Carling Black Label
South African Breweries plc
- From:
- South African Breweries plc
- South Africa
- Style:
- American Adjunct Lager
Ranked #237 - ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 68
Ranked #39,460 - Avg:
- 2.74 | pDev: 29.93%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 17
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 24, 2025
- Added:
- Jul 07, 2002
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 11
SCORE
68
Poor
68
Poor
No description / notes.
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Ratings by rex_4539:
Reviewed by rex_4539 from Greece
2.71/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.75
2.71/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.75
L: Clear golden color, no head, no lacing, light carbonation.
S: Smells like...lager.
T: Better than I expected actually. Decent lager.
F: Light bodied and smooth.
O: No as bad as it sounds. Drinkable but then again, why would you want to drink this one when there are so many amazing beers out there?
Dec 26, 2017S: Smells like...lager.
T: Better than I expected actually. Decent lager.
F: Light bodied and smooth.
O: No as bad as it sounds. Drinkable but then again, why would you want to drink this one when there are so many amazing beers out there?
More User Ratings:
Rated by JonathanWest from South Africa
3.78/5 rDev +38%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.78/5 rDev +38%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Great mass production beer, crisp and not too heavy. Very refreshing and does turn a bit unpleasant when warming up
Jun 24, 2023Reviewed by RedStickPhil from New Mexico
2.49/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.49/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
This is a crappy beer. I guess it doesn’t look so bad, but tastes like it was filtered through dirty socks, or maybe socks that had been soaked in formalin. I got one as a World Cup thing because I like the label. That’ll do.
Nov 26, 2022
Reviewed by metter98 from New York
2.56/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.56/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
A: The beer is crystal clear yellow in color and has a light amount of visible carbonation. It poured with just a few patches of white bubbles on the surface and a collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Light aromas of malted barley are present in the nose.
T: The taste has watered down flavors of pale malts and a light amount of bitterness.
M: It feels a bit more than light-bodied and clean on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: For an adjunct lager, this beer isn’t that bad because you can’t taste any of the adjuncts. It is a little watery on the palate but easy to drink.
Serving type: bottle
Oct 31, 2019S: Light aromas of malted barley are present in the nose.
T: The taste has watered down flavors of pale malts and a light amount of bitterness.
M: It feels a bit more than light-bodied and clean on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: For an adjunct lager, this beer isn’t that bad because you can’t taste any of the adjuncts. It is a little watery on the palate but easy to drink.
Serving type: bottle
Rated by robed from California
3.54/5 rDev +29.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.54/5 rDev +29.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
One of the better SA macros. Good taste, and if ice cold quite a treat.
Jul 15, 2019Rated by Mclusal from Colombia
3/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Z03
Feb 10, 2019
Rated by Oidmoe from Austria
3.1/5 rDev +13.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.1/5 rDev +13.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Tasted all right on a cruise where only other macros were available.
Jan 23, 2015
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