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Surly Bender

Percentile
94
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
4733.68/5.03.67/5.05.1%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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 KimJohansen (7173), Copenhagen V, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 3, 2008  
Clear brown with medium beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel and chocolate notes. Sweet flavor with roasted malt, caramel, plums, prunes and mild chocolate notes.


 argo0 (7025), Washington DC, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Jun 30, 2007  
(draft) Beige head atop brown-black body with red undertones. Aroma is medium sweet, roast, some coffee. Taste is medium sweet, caramel/coffee, some earthy. Medium body, light acidity.


 harrisoni (6947), Ashford, Kent, England
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 10, 2007  
Can at Chris_o Shindig. Very deep brown/red with beige head. Terrific malts. Really deep, rounded. Tastes stronger. Oxidised port aroma. Good beer, pretty intense. Good hop on end and nice choc.


 faroeviking (6128), BjórtjóðveldiðBjórheimBjórsins, 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.


 Emil (6074), Copenhagen, Denmark
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Sep 18, 2007  
Can. Red brown colour with a big beige head. chocolate, caramel malt, light sour aroma and taste. Medium body with a light sour finish.


 MesandSim (5958), London, Greater London, England
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Aug 9, 2007  
A Mes rate: Can at Chris O’s Shindig. Another goode canned offering from Surly. Darkish brown with a reasonable creamy head. Lots of malt, lots of hops, plenty of fruit, obvious alcohol even at a reasonably restrained abv. Some caramel and a bitter ing finish. No finesse but pretty tasty.


 thewolf (5836), 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...


 bu11zeye (5675), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/514/20
Feb 3, 2007  
(Can) Pours a dark mahogany body with a spare off-white head. Aroma of roasted malt, nuts, and cocoa. Flavor of cocoa, coffee, caramel, and raosted malt with a nicely carbonated mouthfeel and dry finish.



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