If you mean the lager? it's made by Coors (used to be Bass breweries) in Burton on trent, although years ago it was a Canadian company, not sure if it is owned by Canadians or what? I thought Carlsberg was the football beer? in which case they are Danish and made in the uk by Tetley.
The very pricey food and drink outlets at the Olympics are supposed to be highlighting the best of British - such as Heineken
Black Label is also sold and brewed in South Africa - and is quite palatable unlike the pish they sell here!!!
Wiki states - The history of Carling dates back to 1818, when Thomas Carling, a farmer from the English county of Yorkshire, took his family to eastern Canada, settling at what is now the city of London, Ontario. During his first year there Carling cleared a small area of land. He called on his neighbours, Richard Walden, to help at a "stumping bee", a cooperative effort in which each man brought his own oxen and tools and the land was cleared of tree stumps. All the neighbours asked in return was food and refreshment. Thomas Carling's refreshment, a home-brewed ale, was of such quality that soon he was brewing it for other stumping bees. It grew so popular that he abandoned farming for full-time brewing. The first Carling brewery was a modest affair – two kettles, a horse to turn the grinding mill and six men to work on the mash tubs. Carling was his own sales and shipping department. He started by selling his beer on the streets of London, Ontario from a wheelbarrow. In 1840 Carling began a small brewing operation in London, Ontario, Canada, selling beer to soldiers at the local camp. By 1878, when his sons, John and William, built a new six-storey brewery in London, Carling was a household name in Canada. The new brewery was destroyed by a fire just a year after opening. Thomas Carling, shortly after helping to fight the fire, died of pneumonia. His sons William and John took over the company, naming it the W & J Carling Brewing Co. John Carling died in 1911 and the company has changed hands numerous times since. It was acquired by Canadian Breweries Limited, which was eventually renamed Carling O'Keefe, which merged with Molson, which then merged with Coors to form Molson Coors Brewing Company.
In which case I feel obligated to apologize on behalf of Canada for inflicting Carling on the world...
Rightly so Jen. The only way Carling is supporting Britain is by producing cheap lager for consumption by chavs.
