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Carlsberg Elephant 2.21 652

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
6522.21/5.02.21/5.07.2%20.5Lager 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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 MmmcKay (289), 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.


 Barrios (861), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Aug 19, 2009  
Pours a golden body and a white head with legs. Smells of hops and sweet malt. Flavor is yeast and malt. Finish has a little bit of hops, not much tho.


 drowland (1429), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/102/59/20
Aug 1, 2009  
Aroma is big skunk from the bottle with noticeable malt, grains, and corn aromas. The taste is malt and adjuncts with touches of alcohol and skunk and quite sweet. Really not as bad as I was anticipating.


 mike1977ok (648), Netherlands
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 31, 2009  
Pale blond. Aroma has a little hop freshness, a bit floral too. Has a sharp edge, a bit of hoppiness comes through too. Alcohol is well hidden.


 Davros (247), Australia
1.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/52/103/54/20
Jul 29, 2009  
Amber pour, mid-sized head fades to a thin layer. Aroma is quite weak, there’s some grassy European hops, boring grainy malt and cardboard. Flavours show the same grassy hops before the alcohol and metallic bitterness take over in a horrible finish. Prickly mild carbonation takes away some of the flavour (thank god).



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