SPECIAL BREW .. OH IT'S DEFINATLY SPECIAL

Advantages: CHEAP NIGHT IN - GREAT VALUE FOR MONEY - A STUDENTS WET DREAM!!
Disadvantages: TASTE ISN'T THE BEST - POSSIBILITY OF WAKING UP IN A&E

...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 the tale - I was definatly niave then!! Anyway after pulling back the ring pull and taking a sniff I realised why it was so cheap as the smell of it spelt out disaster but anyway I decided to close my eyes and take a swig ... first of all I...

Phoenix7891 16.02.2007 · Read review
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NOT SO SPECIAL

Advantages: Um...err....
Disadvantages: It stinks

...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 of those cans. Was this such a good idea? Let's find out. Carlsberg was first launched in 1847 when Captain J.C.Jacobsen, plotted a course "to develop the art of making beer to the greatest possible degree of perfection". It was the first...

proxam 04.09.2006 · Read review
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Satan's Brew

Advantages: There are no advantages to drinking this poison
Disadvantages: Tastes absolutely disgusting

...Special Brew, eh? The creme de la creme of Tramps' Stew style beverages. If you're drinking this rather than Tennants' Super, then you're obviously a higher class of hobo. It's not cheap, but that isn't really the point, because a pint of this stuff does things to you that normal pints will never do. I last had this stuff when I was sixteen but boy does it stick out in my mind even today. I drank three cans and proceeded to get lost in a field. I eventually came to after being enveloped in a nightmare for nigh on three hours, by which time I'd walked into a telegraph pole. Twice. It tastes worse than almost anything else I've ever tried. Only (a) tramps and (b) Chavs out to cause trouble, are ever going to drink this stuff habitually. This drink doesn't deserve any stars at all. In fact I'd give it negative stars if I could....

bagoproverbial 02.12.2004 · Read review
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Specially wasted

Advantages: In terms of drunkness to price ratio nothing beats it
Disadvantages: tastes awful, turns you into a monster!!!

...This stuff is the bees' knees as far as getting drunk for your money goes. Each can containing 9% alcohol costs just over £1 with 4 packs retailing at £5 ish. Incidentally it was the 9% label that drew me to special brew and the idea of a cheap night out that eventually resulted in me parting with my money in exchange for a dreaded 4 pack - this was something that I later would regret. The packaging how ever leaves little to be desired with the mustard colour doing little to sell the product. My first sip was hard to stomach with the strong taste hitting you like a rocket propelled bus. The aroma is awful and drinking a can as you would a 'normal' beer takes some doing. I've found the best thing to do to is mix it with some strong cider and blackcurrant to form a POWER snakebite. This helps to hide the taste and generally provides...

jls123 14.03.2005 · Read review
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Park life!

Advantages: Cheapest night you'll ever have!
Disadvantages: Everything else!

...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. I don't often drink Special Brew, but when I do, I always know about it the following morning. It's great if you're after a cheap night, quite literally 4 cans will pretty much put an end to your night, or what you remember of it anyway. I...

danmclovin 19.08.2008 · Read review
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Got any spare change mate

Advantages: Gets you drunk cheaply
Disadvantages: Tastes vile

...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 very different than your usual normal strength or even strong lagers. It is thicker in texture and has a sort of very bitter caramelized taste on my tongue. It certainly isn’t what you could call refreshing, and the intoxication it...

sandrabarber 17.01.2002 · Read review
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1001 Edinburgh Jakeys Cannae be Wrang

Advantages: Price To Alcohol Ratio, If Drunk Cold Tastes Not Too Bad
Disadvantages: Fould Tasting at about 1 Degree Centigrade

...drinking the foul elixir, place the cans in the freezer too. After half an hour has elapsed then pour the Brew into the frozen glasses and drink very fast, it the temperature gets above 1 degree centigrade then you are in trouble. Ideally there should be ice crystals forming in the head. Ice cubes can be added to maintain the low temperatures required to drink at this temperature. The taste of Special brew at near freezing is almost non existent and really quite pleasant, however the speed you have to drink it at this temperature is not advisable as it is liable to give you brain freeze. However this is infinitely preferable to actually tasting the stuff....

Champ666 30.03.2006 · Read review
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Strange Brew eh?

Advantages: Great film eh!!
Disadvantages: Bit old now.

...Strange Brew. What is it? Well, it?s a film about Bob and Doug Mackenzie and they are a pair of Dumbwits that are supposed to live in Canada. All they are interested in is Donuts, Beer and Hockey. They make a real stupid film and get stitched up by the brewery. That is all I am saying or I will spoil the plot for you!!! ~It?s a real old film (about 1982) and stars Rick Moranis in his early days. I really think you should watch this film if you like Canada and Hockey. Oh and Beer!!! Great quote from the film ? Take off you Hoser!?. Its hard to get hold of in UK but you can order it from special shops. Not as good as the hockey fillm Slapshot but quite funny....

andycharger 02.08.2000 · Read review
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Number One Selling Superstrength Lager

Advantages: Very Strong. Widely Available. Nice Bottle/Can
Disadvantages: A tad sweet and sickly.

...Carlsberg Special Brew was launched in 1950 to commemorate Sir Winston Churchill'visit to Copenhagen and at Carlsberg's HQ they are very proud of this lager,which celebrates its 52 nd anniversary this year. Today it is also brewed at Carlsberg's plant at Northampton and is now Britain's biggest selling superstrength lager with huge sales both in pubs and in off licences. It is,of course, a very strong beer. It's alcohol by volume content being no less than 9 per cent which few other beers can match. This very popular brew is widely available and is sold to around 130 countries around the world. In the UK it has something of a mixed reputation. It most certainly is a full bodied beer and for some might be a little too strong. Moreover,in such full strength beers malt does tend to rather overwhelm the hops with the result that some...

ashford 03.01.2002 (17.08.2002) · Read review
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Sorts the men out from the boys

Advantages: Hits the spot in half the time
Disadvantages: Tastes bloody awfull

...for an early night. The beer needs to be kept in the fridge overnight until it hits temperature. If Special Brew is not served extra cold, it tastes bloody awful, like treacle without sugar. Make no mistakes with Special Brew.....it is a quality beer from a quality brewery, but should not be used in a session. I normaly throw a can or two down of this when i have been working late, as it will relax you in half the time. Special Brew makes Stella look as though you would have it for breakfast or give it the kids to go with their crisps. I make no apoligiesfor my vices, i am a drinker and at night i like a cigarette to go with it, and a couple of these does get the party started. The best thing i have found to do with Special Brew, is to have a couple of regular beers first to prepare the taste buds. It is a lot darker than most...

jacksback40 02.07.2007 · Read review
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