I don't actually remember what variety they were, I've been replanting for so many years, but I know they weren't elephant garlics.
They have purplish skins next to the clove and white on the outside.
They are extremely oily and pungent.
I hang mine up in my lean-to where they are sheltered from rain but lots of air movement for about 10 days and then I trim the root hairs and remove stems, leaving an inch or two.
Then I let them dry a bit more indoors on newspaper. Finally I put them in brown paper bags in my back entryway (dry...
WOW!!!!! Nice garlics. "Sigh" ... I didn't plant any garlics this fall, for the first time in years.
I'm taking a year off from the big veggie garden, too much on my plate right now, but I know I'll be back at it eventually.
I'll post a pic of the harvest from this summer.