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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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 curly (548), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/59/20
Aug 6, 2009  
Clear gold foamy beige head. Aroma is honey, caramel and apple. Taste is hay, caramel, not much flavor overall. Thin and watery.


 PorterPounder (3132), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 1, 2009  
Tallahassee, Fl. - Proof - on tap - medium copper pour, nice white head. Sweet aroma with hints of nuts and peat. Good, solid earthy flavor with some nutty accents. Chewy mouthfeel. Solid, a bit heavy for a session brew, but worth having more than one of.


 gws57 (1131), Saint Charles, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Aug 1, 2009  
Found this one bottled in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Cloudy, slightly bubbly, bright reddish brown pour with a bubbly tan head, nose of cherry and sweet malts, interesting flavor, complex, fruity, cherry, grapefruit, floral in the finish, rosy hops. Good beer, but unusual for the style.


 Ibrew2or3 (2714), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Jul 30, 2009  
It pours clear copper with thin tan head. The aroma is a mix of malts, caramel, roasted malts and then rounded out by faint pine and grapefruit hops. The taste is oddly similar with malts, roasted malts and some crystal like malts mixing with faint caramel, pine hops, grapefruit hops and a moment or two of floral hops.


 daknole (2805), Plantation, Florida, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Jul 27, 2009  
A generous tasting poured by the owner of Liquor Loft in Tallahassee. Deep gold pour. Light head. Aroma is malty and not much else. Flavor is very malty, caramel, apple notes and a touch of butter. Not great.


 ScoWRee (275), Phila, Pennsylvania, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/103/513/20
Jul 11, 2009  
Pours a deep goden color with an inch thick tan foamy head. Aroma of freshly cut grass. Taste is hoppy slightly nutty. An intresting ale.


 bobbypaulson (100), , Minnesota, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Jun 26, 2009  
bottle at the deli in state college pa. had this during a meet the brewer. Guys were super nice. pours red is semi sweet but finishes very bitter. Not too hot.


 sinkr (212), Lusby, Maryland, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/510/20
Jun 9, 2009  
Draft@DiMarco’s, Uniontown, PA->honker. Pours a tan head, atop an amber body. There is an indiscernible sweet aroma that emanates immediately after pouring. Pretty good carbonation, however has a grainy flavor. Not terribly great.



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