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North Coast Brother Thelonious

North Coast Brother Thelonious - Belgian Strong Ale

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 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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8183.62/5.03.61/5.0Special9%81.5Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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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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 sneagrams3 (1704), St. Louis, Missouri, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/516/20
Mar 1, 2008  
Tasted 2/23/08. 12oz bottle. Clear with a ruby brown hue. Finger width of beige head. Cocoa and a floral yeast aroma. Orange and chocolate. Typical Belgian yeast quality. Full bodied with good effervescence. Fruity finish. Cocoa and taost. Cooked sugar with hints of citrus toffee and oranges. Tart and lively. Slight burn. Melded and rounded. Sticky with a nice palate. Dark fruit notes.


 DTM (541), Winters, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Feb 28, 2008  
12oz bottle at Burgers and Brew in Davis, CA. Poured a brown color with a hint of red. Sweet malty aroma with little to no head. Tasted of dark fruits with just a little bit of spice. Just a little bit of bitterness to finish it off


 dalekliz (546), San Diego, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Feb 27, 2008  
Dark reddish-brown with a thick tan head. Aroma of hops, fruit, and a hint of spices. Flavor is spicy, sweet, and a little bitter, of hops, figs, berries, yeast. Nice lingering bitterness. Quite enjoyable.


 DaSilky1 (1933), San Diego, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 27, 2008  
tame, malty, dubbel-like aroma. Brown color, nice whispy head. Watery malty flavors have hints of toffee & nuts. Fruits hover, like apple & pear..nutty aftertaste. Watery texture subsides upon a little warming. Alcohol vapors tingle the throat. Finish has well laid out raisin & toffee flavors. Interestingly clean and pronounced variety of favors.


 corby112 (677), philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Feb 26, 2008  
Pours a dark cloudy brow with foamy beige head. Nice aroma of chocolate, raisin, plum, cinnamon, brown sugar and spice. Flavor: Chocolate, dark fruit, toffee, roasted malts, caramel with slight bitter finish.


 nearbeer (1833), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Feb 25, 2008    Updated: Nov 5, 2009
750 ml. Hazy, dark amber-brown with a large and lasting creamy cap that leaves frosty lace everywhere. Spicy-sour dark fruit and toffee nose. Flavor begins with toffee and sourish dark fruit, then has some salty leather, vanilla, oak, bourbon, and dark brown sugar-bubblegum. Nice, big malty flavors are balanced well by some drying hop and alcohol on the finish. Nearly medium body is smooth and finishes slightly dry. Finish is a little tingly and chest-warming, with some well-disguised alcohol.


 dpjuart (670), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/516/20
Feb 25, 2008  
750 courtesy of Naka shared with Naka and Nate. Pours amber/brown with a creamy, foaming head, one finger. Nose is fruity, apple, raisin and pear. Some caramel notes, but the fruit dominates. Apple, Pear, cherry, raisin, a touch of sour but more dry with some bitter. Pretty decent. Some lacing. Like it.


 Naka (524), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/517/20
Feb 23, 2008  
Shared w/ Nate and Juart. Pours a burnt amber with some red hints. A really thick creamy light tan head. Nose of some apple yeasty sourness and a good wallop of alcohol. Very sweet taste. Some caramel and fruity esters. A little bit of alcohol bitterness in the finish. Decent body. The beer isn’t that complex, but it is good.



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