North Coast Brother Thelonious

Dark reddish brown brew with a nice tan head. Nose is sweet dark fruit, malt, must, and raisin. This beer has a vinous quality to it. It offers flavors of sugar, alcohol, dark fruit, must (again), and a sophisticated Old World feel. It is just a bit over sweet but is still quite tasty.

Dark orange/brown pour with thin white head. Minimal lacing. Aroma is sweet, with notes of belgian candy sugar, toffee and caramel...some alcohol also detectable. Flavor is also sweet...dark sugars, toffee and some hints of fig. Minimal hop presence. Some alcohol warming on the back of the throat. Mouthfeel is quite carbonated, as is typical of a Belgian. Only downside is a clingy aftertaste on the tongue, indescribable but a bit unpleasant.

(750ml)dark amber pour with large light brown head. warming aroma of roasted malt/molasses ,initial sweet warming taste and light bitter finish.

Fig and smokey roasted malt smell with caramel and molasses. Mahogany color with an off tan head and lots of action. Sediment was difficult to see and swirled a bit around and topped this off just in case. Lots of flavors including a buttery roasted malt, caramel, molasses, and some fig with a sweet tea finish. Medium to full bodied, buttery and resinous, lively soft carbonation, and an alcohol warming throughout. Yummy and the buttery effect suggest the sediment was liquified.

Pours a clear dark amber red with a thin loosely-bubbled head. Aroma of red wine vinigrette, thai peanut sauce, fruitcake, cherries & other candied fruits. Well! I can taste chocolate malt in here, crystal, sourish, lactic, cherries and present alcohol, more of the vinigrette. Wowee! Thin body with decent carbonation. What a treat!

12oz bottle from Orland Park Binny’s singles rack. Pours reddish amber with tan head. Aroma is sweet malt, dark fruit, yeast, spices and some alcohol. Flavor is dark fruit, yeast, caramel, spices and some light alcohol. Nice balance between the sweet malts, yeast and booze. Has a nice spicyness to it. Pretty good.

12 ounce bottle. I was excited to see this in something other than a 750mL bottle so I thought I would give it a shot. It poured a deep red color with a one finger width tan head. The aroma consisted of a lot of yeast and malt with a nice dark, dried fruit background. The taste consisted of malt, caramel, and dried fruit. It was tasty, but nothing too exciting. It finished a bit bitter also. Overall, a decent brew but nothing exciting.

bottle at superbowl party/tasting. poured a deep amber/ruby with a beige head. aroma was caramel, spices, and some earth tones. flavor was the same as the nose with the addition of some hops. light body, low carb, and a little dry.