Brother Thelonious - North Coast Brewing Co.

barnzy78

Illinois

3.55/5  rDev -5.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

12oz bottle, pours brown with a bubbly, tan head that fades to a foam leaving no lacing on the glass. Aromas are dark malt or candi sugar, hot alcohol, spicy Belgian yeast,
bread crust. Tastes are dark candi sugar, banana, spice, cinnamon, bready, molasses, tea leaf. Mouth-feel is creamy and smooth with ample carbonation. Overall, it's good, but the cinnamony spiciness is too forward. It's almost like a winter warmer Belgian dark ale with all that spiciness.

Serving type: bottle

01-24-2013 01:01:29 | More by barnzy78

Ispeakforthetrees

Colorado

3.25/5  rDev -13.8%

06-18-2013 23:36:12 | More by Ispeakforthetrees

sudsy2drunk

Indiana

4/5  rDev +6.1%

06-18-2013 19:09:04 | More by sudsy2drunk

danfix99

Minnesota

3.25/5  rDev -13.8%

06-18-2013 15:23:11 | More by danfix99

atinman

California

4.25/5  rDev +12.7%

06-17-2013 23:35:33 | More by atinman

JamFuel

Sweden

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

06-16-2013 08:41:04 | More by JamFuel

Orange

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +12.7%

06-16-2013 07:16:40 | More by Orange

Troville1990

Illinois

4/5  rDev +6.1%

06-16-2013 07:16:18 | More by Troville1990

anson42

California

4/5  rDev +6.1%

06-16-2013 01:15:39 | More by anson42

rafa1213

California

4.5/5  rDev +19.4%

06-15-2013 01:39:44 | More by rafa1213

CLanda

Florida

3.5/5  rDev -7.2%

06-13-2013 07:37:51 | More by CLanda

Paccamacca

California

3.5/5  rDev -7.2%

06-13-2013 05:54:54 | More by Paccamacca

superfriend

Wisconsin

4/5  rDev +6.1%

06-11-2013 15:38:07 | More by superfriend

backphish

Texas

4.5/5  rDev +19.4%

06-10-2013 01:08:40 | More by backphish

CthePhotog

California

4.13/5  rDev +9.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25

Loved this from the look of the bottle so I had high hopes that were QUICKLY confirmed. Poured up a nice cool tall glass. The smell wasn't as murky as I thought it would be. A strong thick, deep bodied, ale. I keep a bottle or two stocked in the fridge.

Serving type: bottle

06-09-2013 03:27:55 | More by CthePhotog

MLKincer

Ohio

4/5  rDev +6.1%

06-09-2013 00:29:49 | More by MLKincer

MikeB20

Delaware

3.34/5  rDev -11.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25

P: 12oz bottle into a DFH Signature glass.

A: Pours a murky brownish amber with a single finger off-white head that quickly dissipates. Lacing is almost nonexistent.

S: Dark brown sugar and ripe plums are in the forefront of the aroma. Some raisin and Belgian yeast. No hop aroma.

T: Sugary sweetness with the first sip that fades into some grainy malt with a slight alcohol bite in the finish. This beer is sweet through and through. As with the aroma there are no distinct hop flavors and bitterness is low overall.

M: Full bodied and slick. Flavors linger in your mouth.

O: A decent Abbey Dubbel but certainly not in the top tier of what the style has to offer. As with a lot of Belgian beers, you can't get sidetracked with okay beers when there are so many exceptional examples to choose from. A good, drinkable and easy to enjoy beer but not great when you consider what else is out there.

Serving type: bottle

06-07-2013 20:32:50 | More by MikeB20

RBassSFHOPit2ME

California

3.5/5  rDev -7.2%

06-07-2013 04:29:21 | More by RBassSFHOPit2ME

C3likesbeer

California

3.95/5  rDev +4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

A- Amber reddish almost like cherrywood. Nice head at first but dissipates fast. Lace vanishes quickly as well.

S- Fruity esters typical of a Belgian. Banana and yeast some slight spices as well

T- Yeasty, spicy

O- Solid Belgian abbey ale. All the requisites of Belgian yeast, fruity esters, nice color, etc. etc. Something is missing that would make this a divinely sublime Belgian. Did I just say "divinely sublime"? I really am not one of "those" beret wearing dudes who think they are special but reading this it looks like I am. I think it might be the 9.4% ABV talking.

Serving type: bottle

06-06-2013 03:36:06 | More by C3likesbeer

Aisha

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

06-05-2013 20:38:53 | More by Aisha

alex_hart

Oklahoma

4/5  rDev +6.1%

06-05-2013 02:28:53 | More by alex_hart

meghmmm

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev +6.1%

06-04-2013 03:39:51 | More by meghmmm

MatterOfOpinion

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +12.7%

06-03-2013 18:09:28 | More by MatterOfOpinion

mtomlins

Ontario (Canada)

4/5  rDev +6.1%

06-03-2013 11:51:17 | More by mtomlins

mfl620ks

Minnesota

4.25/5  rDev +12.7%

06-03-2013 02:56:05 | More by mfl620ks