Railbender Ale - Erie Brewing Co.

FickleBeast

New Jersey

3.2/5  rDev -11.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

12 oz bottle pouted into a Smuttynose pint glass

A - Hazy caramel colored, one finger of head with large bubbles that don't stick to the glass

S - It just smells malty... I don't know how else to describe it.

T - a lot of sweetness - heavy with crystal malts - highly unbalanced, I can't taste or smell a hop anywhere near this beer.

M - it feel like it is coating my mouth, but there isn't a great flavor to back it up. At least there is flavor, but nothing that I've thrilled with.

D - gotta score low on this one - a malt bomb for sure, but I can't imagine having more than one of these.

There is a time and a place for this beer, unfortunately the time is not now and the place is not in my mouth... Just too sweet and heavy for a May evening.

Serving type: bottle

05-24-2009 02:48:23 | More by FickleBeast

DLS168

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +3.3%

05-20-2013 23:38:05 | More by DLS168

spikechiquet

Indiana

3.75/5  rDev +3.3%

05-20-2013 03:13:30 | More by spikechiquet

dan027

Pennsylvania

2/5  rDev -44.9%

05-17-2013 02:22:49 | More by dan027

murraymj

Ohio

4/5  rDev +10.2%

05-12-2013 03:17:41 | More by murraymj

skaboom420

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +3.3%

05-11-2013 02:30:13 | More by skaboom420

hattrick95

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +10.2%

05-04-2013 01:10:58 | More by hattrick95

Dray

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev -10.5%

04-30-2013 11:49:58 | More by Dray

rangerred

Tennessee

3.2/5  rDev -11.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25

12oz bottle into a pint glass.

Pours a nearly clear dark copper with a one finger off-white head. Very good head retention and quite impressive globs of lace clinging to the sides of the glass.

The aroma is caramel, toffee and more caramel and toffee. There is a very slight hint of hay in there but overall, it is quite one dimensionale with not a lot going on.

The flavor continues along the same path of the nose with toffee and caramel and not much else. This is lacking the smokiness that is typical of so many scottish ales and also lacks any real hop flavor. The saving grace, however, is the insanely high drinkability for a style that is not neccesarilly known for this trait. Sweetness is very low with alcohol completely hidden and a soft, smooth mouthfeel.

Overall, what this lacks in flavor it makes up for in drinkability. Not something I would really pick up again but a pleasure to drink the one I had.

Serving type: bottle

04-29-2013 01:46:18 | More by rangerred

TATURBO

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev +3.3%

04-22-2013 23:26:59 | More by TATURBO

Foam

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Perhaps my favorite of Erie Brewing's repetoire ... a take on Scotch Ale minus some of the candy sweet-ness that one finds in the real-deal Scotch Ales but , good enough , given the price ... As the B.A. Bros. state "beware of its drinkability." Yes, I concur .
Strong but , I consider it a session brew ... ideally, when you've got some cheese and meats around for buffering the stomach and not getting too warped ...

Serving type: bottle

03-31-2013 22:43:47 | More by Foam

JMS1512

New Jersey

3/5  rDev -17.4%

03-29-2013 01:33:47 | More by JMS1512

GMan

Tennessee

3.75/5  rDev +3.3%

03-24-2013 22:00:13 | More by GMan

mwar

Kentucky

4.25/5  rDev +17.1%

03-24-2013 13:43:20 | More by mwar

tom91281

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +10.2%

03-23-2013 22:07:00 | More by tom91281

Lare453

Florida

3.5/5  rDev -3.6%

03-22-2013 15:19:24 | More by Lare453

captainhowdy39

New York

4.25/5  rDev +17.1%

03-21-2013 20:19:23 | More by captainhowdy39

spycow

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -3.6%

03-11-2013 04:24:10 | More by spycow

Molnar

New Jersey

3/5  rDev -17.4%

03-05-2013 00:59:08 | More by Molnar

Mark5252

Pennsylvania

2.5/5  rDev -31.1%

03-02-2013 21:15:56 | More by Mark5252

MDIMOS

4/5  rDev +10.2%

03-02-2013 15:45:09 | More by MDIMOS

gjohn3707

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -3.6%

02-24-2013 02:07:06 | More by gjohn3707

GFD400

New York

3.75/5  rDev +3.3%

02-22-2013 23:56:35 | More by GFD400

Willcourt

Pennsylvania

2.75/5  rDev -24.2%

02-20-2013 01:14:41 | More by Willcourt

mmsimmons

Pennsylvania

2.5/5  rDev -31.1%

02-19-2013 01:48:08 | More by mmsimmons