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.
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
The nose is an absolute dessert bomb
Solid chocolate and some coconut hints
Front loaded sweet flavor. But not in the diabetes area
Drinkable chocolate winter warmer. Also some nutty notes and vanilla.
Mild roast feeling
[Can from Vinmonopolet at Oslo City in Oslo, Norway]
Solid chocolate and some coconut hints
Front loaded sweet flavor. But not in the diabetes area
Drinkable chocolate winter warmer. Also some nutty notes and vanilla.
Mild roast feeling
[Can from Vinmonopolet at Oslo City in Oslo, Norway]
Tried
from Can
from
Vinmonopolet Oslo, Oslo City
on 24 Apr 2026
at 12:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at brewdog lothian road. Pours black, nose is chocolate, meaty, coffee, roasted, vanilla, taste is rich, chocolate, coffee, creamy. 8
Tried
on 21 Apr 2026
at 09:07
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
Blik 44cl thuis. Caramel, redelijk koolzuur, rooksmaak, chocoladetonen, roasted malts, rogge, eik, redelijk boozy, pruim, dried fruits, toffee, vrij zacht, zoeten, wat bittertonen, wat liquorice, oily. (19-4-2026).
Tried
from Can
from
Drankenspeciaalzaak Hullen
on 19 Apr 2026
at 15:05
7/10
Tried
on 04 Apr 2026
at 16:05
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Utseende: Sort.
Lukt: Kaffe, lakris, krydder.
Smak: Kaffe, karamell, lakris, sjokolade, vanilje, søtlig.
Skum/kullsyre: Tykt dekkende skum, heng.
Medium: Rating:8-7-7-8-7=7.3, Can@440ml, ABV@12.6%, Når@2026.03.21.
Hvor: Samling Bryne
Navn: Rye Turn Clyde
Stil: BARLEY WINE - RYE
Bryggeri: Bang The Elephant Brewing
Lukt: Kaffe, lakris, krydder.
Smak: Kaffe, karamell, lakris, sjokolade, vanilje, søtlig.
Skum/kullsyre: Tykt dekkende skum, heng.
Medium: Rating:8-7-7-8-7=7.3, Can@440ml, ABV@12.6%, Når@2026.03.21.
Hvor: Samling Bryne
Navn: Rye Turn Clyde
Stil: BARLEY WINE - RYE
Bryggeri: Bang The Elephant Brewing
Tried
from Can
on 21 Mar 2026
at 09:42
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tried
from Cask
at
Boot Micropub
on 20 Mar 2026
at 21:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is coconut cream, suncream, chocolate, vanilla, caramel, taste is sweet, creamy, chocolate, roasted, hint of maple. 8/7/7/7/7
Tried
on 13 Mar 2026
at 20:24
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, smoky, toffee, berries, vanilla, taste is dark fruits, sweet, chocolate, vanilla, quite boozy. 8
Tried
on 13 Mar 2026
at 20:17
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 5
Overall 7
(Cask at Craft Beer Co Covent Garden, London, 22 Nov 2025) Golden colour with foamy, white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with citrus, orange, peaches and grass. Fruity, slightly hoppy nose with notes of citrus, orange, grass, peaches, a touch of resin, white bread and a mild citric/grassy bitterness. Medium body, with a touch of sweetness. Refreshing. Nice one.
Tried
from Cask
at
Craft Beer Co - Covent Garden
on 10 Mar 2026
at 21:48
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Another afterthought beer after exhausting the Wetherspoon pumps from their beer festival. A black brew with an excellent roasted aroma that doesn't transfer to taste. Always smooth in texture though.
Tried
from Cask
at
Baum
on 05 Mar 2026
at 21:18