Brother Thelonious
North Coast Brewing Company in Fort Bragg, California, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular|
Score
7.25
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With all the interest in Belgian ales and in 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 legend Thelonious Monk is the inspiration for North Coast Brewing’s Belgian-style Abbey Ale. With an ABV of over 9%, this strong dark ale is rich and robust. Available in a handsome 750 ml bottle with crown and capsule finish or 12 oz. 4-Packs. The label features the Jazz master himself, a portrait by California artist Eric Grbich.
Brother Thelonious is produced under a licensing agreement with the Thelonious Monk Estate. North Coast Brewing is proud to make a donation from the sale of every bottle and keg of Brother Thelonious Belgian Style Abbey Ale to the Jazz education programs of the Monterey Jazz Festival.
Brother Thelonious is produced under a licensing agreement with the Thelonious Monk Estate. North Coast Brewing is proud to make a donation from the sale of every bottle and keg of Brother Thelonious Belgian Style Abbey Ale to the Jazz education programs of the Monterey Jazz Festival.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Antenna America. Dark amber colour, small golden head. Aroma is banana, solvent, yeasty, quite full on. Almost like a turbo dunkel weizen. Little bit of beetroot too! Taste is good. Banana again, alcohol sweetness, feels much more German than Belgian to me. Maybe there is a bit of yeasty weirdness in there. Pretty nice though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:53
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught at Pour House Santa Cruz, small creamy head, clear deepish brown aroma of plums and vanila with some malt behind, flavort of dark bread and some dried fruits, sweet but not too heavy with some alcohol showing. Probably would have liked it more a few yeas ago, but still quite nice.
Tried
on 23 Jun 2019
at 10:24
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at the brewery pours out a amber color topped with a sand head. Nose is nice sweet malts some pit fruit and spice. Taste is more of the nice sweet grain malts spice and pit fruit notes.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Jun 2019
at 02:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
One of those I've had that... beers that I've apparently never rated. $3.75 bottle, Beer Run. Pours clear reddish brown with a small peach head. Aroma is tart cherry, light caramels. Flavor is green leaf and grass, caramel, toffee, glue, yeast... buried fruit in there somewhere, could be cherry (or plum). I kinda remember not loving this... guess I was right.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2019
at 21:22
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
From the bottle. Brown with a frothy to creamy off white head that slowly fades. Mild caramel aroma. Taste is sweet, full of caramel, walnuts and dates. Medium body, lightly sticky, soft carbonation. Good but not great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2019
at 18:00
9/10
Really enjoying this. Very clean. Warning with notes with figs and raisins. Dark and guey
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2019
at 19:27
8/10
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on 05 Sep 2018
at 10:59
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on 05 Sep 2018
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on 05 Sep 2018
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on 05 Sep 2018
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