This post is a part of the 2015 New Beer Every Day Beer Diary Challenge, #ottbeerdiary. Over the course of 2015, I will be trying a new beer every day. Please read the background in the link above, and enjoy reading about the most recently tasted beers below. If you’d like to join the challenge as well, let me know in the comments below, and be sure to check out Grown-up Travel Guide and his #grownupbeerdiary, where Andy Higgs came up with the diary format in use below. You can catch up on all of our posts as part of the challenge under the tag ottbeerdiary.
Day 33: February 2, 2015
Diary entry:
What an exhausting day. Last night’s Super Bowl ended at just after 4AM, and I was on my way to work by 8AM.
Quite a bit of snow coming down, so of course, more people than usual drove to work today. Parking was a bear! I got stuck way out in the boondocks of the parking lot.
And naturally, it continued to snow and rain throughout the day, and being month end close, I didn’t get out of the office until after 8PM. Now that was a cold, slippery walk to the car, where I still had to break out the ice scraper.
Happy to get back home to relax this evening.
The Beer:
Name: Spencer Trappist Ale
Style: Patersbier
Producer: Spencer Brewery
Alcohol content: 6.5%
Bottle size: 0.33l
Purchased from: Brought to me from the States by our friend Julie.
Commercial Description:
Inspired by traditional refectory ales brewed by monks for the monks’ table, Spencer is a full-bodied, golden-hued Trappist ale with fruit accents, a dry finish and light hop bitterness. 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 labor (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.
Spencer Trappist Ale is unpasteurized and unfiltered. It gushed from the bottle on opening. Tasty bitterness, leaving a dry mouthfeel. A decent enough beer.
