A pale lager in a squat bottle, drunk cold with jerk. Desnoes and Geddes launched it in Kingston in 1928 and reformulated it as a light lager in 1938, and it went on to become Jamaica’s most exported drink.
It is one brewery’s commercial lager, and brewing beer at home is licensed or restricted in much of the atlas’s readership.
What goes into it
- malted barley
- maize adjunct
- hops
- lager yeast
- water
How it is made
Malt and adjunct are mashed, the wort boiled with hops, cooled and fermented cool with lager yeast, then cold-conditioned before filtering and bottling into the short wide bottle that is as much the product as the beer.
How long it takes: three to four weeks from mash to bottle
How it is eaten
Very cold from the stubby bottle, with jerk chicken and festival.
History
Launched in Kingston in 1928 by Desnoes and Geddes and reformulated as a light lager in 1938; it became Jamaica’s most exported drink.
Frequently asked questions
What is Red Stripe?
Red Stripe is a wine & spirit from Jamaica: pale lager in a squat bottle, drunk cold with jerk. Launched in Kingston in 1928 by Desnoes and Geddes and reformulated as a light lager in 1938; it became Jamaica’s most exported drink.
How is Red Stripe made?
Malt and adjunct are mashed, the wort boiled with hops, cooled and fermented cool with lager yeast, then cold-conditioned before filtering and bottling into the short wide bottle that is as much the product as the beer. It takes three to four weeks from mash to bottle.
Can I make Red Stripe at home?
No, and the atlas gives no method for it. It is one brewery’s commercial lager, and brewing beer at home is licensed or restricted in much of the atlas’s readership.
What goes into Red Stripe?
Malted barley, maize adjunct, hops, lager yeast, water.
How is Red Stripe eaten?
Very cold from the stubby bottle, with jerk chicken and festival.
