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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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 TaktikMTL (2786), Montréal-Nord, Quebec, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/510/20
Dec 30, 2006  
Bouteille verte de 330 ml achetée chez Sylvester’s Market (Montgomery, VT). Arôme: Odeur de malt et d’alcool. Apparence: La couleur est blonde très orangée avec une faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût d’agrumes. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement huileuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Présence d’agrumes en arrière goût. (Rating #815)


 Joeh (1908), Buckinghamshire, England
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/53/103/56/20
Dec 7, 2006  
Bottle from Waitrose. Sweet an alcoholic, lacks a clean flavour. This is what headaches are made of.


hopheads4bears (1), USA
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3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/59/104/59/20
Dec 6, 2006  
This may well be the greatest high level alcohol beer ever brewed! A strong but not over powering flavor. I would love to find an establishment featuring this superb brew on tap. It’s thundering 7.2 alcohol % makes for a wonderful warming drink in the winter months.


HPMHam (13), Schömberg, Germany
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/54/102/58/20
Dec 2, 2006  
A very harsh beer. However, it is not my taste. Pretty bottle, but more also not.


 jason (1623), Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/102/59/20
Nov 26, 2006  
Bottle. Smells like ginger ale. Weak appearnace and poor flavor with a hint of alcohol. Worth the $1 I paid for it.


 Magicdave6 (5513), London, Greater London, England
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Nov 19, 2006  
I found this not to bad and even ended up sessioning it it in some mosher club in Dundee insted of newcastle brown, which is generally my beer of choice over shite lager when dancing my tits off. Aroma is sweet toffee malts quite fruity also. Taste gives again sweet fruityness but some sort of hops balance it out.


 TheOrange (405), Kent, Ohio, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/55/103/510/20
Nov 18, 2006  
Pale yellow with a big white head. Little to no aroma. Flavor is very little hop, mild malts, a bit on the bitter side. Better than the non-elephant version of carlsberg.


 kopestes (164), Braine l’Alleud, Belgium
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/58/20
Nov 17, 2006  
0.33l bottle at home. Clear yellow color with medium white head. Malty sweet aroma. Taste is bitter with hint of sweetenes. Quite strong.



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