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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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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
8183.62/5.03.61/5.0Special9%81.4Trappist 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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walrussell (93), , Illinois, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 8, 2009  
Vanilla chocolate nice sweetness mild toastiness some belgian fruits, but really just like a complex high abv brown ale done right


 gsmitty80 (627), Washington DC, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/104/56/105/514/20
Nov 6, 2009  
On tap. Smooth as can be. Great taste and vey good color. Slowly diminishing head but a taste that lingered sweetly in the palate. Grrrrrreat!


 coldbrewky (716), Saugerties, New York, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Nov 6, 2009  
Bottle via Bonster.....Pours a moderate ruby / amber with a tight tan head that normally settles to a film. Body is neither light or medium but calmly lives tween the two. Body is mellow and long. Finish is muted and lingers on my desirous palate. Ripe stone fruits reservedly dance upon your palate and are intermingled with candi sugar, cardomom and corriander. To paraphrase Eric Idle...."9%???...you must be mad!....I wont accept even 7% on this!" Completly enjoyable.


Bonster (81), Jersey Shore, New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Nov 2, 2009  
Bottle from my local. Dark reddish brown color with a thick tan head. Aroma is caramel and dark fruits. Up front the flavor is dark fruits and molasses accompanied by nuts with a hint of spice and yeast bringing up the rear. Slightly warming at the end but I think the alcohol is well hidden for the strength. Me likey.


 Nisse666 (301), Göteborg, Sweden
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/514/20
Nov 1, 2009  
Bottle, 2008-10-15 brow body, thin head F: drak fruit, cholcolated (not the best one), brown caramel, baking syrup


 lithy (1600), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/516/20
Oct 27, 2009  
Cloudy brown, quick tan foam that leaves some falling bits of lacing. Aroma is candied plums, caramel, sweet malts. Taste is very nice, pitted fruits, prunes, grapes, sweet caramel malts.


 RuneStumo (495), FØRRESFJORDEN, Norway
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/514/20
Oct 26, 2009  
26.10.2009, 0,33l bottle. Lorry. Mørk brun farge. Uten skum. Maltaroma som er veldig søt. Lite kullsyre. Blir vesentlig bedre etter hvert. Dette er min første rating med mobilen!


 cazort (413), Newark, Delaware, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/54/104/514/20
Oct 25, 2009  
(Bottle) Very sweet. Aroma mostly of bananas and caramel, but remarkably complex. Some unpleasant sourness, in addition to being, in my opinion, too sweet. I have mixed feelings on this one; A+ for the aroma but lacking in the flavor and overall feel of the beer.



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