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Carlsberg Elephant 2.21 653

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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6532.21/5.02.21/5.07.2%20.3Lager 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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goonxxi (1), Soap Hollow, Pennsylvania, USA
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4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Apr 15, 2008  
As a homebrewer and aficianado of alcoholic, malty, hoppy brews, I really like this beer. Good mouth-feel. Nice color. Big bubbles in the carbonation and head retention could be better, but in all honesty really good head is hard to find. A nice brew for those who like strong beer.


 trapez (840), Hilleroed, Denmark
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/57/20
Apr 12, 2008  
Bottle 0.33 l. yellow with white head. Malty and a bit fruity taste. Sweet. Hobs very discrete. Carbonation allright.


 mugabe (219), Sweden
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/103/510/20
Apr 8, 2008  
Can. Pours a nice honey golden with dissipating head. Malty aroma, malty taste, quite nice body, some rather pungent alcohol. Sweet corn finish.


 moseslikesbeer (183), conestoga, Pennsylvania, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/102/56/20
Apr 7, 2008  
bottle. smelled like apples and something rotten. Rotten apples perhaps? hmm? pale yallow and a nice white head. I didn’t notice any real carbonation. tasted like Malt and rubbing alcohol. I’m one who loves malty beer but there wasn’t enough there to balance out the rubbing alcohol taste which was just nasty. Did not go down smooth at all. Glad I tried it but can honestly say I don’t want any more. EVER!


 afireinside96 (842), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/52/102/57/20
Apr 7, 2008  
bottle. why anyone would volunteer to ever drink more than one of these is beyond my capacity for reasoning. it pours alright, a pale golden color with a one inch white head. it doesn’t even smell too bad, like apple cider and alcohol. but when you take the first sip it becomes obvious that this beer’s only purpose is to get people drunk. it tastes like rotting apples and raw, unadulterated alcohol. I could not even get halfway through my glass. what a waste of time and money.


 DandyWolfFloyd (331), Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, USA
1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/52/102/52/20
Apr 6, 2008  
Immediate reaction is grass. I feel like I just drank grass clippings, fresh grass clippings. The aroma is malty and grassy. It’s appearance is yellow and ordinary. Its taste is not unusual, but not good either, with a definite grassy taste. I always say it’s important to be distinct, but not in this way. It’s not particularly easy on the palate either. This is not enjoyable.


 FatTony (121), Augusta, Georgia, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/103/57/20
Apr 4, 2008  
11.2 ounce bottle- pours a really beautiful golden orange with a thick, though short lived, head. The aroma is all yeast and pizza dough. Typical malt liquor taste, slightly metallic with a strong alcohol taste. Highly carbonated. I suspect most malt liquors of being cheap alcohol delivery systems, fair only.


 kidmartinek (1004), austin, Texas, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/102/57/20
Apr 3, 2008  
Pours a darker golden color. Smells like swwet malt and is a little fruity like apples. Head is 2 inches but quickly shrinks. Flavor is of old nasty malt, fruity esters and alcohol. The regular Carlsberg lager is much better.



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