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.
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tried at the Nottingham Beer Festival. Black colour with a thin head. Aroma and taste are sweet boozy brandy and roasted malt. Rich sweet sticky body.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Oct 2024
at 12:52
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Gravity pour half-pint at The Anvil, Shifnal on 11th October 2024. Thought this was a collaboration with Neon Raptor but no mention of them on the clip. Murky orange, no head, looked mean. It's fruity with a peach jam like feel, low bitterness, soft and smooth.
Tried
on 11 Oct 2024
at 12:49
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from the NBF at home. Deep golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are pine and bitter. Growing bitterness. Full body.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Oct 2024
at 18:10
9.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Keg at the Nottingham beer festival. Rich thick black with a dark brown head. Aroma and taste fruity jam and roasted malt some nutts. Ridiculous smooth and balance.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Oct 2024
at 15:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried at the Nottingham BF 2024 Maybe more turquoise than blue. Sweet to tart fruity. A bit bubblegum. Medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Oct 2024
at 16:33
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tried at the Nottingham BF 2024. Hazy yellow colour with a white head. As the names suggests. Plenty of sweet juicy fruit. Smooth full body.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Oct 2024
at 15:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Hazy gold with a bubbly/frothy white head and a soft fruity nose. Fresh and fruity with mellow hop bitterness and a dry fruity finish
Tried
on 30 Sep 2024
at 10:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Near black with a frothy/bubbly tan head and ginger biscuits on the nose. Sweet roasted malt up front, boozy with ginger and hints of lime
Tried
on 30 Sep 2024
at 10:07
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Third of a pint at the 32nd Shrewsbury Beer Festival on 26th September 2024. Hazy golden body, snow white crown. Hop forward with a citrussy leaning, some stone fruit flavours too, not really my thing, didn't sit right somehow.
Tried
on 27 Sep 2024
at 13:01
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Waggon & Horses, Stourbridge. Pours very hazy light orange with a small head. Aroma is grassy stone fruit. Taste has stone fruit and papaya. Creamy mouthfeel.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Sep 2024
at 20:25