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Surly Bender

Percentile
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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 anders37 (4604), Malmö, Sweden
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Mar 27, 2009  
Can @ chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2008. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty caramel and chocolate aroma with some hoppy hints. Roasted malty chocolate flavor with hints of hops and coffee. Has a roasted malty choclate and coffee finish.


 guyinchicago (526), marengo, Illinois, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/516/20
Mar 22, 2009  
On tap at the Barley House my first surley brew color was a dark brown and clean with small head aromas of coffee,carameled malts and hops,taste was smooth and clean with flavors of coffee,caramel and chocolates malts very easy drinking thin in body and alcohol


bookman10 (87), Osseo, Minnesota, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/514/20
Mar 21, 2009  
Pours a dark reddish-brown with a good-sized head. Complex mix of flavors--coffee, chocolate, nuts, etc. Very smooth-drinking and delicious. Not quite as intensely (or overpoweringly) full of hops as Furious. This is my favorite Surly beer.


rabba9 (66), Chaska, Minnesota, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 15, 2009  
Pours dark brown with a nice tan head. Smells of oats and chocolate. Roasted malts gives flavors of chocolate, caramel, and vanilla. I shared this with a relative who commented "I didn’t know dark beer could be this smooth."


 PilsnerPeter (2612), Flushing, New York, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Mar 9, 2009  
Can: Thanks ygtbsm94! Pours a deep brown with an amber hue and a dense khaki head. Definitely cocoa notes in the aroma- Belgian malt character of toffee, very light saaz hops, hearty oat notes, sweet nutty suggestions, mild maple- quite complex in the nose. Fluffy body. The flavor has some light raisin upfront and some Belgian malt notes of brown suagr- the oats are hard to detect. There’s some mild toffee as well, coconut notes are there- then comes drier flavors of unsweetened cocoa, nutty British malts and a subtle noble hop bitterness in the finish. A very nice Brown Ale with well integrated flavors and substantial body as well as sessionability.


 TheRealBastard (141), The-No, California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Mar 4, 2009  
Eh, poured dark with quarter inch of tan head. Lots of lacing left on pint glass as you drink it. Aroma is malt and peanuts. Taste is sharp and crisp, leaving a dry after taste. Taste characters are sugar, smoke, and dry dark fruit. Not the best. Just decent


vitriolix (9), USA
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3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Feb 28, 2009  
Very dark, almost to the point that it should be called a porter. Dark, smokey tones dominate the flavor and aroma. Color is bloody red, almost black.


 kiefdog (1586), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Feb 22, 2009  
Can courtesy of cas. Pours a dark brown cola color with reddish highlights and a tone finger tan head that settles quickly. Aroma is roasted and malty with notes of chocolate, toffee, caramel, malt, brown sugar and hints of molasses and coffee. Flavor is also roasted and malty with notes of brown sugar, molasses, chocolate, coffee, ripe dark fruit and hints of nuts. Generally medium body with a pleasing roasted malt finish.



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