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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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 DruncanVeasey (2745), The Penguin’s Arms, Europe, Warwickshire, England
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
May 23, 2007  
Bottled. Pale yellow pour with a slight haziness and impressively rocky snow-white froth. Fingers of lace. Wet straw and hop grassiness. Almost a sniff of mandarin. Slightly syrupy malt with a crisp finishing bitterness. Unexpectedly refreshing by the 275ml measure. Would probably be singing its praises if it was Belgian. Sort of tastes like a sup of your dad’s pint did when you were 7 years old. Bitter, metallic and booze-sodden. You know you shouldn’t like it, but you can’t help youself.


 TaxiDriver (938), Stadland, Germany
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/54/102/56/20
May 23, 2007  
Can. Strong hoppy smell, medium sour and sweet. Big white head and yellow body. Thick flavor, long lasting, no carbonation.


 larsniclas (3386), Gothenburg, Sweden
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/102/56/20
May 19, 2007  
Canned. Yellow with a brief, white head. A bit spicy but with a pungent alcoholic flavour.


Avatar (82), Gliwice, Poland
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/55/103/511/20
Apr 22, 2007  
0,33 Bottle. Golden with white head wich disapeared quickly. Strong aroma wich I didn’t like really. There was also something wrong with flavour. Sweet. After all it was interesting cause it’s quite different from what i am used to. Still not what I would like to taste once more.


 thewolf (5782), Kolding, Denmark
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/103/56/20
Apr 21, 2007  
Bottle. Golden yellow, small white film head. Very sweet malty flavour, some ginger. Full mouthfeel, taste is sweet, vinious, and slightly bitter.


 elmatador00 (518), j-action-ville, North Carolina, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/515/20
Apr 10, 2007  
Had in BVI. Pours a golden lager with a med white head. Has a large malt flavor. Has hints of malts, and sweet hops. Alcohol is perfectly balanced with a small bitter aftertaste.


 gunnfryd (3596), Kristiansand, Norway
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/102/510/20
Apr 8, 2007  
Can. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malt, fruit. Flavour is sweet, fruit, malt, alcohol, hop, apple. Not as bas as expected.


 joergen (8609), Frederiksberg, Denmark
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/58/20
Apr 6, 2007  
Bottle. Clear golden coloured with an off white head. Aroma of fruits, malts and hops. Flavour of corn, malts and hops.



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