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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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 phukktifano (159), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/516/20
Jun 23, 2009  
Can at the 8th Richmond Gathering courtesy of maniac.Dark brown with a thin tan head. Aroma was malt, cocoa and nut. Flavor was the same with a bit of a bitter coffee finish.


 Snojerk321 (1943), San Diego, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Jun 17, 2009  
Can. Pours a deep chocolate brown with a creamy beige head leaving some spotty lacing. Nose of cocoa, coffee, toffee, and a touch of hops. Flavor was very creamy and smooth with some bitter sweet chocolate notes as well as coffee and caramel. Finishing quite smooth with a light hop bitterness. One of the better Brown’s I’ve tried.


 TheBeerGod (3147), Newport News, Virginia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 13, 2009  
Can at the 8th Richmond Gathering courtesy of maniac. Pours opaque dark brown. Nose is roasted malt, nuttiness, light spocy hops, earthy hops, cocoa, and coffee. Taste is coffee, hazelnut, roasted malt, cocoa, and chocolate. Body is medium with a creamy carbonation. Ends with more cocoa, roasted malt, chocolate covered nuts and coffee.


 tekhna (102), California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/58/104/517/20
Jun 13, 2009    Updated: Jun 30, 2009
Pretty good beer here. Nice balance of oatmeal and just a hint of a roast and cocao. I can see how it is the building block for the Coffee Bender, but it seems like it could have been more. Definetly a nice beer, but I might not come back to it. Just a tad thin, and I don’t know that’s because I was expecting more, or what. Still a nice beer. Rerate: Wow, fantastic. Upping my flavor rating a good bit.


 maniac (2628), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jun 9, 2009  
Can from MGM Liquors in Woodbury, MN at the 8th Richmond Gathering on 06/06/2009. Dark brown body with ruby highlights and a medium creamy off-white head. Sweet nutty and caramel aroma with a bit of floral hops. Sweet nutty flavor, some toastiness with a bit of dry caramel and some floral hops. Medium light body with moderate carbonation.


 dmschefke (371), Eastpointe, Michigan, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Jun 7, 2009  
Pours a dark brown with thin tan head. Aroma mild of roasted malt, grain, cocoa, and a bit of coffee. Flavor matches well with the addition of vanilla. Creamy mouthfeel leads to a pretty decent oatmeal brown, but this isn’t uncharted and doesn’t discern itself.


 MrBunn (1525), Western, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/516/20
Jun 6, 2009  
Can with thanks to Dakzale. Pours the color of darkly stained cherry wood with a cola like head of a finger and aromas of earth and nuts. Flavor is very similar and very good. It is very nutty with a little bit of a woody edge to it. Mouthfeel is OK, but I think I would like it to be a bit thicker. As is, I would definitely take more of this, though.


 Kinz (2200), Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/515/20
Jun 6, 2009  
Very deep brown, nice head. Aroma is faintly of nuts. Flavor is lightly nutty and leafy, pine hops on the finish. Hoppy for the style, which is nice.



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