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Surly Coffee Bender

Percentile
96
overall

bottled
common

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3183.73/5.03.71/5.0Special5.1%99.3Dimpled mug
Commercial Description:
This beer is our regular Bender beer with a cold-press coffee-brewing process. We steep 20 gallons at a time, so this beer will pop up at Tours, beer fests and special tappings. The coffee is roasted locally at Coffee & Tea Limited in Linden Hills.
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 yespr (12420), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Jun 30, 2007  
Sample from tap at the brewery. Pours dark brown to black with a brown head. Aroma is roasted malt and coffee. Flavour is coffee with malts kicking in a bit later. Long bitter finish. Adding 1 overall due to the coffee compared to the regular bender, I really enjoy that.


 omhper (12299), Stockholm, Sweden
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Aug 26, 2009  
Canned, thanks Baggio! Chocolate brown, small head. Aroma of coffee and toffee. Medium sweet and medium bodied with firm malt. The cooffee flavor is highly upfront and dominant, making it rather one-dimensional. Fortunately I happen to like coffee so this beer right down my alley.


 joergen (8637), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 17, 2008  
Draught at GABF 2008. Clear orange brown coloured with a medium sized beige head. Sweet aroma of coffee and caramel. Sweet flavour of coffee, caramel and hops. Roasted and hoppy finish.


 kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Sep 1, 2007    Updated: Jul 18, 2009

Date: June 23, 2007
Mode: Growler
Source: Tasting, RBSG 2007
Appearance: dark brown, wispy beige head
Aroma: aroma of chocolate covered espresso beans
Flavor: rich dark chocolate flavor, lots of coffee character, long bitterness from the roasted coffee

Date: June 26, 2009
Mode: can
Source: tasting
Score: 3.0
Aroma: much lighter coffee aroma
Flavor: dark chocolate flavor, lighter coffee character than before, a bit ashy, long bitter finish

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: **+/4


 Oakes (8142), Kowloon, Hong Kong
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/102/58/104/517/20
May 24, 2008  
Draught, CBC
Chestnut, cloudy. Gorgeous, complex chocolatey, earthy coffee nose is probably the best coffee beer nose I’ve come across, at least in a long while. Smooth, complex coffee, lightly balanced. Good backing sweetness. Stellar example.


 argo0 (7006), Washington DC, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Jun 30, 2007  
(draft) Tan head atop cola black body. Aroma is medium sweet, fresh roast coffee, light earthy. Taste is medium sweet, coffee, Coffee, COFFEE. Medium body, light oiliness. I’d like it much better if I genuinely liked coffee. As it is, it’s the most coffee-like beer I’ve ever had.


 DJMonarch (6941), Northwich, Cheshire, England
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Nov 20, 2009  
Cask Stillage from the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 24/09/2009 Big coffee roast aroma. Copper mid brown coloured a little rich on the palate and fruity with a crisp and bitter coffee roast finish.


 bu11zeye (5655), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Jul 8, 2007  
(Draft) Pours a dark brown body with a medium beige head. Aroma of roasted malt and coffee. Flavor of roasted malt, dark chocolate, and coffee.



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