Red Stripe
Jamaican lager in a stubby bottle, sold on island imagery.
Status: Watchlist
- Founded
- 1928
- Website
- redstripebeer.com
- HQ
- Jamaica
- Manufacturing
- Jamaica
- Ownership type
- Conglomerate subsidiary
- Parent
- Desnoes & Geddes (Heineken)
- Acquired
- 2015
- Status since
- 2026-10-30
Ownership
Diageo controlled the maker during the years Red Stripe was brewed in Pennsylvania; Heineken later acquired it.
Why Watchlist
Red Stripe used "Jamaican Style Lager" on US packaging while it was brewed in Latrobe, Pennsylvania from about 2012 to 2016, and the label stated Latrobe. A federal court dismissed a class action because the label disclosed the brewery. US production reportedly returned to Jamaica in 2016.
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