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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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 CanIHave4Beers (838), Des Moines, Iowa, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/103/514/20
Apr 4, 2009  
Muchas Gracias to Cheapdark for sending this bottle my way! This one pours a sort of rare color somewhere between a red and a gold color with a tight medium white head. Aroma is immediately very biscuity grainy and a little boozy. Wow, the flavor on this one is very straightforward, not a lot of complexities just a remarkable fresh biscuit malt character, it’s malty remarkably so, but not sweet tthe beer has a great dryness that balances it out very well. There is a little twang of alcohol but nothing disturbing. This is a very different beer, I must give it props for that. Enjoyable!


sjolles85 (77), Tampa, Florida, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/513/20
Mar 25, 2009  
On tap at Oldsmar.Poured amber color w/ a small white head. Sweet and Malty..Good beginner beer.


 Birdiebeagle (779), Perkasie, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/512/20
Mar 24, 2009  
Bottle Pours a hazy amber with a small off white head. The head last okay. Has a sweet malty aroma of caramel, fudge, and fruits. Has a good carbination and a decent mouthfeel. Nice flavors and blended very well. Alcohol is very mild. Has a medium light body. A pretty good finish. A pretty good beer. This one surprised me after seeing the low rating.


 jimmack34 (560), Lancaster, Ohio, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/103/514/20
Mar 18, 2009  
12 oz bottle. Pours light amber with a soft beige head. Smells of carmelly malt and slight piney hops. Tastes of malt, sugar, and grass. Dry finish, mostly grassy. Nicely carbonated. Pretty decent beer.


 darn1207 (529), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Mar 16, 2009  
12oz bottle from world of beer tampa. copper pour wth a thin off-white head. caramel malt aroma. taste is sugary sweet malt and a light hop finish. not as bad as I’d have guessed from the scores - just not a lot going on.


 HOPSHUNTER (376), Tampa, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/103/514/20
Mar 11, 2009  
Bottle. Poured a clear amber, thin off-white head. Aroma is of fruit and light hops. Body is thin, the carbonation is decent. The flavor is pretty balanced caramel, malt, and hops. Bitterness is very mild. Finish is sweet and slightly dry. Good beer.


 mrant (330), New York, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/105/54/103/510/20
Mar 8, 2009  
Smells of musty malts and not much else. Taste is weak malts and not much hops. Not very flavorful or very good.


finishyourbeer (13), , Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/515/20
Feb 24, 2009  
gotta say, this is a pretty damn good beer. mostly clear, darker yellow color, almost orange. just about the right amount of fruity taste, goes down smooth, and finishes quite nicely. the price was quite good as well.



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