McEwan's Export Original Scottish Premium Beer, 12 x 440ml

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Less so nowadays for a variety of reasons, but I've been partial to the odd case or two over the years.

I explained myself poorly, I meant I'd have no way of knowing what the difference was in terms of taste. The cask ales will continue to be brewed at Caledonian Brewery in Edinburgh and I suspect you'll start to see more of them again as Heineken have done little to support the brands.Anyway, I'm delighted to say that I've never knowingly drunk any of the wine brands you mention, so maybe I've escaped this so far. That said, I pretty much only drank lager until I had my first pint of McEwans 80/- when I turned 18, so I'm not exactly an expert on the subject. On saying that I've tried a few cans and it is a decent beer, not quite how I remember it - but beer brewed with different water will always be different even if the recipe is the same.

McEwan's stopped making their 80/- about 10 years ago, which broke my heart because it had been my pint of choice since I was about 15. I take your point that bottling in the UK or elsewhere needn't necessarily affect the quality of the wine itself, but I must admit I'd still be a bit wary if I saw this on a label. A lot of the French producers bottle at bottling co-operatives in the region as they haven't the scale to bottle at source.

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