Desnoes & Geddes
Jamaica's most iconic brewery, founded in 1918 by Eugene Peter Desnoes and Thomas Hargreaves Geddes. Brewed the first Red Stripe in 1928; the modern lager was developed in 1938. Red Stripe gained global fame appearing in Ian Fleming's James Bond novels and films. Now majority-owned by Heineken (since 2015). Produces Red Stripe, Dragon Stout, and Red Stripe Light.
Beers by Desnoes & Geddes
2 beers
The recurring character behind the beers
Desnoes & Geddes have 2 beers in the catalogue.
Across these 2 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:
Only what these two beers agree on — a full signature needs at least three.
Two beers isn't enough to tell how they differ from comparable breweries.
How we measure this
Two thresholds are at work here:
- The signature list shows notes that recur in at least 6% of this brewery's beers. A low bar — enough to flag a pattern, not high enough to call it an exclusive trait.
- The peer comparison below shows only notes where this brewery's coverage differs from similar breweries by at least 20 percentage points. A higher bar — enough to call a real difference, not a nudge.
A note can appear on the signature list without appearing in the peer comparison: it recurs here, but similar breweries do the same thing.
Red Stripe
Their beers place in the Top 41% of the catalogue on average, across 2 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.
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About Desnoes & Geddes
Jamaica's most iconic brewery, founded in 1918 by Eugene Peter Desnoes and Thomas Hargreaves Geddes. Brewed the first Red Stripe in 1928; the modern lager was developed in 1938. Red Stripe gained global fame appearing in Ian Fleming's James Bond novels and films. Now majority-owned by Heineken (since 2015). Produces Red Stripe, Dragon Stout, and Red Stripe Light.