Trappist Ale
Spencer Brewery in Spencer, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.92
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Our recipe was inspired by the traditional refectory ales known as patersbier (“fathers’ beer” in Flemish) in Belgium. These sessionable beers are brewed by the monks for their dinner table and are typically only available at the monastery. Spencer is a full-bodied, golden-hued ale with fruity accents, a dry finish and light hop bitterness. The beer is unfiltered and unpasteurized, preserving live yeast that naturally carbonates the beer in the bottle and keg and contributes to the beer flavor and aroma.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 330ml @Le Trappist, Caen
Hazy brown-orange color, big cloudy off-white head. Perfumic, a bit hayish and sweet yeasty aroma. Medium-bodied. Malty, semi-sweet fruityness, some hayish notes. Finish is quite dry. Not as interesting than its Belgian friends.
Hazy brown-orange color, big cloudy off-white head. Perfumic, a bit hayish and sweet yeasty aroma. Medium-bodied. Malty, semi-sweet fruityness, some hayish notes. Finish is quite dry. Not as interesting than its Belgian friends.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2016
at 13:49
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home, 2nd July 16. Pours a dark amber. Aroma is spice, yeast, malt, sweet. Taste is typical to the Belgian style, yeast, spice, quite sweet, liked it, but got a little sweet as it warmed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2016
at 14:31
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle. Pours a hazy orange-gold with lots of sediment floating around and a large, frothy, long lasting, off-white head that laces. Sweet aroma of floral fruit, citrus, Belgian yeast and caramel. Sweet flavour of citrus, Belgian yeast, caramel, bready malt and grass with a dry, bitter finish. Medium body with an oily texture and average carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2016
at 00:10
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
How: Bottle.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Hazy amber colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Malt, caramel, sugar, yeast, fruit.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Fruit, caramel, some spices, a bit floral,
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Hazy amber colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Malt, caramel, sugar, yeast, fruit.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Fruit, caramel, some spices, a bit floral,
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2016
at 08:41
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Grocery Outlet. Cheap. This one is probably past it’s prime, but you wouldn’t know it as it still presents itself really well. It pours an orange gold color with a tall, fizzy off white head. The aroma has toasted malt, some fruity plum and banana with hints of clove spiciness. Almost seems like a hefeweizen with more complex fruity esters. The flavor has lots of dried fruit and clove. Pear, plum, a little baked apple, cinnamon and clove. It has a dense, yet frothy mouthfeel. High carbonation. Moderate earthy bitterness. Pretty nice. Very solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2016
at 10:22
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Gusher. Big offwhite head. Hazy orangey body. Fruity mealy over-ripe banana aroma with papery notes. Fruity mealy taste, again with over-ripe banana. Mealy, oily mouthfeel. Fullish body. Dirty earthy taste with fruit notes. This is gross. Not sure what’s happened, but no way am I drinking this. (0.33l bottle, from Fish & Beer, Copenhagen.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2016
at 15:07