Carlsberg Special Brew Lager

Preferred tipple of the downtrodden...or, more accurately, the down-and-out, Carlsberg Special Brew has got a bit of a reputation. Nowadays, Buckie seems to be the choice of the young juice-head, and CSB is seen as more of an old dosser's drink. Is this fair? Probably. It's not a drink I would normally put anywhere near these ruby-reds, but while working down in Nottingham last week, some kind previous occupant of the flat I was staying in had kindly left a can or two in the fridge. Not one to look a gift fridge in the mouth (and having ran out of beer myself) , I nonchalantly popped open one ... more

Carlsberg, with its origins in Denmark, is the world’s second biggest brewer. Its ‘Special Brew’ is the biggest selling ‘super strength’ beer in the UK. It is a whopping 9% alcohol by volume. I once drank two whole cans of the stuff and had to be taken to bed by my very bored friends because my conversation was unintelligible and I kept vomiting in the waste paper basket. I once knew a Dane who liked his Special Brew and could handle several pints a night. Everyone else I know loathes it and handles it as well as I. Special Brew is very strong indeed and tastes ... more

This stuff might as well be served at BP forecourts across the country .. you probably could actually run your car off the stuff. I was introduced to Carlsberg Special Brew a few years ago now, and it's fair to say that it doen't take pride of place in my fridge. The Special Brew was first produced in 1950, to commemorate a visit by Winston Churchill to Copenhagen. He was seen as a hero by the Danes, for defeating the Nazi's in the second world war, a few years previously. Known as 'Easter Beer' in Denmark, production of the stuff was introduced to the UK a few years later out of Northampton ... more

View comments Its Bloody Leathal..... ----------------------------------------​- Oh my god what a beer this stuff is, 9 per cent and a taste like a tramps old sock... Let me take you way back to when Art was a teenager and he was being invited to parties by all the local young chicks, no party was a party without Art there...... Anyway I arrive at the party 17 years old with 4 of my mates, yes I even had mates way back then but for some reason they all seemed to just vanish... But back to the party and I spot drink in the kitchen, I am already half drunk anyway with a small bottle of vodka. I ... more

Well well well .. me and the mighty Special Brew meet again and to be quite honest I'm glad theres a screen between me and the might lager as I can honestly say I've had some good times but oohhh I've definatly had some bad times on it! The first time I ever drunk this so called lager was at the age of 15 (nearly 5 years ago) in a park close to my home. I only had £10 per week from my paper round and armed with a bottle of White Lightning and 4 cans of Special Brew I decided to take on the world. Anyway with a bit of courage I decided I could drink all 4 cans with ease and still stand to tell ... more