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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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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 (19), Georgia, 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 (858), 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.


 curly (580), 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 (3137), 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 (1137), 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 (2724), 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.



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