Desperados Beer

[nudge]

Does anyone know where I can find this beer stocked locally in Australia? I had it while I was over in Europe and it was great stuff -- beer mixed with tequila (5.9% alc). I'm pretty sure its a French beer. Speaking of French beers, anyone know where I can pick up some Kronenbourgs too?

[Al_fire]

pretty sure its a mexican cerveza, lighter flavoured beer, with some "tequila" added. i had a few of these on occasion, and generally find them at most liqour land shops.

If you get stuck for them, and really want them, pop over to acland street cellars, i know they stock them, pretty sure they got kronies too.

I prefer to just get a good jose cuervo and add into corona, much nicer than the cheap "tequila" they put into the desperado's :P Known at my local drinking haunt as "steelo's beerquila"

[resist]

Originally Posted by nudge

Does anyone know where I can find this beer stocked locally in Australia? I had it while I was over in Europe and it was great stuff -- beer mixed with tequila (5.9% alc). I'm pretty sure its a French beer. Speaking of French beers, anyone know where I can pick up some Kronenbourgs too?

haha yeah desperados... I thought it was german (or at least sold mostly in germany)? coz i saw it a LOT in germany and not much in other countries. i've never seen it in australia.

the whole 'premixed beer' thing over there was really surprising for me. everybody's drinking premixed beer & cola, beer & rasberry etc. marketed exactly like UDL, same flavours/bright packaging, but made with beer... crazy stuff. you can also go to a pub and order like a beer with flavoured syrup, and nobody will think twice (even if you're a guy). Imagine fellas, going into a typical aussie pub and asking for a pot of carlton with rasberry syrup in it.

[TomEgun]

I seen heaps of people drink their beer with lemonade , rasberry and a few other flavours. I asked them why they drank their beer like that and the main reply was it takes the edge off the beer.
cheers
Tom

[chicken-]

Kronenbourg 1664 is excellent stuff.

Most ColesMyer owned bottleshops seem to stock 1664 now, Liqour Superstore and most Liqourland should definately carry it. Just about every boutique bottleshop here in QLD seems to have it now too.

[Ingy]

do yourselfes a favour and try singha!

[resist]

yeah, we call it a sherry in aust... but premixed flavoured beers? thats something i'd never seen until i went to europe.

back in the day i'd add some green cordial before doing a beer bong it does take the edge off, especially when you skol the whole beer.

Originally Posted by TomEgun

I seen heaps of people drink their beer with lemonade , rasberry and a few other flavours. I asked them why they drank their beer like that and the main reply was it takes the edge off the beer.
cheers
Tom

[groopa]

Originally Posted by resist

yeah, we call it a sherry in aust... but premixed flavoured beers? thats something i'd never seen until i went to europe.

Um, I think you'll find that they are called shandy's in Aus. Sherry is another drink altogether. (Fortified wine I think?)

And I can't see beer tasting any good with rasbery syrup in it

[PostModern]

Originally Posted by groopa

And I can't see beer tasting any good with rasbery syrup in it

I believe it started with Berliner Weissbier, a mild strength but sour and tart beer. Adding the syrup takes the sourness off it. I doubt any German beer afficionado would add syrup to a vienna, weizen, koelsch, dunkel, maibock etc. The limited range of beer brewed in Australia has meant that most people here think that all beer is amber in colour, sweet and boring as cat's piss, therefore adding syrup to beer would be like VB with red cordial. I don't like the sounds of what they're doing to beer now. Premix beer and coke? Why?????

[Bionic]

Ive tried a Toheeys old and rasberry Flavouring once.. It was different.

[groopa]

Originally Posted by PostModern

I believe it started with Berliner Weissbier, a mild strength but sour and tart beer. Adding the syrup takes the sourness off it. I doubt any German beer afficionado would add syrup to a vienna, weizen, koelsch, dunkel, maibock etc. The limited range of beer brewed in Australia has meant that most people here think that all beer is amber in colour, sweet and boring as cat's piss, therefore adding syrup to beer would be like VB with red cordial. I don't like the sounds of what they're doing to beer now. Premix beer and coke? Why?????

Sorry, I think I got confused earlier. For some reason I was thinking that people were grabbing a beer and chucking some Cottees Rasbery Ice cream topping syrup into it. Or is that what you are meaning? That the syrup is added to the beer after it has been poured?
For the record I have only ever had a few "flavoured" beers namely Redoak's Blackberry Hefeweizen and Belgium Choc-Cherry Stout
And yes, the whole premix beer and coke thing just seems wrong. I'm guessing this is the big breweries attempts to get more of the female market?

[Tekin]

Originally Posted by PostModern

I believe it started with Berliner Weissbier, a mild strength but sour and tart beer. Adding the syrup takes the sourness off it. I doubt any German beer afficionado would add syrup to a vienna, weizen, koelsch, dunkel, maibock etc. The limited range of beer brewed in Australia has meant that most people here think that all beer is amber in colour, sweet and boring as cat's piss, therefore adding syrup to beer would be like VB with red cordial. I don't like the sounds of what they're doing to beer now. Premix beer and coke? Why?????

heh. in aachen (germany) and the east side of the netherlands you can get koelsch with bananna flavouring. I refused to believe it until i saw it.

I'm not sure what it is...don't think it's cottees banana syrup perhaps more a banana essence (if that even exists), and to be fair it doesn't actually change the taste that much (when i first arrived with my bad german i thought they were just talking about the slight hint of banana that you get with koelsch ANYway) just makes it a little sweeter.

sureal.

[PostModern]

Originally Posted by groopa

Sorry, I think I got confused earlier. For some reason I was thinking that people were grabbing a beer and chucking some Cottees Rasbery Ice cream topping syrup into it. Or is that what you are meaning? That the syrup is added to the beer after it has been poured?
For the record I have only ever had a few "flavoured" beers namely Redoak's Blackberry Hefeweizen and Belgium Choc-Cherry Stout
And yes, the whole premix beer and coke thing just seems wrong. I'm guessing this is the big breweries attempts to get more of the female market?

You haven't seen Paul Mercurio's brand have you? Merc's Own Peach Ale. I have no objections to beer being served however you like. Fruit beers like fruited weizens, Krieks and Peche (sp? - Lambic beer with Peach) are beers with fruit added to secondary fermentation and are often quite nice, as they've been crafted with the fruit in mind. Weisebeir with syrup is slightly different, but the beer is particularly tart (as opposed to bitter) so the syrup is appropriate. Raspberry cordial in an International Lager is just wrong.

And nudge, if you like beer at all, get your favourite type and add a dash of tequila to it, if you must. Having it premixed in a tin is soooo '90's

[-BLiTz1911]

so does liquorland stock these??

i had them over in germany and they were quite nice

[BitAddict]

They're great! Last one I had was bought from a vending machine at a German train station, I haven't seen them over here...