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Erie Brewing Railbender Ale

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29
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
2652.82/5.02.82/5.06.8%13.4English pint, Thistle
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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 KawaBomber (193), New Jersey, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/510/20
Nov 27, 2007  
12oz. Bottle: Light caramel appearance, minimal beige head. Sweet malty aroma. First sip leaves me with a bitter taste in my mouth, acidic almost. Rather thin, pretty average. Not much to say here.


 Braudog (3752), Dayton, Ohio, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Nov 25, 2007  
Draft pint at KClingers. Moderate amber with a thin top. Not much to it that defines it one way or another. Very even-keeled with a bit of a sugary caramel thing, but otherwise an easy amber brew. (#3217, 11/24/2007)


Mehmet22 (32), Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/53/102/511/20
Nov 15, 2007  
Bottle. Unbalanced with sweet finish. Quickly fading head into a dimpled mug. Seemed grainy - maybe ricy. Not much floral, just a bready sweet-ale, which didn’t strike the desire to try a second bottle.


 HopBackDoc (394), Hatboro, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/515/20
Oct 22, 2007  
Sampled from the bottle at the newtown Brewfest. Copper colr with thin head. Malts and toffee in the nose. Sweet caramel malts with a hint of dried fruit and a mild hop finish. Not bad.


 BBB63 (4228), La Porte, Indiana, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
Oct 19, 2007  
Bottle and served in standard pint glass: A deep amber hue with a lasting frothy head and good lace upon the glass. The aroma has rich caramel and toffee vapours, doughy and aromatic, hint of apple and butterscotch. Smells more like Marzen than English Olde Ale IMO. The taste was pretty much what you found on the nose, heavy bodied sweet malt with just a hint of fruit. Just a dash of earthy hops and dryness upon the finish. The mouth feel is soft and full-bodied. Well not horrible, this beer has few qualities to make anyone try it.


 Beerman6686 (1281), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/104/59/20
Oct 16, 2007  
Theres not too many beers from erie that i liek and this certaintly isnt one, it had a weird medicinal alcohol flavor that i couldnt just get by.


 crizay (1050), Brook Park (was Tampa,FL), Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Oct 10, 2007  
Copper pour small white head that last. Aroma is bready and sweet. Flavor is caramel mainly, some biscuit and victory malt as well leaving a bready taste. Not bad but not a lot going on either.


 Silphium (2124), Haslett, Michigan, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Sep 23, 2007  
On tap at Crunchy’s, East Lansing. Orange/amber body, thick dense buff head that leaves excellent lacing. Aroma of toast and alcohol, rather indistinct at such a cold serving temperature. The body is quite sweet, featuring breads, unfermented sugars, and lingering, light earthy hops notes. Features a touch of prickly alcohol heat. A somewhat unsophisticated medley of cloying sweetness and leafy hops.



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