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

bottled
common

on tap
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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.

1.9
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
gunnar (2279) - Sandnes, NORWAY - AUG 25, 2011
Pours light golden with a small white head. Aroma of alcohol and sweet malts.Taste is sweet sugary combined with alcohol burn with some citrussy hops at the end. Not pleasant at all.

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
SanfordBrewer (1206) - Sanford, Florida, USA - AUG 23, 2011
slightly hazy gold with a thin white head; medium body with medium-high carbonation.

aroma: pale malt, noble hops, adjunct sweetness, rotting fruit alcohol esters.

taste: malt and adjunct sweetness, bittering noble hops, fruity alcohol.

not too bad at first, but sweetness and alcohols become slightly cloying. more similar to a german helles lager than the malt liqueur character i was expecting.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Cakes (213) - New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, USA - AUG 23, 2011
At a whooping 7.2% - you would think that this was more like 72%. You sense that kick. This is a legendary beer, before cranking up the alcohol was cool. This is still a classic European beer. A nice foamy head in pouring sticks around. Pour this into a pewter tankard and you will think that you are back n the 15th century. Th bottle is absolutely beutiful.

2.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
Yves (1553) - Turnhout, BELGIUM - AUG 17, 2011
Clear goldblond coloured beer with small white head and only very few carbonation. Sweet herby aroma. Full sparkling palate. Finish is hoppy bitter sweet with a rather dry ending. Not

2.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
northropfrye (653) - Steinbach, Manitoba, CANADA - AUG 8, 2011
Can in Copenhagen. Clear and golden. Nothing complex in the flavour. High abv.

1.7
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 6/20
Dermi (224) - Helsinki, FINLAND - AUG 4, 2011
33 cl, bottled. Pours clear golden. Aroma: Malt, hints of honey. Taste: Medium sweet, slight bitterness. Palate: Light, thin. Subaverage carbonation.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 15/20
Benzai (2298) - Oirschot, NETHERLANDS - JUL 26, 2011
Clear golden color, vast white head, lacing. Nice rough pilsener smell, I like it. Good full flavor in the taste, though a little bit watery texture. Nice beer, but too bad about the body. Little bit too watery though the carbo and ABV are nice.

1.5
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 6/20
Psytron (503) - Turku, FINLAND - JUL 24, 2011
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