Desperados Beer..

Sephiroth_dude

Red Sleeping Beauty wrote: »

There's an off-license on Wexford St that sells it. I think it was the Whelans's one I was in. It's €2.55 a bottle :eek:

Thats steep,there only 330ml bottles?

Molloys Clondalkin

its available in nearly every off licence now as the major distributors are pushing it, cheapest ive seen is 2 50 a bottle, but some places youll get a 5 for 10 euro deal.

gurramok

They had it in a Molloys offy. I had asked at the time for some Spanish beer for the world cup and the cashier pointed to this stuff. It is indeed far too sweet in that I had to give the bottles away!

Molloys Clondalkin

What Molloys was that do you mind me asking ?they need a slap for saying its spanish

grenache

Desperados is bloody awful stuff. Its also French, not Mexican. You're as well off buying yourself a shandy if you're after that sort of taste.

gurramok

Molloys Clondalkin wrote: »

What Molloys was that do you mind me asking ?they need a slap for saying its spanish

Back then, it was in Finglas. There was no other Spanish beer around and the fellow pointed me to Desperados even though its not Spanish(I realised that after when I got home)

Seaneh

It's horrible, horrible muck. Like drinking a bottle of lemonade with a dash of lager. How anyone could like it is beyond me.

Yu Suzuki

I absolutely love it. Since I first had it about four weeks ago, I find Lager very very bland. 5.9% is just a bonus... The only problem is my local off licence is regularly sold out of it due to it's popularity.

Vile stuff, tried it a few months ago. One sip, spat it out in disgust and poured the bottle down the sink!

grenache

Molloys Clondalkin wrote: »

its available in nearly every off licence now as the major distributors are pushing it, cheapest ive seen is 2 50 a bottle, but some places youll get a 5 for 10 euro deal.

Its €1.99 in the majority of Cork/Limerick offies i've seen it in.

Manwell

:cool: :pac: :pac: :pac:
Desperados is not Mexican as Corona and Sol but French. Its name is not even in spanish, but in old fashion western movie english and means outlaws.
Negra Modelo is a really good beer for me too. :pac: :pac: :pac:

pa990

http://www.lidl.ie/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_ri_ie/hs.xsl/index_13092.htm

probably the same muck in a different bottle

Cee-Jay-Cee

I love it, discovered it in spain about 4 years ago and was delighted when my local off licence started stocking it last year. Its €1.79 a bottle in Gormleys letterkenny and the same price in Kernans in Newtowncunningham and also Kernans in Stranorlar.

I always keep a few bottles of it in the fridge. Its not a drink i could drink all night but 2 or 3 ice cold bottles of it is perfect.

I got some of the El Tequito stuff from lidl and I'd say its the exact same beer as it tastes identical and has the same 5.9% alcohol content.

BeerNut

CJC999 wrote: »

I'd say its the exact same beer

Fairly sure it's from a German brewery. Heineken don't normally do contract stuff like this.

LaBaguette

CJC999 wrote: »

2 or 3 ice cold bottles of it is perfect.

When your beer is cold enough not to have any taste, sure it's grand. That's the whole marketing strategy of Coors and Heineken.

Whitehawk

ive been finding its harder to get in last while i too enjoy it from time to time but have been unable to get it for some time now

Melion

I really like it but i got whopping hangovers from it. And it gives me the "squirts" for a day or 2 after

wacotaco

How much is a bottle of desp in the offie? my local offie had 4 brahams for fiver. Suposed to taste similar..?

the beer revolu

wacotaco wrote: »

How much is a bottle of desp in the offie? my local offie had 4 brahams for fiver. Suposed to taste similar..?

Not similar at all.
Brahama is a light tasting lager.
Desparados is a lager base with sweeteners and lime and tequila flavourings.

BeepBeep67

Seen Desparados in my local Centra yesterday , after I waded through 10 foot high stacks of Bud, Carlsbad and Heino. I had one bottle of it in a sh1ty guesthouse in France - never again!

Esoteric_

I actually really like Desperados tbh.

With regards to price, I've seen it in Tesco at 8 euro for a 3 pack, which I personally find pretty steep.

That said, my local off-license sells it at 10 bottles for 10 euro, which has gotten me wasted many a time. It's a bit stronger than most beers, so it's great for getting drunk if that's your aim. It's quite sweet though, so I'd only really drink a bottle or two in any given night.