Desperados clone

[RobWalker]

Would it not just be a mexican style beer with tequila flavouring and maybe some lemon and lime?

Hmmm...

 

[simonkidder]

Have you every tried this. I love desperados.

 

[Sean_Mc]

If there is a decent clone about it would earn me big points with Mrs Mc

 

[Wendy1971]

is this any use
http://supercocktails.com/6519/Desperado

 

[Sean_Mc]

Wendy your a star, will give it a go next week :thumb:

 

[Wendy1971]

looks rather tasty might even have a go at it myself

 

[robsan77]

:sick:

 

[Wendy1971]

why thankyou kind sir :

 

[carl_saint]

1/4 pint of Tequila!!! That's nearly 6 measures! Wont take my of these to get wasted!

 

[RobWalker]

I will formulate a recipe tomorrow :)

 

[simonkidder]

Good idea Wendy but I got a agree with carl. A 1/4 pint tequila will be stupidly strong. I hate tequila but desperado is well nice. Anyone who can come up with a good desperado ish recipe deserves knighting in my opinion.

 

[Wendy1971]

:thumb:

 

[RobWalker]

Here's an initial idea. Desperados is a whopping 5.9% but this comes in at 5.4%. It will need to be fermented at lager temperatures, and not included in the recipe is the juice of 2 lemons and 2 limes. Bear in mind this is a 2.92 gal boil so you will need to adjust hops as neccessary!

It might be worth adding citrus, tequila aroma and beer enhancer to the cooper's mexican kit if you're a kit brewer - apparently the kit is really good, i'm considering it myself!

Anybody got any input in adding a little salt to the brew?

Desperados Clone
Brew Type: Extract Date: 22/10/2011
Style: American Light/Standard/Premium Lager
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Volume: 2.43 gal Boil Time: 60 min
Equipment: Brew Pot (3 Gallon)

Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU
2.25 kg Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 75.0 %
40.00 gm Hallertauer [4.80%] (60 min) Hops 13.2 IBU
15.00 gm Hallertauer [4.80%] (10 min) Hops 1.8 IBU
50.00 ml Tequila Aroma (Secondary 5.0 min) Misc
0.75 kg Corn Syrup (1.0 SRM) Sugar 25.0 %
1 Pkgs Mexican Lager (White Labs #WLP940) Yeast-Lager

Beer Profile Estimated Original Gravity: 1.055 SG (1.035-1.050 SG)
Estimated Final Gravity: 1.014 SG (0.980-1.012 SG)
Estimated Color: 3.4 SRM (2.0-8.0 SRM) Color [Color]
Bitterness: 14.9 IBU (8.0-22.0 IBU) Alpha Acid Units: 1.4 AAU
Estimated Alcohol by Volume: 5.4 % (3.5-5.1 %) Actual Alcohol by Volume: 0.0 %

 

[Wolverine]

Just drinking a tasty desperados at the minute ( yes I know it's only 9:20 )
It's not mexican it's French.
As for adding a quarter of a pint of tequila to a beer ???
Are you mad ? That sounds like the kind of cocktail that could very quickly ruin an evening

 

[RobWalker]

It is french, but it's a mexican style beer with tequila...for all intensive purposes, it's a mexican beer, regardless of where it's made :p

 

[RobWalker]

any more thoughts? I wanna get this on in a month or two when my honey ale is gone and my pure gold clone is in the keg :)

I'm gonna be using NZ Hallertaus as they add a lime flavour...

 

[micmacmoc]

This sounds insane, Tequila in beer? Mad. Just make the beer and use the tequila for cleaning the floor.