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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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 JonMoore (1561), Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/53/102/58/20
Sep 29, 2005  
Bottle. Quite a dark gold colour with a large white head. Aroma has sweet malts, some bread, some skunk. Taste is disappointing; malty and dry, but not very well put together. No real enjoyment to be had here.


 FROTHINGSLOSH (2001), GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/104/510/20
Sep 23, 2005    Updated: Jun 28, 2006
I had not had this beer for at least a decade until tonight. Sampled from an 11.2 oz green bottle this beer poured a bright golden color with a large soapy white head. The aroma is sour tangy macro malts with a hint of pepper. The flavor is again sour tangy macro malts with a hint of pepper. There is a strong alcohol taste to the beer but surprisingly little alcohol burn given that flavor. The alcohol taste lingers and the beer warms the stomach interestingly. Definitely a malt liquor but not bad for one.


 goldtwins (4080), Nesconset, New York, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/102/59/20
Sep 21, 2005  
Can. MMMM like an imported Steel Reserve. Golden orange color with a large off-white head. Sweet (not fruity) malt with some notes of dough. Malty flavor with bitter semi-dry finish.


 Lumpy (1802), Carrollton, Texas, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/102/56/20
Sep 18, 2005  
Bottle. Nice honey body with a thin foamy head. Nose is skunky and sweet. Quite nice.Taste-kind of sour, skunk, very thick and sweet, very slightly bitter on the back end with a touch of alcohol. Reminds me of drinking perfume. Very odd. It is an assault of sweet, sticky, sour, and alcohol all at the same time. Doesn’t finish well.


 harrisoni (6798), Ashford, Kent, England
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/59/20
Sep 17, 2005  
Bottle. Golden colour with thn white head. Some hop some lemon but mostly a syrupy stong alcohol smell. However, for all that I quite liked it in a funny way. Does what it says on the tin


 SudsMcDuff (1692), was CapeTown,SA-now Houston, Texas, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/514/20
Sep 11, 2005    Updated: Sep 12, 2005
Pours a bronze bell of a yellow, some head with good lacing..DamN! this has a kick to it, a little rough if you will, tastes like a refined malt liquour..the 7.2 has bite but an enjoyable beer...but drink it cold!


 LilKem (1210), Marietta, Ohio, USA
1.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/54/102/54/20
Sep 11, 2005  
skunk skunk skunketty skunk. damn green bottles. why do people use these things? very sweet very carbonated and very not good.


 RAYBOY01 (1830), Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/103/58/20
Sep 7, 2005  
My buddy Cornfield assures me that I should be rating malt liquors (I started with Dogfishhead ML though) Carbonation reminds of a pilsener. Too sweet and lingering in the aftertaste. We used to say that they called it Elephant Beer because after the third one it felt like an elephant stepped on your head.



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