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.
6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled @ Danish Summer Gathering 2015 Gushing!! Sehr trübe dunkel goldene Fabe, wenig weißer Schaum. geruch süß malzig, Obst, hefig, leicht bananig. Geschmack sehr süß malzig, bananig, hefig, dezent alkoholisch.
Tried
on 28 Aug 2015
at 14:55
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Chris & Ruth’s pre-GBBF tasting, 2015. Cloudy gold pour with a white head. Aromas of pear, wheat and sweet malts. Flavours of warm bread, apricot, more pear coming through leading to a sweet fruity finish. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2015
at 13:41
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared by Bob, thanks! Pours a hazy gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges quickly. Aroma has a good amount of musty grain with earthy fruit and a bit a of bread. Flavor combines sweet grains with Belgian yeast and a bit of bread and sweet fruit supporting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2015
at 11:17
7/10
Really clean just too much coriander.
Tried
at
Slab Sicilian Street Food
on 20 Aug 2015
at 20:19
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Amber beer with a dark cream head. Yeast and light spice aroma. Yeast and bubblegum flavor with citrus. Medium bodied. Yeast and spice linger with bubblegum.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2015
at 18:35
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
8th August 2015
Pre GBBF tasting at Chris and Ruth’s. Hazy gold beer with some tiny floaters. Good pale cream colour head. Palate is airy and a little dry, decent fine carbonation. Sweet floralness. Sweet spice. Thin grain. Modest citrus before an estery dry finish. Okay.
Pre GBBF tasting at Chris and Ruth’s. Hazy gold beer with some tiny floaters. Good pale cream colour head. Palate is airy and a little dry, decent fine carbonation. Sweet floralness. Sweet spice. Thin grain. Modest citrus before an estery dry finish. Okay.
Tried
on 10 Aug 2015
at 04:52
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at Chris & Ruth’s pre GBBF shindig; hazy orange pour with a thin white head, aroma has fruit plus some yeast action, taste has Belgian yeast plus some light fruits.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2015
at 09:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at pre GBBF 2015. Yeasty estery golden beer. Some hop some dryness. Quite enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2015
at 12:09
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
75 cl bottle. Pours hazy orange with a fully gone head. Aroma is phenolic and toasted malty. Åhenolic, yeasty, toasted malty and herbal. Dry, bitter and phenolic to estery. Quite yeasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2015
at 11:11
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Cloudy deep gold with orange. Interti nose, apricots, cinnamon, orange, biscuits, tuch f honey. Same flavor, rich but not sweet, finishes rather dry. Very enjoyable beer, fits the Trappist lebel well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2015
at 06:02