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North Coast Brother Thelonious

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
8243.62/5.03.61/5.0Special9%81.4Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
With the developing interest in Belgian abbey ales and the monasteries that brew them, it’s time to remind the world that here in the U.S., we have a Monk of our own. Jazz icon Thelonious Monk is the inspiration for North Coast Brewing’s new Belgian-style abbey ale called, appropriately enough, Brother Thelonious. The beer is being released in conjunction with the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz (www.monkinstitute.org), and the brewery will make a contribution to the Institute for every case sold to support jazz education. Like a Belgian “Dark Strong Ale”, the beer is rich and robust with an ABV of 9%. The package is a 750 ml bottle with a traditional cork and wire finish and features a label picturing the jazz master himself.
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 Gethinbeer (1001), Nova Scotia, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/105/514/20
May 10, 2009  
From bottle. The aroma is bitter, fruity with spices. Great rose wood colour with a thin white lace. Rich flavour of spices, honey and raisins. Tangy finish with wood chippings. Complex ale. Lovely beer.


SAVertigo (15), Shillington, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/514/20
May 9, 2009  
Bought a single bottle at Abes 6 pack. Poured a nice reddish/amber color. Smelled like your typical double. Raisin, slight hops, and some malt. Tasted amazing. Better than Chimay Red in my opinion, could be my current favorite in the Belgian Dubbel style. Highly recommended.


 tokyogoat (507), San Diego, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
May 5, 2009  
Pours a deep ruby tinted cola with a cola head. Reduces to a thin halo with no lacing. Rather unimpressive in the glass. Smells of apples, yeast, and dried fruits. Taste is better than expected. I like simple dubbels with a strong sweetness that can battle the yeast and sourness. This one does. The carbonation is there, tons of bubbles attack your tongue, and keep the flavors light, but bold.Sweet with raisin, plum, and brown sugar. I like the mouthfeel, its a tad thin, but carbonation is there, the sweetness doesnt stick around too long. I actually really like this one. I just wish it had a look that made me feel like I was drinking a quality belgian rather than a cola.


Shenk615 (5), California, USA
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3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
May 4, 2009  
dark amber with a thin, carbonated head. Spicy smell and a rich, syrupy flavor.


 Hank1980 (737), Athens, Georgia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/514/20
May 4, 2009  
Bottle pours dark amber, with a tan head. Aroma of sugar, malt, spice, fruit. Taste is also malty, with some fruit, and spice. Mouth is smooth and carbonation is mild. Finish is smooth. Overall, an okay belgian ale.


 tarheels86 (732), Washington DC, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/104/514/20
May 3, 2009  
750 mL at Raleigh World Beer Fest. Pours like an abbey dubbel: dark amber with a generous tan head. Aroma of dark fruits, burnt sugar, rum raisin, brown sugar, molasses. Taste is soy sauce and salty with some plums, caramel, and Belgian yeasty mustiness trying to show through. Fizzy on the palate. Disappointing.


 wilkie (1189), Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
May 3, 2009  
Bottle at the WBF in Raleigh. Pours mahogany, cloudy, with an off-white head. Aroma is yeast, raisin, spice, caramel, brown sugar. Flavor similar, very complex, a lot of well blended flavors.


 BVery (461), Burnsville, Minnesota, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/516/20
May 3, 2009  
TAP: rich amber pour, aroma of dark fruit/fig, spice, toasted sugar, carmel. Taste is very smooth and similar to the aroma. Excellent beer!



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