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Desnoes & Geddes

🌍 Jamaica · Large Brewery · Known for Imperial Stout
Known for Imperial Stout

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.

2Beers
2Styles
6.1%Avg ABV
1918Founded

Beers by Desnoes & Geddes

2 beers
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Dragon Stout
Imperial Stout · 7.5%
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Red Stripe
Red Stripe
Helles Lager · 4.7%
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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 2 beers in the catalogue.

Early profile · based on 2 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
sweetevery beer
2 of 2 beers
roasted
1 of 2 beers
full-bodied
1 of 2 beers
clean
1 of 2 beers

Only what these two beers agree on — a full signature needs at least three.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
2 beers · 2 style families
Stout 1Lager 1
What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 115 other breweries making Imperial Stout and Helles Lager.

Two beers isn't enough to tell how they differ from comparable breweries.

Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 70%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
1 / 2
beers above the median
#1708
best ranked beer
Red Stripe

Their beers place in the Top 70% of the catalogue on average, across 2 ranked beers.

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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.

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Kingston · Kingston · Jamaica
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