Trappist Holiday Ale
Spencer Brewery in Spencer, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.12
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Mahogany in color, wholesome in body, lightly spiced, a heart-warming feast day ale from our table to yours.
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8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
From Amstein, drinking this powerful quad, at home, in Epalinges. This ale is rich of aromas, spicy, cynamon, cloves, plum, apricot, goooood.It is the kind of beer perfect during the autumn/winter.27.12.2018, during our second month in this flat.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Amstein
on 28 Mar 2025
at 17:44
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Mahogany pour, small off white head. Dark malty fruit, sweet malty breads, sweet Cereals. Creamy, full bodied, soft carb. Mineral finish, sweet dark fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:19
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from local bottle shop. Aroma is malt, caramel, ’winter’ spices, nutmeg, toffee, clove, cinnamon, touch of almonds. Flavour is medium sweet and light bitter. Medium bodied. Pretty heavy on the spices for my taste, not too sweet, spices could be more subtle, fairly enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2025
at 04:50
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Amber in color with a very large head. Aroma was Belgium spices and fruitcake. Taste was also Belgium spices with hints of dried fruit and a subtle sweetness. It was very good.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2025
at 05:39
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
330ml bottle pours out amber color topped with a fizzy head. Nose is nice Christmas spices and some belg yeast. Taste is more of the nice sweet malts great spice blend and a yeast touch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2023
at 21:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Toby. Dark, opaque pour small bubbly head Aroma is malty, sweet, nutty. Taste is brown bread, sweet, nutmeg, malty, savory.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2023
at 06:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330 mL bottle dated August 10, 2019. Overcarbonated like the first two bottles I opened, but I was ready this time. A very deep red pour with a lot of debris and an off-white head. Spicy aromas (ginger, clove, nutmeg), malty with grape and molasses. Flavor has the clove, ginger spices, with dark malty molasses and green and red grape. Medium body, a bit lighter than the ABV would suggest. It's quite good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2022
at 01:36
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
The aromas are a mild blend of medium malt, maybe figs, maybe a little spice and perhaps some candy sugar. Flavors are somewhat similar to nose, very well balanced qualities just right bitter, sweet, carbonation. Good body carbonation and finish. Very nice beer.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jul 2022
at 02:48
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330 ml bottle. Mahogany brown color with reddish highlights. Creamy beige head. Toasted malt aroma hints at dried cherries and spices, perhaps cinnamon. Flavor has rich dried fruit overtones. Cherry, fig and black currants. Notes of cinnamon, nutmeg, orange peel and candi sugar. A hint of fruity, earthy yeastiness. Full flavored with a hint of winter spice. Quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2022
at 04:06