North Coast Brother Thelonious

	Percentile
	93
	overall

Brewed by North Coast Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Fort Bragg, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
824	3.62/5.0	3.61/5.0	Special	9%	81.4	Trappist 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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6ROW (253), corpus christi, Texas, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	6/10	5/5	6/10	4/5	14/20

Feb 26, 2009

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

Nebulor (109), , California, USA

4.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.2	9/10	3/5	9/10	4/5	17/20

Feb 23, 2009

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.

mgermani (864), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	10/10	2/5	8/10	2/5	17/20

Feb 23, 2009

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!

msante79 (814), Orland Hills, Illinois, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Feb 20, 2009

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.

General66 (167), Streator, Illinois, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Feb 18, 2009

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.

ericandersnavy (1051), crossroads, Texas, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Feb 16, 2009

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.

saxo (3568), Højbjerg, Aarhus, Denmark

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Feb 15, 2009

Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are dark fruits, spices, malt, caramel and alcohol.

Blaketj80 (78), Oklahoma, USA

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	8/10	4/5	5/10	2/5	13/20

Feb 13, 2009

Consumed at 50 degrees. Pours with decent white head and smells of molasses. Sweet flavor, but not complex. Doesn’t have the body to match the smell and style. Decent beer.

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