What kind of beer do Jamaicans drink?
What kind of beer do Jamaicans drink? Jamaica is synonymous with Red Stripe, the quintessential crisp lager. Jamaicans also love stout, perhaps a surprising choice for the tropics. Guinness is popular here, though Adam Schop prefers locally brewed Dragon Stout, from the producers of Red Stripe.
What’s a Red Stripe?
Definition of red stripe
: any of several diseases of plants marked by reddish stripes or streaks: such as. a : a decay of timber caused by a pore fungus (Polyporus vaporarius) and characterized by red or brown streaks.
Why is it called Red Stripe?
Red Stripe was first brewed in Kingston, Jamaica back in the 1920s — its name is thought to have been inspired by the stripes on the trousers of Jamaica’s policemen — and went into full production in 1934.
Is Red Stripe really Jamaican?
That’s right. Though Red Stripe has always been made in Jamaica – originally by Desnoes & Geddes at the Surrey Brewery on Pechon Street – the recipe for Red Stripe was first produced in Illinois in the United States of America, before it was eventually sold to the brewery and brought to Jamaica.
