Carlsburg Elephant Malt Liquor

Price                                    1.49 per 12 ounce bottle ABV                                      7.2% IBU                                       N/A Plato                                     N/A Seasonal                                No Commercial Description: Carlsberg Elephant is a true Carlsberg classic. First launched in 1959, it is strong like an elephant in both flavor and alcohol content, offering adventurous beer drinkers across the continent a unique and exotic taste experience.The color is light golden amber and the foam white as the tip of the waves of the oceans. The ample use of malt gives Elephant a vinous and rich character. The high hop content in Elephant gives a masculine bitter bite to the beer.        And again this is another of the singles run from Total Wine and More in Greenville South Carolina. Norm on BeerQuest.com just reviewed this one and liked it. I have been a fan of the cheap drunk malt liquors since my college days when money was almost nonexistent. In my youthful days we used to pull apart the old white bic pens and use them as straws and race to the bottom of a solo cup of malt liquor. But, alas that was ages ago. My tastes have changed drastically in beer and but I am still looking forward to trying this supposedly higher class version of Malt Liquor.        It pours up thick and a hazy gold. It has a head that is thin but has staying power. I can smell it from two foot away. It smell like alcohol and malts, I am not picking up any of the hops described in the commercial description. I can pick up some grains and corn but its almost stale smelling, don't get me wrong the smell is not going to stop me from drinking it, its just a mismatch of corn and malty alcohol.        The taste malt liquor with a little hoppy bite at the end just as the description says. Hey do you think we can get a forty. This beer is labeled a strong Pilsner. i normally do not like a Pils and did not have a clue that one could be labeled a Malt Liquor. What the hell, I guess I have found a Pils that I like. Its not typical of the style, most Pils are light and fizzy to me with an odd chemical taste that I can never quite describe. The Elephant is not heavy at all. The finish is a heck of a lot better than the malt liquors I have had in the past. I remember the last swallow of a Schlitz Malt Liquor Bull forty feeling like trying to swallow a golf ball on the last pull. The rating Smell  (1-10)                                          5 Taste (1-50)                                         40 (best tasting Malt Liquor I've had) Finish (1-10)                                          8 Bang for the buck (1-30)                        20 (cheap and strong) Total rating                                         73 out of 100 Pack rating (enjoyability); I will give this one a 12 pack. Its not a super beer, but it will get you right and at the right price and taste. I can feel the Elephant starting to stomp on my head now. Some times you just have to Buzzzzz......