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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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bigguns22 (88), Maryland, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/103/513/20
Feb 10, 2008  
good color med carmel,med to light hoops,light spice but the noise is boring,under lieing tast of burn carmed all in all good beer if you like hops


 alobar (1006), Harleysville, Pennsylvania, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Feb 3, 2008  
Pours a clear copper color with no head. Weak aroma of hops, some malts, and a bit of caramel. Tastes better as it gets warmer-more pronounced hops flavor with some sweetness (caramel).


 pforei (338), USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/59/20
Jan 30, 2008  
Light copper/clover honey color with creamy head that remains in a thin layer and leaves spot lacings. Mild carmel/honey/bready sweet malt aroma with faint peppery hops. Taste is similar and very faint. Sweet with a mild peppery finish. Alcohol well hidden. Nothing wrong here, but needs to increase flavor. Also, not really an old ale.


 jezmez68 (332), Chesterton, Indiana, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/102/59/20
Jan 25, 2008  
This was the third beer I tried at a tasting at Pat’s in Porter, IN. Kinda average red ale. Nice malty taste. Red in color. Pretty. Not much to say here. Couldn’t really smell much but some maltiness. Carbonation finish.


 DeadGuyFrank (347), http://westchesterbeer.com, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/58/104/516/20
Jan 24, 2008  
Creamy and malty smooth, reddish brown with little carbonation and very little head. I can see this starting to get boring after two pints, ok but not great.


aliendan (25), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/511/20
Jan 23, 2008  
Straight from the bottle so I won’t comment on the appearance, except to say I recall it being light reddish brown from some time back. Tastes caramel and a creamy texture, light hops aroma... kinda ketchup-y... Weird... but unobtrusive.


 zebracakes (1214), Washington DC, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/58/20
Jan 23, 2008  
Bottle. Pours clear orange, off white head. Aroma is caramel, malt, hops. Flavor is the same. This is very malty with a weak body.


 BEERGUY007 (206), Scotia, New York, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Jan 22, 2008  
light brown in color. No real head, no lace. Smells of hops. Not a lot of flavor. Light in what flavor there is. Would be nice on a hot day I suppose.



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