North Coast Brother Thelonious

ABV: 9.4 % RateBeer rating: 90 Calories: estimated at 400 C Volume: 22 fl oz. Glass: trappist, tulip, tumbler Purchased at: Joe Canal’s Lawrenceville, NJ Price: $6.99 Consumed at: home over a dry rub chicken with onion gravy, brown rice and mixed legumes dinner. Ocean salt and reeds deep ruby with sandy peak long bitter finish grapes, barley, and chocolate, bold flowers make fine tribute aroma 8 out of 10 visuals 5 out of 5 taste 8 out of 10 palate 4 out of 5 overall 17 out of 20 Address : <http://beercritic.wordpress.com/> Date Visited: Mon Jun 16 2008 18:19:04 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Beautiful dark amber color with good sized tannish head poured from 750. Good malt flavor with a hint of sweetness. Nice aftertaste alcohol not to overwhelming.

Brick colored autumn color with a small, well layered hour. Bubble gum and dark fruit in the nose, fairly nice, but could have more depth. Flavor has hints of honey covered fruits, decent belgian character and a decent finish. It’s an ok Belgian style beer, better than most American interpretations.

Pours an amber or somewhat reddish body. Caramel malts and definately sweet tasting. Very little hops. Nice medium sized head, with aromas of syrup. I thought it would be better than it was for the price. But truthfully, I was a little dissapointed.

12oz bottle with cap, no cork. Pour mahongany brown with some ruby highlights. Very thin that disappeared quickly. Aroma was malt, sweet fruit and alcohol. Flavour with very nice with more candied fruit, some chocolate and warming alcohol. Very easy drinking Belgian Ale. well done.

Poured this into a goblet. Poured a dark amber color with decent head that dissipated rather rapidly. The aroma is malty with a touch of fruit at the end. Flavor is of dark fruit with a bit of alcohol in the taste. Mouthfeel is good. Drinkability is good, but the alcohol is a bit too present in the flavor.

Deep orange copper color, not much head. Flavor is warm malt, yeasty bread, some banana, and caramel sugar. Some dark ripe fruit notes as well. Medium bodied. Smooth on the palate. A bit of alcohol burn at the end. For an American brewed Belgian style this is pretty good. I would only hope that with Thelonius Monk on the label, that we wouldn’t let him down.

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.