I has been an interesting journey for Spencer Brewing, the first American Trappist Brewery. Spencer started with a single beer, their Belgian Pale Ale named Spencer Trappist Ale, and intended to run the brewery on the back of that one beer for a while. They clearly underestimated the obsession with variety and novelty that drives […]
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Spencer Monk’s Reserve Quadruple
When Spencer Brewery was introduced as the first the first American Trappist brewery I had dreams of a constant supply of traditional Abbey style ales from a local source. They started with a single beer, their Trappist Ale which is a very tasty Belgian pale, and I was intrigued when they announced they were adding a number of […]
Spencer Festive Lager
I was really glad when I heard that Spencer Brewing, the only Trappist brewery in the US, ditched their plan to brew only one beer style and started branching out. I really enjoyed their Holiday Ale and looked forward to trying some of their new releases. I was a hoping that they would focus on […]
Spencer Trappist Holiday Ale
When Spencer Brewing officially became the first American Trappist brewery last year they had an interesting business plan. The initial plan included an aggressive scale of production and distribution for a single beer, their Spencer Trappist Ale. The reasoning for sticking to a single style was mostly tradition, many of the European Trappist breweries make a […]
Spencer Trappist Ale
Some of the most interesting and popular styles of beer in the world were originally developed by monks living in monasteries in Western Europe. The most famous brewers amongst these monks were the Trappist order, and making beer soon became a major source of income for the abbeys. Brewers the world over now make Dubbels, Tripels […]