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Carling

Coors Brewing Company UK
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🌍 United Kingdom · Lager · One of 46 Lagers in hopIQ

Britain's best-selling lager — brewed by Coors for the UK market since the 1950s. Clean, light golden and refreshing with mild grain character and gentle bitterness. Carling is the volume lager of British pubs and football culture: unpretentious, consistent and always on tap at the local.

ABV
4%
IBU
10
SRM
pale golden3
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Flavor Profile

How this beer tastes, mapped across 20+ dimensions

light bodied
95%
crisp
87%
clean
80%
refreshing
75%
light
75%
smooth
63%
grainy
50%
dry finish
45%
malty
38%
grain
25%
sweet
20%
subtle hop
5%
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About Lager

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What is a Lager?

Euro Pale Lagers are clean, refreshing lagers with 4–5.5% ABV and IBU 10–25. Soft malt sweetness, light hop bitterness and high carbonation make them supremely drinkable.

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Serve & Enjoy

How to get the most out of Carling

Serve at 4–7°C
Refrigerate, then rest 2 min

Serve well-chilled at 4–6°C. Carbonation and crispness are the main event — cold preserves both.

Stein
Recommended for this style

The sturdy German stein maintains temperature and keeps carbonation intact. Built for long, convivial drinking.

Store cold and drink fresh. Lagers are at their crispest within 3–4 months.

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