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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6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
A reasonable facsimile of a Belgian abbey ale, but just not quite there. Straw, clove, stone fruit, and vanilla are present, along with a slight yeasty metallic tone and faint notes of wort and vegetation. Bananas, pennies, and mild floral hops come through on the finish. Just a little off, as is everything I've tried from this brewery so far.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2020
at 00:59
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at Finley's 5-23-15
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Sep 2020
at 05:47
7/10
0,33 litre Bottle, shared with friends. Cloudy amber with offwhite head. Malts, hops, yeast, sweetness, some herbal bitterness in The finnish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2020
at 18:16
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Kicsi gyorsan eltűnő hab, félbarnába hajló szín. Gabonás, enyhén fűszeres, füves illat. Gabonás, füves, kissé fűszeres ízek, némi karamellel. Könnyű, közepesen keserű, közepesen szénsavas. Finom, friss, jó egyensúllyal rendelkező, üdítő nedű.
Tried
on 09 Jul 2020
at 18:54
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours a hazy copper color. It smells of spicy yeast and malt. The sweet flavor has the characteristic spicy Belgian yeast with malt and some fruity notes. It finishes somewhat dry. Quite good.
Tried
on 13 Apr 2020
at 03:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Smell -weak yeast, malt, Belgian notes, some caramel. Foam -thin, some yeast, faint Belgian notes, acidic tones, and some sweetness. Head is small, creamy orange-white color. Appearance - nice-looking brewer bottle cap, classic look.Hazy orange-red color, but not fully hazy, weak carbonation. From - snifter Taste - malt, acidic tones, some hops, and weak bitterness, but then comes the sweetness. Belgian notes in the background mixed with weak bitterness. Quite ok, but nothing over the top, quite easy drinking.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2020
at 18:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Deep gold with an off white head. Aroma of citrus blossoms, peach, somewhat cheesy yeast. Certainly yeasty but fairly light and fruity with a neatly bitter finish. Perhaps a little strong for what it offers but pretty nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2020
at 12:07
6/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
bottle@home. Dark golden with not so stable head. Yeasty aromas, some vinegar. Taste is malty, dry, notes of dried fruit. Finishes long with some bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2020
at 14:11
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Gylden brun lett tåkete med beige skum. Lukter karamell, belgisk gjær og noe mynte. Fyldig. Søt. Karamellfudge, og brunt sukker. Kort
Tried
on 25 Dec 2019
at 14:09
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Bottle) Pale amber colour, slightly hazy, with frothy off-white head. Fruity, spicy nose with notes of dried apricots, yeast, spices (cardamom, coriander), orange peel, hay and bread. Fruity, spicy taste with apricots, orange peel, crisp-bread, honey, yeast and a mild spicy bitterness. Medium body, with a slight sweetness. Really tasty and well balanced. Great beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2019
at 21:29