Red Stripe
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- This article refers to the beer. For the singer, see Red Stripe (Flying Pickets).
Red Stripe is a Jamaican lager-style beer whose logo is a bold, diagonal red stripe. It was originally brewed by the Desnoes and Geddes company (founded by Kingston natives Eugene Desnoes and Thomas Geddes) as early as 1928, but in 1993, that company was purchased by the huge multinational makers of Guinness, Diageo. It is 4.7% alcohol by volume. A new Red Stripe Light has also been added - brewed in Jamaica, bottled in Stamford.
Their most recent advertising campaign involves a comedic Jamaican (portrayed by Dorrel Salmon) with his catch phrase, "It's beer! Hooray, beer!" In the UK the advertising campaign plays on the 'easy vibe' of Jamaican Beer, with catchphrases such as 'easy now'.
Since 1976, Red Stripe has been brewed under license in the UK by the Bedford based brewers, Charles Wells.
Red Stripe is very well known for its unique "stubby" style bottle. It is one of the only breweries to produce its beer in the short style bottles.
[edit] Popular Culture
Wings once recorded a single, "Seaside Woman", as the band "Suzy and the Red Stripes", taking their name from the beer brand. The part of "Suzy" was sung by Linda McCartney, who was fronting the band for the song.
Red Stripe Beer is mentioned in the book, "The Firm", by John Grisham. It is also present in the movie adaptation starring Tom Cruise.
In The Man with the Golden Gun, James Bond drinks Red Stripe at a cafe in Savanna-la-Mar, where he first meets Scaramanga.
Ross Geller drinks Red Stripe several times on Friends.
Red Stripe has been seen in Vic Mackey's room on The Shield.
Assistant Producer Elliot from Sports Night is always seen with a Red Stripe during the show's frequent bar scenes.
Red Stripe Beer is mentioned in the song "What Did I Ever Give You?" by the Kaiser Chiefs (Hold tight, to your Red Stripe...), perhaps selected due to its status as the quintessential "cheap beer" available at practically every Indie gig venue in the whole of England, often sold in cans rather than on tap or in bottles.
Red Stripe beer is the sponsor of Pardon the Interruption, the sports talk show on ESPN.
During the off-season of the popular NBC show, The Office, Meredith tries to get the accountants in the office to grab a Red Stripe brewski. The accountants love Red Stripe, but because it was quarter after eleven in the morning, they decline.
In the tenth season episode of Stargate SG1, Uninvited, Colonel Mitchel and General Landry drink Red Stripe beer while playing chess at O'Neill's cabin.
Nosher Powell can be seen drinking Red Stripe throughout the film Eat the Rich.
Bottles of Red Stripe can be seen in multiple scenes in the 2006 movie Grandma's Boy.
It can also be seen in a few scenes in Broken Lizard's 2006 movie Beerfest.
In "Miss Brown's Tea House" by the the String Cheese Incident, they say "Order Red Stripes all around while you soak up the sound."
