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Carlsberg Elephant

Percentile
8
overall
Brewed by Carlsberg Brewery
Style: European Strong Lager

Copenhagen, Denmark

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6482.21/5.02.21/5.07.2%20.2Lager glass
Commercial Description:
Pasteurised strong lager.
First brewed in 1959. Sold in a 330ml bottle in 1989 as "the beer you will never forget". In May 1996 Elephant Beer was repackaged into an emerald green 275ml bottle.
UK version is brewed at the Carlsberg Northampton brewery.
Carlsberg Elephant Beer is an amber-coloured beer with big intensity in its aroma, and with a distinct maltyness. There is notes of honey in the aroma. The palate of Carlsberg Elephant shows a good balance between a good body from the alcohol, and a discrete sweetness which is tamed by the sophisticated bitterness of the aftertaste.
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kfl (71), Denmark
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/510/20
Jun 20, 2008  
(Can 50cl, Fakta) Clear, golden body with a medium to big, white, mostly diminishing white head. Sweet malty aroma and flavor. Well balanced. The alcohol is easily detected in the finish.


 Rciesla (3617), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/105/54/103/58/20
Jun 14, 2008  
Bottle. I didnt care for this much. Pours a light yellow body. Kinda skunked pilsner malt aroma. Some maltyness, eh forgeth this one.


 downender (2587), Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/102/58/20
Jun 14, 2008  
Sampled at a bar in Cognac, France 9/6/08. Golden in colour with a slight white head. Sickly sweet in aroma and flavour with a warming alcohol finish. Not much pleasure given the amount of alcohol involved.


 Bradrcr (779), Renton, Washington, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/512/20
Jun 14, 2008  
5/24/08 From the bottle. Aroma is tangy and very sweet on the initial pour, but subsides in a couple of minutes. Noble hops are very hard to detect. Appearance is slightly hazy greenish gold with a medium white head. Flavor is sweet malt forward with a solid pils sourness and low noble bittering. Mouthfeel is low bodied with a medium carb texture. Overall, not bad, but tough to pair with all but the lightest flavored foods.


 armando629 (985), Budapest, Hungary
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/102/57/20
Jun 12, 2008  
Deep golden body, small white head. Minimal aroma, a little malt in the nose with some alcohol. The body is not a complex one...Unpleasant hop flavour, alcoholic malt taste. Not my style.


 KnutAlbert (3127), Oslo, Norway
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/58/20
Jun 11, 2008  
Canned. Dark gold. A wonder I haven’t rated thjis before, I have had quite a few from well before my legal dinking age. A very stadnard Euro lager,a nd you feel the alcohol edge. But it is decently crafted for what it is.


missouribill (12), , Missouri, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/57/102/514/20
Jun 9, 2008  
rough, the bigger the animal, the bigger the beer! this beer only has one purpose, and it does it well


 larsga (2959), Oslo, Norway
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/53/102/55/20
Jun 4, 2008  
Medium offwhite fine-laced head. Golden body with light carbonation. Fruity dusty malt aroma with alcohol notes. Sweet-dry tobacco taste with alcoholic vaguely rotten fruit notes. Sharp dry cardboard and grass aftertaste with chalky notes lingers. Some alcohol heat. Deeply unpleasant. Poured out the rest. (0.33l can, Systembolaget, Charlottenberg.)



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