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Erie Brewing Railbender Ale

Erie Brewing Railbender Ale - Scottish Ale

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 Percentile 
29
overall
Brewed by Erie Brewing Company
Style: Scottish Ale

Erie, Pennsylvania USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
2612.82/5.02.82/5.06.8%12.6English pint, Thistle
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Commercial Description:
Erie, Pennsylvania was an important railroad hub in the mid–nineteenth century, the city being the site where three sets of track gauges met. Railbender Ale, Erie Brewing Co.’s flagship ale, named after the laborers who laid the railroad tracks is brewed with pride, strength and purity symbolic of Erie’s historic railroad’s and railroad workers. Railbender, a strong Scottish style ale smooth malt flavor and astonishing drinkability will have you “Hopping on the train and riding off the rails.” All Aboard!
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Snoop59 (69), Penn Run, Pennsylvania, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/57/103/512/20
Oct 19, 2008  
12 oz. bottle. Pours a clear medium amber with a thin off-white head that dissipates quickly. Virtually no lacing. Aroma is mild maltiness and caramel. Flavor is initially sweet, some molasses followed by a slightly phenolic and warming finish. Light body, soft carbonation. Actually a decent old ale.


heynik1885 (53), tonawanda, New York, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/511/20
Oct 3, 2008  
Strong carmel taste, nice amber pour, some head no lacing on glass. cant really taste 6.8% not to bad


 oteyj (713), Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/510/20
Sep 30, 2008  
Pours amber with modest head. Aroma is sweet caramel, and resinous hops. Flavor is much the same- again lots of earthy hops and caramel malt. Slightly astringent in the finish. Palate is medium.


 BeerGestapo (725), Windsor, Pennsylvania, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/59/20
Sep 28, 2008  
Brewed in the USA !! Pours a dark amber color with a dissipating off white head. The aroma is of malts, caramel and biscuits. The taste is kind of the same and the 6.8% might sneak up on you. Not bad !! might try again.


 Moggman (187), Columbus, Ohio, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/55/103/511/20
Sep 24, 2008  
Bottle. Pours amber/red with an off white head. Aroma is not very appetizing. First flavor impression is very plain, with a sweet malt flavor. Very little hops, thin carbonation.


Sean9190 (2), Farmington, New York, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Erie Brewing Railbender Ale does not count
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/55/103/510/20
Sep 9, 2008  
Bottle. Not a very interesting brew. Aroma is not the most pleasent. The initial flavor is a bit boring then followed by the slight sweetness you would expect. The flavor of the alcohol comes out in the aftertaste. Aside from being on the potent side there is not really anything here you haven’t had before. Not worth broadening horizons for.


Gooney (53), Oregon, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Sep 9, 2008  
12oz bottle from Johns Market - Pours a nice copper color with a decent head. Nice beer, but I’d be hard pressed to drink two in a row.


 sirpsycho (342), Murrysville, Pennsylvania, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/510/20
Sep 3, 2008  
Bottle at Rick’s Sports Bar (Murrysville). Pours a clear amber, nice off-white head that doesn’t stick around very long. Aroma is sweet, caramel, malt, just like the description. Flavor is more of the same, nice toffee/caramel, malt, sweet, but not in a bad way, maybe a touch of faint raisin hiding in the background.



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