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Carlsberg Carls Special

Score
1936
OVERALLStyle
Brewed by Carlsberg Brewery
Style: Vienna
Copenhagen, Denmark
Serve in Lager glass

bottled
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RATINGS: 171   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.57   EST. CALORIES: 132   ABV: 4.4%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Danish: Carls Special er en ravfarvet lagerøl, der specielt blev udvalgt som Carlsbergs 150-års jubilæumsøl. Det er en øl med lidt sødlig karakter og tydelig karamelsmag, men stadig med en god balance med det bitre. Eftersmagen er præget af æble og solbær, og duften har noget ristet og karamelagtigt over sig.


2.1
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 8/20
Psytron (571) - Turku, FINLAND - MAY 29, 2012
Sweet, roasted smell. Bronze colour, beige head. Watery, bittersweet. Roasted, rubbery aftertaste. Flat carbonation.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
nazzty (63) - Ödåkra - Helsingborg, SWEDEN - MAY 29, 2012
Good, rich and malty with a dark amber color. Better than Carlsberg’s other standard brews.

2.4
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
ken1 (238) - DENMARK - FEB 20, 2012
A pretty booring beer. OK bitterness and slight notes of caramel. Amber in color with a white head.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
Nekronos (2655) - Xalapa, MEXICO - FEB 4, 2012
Very nice, creamy and interesting. I liked the foam and the alcohol scattered in the whole of it. HAd it on tap.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 11/20
TEJA (786) - Stockholm, SWEDEN - FEB 1, 2012
Short beige head. Brown-amber color. Light roasted malty aroma. Litle tired maltiness. The taste is nice with the light roasted malts and noticeble bitterness.

2.4
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
Palme (1437) - Bergen, NORWAY - JAN 13, 2012
On tap @ Kasturp Airport, Copenhagen. This is a clear chestnut-brown beer with a small quickly fading off-white head. The aroma reminds me of a sweet plisner; some malts and dusty hops together with thin and watery caramel. It has a average carbonation level and a light oily to watery mouthfeel. Nothing to special with this - as the name perhaps could suggest. It’s a dark pilsner/Vienna with some near flowerish and thin watery caramel hints. Nothing bad, but nothing excitingly mindblowing about it either. 08.01.2012

2.1
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
Japalo (342) - DENMARK - DEC 21, 2011
Tap@copenhagen zoo. Half finger foam. Dark Copper. Low aromas of malt.  Slight bitterness. No surprice a with short finish.

1.5
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
Borresteijn (2757) - Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS - DEC 6, 2011
On tap at CPH airport. Shittiest beer I’ve ever had for €5.50. Clear amber colour, thin white head. Aroma of rotten eggs, light butter, hint of caramel. Flavour is grain, light malty, hint of rotten eggs, light bitter, overcarbonated. Very watery. Crap.

2.1
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
Finn (2613) - Tromsø, NORWAY - DEC 5, 2011
Fra flaske 0,33l på Glypoteket, København 4 Nov 11. Brun på farge. Lavt skum hvor litt fester seg til glasset. Svakt metallisk aroma med antydning til malt. Smaken er maltig med en metallisk syrlighet. Tørr avslutning.

2.6
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 12/20
argento (113) - DENMARK - NOV 5, 2011
hældt i høj glas, lækker rav farve og en del krone som forbliver...måske ikke spc perlende... . smagen ligner noget godt...dejlig måske ristede karameller eller hva det nu ligner.... let bitter...fået af Eva.,


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