Elephant
Carlsberg Denmark in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark 🇩🇰
Lager - Imperial Pils Regular|
Score
4.66
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Did we choose the name Elephant to honour the statues that guard our brewery gates, or because it's a beer you'll remember forever? Pale gold in colour, Elephant is rich in malty character, with a hint of caramel, balanced by a satisfyingly dry bitterness. Once enjoyed, never forgotten!
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3.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
Bottle. Pour is a yellowish color with just a touch of a head and an aroma that reminds me of a highly alcohol filled version of Heineken. Skunky hops and a bit of alcohol. Flavor is not good. Alcohol is poorly hidden and comes off as paint thinner and hops skunk flavor comes through strong and bits a bit. Additionally, there is a nasty sweetness that is like corn syrup in the mix. Blech!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2008
at 21:51
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6
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.
Tried
on 01 Apr 2008
at 19:55
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Slightly hazy gold with no head. Somewhat hoppy aroma, but nothing special. Medium body and carbonation. Flavour has some maltiness with prhaps a hint of fruit. There is a fairly strong alcohol taste and a longish somewhat bitter finish. It did not live up to my expectations (or long distant memories). It’s not bad, but disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2008
at 19:08
4.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottle. Poured hazy deep gold with thick white head. Aroma of malt and sulphur. Flavour of malt, boiled celery and cauliflower. Lingering finish of pepper and alcohol. I admit I approached this with trepidation, as many years ago I regarded this as the best beer in the world. Now I find that it’s no longer to my taste. I would not drink this again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Feb 2008
at 16:01
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Clear golden with meidum white head. Sweet malty aroma with fruity notes. Flavor is sweet with slight malty notes and a bitter end.
Tried
on 13 Feb 2008
at 16:09
3.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Such a famous brewery and such a bad beer... The bottle looks good. The beer is tastes very strong and alcoholic, absolutely not drinkable. Bad stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2007
at 14:06
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
chiara buona schiuma aromi di cerale etilico in bocca malto luppolo piacevole ma non molto persistente un po di etilico
Tried
on 22 Aug 2007
at 17:23
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
50 cL bottle. Pours golden yellow to orange with a quickly disappearing white head. Sweet malty aroma. Soft mouthfeel. Almost raisin sweet flavour. Nice sweet finish. Very well made but has to be served at max 10 C otherwise it gets cloying.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2007
at 17:51
3.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
300 ml green bottle, "Best Before 20712708." Again, why an elephant? As a reminder of Danish colonialism in Afric... wait, that’s Greenland. More fitting picture would be a skunk, that’s the first thing I smell. Then wet skunk once poured. Admittedly nice golden pils type color in a glass tumbler, with a scrummy malt liquor head. Taste of fizzy rubbing alcohol mixed with corn syrup. Just unpleasant. Mediciney finish. There are so many better 7% beers out there. Can any Danish raters offer a trade for their good stuff? All we get here is Carlsberg and Tuborg! Loose bottle from Sam’s Wines, Downers Grove.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2007
at 08:17
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Golden colour with white floffy head.Malty strong taste but feels metallic and flat after a while but still a o.k. beer.
Tried
on 24 Jul 2007
at 04:40