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Updated: Thursday, June 26, 2025

Monk's Café Flemish Sour Ale

BELGIUM - Our own private label brewed for us by the family owned Van Steenberge brewery, just outside of Ghent, Belgium. Medium body, red color, somewhat fruity nose, malt flavor with a slight lactic sourness. A real thirst quencher and palate cleanser. 5.5%abv 

Allagash Fox Leap

MAINE - A sour blond ale and a Belgian-style quadrupel are both aged in separate foudres for about eighteen months. The two brews are then blended and left to rest on 3,250 pounds of Maine-grown Balaton and Montmorency cherries for an additional three months. Fresh, tart cherry with a malty backbone and a balanced sourness. 8%abv 

Blaugies Darbyste

BELGIUM - Saison made with wheat and fermented with fig juice. Rich and flavorful with a hint of lemon in the finish. Love this beer! 5.8%abv 

Boon Geuze Selection

BELGIUM - Lambic from specific foeders are selected to best produce a “keg conditioned” geuze. Full bodied with signature sourness and low carbonation. 6.3%abv 

Chimay Dorée

BELGIUM - Chimay Gold was formerly reserved for the monastic community, staff and guests of Scourmont Abbey. Refreshingly crisp with a nice balance of citrus and spice. Finishes with a hint of bitterness. 4.8%abv 

De Dolle Dulle Teve

BELGIUM - "Mad Bitch" from the mad brewer. Kris' version of a Tripel. Lots of hops & candi sugar in the nose. Sweet, golden fruit palate. Citrus finish. 10%abv 

De Halve Moon Brugse Zot

BELGIUM - Refreshing blonde ale with a hint of citrus-y hops. This is awesome when it's fresh and this keg is very fresh. 6%abv 

De la Senne Taras Boulba

BELGIUM - A truly refreshing session ale. Blond in color with complex yeast flavors and a bitter, dry finish. 4.5%abv 

Domaine Christian Drouin Poire Cidre

FRANCE - Light gold and slightly cloudy pear cider. Crisp acidity and a discreet sweetness with hints of pear and citrus. Refreshing. 4%abv 

Dupont Saison

BELGIUM - This benchmark saison has been brewed at the farm-brewery since 1844. Still owned and operated by the same family. Founded by Rimaux Deridder in 1844 and passed through to Louis Dupont in 1920. Then passed to Sylva Rosier in 1945, who passed it on to his son Marc Rosier in 1964. Marc's nephew, Oliver Dedeycker took over the brewing duties in 2002. Peppery hops and fruity esters derived soley from the hops and yeast. This is the Saison that inspired hundreds of brewers from around the world. This is still perfection. 6.5%abv 

Fonta Flora Periodic Motion DBA

NORTH CAROLINA- A super complex barleywine-style ale brewed with North Carolina-grown malts as well as caramel and crystal malts. Bourbon barrel aged twice. First aging is 12 months in freshly dumped bourbon barrels then 8 months in additional bourbon barrels. 13.5%abv 

Fox Farm Brewery Altra Volta: Gin Barrel

CONNECTICUT - This series of beers begins with a fully formed three-year blend of 100% spontaneously fermented, barrel-aged ales brewed and composed in the tradition of a Belgian Lambic. This iteration undergoes additional aging in gin barrels which imparts a bit of botanical minerality. 6.8%abv 

Grimm Ales Double Negative

NEW YORK - A jet black imperial stout with burnt orange highlights. Aromas and flavors of coffee, bitter chocolate, caramel, black currant and blueberry. A smooth bitterness follows before a long roasty finish. 10%abv 

Hill Farmstead Of First & Last Things

VERMONT - A new IPA inspired by years of accumulated experience and an expression of both past, present and future, harmonizing some of their favorite hop varieties into a bright, balanced beer. 6.5%abv 

Hill Farmstead Society & Solitude #9

VERMONT - The philosophical series of experimental Double IPAs continues. This one is brewed with Amarillo, Motueka and Nelson Sauvin hops. 8%abv 

Kestemont Lambik (3 Year Old)

BELGIUM - Located in once brewery-rich Dilbeek on the site of Brewery Goossens. The land was purchased and renovated by the Kestemont family in 2016 who have returned traditional Lambik making to the town of Pede. This straight lambik is the base for all their beers. Aged in oak for 3 years before kegging. 5.5%abv 

Oxbow Sotto Voce

MAINE - A mixed-fermentation blond farmhouse ale aged with Muscat grapes. 6%abv 

Petrus Oak Aged Pale Ale

BELGIUM - This is a staff favorite. This beer is aged 18 months in oak barrels, which provides the sour note this beer exhibits. Both refreshing and bracing. 7.3%abv 

Russian River Blind Pig

CALIFORNIA - Perhaps my favorite West Coast IPA. Solid hop aromas and finish backed up by the perfect balance of malt. 6.1%abv 

Russian River DDH Pliny the Elder

CALIFORNIA - Original Pliny and DDH Pliny both have the same hop bill. Original is dry-hopped on day 7 with about 2lbs per barrel. DDH Pliny is dry-hopped on day 1 and again on day 6 for a total of about 4lbs per barrel. This process adds even more flavor, complexity, hop aroma and freshness to the beer. 8%abv 

Russian River Pliny the Elder

WINDSOR, CALIFORNIA - A bit of history first: Vinnie Cilurzo brewed America's first Double IPA, named "Inaugural Ale", back in 1994 at Blind Pig Brewing Co, Temecula, CA. Then Vinnie was hired as the original and only head brewer at Korbel Chanpagnes Cellars' foray into brewing - Russian River Brewing Co. Vinnie and his wife, Natalie bought the brewery a few years later and opened their Santa Rosa location. Vinnie is the originator of this style and he still brews the best version, Pliny the Elder. Brewed with copious amounts of Amarillo, Centennial, CTZ, and Simcoe hops. Very hoppy, but not a hop bomb - the balance of the malt and hops is extraordinary. Super drinkable, but be careful it's 8%abv. 

Schilling Beer Co. Alexandr

NEW HAMPSHIRE - This Czech-style Pilsner is crisp, clean and sessionable, with a firm, but rounded hop backbone. Crushable! 5%abv 

Sierra Nevada Hoptimum 2025

CALIFORNIA - Abundant quantities of the most flavorful hops pushed beyond their limits in this triple IPA. Hopped with Crystal, Citra, Strata, Ekuanot, Simcoe, Mosaic, and Loral hops. 11%abv 

Straffe Hendrik Brugs Quadrupel

BELGIUM - A dark brown, rich quad heavy made with De Halve Maan brewery's specialty malt blend. Full bodied with notes of caramel and dried dark fruits as it warms in the glass. 11%abv 

Westmalle Dubbel

BELGIUM - A dark, red-brown beer with notes of caramel, malt and fruity esters followed by a long, dry finish. Rich and complex. 7%abv