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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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tight white bubbly head stayed very well on finely effervescent, hazy orange body. Spicy orange aroma - quite sweet. Soft on the palate, tingly on the aft. A bit thin in the back. As the aroma, spicy orange, lemon, banana, yeast & a strong bitter spice on the back. Very much like a Tripel.
Tried
on 16 Jun 2017
at 11:40
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
5.6.2017. Bottle from Magic Room. Soft, subtle, and complex. Med body, high carbonation. Lots of phenolic yeast derived spiciness makes up the bulk of character. Soft silky mouthfeel, well balanced, tasty. Good one. 3.7 Rerate 6.5.2021. Bottle via Beermalade tasting. Medium body, med-high carbonation. Solid honeyish and softly caramelly malty base. Perfumey floral and spicy character, pretty aromatic, but unobtrusive. A bit of applish fruitiness, kinda trippely. Easy drinking, yet nuanced. Previous rating checks out, adjusting points slightly upwards.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2017
at 04:49
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Banana and cloves aroma - hefe-esque. A cloudy amber. Extremely creamy looking white head. Top marks for appearance - I just want to strip off to my leather chaps and dive straight in. Light bitter, with underlying sweetness. More of the former into the finish. Again I’d liken it to a hefe, with the bananas and cloves but with a noticeable boozeyness. Light bodied. Slick. A prickle of carbonation, but it’s not overly noticeable. Quite an abrupt finish. Enjoyable and refreshing. Understated but in this case it’s a positive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2017
at 12:54
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
33 cl. bottle @ home, bought @ Albert Heijn Culemborg. Hazy golden with some yeast specks and a white head. Yeasty fruity aroma. Taste and whole experience is very Belgian even though it’s from the U.S.A. Tasty Belgian Ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2017
at 16:37