Desnoes & Geddes

Desnoes & Geddes Limited
Company typePublic (JSE: DG)
IndustryBeverages
Founded1918
HeadquartersKingston, Jamaica
Key people
Richard Byles
(Chairman)
ProductsBeers, lagers, malt beverages
RevenueJMD 9.13 billion ($148 million) (2005)
Number of employees
750 (2007)
ParentHeineken N.V.
Websiteredstripebeer.com

Desnoes and Geddes Limited (D&G) is a Jamaican brewer and beverage producer, best known for Red Stripe lager. It was formed in 1918 by Eugene Peter Desnoes and Thomas Hargreaves Geddes who combined their two shops into one business, originally producing soft drinks and distributing imported alcohol, and later opening the Surrey Brewery in Kingston.