The Bottom Line
With their unassuming stubby bottles and endlessly adorable 'Hooray beer' ad campaign its impossible for me to not like the Red Stripe brand. But packaging and marketing do not a beer make. How's the stuff on the inside of the bottle?
Pros
- Full bodied
- Hooray beer!
Cons
- A bit too sweet
Description
- Full flavor and character
- Generally sweet
- Perfectly adorable bottles!
Guide Review - Tasting Notes and Review of Red Stripe Jamaican Lager
I suppose that Red Stripe must be categorized as a light lager. It certainly is not a Pilsner and Jamaican lager is not a style category recognized by anyone I know of so light lager it is. That being said I must confess that I do not care for light lager and I generally do not drink it. But I like Red Stripe. (By the way, that's light as in color and flavor. This is not a diet beer)It pours with a dead-on appearance of the style - light straw colored, very clear although with fewer bubbles than other representatives of the style. The head rises white with a medium density and falls rather quickly. Red Stripe's aroma is grainy sweet with just a hint of sweet apples. It's flavor follows suit with a generally nondescript sweetness and a healthy carbonation sting on the tongue. Around the middle of the drink some hops peak through then quickly scuttle away as a lingering sweetness hangs in the mouth. The beer has a full mouthfeel and a generally fuller flavor than most light lagers.
