(TDB) - As brewers around the world push the beer boundaries more extreme and stronger beers are being brewed and the calorie count has gone up as well.

While techniques and styles can make stronger beers taste better than ever, there is no hiding from the calories some of these cracking beers contain.

Some of the UK’s favourite beers don’t stack up too badly against some of the ones in this list. A pint of Carling, Britain’s most popular lager, has 138 calories, Doom Bar, the UK’s most popular cask-conditioned ale has 203 calories per pint and Guinness Draught carries around 125 calories.

Many of the beers listed have many more calories, which have come as craft beer and brewing has boomed. Many brewers have a range of high-strength, and subsequently high-calorie ales, but this list just contains only one beer from any brewer.

Click through the following pages for a selection of high calorie beers.

Carlsberg Elephant Beer

Carlsberg refers to Elephant as one of its “true classic” beers. The 7.2% brew was first launched in 1959 and the elephants on the beer’s label are inspired by the two pairs of life-size, elephant statues which form part of the main entrance to Carlsberg’s brewery in Copenhagen.

The founder of the Ny Carlsberg brewery, Carl Jacobsen, was said to be fascinated by elephants. The brewery says that the beer “goes very well with all spicy dishes, and it is particularly well suited for the Thai kitchen, Cajun dishes and Mexican food.” There are around 216 calories in a 330ml bottle of Elephant Beer.