Who: The Monks of St. Joseph's Abbey
What: Trappist Ale
Where: Spencer Massachusetts
When: 2014
Why:
For over 60 years the Monks at St. Joseph's Abbey made and sold jams
and jellies to support themselves and to generate funds for their
charitable endeavors. A few years back a young brother expressed a
desire to brew beer. Two years later and with the blessing of the Abbot,
Spencer brewery is America's first Trappist brewery and one of only 9
in the world.
How: The brothers visited every other Trappist brewery
in the world (one in the Netherlands, six in Belgium, and one in
Austria) several times to gain as much brewing knowledge as possible.
My
Conclusion: They got it right. Beautiful golden hue, lively
effervescence and perfect balance of fruit, spice and subtle bitter
hops. At 6.5% alcohol this is one of the more session-able Beligian ales
as well.
NOTE: this was one of the offerings in our "Beer Of The Month Club" last month. For those of you that are members I'd love to hear your thoughts on this beer.
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