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Brewed by Carlsberg Brewery
Style: Strong Pale Lager/Imperial Pils
Copenhagen, Denmark
Serve in Lager glass

bottled
common

on tap
available

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RATINGS: 778   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.24   EST. CALORIES: 216   ABV: 7.2%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Danish: Carlsberg Elephant er en såkaldt ”Bockbier” og blev brygget for første gang i 1959. Den er vinøs og frugtig med smagsindtryk af æbler, melon, banan og karamel afbalanceret af en tør bitterhed. Du fornemmer også antydninger af egetræ, bark, nødder og fyrrenåle. Farven er lys gylden med hvidt skum.

English: 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.

2.3
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
mugabe (251) - SWEDEN - 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.

1.8
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
moseslikesbeer (183) - conestoga, Pennsylvania, USA - 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!

1.8
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
afireinside96 (924) - Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA - 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.

1
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 2/20
DandyWolfFloyd (378) - Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, USA - 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.

1.9
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 7/20
FatTony (143) - Augusta, Georgia, USA - 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.

1.9
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
kidmartinek (1757) - austin, Texas, USA - 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.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
BMan1113VR (6146) - Los Angeles, California, USA - APR 1, 2008
Not too bad. A small, creamy head covering a yellow body with decent retention and pretty good lacing. A very odd smell: dank marijuana with some alcohol and fruit. Alcohol is evident in the taste and not well hidden. There is some grass as well in the background. Fizzy bubbles cover a slightly creamy mouthfeel.

2.5
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
VitaminR (540) - Colorado, USA - MAR 30, 2008
Sweet skunky nose. Deep yellow-orange color with a big, but short-lasting head. Flavor was in general pretty clean, with decent hop presence. The alcohol burned a bit much, almost like taking a beer and adding a shot of vodka. Balance just was not there. Not horrible, but definitely not a good representation of a strong Lager.


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