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Where is Mahou Cinco Estrellas brewed?

Mixed supply Verified Last checked 6 September 2026

The UK supply of Mahou Cinco Estrellas is split between imported stock and stock brewed in Britain. Check the small print on the pack.

Listed by Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Ocado and Waitrose when last checked. The product pages are among the sources below.

UK strength by format
Format	UK strength	At home
4 x 440ml can	4.8%	5.5%
4 x 330ml bottle	5.1%	5.5%
12 x 330ml bottle	5.1%	5.5%
10 x 440ml can	4.8%	5.5%

Every beer on the shelf by strength

Brewed for the UK in

AB InBev UK Limited sites (Magor and/or Samlesbury), not individually named on pack

Mixed supply. Site inferred: the pack names the company, not the brewery

Sold as a beer from

Spain

Spanish name, Madrid heritage, 'The World's Most Awarded Spanish Lager' and 'The Unmistakable Five Star Taste' claims

Brewed in (country)

Mixed

Brand owner

Mahou San Miguel

HQ: Madrid, Spain

UK strength

4.8%

Strength at home (Spain)

5.5%

Cans are 4.8% and bottles 5.1% on the Morrisons listings, against 5.5% for Mahou Cinco Estrellas in Spain. So the bottles are a weaker Spanish-bottled beer and the cans weaker still, brewed in Madrid and canned in Britain.

What the UK label says

“The two Morrisons can listings describe two different packs. Morrisons 10x440ml fridge pack: 'Country of Origin: United Kingdom' and 'Brewed by: AB InBev UK Limited, EC4A 1EN. Mahou S.A. InBev Belgium, Bd Industriel 21, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium.' Morrisons 4x440ml: 'Country Of Origin: Spain' and 'Brewed by: Mahou S.A. Calle Titan, 15 Madrid, Spain. and Canned by: AB InBev UK Limited, EC4A 1EN.' Sainsbury's 4x440ml: 'Spain (Packed in United Kingdom)'. Waitrose cans: country of origin Spain, brewed by Mahou S.A., canned by AB InBev UK Limited. Ocado 4x330ml bottles: 'Spain', 'Mahou S.A., C/ Titan no 15, Madrid, Spain', 5.1%.”

Source: groceries.morrisons.com

More about the brand: rights, style, when it was created, where it is brewed at home

UK rights held by

Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I (AB InBev UK Limited), exclusive UK sales, marketing and distribution since July 2021 (under licence)

Style

Spanish Lager

Brand created

1969, Spain

Brewed at home in

Mahou S.A., Calle Titan 15, Madrid, Spain

Verified

The three claims that matter, where the beer sold in the UK is brewed, its UK strength and who owns the brand, each rest on the brewer's own statement or on a seller's page transcribing the pack. Where the exact brewery is inferred rather than named, the page says so.

Two research passes disagreed, checked 6 September 2026

two Morrisons can listings disagree. The 4 x 440ml can is marked country of origin Spain, 'Brewed by Mahou S.A., Madrid, and canned by AB InBev UK Limited', while the 10 x 440ml fridge pack is marked country of origin United Kingdom, 'Brewed by AB InBev UK Limited'. SETTLED 2026-09-06: both listings were re-read the same day and both stand. They describe two different packs, not one pack described two ways: the 4 x 440ml can is brewed in Madrid and canned in Britain, the 10 x 440ml can is brewed in Britain by AB InBev UK, and the 4 x 330ml and 12 x 330ml bottles are brewed and bottled in Madrid. The supply is split by pack, and every retail format has been read.

Owner and the Spanish strength are from Mahou's own pages; each format's origin and strength is from a retailer listing that transcribes the pack. The UK brewing site for the 10 x 440ml can is not named on the pack; AB InBev UK's plants are Magor and Samlesbury, and the site is recorded as inferred.

The small print on the base of a current can or bottle, giving the producer name and address, would settle this.

In short

The UK supply of Mahou Cinco Estrellas is split: some of what reaches the shelf is imported and some is brewed here. By format, the record says 4 x 440ml can: imported; 4 x 330ml bottle: imported; 12 x 330ml bottle: imported; 10 x 440ml can: brewed in Britain. The can in your hand could be either, so check the producer address in the small print. In Spain the same beer is 5.5%. Here it is 4.8%, which is 0.7 percentage points weaker. The brand belongs to Mahou San Miguel.

It depends which one you pick up

The bottles, cans and draught version of this beer do not all come from the same place, or are not all the same strength. This is what the record says per format.

Format	Supply	Label text
4 x 440ml can	Imported	Country of origin: Spain. Brewed by: Mahou S.A., Madrid, Spain, and canned by: AB InBev UK Limited, EC4A 1EN.
4 x 330ml bottle	Imported	Country of origin: Spain. Mahou S.A., Madrid, Spain. Importer: AB InBev UK Limited.
12 x 330ml bottle	Imported	Country of origin: Spain. Brewed and bottled by: Mahou S.A., Madrid, Spain. Importer: AB InBev UK Limited.
10 x 440ml can	Brewed in Britain	Country of Origin: United Kingdom. Brewed by: AB InBev UK Limited (earlier Morrisons reading).

Who has brewed it here

Years	Brewer	Site	Source
2010 to 2021	Carlsberg UK (UK brewing and distribution)	Northampton	None recorded
2021 to now	Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I took exclusive UK sale, marketing and distribution from 19 July 2021	AB InBev UK	betterretailing.com

What changed

6 September 2026: verification level was partly verified, now verified (source)
6 September 2026: details by pack format was not established, now 4 x 440ml can: imported, 4.8%; 4 x 330ml bottle: imported, 5.1%; 12 x 330ml bottle: imported, 5.1%; 10 x 440ml can: brewed in Britain, 4.8% (source)
5 September 2026: supermarket notes was "Ocado, Waitrose, selected big-four premium Spanish bay , less ubiquitous than San Miguel", now "Ocado, Waitrose, selected big-four premium Spanish bay, less ubiquitous than San Miguel"

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