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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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 goldtwins (4079), Nesconset, New York, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Feb 23, 2009  
Poured an almost clear copper color with a small off-white head. Fruity caramel malt aroma with a touch of age and light citrus hops. Toffee flavor with some nutty taste to it. Light fruit. Light-medium body with a lively mouthfeel.


 Sonicdescent (374), Donora, Pennsylvania, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/56/104/512/20
Feb 22, 2009  
Pours decent gold with not much head. Smells nutty and malty, stale. Tastes better than it smells an is surprisingly watery for it’s abv. Not bad, but I’ve no reason to try this one again.


 DragonStout (1380), Pataskala, Ohio, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/512/20
Feb 21, 2009  
On tap at Oldsmar.Poured an amber color with a small white head.Hints of caramel with a watery mouthfeel.


 BeerVirgin72 (778), Pataskala, Ohio, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Feb 21, 2009  
Had on tap at Oldsmar. Clear light amber pour. sweet flavor of roasted nuts, very light tasting, slight taste of vanilla...Decent.


kidrobot (63), Sparta, New Jersey, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/54/103/512/20
Feb 20, 2009  
Pours a nice gold amberish color. I had on tap and in a bottle. Tasted much better on tap. Very weak in the bottle.


 thejon375 (390), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/514/20
Feb 13, 2009  
Nice rich medium amber color. Roasted nut aromas. Malty, chocolate, caramel flavors run very strong in this beer. Overall good beer.


 douglas88 (1559), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Feb 11, 2009  
Bottle thanks to Cletus. Pours a deep mahogany color with a medium white head. The aroma is full of caramel malts, some fruity and yeast notes also. The flavor is dry, lots of yeast, fruity and toasted flavors, sort of musty. Not bad at all. A sort of odd dusty/musty finish. Otherwise nice.


 PhillyBeer2112 (2084), Orange Park, Florida, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/511/20
Jan 15, 2009  
Chestnut color, moderate foamy head. Butterscotch, biscuity malts, mildly grainy nose. Sweetish at first but overall pretty balanced with cookiesh malts, a touch of herbal or grassy hop, a hint of anise?, balanced finish. Malts have a touch of twang in the aftertaste. Palate a little thin, but part of it is the low carbonation giving this a fairly light English ale palate. On the whole its really very boring.



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