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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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 crzybob77 (528), Richmond, Virginia, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/56/103/513/20
Jul 3, 2006  
Most certainly better than your typical cheap malt liquor, but that isnt saying much. Just an easy drinkin beer with lot of hidden alcohol and light sweetness. Just take it for what its worth as you cant really expect much more.


 Metalhead (571), Lake Zurich, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/103/515/20
Jul 3, 2006    Updated: Feb 17, 2007
I first drank this stuff over 20 years ago. Light gold color with a quick fading head. Aroma is a hint of skunk that fades to straw,sweetness and grain. Tastes pretty much the same without the skunk.Very smooth and the best malt liquor on the market. Goes good with honey roasted peanuts and decent bang for the buck. $6 a six.


 EithCubes (2152), Indiana, USA
0.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/51/101/51/20
Jun 24, 2006  
Bottle. Mine’s the German version presumably brewed in M’gladbach. Clear golden pour and a flurrfy white head. Smells of sweet malt, tastes of badness. Very grassy and bitter, but the dominant force here is extreme alcohol burn - we’re two steps away from drinking everclear. Repulsive unbalanced swill, couldn’t dirnk it.


 vyvvy (2068), Hazelwood, Missouri, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/55/102/58/20
Jun 21, 2006  
What a dreadful beer. Light gold pour with a rocky white head that fell quick. Aroma is pure skunky malt with some sweetness as well. Medium bodied with light carbonation. Taste has all the skunk from the aroma and artificial tasting sweetness with the malt. Fniish is husky and spicy, and ’thankfully’ that skunk just stays through the finish as well. Not at all good, for some reason I finished the whole glass. At least now I have a malt liquor charted - I won’t need another unless I find Bear Republic or Dogfish Head.


 uglyblond1 (174), Nebraska, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/59/20
Jun 21, 2006  
Pale yellow orange. Grain and malt aroma with bright hops. The flavor is sweet and very bright, grassy, a bit harsh and rough. The finish is very crisp with a strong hop bite.


 Likeburning (149), Franklin, Tennessee, USA
1.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/53/101/53/20
Jun 16, 2006  
The only redeeming quality of this light orange yellow colored "malt-liquor" is the festive picture of its namesake on the bottle. It tastes like Dutch Crown and horse feed. That and it has a higher alcohol percentage. Will not buy again.


 yemntftb (106), USA
1.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/52/102/55/20
Jun 14, 2006  
Had this on draft in Italy, poors out a light orange, with a medium sized head. The aroma and taste is dominated by wheats and malts, and is somewhat fruity. The alcohol is not too apparent in the aftertaste, but its there. Overall this malt liquor isn’t too good, and doesn’t really give malt liquors a better name.


 AleDrinker (1090), Sunnyvale, California, USA
1.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/53/102/55/20
Jun 12, 2006  
Bleh, over the top ’straw’ aroma and flavor. Just too much of it that I couldn’t get past. No thanks.



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