Spencer Brewery

Microbrewery in Spencer, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

Established in 2013

Closed in 2022

Contact
167 N Spencer Rd, Spencer, MA, 01562, United States
Description
St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts, is home to a community of Trappist monks and the first American Trappist brewery. Following the Benedictine tradition of ora et labora (prayer and work), the monks pursue a simple life of contemplative prayer, manual labor and hospitality. The brewery helps support the monks and their charitable outreach. The brewery, being far into the abbey's land, is not open to the public for tours or tastings.

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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Bottle. Malty and spicy yeasty aroma and taste, honey, candied sugar, liggt caramel notes, liggt sweet, medium bitter. Medium body, malty and spicy yeasty bitter finish. Ok.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jun 2021 at 20:24

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
6-19-21 CBC
Tried on 20 Jun 2021 at 04:26

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Pour is a dark brown with a foamy tan head. Aroma is dark roasted malt some dark fruit and a herbal spicy hop Flavor is brown sugar sweetness with some molasses and and alcohol. Lots of carbonation and lots of alcohol. While good I was expecting this to be a bit better. The bottle said that was good until 2024 but as of right now it's a bit hot and boozy.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jun 2021 at 23:51

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Pour is a hazy orange with a large white head. Aroma is more hefe than wit. Clove and banana all over the place. Flavor is more clove and i do get some orange peel. FInish is silky smooth. Decent beer but again this leans more into German Hefe than Belgian wit, not that that is a bad thing.
Tried on 05 Jun 2021 at 21:14

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Pour is a chill haze gold with a large white head. Aroma is a pretty good doughy malt. Flavor is more of the doughy malt but then comes a very herbal, almost spicy hop. Finish has some bitterness. Nice malt and hop profile here.
Tried on 05 Jun 2021 at 19:34

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
A 75 cl bottle obtained from the decent folks at the Rare Beer Club some months ago. I have a coolish, breezy early evening to bring this big bottle out to sample. The New Belgium globe glass is arrayed and the pour is delivered. A thick, dark brown-black body arrives topped by a glorious head of very finely bubbled, yellow-tan foam. I like the smell, strawberry, chocolate and wheat bread. The taste is coffee, toast, some char, dark chocolate, berries and dark chocolate. The sensation is thinner than expected but whatever. Good but not transcendent.
Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2021 at 23:40

8/10
Tried from Bottle on 26 May 2021 at 17:47

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
(Bottle, 0.33 l - BB 12.03.2023, at Juova, 20210521) The beer poured nearly black. Its head was medium sized and lightly brown. Aroma had toasted malts, Belgian style yeast, chocolate and fruitiness. Palate was full bodied and dryish with medium carbonation. Flavours were toasted malts, fruitiness, Belgian style yeast, spiciness, lightly ash and medium bitterness. Aftertaste had toasted malts, Belgian style yeast, spiciness and bitterness. A pleasant and balanced toasty brew with Belgian twist.
Tried from Bottle on 21 May 2021 at 13:46

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Slovakia tasting May 2021. Brown color with beige head. Aroma of dark malt, coffee, candy. Taste, chocolate, dark malt, cocoa, candied sugar, spices, phenolic.
Tried from Can on 19 May 2021 at 20:59

7.2/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle at a tasting with the RB boys. Med body, med-high carbonation. Dried fruits, raisins, also spicy, clove, peppery. Med-high warming alcohol, slightly sharp. Good, but not great.
Tried from Bottle on 19 May 2021 at 20:56