"> Monk's Café - On Tap

Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2024

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PENNSYLVANIA - Medal winning Imperial Stout (2016 &n2017 GABF GOLD MEDAL WINNER). Copious amount of dark roasted malt. Roasty malt, coffee and dark chocolate flavors with a slight hop presence. 9%abv 

Allagash The Grand Season

MAINE - A dark, Belgian-styled spiced holiday ale. Brewed with sweet orange peel, fresh ginger, Ceylon Cinnamon and a combination of house and Champagne yeasts. 10%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 

Crooked Stave Sour Rosé

COLORADO - Wild ale fermented in oak foeders on second-use raspberries and blueberries. Fermented primarily with a mixed culture of wild yeast. Bright, tart and effervescent. 4.5%abv 

De Dolle Stille Nacht (2023)

BELGIUM - One of the best Christmas beers in the world. Kris brews this in small batches at this iconic brewery. Malty, complex, strong, and incredibly flavorful as it warms. This beer can also age beautifully for many years. 12%abv $12 

De La Senne Brussels Calling

BELGIUM - This blond ‘anniversary beer’ is made each year with a different selection of hops. Floral hop aromas and a lasting hop bite balanced by the complex blond malt base. Long, dry finish. 6.5%abv 

De La Senne Petit Boulba

BELGIUM - A blond Table Beer brewed with wheat and oats that has the hoppiness of Taras Boulba but a lower abv and a more herbaceous aroma. Refreshing, slightly bitter, and very dry. 2.8%abv 

De La Senne Zenne Pils

BELGIUM - A traditionally decocted, unfiltered and unpasteurized German style lager with generous amounts of noble hop varieties. Refreshingly crisp with a perfectly balanced malt backbone. 4.9%abv 

Dupont Avec Les Bons Voeux

BELGIUM - Arguably the best Holiday Ale made in Belgium. A bit of citrusy with lots of dried fruit flavor. Medium to full bodied. Hops in the body & finish. A staff favorite! 9.5%abv 

Einbecker ‘Historic’ Pils

GERMANY - A one-time edition of the classic Einbecker Pils that is left entirely unfiltered which leaves the noble hops crisp and dry and the malt character full and rounded.  4.9%abv 

Firestone Walker Wookey Jack

CALIFORNIA - A strong, Black Rye IPA brewed with Citra and Amarillo hops, malted rye, and de-bittered black malt. Big, spicey malted rye flavors with a dry hoppy finish. 8.3%abv 

Hill Farmstead Anna

VERMONT -Part of the Ancestral Series. Farmstead ale with VT wildflower honey. Foudre aged, unfiltered and naturally carbonated. 6.5%abv 

La Trappe Quadrupel

NETHERLANDS - A ton of dark roasted malts give this Trappist ale a hint of sweetness with a nicely balanced bitterness.  10%abv 

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 

My Local Brew Works Renegade Bernadette

PHILADELPHIA - Originally brewed in a small batch as a collaboration with Monk's Tom and Bernadette, (hence the name), this revisit of the recipe uses a saison base with fruity Kveik yeast. It is then dry hopped with Azacca hops resulting in an amalgamation of Saison, Norwegian Farmhouse, and an American Pale Ale. 6.5%abv 

Oxbow Low Bush

MAINE - A mixed fermentation, barrel aged farmhouse ale brewed with Maine-grown wild lowbush blueberries. 6.5%abv 

Ploughman Farm Cider Birdwatcher

PENNSYLVANIA - A combination of dry apple cider and wild fermented peach juice. A lightly carbonated sipper. Bursting with fresh peach. 8.5%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 Intinction Sauvignon Blanc

CALIFORNIA - Basically a pilsner aged in Sauvignon Blanc barrels with the addition of Sauvignon Blanc juice for the secondary, Brettanomyces fermentation. Barrels & juice from Dutton Vineyards in the Russian River appellation in Sanoma County. (Kegged 11/22) 8.25%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. 

Sierra Nevada Celebration Fresh Hop Ale

CALIFORNIA - Freshly harvested (undried) Chinook, Centennial and Cascades picked less than 24 hours before brewing give this American-style IPA intense citrus and pine resin flavors. One of the very few hop-forward holiday brews. 6.9% abv 

Sierra Nevada Porter

CALIFORNIA - Medium body with notes of coffee and cocoa. Sierra puts more hops in than their UK counterparts, but it's still so good. 5.6%abv 

Thiriez Extra

FRANCE - Very dry and eminently drinkable, this hoppy saison is a classic. Meant to refresh after a long, hard day. 4.5%abv 

Tilquin Gueuze

BELGIUM - Pierre blends one and two-year old lambics with a lower alcohol Meerts lambic for refermentation in the keg for at least 3 months. All the lambics used were fermented and aged in oak at the blendery. This is blend differs from the bottled version but is equally complex and quaffable. 5.3%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.  A rarity on draft.  7%abv