Carlsberg Carls Jul

Brewed by Carlsberg Brewery
Style: Premium Lager
Copenhagen, Denmark

Serve in Lager glass

Bottle: Pours with an amber body and an off-white head. Weak malt nose. Flavour of light malt and bitter hops. Watery texture. Light to medium bodied. All right bitter finish. Very pilsner like, not mutch x-mas in this one..

Aroma is reasonably malty caramel and roasted at times, the hops seem to be floural and maybe its just cause it says christmas on the can but a tiny hint of spice. Taste is a bit better light sweet with more of a roasted malt character than excpeted, cant really find too much hop character, but there is some in there. Not a bad effort from them.

Can. A slightly stronger than average lager with a moderate amount of a dark malt - possibly crystal - which gives a little more flavour than normal. Fairly attractive for a lager. A little bit stronger and this might fall under the new Dunkel Bock style category.

UPDATED: OCT 31, 2006 440 ml can: aroma is rich and malty with some traces of hops. pours a dark amber color with inch and a half tanish white head. Rich malty flavors with a clean finish. Nicely balanced with hops. medium palate. decent lager

[Can from ASDA] Red/amber colour, minimal head. Sugary fruity aroma, some caramel. Medium body, slightly tinny and sweet.

Amber color, caramel malty aroma. Has a taste of caramel, with a slightly bitter finish. Borring beer.

2004 Vintage Hazy red-brown beer with a slightly irregular, small but rather stable yellowish head. Caramel, biscuit, oxydized, also a bit flowery, rosewater; generally quite sweet. Surprisingly dry-bitterish taste, near woody. Retronasal one gets more sweet malt-flavour, and then the beers dies completely, leaving a near totally empty palate. Rather thin body. Bof. Carl’s New Years’ Eve won’t be much fun if he sticks to this.

Amber colour with a beige head. Sweet caramel aroma with a flavour of malt.