Spencer Brewery
Microbrewery in Spencer, Massachusetts, United States πΊπΈ
Established in 2013
Closed in 2022
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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.
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Corked bottle. Almost black. Roast, caramel, licorice and ash in the aroma. Malty sweetish flavor with laurel, roast, licorice and caramel. Dry finish. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:04
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Dark brown color. Malt and a hint of roast in the aroma. Malty sweet, soft roasty caramelly flavor with a hint of licorice. Some warming alcohol. Good balance. Pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at la brasserie torre del mar, spain. Hazy brown , white head. Aroma is yeasty malty and sweet dried yellow fruity. Flavor is yeasty malty sweet. Quite belgian , you would not guess it was not an original belgian strong ale
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2019
at 12:48
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(bottle) hazy, bright orange colour with a tall, short lived head; aroma of lilies, banana; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2019
at 00:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Black pour. Aroma of roasted malt, burned caramel, chocolate, mocha coffee and licorice. Taste of bitter licorice, burned caramel, roasted malt, bitter hop, mocha coffee, chocolate and malt. Nice old school malty ris, quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2019
at 21:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 2
Overall 6
Pours hazy yellow with a thick white head. Aroma of bright citrus, lime elements. Taste has light what notes, hints of bread yeast. Palate has yeast elements and citrus notes. Fantastic.
Tried
on 06 Aug 2019
at 01:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Botella @La forja, Oviedo 03/08/2019 Color marrΓ³n oscuro, corona espuma blanca beige escasa, aromas caramelo, maltosa, notas a pasas, sabor maltosa, notas vainilla, toffe.
Tried
on 03 Aug 2019
at 19:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12oz bottle at a bar. Pours a slight hazy opaque orange. Thin white head that dissipates to almost nothing. Sweet malt, banana, some booziness in the aroma. Flavour is sweet malt but not bready, caramel, banana, some ripe red fruit in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2019
at 03:38
7/10
Thick mildly-sweet caramel malt, yeasty esters, cloves, banana. Some off flavours on the finish, but overall excellent. Way to go US monks, teach those Belgian (and that one Dutch).
Tried
on 15 Jul 2019
at 00:42
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
355ml bottle at home on 14th July 2019. Misty golden body, bubbly white crown. Yeasty, orangey aroma, taste also has a yeasty and orange lead. Good hop bitterness majors flavour wise.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2019
at 14:45