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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8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Many thanks for this Authentic Trappist Product To Jacek Wigier (wineofdreams@gmail.com). Poured into goublet Rochefort glass. jak na piwo trapistów to ma spora i trwala piane, barwy waniliowej, ciemna barwiwe z nielicznymi refleksami rubinowej ciemnej czerwieni. Piwo ma aromat suszonych i kandyzowanych owocow, w smaku sliwki, daktyle, mmnostwo frig, wisnia kandyzowana, trochę miodu wielokwiatowego. po prostu dobre piwo klasztorne,a alko ukryte fenomenalnie. Polecam.
Tried
on 24 Nov 2020
at 22:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Dark mahogany beer with a tan head. Yeast and dark fruit aroma with light spice. Yeast and spice flavor with dark fruit, light roast, and rich malt. Medium bodied. Yeast and roast linger with rich malt, dark fruit, and dried fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2020
at 23:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
33cl bottle from Sip, Tallinn. Pours dark mahogany coloured with a beige head. Malty and fruity with notes of dark dried fruits, Belgian yeast and caramel. Medium sweet with medium flavour intensity and a balanced bitterness. Carbonation more lively than expected, but still not disturbing. Quite smooth, desserts and enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2020
at 16:15
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle from Beautiful Beers, drunk at home. Dark brown and translucent with a small ring of beige head. Amazing aroma: yeasty bread, raisins, cooking chocolate, oak, tangerine peel. There's so much here. Taste is surprisingly bitter with intense cocoa bitterness on the back of the tongue. Finish is sweeter with raisins and plums, brandy, kumquat peel, cinnamon. Medium carbonation. An amazing find.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2020
at 21:54
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz bottle poured, picked up at Hop and Hound. Not my usual brew type that I pick up from my mega local brew spot, but this one intrigued me right away. Pours jet black, plenty of cream foam head and lacing. Aroma has nice notes of dried fruit, raisin, prune. Bold flavors of bran like malt, dark fruit. Warming quad, full of a layered flavor, but doesnt seem too big or overpowering in any way. Would love to throw this into a blind with other Trappist ales. Very nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2020
at 01:27
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
So I have to go through a Belgian retailer to get an American quadrupel? The logic in that? The 33 cl bottle will tilt into my Chimay glass posthaste. I see a dark caramel brown topped with a superb head of medium tan foam. And the nose is inviting, ripe fruit and meadow. The payoff drink, quite nice. Figs, wheat bread, malt, some chocolate and red plum. I get an impression of Pannepot, just not to that level.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Apr 2020
at 01:04