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Did anyone see that for years Carling have been brewing their lager at 3.7% and labelling it as 4% for tax reasons? Cheeky ****s have the balls to say they aren't misleading consumers. I don't drink Carling very often at all but that's going to be never now.
 
Nacho said:
Did anyone see that for years Carling have been brewing their lager at 3.7% and labelling it as 4% for tax reasons? Cheeky ****s have the balls to say they aren't misleading consumers. I don't drink Carling very often at all but that's going to be never now.
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I can't get drunk on it. The sheer amount of liquid I'd have to put down my neck would be silly. I don't know how people do it. I don't drink less than 5% lager. Rather get pissed off 6-8 pints of strong quality larger followed by the shorts, than 12-15 pints of piss water and still trying to nail a proper buzz. It's ****e, Forsters too.
 
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Bri606 said:
I can't get drunk on it. The sheer amount of liquid I'd have to put down my neck would be silly. I don't know how people do it. I don't drink less than 5% lager. Rather get pissed off 6-8 pints of strong quality larger followed by the shorts, than 12-15 pints of piss water and still trying to nail a proper buzz. It's ****e, Forsters too.
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Same here, I can't be arsed with the effort it takes with weak beer. Usually just two or three pints of 5% for me then onto spirits.

I suppose the exception is sometimes when it's hot and I'm having a beer during the day but don't want to get drunk I don't mind a 4% although I don't know where it'd be coming from because it wouldn't be in my fridge.
 
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Same here, I can't be arsed with the effort it takes with weak beer. Usually just two or three pints of 5% for me then onto spirits.

I suppose the exception is sometimes when it's hot and I'm having a beer during the day but don't want to get drunk I don't mind a 4% although I don't know where it'd be coming from because it wouldn't be in my fridge.
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Depends on the bladder and when the seal breaks for me. Good for half a dozen pints if I can hold off till the 3rd pint. Sometimes it creeps up halfway through the 1st and I know there just no way pints are going to cut it.
 
Carlsberg Export is ok, Carlsberg ordinary tastes like a tramp has washed his cheb end in it.
Fosters is ****ing rank. I don't think anybody drinks it in Australia.
I'm a confirmed real ale man now. There's always two on in my local.
They change all the time. Most have been great but there has been the odd few I haven't liked.
I prefer the paler ones. IPA's, golden ales & so forth. Not a big fan of the dark, heavy beers.
Still, at £2.68 a pint you cannot really grumble.
 
Billy the Bastard said:
Carlsberg Export is ok, Carlsberg ordinary tastes like a tramp has washed his cheb end in it.
Fosters is ****ing rank. I don't think anybody drinks it in Australia.
I'm a confirmed real ale man now. There's always two on in my local.
They change all the time. Most have been great but there has been the odd few I haven't liked.
I prefer the paler ones. IPA's, golden ales & so forth. Not a big fan of the dark, heavy beers.
Still, at £2.68 a pint you cannot really grumble.
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£2.68!! <wah><wah>
 
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Billy the Bastard said:
Carlsberg Export is ok, Carlsberg ordinary tastes like a tramp has washed his cheb end in it.
Fosters is ****ing rank. I don't think anybody drinks it in Australia.
I'm a confirmed real ale man now. There's always two on in my local.
They change all the time. Most have been great but there has been the odd few I haven't liked.
I prefer the paler ones. IPA's, golden ales & so forth. Not a big fan of the dark, heavy beers.
Still, at £2.68 a pint you cannot really grumble.
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I nearly always drink carling or fosters cause it's cheap in the pubs in Chester le street
People come from the surrounding villages to get it.
Carling from £1.60 to less than £2
Fosters from £1.90 to about£2
In some pubs the price rises after 6 pm and 8 pm
But you can still get a carling £1.60 all night at one bar
May the price war continue keep the beer prices low
 
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Nacho said:
Did anyone see that for years Carling have been brewing their lager at 3.7% and labelling it as 4% for tax reasons? Cheeky ****s have the balls to say they aren't misleading consumers. I don't drink Carling very often at all but that's going to be never now.
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It's piss water anyway.
 
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