North Coast Brother Thelonious 3.61 835

North Coast Brother Thelonious

	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
835	3.62/5.0	3.61/5.0	Special	9%	81.6	Trappist 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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ericandersnavy (1128), crossroads, Texas, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Feb 16, 2009

bottle at superbowl party/tasting. poured a deep amber/ruby with a beige head. aroma was caramel, spices, and some earth tones. flavor was the same as the nose with the addition of some hops. light body, low carb, and a little dry.

saxo (3616), Højbjerg, Aarhus, Denmark

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Feb 15, 2009

Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are dark fruits, spices, malt, caramel and alcohol.

Blaketj80 (78), Oklahoma, USA

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	8/10	4/5	5/10	2/5	13/20

Feb 13, 2009

Consumed at 50 degrees. Pours with decent white head and smells of molasses. Sweet flavor, but not complex. Doesn’t have the body to match the smell and style. Decent beer.

satan165 (599), River Grove, Illinois, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	17/20

Feb 11, 2009 Updated: Feb 12, 2009

wonderful stronger interpretation of the classic dubbel. aroma is of wonderful yeast mingled with prunes and pit fruits. appearance is very dark and barely pitched red when light is applied. flavor is nutty, with sizzling hops and some yeast, though not as much as is found in the nose. palate lingers just enough to be pleasant. overall this is a great belgian ale, the wonderful dubbel has been amped up and all for the better!

Delirium (501), Santa Cruz, California, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Feb 8, 2009

750ml bottle. Pours reddish-brown with a large, foamy beige head. Aroma is sweet, spicy malt, with some yeast and alcohol and bit of wood. Flavor is peppery caramel malt with miscellaneous fruits, a bit of woody bitterness, background hops, and lingering malt. Kind of an odd Belgian-style beer, with a bit of doppelbock character and not much yeast character. If you’re not rating to style, though, I happen to rather like it--- I think the spiciness and doppelbock-like dark/sweet maltiness complement each other nicely.

illidurit (891), Santa Cruz, California, USA

3.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.1	5/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Feb 7, 2009

On tap at The Red in Santa Cruz. Pours a clear deep reddish amber color with a beige head that leaves some decent lacing. Aroma is peppery alcohol, red and dark fruits, and a hint of mesquite. Light and fruity with not enough body or depth for the style. Astringent and thinnish. A textbook example of a poor American imitation of a Belgian beer.

wkalle (116), Sweden

4.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.2	8/10	5/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Feb 5, 2009

Pours a dark reddish color with a frothy brown, long lasting and nicely lacing head. Aroma of cookies and bread. Flavor of caramell and raisins with a well balanced bitterness with a faint hoppiness. Body is full and texture is smooth, almost creamy. A new favourite.

kassner (463), Wexford, Pennsylvania, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Feb 4, 2009

Bottle from 3 Sons. Pours a cloudy Raw sienna, Modest head but hold wells. You can almost see the yeast come alive. Great sweet sour aroma of fully ripened fruit, Carbonation gives it a salty peppery start, turns Sweet quickly with bubble gum, cherries, with a unique musty finish.

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