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Surly Bender

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94
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
4663.68/5.03.66/5.05.1%98.4Dimpled mug
Commercial Description:
Get Surly! Here’s what happens when substance meets smooth. This oatmeal brown ale defies traditional categories. Bender begins crisp and lightly hoppy, complemented by the velvety sleekness oats deliver. Belgian and British malts usher in cascades of cocoa, coffee, caramel, and hints of vanilla and cream. An easy-drinking ale with many layers of satisfaction.
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 pineypower (1090), Pine Barrens, New Jersey, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Mar 15, 2008  
Thanks to Stine for this one. Pours out a nice dark brown with a small off white head. Aroma is of vanilla, bittersweet chocolate and slight caramel. Taste is complex with a nice balance of many different flavors, light coffee, bittersweet chocolate, caramel, and some vanilla notes all come together rather well. As stated nicely balanced.


explosivebeer (36), Washington, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Mar 11, 2008  
This beer poured a lovely dark brown and immediately had a hint of banana esters. It was lightly nutty with some chocolate and caramel notes. Overall it was an excellent beer and the best I’ve ever had out of a can.


 dunkpigen (328), Kolding, Denmark
1.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/52/101/55/20
Mar 9, 2008  
Tasting at thewolf. Pours a brown with red edges and a brownish head that quickly disappears. Aroma and Flavour is very sour (like a kitchen cloth), you can recognize some chocolate, but it is also very metallic and tart - very infected...


 dm9831 (1167), Monee, Illinois, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/55/103/513/20
Mar 9, 2008  
pours dark dark brown with nice tan head. the nose was sweet air. the taste was slightly hoppy, but mostly smooth chocolate and coffee. it had a full mouth feel, but seeemed oily. overall, i didn’t detect much hop punch here, and was mostly dominated by smooth sweetness, which may sound luscious to many people. i prefer a sharp hop hit to get my attention and keep my interest.


 JensenTaster (1585), Denmark
1.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/52/102/53/20
Mar 3, 2008  
(on can, thanks Yngwie and Gunnfryd) Dark, reddishbrown. Sweet rotten mashy sent, very unplesant. Some chocolate in there, but mostly just sourness and rotten peas. A bad batch like this should have been stopped by the brewery.


 faroeviking (6023), Republica Vikingo de las, Faroe Islands
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/53/102/56/20
Mar 3, 2008  
Can. Clear red-brown colour wth a small rather short lasting head. Choco, coffee bit sour aroma. The flavour is roasty and sour with choco.


 rustychiles (1021), Mesa, Arizona, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Mar 3, 2008  
Can courtesy of tytoanderso. Pours a nice reddish brown with a bubbly 1 finger head. Aroma of malt, roasted nuts and vanilla. Nice medium bodied mouthfeel with flavors of caramel, malt, nuts, chocolate and rasins. This is a really nice brown ale. Viva Surly!


 thewolf (5725), Kolding, Denmark
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/53/102/55/20
Mar 2, 2008  
Can @ thewolf tasting.
[thank you, Yngwie/Gunnfryd]
Pours a reddish amber. Nice creamy beige head. Aroma is light chocolate with an oxidated and citric sour edge. Flavour is v ery sour, very infected... pheeuwww...



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