Trappist Festive Lager
Spencer Brewery in Spencer, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Märzen / Festbier Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.76
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Alengrin (11675) reviewed Trappist Festive Lager from Spencer Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
With this newest trappist beer to date, the monks at Spencer venture further into beer styles that have no traditional connection with trappist breweries whatsoever: this is apparently intended as an Oktoberfestbier, typically a lighter version of Märzen both in colour and ABV - yet 7.5% is clearly higher than even the heaviest of traditional ’real’ German Märzens... Bubbly and moussy, quickly diminishing, off-white head over a hazy orangey amber beer with a salmon pinkish hue. Aroma of butterscotch, dry banana peel, dried red berries, strawberry, biscuit, cloves, candied apple and an unexpected hint of smoke, almost as in a peated whisky, but much more subtle and without any noticeable alcohol. Clean fruitiness in the mouth, hints of redcurrant and dried mango but very restrained, softish carbo, smooth and slightly resinous mouthfeel, not feeling as a 7.5% beer. Light biscuity and caramelly malt middle with that smoky touch from the nose returning in the end, hinting at a small dosis of smoked malt, even very vague smoked bacon, matching well with a gently drying, spicy but in no way exuberantly American hop character, establishing a medium long finish. Pleasant enough beer, certainly not a typical Oktoberfest and not even a typical Märzen, but a rather idiosyncratic interpretation of it, stronger and fruitier with less emphasis on malt sweetness and a surprising, totally atypical and unexpected hint of smoke. It seems the Spencer trappist beers are gaining more and more personality - as far as I am concerned, this brewery is clearly the most interesting of the new trappist breweries that joined the classic Belgians (and one Dutch) in this century.
tderoeck (22946) reviewed Trappist Festive Lager from Spencer Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Spencer Trappist Festive Lager (by Spencer Brewery):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
31/X/16 - 12Fl. Oz. bottle @ home - Ster's first Ghentian tasting, BB: IX/9/17 (2016-1255) A huge thanks goes out to Alengrin for sharing the bottle! As it seems, it's a pretty rare one as well.
Clear orange to amber beer, big irregular beige head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: very malty, grains, bit sweet, some caramel. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet malts, some caramel, banana, a hint of peated or smoked malts (very subtle, hard to determine), sweet in general. Aftertaste: banana, sweet, caramel, slightly bitter, grains and malts. Decent, though my score is probably influenced by the rarity of this one. :p
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours a rich copper from a bottle. Big caramel aroma is belied with a surprising dryness. A little bready sourness and almost rye spiciness/earthiness. Some caramel upfront but not long lasting. Nearly flat, but my wife opened the bottle a while ago I think. Pretty good beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pours deep, hazy amber into a shaker. Bright white head with little retention recedes leaving spot lacing. Sour caramel and bready earth aromas. Crisp with sour earthy bread and caramel upfront turning to hot bitter caramel in the lasting finish.
CLW (17000) reviewed Trappist Festive Lager from Spencer Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle shared by Willrunforb beer, cheers!! Darker Amber color liquid with thin head in a chalice. Aroma is English toffee, toasted grain and the slightest note of smoke.
Pretty much a classic Marzen style with the addition of a mild smoke note. I feel like the used the slightest bit of smoked malt in the process. Medium in body with a mild campfire finish.