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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8.5/10
Tried from Draft on 08 Oct 2025 at 18:48

7.8/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 8
keg at Nottingham beer festival 2025 Wednesday ..mdark black ..mthin tan lacing ..soft sweet vanilla chocolate roast malts nose .dark sweet chocolate roast malts ...big marshmallow vanilla ...Light bitter ..soft chocolate roast malts ..too vanilla
Tried on 08 Oct 2025 at 18:35

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
cask at Nottingham beer festival 2025 Wednesday ..pale yellow ..Light fruit ...soft sweet floral lemon fruit
Tried on 08 Oct 2025 at 18:32

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
cask at Nottingham beer festival 2025 ...dark black ...thin tan lacing ..soft sweet chocolate Roast malts nose ..dark soft chocolate roast malts ..rich soft dry woody roast
Tried on 08 Oct 2025 at 17:00

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
keg at Nottingham beer festival 2025 Wednesday ..dark black ..thin tan lacing ..soft sweet dusty chocolate roast malts nose ..dark soft earthy chocolate
Tried on 08 Oct 2025 at 16:59

8/10
The coconut was subtle.
Tried from Draft on 08 Oct 2025 at 15:17

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Cloudy orange gold with a frothy white head and a very soft juicy fruit aroma. Fresh, smooth and fruity, minimal bitterness and a dryish finish.

St Mary's Church (Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival set-up)
Tried from Cask on 23 Sep 2025 at 13:50

8.5/10
Tried from Can at Heist Brew Co on 20 Sep 2025 at 13:29

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
440ml can from Left Field Beer, Solihull and shared in Kuala Lumpur. Poured a hazy light amber colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy, orange tangerine. The flavour is moderate sweet and bitter, with a fresh, smooth, tart orange citrus, light hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with average to soft carbonation. So not what i was expecting given the name of the beer.
Tried from Can from Left Field Beer on 19 Sep 2025 at 17:13

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
In 1972, Jethro Tull released Thick as a Brick, album purported to make fun of the prog rock Giants (Yes, Genesis) in the day. Not everybody got the joke, as the saying goes. They went to number 1 is the US, and TAAB is considered by many to be a staple in the prog rock genre. So here we are with Bang the Elephant's Oldskool Twigg Merchant. Joke? Lets see.Ruby and clear with a big beige head, with aromas of oak, cinnamon and caramel which serve to entice rather than promote ridicule. Sweet taste, very oaky but not overdone. Medium body with enough carbonation to give it oomph. Maybe I'm not getting rhe joke because this is lovely.
Tried from Cask at Blue Boar on 18 Sep 2025 at 17:42