You know... I'm drinking it right now, and I have to say that it isn't great... BUT it is very good, if you understand my meaning. It definitely has a very domestic taste at first, however after you take the first sip, you get a sweetness and a good solid lager taste. It is almost like what Bud or Bud Light SHOULD taste like. It isn't anywhere near my favorite, but it definitely is the best "lets get drunk and party" beer. Also, it has a decently high alcohol content (4.7%) for a beer that is very drinkable (as Bud Light would say). I would give it a solid 3.5 stars if it would let me. Wouldn't buy it all the time, but it is definitely worth the price every once in a while when you want a party beer thats better than crappy American stuff.

I have heard many people say that Red Stripe tastes just like Coors Light. In Jamaica, it is essentially that--a budget-priced domestic brew. It is not strong, but it is not exactly pleasant. I do not understand why anyone would pay import prices for this beer. Not worth the money!

This is a solid beer and tastes great ice-cold on a hot day. I don't like sticky beer labels so the funky bottle with the painted-on label also appeals to me. My second-favorite export from Jamaica.

sweet fruity beer, a thin head that vanishes in minutes... This is an underated lager that rivals the best american macro brews

Way over-rated. A very average brew, probably not as good as Bud really. Might be great in Jamaica but that could be due to the beautiful surroundings. Cool bottle (a stubby) with a painted-on label.  Update: Tried another bottle. Raised my rating one star to three total.  Still way over-rated on this forum.

Had it once.  Wouldn't bother with a second try, though.

Im fed up with the double standard.......Its OK for red stripe to say "Helping our white friends dance for over 70 years" Why cant websters dictionary say "Helping our black freinds read for over 2oo years"

Nothing special, a drinkable Caribbean lager pretty typical of the type.

A fun beer due to its funny ads and unique bottle shape, but really an unspectacular (but not bad) beer. . .drinkable, but nothing to shout about. . .

It's all right, but nothing to write home about.

Decent but not great beer from Jamaica that comes in a funny little bottle. Nothing special.

This is just a so so beer.   Their commercials that play in the United States are lame and so is the beer.

Great beer on a hot day... like today July 4th...2007..

Great price at local market $9.99 a twelver.

Nice and smooth goes down easy, oh and da ladies like it!!!

Ya Mon!!!

Its ok. Kind of overpriced. I guess shipping from Jamaica costs a lot.

I usually only drink Red Stripe when I am in Jamaica. I do prefer Red Stripe Light over regular Red Stripe. It's much less filling. I will drink regular if there is no light.

Pure Jamaican Pisswater! It has that patented bottom of the ashtray taste. This beer falls in the same category of Corona, WAAAAAAAY overrated premium beer.

This is a solid, refreshing beer. Perfect for hitting the club. Always makes me want to fight, but also makes you right for spittin' game to the ladies.

Red Stripe tastes the way beer used to taste to me as a kid, when I was not supposed to know what beer tasted like. My first taste of beer, when I think I was 8, tasted like what being on a nude beach in Greece with 3 of the best S.I. swimsuit models may feel like.

This commercial is awesome; it is out right now. Jamaican Man: Sir, do you consider yourself ugly? Ugly white man: Well, actually no I... Jamaican man: YES!, you are very ugly; here hold this Red Stripe. See you are beautiful. Red Stripe... it's beer hooray beer. Ugly white man: Hooray beer. Jamaican man: ...Says the beautiful man. You can see this commercial every day on ESPN during Pardon the Interruption. Weekdays at 5:30 est. BTW, the beer tastes great.

I didn't know what to expect from Jamaican beer, but was pleasantly surprised. Smooth and goes down easy.

Very Good Jamaican,Mon!

For a Jamaican beer, tastes quite American. I found it quite tasty while downing bottles on a hot day in Montego Bay. The little beachside Tiki bar at Sandals only sold Red Stripe; but I would always go to the bartender and ask for something arcane like an Amstel Lite or a Yuengling Black and Tan. The native laughed with me but I'm sure he had visions of smashing my skull with a bottle of Red Stripe by the 20th time I did that. Being a big fan of Ian Fleming's James Bond, Fleming always talked about Red Stripe in some of his early books (Like Dr. No). I kind of had a genuine curiosity of the beer based on that. You can get it just about anywhere now and it's worth a try.

Okay beer, bold and crisp although Banks from the Barbados is better. Funniest beer commercials I've seen since the old Rainier beer ads of the early 80's

This beer tastes great after a long day of shoveling elephant shi- Nice bottle!

I saw my yuppie friend drinking this beer, and the only thing that struck me was the bottle. Some years later I saw it in a liquor store, so I bought a pack. I was surprised its not a great beer, but pretty damn smooth let really warm in taste. To me it taste best near lukewarm, not so great cold.

Average beer but available in a 500ml can... also a favourite of rock bands for some reason.

A pissy little plain domestic tasting beer from a cute little bottle.

Made with real Jamaicans!

Not bad. A no-frills meat and potatoes beer (or maybe jerk chicken and plantains is more like it) that's unpretentious. This has to be ice cold to really work right, mon.

I give it a 2 for the cool little medicine bottle it comes in!

The "COOL" beer!!

Here is an unfortunate story about Red Stripe. Back in 1992 I was bartending at a yuppie bar in Washington DC. I remember one weekend, everybody started asking for Red Stripes. I couldn't understand it - I had sold maybe 3 in 2 years of bartending, then in one weekend, I sold about 50. It turns out the movie The Firm had just come out, and apparently there had been a scene in the movie with Tom Cruise drinking a Red Stripe. So, all the young lawyers and political types who hung out at this bar started asking for it. I don't know why this experience disturbed me so much, but it did... Oh yeah, and the beer sucks too, unless you are lying on a beach in Jamaica.

I kind of dig the funky small bottle, but I think this beer (Carribbean, right?) is pretty average.

I remember drinking these on the beach when I was in Jamaica. They tasted great even though they were not always super cold because of poor refidgeration in Jamaica. Great little hand grenad bottles are a nice feature to the beer.

Tastes pretty good when you are sitting on a beach in Jamaica, but tastes like crap when you are drinking it back home.

the only thing distinctive about this beer is that it's Jamaican and that someone thought it was worth exporting. Taste wise there's nothing that special about it. cool bottle though.