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.
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can at ash's. Pours deep brown, nose is roasted, toffee, chocolate, taste is roasted, coffee, light banana, chocolate.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Aug 2023
at 13:52
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can at home. Pours black,nose is huge roasted coffee, caramel, pecan, chocolate, taste is similar, bitter, some hints of the maple syrup.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Aug 2023
at 16:27
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Wagon & Horses, Stourbridge. Pours very murky gold with a medium head. Aroma is muddy, yeasty, acrid tropical fruit. Taste has light yeasty tropical fruit and bubblegum.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Aug 2023
at 10:53
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Eltham Wines. Very dark brown (almost black) pour with a tan head. Nose is sweet tobacco, toffee, red apple, butter. Taste is treacle toffee, bourbon, red apple, nuts, some jammy dark fruits in there too. Heavy oaky sweet mouthfeel. Booze laden bourbon fuelled finish. Great stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Aug 2023
at 13:24
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Eltham Wines. Cloudy orange pour with a white head. Nose is zesty orange, pine, grapefruit, mango. Taste is pink grapefruit, mango, breakfast juice, peach. Juicy fruity mouthfeel. Finely balanced bittersweet brew. Very good indeed.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Aug 2023
at 12:53
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Ebenezers, Nantwich. Pours a cloudy pale yellow with a small white head and good lacing. Quite a mixture in the aroma – yeast, malt, floral hops and tropical fruit. In the mouth it oscillates between being sweet and bitter – sometimes both at once ! There’s floral hops, and citrus, mango and kiwi. Finish is slightly dry. This is decent – but lacks a certain something.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Aug 2023
at 17:15
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Six Barrel, Nottingham City Centre. Clouded pale yellow-gold with a very thin head. Has decent piney-citrus notes in both aroma and taste
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Aug 2023
at 16:11
6/10
Tried
on 04 Aug 2023
at 20:10
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from RAD at home. Hazy golden colour with a rate head. Aroma and taste are tropical fruity sweet and slight dank. Smooth body.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jul 2023
at 20:49
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Eltham Wines. Dark brown pour with a beige head. Nose is nuts, cola, sweet spice, dark berries. Taste is cola, bourbon, camp coffee, prunes, more dark berries. Heavy sweet spicy warming finish. Interesting tasty brew.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jul 2023
at 20:13