North Coast’s Brother Thelonious is Back

Dear Client: After a near eight-month hiatus, California's North Coast Brewing is finally shipping its popular Brother Thelonious Belgian Abbey Ale again. BACKGROUND. North Coast first started producing the 9.4% ABV ale back in 2005, with a label that included a drawing of the late jazz great Thelonious Monk, hence the name Brother Thelonious. How? North Coast reached a verbal agreement with the Monk estate that permitted them to use Monk's name and image in the sale of the beer,