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Surly Bender

Percentile
94
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
4683.68/5.03.66/5.05.1%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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 Indra (2028), Prairie Village, Kansas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 2, 2007  
16oz. can. Aroma of darkly sweet malts, combined with notes of cocoa, caramel, toffee, and some dark, grainy breadiness. Clear dark brown color with a very fine head. Flavor profile features a nice depth of caramel and dark, grainy breadiness, the sweetness nicely balanced with a drying quality towards the finish and a lingering, faint nutty quality. Smooth and low in effervescence on the palate, body is medium. Nice Brown!


 lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Sep 29, 2007    Updated: May 8, 2008
Rich dark brown/black pour with a big lasting tan head. Smell is very smooth, and muted but molassessy and hoppy. Some roasty notes in there as well. Nice mouthfeel. Smooth, creamy and perfectly carbonated. Flavor is nice for a brown. Not intensely flavorful, but nice and malty, with some roastiness and oaty creaminess. Good sweet and mollassessy brown ale.


 cbkschubert (1974), Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/515/20
Aug 24, 2007  
16 oz. can via trade with franksnbeans - Pours a dark brown color with a one and a half finger thick light tan head. Nice lacing. Aroma is caramel malt with a light cola scent. Flavor is toasted caramel malt. Fairly smooth with a slight maltly aftertaste. Palate is thin. An easy drinking Brown. Thanks Jacob.


 sliffy (1967), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Apr 29, 2007  
Can: Pours a reddish brown, off white head. Aroma, caramel, brown sugar, and some earthy notes. Flavor, roasty, caramel, brown sugar, some slight smoky quality, and some earthy and citrusy notes. Pretty damn good.


 MIBRomeo (1965), Wisconsin, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Dec 17, 2006  
Aroma was a bit alcoholic w/ some chocolates and a bit of nuttiness. Pours a mahogony like color w/ a small white head fairly dense and w/ some decent lacing. Palate was pretty avg. Flavor had a bit of metalic taste to it but was quite big not really what I think of as a brown, some good chocolates and some light walnut and a little bit of grass... Decent beer.. I’d like to try it on tap instead of from the can.


 Snojerk321 (1957), 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.


 hophead75 (1954), Boonton, New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Apr 22, 2008  
can from Stine,thanks. Pours a deep brown with a medium, long lasting tan head. Aroma-caramel, nutty malt with touches of chocolate and some floral hop suggestions. Taste is caramel, light chocolate, somewhat nutty, with a moderate amount of oats. Body is creamy and lightly slick. Some floral hops in the background, light bitter finish. Probably the best brown ale I’ve had.


 fordest (1954), Santee/San Diego, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Aug 5, 2007  
16 oz can shared with toncatcher. Nice chocolate and nutty aromas. Nice head on the brown pour. But the flavor just didn’t do it for me. I am just not a brown ale fan. Probally deserves better rating than this, but I am just not a big fan.



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