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North Coast Brother Thelonious

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bottled
common

on tap
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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
8243.62/5.03.61/5.0Special9%81.4Trappist 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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 SHIG (2023), Aviano, Italy
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 30, 2009  
Bottle: Poured a reddish orange rusted copper color, head was thick beige. Aroma was sweet with caramel and molasses. Taste was rich with molasses and some soft fruit.


 HighlanderOne (541), Somewherein, New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Aug 22, 2009  
Poured from big bottle. Aroma of burnt caramel. Dark mahogany with tan head that thins out. A lot of things going in in the flavor - molasses, raisin, plum, banana, and pepper. Flavors are well blended and hide the 9% ABV well. Good finish. A fine beer.


 roder60 (1020), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/516/20
Aug 20, 2009  
Tried this at the Pittsburgh Brew at the Zoo and it was the favorite thing I tasted all night. Pours a dark purplish brown color with a nice layer of frothy tan head that stays the entire drink. Aroma is very sweet and sugary, lots of raisins, brown sugar and spice. Flavor is a wonderfuly complex mix of chocolate, caramel, dark fruits, raisins, and a rummy booziness in the finish that makes you want to sip this near a fire. Excellent beer.


 drowland (1380), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Aug 17, 2009  
Had at the Hop Leaf in Chicago. A pretty tasty and good interpretation with typical but good Belgian characteristics.


 Beardface (984), Eugene, Oregon, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 13, 2009  
12 oz bottle. Pours out a light brown with hints of red to it and an inch and a half tan head. Aroma is full of sugar, raisins, caramel, some light breadiness. Flavor is a lot the same with the raisins and caramel malt being at the forefront. Leaves a bit of a bitter aftertaste, but is mostly pretty smooth. Solid brew, fantastic name and label.


 stouby (1937), Holbaek, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Aug 13, 2009  
Bottle at home. Redbrown with a light brown head. Aroma heavy malty (caramel, brown sugar, dark fruits). Flavor heavy sweet, weak bitter. Light body despite the strength.


OliverG (85), montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Aug 10, 2009  
Arômes d’alcool, de malt et de petits fruits rouges. Saveurs de caramel, d’alcool, légèrement fruitée. Arrière goût asser intense.


 ghawener (953), San Salvador, El Salvador
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 28, 2009  
Bottle: Fruity, sweet and malty; what you would expect for a Belgian (but necessarily from California!). Food Pairing: Milk Chocolate.



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