Swan (beer)

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

Varieties

Swan Draught is a mild lager, with a medium bitter flavour and a full body (4.5% alc/vol). It has been in production since 1857.
Swan Gold is a mid-strength lager, with a small head and a quiet bitter aroma (3.5% alc/vol). Production commenced in 1978.
1857 Bitter is a mid-strength lager (3.5% alc/vol). Production commenced in March 1996.
Emu Bitter is a full-strength lager (4.6% 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

Swan Stout a unique stout naturally brewed using a century's old brewing style (7.4% alc/vol).
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

↑ 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.
↑ Item from the australianbeers website – http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/13673/20020829-0000/www.australianbeers.com/beers/emu_export/emu_export.htm
↑ Malcolm Brown (4 July 1984). "This Swan Won't Fly; it's not a beer here". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 1.