Carling Black Label Beer (South Africa)

Brewed by South African Breweries (SABMiller)
Style: Pale Lager
Sandton, South Africa

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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Can.Pale golden colour with a white head. Aroma is corn, maize, malt. Flavour is corn, malt, maize, metallic, grain, grass. Thin body. Boring beer.

Bottle bought by a friend who visited Cape Town earlier this year. Clear golden with a brief, medium white head. Aroma and taste of malt, bread, dust and some citrus. Sweet and watery. Very boring.

Can 330ml @ Geokkjer
Pours clear pale yellow with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, grain and floral. Taste is light sweet and light bitter. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.

Straight from the bottle. Slightly above average pale lager, a bit more malty but also a bit grainy and corny. Sweetish, decent body but still nothing special.

330 ml can. Clear, very pale golden with a big, fast disappearing white head. Aroma of sweet grain and corn. Flavor is some kind of sweet grain and sour. Not much bitterness at all. Thin body and weak aftertaste. Not a very nice experience.

Can. A clear one, pale golden in color and topped by a small, white head. Lightly unpleasant aroma, but it’s mostly hay, grass and pale malts. Very weak. The flavor is equally weak and boring, grass, hay and grainy pale malts. Medium body, soft carbonation, quite dry. The flavor is dry and faintly bitter, with some grass notes. A quite decent one, but far from impressing. 130204

Can.Pours pale clear yellow with a fluffy white head. Aroma of herbs, fruitiness, rubber and malt. Flavor is sweet and fruity with some metallic notes, some sour notes. Thin body, lively carbonation.

Ljus gul med luftigt skum. Lätt i doft och smak, ljust bröd och lite citruskaraktär. Svalkande på safarin kanske?

Clear golden coloured body with a nice, two centimetre tall white head. Aroma of pale malt, lemons, very light hops, apples and a bit of metal - fairly nice, actually. Light-bodied; Sharp metallic notes with malt, iron, funk, basement and a hint of light lemons noticeable up front. Aftertaste shows malt, alcohol, funk, mushrooms, lemons, apples and a ton of metal in the palate - with perhaps a refreshing note, due to the lingering light malt. Overall, not a bad beer of course, but just not one that stands out - a decent beer to sample very easily in South Africa. I sampled this specialised (Kaizer Chiefs special can) 33 cL can purchased from Skukuza Rest Camp in Kruger National Park, Nelspruit (or Witrivier, if you will), South Africa on 21-August-2011 for ~ZAR7,00 sampled at home in Washington on 12-January-2013.

Can from my buddy Ranga - can says brewed in Zimbabwe, but my buddy says this entry from South Africa is probably the right beer. Clear rich yellow pour with a white head. Basic pale lager but pretty darn good for its style.