Eagle Brewery McEwan's Lager

McEwan's Lager

 

Eagle Brewery in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Lager - Pale Regular
Score
4.78
ABV: 3.6% IBU: - Ticks: 11
Originally brewed by McEwan’s at the Fountain brewery in Edinburgh. Production moved from Fountain to the Caledonian Brewery in 2004. The McEwan’s brand passed to Heineken in 2008 after their purchase of Scottish & Newcastle’s British operations. Heineken sold the brand to Wells & Youngs in 2011. Draught (cask & keg) McEwan’s beers are produced under contract for Wells & Youngs at Caledonian. Packaged (bottle & can) beers are produced at Wells & Youngs brewery in Bedford.
 

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5.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

Keg tap at the Caledonian, Carlisle. £1.40 per pint during happy hour so what the hell, at that price it falls under ’it’d be rude not to’ territory. Slightly darker than your average lager, with intense forced carbonation. Grainy aroma, simple and quite bland but not offensive. Hint of astringency. Taste is imbued with that unfortunate cardboard note prevalent in so many lagers. Drinkable but uninteresting to the core.

Tried from Draft on 28 Apr 2015 at 17:10


2.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2

Draught at Opium, Edinburgh. Pours clear golden with thin white head. Malty, grainy, corny. This one is just bad, barely drinkable after all those nice beer at the Scotland trip.

Tried on 13 Nov 2014 at 12:11


3.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3

Tasted from draught. Very bland, neutral, soft and thinnish lager without noteworthy hop character. It’s easy to understand why English lagers have a poor reputation if this is to be considered a typical example... I never understood their popularity anyway, considering the rich world of English ales.

Tried on 24 Aug 2014 at 09:23


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Pale yellow with a good carbonation. Ordinary lager with a fair nose. Fairly easy to drink.

Tried on 11 Apr 2013 at 10:19


4.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Keg. Clear golden body with a thin white head. Lively carbonation. Faint lacing. Almost no aroma - hints of grain and metal. Flavour of corn, straw and grain. Thin body with a watery texture. Fizzy carbonation. Not a great beer - no flavour, complexity or body. Tastes more or less the same as other macro-brewed lagers.

Tried on 01 Apr 2013 at 10:07


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Can. Golden colour with a white head. Malty and light fruity nose. Medium malty flavour, a bit flat.

Tried from Can on 03 Jan 2012 at 11:34


3.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 2.5

Keg at the Coach and Horses, Brierley Hill. Pours gold with a medium head. Aroma is non existent. Taste has some corn to start. Corn with a little lemon In the finish.

Tried on 05 Jun 2011 at 12:06


5.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Draught in Edinburgh. Biscuit malt aroma. Cereal taste. Biscuity and dry, with a very nice dry, cereal finish. I guess when it isn’t fresh on tap, it’s crap, but this was quite likable. Also my last beer in Scotland.

Tried from Draft on 20 Mar 2010 at 21:06


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

alla spina chiara schiuma media mediamente persistente sentori maltati leggermente erbacei in bocca malto luppolo poco poco aromatica neanche quasi insapore

Tried on 08 May 2008 at 09:06


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Clear yellow color, short head. Grainy aroma, some hay. Decent refreshing lager.

Tried on 19 Aug 2004 at 09:52