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North Coast Brother Thelonious

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93
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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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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 Tripplebrew (498), Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/515/20
Jun 1, 2008  
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.


sverhage (4), California, USA
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3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/517/20
May 24, 2008  
Nice aromas. Dark sugar flavor. Decent color. Very pleasant. For $7.99 could either buy a real Belgian or settle for a Trader Joe’s anniversary brew from Unibroue.


 hombrepalo (780), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
May 24, 2008  
Sample sizer! Pours light brown with strong, red ruby influences. Very fine tan top. Warming aroma of alcohol, fruity touch. Good nose. Good balancing malt character. Flavour and charcter: smokey with bitter fruit touch. Red apple .More of alcohol in the finish of average quality.


 blipp (1714), Newark, New Jersey, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
May 23, 2008  
Bottle. Pours red with a thin beige head. Aroma is caramel, fruit and almond with a light roasted character. Medium body. Flavor is plum, fig, almond, caramel and again, a very light roast hiding in the background. Nice.


 RSRIZZO (1369), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/518/20
May 22, 2008  
Aroma is light but a nice sweet caramel scent is there. Color is a hazy amber with good carbonation and a thin head. Taste is rich, sweet and fruit. Starting with a full/medium body it goes down rich with a crisp feel. Finish comes in sweet with caramel and dried fruit flavors, then a mild yeast fruitiness and a nice bitterness. After taste is a dried fruit taste with a little alcohol coming though. Fabulous brew, as it warms all the flavors stand out even more


 Gypsy19 (652), California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/103/516/20
May 18, 2008  
Pours a gooey reddish amber with the faintest of heads that qucikly dissipates. Aroma is of vinegar, maple syrup, brown sugar. Flavor is medium, well balanced. Not at all boozy for 9%: Smooth. Very fucking smooth, like velvet. An excellent ale from a world-class brewery (unequivocally speaking) that was a relative steal at $7.99 for a gorgeously presented 25.4-ounce bottle. Recommended. Thanks again for everything you do, North Coast.


 elihapa (1067), Honolulu, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
May 13, 2008  
5/2/08 notes: on tap at Eli Cannon’s. Deep ruby-amber color with a small white head. Delicious flavor of cherry, banana, malt and sweetness. Well balanced body, solid overall. 3.6


 kidmartinek (1000), austin, Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/513/20
May 12, 2008  
Pours clear alcoholy, clear bronze with no head and no lacing. Rich, dark sugar sweet aroma. Heavy malt and sark sugar flavor. Heavy, thick, light syrupy mouthfeel. Winey, heavy alcohol finish. Not the best for continual enjoyment.



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