North Coast Brother Thelonious

One of my favorites. Roasted nuts, caramel, slight citrus and hops. Very nice. Two dollars from each bottle goes to the Thelonious Monk Jazz Institute.

Amber-brown color, nicely cloudy, -attractive beer. Pours a small light brown head. Strong malt with port aroma as well as hints of burnt toffee. Flavor mirrors aroma, but less sweet. Lightly fizzy which diminishes the palate, but doesn’t overwhelm the flavor. Not really like Belgian Abbey style ales, but well worth drinking.

pours a dark cloudy brown, with little to no head. Aroma is of dark toasted grains, fermented fruit, and alcohol notes, maybe some tobacco or leather notes. Taste is of rich malted grains, fruit, and tartness. The beer is a little too carbonated, which disrupts the palate, and makes it hard to find the subtle flavors of the beer. Not the best BSA that I have had, reminds me more of a European Bock than a BSA.

Color: Murky brown Aroma: Rich, sweet coffee, fig, burnt dark malt, a little banana, slightly nutty Flavor: Coffee, sweet malt, baking spices (like pumpkin pie), banana. Finishes moderately sweet. Comment: Great mouth feel on the mid-palate and finish.

Bottle poured into a tulip glass produced a quickly dissipating tan head with a dark reddish-brown body. It smelled like white wine and my wife caught the aroma from across the room as I poured it. Deliciously sweet with little bitterness. I really liked this beer.

Not my thing, wife loved and rated it. Enjoy if this is your thing....to sweet for me.

12 OZ bottle . Slightly cloudy dark brown ale, with a huge tight,bubbles light brown head. Nice deep roasty,smoky,malty aromas with nice spice showing through..almost reminds me of a Belgian themed Scotch ale. Very malty ,slightly dry flavours, soke too, then dark fruits, spices,coriander,black pepper, demerara sugar, raw, unrefined. Thick,full delicious creamy mouthfeel to this beauty. A vertiable meal in a bottle here. Lovelly beer..I stick to my original view this is like a good Scotch Ale done with belgian yeasts. Very nice.

Cherry and ruby red appearance. Clear with a flat finger of head. Almost like a dark blush wine, but with carbonation and head. Deep. Formidable. Aroma is a superdark Belgian ale smell. Smoky, dark aroma. Sweet like a dark grape. Doesn’t have the pungent, fizzy smell I expected. Brown sugary rich. Outstanding. Malt is sweet but never ever cloying. Taste is incredibly dark. Sugary sweet, but balanced with deep roasted malt. Hint of coffee bitterness with brown ale sweetness. Punch of heavy alcohol, which is no surprise since it’s 9%. Even more punchy as it warms. Liqueur aftertaste. Feels fizzy and thick. Bubbly but subdued by smoothness. Would prefer a bit less bubbly, personally. It’s really strong and very rich. Sweet and yet also roasted, no mean feat. A Belgian Abbey to the core: good example of the style.