Surly Bender

Brewed by Surly Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota USA

Can’t believe it’s taken this long to rate this one. Dark brown, slightly red edges with a thin head. Coffee aroma with a bit of a Lysol effect. Sweet oats up front. Definitely some chocolate, nut, caramel and vanilla flavors. Slightly dry finish with a bit of hops. Very rockin.

Deep brown body, nice tan head. Aroma is a bit of nuttiness, plenty of caramel, some chocolate malt, little bit of mollases. Taste is rich for a brown, nice hazelnut touch, with chocolate, light coffee, and almost a cereal type taste to it.

Can looks awesome!!!! bonus points there....pour is brownish with lots of ruby red highlights and a dense sticky brown head...smell is lightly toasty and has hints of cocoa...nice rich and chewy mouthfeel...taste is sweet and toasty with lots of cocoa and nutty flavors...light bitterness adds a little sharpness that clears out the sweet chewy flavors and feel...what a treat from my asshole friend fly!!!

Can for theisti. Pours a dark red color more than a brown. Lasting tan head. Aromas of English Toffee, cherry juice. chocoalte and roasted malts. Well blended hop flavor with a nice bitter finish. Rich palate make this a robust beer, but I’d drink this at any time. Thanks Tim.

Thanks to Josh...poured from a can. Pours a translucent ruby brown with an average tan bubbly head. Aroma was nutty, dark fruits, caramel and toffee. Flavor was also nutty with some caramel, toasty and some bitter chocolate. 8-4-7-4-15 Re-rate from another can. I was getting enough different out of this second time around for this beer so I figured I better re-rate. Pours a deep brown with chestnut notes and a smaller bubbly/creamy lighter tan head that left some spotty lacing. Aroma of chocolate, lightly roasted malt, nuts, citrus notes from teh fresh American hops, cocoa and light coffee. Flavor of the same lightly roasty, chocolate, nutty, some coffee and yes...lots of hops!

A very smooth, flavorful dark beer. Pours nice out of the can with a kaki colored head. Great for drinking at a BBQ. Another great Minnesota beer!

A coffee,chocolate alt.Very smooth. Laces even a plastic cup.On tap at Sea Salt at Minnehaha Falls.A unique style!Hats off to this new Minnesota brewer,an excellent product.

16 oz can, via joebrew. Pours a clear brown colored body under a smallish brown fizzy head that faded to a patchy film. Some sticky lacing remained. Aroma is nutty and lightly roasted malts with a nice balancing hoppiness. Some chocolate, light alcohol, a little fruitiness, and a touch of vanilla. Very nice substantial flavor for a usually boring style. Lots of nutty grainy malt with a slightly roasty accent up front. Moderately dry finish with a nice lightly bitter finish. Mouthfeel is light-medium bodied, fairly dry with moderate soft fizzy carbonation. Almost creamy in texture. A damn fine Brown Ale. Never thin or watery and had enough hops to make itself stand out among the crowd. This is my highest rated Brown Ale, and it deserves it.