Spencer Brewery Monks' Reserve Ale

Monks' Reserve Ale

 

Spencer Brewery in Spencer, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

  Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular Out of Production
Score
7.57
ABV: 10.2% IBU: - Ticks: 131
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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7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Kobber skum råhvid lang Malt citrus træ chokolade gær Bitter moderate sød moderate Oil blød @home

Tried on 14 Feb 2019 at 21:03


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

To begin with, a statement: this is no abt/quadrupel: this is a stout. An imperial stout, okay, but a stout nonetheless. Stir caused, yet? Let's start the tasting, then: it pours shiny jet black with a tan head that lasts but an instant. Aroma is chickory, coffee, aceto di Modena, soy sauce, blackberry, licorice (sounds like stout or what?) Taste is velvety, soft, low carb. Long-lingering bitterish (bitterish!) finish with evident hints of espresso. Guys, this is a stout.

Tried on 02 Feb 2019 at 15:58


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Hazy brown. Aroma is cinnamon, dates, figs, dried fruit peel, not so sweet. Taste is harsh sweet malt. Umami. Also cloying. Ok.

Tried on 22 Jan 2019 at 20:30


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

0.33 bottle. Spicy sweet aroma, this smells dangerous and stone-fruity. Plummy, dates, sweet and very tasty. Not sweet considering 10.2%... really recommendable.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jan 2019 at 20:30


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Gushing bottle. Cloudy haze, low head. Sweet hazelnut, boozy aroma. Medium body, dry mellow. Sugar, Christmas pudding, light smoke, roast, burned sugar, cheapush booze. Dessert.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jan 2019 at 20:29


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle, gusher. Rather clear dark brown color with beige head. Aroma is apples, raisins, chocolate, some berries, dried fruit kompot. Taste is apples, raisins, chocolate, dates. Silky mouthfeel with foamy carbonation. Quite good.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jan 2019 at 20:25


8.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9.5

Zwart bier met beige schuim. Smaak is warm, krachtig en zoet met iets van kandij, cognac en rozijnen. Exht genieten dit bier

Tried from Bottle on 01 Jan 2019 at 20:36


7

Imported from untappd on 02-05-2020

Tried from Bottle on 30 Dec 2018 at 15:30


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bouteille: Very deep amber coloured with a ruby sheen, presumably hazy, medium-sized creamy - slowly collapsing - off-white head, moderate bitter-sweet nose of toasted malt with traces of molasses, dried fruits, caramel and shy herbal hops underneath; moderate bitter-sweet flavour, nearly full bodied, quite soft; lingering bitter-sweet finish with chocolatey spots, herbal hops and warming all in the aftertaste. Not bad at all, but lacks the complexity of a real good belgian quadruple. Or, again, quite poor compared to a Rochefort 10...

Tried on 16 Dec 2018 at 22:12


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle @ Mikkeller, Odense. From Belgium. Pours Dark Brown with a small creamy white head. Nose is Toffee and Dark fruit. Esters. Tart Overripe fruit. Quite Dusty with a note of cellar.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Dec 2018 at 20:29