Molson Carling Beer

Brewed by Molson Breweries (MolsonCoors)
Style: Pale Lager
Montreal, Canada

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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(Can 35,5 cl) Fairly decent straw golden, no head to speak of. I think I detect a whiff of malt in the aroma - or was it just a dream? Not much body, but perhaps a little more than in my prior experiences with Canadian swill. Grainy, sweetish, cereal-like. Hops? What hops? 040792

Swillfest ’04: Sour aroma with grass and blackberries. Fizzy body obfuscates whatever flavours might have been there - grains I guess. Lousy, even by swill standards.

Can of "Carling Lager" from the LCBO (4.9% abv) blue and yellow can. Pale yellow with a tiny white head. Muted grainy aroma, light grassy hops. Grassy bitterness is actually fairly decent for a macro, albeit fairly bland. Average palate. Not awful while cold.

Small head, pale gold lager. Fruity hints, obvious missing hop element might be annoying. It feels incomplete at this point.

UPDATED: JUL 5, 2006 Bottle (341ml). Silver lining in visiting a friend who has "discovered" that if you plop a bunch of ice cubes in a glass of beer it stays colder and lasts longer; I told him if I caught him doing that with a Dreadnaught I would throw him off his 22nd floor balcony (no risk of him having/drinking flavourful beer). Anyway, pale fizzy yellow, some fizzy white head. Smells watery and sugary; tastes watery, sugary and of stale corn, no hop character at all; weak bodied, what hit my palate left in a hurry - not awful, but cheaply made - typical cheap generic Canuck macro, sweet - but nothing horrific (like, say, Steelback).

Single bottle purchased at the Irving Big Stop in Pointe a la Croix PQ. Pale gold, modest head, no retention. No real aroma. Lifeless palate typical of most macro swill with a harsh edge in the finish. No thanks.

[546-20070818] 473mL (w/ ducttape, jerc, called "Lager"). Corn and peas and wheat grain aroma. Clear, golden yellow body with a quick foamy white head. Generic corn vegetable beer flavour is lightly malty. Medium body is astringent and grainy. Not impressive.

Very light sweet grainy aroma. Very pale with thin white fully diminishing head. Sweet, grainy flavour. Astringent and thin. Bottle.

Pale but bright yellow with a good starting head (big bubbles that sink so fast before your eyes you'll think it is a camera trick. Pretty much no aroma but gets a bonus since it doesn't offend either. A little thicker body than expected. A touch of bitterness in the finish. An hint of alcohol. Why are there so many songs about rainbows....and so many 5% pseudo beers?

Pours a golden yellow color. Aromas of grassy hops with some grains/corn. Flavor is crisp, malty with a top of hops.