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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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 thefle (111), , New Jersey, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/56/103/510/20
Sep 3, 2009  
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.


 Jsawyer (282), Glenside, Pennsylvania, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Sep 1, 2009  
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.


 scrizzz (1252), kirkland, Washington, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Aug 28, 2009  
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.


 redlight (1445), Winter Park, Florida, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/513/20
Aug 14, 2009  
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.


bburychka (55), Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/56/103/513/20
Aug 14, 2009    Updated: Sep 23, 2009
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.


DrinkEmUpJones (14), USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/104/516/20
Aug 11, 2009  
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.


Slinger (91), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Aug 7, 2009  
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.


 Barrios (852), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/510/20
Aug 6, 2009  
Pours a clear amber body and an off-white head. Smells of caramel and slightly floral. Flavor is caramel and floral. Decent body.



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