Desnoes & Geddes

Desnoes & Geddes Limited
Type	Public (JSE: DG)
Industry	Beverages
Founded	1918
Headquarters	Kingston, Jamaica
Key people	Richard Byles Chairman
Products	Beers, lagers, malt beverages
Revenue	JMD 9.13 billion ($148 million) (2005)
Number of employees	750 (2007)
Website	www.redstripebeer.com

Desnoes and Geddes Limited (D&G) is a Jamaican brewer and beverage producer. It was formed in 1918 by Eugene Peter Desnoes and Thomas Hargreaves Geddes, who combined their two shops into one business.^[1]

Products

D&G produces one of Jamaica's best-known exports, Red Stripe beer, and also exports Old Jamaica Ginger Beer. It brews other malt beverages for the local market under the brand names Red Stripe Light, Dragon Stout, Malta (nonalcoholic), Smirnoff Ice, Guinness, and Heineken.

Dragon Stout

Dragon was introduced in 1920.^[2] Its brewing process utilises a Grade A two-row European malt, caramel, roasted malt and dark brown sugar.^[3]

Ownership

Only a small portion of D&G's shares are publicly traded. From 1993 until autumn 2015, Guinness and Smirnoff owner Diageo owned a controlling stake in the company. In October 2015, Dutch brewer Heineken acquired Diageo's stake taking its stake to 73.3%. It stated it would launch a full bid for the shares it did not own.^[4]

D&G also made soft drinks, including the popular Ting, but sold that division to PepsiCo in 1999.

References

↑ http://www.oldjamaicagingerbeer.com/contact_dg.htm
↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20100414012824/http://www.dragonstout.co.uk:80/Brewery.aspx. Archived from the original on April 14, 2010. Retrieved July 14, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20100414012824/http://www.dragonstout.co.uk:80/Brewery.aspx. Archived from the original on April 14, 2010. Retrieved July 14, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-07/heineken-buys-brewing-stakes-from-diageo-for-781-million

Diageo

People

Beer brands

Spirits brands

Gin	Booth's Gilbey's Gordon's Tanqueray

Liqueur	Baileys Irish Cream Romana Sambuca Sheridan's

Rum	Bundaberg Rum Cacique Captain Morgan Myers's Rum Pampero Ron Zacapa Centenario

Vodka	Cîroc Ketel One Popov Silent Sam Smirnoff

Whisky	Bourbon Bulleit Bourbon Canadian whisky Crown Royal Seagram's Seven Crown Yukon Jack Irish whiskey Bushmills Scotch whisky Bell's Black & White Blair Athol Buchanan's Caol Ila Cardhu Classic Malts of Scotland Cragganmore Dalwhinnie Single Malt Dimple Glen Elgin Glenkinchie Glen Ord Johnnie Walker Justerini & Brooks (J&B) Knockando Lagavulin Single Malt Oban Old Parr Royal Lochnagar Singleton Talisker Vat 69 White Horse Windsor Premier Tennessee whiskey George Dickel

Other	Archers Don Julio Goldschläger Hennessy¹ Pimm's Raw Tea Rumple Minze Sirop de Picon

Wine brands

Breweries and
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Other

¹Produced by Moët Hennessy, a joint venture between Diageo (34%) and LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton S.A. (66%) ²Owned by Lothian Distillers, a joint venture between Diageo (50%) and The Edrington Group (50%)

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