Desperados (beer)
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Type | Beer |
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Manufacturer | Zlatý Bažant |
Distributor | Heineken International |
Country of origin | France |
Introduced | 1995 |
Alcohol by volume | 5.9% |
Flavor | Tequila |
Style | Pale lager |
Website | www |
Desperados is an agave spirit flavoured pale lager beer with 5.6% alcohol by volume originally created and produced by the French brewing company Fischer Brewery but now is produced by Zlatý Bažant Brewery, a Heineken N.V. subsidiary .[1][2][3]
Desperados has a 5.6% ABV. The beer is now sold in over fifty countries. The beer was reformulated and cheapened, away from its original recipe using tequila. The new recipe also brought the ABV down from 5.9% to 5.6%.
Desperados' listed ingredients were water, malted barley, glucose syrup, corn, sugar, aromatic compounds (75% Tequila), citric acid, and hop extract.
References
- ^ Schultz, E.J. (24 April 2014). "Is America Ready for Tequila-Flavored Beer?". Advertising Age. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Heineken to Stop Selling Desperados Tequila-Flavored Beer in the U.S." Advertising Age. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Heineken Pulls Desperados Tequila-Flavored Beer From U.S." Beverage Dynamics. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
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