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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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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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 LinusStick (1831), Moon Twp, suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/513/20
May 12, 2007  
Pour was a dark brown with no head and not much going on. Aroma was weak..could pick up malt and alcohol. Taste was a mix of malt and caramel. Low carbonation and an aftertaste of toffee. Thick mouthfeel that dissapates quickly. Below average.


 beastiefan2k (1590), Lawrence (formely NYC), Kansas, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/56/103/59/20
Apr 20, 2007  
100 rater. This is an amazing feat, I do not know how a brewery can make an old ale look, smell, and taste like a bad bock. Pours light amber, almost full clarity, small head. Aroma is cheap warm country macro lagered corn-fruitiness. You know if nuts could go rotten they would smell like this. Taste is not as bad, fortunately. Taste is again full of lagered fruitiness and a not so bad nuttiness. Taste like paper as well. On the heavy side of a light body, a slightly over-carbonated feel. A rather weak and passable brew.


 Cletus (5001), Connecticut, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/510/20
Apr 15, 2007  
Courtesy of cheapdark. Pours copper with a sparse white head. Smells of sweet malt. Tastes of citrus, pepper, and very sweet. Pretty one dimensional.


 ultraspank (866), Dublin, Ohio, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/57/104/512/20
Apr 4, 2007  
Had this @ The Old Bag of Nails pub while watching the Bucks dismantle Georgetown on their way to the NCAA men’s basketball finals. Nose of mostly cereal, with a light hops spice. Pours a hazy golden. The tall frothy off-white head is mostly lasting, and leaves no lace. The toasty flavor is kinda sweet and toasty. Well balanced with a moderate floral finish. Non offensive but loose. The body is light, dry and soft. The finish feels crisp.


 b33r (363), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/104/515/20
Apr 1, 2007  
Dark orange in color with medium head and nice lacing. Barely any aroma. Taste was a nice nutty and sweet flavor and a little malty. Very smooth and clean. Pretty tame but overall it was a great flavor.


 ehhdayton (1113), USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Mar 29, 2007  
Pours amber with a white head. Aroma is light with and almost undetectable except for some slight note of malt. Flavor is mild with caramel malt and some hop. Finish is light.


 kramer (2406), Sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/58/20
Mar 28, 2007  
12 oz bottle, D’s 6-pack Pittsburgh. Pours a crystal clear orangish copper body under a fizzy and foamy beige head. Lots of visible carbonation. The nose is lightly malty with a slightly off soapy character. Some moderate butterscotch, and a touch of alcohol. The flavor is full of buttery diacetyl, a little butterscotch, and a little alcohol. Not a very pleasant beer. Mouthfeel is slick and a little sticky with moderate fizzy carbonation. Overall, this was a trouble ridden beer. Certainly a waste of money.


 Lubiere (4463), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Mar 6, 2007  
A lightly hazed amber ale with a thin creamy white head. A sweet caramel aroma with light vinous notes, and warming alcohol. In mouth, a good caramel malt base with some decent British hopping, not floral or citrusy, warming alcohol finish. Bought at Party Source Fall 2006.



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