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Carlsberg Elephant 2.21 649

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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6492.21/5.02.21/5.07.2%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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 jbye4334 (710), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/59/20
Sep 24, 2009  
Clear light orange color. Small white head. Apple aroma. Malt, alcohol and apple flavors. Avg duration. Smooth finish with light bitterness. Slick/thin texture. Soft carbonation. Spare lacing.


 Dervock (181), Emu plains, Australia
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/58/20
Sep 14, 2009  
Bottle - Pours pale yellow with a skimming of bubbles for a head. Sweet aroma with hops and ight malt. Flavour starts off sweet then the alcohol hits followed by grainy malt and a lingering dry finish. The alcohol hit is a bit harsh and masks any other flavours.


 DeanF (309), Paris, France
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/103/57/20
Aug 31, 2009  
Has some fruity sweetness in the aroma as well as lots and lots of alcohol. It’s not a bad fragrance however, and is definitely inviting. Looks pretty good too, with a soft gold colour and head that slow dissipates. Not too fast and not too slow, and little bubbles coming up at a steady pace. The taste is another thing, though: taste like wet socks, skunky hops, lots of alcohol. Has a semi-dry finish with a hint of yuck. Worth the extra alcohol kick if you can stand the taste, but this is by no means a good example of a strong beer.


 jesperhammer (325), Copenhagen, Denmark
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/103/511/20
Aug 25, 2009  
22-AUG-2009, Bottle @Henriks. Tasted blind, with no clue to what it might be. The others guess cheap pilsner. We have been drinking micro brew all day, so it is dificult to catch anything in this beer. It is golden with little head. some malt and sweetness, corn and a little bitterness in the end. The thing that leads me to say it is not a pilsner, but a stronger beer is the density. It is surely higher than most pilsners. I still do not have a clue that this is an elephant. It is slightly dissappointing, but then again my taste buds are calibrated to more non-standard stuff. Quite OK beer, and I have had this so many times in the past, and still cannot nail it:-(


 MmmcKay (286), Brentwood, Tennessee, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/58/20
Aug 22, 2009  
Smooth but not particularly pleasant. A decent entry to high gravity beers for some one who is used to drinking popular American piss water lagers.


 HughConway (367), Washington, USA
1.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/53/102/53/20
Aug 22, 2009  
A malt liquor not a strong lager. Smooth for what it is, but very much an industrial entrant.


 dnoaksson (179), , Sweden
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/103/58/20
Aug 21, 2009  
Burk. En förhållandevis enkel lager, renons på finesser och djup; smakbilden är tydlig, målad i breda drag. Alkoholsmaken träder fram, balanserar till det mindre angenäma, men lyckas ändå förkläda den över förväntan för att vara över sju procent.



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