I was quite surprised by how many beers were being exported or used as ships stores. For example, McEwans Scotch Ale.
Processed at Park Stores for Export or Ship Stores as McEwans Scotch Ale.
Sheet Filtered for kegs, bottles and cans.
Holyrood and Fountain beer specifications held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document number WY/6/1/8/1.
Oddly enough, one beer which doesn't seem to have been exported was McEwans Export
Holyrood Brews kegged at Park Stores. Canned also at Park Stores for British Rail & general trade (10 oz. cans).
Distribution: Tankers ex HMV Room to
Contract Bottlers
Belfast - Rough for processing & bottling as Monk Export (1/2 pint dumps).
London (Bates) - Sheet filtered for bottling (LS 1/2 pints) as McEwans Export or Monk Export.
Holyrood and Fountain beer specifications held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document number WY/6/1/8/1.
While McEwans Strong Ale seems to have been exclusively for export.
Processed at Park Stores. Bottled &, canned at Park Stores for Export and Ship Stores as McEwans Strong Ale, the export trade being to Jamaica, Canada and general export.
Holyrood and Fountain beer specifications held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document number WY/6/1/8/1.
Pretty sure this is the beer currently sold in the UK as McEwans Champion. Back in the early 1980s, McEwans Strong Ale was brewed at the Guinness brewery in Jamaica. When that closed, it must have been brewed in Scotland and exported.
Another beer that seems to have been exclusively for McEwans Milk Stout
Processed at Park Stores. Bottled at Park Stores for export mainly to Jamaica as McEwans Milk Stout.
Bottled also for general export trade as McEwans Extra Stout.
Holyrood and Fountain beer specifications held at the Scottish Brewing Archive, document number WY/6/1/8/1.
I can't remember ever seeing that in Jamaica. A shame, as it looks like an interesting beer.
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From memory McEwans Export was rebadged as something else for export.
Great set of articles, you never saw any of these beers in the pubs in Edinburgh.
Hard to believe nowadays that where the brewery was is a cinema, houses and offices. It was enormous and dominated the area (I lived almost next door)
Export was exported at least sometimes because I have seen export labels – but it was sold as McEwan's IPA in export markets! The old red Export cans that I grew up also had the words India Pale Ale around the Cavalier image.
I am told that Champion is not exactly the same recipe as the old Strong Ale but I don't know what the difference is or was. Given it’s now brewed God knows where in the Carlsberg empire, I expect it’s changed since I was told that.
What did the brewers do with the ullage once the brown ales and sweet stouts were largely discontinued
Throw it away. When the tax system changed to the ABV at the brewery gate, the incentive to use ullage disappeared.
What year was that
I think late 1980s or early 1990s.
An outdoor in Pipe Hayes, Birmingham sold small slender cans of McEwans Jamaican Ale on special offer in the early 90s. I believe it was 8 per cent. Brewed in uk to a Jamaican recipe. Never saw it again.
Definitely never saw that in Edinburgh!
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