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Surly Bender 3.67 472

Surly Bender

Percentile
94
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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4723.68/5.03.67/5.05.1%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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 beerinmarch (2829), Washington, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 16, 2008  
From the can. Pours dark brown, red hues at the edges with a smooth khaki head. Roasty chocolate nose. Flavor pulls a lot of bitter chocolate in, soft coffee note in the finish. Smooth with a long lingering bitter finish.


 after4ever (2822), Brier, Washington, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/105/514/20
Nov 1, 2007    Updated: Nov 6, 2007
16-oz. can. Thanks, Theisti! Now...this is a brown ale, damn. Pours nearly black with a light, sudsy tan head, plenty of rings of sedimentary lace on the way down. Sweet molasses and brown bread nose. Body’s on the high side of medium, active carb, plenty of forward roast and toast right on the attack. Mid-palate takes the roast and ups the ante with a bit of piney/creosote-y hop, and the hop predominates in the finish. Great stuff.


 riversideAK (2792), Shoreline, Washington, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Feb 4, 2008    Updated: Feb 22, 2008
Can from Ughsmash. Very malty aroma. Chocolate, roast, nuts, and oat. Pours dark brown with a lasting foamy white head. Chocolate, caramel, oat, and nuts plus a touch of vanilla all make up the flavor profile. Nice, smooth, and velvety. A very nice brown ale!


 Ibrew2or3 (2766), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
May 16, 2007  
Big thanks to Quake1028 for bringing this cool 16oz can along.

Pours very deep amber with nice tan head. Slightly sweet caramelized malt and slightly nutty aroma. The aroma is a bit on the light side. The flavor has that nuttiness along with a soft rye-ish quality that I’ll take as being the oatmeal. Tasty brown ale with plenty of interest.


 Suttree (2743), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Jun 10, 2007  
If you don’t like this beer, you can BITE MY SHINY METAL ASS! Does anybody make Futurama references anymore? Anyway, clear brown, no head. Bready, spicy aroma, and what I’d call typical brown ale flavors - chocolatey, bready, and lightly spicy rye-ish note at the finish.


 Nuffield (2728), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/54/104/510/20
Nov 25, 2006  
Certainly, a good beer. Warm brown, notable head and a body that suggests a light oil quality with some life as well. Malty and hoppy in decent proportions. Standard brown ale stuff, but a notch or two higher on the richness scale. Still, I had the version in the can, and it annoys me that I can’t figure out if the metallic nature of this is from the can or the beer. It was enough to put me off of it. If it is just too hoppy, then it’s a fault; if it’s the cans, I’ll still want to look for something different.


 IrishBoy (2720), Bakersfield, California, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Apr 15, 2007  
Can, 16 oz from hellomynameis; nose of rye toast, caramelized sugar, and faint hops; dark walnut colored with a small tan head; flavor of whole wheat, lightly roasted, caramel, with a malty finish which slowly fades to a little hop bitterness. Excellent brown,


 notalush (2689), Denver, Colorado, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Apr 30, 2007  
Can from IrishBoy (thanks!) - dark amber with a tan head - roasty, nutty aroma, with hints of wood and vanilla - smooth, creamy mouthfeel, with a medium body, nicely bittered, with a slight bit of roasty/smokey notes to compiment it - well-intergrated flavors of hazelnut and vanilla - slight herbal/spice qualities - very well balanced - I would love to have regular access to this.



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