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Erie Brewing Railbender Ale 2.82 270

Erie Brewing Railbender Ale

Percentile
29
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
2702.82/5.02.82/5.06.8%11.6English 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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 guzzler67 (1289), Hanover, Maryland, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
May 19, 2005  
Copper colored appearance with a mid sized, white head and little lacing. Soft fruits, along with a hint of toffee, are evident in the aroma. The smokey, peaty scents and flavors typically associated with this style are pretty mute. Mildly carbonated and medium-bodied with a finish that is fruity, floral and a bit sweet.


 MI2CA (1266), Noblesville, Indiana, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/104/515/20
Dec 31, 2007  
12oz - Aroma is artificially sweet, malt forward with just a hint of hop bitterness. Pours dark copper with a small head and decent lacing. Flavor is sweet caramel malts, fruit flavored candy and subtle earthy hops. Palate is syrupy and a little sticky. Not bad, but a little too artificially sweet for me.


 WISEGUY572 (1252), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Aug 13, 2007  
Dead center mediocrity. Dark brown, small head, leaves only a film. Caramel malt, not much bitterness, not much finish.


 footbalm (1219), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/102/57/20
Nov 1, 2006  
Hummmm, not a very good beer. light brown with kind of acrid caramel flavor. A drain pour for me.


 zebracakes (1219), Washington DC, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/58/20
Jan 23, 2008  
Bottle. Pours clear orange, off white head. Aroma is caramel, malt, hops. Flavor is the same. This is very malty with a weak body.


 IMtheOptimator (1161), Bethel, Connecticut, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Jun 23, 2007  
Poured an effervescent amber with a large fluffy white head. Somewhat subdued aroma of toffee, caramel, some grassy hops and a bit of varnish. Flavor is bitter and strongly alcoholic with notes of toffee, some grass, a bit of sweet citrus fruit, but still the overpowering ashen metallic alcohol flavor corrupts all. I suppose it’s reasonably decent, but still feels somewhat carelessly made. Big without loads of character.


 Goodgrief (1161), Middletown, Delaware, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/103/514/20
Mar 29, 2008  
Oct. 2007 - Crystal clear light amber orange color, almost no head or lacing. Aroma of citrus rinds. Strange beer which defies style. Sweet caramel with English style hops, but also lots of brown sugar and ripe citrus rind hops as well. Light and crisp, but yet still sweet. Not bad.


 gws57 (1151), 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.



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