North Coast Brother Thelonious

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.

TAP: rich amber pour, aroma of dark fruit/fig, spice, toasted sugar, carmel. Taste is very smooth and similar to the aroma. Excellent beer!

Pours a riich mohogany color with a thin mocha head. Malty with lots of caramel and smooth finish. The philanthropy doesn’t hurt, either.

12 oz bottle. malty, sweet, notes of caramel, brown sugar, some spices. Rich. Not bad, but it’s a little too sweet malty boozy. could be a little more balanced.

Bottle sampled at SF International Beer Fest. Copper color with an off-white head. Aroma of sweet malt, candi sugar, dark fruits, and spices. Flavor is similar with caramel and some mild hops. Medium-full, smooth palate.

Bottle from BevMo. Pours a a clear copper with thick cream-colored head that quickly dissipates to a thin foam. Aroma is toasted sugars, malts, caramel. Flavor is Malty with definite sugars, almost like a dissolving sugar cube and hints of smoke. A pretty good/rich Belgian abbey.

Pours dark amber with minimal white/tan head. Aromas of grilled apricots and roasted nuts. Slight copper beginning. caramel and bittersweet choc in the middle with a slight belgian funk on the finish.

Pours clear dark reddish brown, good sized head, nice lacing. Sweet aroma of bread, chocolate, vanilla, spices and some yeast. Flavour is like the aroma, sweet with some alcohol heat, good hop bitterness in the finish. Quite smooth and full bodied, with a moderate amount of carb. Enjoyable, but not incredible.