Bang The Elephant Brewing

Microbrewery in Langley Mill, Derbyshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2018

Contact
Unit 14 Bailey Brook Business Park, 21-21a Amber Drive, Langley Mill, NG14 4BE, England
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.

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7.8/10 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]
Tried from Can from Vinmonopolet Oslo, Oslo City on 24 Apr 2026 at 12:08

8/10 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 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


7.3/10 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
Tried from Can on 21 Mar 2026 at 09:42

7/10 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 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 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 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 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