American Trappist Ale

[deflagratio]

Trappist Monks in Spencer, MA have opened a brewery. Full story here. http://money.cnn.com/2014/07/10/smallbusiness/spencer-brewery-monks/index.html

Apparently my aunt helped design the marketing plan. Now to see if I can get a bunch of samples and a tour.

 

[prandlesc]

I've had the beer. It's OK, not great, and not what other Trappists are like. And it's kind of expensive. I bought 2-4 packs when it was first introduced, but I don't think I'll buy any more.

 

[orangehero]

BYO had an article about it a few months back. Ridiculous price IMO. I get that there's no history here in the states of monks brewing beer, just selling swill for maximum profit, but $20 for a 4 pack of an enkel is absurd. It's not clear how much influence they have in setting the price, though. They don't do tours either.

 

[Gus_13]

They have to brew the single for a set length of time before they can brew other beers I believe. I'm not going to write them off just yet. Looking forward to see what comes out of our first Trappist brewery!


Santé!

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[TimFarAway]

I was lucky enough to stumble into a pub that carried this while in Bean-Town to watch my wife do the marathon. It was tasty with a few floaties, a bit funky and lighter & lower ABV than most trappist ales I've tried. Can't wait to see them go national, and maybe open up the pipeline. Seems like they are under-producing now. I would keep a few of these around if I could get them here in Tejas.

 

[TimFarAway]

Who's going to be the first to clone it???

 

[dyqik]

See the recipe in zymurgy, although it's not labelled as an exact clone.

 

[day_trippr]

That article is really old news, the Abbey started selling beer many many months ago...

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/spencer-abbey-trappist-ale-452857/

Cheers!

 

[pdxal]

I was unimpressed by their beer when I tried it.

 

[TimFarAway]

Beer Advocate gives it a 90%. It's not for everybody. Definitely not a Double, Triple or Quad, just a Patersbier, sessionable for the common folk.

 

[day_trippr]

I had a four pack from the first batch. For the style I'm totally a novice, but I definitely enjoyed it, as did my wife.
Of course, I would admit to having an optimistic approach from the jump because the only Trappist brewery in the Americas is about 40 minutes from my home...

Cheers!

 

[pdxal]

Beer Advocate gives it a 90%. It's not for everybody. Definitely not a Double, Triple or Quad, just a Patersbier, sessionable for the common folk.

6.5% is a session beer? I gotta get a better liver. :fro: