Juicy IPA
Spencer Brewery in Spencer, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.97
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MrSpooks (5518) reviewed Juicy IPA from Spencer Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Fairly standard IPA, notes of grapefruit, berry, pineapple, earth, and a little pine/mineral bitterness, but the yeasty spiciness is a nice addition. Nothing amazing; still a nice pint.
stevoj (18528) reviewed Juicy IPA from Spencer Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
16 oz can from State Line. Cloudy, light golden, skin of head. Light hoppy aroma. Taste also features light hoppiness, none of the Belgian notes i was expecting.
Alengrin (11675) reviewed Juicy IPA from Spencer Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
"Juicy", and therefore almost by definition New England style, India pale ale made by the trappist monks at Spencer, Massachusetts - and sold in 47,32 cl cans (American 16 fluid ounces, in other words)… Just as I thought things could not get weirder in the special little world of trappist beers, this happens. Papery lacing, snow white, moussy head, quickly breaking in the middle but firmly retaining around the edge and with a thin veil of foam in the middle, over an immediately completely hazy, peach blonde beer with vague ochre-ish tinge. Aroma of dried lemon rind, stale lime juice, cheese crackers and herb cheese spread, "herbes de Provence", carambola, Spanish white onions, yellow grapefruit juice, freshly cut prickly pear, green curry, minerals, bitter honey, wet biscuit, sweat, vague background touch of damp earth somewhere. Lively, fruity onset, green kiwi, apple and starfruit notes, sweetish with a deeper sourish touch to it, lime-like but not as outspoken as in many more 'standard' NEIPAs, medium to lively carbonation with outspoken minerally side effects, supple and lean mouthfeel. Juiciness is there in the form of remaining fruity flavours in a mildly estery way, moving sour-and-sweet over a supple dry-biscuity and cracker-like malt flavour, while hop bitterness increases; once past the middle, the hoppiness becomes dominant as expected from any kind of IPA, with retronasal zesty-grapefruity, lime-like and mild oniony notes, also having turned a bit cheesy due to age, with a notable herb cheese-like aspect to it. At the same time, a firm, resinous hop bitterness is deposited on the tongue, lasting quite long and clearly more grapefruity, piney and peppery than would be the case in a typical NEIPA. Ends juicy alright, but long-bitter as well, with some minerally and even vaguely metallic notes as well as the remainders of that cracker-like maltiness. The juicy edition of regular Spencer India Pale Ale, with that same bready-cracker-like aspect to it, which I have come to regard as the house style of the brewery; that said, this is indeed quite juicy, but not nearly as much so as in your typical Trillium, Tree House or Cloudwater creation in this style. Not a New England style IPA, this one, but it does qualify as an 'East Coast IPA' - which today is perhaps best seen as a compromise between classic West Coast IPA on the one hand and the current topical and tropical NEIPA craze on the other hand. Sedate, bitter but elegant, aromatic but not overly fruity with grapefruity and spicy character as well, this is, all things considered, quite a pleasant IPA to drink, if admittedly a bit obsolete in this day and age (Anchor's IPAs spring to mind)… In any case a very interesting beer from a philosophical point of view, especially to a Belgian like myself, the country that still harbours about half of the currently brewing trappist monasteries; the fact that I cannot seem to find the prestigious "authentic trappist product" logo anywhere on the can probably implies that the "Internationale Vereniging Trappist" is not ready yet for a beer this hip and modern. Whether they should be or not, is open to debate: I associate them - at least the 'traditional', c.q. Belgian ones - with the traditional European beer culture from the previous century, but Spencer proves that at least their young American division is willing (but perhaps not so much able) to seek connection with the now omnipresent 'craft' beer culture. Perhaps I'm seeing this in too large proportions, the easy explanation here is of course that Spencer's trappist monks are surrounded by American craft geographically and not by old European 'craft', so it should come as no surprise that they want to expand their horizon in comparison with the dubbels, tripels and quadrupels made by their elderly brethren in Europe. And for God's sake, why wouldn't they...
Quick3Beers (3144) reviewed Juicy IPA from Spencer Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Pours a nice hazy amber from a can, good amount of lacing. Nice bracing dank melon aroma, similar flavor. Well-balanced although on the sweet side. Pretty good beer.
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Juicy IPA from Spencer Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Canned 6/15, drunk 7/26/18.
Clear but can stir in the sediment at the bottom. Hay-to-peach golden with a good-sized head that recedes slowly to cover.
Smells older and more West Coast-like but not bad or off. Pine-grapefruit is strong and forward but there's no alcohol, weird ester or resin. Clean, well-attenuated, biscuity malts behind.
In the mouth, I can see where this had more prominent, yellow, juicy fruits. Some piney, grapefruity bitterness but not too much. Well-attenuated and appropriately malted with engaging carbonation. Super clean. Stirring in the sediment provides extra fruitiness, soft textures and lightly juicy pine. No real juice notes left, but a well-made beer nonetheless.
CosmicCharlie (9705) reviewed Juicy IPA from Spencer Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Pours hazy deep gold into a tulip. Bright white head with excellent retention recedes to coat surface leaving spider lacing. Overripe tropical fruit aromas. Creamy with bitter earth and overripe pineapple and mango pit upfront turning to an almost digestif bitterness in the lasting finish.
tderoeck (22946) reviewed Juicy IPA from Spencer Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Spencer Juicy IPA (by Spencer Brewery):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.1/5
22/VII/18 - 1Pt. can from a trade, shared @ The Abeels' home - BB: n/a, canned: VI/14/18 (2018-881) Thanks to Chris for the trade and to Thomas for muling the beers!
Pretty clear orange beer, big creamy irregular off-white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving some lacing in the glass. Aroma: that is a mighty juicy ipa! Super fruit, lots and lots of grapefruit, passion fruit, tropical fruit, bit resinous, lovely stuff. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bitter start, lots of grapefruit, citrus, bit resinous, nice bitterness, bit grassy. Aftertaste: some alcohol, tropical fruits, some passion fruit, resinous, grapefruit, very bitter, bit medicinal.
Chalumeaux (5240) reviewed Juicy IPA from Spencer Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Poured from can thanks AFH gold with a slight haze and a white head. Aroma is oats citrus floral hops. Taste is light fruit earthy floral hops and a lingering bitter finish. I wouldn't call this a juicy IPA.
AdamChandler (5745) reviewed Juicy IPA from Spencer Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Tall can hazy yellow. Has an orange juice aroma. Quite tasty. Dry with oats and bread yeast, oranges and tangerine. Very tasty
CLW (17000) reviewed Juicy IPA from Spencer Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Grabbed a 4 pack of 16 oz. cans at the Third Annual Open House, June 23, 2018. A near perfect clear golden color. Some soapy head. Aroma is very weak fruit, (peach, pineapple, generic tropical hints). Light notes of sugar. Flavor has the weak tropical fruit forward with a medium lasting pine bitterness. Pine comes much more forward as it warms. Thinner body.