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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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 MacDaddyOJake (274), Richmond, Virginia, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/55/103/510/20
May 17, 2007  
Not much in the aroma, it acutally smelled a bit like malt liquor. Kind of a funky smelling sweet malt with alcohol. Taste was similar, heavy malt with some caramel. I think this one was actually pretty bad cause it tasted like malt liquor and a bad lager. Forget old style ale, this is just a poor ale.


 MarkBarnes (270), Waterville, New York, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Aug 27, 2008  
Aug. 27, 2008; 12 oz. bottle. Had this pegged for a Marzen on first viewing/tasting. Burnt sugar-sweet malts, caramel, slightly oily, palate notable for its bitterness (more a product of alcohol than of hops). A The distinctly-medicinal/Southern Comfort-y flavor could be off-putting to some. Shades of Autumn . . . might be nice on a crispier evening, but I wouldn’t seek this out.


 swirl (267), collingswood, New Jersey, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Apr 18, 2005  
A very nice amber color with a full head. Strong fruity aroma as well as a scent of raisins. Smooth hops taste with good mouth feel. Some more fruitiness in the taste and a little pepper. This is a good beer definately worth trying. The taste also offers a lot of caramel sweet maltiness balanced nicely against a hoppiness in the aftertaste.


 sinkr (241), Lusby, Maryland, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/510/20
Jun 9, 2009  
Draft@DiMarco’s, Uniontown, PA->honker. Pours a tan head, atop an amber body. There is an indiscernible sweet aroma that emanates immediately after pouring. Pretty good carbonation, however has a grainy flavor. Not terribly great.


 civforprez (225), Galesburg, Illinois, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/53/102/56/20
Jun 1, 2004  
This beer poured amber with a decent head. Aroma and taste overwhelmed by malt, with little hops. Not impressive. Also, yeast is very prevalent in aroma and taste.


 beerlord (215), tonawanda, New York, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/55/102/510/20
Aug 29, 2007  
Nice hoppy boquet, deep golden color with a white head, malty flavor followed by some hop biterness. Nothing special


 KawaBomber (213), New Jersey, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/510/20
Nov 27, 2007  
12oz. Bottle: Light caramel appearance, minimal beige head. Sweet malty aroma. First sip leaves me with a bitter taste in my mouth, acidic almost. Rather thin, pretty average. Not much to say here.


 1010 (213), Marysville, Ohio, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/57/103/516/20
Oct 30, 2008    Updated: Nov 21, 2008
Pours an amber color without much of a head. Taste of caramel and malt. I thought it was a solid old ale. 12 oz. bottle



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