Swan (beer)

Swan is a beer label owned by Lion Nathan. Originally brewed by the Swan Brewery in Western Australia. Now brewed in South Australia.

Varieties
  • Swan Draught is a mild lager, with a medium bitter flavour and a full body (4.4% alc/vol). It has been in production since 1857.
Swan Draught bottle (stubbie) 4.4% ABV
  • Emu Bitter is a full-strength lager (4% alc/vol). The recipe has not changed since it was first launched in 1923[1]
  • Emu Export is a medium bittered and full bodied lager. It was first launched in 1954 by Swan Brewery.[2]
  • Emu Draft is a mid-strength lager (3.5% alc/vol). It has been in production since 1992

Former production labels
  • Swan Stout a unique stout naturally brewed using a century's old brewing style (7.4% alc/vol).
  • Swan Gold is a mid-strength lager, with a small head and a quiet bitter aroma (3.5% alc/vol). Production commenced in 1978. Ended 2003.
  • Swan Export Lager Production commenced in 1933
  • Swan Premium Lager released following Australia's winning the America's Cup in 1983.
  • Swan Special Light a fully brewed low alcohol (0.9%) beer released in July 1984.[3]
  • Swan Skol
  • Phipson's Australian Pilsner produced by Swan Brewery for export in the late 1930s and continued into the 1940s
  • Hannan's Lager
  • 1857 Bitter is a mid-strength lager (3.5% alc/vol). Production commenced in March 1996.
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See also

References
  1. Newspaper advertisement for Emu Bitter from 1933 "DEMAND W. A. PRODUCTS "EMU BITTER" 100 Per Cent. Pure". The Mirror. Perth: National Library of Australia. 28 October 1933. p. 16. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  2. Item from the australianbeers website – http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/13673/20020829-0000/www.australianbeers.com/beers/emu_export/emu_export.htm
  3. Malcolm Brown (4 July 1984). "This Swan Won't Fly; it's not a beer here". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 1.
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