Erie Brewing Railbender Ale

Bottle 355ml
Appearance: Dark amber with tick, creamy top. 3+
Nose : Nutty with various spices, brown sugar , old log. 5-
Flavor/Palate : Slightly nutty in character. American rendition of German Alt ? Fairly soft bodied with creamy side and alt like middle. Fair ale as is valid for a pint but nothing more.

Amber in color, slightly cloudy with an off white head, decent lacing. Aromas of floral and light hops over sweet malts. Flavor is caramel and light toffee with big floral and citrus hops. Clean and somewhat bitter on the finish. A decent brew.

12oz Bottle - at the High Street Pub - Bellefonte, PA. Aroma is a light wash of DMS and earth. Dull. Pours a brilliant, shiny rubied copper, with a rim of off-white. Flavor is really affronting right off the bat. There’s a biting, acerbic chemical yeast profile. It comes right out of the malt in pure bubblegum. Gross. This ruins the malt profile for me. It slides into a gently sweet, lightly old mush. Sugary. Alcohol is a little forward. No hop finish. Disappointing. I cannot believe this is an Old Ale. So far off on the style. Not enough body, flavor, or anything.

Somewhere in between an English pale and American Strong ale. Not super flavorful, but it’s fairly balanced. A bit of alcohol on the way down making the palate a bit harsh. Not great, but not too bad

Oct. 2007 - Crystal clear light amber orange color, almost no head or lacing. Aroma of citrus rinds. Strange beer which defies style. Sweet caramel with English style hops, but also lots of brown sugar and ripe citrus rind hops as well. Light and crisp, but yet still sweet. Not bad.

Terrible. Just terrible. 12 oz. brown bottle. Burnt coffee aromas, nasty yeasty flavors. Not an old ale by any stretch of the imagination.

12oz bottle, no date. Clear burnt orange with a small light beige head, fading to a ring rather quickly. Aroma of some toffee, fruitcake, raisins, and a bit of earthy hops. Flavor had a little more caramelly toffee notes and less fruitiness. A little bit of leafy and earthy hops are present. Dry finish with bitterness around a 2. Low carbonation with a medium body.

Not too bad for an everyday drinking beer. Too mild for my taste. Everything from eirie tends to be a bit lacking in flavor. decent malt finish though.