Surly Bender

Brewed by Surly Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota USA

Serve in Dimpled mug

Dark brown in color with a nice fluffy brown head. Grainy, toasty malty aroma. Caramel notes. Malty sweet flavor. Caramel chocolatety notes. Sweet tasting. Full bodied. Finish is sweet and malty. Smooth. Very drinkable. Great.

RBSG 2007 Tour at Surly – Dark brown, creamy off white head. Toasty vanilla aromas sit a top faint caramel and chocolate molasses notes. Flavor is well balanced tones of all the above. A touch of light hoppiness keeps the soft sweet toasty notes in check. Medium bodied with a pillow soft carbonation. An easy drinking brown…

Thanks to pressboxjoe for this one. Poured a nice thick and dense head of fine bubbles. Settling rather slowly. Nice roasted grain aroma with some hazelnut, toasted oats, creamy caramel, dark malts and a hint of smoke. Color is a dark hazy brown. Flavor is very tasty with a good helping of roastyness, mild malts and some more nutty flavors. Smooth and creamy mouthfeel from the oats. Finish is pretty clean with a little lingering bitterness and roastyness. A very good brown ale and a great everyday drink.

16 oz can courtesy of Greg. Pours a dark yet clear coppery maple wood amber with a creamy medium sized beige head. Aroma of nuts, oats, cocoa powder and a hint of light coffee. Taste of faint nuts, cocoa powder, dry tree branches, toffee and cream.

Aroma was a bit alcoholic w/ some chocolates and a bit of nuttiness. Pours a mahogony like color w/ a small white head fairly dense and w/ some decent lacing. Palate was pretty avg. Flavor had a bit of metalic taste to it but was quite big not really what I think of as a brown, some good chocolates and some light walnut and a little bit of grass... Decent beer.. I’d like to try it on tap instead of from the can.

Canned. Much more complex and flavourful brown than is typical. Dark brown pour with a medium offwhite head than dissolves into a ring with a little lacing. Aroma of roasted caramel malt. Flavour has some coffee, hops, chocolate and a quick finish. Easy drinking.

Can from Footbalm - Thanks! Pours a dark brown with a modest tan head. Light lacing. My first impression is the aroma of wheat bread with some nuts, as well as a little maltiness. Tastes of a brown ale with solid malt, toffee, roasted nuts, and some bittersweet cocoa. Nice creamy feel.

Pint can courtesy JimboWood. Pours a clear brown with a large and massively lacy off-white head. The aroma is filled with hops and some vanilla and oatmeal with a touch of cardboard. Creamy medium body and light carbonation. The taste starts lightly sweet with nuts, caramel, bread and coffee. Dry and smoky bitter finish.