Advice on Desperadoes copy

[pcrofts27]

Hi everyone,

my daughter and her friends (students - need I say more?) have asked if i can make a Desperadoes (mexican lager with tequila) copy.
I thought I ought to ask for a bit of advice here before I tried anything, so anyone got any ideas on the following -
I'm thinking I'll need a fairly light lager kit, any suggestions?
I might also add a bit of lime to it, should I steep the rind of a couple of limes in water for a bit, or add the juice, or give it a miss?
Anyone ever addeed tequila to a brew? I assume it's done at bottling, although the Desperadoes label says "tequila flavour" so i assume they don't actually use the real thing.

Any information gratefully received.
thanks chaps
paul

[chivelegs]

My advice....?


GIFSoup

[Geezah]

The coopers Cerveza kit made up with 750g of brewing sugar will give you the base lager, after its cleared and ready to bottle / keg I would add 1/3-1/2 a bottle of Stones Ginger Wine and 1/3 of a bottle of Gold tequilla.
You shouldn't be far off the mark with a recipe like that.

[rootsbrew]

If you intend to drink any yourself, wouldn't it be nicer with 1 x lager kit + 1 kg extra light or wheat dme, instead of sugar? You may decide to only mix tequila with (destroy) a part of the brew, so it'd be good to have the rest as a nice light post-work refresher!

Also, I wonder whether it'd be worth (flavour and price) putting some agave syrup in - maybe as the priming sugar?

[Pinto]

The coopers Cerveza kit made up with 750g of brewing sugar will give you the base lager, after its cleared and ready to bottle / keg I would add 1/3-1/2 a bottle of Stones Ginger Wine and 1/3 of a bottle of Gold tequilla.
You shouldn't be far off the mark with a recipe like that.

+1

[pcrofts27]

Haha, thanks Chivelegs.
probably good advice, but I did say they were students, so they might well have already tried this!

As for the sugar, I'd use malt extract instead of sugar anyway, but I was just worried that a few people have said the Mexican lager kits aren't very good.

Like the 1/3 bottle of tequila though!
paul

[Geezah]

TBH, I would use brewing sugar or Coopers brew enhancer 1 as you want a light and farily thin lager, DME will add too much malty body IMO.

[cellone]

The coopers Cerveza kit made up with 750g of brewing sugar will give you the base lager, after its cleared and ready to bottle / keg I would add 1/3-1/2 a bottle of Stones Ginger Wine and 1/3 of a bottle of Gold tequilla.
You shouldn't be far off the mark with a recipe like that.

Best advice I've seen given.