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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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 Nightfall (647), Athens, Greece
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/512/20
Sep 12, 2006  
I had already tried carlsberg, never really planned on trying it again on Denmark but sometimes it was the only option :) I didn’t know of the elephant version and decided to try it. Not very impressed just like a stronger carlsberg with skuny aroma.


 IrishBoy (2712), Bakersfield, California, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/510/20
Sep 10, 2006  
Bottle at Bakersifelds Brews in The Village; Nose of caramel malt; gold with a small white head; flavor of caramel with a hop finish.


 milewide (609), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/54/103/510/20
Sep 5, 2006  
Alcohol is main aroma and flavor, with low level of both hops and malt. Better than American malt liquors!


 ghawener (960), San Salvador, El Salvador
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 3, 2006  
Bottle: Got this one in a supermarket in Costa Rica on a business trip. A potent beer with strong note of pepper that hides the high level of alcohol.


 Bockyhorsey (2528), Mesa, Arizona, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/103/57/20
Sep 1, 2006  
330 ml bottle. Road kill skunk aroma. Dark yellow body with white head. Flavor was lot of malt and had a medium bitterness. Flavor was also burnt corn mash that left somewhat of a bad aftertaste.


 fonefan (11525), VestJylland, Denmark
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/103/59/20
Aug 23, 2006  
Bottle. Golden colour with a white head. Sweet and grassy aroma. Corn, alcohol and a dry finish.


 twindadplus2 (415), Wisconsin, USA
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/102/56/20
Aug 22, 2006  
I’ll have to agree with the majority of the reviews here. Aroma is grain, stale hops and adjuncts. You taste some malt and hops but, mostly, it’s alcohol and a metallic background. Different from the usual malt liquor but not worth having more than one.


 jimthechap (174), Christchurch, New Zealand
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/102/57/20
Aug 22, 2006  
I was dared to drink this beer once but only because of the high alcohol content. Alcohol content doesn’t scare me at all, it was the lack of flavour that saw me not ask for another.



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