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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7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draft at the Blind Tiger, Peterborough. Off black colour with a tan head. Aroma and taste are malty and roasted coffee. Modernity bitter. full body.
Tried from Draft at Blind Tiger on 15 Apr 2023 at 15:18

8.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, caramel, buttery, pecan, red fruits, vanilla, berries, taste is similar, chewy, sweet. Lots going on here. --- Beer merged from original tick of MANY WORLDS HYPOTHESIS on 06 Apr 2023 at 16:48 - Score: 8
Tried from Can on 06 Apr 2023 at 15:51

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ The Boot. Unclear gold appearance, small white foam atop. Floral fruity nose. Mild fruity character, light floral grapefruit notes. Expected something a little more wild and out there with a colourful pump clip like this, but alas a seshy cask pale it is, nice enough though.
Tried from Cask on 02 Apr 2023 at 16:57

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, vanilla, caramel, buttercream, taste is similar, sweet, roasty.
Tried from Can on 27 Mar 2023 at 11:09

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask, third pint, @Alexandra Hotel, Derby (UK). 17/02/2023. [#5.904 Global - #676 England - #1 Bang the Elephant Brewing (My English brewery #228)] Pours almost black with a thin tan head. Aroma: coffee beans, roasted malts and licorice. Taste: lot of licorice and coffee beans. Very nice coffee forward porter. Drinkable and balanced. Next one please!
Tried from Cask on 11 Mar 2023 at 09:34

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at the Bear, Paddington on 25th February 2023. Thickly hazy amber with shallow off-white foam. Richly fruity aroma with candied peel and tropical fruits. Citrus and tropical fruits in-mouth, with a finish of the same blend. Medium bodied with a smooth yet engaging texture.
Tried from Cask on 01 Mar 2023 at 22:37

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at Ebenezers, Crewe. Pours a hazy dark copper with s large off-white head and good lacing. There’s cherries and malts in the aroma, and these continue into the mouth where it has a chewy texture. Though the mainstay there is autumn fruits with traces of ginger and fruity hops. Finish is dry and fruity. This is decent punches well above it’s ABV. Certainly different from (and better than) what I expected.
Tried from Cask on 15 Feb 2023 at 18:27

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Cask at The Wellington; dark black pour with a bubbly light tan head, aroma has dark roast and chocolate hints, taste swirling bitterness, slight pine, chocolate, ok
Tried from Cask on 07 Feb 2023 at 10:49

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Cask at Smithfield, Derby. Pours a rich ruby red with a small cream head. The aroma is smoky with some vague fruity hints. In the mouth it has a chewy texture with continental hops mixing with smoky malts, dark fruits and treacle. Finish has yet more malts. It’s OK – but a bit strange.
Tried from Cask on 28 Jan 2023 at 21:10

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can at a friend's. Pours black, nose is chocolate, caramel, oatmeal, vanilla, coconut, solvent, taste is similar, sweet, chewy. --- Beer merged from original tick of HOBi-wan-keNOBi - Darkside Edition - BOURBON BARREL on 09 Jan 2023 at 10:08 - Score: 7
Tried from Can on 09 Jan 2023 at 10:18