Beers-Tasting" - Day 1. Tonight and tomorrow night I’m going to go through several low rated beers, some of which are quite popular (with the masses) and some aren’t. First up is Red Stripe. Doesn’t look too bad, that’s a decent start. Pours a clear light gold with an average size somewhat-lasting foamy white head. A few bubbles here and there. Aroma’s O.K., I expected worse: Sweet aroma of grain and corn along with honey, sweet malt, vegetal notes and light grassy hops. Mild flavour is also sweet and a bit watery, with grain, honey, cardboard-like sweet malt, some hops and a light bitter finish. Light to average bodied. Honestly, compared to many of it’s counterparts this isn’t that bad -- It’s not good enough that I would buy it but given no other better options I could drink it.

The lager is not bad. It does taste a little watery and light. Not much of a beer in my opinion though. I like real beer. This is watered down imported stuff.

Pours a bright golden yellow with a thick foamy white head. Aroma is very sweet and malty with some yeastiness to it. Flavor was extremely sweet, possibly a little too sweet for me. Very creamy texture and the malt is quite overpowering, so much so that I tasted very little hops. Pretty refreshing on a hot day though. Rerate: 08-19-09 Thanks to 17thfloor! Definitely taking some down on aroma, especially on flavor and palate. Bleck I don’t even know how i gave it a decent rating before, I think it was hot and i was drunk. Two might still be high. just really sweet with no body or anything at all