I'm currently sampling some, and I must say I'm very partial to it. While I admit its main appeal is that its taste reminds me of being out or at festivals, I can't feel the hatred for it.
I've tried many-a-beer, too. We have a special bar in Burnley that serves thousands of continental beers. I would never choose Carling from their library of wonders, but I don't begrudge drinking it at any other beverage vendor.
Is it REALLY that bad? REALLY?
Yes
This ^
it's horrible
No
I quite like it.
yes
Yes
Cuntjuice
i'm gonna start drinking beer.
where should i start? well i mean what brand is good to start with?
You live in MUNICH Lauren!
Try some local stuff.
Spaten and Paulaner in particular or any of the 'Oktoberfest 6'
okay!
do you know much about german beer? what's helles?
its lager, pretty nice
good enough place to start
do they have weissbier in bavaria, thats pretty nice, maybe bavaria is where its from
Yep, Bavaria is where it started.
yeah i know that much
but not an awful lot more. see what beer does to me...
http://photos-960.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v132/86/105/197803960/n197803960_37073535_9854.jpg
RED
Yep.
That dude on your right has certainly noted your capacity to swallow!
max de-tagged himself in that photo
i wonder why...
you are drinking outta a glass that about the size of yr head though
GERMAN STYLE
http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/german-beer.jpg
:O
I gotta get me some oktoberfest
do you have to dress up like that as well
or is that optional
have you ever noticed that when you try find lederhosen on the internet you get a buncha pictures of guys who look like strippers wearing them
http://images.buycostumes.com/mgen/merchandiser/21774.jpg
http://www.bestpricefancydress.co.uk/acatalog/26941.jpg
i didn't but everyone else did.
i think i wanna take a dirndl home as a souvenir though, they are really flattering for girls. lederhosen on the other hand should all be burnt.
*burned?
i just googled dirndl and am glad i did
they are very flattering, we have rly old lederhosen in my house that are my dads and he bought them back in the 70s and are now decaying :( he has much cooler stuff from east germany though
can be either burnt or burned doesnt matter i dont think
fit
http://www.originalsalzburger.at/bilder/rotes%20Dirndl%20nahe.jpg
moments like these i often wonder why i chose to study spanish and portuguese
oh my oh my!
how did i not spot this!
my favourite beer in the world is from Bavaria, and yes, it is a weissbier called
Maisel's Weisse
seriously, if you like weissbier, it's the beer for you, lush, smooth texture, a hint of pear and the NICEST tasting head you will ever find on any beer ever
Paulaner is great.
They sell it at the german market in Leeds and in a bar.
It gets maximum respect, especially for the high percentage.
what about rly strong ales brewed by belgian monks
Its pretty horrible
and I usually only end up ever drinking it at bars with no other selection, which usually means its ridiculously overpriced. So yeah. Carling is only ever really associated with bad times for me.
PS
I am actually only after yes/nos. I just require a basic result. Ta x
yes
.
its shit
insipid tasting, a beer for people who like food and drink to taste of nothing.
What's your tipple?
Sambuca?
i dont drink at the moment
but i just used to drink shit lager, because most of the places i go thats all you get to choose from.
and im a cheapskate. but i would never stoop as low as carling
yes
one of these things that you dont notice so much whence already drunk though
It's really horrible
no
but still pretty horrible
it's pretty awful
but low prices and low funds have led me to condition myself to be able to drink it without wincing. See also: carlsberg
It's fucking pisswater.
It's not awful
It is still beer, however it is far from great
....yeah, and getting tossed off by a panda is still sex, right?
Oh.
Beggars cant be choosers
Beer or no beer?
Panda sex or no panda sex?
YOU decide!
Drunken panda sex?
WIN!
I'll get the panda suit
You bring the beers!
it only has nostalgic appeal
as in when im drinking it the feeling of "oh wow this reminds me of that time when..." over rides "this industrial lager tastes crap".
It's okay unti you get used to other, stronger, better lagers.
I used to only drink Carling, now i'll always pay the extra and get something foreign. Of the common mid-priced ales Carling is by far the worst tasting in cans. In pints i think its okay, but again i'd pick Fosters or Carlsberg over it. If you're not drinking it in a pub then i wouldn't bother. You're more likely to get drunk off half the number of stonger ales, plus they taste of something. Tyskie, Zywiec or Stella every time for me.
Stella is fucking vile
for good lagers, anything from Central Europe's generally a good bet:
a fair German beers
most Polish beers
Czech beers
Slovak beers
or, for a crisper, mediterrnean taste you can't go far wrong with Sagres
Pretty awful.
Are you still in the stage where all beer tastes not very nice?
Once you're out of that stage people normally drinks Carling because:
a) they prefer being drunk to drinking
b) they are scared of looking like a ghey for buying something else
It's not that bad
It's just completely anonymous. It's surprisingly easy to drink, but that because there's nothing to it.
It's thus quite useful for drinking to get drunk.
Yes, it is awful...
yes
unless you're too far gone to notice
I like it
so much so that I've started buying that C2 stuff, for when I need to be up early
it's delightfully cool and refreshing
Whats in C2? Or is it just lighter?
Actually Carling is just 4%, you big queen!
Carlings pretty inoffensive. I have no problem drinking it, though I smoked away my test buds a long time ago.
it tastes the same
but half the strength
when I can get through 4-5 cans in an evening it's handy to be able to stretch the last couple out
5am starts ftl
So it still tastes like shite and you don't get pissed?
How on earth do they market that?
it tastes alright
I agree.
no
there are better beers but the likes of Carling/Carlsberg/Fosters will always get shit on. They're not indie enough.
It's pretty shite
But I'll drink it if it's there. As long as it hasn't been sat in a rucksack for 3 hours in direct sunlight. There's an experience I never want to repeat...
Yes
Even as cheap drinks go its probably one of the worst.
awful
worst of all the cheapy chemical brand lagers
lager = yuk