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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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from bottle thanks Willrunforbeer chestnut brown with a nice frothy tan head. Aromas of honey spiced yeast and dried fruit. Taste is sweet caramel dark fruit spice and tobacco with a dry lingering clove finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2016
at 19:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bouteille 75cl, de et partagée avec Erwin. Clocking at 37€ a bottle this is in no way worth such a price. Cuivrée, col fin blanc-cassé. Arôme est léger et épicé, malt caramel, avec une pointe terreuse, fruité noir léger en retro-nasal. Palais est belge dans l’approche avec un petit épicé américain festif avec un rappel de cannelle. Fini ester modéré, sucre candi avec une douceur persistante en fin de bouche. Fruité noir rappelant la prune.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2015
at 06:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Thanks! 750 ml. bottle sampled @ “Tim’s Christmas Tasting”. Dark amber, little tanned head. Nose is sweet licorice with dark fruit, clove, syrup, generic spices, dull Belgian profile with spices. Taste is fish guts, esters, sugar, bark, spice, cloves, herbs, brown sugar,… Light syrupy, fish guts,… Not as heavy as expected, rather cloying. Mediocre attempt at a spiced Belgian. Didn’t care much for it, it is passable. This one is unsurprisingly going for some insane prices right now here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2015
at 08:16
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Spencer Trappist Holiday Ale (by Spencer Brewery):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
26/XII/15 - 75cl bottle from Rotsaert (Zedelgem) @ Tim's 1st Second Christmas Day Tasting - BB: n/a, AG273F 1314:47 (2015-1802) Thanks to Erwin for sharing the bottle!
Clear purple brown beer, big creamy solid beige head, little stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: lots of baana, bit spicy, some almonds, sweet, malty. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. taste: very malty, raisins, milk chocolate, lots of banana. Aftertaste: sweet, caramel, malty, raisins, soft bitterness, more banana, yeasty touch, sweet.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
26/XII/15 - 75cl bottle from Rotsaert (Zedelgem) @ Tim's 1st Second Christmas Day Tasting - BB: n/a, AG273F 1314:47 (2015-1802) Thanks to Erwin for sharing the bottle!
Clear purple brown beer, big creamy solid beige head, little stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: lots of baana, bit spicy, some almonds, sweet, malty. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. taste: very malty, raisins, milk chocolate, lots of banana. Aftertaste: sweet, caramel, malty, raisins, soft bitterness, more banana, yeasty touch, sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2015
at 15:04
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours deep mahogany into a snifter. Off white head with medium retention recedes to skim surface. Clove and pit fruit aromas. Sweet with pit fruit and clove front to back. Dry lasting clove finish.
Tried
on 05 Dec 2015
at 18:15