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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Ratings	Average	Score	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
652	2.21/5.0	2.21/5.0	7.2%	20.5	Lager 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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thewolf (5827), Kolding, Denmark

2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2	4/10	2/5	5/10	3/5	6/20

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
3.3	5/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

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 (3614), Kristiansand, Norway

2.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.1	3/10	3/5	3/10	2/5	10/20

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 (8635), Frederiksberg, Denmark

2.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.2	4/10	3/5	4/10	3/5	8/20

Apr 6, 2007

Bottle. Clear golden coloured with an off white head. Aroma of fruits, malts and hops. Flavour of corn, malts and hops.

DrBayern (1137), Morehead City, North Carolina, USA

3.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.1	5/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Apr 4, 2007

12 oz. bottle. I wasn’t expecting much with this, but it is better than I expected, and to me, conisiderably better than its rating would suggest. Poured in a Pilsner glass, there was a large foamy head that actually lasted quite well and left some pretty good lace over a ever so slightly hazy gold liquid. Light sweet biscuity aroma, with little evidence of any hops. The body is light, but not watery, and is complimented by a lively effervescence. there is enough hop bitterness to balance out the light malty sweetness for a finish that is dry enough to quench the thirst.

jonwayne4883 (401), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

3.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.1	4/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Apr 4, 2007

slightly better taste than the regular lager, with a bit mor epunch, same look, smell, etc. but a bit more carbonation.

patrick767 (2051), fort wayne, Indiana, USA

2.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.1	3/10	2/5	5/10	3/5	8/20

Apr 2, 2007

bottle - Pours clear yellow with a thin head and a sweet malt and corn aroma. The very sweet flavor seems to have corn adjuncts. The body is thin to medium and the carbonation fairly light. The sweet finish is mildly warming thanks to the higher abv. Meh.

almosi (279), Viña del Mar, Chile

2.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.1	2/10	3/5	5/10	2/5	9/20

Mar 26, 2007

(in can, 33 cl.). Clear, golden beer. Not much aroma, and the taste is like a common lager, some more hops, and a alcohol taste, little. There is no much that to say of this beer. It is a flat beer.

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