F: nice, white, good lasting. C: gold, clear. A: malty, grassy hoppy, commerce. T: malty, some decently sweetness, fruitiness, peppery, grassy hops on the palate, touch of honey, medium body, good carbonated, for macro ok, 0,5l can from Carrefour in Guadeloupe.

F: white, huge, lasting. C: pale yellow to straw-coloured, clear. A: malty, grassy hops, a bit skunk. T: malty, grassy, some biscuits, hint of peppery, light body, well carbonated, typical macro just brewed to earn money for minimum costs, 500ml can from Carrefour in Guadeloupe.

0.66l bottle from carrefour in milan. pours a clear golden with a small quickly disappearing white head and little to no lacing. aroma of corn. sweetish grainy flavour. a hint of bitterness towards the finish. not good.

Dorada oscura, limpia. Espuma blanca. Aroma malteado, con notas de levadura belga. En boca no es muy agradable. Dulce, algo licorica, con un punto seco y herbal. Poco equilibrada.

Bottle from the Carrefour supermarket around the corner. Apparently Carrefour tries to cash in on the incomprehensible commercial success of Desperados and had their own version made, with a print on the bottle depicting a saguaro cactus so as to emphasize the link with Mexico. In any case: tequila-flavoured lager from a cheap, uncoloured longneck bottle - this is bound to go wrong. Medium thick, cobweb-lacing, snow white head retaining relatively well, over a cristal clear pure golden beer with low fizz. Aroma is dominated by the dreaded ’lightstruck’ (ammonia or stale cat pee) effect upon opening, as expected, and once it fades, I am left with odours of orange lemonade (Orangina), complete with that horrible ascorbid acid and a truckload of refined sugar, under which a more ’beery’ layer of aromas is still detectable (sweet graininess and, more than anything else, malt sugar, as in many a cheap pale lager); I could imagine tequila playing a certain role here as well, but not more so than in Desperados, i.e. in a very artificial, chemical kind of way. Taste is obviously extremely sugary and artificially citrusy, sticking to the teeth, not unlike Fanta Orange but a bit less offensively sugary perhaps; carbo is medium, mouthfeel is thin and lean. I get a subtle trace of sweet maltose underneath, as a reminder that this is still beer-based, but otherwise the play of ascorbid acidity paired with cloying sugar sweetness continues undisturbed, way into the finish, where a certain kind of ’chalkiness’ appears as well, only adding insult to injury. i get practically no tequila flavour (fortunately perhaps, I hate it). Not sure if this is worse than Desperados, only a side by side tasting could solve this issue, but with so many decent to excellent craft beers around, I will happily leave that to someone else. I thoroughly hate artificially flavoured standard pale lagers - they are probably my least preferred style, and this one fits the picture in all respects. It seems to be even sweeter (in an unhealthy, artificial, sugary way) than Desperados - making it even less attractive for me. This kind of ’beers’ should be eradicated.

Pure gold color, crystal clear. Short head for a pilsener. DMS and grass in aroma. Also quite strong cooked vegetables. A bit of hops. Low bitterness, very watery. High carbonation. Bad example of pilsener.