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North Coast Brother Thelonious

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bottled
common

on tap
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8353.62/5.03.61/5.0Special9%81.6Trappist 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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 tarheels86 (799), Washington DC, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/104/514/20
May 3, 2009  
750 mL at Raleigh World Beer Fest. Pours like an abbey dubbel: dark amber with a generous tan head. Aroma of dark fruits, burnt sugar, rum raisin, brown sugar, molasses. Taste is soy sauce and salty with some plums, caramel, and Belgian yeasty mustiness trying to show through. Fizzy on the palate. Disappointing.


 wilkie (1192), Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
May 3, 2009  
Bottle at the WBF in Raleigh. Pours mahogany, cloudy, with an off-white head. Aroma is yeast, raisin, spice, caramel, brown sugar. Flavor similar, very complex, a lot of well blended flavors.


 BVery (561), Burnsville, Minnesota, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/516/20
May 3, 2009  
TAP: rich amber pour, aroma of dark fruit/fig, spice, toasted sugar, carmel. Taste is very smooth and similar to the aroma. Excellent beer!


Beerme (20), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/59/104/517/20
May 2, 2009  
Pours a riich mohogany color with a thin mocha head. Malty with lots of caramel and smooth finish. The philanthropy doesn’t hurt, either.


 shawnm213 (995), South Bend, Indiana, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
May 2, 2009  
12 oz bottle. malty, sweet, notes of caramel, brown sugar, some spices. Rich. Not bad, but it’s a little too sweet malty boozy. could be a little more balanced.


 nickd717 (1389), Palo Alto, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
May 1, 2009  
Bottle sampled at SF International Beer Fest. Copper color with an off-white head. Aroma of sweet malt, candi sugar, dark fruits, and spices. Flavor is similar with caramel and some mild hops. Medium-full, smooth palate.


 Snojerk321 (2020), San Diego, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Apr 27, 2009  
Bottle from BevMo. Pours a a clear copper with thick cream-colored head that quickly dissipates to a thin foam. Aroma is toasted sugars, malts, caramel. Flavor is Malty with definite sugars, almost like a dissolving sugar cube and hints of smoke. A pretty good/rich Belgian abbey.


 thejon375 (392), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/514/20
Apr 24, 2009  
Pours dark amber with minimal white/tan head. Aromas of grilled apricots and roasted nuts. Slight copper beginning. caramel and bittersweet choc in the middle with a slight belgian funk on the finish.



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