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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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 argo0 (6890), Washington DC, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Aug 23, 2006  
(12oz bottle) Clear amber body with medium off-white head that mostly diminishes. Aroma is medium sweet, caramel, some earthy, light raisin, toffee. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, earthy, light raisin. Watery light-medium body, some creaminess.


 hopdog (5550), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 9, 2006  
On tap. Poured a medium and clear orange color with smaller sized white head. The person pouring this told me it was Scottish Ale. Aromas of caramel, citrus, very light peat and a little earthy. Tastes caram, citrus and a light earthiness.


 hopscotch (5472), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/510/20
Jan 22, 2006  
Bottle... Hazy, amber ale with a large, frothy, off-white head. Great retention. Soapy, fruity nose with notes of pear, fruitcake and sour apple. Whispers of nutmeg, cinnamon and maybe allspice. The flavor is very Flemish. Not sure what to make of this, but I do like a certain degree of sourness. Underripe apple? Medium-bodied and creamy with lively carbonation. Tart, dry finish. Probably an infected bottle. However, if so (probably so), it actually added some flavor to an otherwise bland ale.


 CaptainCougar (5407), Rockville, Maryland, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Nov 7, 2006  
Bottle thanks to sliffy: Pours a clear copper orange with a thin-lacing wispy white head. Sweet caramely malty aroma has a noble hoppy character and lager yeasty profile. Body starts with a sweet grainy malty flavor and lots of malt liquor character. Not much resemblance of an old ale here, although it hides its alcohol fairly well.


 jcwattsrugger (5236), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
Nov 27, 2006  
GBof A PA-on tap-pours an off white head and gold color. Aroma is sweet malt, flat/bitter-hops. Taste is sweet malt, flat/bitter-hops. OK effervescence.


 Cletus (5052), Connecticut, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/510/20
Apr 15, 2007  
Courtesy of cheapdark. Pours copper with a sparse white head. Smells of sweet malt. Tastes of citrus, pepper, and very sweet. Pretty one dimensional.


 Cornfield (4926), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Jul 31, 2007  
Lightest colored beer I’ve had of this style to date, a deep gold with a film in lieu of a head. The aroma is faint, caramel with toffee. Little else. The heavy carbonation is a distraction from the desired malty flavor, leaving you with a bit of caramel with a lemon twist and a light floral bitterness in the finish. Uninspired.

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 Tmoney99 (4716), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/512/20
Apr 21, 2008  
Bottle from Belo Vino. Poured a clear deep amber with an average rocky off-white head that diminished very slowly with fair lacing. Medium sweet malty and hoppy aroma. Medium body with soft carbonation. Moderate sweet flavor with an average bittersweet finish of medium duration.



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