Desperados
Heineken Nederland B.V.

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From:
Heineken Nederland B.V.
 
Netherlands
Style:
Malt Liquor
Ranked #36
ABV:
5.9%
Score:
58
Ranked #28,508
Avg:
2.35 | pDev: 34.89%
Reviews:
75
Ratings:
298
Status:
Active
Rated:
Nov 12, 2023
Added:
Apr 23, 2004
Wants:
  11
Gots:
  100
Beer with tequila flavor
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Ratings by thatoneguymike:
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Rated by thatoneguymike from Georgia

3/5  rDev +27.7%

Dec 07, 2014
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by MadMadMike from France

2.3/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25
33 cl bottle poured into a pint glass at La Florida bistro in Toulouse, France.
Imagine a ‘dollarita’ mixed with Corona, toss in a lemon wedge and a teaspoon of sugar, and ‘Voila’!
Had to try one. No more.,.
Nov 12, 2023
 
Rated: 3 by BrisLoganite from Australia

Nov 11, 2023
 
Rated: 3.64 by Timmo__

Sep 28, 2023
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Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio

3.03/5  rDev +28.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
I did not expect to have something like this while in Belgium. This clear burnt golden beer was served with a lime in its somewhat gaudy bottle much like a Corona. LOL.

Drinking the first few sips after removing the lime, it kind of reminds me of tequila barrel aged Turbo Shandy, in that it has a bit of a honey character that comes off stronger than the botanicals, and is a little on the sweeter side. There's perhaps a touch of toasted corn far in the background, but it's pretty one note...thus, the lime.
Jul 05, 2023
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Reviewed by KleinSchwein

1.94/5  rDev -17.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 2
Poured from a 330ml bottle.

Pours dark straw with a tight bubbled head and high carbonation. The smell is soapy, weirdly sweet and citrusy and the taste follows on . The sweetness is so off-putting, they use glucose syrup in this and you can taste it strongly . It is also somehow unpleasantly bitter in a chemical feeling way . The mouthfeel is mostly syrup and fizz .
Overall, why is this popular? Probably fashion and a pretty high abv . It's like a bad lager mixed with a sprite with tequila in there somewhere but it's all gone wrong .
Jun 10, 2023
 
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Reviewed by ChainGangGuy from Georgia

1.73/5  rDev -26.4%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
Appearance: Pours a golden, crystal clear body. No appreciable head formation as it instantly crackles away like a Sprite.

Smell: The D smells of four generous pumps of raunchy tequila-flavored syrup into a low-grade cheapo lager.

Taste: Quite sugary - artificial lime and tequila additives abound. There seems to be an unenjoyable beer underneath, but it's difficult to discern beyond the tequila lollipop candied deal. Long, loonnggg aftertaste with a weird, chemically twang and final pop of artificial sweetness.

Mouthfeel: Thin-bodied. Soda pop-esque carbonation, kinda fizzly.

Overall: Unpleasantly sweet, remorselessly chemically.
Feb 15, 2023
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Reviewed by byebyeturkeynek from Sweden

1.11/5  rDev -52.8%
look: 2 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1
This is the worst beer I've ever had. I have nothing positive to say about it. Like, cheap macrobrews get poor reviews because they're boring and uninspired. This isn't boring or uninspired, but I really wish it was. I imagine this is what it would taste like if you mixed Mike's Hard Lemonade with a Busch Light that was left out, half finished the morning after a frat party. Also a hint of cough syrup. Just truly disgusting.

The look is fine, I guess. Fine enough that I thought this purchase could possibly be a good idea. Darker than one might expect, probably artificially colored, if I had to guess. The nose is stale and sweet. A little malty. The taste is like a collaboration between flavors that hate each other. Again, stale and sweet. Slightly acidic maybe, like citric acid was added or something. I don't detect any tequila flavors. None of the vegetal qualities that define tequila. Honestly, I don't think this is even beer. Closer to a flavored malt beverage, but I would pick any flavor of Four Loko over this.

Only try this is if you're curious about how bad it is.
Dec 09, 2022
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Reviewed by guidodewaal from Netherlands

1.43/5  rDev -39.1%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
You have no idea how much this is being drunk here in the Netherlands. Skunky and sweet. Smells awful and tastes like bitter induced bad lemonade. Awfully popular among my friends and peers, no idea why.
Oct 25, 2022
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Reviewed by detgfrsh from Texas

1.55/5  rDev -34%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 1
From a can purchased in France. Clear golden color with white head. Sweet corn aroma. Medium body. Tastes like sweet grain with a side of cheap tequila. Had this several years ago, but it's still memorable as the worst "beer" I've ever had. Seriously, just drink a better beer and then take a shot of tequila. It'll be more enjoyable that way.
Oct 25, 2022
 
Rated: 1.63 by MrJones07 from Spain

Oct 24, 2022
 
Rated: 2.36 by Kiro from Russian Federation

May 02, 2022
 
Rated: 1.2 by Holderness from Massachusetts

Jan 04, 2022
 
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Reviewed by MartinWachsmann

1.56/5  rDev -33.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.25
Someone who invented this had to be on solid drugs! Worth mentioning that if someone from higher position who really tasted that in Heineken and said like: “yeah, well that’s something we really have to produce and send out to the market” - they should have get rid of him. Mixing beer with tequila isn’t obviously a good idea and it completely ruins what I see in beer.
Well, someone could like but not me. The flavors don’t work out together for me and are a chaos.
It literally tastes like some messed up radler. Sewage, dishwater - dump it!
Aug 09, 2021
 
Rated: 1.63 by 54V4G3 from Belgium

Aug 08, 2021
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Reviewed by RaulMondesi from California

2.52/5  rDev +7.2%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Sweet hell, is there a hell? If so, this is what they would serve on tap there. Nah, it ain’t that bad… But is it? In reality, it tastes more like soda than beer - which is about as cool as a soda tasting like a beer when Raul was a tyke. Nope!

Be well, my children.
Aug 03, 2021
 
Rated: 2.15 by Oleg85 from Russian Federation

Jun 03, 2021
 
Rated: 1 by BEZMEZ

May 29, 2021
Desperados from Heineken Nederland B.V.
Beer rating: 58 out of 100 with 298 ratings