Carlsberg Special Brew

Wow - It looks like my version is slightly different, although mine is most likely this beer and doesn’t match anything else. My 325 mL can has an alcohol of 8.6% and was imported into Hong Kong - not Europe. Crystal clear coloured body with a light orange tint and a thinnish off-white head. Aroma of corn, alcohol, lemons and yeast - not too pleasant, but not off putting. Medium-bodied; Ridiculously strong malty flavour with stupid alcohol and a bitter nuttiness and metallic flavour at the end. Aftertaste is nothing but metal, malt and alcohol - not pleasant at all. Overall, if I had no other beer and really wanted to get drunk, I’d drink this - otherwise I wouldn’t want it at all...give me just about any other option in Hong Kong and I’ll take it, including San Miguel or even PBR. I sampled this 325 mL can, purchased at 7-11 on Nathan Rd. in Kowloon, Hong Kong on 03-September-2008, purchased last year.

Can: Poured a rusty copper color with a off white cream head. Aroma is sweet harvest with hints of grass and grain. Taste is a bitter metal with a high alcohol tingle.

Can. High and lasting creamy white head. Clear golden body with a lot of bubbles. Sweet barley malt with what seems to be perfume. Flavor sweet and dry wtih a hint of the alcohol but little hops bitterness. If you want to get drunk quickly this is it. To me it is too sweet with low carbonation but OK long sweet aftertaste.

Sweet aroma with caramel notes. Sweet flavor with hints of caramel and alcohol. Boozy finish.

A particularly english specimen. Special Brew is favourored among vagrants and the socially dangerous. It has a crisp yet rewarding taste that some lager drinkers consider to be not dissimilar to "brasso" brand abrasive metal polish. The sensation on the tongue can be described as the taste from siphoning high octane petrol from a dragster whilst the suble nuances of benzine and bleach counteract the initial flirty, tangy flavour. It is a favourite of youths and is best enjoyed with "Bernard Matthew" brand reformed turkey burgers and is a satisfying finish to an evening spent watching a stolen car smouldering. The advice on the front of the packaging suggests it should be enjoyed in moderation and as such the educated tippler should partake of only a small amount due to it’s rather heady potency. The average daily intake should be no less than twelve 500ML servings. Two noted side effects from this fine favourite is the ability to talk for hours about a subject that one knows little about and the compulsive need to ask for spare change. Other noted phenomenon include violent peristaltic mishaps.