[Dixielandjazz] Brother Thelonious Belgian Style Abbey Ale

[Dan Augustine]

DJMLers and others--
     This message is somewhat tangential to dixieland, so if it offend 
thee, pluck it out forthwith.
     OK, now that it's just you and me, in the latest issue of _All 
about Beer_ (to which i have been subscribing for lo these last 15 
years or so, since i collect beers but not the bottles and have about 
1,050 different beers on my ever-present beerlist) i saw an 
advertisement (page 75, if you're checking up on me) for Brother 
Thelonious Belgian Style Abbey Ale, brewed by the North Coast Brewing 
in Fort Bragg, California (way the hell up on the Mendocino coast).
     The advertisement continues, "A Monk's Dream.  Straight, No 
Chaser."  "This dark strong ale is rich and robust with an ABV 
[alcohol by volume] of 9% and is packaged in a 750 ml bottle with a 
traditional cork and wire finish.  The beer is released in 
association with the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, and North 
Coast Brewing is making a contribution to the Institute for every 
case of Brother Thelonious Belgian Style Abbey Ale sold, to support 
Jazz education."  It concludes with two URLs: www.monkinstitute.org 
and  www.northcoastbrewing.com
     Now _there's_ a thought!  If i gave to a jazz-education charity 
even 1% of the money i spent on beer, the country would be crawling 
with jazz-tuba players!  Or if our favorite jazz artists or bands 
were associated with a fine alcoholic beverage (in a positive sense, 
of course), just think of the what could be done with donations to 
our cause!  (Nah.  Paperwork would kill us . . .)

     Dan
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