Desperados Beer

Via Luis: "Heineken sponsors rodeos and events of this kind."

"The following are suitable for vegetarians & vegans: Amstel, Birra Moretti, Birra Moretti zero, Desperados, Heineken, Heineken 0.0, Newcastle Brown Ale, Red Stripe, Sagres, Sol, Tiger, Zywiec" [Leaving Amstel as red on its own page because their website still says it's not suitable for vegans]

"All of our products are vegan, including our Newcastle Brown Ale. We do not use isinglass in any of our products."

"We are happy to inform you that all of our beers... are suitable for vegans. We do not use any animal materials or materials derived from animals in our products or during production."

Elder pointed out a crab leg commercial: http://youtu.be/O_25H_FDGXE

"John Smiths all, Newcastle Brown Ale, Kronenbourg, Foster's, Caledonian Beers and Theakston's are not suitable vegetarians. Heineken, Sol, Dos Equis, Amstel (small pack only), Zywiec, Sagres, Desperados and Moretti (small pack only ) are suitable for vegetarians. Tiger small pack and keg in UK, Amstel Keg in UK and Moretti Keg in UK are not brewed using animal derived products however there is a possibility of carryover from some of our beers that do, therefore we do not claim that they are vegetarian. We do not claim that any of our Ciders are Vegetarian." Q: "Could I trouble you further to elaborate on “small pack only” and the reference to “carryover”?" A: "Small pack means packaged product not draught and carryover just means that there is a possibility of contact with other beers"

"basically we do not state that any of our ciders are suitable for vegans/vegetarians as although the majority of our ciders do not have any animal derived ingredients there is a possibility of carryover from some of our ciders that do."

Company email (April 2012): "We don't use finings or any animal products such as gelatin for filtration of cider or for juice produced by ourselves or our suppliers. Some of our ciders use Cochineal. While the majority of our ciders do not use Cochineal as they are produced in the same site as some of our ciders that do and they share processes and equipment (i.e. carryover), therefore we do not claim that any of our ciders are vegetarian." [Ciders using cochineal]: "at present it is only Bulmers Original."

Company Email: (Jan 2011) "Nos produits ne contiennent aucun ingrédient d'origine animale."

"I contacted Desperados ( a tequila flavored beer) originated from france, and as I had to contact the french page, as the english one didn't seem to have a working e-mail this is the response I got from them, and they say that desperados does not contain any animal based product in the beer. as the beer is under the heineken group i can well believe that it might be vegan too then :)"

Note from Michael: "Responses from Heineken UK to my query, which is not entirely consistent with a previous response. They previously stated that all Amstel was o.k., but the caveat regarding “carryover” sounds like that published on the ingredients lists of vegan foods here, i.e. “may contain......”, which the Vegan Society finds acceptable on the basis of allergy awareness according to EU rules on labelling."