Elephant School Brewing Co

Microbrewery in Brentwood, Essex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Owned by Brentwood Brewing Company

Established in 2014

Contact
Calcott Hall, Farm Ongar Road, Pilgrims Hatch, Brentwood, CM15 9HS, England
Description
Established in 2014 as a side brand of Brentwood Brewing to cater for the ‘craft’ market.

Elephant School Brewing is named after the Elephant School that was in the base for the army barracks, which was a depot for the Essex Regiment. The school was run by the British East India Trading Company and they trained people to ride Elephants before going out to India. The beers are not along the traditional lines of its parent and so you can expect to see some rather different samples of beers being born.

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6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at Pig's Ear '17,day one, 05/12/17. Rich mahogany brown with a decent beige covering. Nose is sweet malts, vanilla, cocoa, marshmallow gloop. Taste comprises chocolate, toffee, Wagon Wheels, biscuit crumbs, mellow roast. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Tidy stout that does what it says on the tin.
Tried from Cask on 07 Dec 2017 at 06:40

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7

Cask (handpump) @ Lord Roberts, 24 Broad Street, NG1 3AN Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England.

[ As Elephant School Mango Unchained ].
ABV: 7.2%. Clear medium yellow orange colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, moderate hoppy, fruity hops, mango, butterscotch notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a average to long duration, mango, fruity hops, hop bitter, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20171015]
6-3-7-3-14
Tried from Cask on 15 Oct 2017 at 06:41

5/10
Tried from Cask on 12 Aug 2017 at 13:18

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
5th July 2017
Chelmsford Beer Festival. Cask. Clear paleish gold beer, small white head. Palate is smooth, fairly low carbonation. Light malts, nice light floral tang. Trace of citrus. A little German style nuttyness here. Light finish. A brave attempt and the flavour is good, the lack of carbonation is a torpedo below the waterline.
Tried from Cask on 15 Jul 2017 at 07:43

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
5th July 2017
Chelmsford Beer Festival. Cask. Light haze on this gold beer, small bubbly white head. Palate is light and fairly dry, good superfine carbonation. Nice condition. Light malts. Good fruity hops. Mild citrus and good mango. Hop spice mid with a touch of orange coming through. Smooth sweet and spicy finish. Slipped down very easy indeed, real good drinkability.
Tried from Cask on 15 Jul 2017 at 07:38


6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ 33th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2016, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England. [ As Elephant School Donald Trunk ].Clear medium yellow orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, fruity malt, earthy fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, sweet malt, pale malt, earthy fruit. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20161201] 6-3-6-3-12
Tried from Cask on 22 Jun 2017 at 05:57

Possibly one of my favs from the ES range
Tried at Ivory Peg (JDW) on 20 Jun 2017 at 12:50

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Gravity cask at the 2017 Cambridge Beer Festival. Orange-gold, murky and flat. Caramel and toffee aroma. Sweet toffee taste with a hint of citrus peel. Slick, flat, oily body. It’s okay, and I like the use of oats, but it is incredibly one-dimensional, and is no more a Dubbel than a penguin.
Tried from Cask on 25 May 2017 at 06:20

Coconut from the wax. Honey. Mosaic. Hoppy and dry. Just ruined by coconut. Nice work just no wax please
Tried at The Ale House on 02 May 2017 at 19:41