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McEwan's in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
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5.32
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McEwan’s Export is perhaps the world’s best-travelled beer. First brewed to quench the thirst of those toiling under the hot Indian sun, it was labelled Export and the name stuck. The sun might not belt down quite the same in Scotland, but we know a refreshing beer when we taste one – Export is today the no.1 supermarket selling ale in in its homeland.
This beer began its life in the 1860s, when its casks would be loaded onto sailing ships for a 5,000-mile journey to India. There it was unloaded on a sun-drenched wharf and sent inland to reward the thirsty workers.
McEwan’s Export does the same noble job today, and is still known worldwide for its hearty character.
This beer began its life in the 1860s, when its casks would be loaded onto sailing ships for a 5,000-mile journey to India. There it was unloaded on a sun-drenched wharf and sent inland to reward the thirsty workers.
McEwan’s Export does the same noble job today, and is still known worldwide for its hearty character.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can, 4.5%. Weak malty aroma. Clear chestnut colour. Small white head. The flavour is nicely malty, slightly spicy. A little too high carbonation and slightly watery finish, but better than expected.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Apr 2014
at 04:37
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can. Amber pour with a small white head. Fruit, caramel and bread. Mild bitter and dusty finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Apr 2014
at 11:32
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle 500 ml from supermarket in Budapest. Pours amber with small white head. Light bodied and watery. Malty flavor. Disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2014
at 11:40
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
500ml can from Scotmid. Pours clear brown, thin white head that doesn’t hang around. Aromas are metal and fruity malt. Fruitcake. Light sweet flavour, little to no bitterness. Light, thin, watery finish. Not great.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Mar 2014
at 08:04
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6
Ins Glas ergießt sich ein bernsteinfarbenes Bier mit geringer Schaumkrone. Geruch malzig, Karamell, fruchtig. Geschmack trocken fruchtig, malzig, Karamell.
Tried
on 15 Feb 2014
at 13:05
4.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Draught @ Fox and Hounds, Aabenraa. Pours clear darkish amber wi small off-white head. Clear aroma of hops and malt, with sparse fruity notes. Bitter flavour of hops, with faint touches of malt. Rather watery. Bitter, rough aftertaste, with estery notes. Not exciting, to put it mildly.
Tried
on 29 Jan 2014
at 09:31
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4
Can Dark Golden colour with White head.Aroma of hops and straw,malty and mild hint of corn and caramel,medium body and light bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Sep 2013
at 02:15
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from B&M Bargains; was going to be part of shitty beer night buts it’s OK so I’m not including it, chestnut brown pour with foamy magnolia head, fruit and nut aroma, roasted malt taste hint of caramel some dried fruit a faint bit of hop, moderately bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2013
at 13:18
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle from Morrisons, Granton [310213]
Caramel brown, big frothy white head, clear, touch of lacing
Aroma of brown caramel malt, slight twiggy hop, that’s it
Taste of light sweet caramel, watery, slight bitter twig hop, hint of roast, nothing else going on, bland and boring
Palate - Medium carb, light body, bit fizzy, very soft caramel. Finish as main flavour, not much of a finish at all
Overall - An improvement on the awful canned stuff I tried a while back - at least that nasty metallic flavour has gone. Little aroma, not much flavour, Mediocre, boring and bland. Cheaply made watery economy brewing. ZZZZZZZzzzzzzz
Caramel brown, big frothy white head, clear, touch of lacing
Aroma of brown caramel malt, slight twiggy hop, that’s it
Taste of light sweet caramel, watery, slight bitter twig hop, hint of roast, nothing else going on, bland and boring
Palate - Medium carb, light body, bit fizzy, very soft caramel. Finish as main flavour, not much of a finish at all
Overall - An improvement on the awful canned stuff I tried a while back - at least that nasty metallic flavour has gone. Little aroma, not much flavour, Mediocre, boring and bland. Cheaply made watery economy brewing. ZZZZZZZzzzzzzz
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2013
at 12:02
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can from Terre de Boissons Calais. When I were a slip of a lad, back in the late 80s and early 90s I went to university in Liverpool and then subsequently visited it a couple of times a year to visit friends who’d stayed there afterwards. And I’d catch the train from that wonderful station of London Euston. I’d go searching for something to drink for the journey. Similarly when I was returning, normally on a Sunday so there would be engineering works and Liverpool to London would take 5 hours (seriously, L’pool via Manchester, Crewe, Brum/Cov with speed restrictions and then down to Euston), then I’d also look for a 4 pack to numb the tedium. McEwans Export was sometimes/normally my beer of choice. And I always liked seeing Scots going back to Scotland from Euston swigging from a bright red can at 9 in the morning. So I know this beer well. That smiley face on the can, the bright redness of it, promised either a weekend of fun or the end of a weekend of fun back to miserable humdrumness. And now after many, many years and many, many different beers its time to go back to a hero, a staple, a go to beer, a safe haven. And it’s not as bad as I feared. It’s rubbish, but not entirely horrible. In fact I even quite like it. A simple, sweetish, not very hoppy best bitter. You know what? It’s fine. So here’s to my youth, my hopes of a bright and successful future and to the wonderful people I met and still know when I were a slip of a lad.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jul 2013
at 12:50