 troopie (851), USA
Mar 25, 2009 Bottle. Poured blood red/brown with thick off white head. Pleasant aroma of caramel, banana, cloves and malt. Moderate malty flavour with some caramel, candied fruit and malt. Peppery finish with an unpleasant alcohol burn. Still when you find this, drink it.
brewski519 (395), Morrisville, North Carolina, USA
Mar 25, 2009 Pours a dark ruby/brown color with a beige head. Aroma of malt, dark fruit and caramel. Taste of raisins, malts, sugar and alcohol. Nice carbonation and mouthfeel. Nice beer that I really enjoyed.
Bhops (329), Dallas, Texas, USA
Mar 24, 2009 Thick tannish head that dissipated rather quickly. The color of cola. Aroma of caramel, fruit and alcohol. Taste is sweet and abbey-ish, with alcohol/acid finish. Pretty decent beer.
mixinnixon2000 (227), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Mar 24, 2009 Bottle at the Bottom Lounge in Chicago. Pours a brownish color with small head. this beer is quite complex. Taste of mixed fruits with a light acidic bitterness. Great beer.
tiggmtl (4307), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Mar 19, 2009 Initially I found a plum-like fruitiness with round, sweet malts in the nose but this was undercut by a sour cherry-like acidity. Clear ruby brown body is topped by a generous if large-bubbled tan head that recedes rapidly to a partial cover. Flavour offers a nice blend of malt sweetness and fruity esters with a bit of acidity that puckers the cheeks a bit. Medium body is surprisingly light perhaps due to very strong carbonation that is a touch too prickly. Tulip glass. Cellar temperature. Bottle purchased at Bottleworks in Aug-08.
metmayhem (7), Kentucky, USA
does not count  Mar 19, 2009 very impressed. couldnt believe my taste buds when i tried this beer. much more then i expected.....will drink again.... another great beer from a great brewery..
Orker (10), Frövi, Sweden
Mar 14, 2009 33cl bottle @ home
Bought at Systembolaget Örebro Sweden
Nice colour, a lot of taste, maybe a little bit to much carbondioxide. else a very nicedbeer.
barleywine1 (11), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Mar 14, 2009 There are two things I noticed about Brother Thelo right from the get go. First, the smell: sour acid and spices. This was going to have a very strong taste. Second, the color: beautiful, dark red amber. Wow. The head was small and disappeared in seconds. The taste is powerful: musty oak, raisins, and cloves hidden somewhere in the back. I’m surprised at the alcohol content (9.4%), which you don’t taste or smell at all.
But listen, I’m going to get right down to it: this is an interesting beer to pick apart and test the palate, but the flavor just gets too overbearing. The oak gradually turns to a mossy/decomposing leaves taste and smell, and towards the end, it just gets sour. I’ve had Belgians before, but not quite so overwhelming as this, which is definitely not my beer.
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