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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7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
75 cl bottle. Pours hazy amber with a small tan head. Aroma is toasted malty, slight caramelish. Breadish. Toasted malty. Yeasty, fruity. Sweet and toasted malty. Slight caramelish. Bitter and phenolic finish.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Mar 2017 at 05:31

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
75 cl bottle. Pours pitch black with a small tqn head. Aroma is roasted malty and metallic. Dark malty. Bitter. Roasted. Dry and breadish. Lingering darkmmalty and metallic finish.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Mar 2017 at 05:29

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle with Borresteijn & JulienHuxley, tfs Rob. Dark, almost black color. Big dense beige head with pretty good retention. Aroma’s: roasted, mocha, chocolate, red fruit. Retronasal the red fruit is more pronounced, with sweetness. Flavor is moderate sweet, roasted. Medium bodied. Finishes with roast, light bitter. Quite nice.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Mar 2017 at 03:44

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Pours hazy orange color, topped with a frothy yellow-white head, foamy and slowly settling. Yeasty aroma with some notes of bananas and spices, some sweet notes, later on mostly spices. Yeasty with moderate spices, some hint of sweetness in the finish with a bit bittery herbal aftertaste. Sparkly feel, medium body. Ok.
Tried on 03 Mar 2017 at 11:09

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle sample at a tasting at Lior D’s place. Thanks rayaron. Hazy golden. Stale hops aroma with some yeast and malt. Sweetish flavor with malt, yeast, fruitiness, and bitter stale hops. Medium-bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Feb 2017 at 06:28

7/10
Imported from untappd on 02-05-2020
Tried from Bottle on 24 Feb 2017 at 21:16

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle, 750 ml from Svijet Piva. Shared with Marko and ogivlado. Pours amberish brown, medium off white head. Spicy, dried fruit, raisins, sweet, malty, caramel. Soft carbonation. Medium bodied. Nice winter beer.
Tried from Bottle at Svijet Piva on 22 Feb 2017 at 14:14

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
330ml bottle. Pours out golden topped with a white head. Nose is caramel malts toffee pine needles and some spice. Taste is more of the nice rich malts pine and a sweet bitter end.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Feb 2017 at 15:02

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Wild gushing while opening. Murky honey. Soft yeast, honey malts, walnut on nose. Fine. Medium body. The taste is dry. Feels Belgian. Spicy yeast. Light bitterness. A refined beverage

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Tried on 16 Feb 2017 at 13:06