Monks' Reserve Ale
Spencer Brewery in Spencer, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.58
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Spencer Monks' Reserve Ale is a classic Trappist Quadruple ("Quad") in the Belgian tradition. This Quad is fragrant, robust and full-bodied, mahogany in color and crowned with a dense, tan, frothy head. Its malt-forward profile yields to a warm finish.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle (thanks Kurt!) shared @ tasting. Nice dark red to dark amber color, average sized beige head that lasts for a short while and leaves fair to good lacing. Aroma is malts, dark candy sugar. Taste malts, light caramelised sugar hints. A bit thin bodied imo. Nah not great. Drinkable but not nearly a match for -for instance- La Trappe Quadrupel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2017
at 16:01
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Fles gedeeld door Benzai, gedronken met Inoven en Roelzie1986. Het is een amberkleurig bier met een volle moutige smaak.
Tried
on 14 Nov 2017
at 15:59
7/10
Aromat... nikly. Smak fajny quadowy. Susz, melasa, przyprawy... sumarycznie takie solidne 3.4 - lekko sie pije
Tried
on 10 Nov 2017
at 16:52
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Birthday bottle from Dranken Geers, Oostakker; thanks to Anke & family!
Pours hazy dark brown with a reddish hue and a lasting, foamy, beige head. The aroma contains dark chocolate, hops & spices, some coffee (roast), roasted malt, caramel, herbs, bread and alcohol. It tastes medium chocolatey sweet and light to medium roasted bitter; the finish is a bit dry, herbal and toasty, with some warming alcohol. Full body, oily/creamy texture, fizzy carbonation. A great Belgian-style Quadrupel. More, please!
Pours hazy dark brown with a reddish hue and a lasting, foamy, beige head. The aroma contains dark chocolate, hops & spices, some coffee (roast), roasted malt, caramel, herbs, bread and alcohol. It tastes medium chocolatey sweet and light to medium roasted bitter; the finish is a bit dry, herbal and toasty, with some warming alcohol. Full body, oily/creamy texture, fizzy carbonation. A great Belgian-style Quadrupel. More, please!
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2017
at 04:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle. Pours dark reddy brown with a large head. Aroma is smoky raisin and banana. A touch metallic. Taste has raisin and caramel. Burnt raisin finish. Boozy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2017
at 14:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Cork & Cask. Deep ruby body with a thin beige head. Low carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of treacle, deodorant and plum. Flavour of burnt caramel, liquorice, wood and cloves. Medium body with a frothy texture. Soft fizz. Rich and a bit hot. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2017
at 18:28
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours a nice mahogany from a bottle with a tan head, some lacing. Malty aroma, just a hint of raisin with a good yeastiness. Flavor is caramel malts, yeasty esters. Pretty good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2017
at 21:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle @ Chez Sophie, Shrewsbury. Pours hazy mahogany, small well-appointed foamy pale tan head. Aroma has light dark fruits with a certain malty caramel sweetness. Taste is well-balanced, lightly spicy, with a moreish dark fruit sweetness and soft chocolate emerging on the finish. Fair carbonation that could be turned down a little. Perhaps more chocolatey than other quads, but easy-going and pleasant enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2017
at 16:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
355 ml. bottle split with 90 @ Beerlovers Bar. BBF 09 MAY 2019. Dark brown, creamy tanned some mocha head. Nose is what it should be dark fruit in BE fashion with spice, clove, lively but sadly it is also a bit too soapy. Carbonation is too high & the whole feels a bit thin & soap dominates heavily the taste, afterwards you get herbs, cloves, cloves, cardamom, BE dark fruit those parts are proper but the soap, bit empty taste, higher carbonation ruins. It has some of the proper elements that you would expect but a lot of stuff that brings it down, unfortunately it winds up feeling like something that could be tuned to a great beer but it isn’t. You could expect something a bit more robust at this ABV.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2017
at 14:36
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle at Beerlovers Bar. Pours dark brown, small white head. Smell is very clove-forward. Mild caramel, earthy notes. Taste is bit bitter, full, creamy, caramel, cloves, some chocolate. Mild gingerbread. Nice. Perhaps a bit much on the cloves though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2017
at 08:57