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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8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Svart med lys brunt skum. Lukter kaffe, mørk sjokolade og noe floralsk. Fyldig. Smaker noe salt lakris og kaffe. Middels lang.
Tried on 27 Jun 2020 at 21:19

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Can - accidental Drizly order purchase (I thought I was ordering their quad) - hazy orange with a fairly substantial head - moderately sweet, with some bready/yeasty character that subdues and muddles the vibrancy of the hops, which only really come through in the finish as moderate spicy and a lingering citric character - not a drain pour or anything, but meh.
Tried from Can on 15 Jun 2020 at 23:42

8/10
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jun 2020 at 17:00

9.4/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9.5
Ordine Cantina della Birra 4.20
Tried from Can on 16 May 2020 at 18:57

8.8/10 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

6/10
A little too bitter for my tastes.
Tried from Can on 10 May 2020 at 22:16

7.6/10 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 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

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours a hazy copper color. It smells of spicy yeast and malt. The sweet flavor has the characteristic spicy Belgian yeast with malt and some fruity notes. It finishes somewhat dry. Quite good.
Tried on 13 Apr 2020 at 03:11

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Rocky off white head stayed all the way in a rich mahogany coloured still body. Malt, chlorine & raisin aroma. Medium to full bodied, smooth on the tongue with a soft back. Heavy malt, spices raisin, berry, Christmas cake & boozy tastes. Very tasty.
Tried on 12 Apr 2020 at 21:53