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North Coast Brother Thelonious

North Coast Brother Thelonious - Belgian Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
93
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Brewed by North Coast Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Fort Bragg, California USA

bottled
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on tap
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
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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OliverG (83), 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.


 cprochak (388), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jul 27, 2009  
On tap at North Coast brewpub on 6/28/09. Pours hazy brown with hints of burgundy, tan head. Fruit bread aroma with hints of spice (nutmeg?). Very smooth, and is incredibly balanced. The belgian yeast is a great component of this beer and the smooth body hides the alcohol well. Very nice toffee finish.


 Pawola22 (676), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jul 24, 2009  
750ml bottle. Pours a slightly hazed, ruby brown body with a thin, fizzy, darker tan head that dissipates very quickly and leaves just a few bubbles. Aroma is grape and somewhat vinous with a sharper, sweet malt backing that has just a bit of a bubbly feel in the nose. Chocolates and caramels, oranges and berries, a light raisin, and just a light metallic bitterness. Flavor is a little jumbled with a light cloying sweetness. Sweet malts with a light toffee up front before some estery berry-figs, chocolate, light roasts, and a bit of grape comes in during the middle. Finishes with a light metallic bitterness, a bit of chocolate covered orange, and a dry, somewhat sour and spicy bitterness. Lingers with some brown sugar, oranges and berries, chocolate, just a touch of sweeter booze, and some toffee for a moderate duration. Palate is medium bodied and pretty slick on the tongue. Overall, not bad. A little sweet at times and a little tart/metallic at times as well, but all-in-all decently balanced and tasty.


billism (42), Missouri City, Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/516/20
Jul 22, 2009  
Pours dark amber-ruby. Tan head subsides quickly. Aroma of raisins, bread. Typical Belgian fruity esters, not overpowering, but present. Full body feel, very chewy. Very sweet and fruity. Slightly sour finish with a hop buzz. Definitely not something to be drinking in the heat of Summer. Thank jebus of A/C. I will enjoy this more on a cool Fall or Winter evening I suspect.


 LarsEngen (101), Sandvika, Norway
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/56/104/514/20
Jul 21, 2009  
35.5 cl bottle from Systembolaget Kiruna. ABV is 9,4%. Pours deep rubin red with a medium brown head that dissapears qiuckly. Very light aroma of alcohol and not much of other things. Flavor is smooth and a bit sweet with a stronger aftertaste of alcohol. A long lasting bitter finish.


 Ramenen (453), San Salvador, El Salvador
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Jul 18, 2009  
Drank it at the Roxy in Sacramento. Pours dark amber with tan head. Medium bodied, smooth, fruity sweet, nice hoppy finish.


welho (30), Finland
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/516/20
Jul 17, 2009  
355ml bottle from Systembolaget. Dark brown color with white head. Smells fruits. Thick very sweet taste, some alcohol. Would suite much better those chilly autumn nights than this summer night I enjoyed this one. I like it!



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