Erie Brewing Railbender Ale

Meh, not really much to see here. It was a decent beer to get in a restaurant i suppose. I wouldnt really want to drink this again tho.

Bottle. Pours translucent amber with a thin head that dissipates quickly. Aroma is mellifluous, sweet cereal notes, berry, and a hint of chocolate. Flavor is sweet cereal, hint of chocolate, hint of smoke, caramel, and slightly orangey. Palate is light. This beer falls short of anything remotely resembling a scottish ale.

Somewhat dark tawny in the center of the glass, approaches very clear in the center. Small white head. Aroma reminds me of red bricks and cherry wood. and smarties, like a fruited sugar. creamy and earthy, peat character remains light and fruity and distant. Waves of malt, layered yet similar. I don’t get these posts calling out the hops.

Caramelly with sweet malts and some grassy notes on the nose. Pours a light amber red. Caramel malts with spicy hops, nice spicy flavor. Not bad.

Tasted Railbender from a bottle this time. It was much better than from draft. I won’t buy it on draft again, but will from a bottle.

On tap at Brew Garden in Clearwater. I really liked this beer. The aroma is definately malty--close your eyes, and you’d think you were about to dig into a chocolate malt, not a beer. Light head. Nice mouthful--lighter and less sweet than the aroma would imply. If you like a sweeter, malty beer, this is a good one.

Pours a clear orange red with a small, quick fading tan head. Smells of malts with a tinge of alcohol, more so in scent than in flavor. Mixed flavor of floral and malt. Better than the standard rating in my opinion.

Pours a clear amber body and an off-white head. Smells of caramel and slightly floral. Flavor is caramel and floral. Decent body.