North Coast Brother Thelonious

Pours a murky dark raisin colour with a small head that fades to a sudsy film, leaving spotty lacing. The nose is rich and sweet with nuances of raisins, cherries, other dark pitted fruit and molasses. The flavour is quite similar with a characteristic Belgian dryness that counteracts its robustness. I get a ton of candy sugar, grassy, earthy hops, raisins, dark fruit and a metallic tang. Before it warms, the carbonation is a bit harsh, but it mellows to a tolerably prickly level. The finish is drying, yeasty and leaves a mild residual fig-like sweetness.

Pours light brown with tan head. Aroma has a bit of soy, dark fruits, cherries. Maybe a touch of sherry. Flavor is malty sweet, A bit of cherry, bordering on cloying, Some brown sugar, raisins, yeast. The sweetness is a almost too much. Mouthfeel is bubbly, nice. Pretty solid, but not blown away.

Pours dark brown with tan head. Cherry and dark fruit aromas. Flavors of tart cherries, fig, raisins, yeast and some sweetness. Medium body with lively carbonation.

A thick taste .. slightly malty. A small taste of alcohol. One of my current favorites.

This fine beer pours a rich topaz color with a deep pillowy head. Upon initial scent, the nose was met with a sharp bite of cherry. It has a thick feel and tastes of brown sugar with a slight maltiness. A subtle alcohol taste at the end, but an enjoyable beverage nonetheless.

(750ml bottle) Purchased at Brewery Creek in November 2008.Pours a large frothy, almond-coloured head atop a deep mahogany body. Nose is very boozy, wet wood and cherried-malt. Flavour is of burnt brown sugar, veinous red wine, caramel and mild malts. Good. 7/4/6/3/13

12 0z bottle from the Utah State Wine Store. Pours a ruby hue with a small white head that down to nothing. The aroma is quite nice; sour grapes, light yeast and sweet strawberries. The flavor was also nice; a sourness pervades the drink, not a acidic sourness but a wine like sourness,very nice. Yeast, sweet candies, sweeter fruits, and a light body round it out. A really nice beer and quite a nice surprise.

12 oz bottle. Interested in this after a friend tried it and said it was decent. Pours a dark reddish color with a small off white head that disappates quickly. Smells of a little bit of hops, a lot of raisins (and other dried fruit), and some caramel malt. Tastes of raisins and caramel, but with very little hop presence. Has a little bit of an alcohol bite (though only 9%), but otherwise quite smooth. Pretty good, but nothing special.