RobWalker
Well-Known Member
I can only imagine that desperados is pretty much unknown over the pond, but here's my brief description of it...
It's a "Mexican" beer, brewed in France. It's a huge 5.9%, and tastes like a mexican beer, but with definite citrus and salty tequila in there. I want to try and clone this beer, as it's one of my all time favourites.
Here's an initial idea. Desperados is a whopping 5.9% but this comes in at 5.4%, otherwise I just won't make a dent in the keg. 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, or how I could improve this? I want to keep it simple as ingredients are quite scarce in this country!
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 %
It's a "Mexican" beer, brewed in France. It's a huge 5.9%, and tastes like a mexican beer, but with definite citrus and salty tequila in there. I want to try and clone this beer, as it's one of my all time favourites.
Here's an initial idea. Desperados is a whopping 5.9% but this comes in at 5.4%, otherwise I just won't make a dent in the keg. 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, or how I could improve this? I want to keep it simple as ingredients are quite scarce in this country!
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 %