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.
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottled at TNOD(U)RBSG2016. Cloudy near black, rich firm head. Salmiak aroma. Mid dry with medium-full body and rounded spritzy mouthfeel. Ashy and astringent. Salmiak and resin. Edgy and unrefined.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2016
at 16:43
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled @ Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering 2016, Saturday, Day 2 75cl bottle. Pours very dark orange brown colour with a small most good lasting tan head. Aroma of sweet dark malt, some herbs, red fruits. Taste of dark red fruits, herbs, some chocolate...
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2016
at 16:43
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
TNOD(U)RBSG16. Black with thick beige froth. Roasted malt and licorice aroma. Caramely licorice flavour. Nothing wrong, just a little boring.
Tried
on 20 Aug 2016
at 16:41
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering, fonefan. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are rich roast malt, chocolate, coffee, licorice and hops. Dry roasty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2016
at 16:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Almost black with a lasting brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt and chocolate. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Sweet and roasted moderate bitter finish. 200816
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2016
at 16:40
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle@Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering 2016 - Amber pour with white head. Sweet malty with notes of caramel, fudge, toffee, some dark dried fruit, sweet malty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2016
at 15:45
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottled at TNOD(U)RBSG2016. Hazy copper colour, mid sized head. Pumpkin and cinnamon aroma. Sweetish with medium-full body and rounded mouthfeel. Cookies, marzipan and lots of spices. Bold, lacking the subtlety normally associated with trappist beers. Low bitterness. Dull.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2016
at 15:32
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
TNOD(U)RBSG16. Clear amber, some floating sediment. malty aroma, light yeast and spice. Spicy, yeasty flavour. A tad watery beneath the spice.
Tried
on 20 Aug 2016
at 15:32
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Sampled from bottle @ Danish Ratebeer Gathering 2016, Ulfborg, Day 2. Clear amber color, average sized beige head. Aroma has malts, but is dominated by herbs or spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, clove and (Dutch) "speculaas". Average body and carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2016
at 15:30
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled @ Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering 2016, Saturday, Day 2 75cl bottle. Pours hazy dark orange golden colour with a mid-sized most good lasting beige head. Aroma of ripe red fruits, red malt and cinnamon. Taste of herbs, red malt, dark ripe fruits, yeast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2016
at 15:29