Surly Bender

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

Serve in Dimpled mug

Pours brown with a tan head. Smells nutty and sweet with some earthy undertones. Tastes of chocolate, caramel, some spicy hints with peppery splashes on the finish.

Clearish dark chestnut ale covered by a light tan head. Plummy, fruity, raisiny flavours that remind of a good old muffin. Very bready maltiness, developing chocolate flavours. Medium bodied, soft carbonation. Simple earthy hop finish. An interesting brown ale, smooth, round, but whose extreme popularity leave me a bit puzzled.

Fresh and tasty pint can, thanks to Tempest. Large brown head on dark brown, much like a coffee. Moderate pleasant mocha chocolate coffee aroma, and the taste does deliver. Modest roast, malty without sweet. Secondary a bit dry and bitter. Very drinkable. A few minutes later, it is all gone.

Thanks to Ty5592 for this one as part of Mystery Swap 2.0. Pours clear deep ruby with 1-finger khaki head. Aroma of roast malt, big chocoff, cabernet, brown sugar, cola, hops. Tastes roasty malty, with big brown sugar, toffee, almond, cherry cola notes, and some cacao notes and finishing hops. This is my second Surly beer, and I am extremely impressed with these guys...and from a can, no less!

Canned, thanks to Skyview. Poured an almost clear, deep iced tea brown with a short cap of beige head. Aroma picked up lightly-toasted dry chocolate, cocoa, and coffee notes with mild pine accents. Flavor was more enjoyable with roasted chocolate and coffee at the core.. accented by a mild herbal bitterness and sweet vanilla... long, roasted coffee finish. Medium-bodied with very nice balance between the roasty malts and the mild-ish bitterness. Very tasty and powerfully drinkable!

Can in Blackfriers. Aroma is malty, cola and chocolate notes, theres a decent amount of hops, but i dont know what thir doing. Taste is similarly malty, but quite a bit of hop character. Alright, but the ipa blows it out the window.

16 oz. can poured a clear reddish brown with a lingering ring of tan foam. Aromas of coca, carmel, light vanilla and light coffee. Palate was light to medium bodied and crisp with a smooth finish. Flavors of carmel, cocoa, light coffee, light toffee and a hint of vanilla with a smooth lingering cocoa finish.

Can. Pours a deep brown body with a tan head. Roasted malt, caramel, light coco and roast y tones. Caramel with a light vanilla and a mild bittering finish. Great base for my beloved coffee bender.