M&S Spanish Lager Review By Cerveza El Prat Del Llobregat Brewery | Authentic Spanish Lager Review 

Very smart move this from M&S. As someone with family from Madrid, nothing pisses me off more than the ‘Madri Soul of Madrid’ nonsense brewed in Burton-on-Trent. Definitely will be picking a lot of these up

It is brewed at the Estrella Damm brewery, Barcelona. Thanks for posting the video.

Had a 6 pack of that at the weekend (6 x330ml cans £7.00) Good idea by M&S to state so boldly and obviously on the can that this is an authentic Spanish brewed lager.Good easy drinking beer that went down a treat on the first proper hot weekend of the year

M&S seem to take their beers a lot more seriously than the other supermarkets. The German lager and Czech Pilsner are both good. I'll definitely be picking this Spanish one up

The return of Señor. Simón Martinez !!! Salud Amigo !!! 🇪🇦 🍺

Nothing says sand,sea and sunshine like burton on trent. 😎🏝️

The latest in ASDA is Cruzcampo Savilla. What does that suggest; brewed in Saville? NO; on the back it said brewed by Carlsberg here in UK, on Asda's website it states Heineken (same). Got extracts in it of malt and hops. "Born in Sevilla under the heat of the Andalusian sun; the perfect, crisp refreshment. That was Cruzcampo back in 1904 and that is Cruzcampo now. Every beer that comes from our brewery is a joyful celebration of our city. "Cruzcampo inspires you to embrace the Sevillian way. Because life is better when you are free to enjoy the moment. You don’t have to be Andalusian to enjoy the taste of Sevilla. With Cruzcampo, we will take you there." What a load of row locks. If I'm in M&S I'll have a look for this El Prat stuff (not the best of names for the British Market, but hey.)

I'm sat here drinking some now. 6 (330 ml) pack was £7. So much better than the UK brewed so called Spanish lager.

That’s why pubs are so empty. Who can afford £7 a pint? Off to M&S to grab some of these! Cheers mate 👍

One of my local greene king pubs had Estrella Galicia on draight and it was lovely. Don’t even touch Madri or Moretti, it’s shite!

Thanks to Simon I now check the back of the bottle of any lager I buy. With only a couple of exceptions if it says brewed under license in the UK it's going back on the shelf....UK brewed lager for the mist part is awful....

Great content, excellent points well made

thanks for the tip off man, great find

We need a Spanish Lager battle review video now, M&S v Victoria Malaga v Estrella Damm v Estrella Galicia

This sounds like great news. Next time I'm over, I'm definitely buying some of this M&S Spanish brewed lager.

The rumour about Madri is that it's just Coors Light with extra hop extract. Read an article online. On a side note, this Spanish lager is potentially a watered down version on Estrella Damm and not as good value as you might think as it costs the same as that beer. Same brewery in Barcelona.

Picked up a couple bottles if this this evening and it’s a really nice beer. So smooth and goes down really nicely. Thanks for the review and recommendation. 🍻

Lovely beer. Really like it. M&S beer range now is so good, and really like how they use a great range of brewers. Will buy a lot more of this!!

It’s complicated further by the fact that even the Spanish brewed beers like Mahou or Estrella Damm brew weaker versions for the UK market then export them. You’ll find they’re both over 5% abv in Spain

I like Spanish beer... in Spain. 33 celsius... Alhambra, Estrella Galicia and Cruzcampo Especial always goes down well.

You should have mentioned the Spanish brewed Rosa Blanca ! 👍

Great review and interesting to know the options. Didn't realise there are that many choices for Spanish beers (or fake Spanish beers) in the UK

Had some at the weekend, lovely drop. Think it’s brewed by Estrella Damm, the cans are 7 quid for 6 330ml.

I have a feeling that'll be a rebranded bottle of Estrella lager Si. El Prat De Lobregat is the area that the Barcelona airport sits in and the Estrella brewery is just next door to it, same abv too from memory

Good review! Many thanks. El Prat is a suburb of Barcelona, by the way.

Deffo try that👍

San miguel is actually a Filipino beer!! xx

Couldn’t agree more Simon. I think it should be outlawed personally. From an ASA perspective it’s misleading. If these big brewers are selling ‘Spanish’ or ‘Italian’ beer, it should be brewed in said country. If they’re brewing in the UK, then it should be billed as Spanish or Italian ‘Style’. All their commercials are so misleading as they show these continental landscapes/scenes, with small (brewed in the UK) text at the bottom. Thankfully I’m clued up so know which ones to avoid and which ones truly are Spanish or Italian.

Wahey! We get 20% at Marks and Sparks because my daughter works there.......the German and Czech ones are great too. I will have to load up

It’s very good indeed

I think they might be getting that from Damm as El Prat de llobregat is right by the airport in Barcelona. One thing I'd say about the other beers imported from Spain is they aren't the same beer. For example Estrella Damm in Spain is 5.4% and here 4.6% it really upsets me that so many beers are dropping their ABV for tax reasons. Great review though. I'll give it a try.

Have a great summer break Simon. I picked up a couple of these from M&S today. To be honest I was not impressed? It seemed to be a little bland? I Love M&S English lager which at 0.1% less abv IMO has more flavour, not to mention their German larger which is my favourite of theirs. But each to their own. Enjoy your break!!

For a basic Spanish Lager, I go with Estrella Galicia (5.5%) or Estrella Damm (5.4%). Both are always available and very inexpensive in the supermarkets here in Spain. I just bought a six-pack of cans of Estrella Damm for less than 5€!

I noticed that they also had a Czech Pilsner 5% abv. Smaller bottle. I didn’t dabble on this occasion as I just wanted to give this a good sample, but may try some of that next time, as I love my Czech beers.

Cruzcampo Seville... brewed in the Uk.

I've tried M&S lagers, ipa's etc but i think i will now.

Watching you always makes me want a cold Lager! If your in The Hertfodshire area ill but you a draught "Victoria" at my local ! Cheers!

Unfortunately even the stuff brewed in Spain is still watered down for the uk market 😔 the stuff you get in Spain is usually around 5.4% for esterella, San Miguel etc.

A good workaround for some Spanish lagers to ensure you still get Spanish brewed and the correct ABV is to get the gluten free versions - San Miguel, Estrella Galicia and Daura Damm rather than Estrella Damm. All the GF versions are still 5.4% and taste much better. This issue also affects Italian lagers, with Moretti and Peroni suffering the same fate (GF Peroni is still brewed in Italy).

Watching this on train home. Now via M&S 😉

Looks like iam off to M&S later 👍🌞🍺

Funnily enough I saw this on the shelf today. I'm not often in m&s. I saw it and I immediately thought 'Spanish larger my foot' knowing about what's going on in Burton. (And being from the Midlands I don't by any stretch not enjoy beer from that part of the world). But my second thought was to have a closer look, but I was distracted. I'll be back again soon to buy a few bottles to try. My mates Mrs is Spanish

Hi Simon, love your channel. Just a quick point about a majority of the continetal beers brewed under licence in the UK, they are brewed with GLUCOSE SYRUP. As a diabetic this is very dangerous for me and a practice that the public should be more aware of. Breweries claim that all that the glucose is turned to alcohol. Apologies if you have disscussed this issue before.

What a lager tremendous

just spotted a new spanish beer in Aldi - called Grande and brewed in Spain am going to try them later

Great review as normal Simon from the comments might be worth doing a comparison with Estrella Damm as there is theory that they are the same beer .

Thanks

Sounds a hell of a lot like it’s come from the Estrella Damm brewery in El Prat and a clever smokescreen to confuse the everyday beer drinker! But at least it’s not from burton and if it’s got Simon’s seal of approval I can’t wait to give it a try!

San Miguel is actually from Philippines 🇵🇭 always associated with Spain 🇪🇸 but not,probably like carling black label English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 but it’s original was Canada 🇨🇦

Aldi have a new one called grande Spanish larger that’s brewed in Spain 1.99 per bottle 4.6%. 660ml. Maybe put it up against the m&s one. Good review as always mate👍👍

The cat was just glad you removed that bottle of Molson Coors🤮 pissvasser. I'm gonna try the MnS one today.. cheers 🍻

Cruzcampo san miguel and madri are poor in my opinion but this is m+s i like there beer in general got to be worth a try

Not sure if mentioned already but I'm pretty sure that brewery is actually the Estrella Damm brewery, at least their visitor web site lists it as being there.

It always makes me laugh when my mates say “how much was that can of craft beer your drinking?” and I say “erm it was about £4” and they say “how much??? Bloody hell!” and then they go and buy a pint of Madri for £6 😂😂😂

All these bears start to taste the same when they’re brewed over here. I remember Asahi was not being imported anymore but being brewed by Shepard Neame, it tasted nothing like it anymore. The best lager in the supermarket is Menabrea, which I believe is still imported.

I really love Spain and their beers and even their food. I would live there if I could 🇪🇦

Yes. Beats all that uk brewed trash. I was in Spain, la coruna last week, where they brew estrella galacia. My gosh that's a lovely drop with a tapas or two.

Cheers, Si. Not much of a lager fan myself - and being a bit of a snob, I wouldn't normally consider anything that isn't German or Czech - but really enjoying these continental reviews. Went to Bulgaria last month, and apparently they've got Madri there now as well. Tasted ever so slightly better than the UK variety, but still pretty rubbish.

It’s the same with the Italian beers as well most of them are made in the uk part from Peroni

I Googled the brewery the M&S Spanish lager is from. All the results came back about Estrella Damm. So it’s basically the same beer just with a different badge.

Also worth mentioning that Victoria Malaga is authentically Spanish, and was reviewed here by Simon. More importantly, it is currently on offer in Lidl (600ml bottles @£1.99) and Home Bargains (6 x 330ml cans @£5.95)

Cruzcampo is the other Spanish lager brewed in the UK, having said that the Spanish stuff not the best. Not to mention the fake Italians now - Moretti and Poretti

Stick to ESB or Harveys, can't go wrong!

Estrella galacia is a cracking lager

I cant remember what it was called but i got some nice bottles of spanish lager in lidl the other week. It was imported and it had the spanish flag on it, 4x330ml in brown bottles

What's also overlooked is the mark up these big breweries are making in flogging an inferior/fake product that they no longer have to import. Corona for instance no longer has to be imported all the way from Mexico, but the price hasn't gone down exponentially.

Trying to push that new moretti sale de mare brewed in Uk !

I like many people have been conned by the British breweries I bought a case of Kronenbourg 1664 only to find out it's brewed in Manchester by Heineken not Obernai (France) I hate the way the writing on the bottles is in Spanish or German or french (Belgium) But the beers are brewed in the UK it should clearly state on the front of the bottle brewed in the UK Birra Moretti is a typical example even with advertising showing Italian people drinking it although it's brewed in Manchester by Heineken Sadly you have to do a bit of homework but usually the German and Belgian beers are brewed in their native countries but even everyone's first taste of German beer Becks is now brewed in the UK I have tried your recommendations before Paulineer wheat beer being one (excellent by the way so smooth) and I will be buying this when I visit Marks and Spencers later Funnily enough I walked past this beer thinking it was a bottle of red wine

I'll give that a go pal.

Very nice cat cameo 😼

Going to get some ready for the Champions League Final.

The four Spanish bottles are all around £2.50-£3.00 a bottle in supermarkets, 3 for £6.00 at the moment.

I once heard that the smaller the bubble, the better the beer! Not many people know that.

I like San Miguel.

£7?! And in Wales?! Mental... I'll be giving this beer a go

Simon also left out Cruzcampo !

I think it's shocking that the non Spanish breweries can get away with his deception. I remember drinking Estrella for the first time in Barcelona. Loved it and always preferred it to St Miguel but both were good in Spain..

I remember san Miguel used to taste a lot better than it does today.

The brewery is next to the airport in Barcelona. Not too far from the main Estrella Damn brewery.

Anyone know the cost for the 660ml bottle from m and s ?

My local convenience store only has these Uk brewed lagers that appear to be from all different countries with the only exception being tsyke which is polish and way better by comparison.

Been saying it since its release, Madrí is Carling. Even on your original review. Its deplorable pint of lager. Dying to try the M&S beer now!!

M&S is really excelling with some of its own brand beers. If you can get over the hipster label snobbery, they are first class

I was in a club around the time Madri was launched. I was amazed how many people came up to the bar and ordered a pint of Madri, the group next to me did seem to think they were back on holiday in Spain. I was drinking Sharps Atlantic at the time which in itself isn’t the beer it once was. Its just not about the purported image and then finding out that many beers don’t come from the countries that they imply, although I think its outrageous how they con people. The beers that imply that they are from, Spain, Italy, France or Germany just do not taste like the real thing. Ironiclally Camden brewery and Brewdog beers who make no such outrageous claims taste closer to real continental beers. Why is this important aside from the aspect of the con, two things, quality and taste, isn’t that what we expect when we hand over the bar £5 plus?

Nice beer this one but they’ve discontinued the ABK Helles.

Yep, i don't have £7 to spend on a pint either. I'll get myself to M&S for one of those instead.

MORE CAT APPEARANCES PLEASE!!!

Mahou is decent and brewed in Spain

Madri is the worst beer I have tasted. Thanks for educating us.

M and s always puts on who brewed the beer for them. Them doing a Spanish lager is just them following a trend. It's basically Estrella damm

I can’t afford to go to the pub either . Prices are ridiculous and are killing the pub trade

You paid £7.00 for a3.7 bitter,i get 2 pints abv 4.1 bitter for £6.40 with no adjunts

The last four "Imported" beers that I bought were Stella, Becks, Heineken and Murphy's Stout. The first three cans had made in the USA 🇺🇸 on the can and I bought the Murphy's for St. Patrick's Day 🇮🇪 and the can said Edinburgh, Scotland. WTF 🐂💩

Im off to M&S

After some research i have discovered there is no El prat del llobregat brewery. It turns out el prat del llobregat is where Estrella Damm is brewed, so does that mean the M&S spanish lager is actually just Estrella Damm?

I will have to give it a try - I agree UK brewed lager beer is cr*p.

M&S sell quality beers now

Estrella cans are brewed in UK 😥

From the makers of Estrella damm, so basically a Spanish macro beer.

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