Carlsberg Britvic Carlsberg Special Brew

Carlsberg Special Brew

 

Carlsberg Britvic in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Lager - Imperial Pils Regular
Score
4.37
ABV: 8.0% IBU: - Ticks: 59
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3/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 2
12 oz bottle Pours out a GREAT domestic like beer. Very POOR that is not a good thing. This is sad corn like beer. O well thanks ANDREW
Tried from Bottle on 12 Aug 2006 at 00:01

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Can at blind tasting. Gollden beer with some fizz and cardboard aroma. Pale dull malt, must be a lager. Strongish syrupy. A bock perhaps? Some citrus. Dryish finish with orange zest. Oh well, at least I got the lager bit right.
Tried from Can on 10 Jul 2006 at 07:37

1.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 1 Flavor 1 Texture 2 Overall 1
[Canned, imported to Hong Kong by Carlsberg HK (8.6%)] Golden colour, average head. Aroma of cheap plum brandy and rotting vegetables. Extremely sweet and fruity. Saccharine blends with methanol and old compost heap. Harsh chemical finish. It sure takes dedication to drink a 33cl can of this crap. I’m afraid I lack that, so I offer most of it to the Hong Kong sewers. May they forgive me.
Tried from Can on 29 Jun 2006 at 11:25

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Can, Malaysian version, alc. 8.8%
Dark golden color, good creamy off-white head. Aroma is sweet alcoholic with grainy notes. Medium-bodied. Sweet malty, alcoholic as can be expected. Quite balanced and warming, solid European strong lager.
Tried from Can on 25 Feb 2006 at 16:10

4.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Serve extra chilled… do you need any other detail??? Oily (sweet) Strong Lager, blond color, poor aroma, bold bitterness, alcohol punch.
Tried on 22 May 2004 at 21:05

6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
Second time around I tried this as a vintage product in the cellars of Carlsberg 6 years old - and what a differens. The look is worse, now it is muddy brown and has no head. The aroma is of peach and alcohol, but what really has changed is the flavor, now it is woody with notes of prunes and plums and with a lot of character. [first time around with a fresh can: A powerful malty sweet aroma. The color is light amber and it has a big bubbly head. The flavor is extremely malty sweet with the alcohol prickling the tongue. It ends on a slight bitterness - but not enough to balance the sweetness. For a barley wine it is OK, but it is not my style. 6/4/3/4/7]
Tried from Can on 08 Aug 2003 at 16:42

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Canned(440ml). -strong but quite good beer, bitterness in finish, pleasant aroma
Tried from Can on 25 Dec 2002 at 06:38

4.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
This beer seems to be made with no other purpose than producing as much alcohol as possible, and still call it a lager. Stick to Elephant Beer instead - it's strong enough.
Tried on 21 Feb 2002 at 17:59

2.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 2 Texture 2 Overall 2.5
Can, Malaysia. Golden colour with a light sparkle. Slightly fruity, hints of grain. Lots of alcohol, grainy taste. Not altogether inoffensive but hardly a disappointment. The usual malt liquor goodness.
Tried from Can on 24 Jan 2001 at 12:08