What to drink instead of Red Stripe
Red Stripe is sold as Jamaican and brewed in Britain, at Manchester, at 4.7%. If you were buying it for a Jamaican lager, these are the beers on the same shelves that are brewed in the country on their label, or are British and say so, within a point of its strength.
Where Red Stripe is really brewed, with the pack wording and the sources.
The same style, genuinely imported from elsewhere
- Budweiser Budvar OriginalImported from Czech Republic · 5.0% · sold as CzechGenuine import Verified
Brewed at Ceske Budejovice in the Czech Republic. 5.0% here, the same as at home.
- Peroni Nastro AzzurroImported from Italy · 5.1% · sold as ItalianGenuine import Verified
Brewed at Rome, Padua and Bari in Italy. 5.1% here, the same as at home.
- Sapporo Premium BeerImported from Japan · 5.0% · sold as JapaneseGenuine import Verified
Brewed in Japan. 5.0% here.
- Pilsner UrquellImported from Czech Republic · 4.4% · sold as CzechGenuine import Verified
Brewed at Plzen in the Czech Republic. 4.4% here, the same as at home.
- Tsingtao Premium LagerImported from China · 4.7% · sold as ChineseGenuine import Verified
Brewed at Qingdao, Shandong in China. 4.7% here.
- Bitburger Premium PilsImported from Germany · 4.8% · sold as GermanVerified
Brewed at Bitburg in Germany. 4.8% here, the same as at home.
How this list is made. Nobody here has tasted these side by side, and no beer pays to appear. A beer is listed when the record says it is the same kind of beer, is either imported from the country on its label or British and sold as British, is not itself brewed under licence in Britain, has at least one source we trust, and sits within a point of the strength of Red Stripe. Beers from the country on the label come first, then the same style from elsewhere, then British beers. Where an import is weaker in Britain than at home, the card says so.
The full list of what to buy instead · Alternatives for other beers