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Ryan Merrifield

Mum left furious after buying ‘probably’ world’s worst crate of Carlsberg for £15

A mum-of-three is fuming after buying probably the world's worst cans of Carlsberg - which she described as "beerwater".

Anne-Maria Elsbury and husband Wayne Morgan paid £15 from an Asda supermarket in Bristol for nine boxes of the popular Danish brew.

But noticed the tins seemed "flimsy" and after cracking a few open found they didn't appear to have been carbonated properly, meaning they weren't fizzy.

The brewing giant has blamed the issue on a bad batch and offered the couple a £15 voucher as an apology.

Anne-Maria, 46, from Wales, said she told Wayne to pick up some beers while he was in England for a funeral.

She told the Sun: "I love Carlsberg – it’s the only drink I enjoy and it was supposed to last me a long time.

"But when he got back I knew something was up because the tins felt really flimsy. I was about four cans in and I thought something was up – it didn’t taste right.

"A few days later and I was saying 'this is it now, this just tastes like water'."

The nine boxes contained 144 cans.

Anne-Maria said they poured some of the beer out and saw "it wasn't anything like", and wasn't fizzy at all.

She said it tasted "absolutely horrible" and they didn't get any kind of alcohol "buzz" from it.

Carlsberg asked Anne-Maria and Wayne to send them a couple of unopened cans in the post so they could run some tests.

They concluded the batch had suffered from "reduced carbonation levels" and apologised.

But the couple say the voucher isn't enough.

Anne-Maria is concerned that others could get "really ill" if they receive cans from the same batch.

She added that if they had been bought for a special occasion, like a wedding, they could "spoil the whole thing".

A spokesperson from Carlsberg told Metro.co.uk: "We package several million cans at our brewery in Northampton every week. Though issues like this are extremely rare, we want everyone to be able to enjoy our products to the fullest, and have been in touch with the purchaser to put things right.

"Product safety and quality is our highest priority, and we have extensive checks and processes in place to ensure our products are produced to the highest standards.

"As a responsible manufacturer, we take any consumer complaint about one of our products seriously and are investigating the issue."

The Mirror has contacted Carlsberg for further comment.

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