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Carling Beer
Molson Coors Canada
- From:
- Molson Coors Canada
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- American Adjunct Lager
Ranked #276 - ABV:
- 4%
- Score:
- 60
Ranked #28,493 - Avg:
- 2.38 | pDev: 28.57%
- Reviews:
- 33
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 08, 2024
- Added:
- Jan 29, 2003
- Wants:
- 8
- Gots:
- 12
Carling has been Britain’s best selling lager for more than three decades. It is brewed to have the perfect balance of sweetness & bitterness ensuring it is as brilliantly refreshing from the first sip to the last. The story of our product can be seen on the crest which features on all of our packaging and is designed to demonstrate the care that goes into brewing Britain’s favourite beer.
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Ratings by trevorwideman:
Reviewed by trevorwideman from Canada (MB)
1.77/5 rDev -25.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5
1.77/5 rDev -25.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5
355ml can poured into a pilsner glass.
This beer actually looks pretty nice in a glass. Light straw colouring, full one inch head that subsides but sticks around at 1/2 inch. Medium carbonation. Smell is where things go downhill unfortunately. Soapy and skunky corn aromas mixed with a sharp metallic twang that is likely supposed to be hops.
Taste is lightly sweet and full of adjunct. The skunky and cheap beeriness of it all is almost overwhelming. Soapiness is definitely a characteristic of this brew, there is nothing "clean" or "refreshing" I just feel (and smell) like a cheap drunk after one. Mouthfeel could be worse, carbonation is more muted than in many cheap macros, and it finishes a bit sticky and dry. Having a rough time finishing one, more than that would be punishment.
Feb 08, 2007This beer actually looks pretty nice in a glass. Light straw colouring, full one inch head that subsides but sticks around at 1/2 inch. Medium carbonation. Smell is where things go downhill unfortunately. Soapy and skunky corn aromas mixed with a sharp metallic twang that is likely supposed to be hops.
Taste is lightly sweet and full of adjunct. The skunky and cheap beeriness of it all is almost overwhelming. Soapiness is definitely a characteristic of this brew, there is nothing "clean" or "refreshing" I just feel (and smell) like a cheap drunk after one. Mouthfeel could be worse, carbonation is more muted than in many cheap macros, and it finishes a bit sticky and dry. Having a rough time finishing one, more than that would be punishment.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by elnachooo from Spain
2.02/5 rDev -15.1%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2.02/5 rDev -15.1%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Cerveza popular en Inglaterra. Tiene una gran cabeza blanca. Es de cuerpo ligero y con alta carbonatación. Aroma y sabor cítrico. Para tomar con pocas pretensiones.
Nov 06, 2018Reviewed by Wiffler27 from South Carolina
2.93/5 rDev +23.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
2.93/5 rDev +23.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
had this in a few different pubs in England
it's nothing special and it isn't even really good but imo it's still better than bud light
im an IPA man myself but I wanted to try something different. was still better than a few of the AAL/EPL i had in europe
Jan 12, 2018it's nothing special and it isn't even really good but imo it's still better than bud light
im an IPA man myself but I wanted to try something different. was still better than a few of the AAL/EPL i had in europe
Reviewed by Andrewharemza from Australia
2.79/5 rDev +17.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.79/5 rDev +17.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
From a can, pours a bright gold colour with a good thick white head that disapates but laces well. Aroma grass, grain, bread, corn. Taste malt, corn, malt, sweet crisp and clean.
Jun 20, 2016Reviewed by josanguapo from Spain
3.25/5 rDev +36.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev +36.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
From Hipecor. 50cl can. In Ikea's pint glass. Reading CSHTP6 Ch7. Much more balanced than other adjunt lagers, with the corn little noticeable. Very drinkable and smooth. Good body for its low ABV.
Apr 15, 2016Reviewed by VABA from Virginia
2.25/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
2.25/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
Pours a straw color with a slight head and lacing
Aroma has slight malt hints
The taste follows the nose with a slight nalt flavor
A medium bodied decently carbonated beer
A decent beer
Sep 24, 2015Aroma has slight malt hints
The taste follows the nose with a slight nalt flavor
A medium bodied decently carbonated beer
A decent beer
Carling Beer from Molson Coors Canada
Beer rating:
60 out of
100 with
90 ratings
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