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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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 cking (1041), North Canton, Ohio, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/59/20
Jun 6, 2007  
Rated 4/20/07: Well to be honest this beer is junk, Danish malt likka nonetheless. Mildly skunk aroma with a sprinkling of sugar, I’m actually glad the aroma is subdued. Nice pour, dark yellow sizeable white head and lots of lacing. Thick and sticky, not a pleasant experience for the palate. Flavor is rough and filled with adjuncts. Malt liquor is the same across the globe and knows no boundaries. Not a pleasing drink in any regards.


 bboven (103), Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/103/54/103/58/20
Jun 3, 2007  
Smells like an overly-skunky heinekin. Basically heinekin on steroids. Strong alcohol flavor and sticky-sweet taste and feel. I’d been hearing good things, but this one did not deliver.


 Moz (613), Gothenburg, Sweden
1.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/52/101/54/20
May 30, 2007  
Can. Pale golden colour with a small white head. Aroma of meat and vegetable broth. Salty flavour, quite alcoholic. Sticky mouthfeel. Miserable.


 Muggus69 (567), Sydney, Australia
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/56/103/510/20
May 30, 2007  
330ml bottle. Skunky malt aroma with some floral hops and alcoholic vinous fruitiness. Pours a hazy sort of gold with a white head that doesn’t want to stick around. Moderately full body, sweetness is apparent, some honeyish malt with some underlying skankiness comes through, some light wine-like fruitiness also in there. Finish is moderately bitter with some floral hopiness apparent, alcohol flavour seeps through drying the palate. Not sure why i bought a 6 pack of these, I guess its been a while since i tried one, it’s rocket fuel more than anything else.


 jgentgesdo (564), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/53/102/55/20
May 29, 2007  
Faintly musty cardboard nose with a little sweetness, and alcohol. Strong alcohol flavor with rather stale malty sweetness. No hops character but some bitterness at the end, and pervasive alcohol. DO NOT WANT


 DruncanVeasey (2770), The Penguin’s Arms, Europe, Warwickshire, England
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
May 23, 2007  
Bottled. Pale yellow pour with a slight haziness and impressively rocky snow-white froth. Fingers of lace. Wet straw and hop grassiness. Almost a sniff of mandarin. Slightly syrupy malt with a crisp finishing bitterness. Unexpectedly refreshing by the 275ml measure. Would probably be singing its praises if it was Belgian. Sort of tastes like a sup of your dad’s pint did when you were 7 years old. Bitter, metallic and booze-sodden. You know you shouldn’t like it, but you can’t help youself.


 TaxiDriver (949), Stadland, Germany
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/54/102/56/20
May 23, 2007  
Can. Strong hoppy smell, medium sour and sweet. Big white head and yellow body. Thick flavor, long lasting, no carbonation.


 larsniclas (3392), Gothenburg, Sweden
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/102/56/20
May 19, 2007  
Canned. Yellow with a brief, white head. A bit spicy but with a pungent alcoholic flavour.



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