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.

I love Carling what a nice lager it is😍

Its one of the best..i love it

This is one of my fav when I was in Scotland... UK sells this a lot, even in every clubs and pubs

Carling is heaven.

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.

Paul, I totally respect your bravery in reviewing this mega, macro beer! I’m hoping to revive my channel shortly. 🍻👍😀

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!

I remember going to a house party and opening the fridge and seen x24 Carling in there and nothing else. That was an indication to go home.

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.

my dad drinks this stuff so much he only drinks it because its refreshing in a chilled glass

I view Carling as our version of Foster's. Bland but (as long as it's ice cold) refreshing.

Probably my least favourite of the "macro lagers". When I was 18 or 20 I'd drink this readily but I'm 39 now and it's bloody awful.

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?

that crown is nice

Say what you like it’s the number one selling larger in pubs and clubs . For me personally I like Cobra. Beautiful drink .

Have you ever smelt beer line cleaner? That's what Carling tastes like.

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.

Watching this drinking a carling

That’s so true I thought it tasted like washing up liquid before then I thaught maby it’s just me thinking that clearly not 😂

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

It's not even trying to jump off the shelf🤣

Cheers mate. Just found 2 Carling beer glasses here in Australia and was curious 😀

What do you think of Banks beer?

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.

Carling and Fosters both are great for cleaning your toilet but that is about it.

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!

I am struggling o finish the pint.

Festival beer for people that don't like beer.

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.

I used to drink this when hardcore gaming on call of duty... Never again nowadays!

Great review. Cheers. (Even if you are a Spuds fan lol).

used 2 love that 1 when 1st started drinking but now it taste awful 2 me who els

Mad Frankie fraser's slop out bucket would test better. nice review.

Try Kumys next (fermented mare's milk) a drink of central Asian Nomads. The favourite drink of Genghis Khan

I can’t work out why it’s so popular

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

It’s a session beer

What is the difference between molt of barley and molt of wheat and rice

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

I live near Burton upon Trent where Carling is made. I not a fan of it but i'll have it if there's nothing else.

best lager then a john smiths as ale

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!!

"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 😁

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

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 can remember many a night drinking this. I can't remember the taste, or any taste.

Everything is better than Bud Light!

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

It is one decent and fair review indeed.

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

I wonder if this mass produced pißwasser would’ve been any better back when it was branded as Carling Black Label.

And that's the black label the good one 😂

I Actually think Carling is superior to Tennents. Tells you about tennents

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

I'm not a beer snob.. but this and fosters has to the worse two.. largers on the market.

I just did a video review of one that tastes like washing up liquid not seame beer but its in the vault for another day

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!!!

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”.

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

Many a night wasted on this piss. A fellow Paul, beer lover agreeing 100%.

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.

Carling ... Just like a lager, only worse😊

Rather have a pint of water mate .

Have you ever tried a Russian beer? What is Rusia's beer like?

Best selling larger in the uk ! Fact 👍🤤

The most shocking excuse for a lager in existence. It is beyond awful. Pointless, tasteless, boring, weak dish water. And that is that.

yeh all beer comes in 4 packs

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

Carling is shite compared to a lot of mass produced lagers, refreshing as it is it just tastes like fizzy water to me

This beer is drinkable, but when they changed the label they removed the only thing that might make me reach for it(I really can't stand the new tin).

Mate you should have brought a slab of it.

Great pour for such a crap beer. Great vid, man 👍

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

Agree on the Pabst and Bud Lite. Any Euro macro lager is better than these two. Lol.

are you friends with dean

To gassy for me they add extra carbon dioxide to make it more fizzy German larger any day for me

Wants the job 😂

70p? That can is out of a split multipack...you were ripped off.

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.

Do calling premier it’s actually very nice....

I'd rather lick my own bum hole than drink Carling I swear lol , I'm more of a Stella man myself Carling just tastes pure chemically to me

Yeah there’s better beer than Carling but it’s a pub drink when everyone is watching football

Paul mate you're better with a stella

LADS LADS LADS

I hate this beer so very much 😅

Crown lager is 10x better than this it’s Sainsbury’s own and 2.25 for 4 cans

It tastes like piss and dirty washing up liquid water mixed together absolutely worst beer of all time

Horrible larger, it’s dull dishwater drink with a very unpleasant aftertaste. I am not a snob with drinks but Carling is just generic larger.

never ever liked this one or fosters

Pabst and Bud Light are miles better than this Go give your head a wobble its the worst micro beer out there in the UK

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

Pebs blue is a batter lager