Spencer Brewery
Microbrewery in Spencer, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
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.
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured from bottle best by 1/28/17 light hazy straw with a thin white head. Aromas of lager yeast corn straw. Taste is spot on no flaws grain corn yeast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2016
at 11:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
75 cl bottle @ home
Aroma is mild and odd with hayish tones, ash and soy sauce. Flavour has cocoa, hay, ash, licorice, soy sauce, some salty licorice and coffee. Finishes with some hoppiness. Rather dry.
Aroma is mild and odd with hayish tones, ash and soy sauce. Flavour has cocoa, hay, ash, licorice, soy sauce, some salty licorice and coffee. Finishes with some hoppiness. Rather dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Oct 2016
at 10:41
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Biernavigatie, BB 08/04/17, large sample. Slight hazy golden color, medium frothy head. Aroma of citrussy hop, bit peach and apricot, slight caramelly malts. Soft to medium bitterness, slight caramel. Quite high in carbonation, bit dry in the finish. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2016
at 13:37
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours a rich copper from a bottle. Big caramel aroma is belied with a surprising dryness. A little bready sourness and almost rye spiciness/earthiness. Some caramel upfront but not long lasting. Nearly flat, but my wife opened the bottle a while ago I think. Pretty good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Oct 2016
at 23:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Flask. Almost clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and moderate hoppy - fruity and old hops. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. 201016
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2016
at 13:21
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours deep, hazy amber into a shaker. Bright white head with little retention recedes leaving spot lacing. Sour caramel and bready earth aromas. Crisp with sour earthy bread and caramel upfront turning to hot bitter caramel in the lasting finish.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2016
at 16:13
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Lichtbruin bier zonder schuim. Smaak is bitter hoppig en licht zoet met iets van fruit, sinaasappel en abrikoos. Smaak is OK maar heeft iets te weinig inhoud.
Tried
on 14 Oct 2016
at 14:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz. bottle, thanks to Willrunforbeer on this Trappist pilsner!! Best before on label of: 3/09/17. Slight hazy gold, plenty of carbonated bubbles. Aroma is pils malt, corn husk, lager yeast, straw.
All the correct flavors, lager yeast through out with a clean finish. Light body and crisp. No flaws or mistakes and drinks nicely. Exactly as it should be. Well made
All the correct flavors, lager yeast through out with a clean finish. Light body and crisp. No flaws or mistakes and drinks nicely. Exactly as it should be. Well made
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2016
at 18:38
7/10
Trappistenavond
Tried
on 05 Oct 2016
at 21:41
6.1/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle: Orangey coloured, cloudy, gushing - but instantly collapsing loose off-white head; sweetish vinous and grainy nose with a slight sourish-yeasty touch; moderate bitter-sweet flavour, a delicate acidity is still detectable, medium bodied, quite soft; lingerin fruity-yeasty finish with an increasing itterness and a slight alcohol burn in the aftertaste. Surely drinkable, not great, yet...
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2016
at 07:51