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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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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
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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 YourDarkLord (1800), Urbana, Illinois, USA
0.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/101/51/101/51/20
Oct 20, 2006  
Bottle (as if it mattered). Have been told that Carlsberg bought out Carnegie Porter, one of my favorites, and closed down production so that it could produce this swill. Rather than even dignifying it with a review, I’ll just quote Oakes: "Obscenely terrible."


 MadIndian (997), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/102/59/20
Oct 16, 2006  
Pours a golden color with barely any head. Aroma of caramel malt and a slight skunky odor. I agree with some one who said, "it is better then american malt liqours"


 BeerBiker (1392), Kathmandu, Nepal
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/59/20
Oct 15, 2006  
Bottle. Darkgolden look and an aroma and taste which is "something", but nothing more. Maybe it is the mix of some alcohol, despite it’s 7.2 % and then some hoppyness, but quite an av. beer for the style.


 Stefano (1339), Esbjerg, Denmark
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/104/510/20
Oct 15, 2006  
Rich gold color, no head but a ring of bubbles around the outside of the glass. Full malty aroma. Had a half decent flavour, quite different, but you could taste a fair bit of alcohol.


 flemmingwillum (239), København S, Denmark
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/54/103/58/20
Oct 13, 2006  
Sweet, grainy and alcoholic aroma. The taste is quite sweet, but also pretty alcoholic, and the bitter aftertaste doesn’t balance with it - on the other hand is it just adding more acridness. The aftertaste is marked by the hops, but a little sweetness from the malts can be recognized too. Not a good Carlsberg - I have never been very fond of Carlsberg Elephant.


 ehhdayton (1113), USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/58/20
Oct 12, 2006  
Pours a golden color with a white head. The aroma is off with a slightly unpleasent quality. The flavor is weak and the finish is lacking.


 unclemattie (2425), Georgia, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/51/104/59/20
Oct 6, 2006  
HAzy golden yellow. skunky aroma. not much flavor. Fizzy and a creamy texture. VEry strong. Gave my body instant chills on the first sip. Still doesn’t have any flavor.


 Grovlam (3810), Copenhagen, Denmark
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/102/510/20
Oct 3, 2006  
A bit alcoholic in aroma and flavor. Ok foam with a dark and malty apperance and a hoppy finish.



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