Our Tastes-- Spencer Trappist Ale

Well Andy Mc's family apparently has a contagious virus, bootleg-itis. It appears to have a genetic component to it, as seen with patriarch Bootleg Chuck and we here at Beat-12 Brewing/Yard Dog Brewing encourage it's healthy spread like Bubonic. (without the gangrene, seizures and the groin knot). Our newest sheep to the flock, (we'll call her Ang?) open heartedly recycled her shipper of Wee Hefty and sent it back with the newest and ONLY Trappists brewery in the US, Spencer. So we poured up our tulips and a golden, orange hue with a thin white head sat there at 45F. At first the pour is a sharp coldness, with only a slight appreciable yeast backbone. Then we let it sit and raise to 61F. This is the temp at which this beer reveals itself (>50F). When swirled a heavier fruity pebbles and slight yeast with more complex ester and phenol nose and palate come forward. It wouldn't hurt my feelings to get a 6er if this every 90 days. With the way fire treats these guys, I may need to beg for more soon. Read the history and you'll get it.