Thursday, October 27, 2011

Red Stripe, better in bottle or glass?

 I had this Red Stripe sitting in my fridge for a couple of weeks now and I figured it was time to drink before it expires. I poured half the bottle in a glass so I could review how it taste from the glass and how it taste from the bottle. After drinking from both the glass and bottle I realized I like to drink Red Strip from the bottle. I don’t know what it is but I felt it had a slightly better taste and the sent was really good, almost smelt like freshly cut grass topped with spices. The beer its self had a light golden color with a light head, overall it’s a good beer but I wouldn’t say it’s a great beer. I never been to Jamaica but I have a friend from there who says Red Stripe taste better there because they brew it differently. I’m not sure if its true but I could definitely believe it because I’ve been to Ireland two years in a row and drank a ton of Guinness that tasted better there then here. It might be because the beer is fresher and i'm sure that when it’s shipped out to the states it undergoes different temperatures and sit around for a while; it also might get exposed to sunlight, which could extremely damage the beer. If I were to give Red Stripe an overall grade, I’d give it a C.

2 comments:

  1. I disagree. I haven't had many Jamaican beers to compare it with but i think Red Stripe deserves at least a B.

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