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Desperados (beer)
Posted: Thu 26th Aug 2010 11:20 am
by Dava
anybody else drink this?
its brewed in france and the main ingredient is tequila, got kind of a lemon taste to it also but its very nice! 5.9% too!, when i went skiing at christmas was drinking pints of this (yes when we beat MAN U 1-0!) haha!!
its not cheap tho! makro sell crates for like £24

Posted: Thu 26th Aug 2010 12:01 pm
by Panog
In France we consider it as a beer for girls or kids that can't drink a real beer, sorry

Posted: Thu 26th Aug 2010 12:21 pm
by DanFromUk
lmao
I like it and be sure im no girl.
Didn't know makro done it. cheers dava.
Struggle to get it by the pint when out and most supermarkets don't stock it!!
Posted: Thu 26th Aug 2010 12:26 pm
by Dava
Panog wrote:In France we consider it as a beer for girls or kids that can't drink a real beer, sorry

lol, well over here its a speciality! i see in france you also have the red version!, i take it you stick to your kronenbourg panog!, i go skiing in the alps nearly every christmas, morzine/avoriaz/les gets <--- if you know them places.
had relatives living in geneva and used to have an apartment out in the alps as its only an hour from there to cross the border.
and yeah dan makro stock it by the crate, morrisons have also started selling it, around £4.50 for 3 bottles lol!!
i think dom matteo has opened a bar in leeds and they do it on tap!
Posted: Thu 26th Aug 2010 12:27 pm
by Marco
That is basically Corona with some Tequilla extract....and yes its considered girl beer in France.

Posted: Thu 26th Aug 2010 12:28 pm
by Dava
Marco wrote:That is basically Corona with some Tequilla extract....and yes its considered girl beer in France.

let me note this too (men are considered girls in france) (from an english mans eye)
HAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Posted: Thu 26th Aug 2010 12:43 pm
by Panog
LOL no in fact it can be considered as a man beer, but you know the kind of man that loves riding horses and doing haircut... and loves ballets
IMO there is no good french beers, I always drink belgian ones
Posted: Thu 26th Aug 2010 12:48 pm
by Dava
Panog wrote:LOL no in fact it can be considered as a man beer, but you know the kind of man that loves riding horses and doing haircut... and loves ballets
IMO there is no good french beers, I always drink belgian ones
haha! yes i do like some belgian ones, im a fan of Budweiser tho!
so do you visit the alps at all?
Posted: Thu 26th Aug 2010 12:48 pm
by Boner
Tried it but didn't like it, I like my beer too taste of beer.
(Just to be pedantic the main ingrediant isn't tequila it's water

)
Morrisons sell it, not that expensive either I dont think...
Posted: Thu 26th Aug 2010 12:49 pm
by Dava
Boner wrote:Tried it but didn't like it, I like my beer too taste of beer.
(Just to be pedantic the main ingrediant isn't tequila it's water
)
Morrisons sell it, not that expensive either I dont think...
there is always one! you know what i meant! the alcohol part!
Posted: Thu 26th Aug 2010 01:07 pm
by Panog
Dava wrote:Panog wrote:LOL no in fact it can be considered as a man beer, but you know the kind of man that loves riding horses and doing haircut... and loves ballets
IMO there is no good french beers, I always drink belgian ones
haha! yes i do like some belgian ones, im a fan of Budweiser tho!
so do you visit the alps at all?
No I live in the suburbs of Paris and my parents aren't fond of skiing, and neither do I, I have to admit.
But I went once or twice just to visit, and yeah it's cool, but not my favourite place in France
Posted: Thu 26th Aug 2010 01:14 pm
by Boner
Dava wrote:Boner wrote:Tried it but didn't like it, I like my beer too taste of beer.
(Just to be pedantic the main ingrediant isn't tequila it's water
)
Morrisons sell it, not that expensive either I dont think...
there is always one! you know what i meant! the alcohol part!
Just to be more pedantic I dont think the alcohol content is governed by the tequila either, according to wiki it's a flavouring.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer_Brewery
Posted: Thu 26th Aug 2010 01:38 pm
by Dava
Panog wrote:Dava wrote:Panog wrote:LOL no in fact it can be considered as a man beer, but you know the kind of man that loves riding horses and doing haircut... and loves ballets
IMO there is no good french beers, I always drink belgian ones
haha! yes i do like some belgian ones, im a fan of Budweiser tho!
so do you visit the alps at all?
No I live in the suburbs of Paris and my parents aren't fond of skiing, and neither do I, I have to admit.
But I went once or twice just to visit, and yeah it's cool, but not my favourite place in France
ah i see, it was also nice is the summer as the lakes in the mountains are all the snow etc.. drained into them, gets rather warm too!
we went to annecy(sp?) i beleive the place with the big lake?
Posted: Thu 26th Aug 2010 01:42 pm
by Panog
Yes it's Annecy, one of my friend lived here for a while, pretty cool city
Posted: Thu 26th Aug 2010 03:03 pm
by evergrey1968
Funny you should mention that, was drinking it on holiday a couple of weeks ago, was okay but I couldn't drink more than 2-3 bottles at once, bit too sickly.
Albert Heijn had a nice one that was similar but a bit cheaper and another one in the same range that had Mojito flavouring instead of Tequila, again nice, but couldn't drink a load of it.