Bang The Elephant Brewing
Microbrewery in Langley Mill, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Established in 2018
Description
Back in 2017 the idea was born, how do you fancy starting a brewery! and so it began with some homebrew knowledge we started bang the elephant brewing co, brewing on a grainfather brewing system for the first year, learning whatever we could and gaining feedback from freinds and family along the way, even double brews just to fill one cask to send off to beer festivals and start getting some real feedback.
In 2018 after some great feedback and some good success we decided to ramp up production and see what we could do! renting a 4bbl kit we quickly started to brew cask beer for sale to pubs in the surrounding area and then onto keg.
In 2019 we were presented with an amazing opportunity to move into the abstract jungle brewery and purchase it under the expert turorlidge of Mr Simon King the head brewer which brought us to where we are today.
We really do love what we do, thats why we always set out to make this our day job, we may have not reached that point yet, but its coming.
In 2018 after some great feedback and some good success we decided to ramp up production and see what we could do! renting a 4bbl kit we quickly started to brew cask beer for sale to pubs in the surrounding area and then onto keg.
In 2019 we were presented with an amazing opportunity to move into the abstract jungle brewery and purchase it under the expert turorlidge of Mr Simon King the head brewer which brought us to where we are today.
We really do love what we do, thats why we always set out to make this our day job, we may have not reached that point yet, but its coming.
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Strugglers Inn, Lincoln. Deep golden colour with a white head. Fruity are smooth light sweet tropical fruity, smooth and easy drinking.
Tried
at
The Strugglers Inn
on 01 Feb 2025
at 14:42
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg draught at the Blue Boar, Leicester. Dark gold, diety murky hazy with a big tight off-white head. Dank aroma, lots of papaya, lychee, grassy notes. Sweet taste, almost too sweet but not quite. Little bit of bitterness creeping k at the end. Thick as hell with limited carbonation. Very decent.
Tried
from Draft
at
Blue Boar
on 30 Jan 2025
at 20:33
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at CBC, Covent Garden on 26th January 2025. Hazy yellowy amber with lasting white foam and spot lacing. Spiced hop aroma with savoury notes. Pithy fruitiness in-mouth, lactic touches and a somewhat anticlimactic finish. Full bodied with a soft mouthfeel.
Tried
from Cask
at
Craft Beer Co - Covent Garden
on 26 Jan 2025
at 00:20
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Cask at CBC, Covent Garden on 19th January 2025. Hazy amber with shallow off-white foam and full lacing. Nutty malts and zesty citrus peel aroma. Rich citrus peel in-mouth and a finish of citrus zest and grassiness. Medium to full bodied with a smooth mouthfeel. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
at
Craft Beer Co - Covent Garden
on 19 Jan 2025
at 00:30
7/10
cask at gnome ..dark black ..thin tan lacing ..soft sweet dusty chocolate roast malts ...soft sweet dusty chocolate ..soft sweet chocolate mslts
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Jan 2025
at 19:13
7/10
cask at the bow bar . .hazy dark amber . no head ...soft sweet fruit ..juicy mango
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Jan 2025
at 16:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Half pint from the cask The Nags Head, Reading. Pours a hazy yellow with a white head. Aromas & tastes of stone & tropical fruits, citrus & hops. Medium body. Moderate bitter finish. Enjoyable
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jan 2025
at 21:04
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Jet black colour with small to average, frothy, rapidly diminishing, tan head. Intense and condensed, dark malty aroma, with roasty and chocolately aspects, notes of dark chocolate, couverture, cocoa, a touch of maple syrup, wafers, tarmac, whiffs of marmite, sweet-ish, slightly fruity-alcoholic and woody overtones with hints of cherry, liqueur, oak. Taste is sweet-ish and roasty, chocolately, dark malty, notes of dark chocolate, molasses, a touch of toffee, maple syrup, BA support with hints of red wine, cherry, oak; warming, alcoholic finish. Viscous texture, smooth and soft, minimally cloying palate, fine, dense, soft to flat carbonation. Very harmonious, well adjusted BA flavours, fruitiness fools into believing in a non-existent easiness - very nice sipper.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jan 2025
at 20:38
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Wellington, Birmingham. Pours black with small beige head. Dark malts, chocolate, caramel, some citrus and pine hopping, a little ashy in the finish. Slick body, subtle carbonation. Its not a full on hoppy BIPA, more like a hoppier than average stout. I like it though.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at CBC, Covent Garden on 28th December 2024. Almost impenetrably black with almost no foam or lace. Liquorice aroma. Vanilla, aniseed and cherry fruits in-mouth. Roasty malts, coffee and bitter chocolate dominate the finish. Lighter body than expected, but a smooth mouthfeel.
Tried
from Cask
at
Craft Beer Co - Covent Garden
on 28 Dec 2024
at 23:40