I would pick a pint of carling if I'm on the piss with mates. It's a beer for a drinking session with the boys. Won't get you too fucked up and is easy on the wallet. Avaliable in a lot of the pubs too as a house option even when I was in Scotland where Tennants is everywhere. I think carling is great at what it's meant for.
Lidl were just selling this at £6.99 for 18 cans, I’m guessing there’s a warehouse full of it that they can’t shift but people buy it by the trolly load in my store. Grabbed one case for myself cus I haven’t drank it in over 10 years so it’s there if I run out of good beer over Xmas.
You 're right it doesn't try to jump off the shelf, but over time I learned to respect its minimalistic cover. It's a classic. I don't agree that it just does the job. It's got more to it than that. I like it more than Stella Artois for example. Always enjoy it with a meal . It is Carling and very English.
Nice one Paul, subbed! I actually dont mind carling for some reason for but cant stand the rest of them. I think it might be a nostalgia thing for me as i used to drink it when i was younger!
We have a version of this in the USA called Carling Black Label. It's apparently 5% ABV over here but it has the same watery, slightly citrus-y taste which makes me wonder if it's really even 5%. Over here the brand is almost unheard of. The string band clubhouse was practically giving them away for $1 per can and it was surprisingly drinkable, if generic. Beats Michelob Ultra or Bud Light at least.
I used to drink this lager a lot back in my late teens and early twenty's but since I started drinking five per cent lagers, Carling just tastes to weak now to me but I agree it's still better than that bud-light crap from the states. I've just subbed to your channel btw.
It's one of those lagers you throw down your neck after digging the garden or mowing the lawn.Not for analysing the complexities of malt and hops or aroma.Do you remember Harp pilsner which I think was brewed by Guinness?
It's like our version of Bud Light. There's bugger all flavour but it's okay for a summer BBQ. Obviously beer snobs will hate it, but it's not offensive on the taste buds and I wouldn't turn it down if offered.
I actually don’t find it bad ? I leave a pint glass in the fridge when I’m at work and pour one into it when I’m home and it’s fairly refreshing not a strong taste and slightly citrusy . Doesn’t leave a bitter aftertaste
Carling is a lovely beer in my opinion, I don't care if it is seen as chavy! It's a perfectly good mellow beer and I drink it from time to time! My favourite is Boddingtons and the own brand beers from Asda, Tesco, Morrisons and Sainsburys! Budweiser and Checkvar AKA Budweiser Budvar are both good beers too! I also like many others too!
@@coldestbeer Ok, I have tried Norwegian artic beer, it was pretty good. I also drink wine, doesn't matter if it's red, white or rose. I only buy the very cheapest wines because in my opinion wine is made from grapes and a grape is a grape. I sometimes buy budget tea bags and I can't really taste the difference. You would be surprised how good some of the super market knock offs are! I once made a quiche on the cheap and everybody in my computer class complimented it, I had no complaints! Stella sometimes gets me tipsy, so I only drink very little Stella but it's a nice pint to sup on! I LOVE beer! I don't get drunk though, I will only drink 2 or 3 pints in total when I go out and I never drink on an empty stomach!
Carling isn’t brilliant however for a lager it does what it says on the tin. Overall I’d give it a 6/10 as it’s not got that much flavour however it is drinkable whilst being reasonable value for money.
Wet carboard is what i think it tastes like , if im.skint i buy pearlenbacker or ST Ettiene form lidl they are the best of a bad bunch, also innis & gunn lager beer is slightly better than carling fosters etc
Go taste some washing up liquid first :) It's not that bad, especially for parties as it dones't break the bank. Summers day, in the park kind of can. Doesn't hassle food. 24 440ml cans for £27.50 from amazon.
I usually like trying a varied range of beers lagers and ales. However carling has got to be one of the blandest lagers I've tried, little more than carbonated fizz with a vague flavour. If it was the only beer I'd ever had I guess I'd enjoy it more. But having sampled beers such as tucher, erdinger paulaner etc I find it impossible to drink the stuff again
Having never tried Carling, my partner neither, she decided to get me a 24 pack, one mouthful in and I'm sitting here thinking, oh lord am I in for a long and painful few days xD
"minimalistic" is the prefect word to describe these beers mate. i dont get why people give them ridiculously low scores (1s, 2s) cus they aint bad or even offensive, they are brewed to a job, ice cold thirst quenching and fizzy for a massive massive session 😁
@@cactusdan94 People who aren't educated. People who are inarticulate and boorish. Those are the type of people who drink Carling and other mass lagers. Chavs basically.
personally living in rural ireland with one corner that doesn't have ANY cheap cans after the ridiculous tax the government has put on drink I live on this shit
Not too bad in a pub but terrible out of a can. Took 60 cans with me to leeds fest. The sun was out so as you can imagine with no fridge, they were warm and absolutely rank!!!
I'm not a fan off the beer but I don't hate itm it's just simple nothing unique it's literally just plain beer kinda thing you'll find a box off at your granddad's when he has a family BBQ and he wanted to get drinks in for people. It ain't too bad if it's ice cold
Studies show the statistics for 2023 and the most sold lager worldwide was guess what.... Yup carling hehe so it either won't they bar or people just buy it for a session
All pint glasses should have the date they are made on. “Apparently” you shouldn’t use a glass that’s over a year old, it effects the taste “allegedly”.
They do, glasses usually have a box with “m21” which would mean made in 2021, I don’t think the age of the glass affects the taste but an older glass is more likely to have a weaker nucleation so that would affect the taste
Hi if I pour half a pint of Carling into a pint glass then top rest up to a pint using water will I reduce the percentage to 2% ? I'm only allowed to drink low abv like Mann's ale and Skol, Morrisons bitter etc so I am looking for a way to reduce the strengh so I have more options
Have you tried low / no alcohol lagers? Lucky Saint & Nirvana brewery brew some good one’s. Both at 0.5 % and still taste better than Carling in my opinion
Carling Original Lager is supposedly based on Carling Black Label beer from Canada(which is why the cans look that way) which is as popular here in Canada as "Foster's" is in Australia. I don't think that the Canadian beer contains wheat but it does use corn as an adjunct and it is 5% alc. as are most Canadian Lagers. The original brewery in Canada was in London, Ontario, my hometown now but it closed before I was born in the early 1950s. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carling_Black_Label It really isn't any better in Canada but I believe all Canadian macro lager beers taste alike as do our macro ales (50, Export etc.) which taste more similar to German Kolsch with a corn adjunct tainted sweetness than an English ale. I had one (called Carling Black Label) on tap when I visited England in the 1970s and it tasted more like a continental lager by then than a Canadian lager which I expected. Now that German beers are better priced here I've returned to drinking German Pilseners like Jever, Radeberger, Wernesgruner etc. and craft & English ales (Abbot Ale) when I can afford them. It could be worse, Canada's favourite beer is now Budweiser brewed in Canada by Labatt!!
Sure they have changed the recipe recently I can no longer drink it along with fosters, can only drink coors bud and Heineken now, even Stella does not go down well.
@@dingdong-lt9rz tennants is an odd one. Lived in Edinburgh for years. Only ever had one draft pint of tennents that was good at Robbies Bar on the way to a Hibs game.
Average Canadian Lager there mate with a very weird advertising campaign in the UK, can't really think of a British lager off the top of my head... perhaps Tennents but that's not that widely available
@@rammigraterammigrate3533 Oh really. I know someone who is a prolific liar, he told me Russian food and drink is terrible, but I looked it up and some of it looks quite nice. I should have know he was full of it! Have you ever tried the Check larger Budvar? It's pretty good if you ask me. I like both the Budweiser's, the only reason some people call the American bud "piss water" is because their anti American and not because it's a bad beer. I will drink most things, if it tastes god Ill drink it! I also like Newcastle brown ale and Guinness! In fact I like most of the beer on the market, but sometimes Stella gives me a head ache. I don't know why because I don't drink a lot. I only drink what I know I can handle but Stella, even though delicious gets me drunk!!!!
@@paulsbeerreviews I cycled to our local Asda a month or so ago to pick up some cases of lager on their multisave deal. When I walked in there was a stock cage half full of four packs of lager taped together for £2 a go. There was Stella (some of the Stella was the pint cans), Kronenburg, their own 5% Pilsner and Carling. I filled my saddlebags with the premium strength stuff, ignoring the Carling, cycled home, offloaded it and went back again. I ended up with a sh!t ton of premium strength lager for 50p a can.
There is two fantastic (British) English words which I'd use to describe anyone who puts this much effort into a critique of a easy drinking weak lager - why do people think they are superior because they drink small batch 'craft beer'. Had this Carling been in a different can, I guarantee he would have had a different opinion. Anyway I digress.. and the two words? Bald Pratt
So basically your opinion of this beer differs from mine? That’s absolutely fine. The beauty of beer is that it’s totally subjective and my opinion is no more valid than anyone else’s. I do this as it’s a hobby of mine and in no way do I consider myself ‘superior’ as you mentioned. Abuse however is totally unnecessary and if you ever grow a pair of balls I’ll accept an apology but I won’t hold my breath. Cheers 🍻
@@paulsbeerreviewsI stand by my comment as it not abuse, I've not used any words which would be deemed offensive. I merely used words which describe my opinion of you and your attitude - which I'm entirely entitled too. Much in the same way we can legitimately criticise a politician or a public figure. Please don't make false claims or hide under 'I'm being abused' when somebody legitimately calls you out for being an opinionated snob. Ill not mention the chauvinistic 'pair of balls' phrase you said.. but if YOU have got any decency, you should apologise! See ya never you gammon
@@GuitarTalkunedited describing someone as a ‘Bald Pratt’ because they’re opinion of a beer differs from yours isn’t abuse? You talk like this to people in person? I doubt it. We clearly ain’t gonna see eye to eye on this one.
Really gassy! You need to leave it ages before you can drink it! My husband used to call it weasel water and that is being polite! It's sad that it still so popular, but it's because its cheaper than some.
Carling is fucking disgusting. I would literally rather drink a can of Bud light then drink that. Whenever I’ve had Carling in the past I’ve had a fucking banging headache literally after about two fucking cans that’s how bad it is. I tell you one you might want to review, I had it last week and I thought it was fucking amazing. It was so fucking drinkable. Kanden hells lager, 4.6%. I got 12 of them off Amazon for about £20. Quite expensive but definitely worth the money. If I was you I’d give it a shot if you haven’t already
@@paulsbeerreviews Drink a Pabs beside a Harverlee and tell me the difference and ones from Belguim not much in it Carling wouldn't even be in the running
@@paulsbeerreviews Try Luminous Lights New England IPA out Lidl got two cans its really good from Dundee Stay away from the coconut one though that was really bland
@@paulsbeerreviews Bud Light isn't that good I drink Miller genuine draft if I am going down the yank beer route its my favourite American beer lovely creamy beer made by Staropramen in the Czech Republic
I know someone who owns Bishop Nick Brewery and would love to see you review the beer. There are plenty of real ale options and some other canned beers for sale. If you go onto the website or follow them on Instagram or Facebook, I’m sure that they would be delighted for you to check it out