Bender
Surly Brewing Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
7.10
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This beer is an amalgamation of styles; brown/porter/APA. Five distinct malts, including two from Belgium, give this beer added complexity and depth. We also add oatmeal to this beer to give it a smooth texture not usually associated with this type of beer. We add large amounts of American finishing hops to give Bender a citrus hop aroma because... we like hops. This is a session beer weighing in around 5% alcohol and 25 IBUs. Grab one today, we think you will want another!
Admin Note: Discontinued in 2019, but occasionally turns up on draft.
Admin Note: Discontinued in 2019, but occasionally turns up on draft.
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8/10
Tried
on 28 Jul 2015
at 23:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can at home. Deep brown pour. Nose is cocoa and cookies. Tastes of chocolate chip cookies, caramel, plum, roasted malt, some resin, cocoa, and coffee. Fine smooth palate slight bite. Quite nice.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jun 2015
at 22:41
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
earth wood cherries pine,malty a touch sweet. Awesome. Totally amazing example of the style.
Tried
on 17 Apr 2015
at 04:05
8/10
Tried
on 16 Feb 2015
at 17:50
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Flight at MSP. Sweet, smooth brown ale. Sweet malt nose, some chocolate comes on at the tail end. A bit on the sweet side, but very tasty.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2015
at 16:54
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Sampled from a 16oz can this beer poured a dark brown color with a large creamy orange-brown head that lingered and left decent lacing. The aroma was somewhat bitter with floral hops, sour dark fruits and toffee. The flavor was tangy and sour with malt, oatmeal, coffee, cocoa, vanilla, nut and a bit of sour dark fruits. Long finish. Moderately full bodied and creamy. Interesting.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Dec 2014
at 17:20
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can thanks to Will. Very dark brown. Medium beige head. Roasted. A little bit of wood in there. Nice bitter roastiness but not smooth like coffee.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Nov 2014
at 16:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can at Mikkeller Stockholm. Brown pour with very small head. Nutty aroma and taste with some caramel, light coffee and chocolate. Light and tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Nov 2014
at 08:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Olmost black with a brown head - Good malt aroma - Good malt body with some roasted malt, caramel and chcoloate, with some bitterness - Roasted malt goes into the finish - This was good
Tried
on 11 Oct 2014
at 09:53
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from De Bierkoning, Amsterdam. Dark red-brown, clear body, with a big, creamy, brown head. Aroma of chocolate, nuts, earth, dark berries, some roast. Tastes of coffee, chocolate, nuts, wood, earth, berries, some citric hops. Mouthfeel is light, slick, with a moderate carbonation and it finishes medium bitter-roasty, also with dark chocolate and some fruity notes. Nice! Quaffable, well balanced between sweet and roasty and with interesting earthy notes. Pretty light mouthfeel, but that’s typical of this style. Overall a great, far beyond average Brown Ale!
Tried
from Can
on 02 Sep 2014
at 14:43