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.
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Pours a deep brown colour wirh a rocky brown head that has little retention. Aromas''s of sweet malts, dried fruit, Belgian yeast, brown sugar. Retronasal it's sweetish, toffee, fruit, light spices. Flavour is above moderate sweet, light bitter. Medium bodied. Warming alcohol. Good carbonation. Long finish with increasing bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Bierbaum (De Pijp)
on 17 Nov 2022
at 20:54
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Spencer India Pale Ale, 355-ml-Fläschchen (MHD: 22.10.22) von Hopfen & Malz im Wedding. - Goldbraun, trüb; üppiger und dauerhafter Schaum. - In der Nase kräftige aber gediegene, trocken zitrusfruchtige Hopfung mit deutlicher Altersnote aber gerade deswegen reizvoll. - Antrunk füllig weich und knackig hopfenbitter mit alten Hopfenaromen von kerniger Zitrusfrucht, Zitronenöl, Bitterorange. Schwerer Malzkörper mit tiefer Süße, Honig. Milder rezent, vollmundig, tief. Im Abgang satte zitrusfruchtig-harzige Hopfenbittere. - Außerordentlich gediegenes, satt malztiefes und wuchtig hopfenbitteres IPA, dem leichte Altersspuren zusätzlichen Reiz verleihen; trotz intensiver Hopfung rund und reich. Vielleicht bedurfte es der langen Lagerung, um sein ganzes Potential zu entfalten. (15.10.2022.)
Tried
on 15 Oct 2022
at 20:19
8.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Bottle, 10.2%. Brown sugar aroma. Cloudy dark brown colour. Good stable creamy off-white head. The flavour is sweet and spicy. Distinct spicy maltiness. Warming alcohol finish with tobacco and more spicy malts. Creamy mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2022
at 17:04
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330 mL bottle dated August 10, 2019. Overcarbonated like the first two bottles I opened, but I was ready this time. A very deep red pour with a lot of debris and an off-white head. Spicy aromas (ginger, clove, nutmeg), malty with grape and molasses. Flavor has the clove, ginger spices, with dark malty molasses and green and red grape. Medium body, a bit lighter than the ABV would suggest. It's quite good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2022
at 01:36
7/10
We've moved! Excuse the #DGM still don't have glasses. Subtle peach but fun.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2022
at 18:43
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
If this is good I will buy more for aging. Smell-weak malt, caramel, butrned sugar, plums, cake, honey, nice. Foam-thin, caramel, sweetness, alcohol, bitterness, and more caramel, burned sugar, warmth. Head is medium-sized, brown-white color, fine. Sticks. Appearance- brewer bottle cap, classic label, hazy dark ruby color, seems some sediment in. From - snifter Taste-caramel, bitterness, sweetness, burned sugar, malt, alcohol. Very nice one, I will definitely go back to buy more as the brewery is closing down. Good stuff, rounded up score a bit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2022
at 17:47
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 7.5
Orange. lemon, biscuit malt, and orange peel aroma. Hazy golden yellow with large off-white head. Moderately sweet orange. lemon, biscuit malt, and moderately bitter orange peel flavor. Good body. Nice citrus flavor.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Sep 2022
at 01:21
7.5/10
Very simple-tasting little ale. Too bad they had to close their brewery, I like them.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2022
at 22:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle.Dark mahogany colour with small beige head.Aroma of roasted caramel malt and dark dried fruit,nice warming and sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2022
at 13:59
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle.Clear golden colour with small white head.Aroma of yeast,bananas and spicy note of coriander aswell,gassy and lively taste with mild finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2022
at 13:57