Featured Beer
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Featured Beer: Blanche de Bruxelles
Lefebvre (the ‘b’ is silent), was started in 1876 to help quench the thirst of the quarry workers in the region. After being dismantled by the Germans in WWI the brewery was moved to a hillside just outside Brussels. This also helped Jules Lefebvre, the founder, avoid the annual flooding of the Seine River. By the 1920s, Brasserie Lefebvre was one of the most modernized breweries in the area, and one of only a few that had the ability to bottle their beer. Throughout the century the brewery weathered the turmoil in Europe as well as any could. New beers are created and the brewery is handed down to the new generations of Lefebvres. The brewery’s first experiment with export outside of Belgium comes along in 1980, and proves a great success. It was in 1989 that the revival of wheat ales, once quite popular in the agrarian countryside of Europe, gave birth to ‘la Student’; soon to be renamed Blanche de Bruxelles.Among the first things one may notice upon receiving a bottle is the label. The ‘Manneken Pis’ (aka Petite Julien and Little Man Peeing) is a famous statue in Brussels depicting a young boy urinating into a fountain. The history of this landmark is as confused as it is humorous. One story of the fountain goes that during a siege of Brussels in the 14th Century, a young boy within the city spied the opposition setting explosives and urinated on the fuse, thus saving the city of Brussels. Another story says that the boy was the son of a wealthy merchant that was visiting Brussels. During his stay the boy was lost, and the whole city was scoured in search of him. He was finally found in a small garden relieving himself and smiling contently. Whichever story you may believe, the depiction of the ‘Little Man Peeing’ on the Blanche de Bruxelles label adds a bit of whimsical humor to go along with a delicious beer.
Witbiers and white ales were widespread and popular style from about the 11th century through the late 1800s. Witbiers were among the first styles to use hops, which is ironic because today they are viewed as one of a few styles that necessitate seasonings other than hops. Orange peel, coriander, chamomile, and sometimes black pepper are carefully chosen to add the spicy notes to witbiers. An over or under ripe ingredient could end up adding vegetal, moldy, or sour flavors that aren’t complimentary to the style or other ingredients.
Blanche de Bruxelles doesn’t disappoint in any category. It pours light bodied with a pearly white head. Aromas of coriander, orange peel, and noble hops leave your mouth watering in anticipation. A touch of apricot and apple fruitiness makes way for a dry, spicy finish. Light bodied and refreshing, Blanche de Bruxelles is perfect for a hot day, and a favorite of Monk’s staff with our mussels and scallops dishes.Cheers!
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Featured Beer: Blanche de Bruxelles
Beer
Last Updated: 5.24.2013
Beers by the Glass
2007 Abbaye de St. Bon Chien (6 oz)
Sour Ale
BFM, Saignelegier , CH
11.0% – $14.75
2010 Eclipse Stout – Evan Williams (4 oz)
Whiskey Bbl-Aged Imperial Stout
Fifty Fifty Brewing, Truckee, CA
9.5% – $16.75
Draft Beers
Allagash White (12 oz) Witbier Allagash, Portland, ME 5.2 $5.75
Reality Czeck (16 oz) Bohemian Pilsner Moonlight, Santa Rosa, CA 4.8 $6.75
Old Combine (16 oz) Pale Lager Moonlight, Santa Rosa, CA 5.0 $6.75
Baba (16 oz) Black Lager Uinta, Salt Lake City, UT 4.0 $5.50
Hoppy Bock (14 oz) Maibock New Belgium, Fort Collins, CO 6.9 $5.75
Summer Love (16 oz) Blonde Ale Victory, Downingtown, PA 5.2 $6.00
Old Speckled Hen – Nitro (20 oz) Pale Ale Greene King/Morland, Suffolk, ENG 5.2 $8.50
Mazarin (8 oz) Pale Ale Omnipollo, Stockholm, SWE 5.6 $11.75
Stone Pale Ale (16 oz) Pale Ale Stone, Escondido, CA 5.4 $6.50
Get Up Offa That Brown (10 oz) Brown Ale Golden Road, Los Angeles, CA 5.5 $5.50
Sixty-One (10 oz) IPA w/ Syrah Must Dogfish Head, Milton, DE 6.5 $6.75
Idiot IPA (16 oz) Imperial IPA Coronado, Coronado, CA 8.5 $8.50
Pliny The Elder (16 oz) Imperial IPA Russian River, Santa Rosa, CA 8.0 $8.00
Nebuchadnezzar (8 oz) Imperial IPA Omnipollo, Stockholm, SWE 8.5 $12.00
Obsidian – Nitro (16 oz) Stout Deschutes, Bend, OR 6.4 $6.50
Naked Lunch (8 oz) Imperial Stout Evil Twin, Brooklyn, NY 10.0 $12.00
Devotion (10 oz) Belgian Pale Ale The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA 6.2 $4.75
Poperings Hommelbier (8 oz) Belgian IPA Van Eecke, Poperinge-Watou, BEL 7.5 $9.00
Panty Peeler (10 oz) Tripel Midnight Sun, Anchorage, AK 8.5 $8.00
Marin Grand Cru (8 oz) Bbl-Aged Belgian Dark Marin, Larkspur, CA 9.5 $10.00
Odyssey (8 oz) Bbl-Aged Belgian Dark Allagash, Portland, ME 10.4 $11.00
Abt 12 (8 oz) Belgian Strong Dark St. Bernardus, Watou, BEL 10.5 $10.75
Golden Road Berliner Weisse (12 oz) Berliner Weisse Golden Road, Los Angeles, CA 2.8 $6.50
Oud Beersel Framboise (6 oz) Raspberry Lambic Oud Beersel, Beersel, BEL 5.0 $10.75
Bottled Beers
Pale-Golden Lagers
Aecht Schlenkerla Helles (500 ml) Smoked Helles Heller, Bamberg, GER 4.3 $12.00
California Lager American Lager Anchor, San Francisco, CA 4.9 $5.00
Shift (Can) American Lager New Belgium, Fort Collins, CO 5.0 $4.50
Prima Pils German Pilsner Victory, Downingtown, PA 5.3 $5.00
Pinkus Pils (16.9 oz) German Pilsner Pinkus Mueller, GER 5.2 $11.25
Mama’s Little Yella Pils (Can) Bohemian Pilsner Oskar Blues, Longmont, CO 5.3 $5.25
Amber-Black Lagers
Altbairisch Dunkel (16.9 oz) Munich Dunkel Aying, Aying, GER 5.0 $10.50
Korbinian (500 ml) Doppelbock Weihenstephan, Freising, GER 5.7 $9.75
Celebrator Doppelbock Ayinger, Aying, GER 6.7 $9.75
“Bad Brains” (750 ml) Schwarzbier Upright, Portland, OR 6.4 $26.00
Wheat Ales
Leipziger Gose Gose Bahnhof, Leipzig, GER 4.6 $12.50
Leipziger Gose (750 ml) Gose Bahnhof, Leipzig, GER 4.6 $39.00
Upright Gose (750 ml) Gose Upright, Portland, OR 5.2 $26.00
Geisterzug (750 ml) Gose w/ Spruce Bahnhof, Leipzig, GER 5.0 $47.25
Goseator Bbl-Aged Imp. Gose Bahnhof, Leipzig, GER 10.5 $22.00
Éphémère Apple Wheat Beer w/ Apple Unibroue, Chambly, CAN 5.5 $8.75
Blanche de Bruxelles Witbier Lefebvre, Rebecq-Quenast, BEL 4.5 $7.75
Page 24 Blanche (750 ml) Witbier Saint-Germain, Aix-Noulette, FR 4.9 $30.00
Hitachino Nest White Ale Witbier Kiuchi, Ibaraki, JAP 5.0 $13.25
Edelweisse (500 ml) Hefeweizen Schneider, Kelheim, GER 6.2 $12.75
Pimock (500 ml) Hefeweizen Freigeist, Stolberg, GER 5.3 $13.75
Hefeweissbier Dunkel (500 ml) Dunkelweizen Weihenstephan, Freising, GER 5.0 $9.75
Dunkle Weisse (500 ml) Dunkelweizen Hopf, Miesbach, GER 5.0 $11.25
Aventinus (500 ml) Weizenbock Schneider, Kelheim, GER 8.2 $11.75
Teufelweizen (750 ml) Weizenbock Divine, Sonoma, CA 9.2 $29.00
Bitters, Pale Ales, Kölsch, IPAs & Imperial IPAs
Mission Blonde Kölsch Mission, San Diego, CA 5.0 $5.50
Reissdorf Kölsch (500 ml) Kölsch Reissdorf, Köln, GER 4.8 $14.50
Double Barrel Ale English Bitter Firestone Walker, Paso Robles, CA 5.0 $5.00
Anvil ESB (22 oz) ESB AleSmith, San Diego, CA 5.5 $14.50
Dale’s Pale Ale (Can) Pale Ale Oskar Blues, Longmont, CO 6.5 $5.00
Sweetgrass Pale Ale Grand Teton, Victor, ID 6.0 $5.25
Rye IPA Cascade-Amarillo IPA De Molen, Bodegraven, NE 6.6 $12.50
Islander IPA Coronado Brewing, Coronado, CA 7.0 $6.50
Wipeout (22 oz) IPA Port, San Marcos, CA 7.0 $11.75
Alesmith IPA (22 oz) IPA AleSmith, San Diego, CA 7.25 $17.50
Hop Riot (22 oz) IPA High Water, Chico, CA 7.3 $12.75
Dayman (22 oz) IPA w/ Coffee Stone/Two Brothers/Aleman, Escondido, CA 8.7 $15.75
Houblon Chouffe Belgian IPA d’Achouffe, Achouffe, BEL 9.0 $15.75
Kuro Oni Black IPA De la Senne, Brussels, BEL 7.2 $14.75
Wolf Among Weeds (16 oz can) Imperial IPA Golden Road, Los Angeles, CA 8.0 $9.50
Double Wide Imperial IPA Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 8.5 $9.00
Cellared on Premises:
2012 Mo’ Betta Bretta Pale Ale w/ Brett Lost Abbey/New Belgium, San Marcos, CA 6.3 $23.00
Mild, Amber, Brown & Red Ales, Altbier
Sticke Altbier Uerige, Düsseldorf, GER 6.0 $14.75
Doppel Sticke Altbier Uerige, Düsseldorf, GER 8.5 $15.75
Levitation Ale Amber Ale Stone, Escondido, CA 4.4 $5.75
Kodiak Brown (Can) Brown Ale Midnight Sun, Anchorage, AK 5.0 $5.75
Bitch Creek Brown Ale Grand Teton, Victor, ID 6.5 $5.25
Tilburg’s Dutch Brown Brown Ale Koningshoeven, Berkel-Enschot, NL 5.0 $6.75
Nut Brown (22 oz) Brown Ale AleSmith, San Diego, CA 5.0 $12.75
Route des Èpices Brown Ale w/ Peppercorn Dieu de Ciel!, Montreal, CAN 5.0 $11.75
Stouts & Porters
CoCoNut Porter (Can) Porter w/ Coconut Maui, Lahaina, HI 6.0 $8.00
Meantime Coffee Porter Porter w/ Coffee Meantime, London, ENG 6.0 $13.75
2005 Smoked Porter (22 oz) Smoked Porter Alaskan, Juneau, AK 6.5 $23.00
2012 Smoked Porter (22 oz) Smoked Porter Alaskan, Juneau, AK 6.5 $17.00
Gonzo Imperial Porter Flying Dog, Frederick, MD 9.2 $6.75
Sierra Nevada Stout Stout Sierra Nevada, Chico, CA 5.8 $5.00
Dark Truth Stout Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 9.7 $9.00
Chicory Stout Stout w/ Coffee Dogfish Head, Milton, DE 5.2 $7.75
Oyster Stout (750 ml) Oyster Stout Upright, Portland, OR 6.3 $26.00
Black Cauldron (750 ml) Imperial Stout Grand Teton, Victor, ID 8.0 $18.00
Péché Mortel Imp. Stout w/ Coffee Dieu de Ciel!, Montreal, CAN 9.5 $13.50
Espresso Imperial Russian Stout (22 oz)Imp. Stout w/ Coffee Stone, Escondido, CA 11.0 $27.50
Speedway Stout (750 ml) Imp. Stout w/ Coffee AleSmith, San Diego, CA 12.0 $31.50
Brewmance Bbl-Aged Imp. Stout To Øl/Omnipollo, Copenhagen, DEN 11.2 $29.00
Eclipse – Mellow Corn (22 oz) Bbl-Aged Imp. Stout Fifty Fifty, Truckee, CA 9.5 $54.00
Eclipse – Old Fitzgerald (22 oz) Bbl-Aged Imp. Stout Fifty Fifty, Truckee, CA 9.5 $54.00
Eclipse – Bernheim Wheat (22 oz) Bbl-Aged Imp. Stout Fifty Fifty, Truckee, CA 9.5 $56.00
Cellared on Premises:
2009 Cuvée Alex Le Rouge Imperial Stout BFM, Saignelégier, SWTZ 10.3 $35.00
2009 Eclipse -Heaven Hill Rye (22 oz) Bbl-Aged Imp. Stout Fifty Fifty, Truckee, CA 9.5 $85.00
2010 Eclipse – Four Roses (22 oz) Bbl-Aged Imp. Stout Fifty Fifty, Truckee, CA 9.5 $75.00
Old Ales, Barleywines, Strong & Scotch Ales
Wee Heavy (500 ml) Scotch Ale Belhaven, Dunbar, SCOT 6.5 $12.25
AleSmith Wee Heavy (750 ml) Scotch Ale AleSmith, San Diego, CA 10.0 $31.25
Broadside (500 ml) English Strong Ale Adnams, Southwold, ENG 6.3 $12.00
Adam Strong Ale Hair of the Dog, Portland, OR 10.0 $14.25
Midas Touch Strong Ale w/ Grapes Dogfish Head, Milton, DE 9.0 $9.50
Coffee Ale (750 ml) Strong Ale w/ Coffee Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 9.3 $24.00
Old Numbskull (750 ml) Barleywine AleSmith, San Diego, CA 11.0 $31.25
Class of ‘88 Barley Wine (22 oz) Barleywine Deschutes/North Coast/Rogue, Bend, OR 10.2 $18.00
Fred Barleywine Hair of the Dog, Portland, OR 10.0 $13.25
Cellared on Premises:
2010 Decadence (750 ml) Old Ale Ballast Point, San Diego, CA 10.0 $26.00
2012 White Oak (750 ml) Wheatwine The Bruery, Placentia, CA 11.5 $47.00
2010 Deliverance Strong Ale The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA 12.5 $50.00
Belgian-Style Abbey & Strong Dark Ales
Lighter in color
Tripel Karmeliet Tripel Bosteels, Buggenhout, BEL 8.0 $14.75
Jambe de Bois Tripel De La Senne, Brussels, BEL 8.0 $15.00
Valeir Divers Tripel Contreras, Gavere, BEL 8.5 $15.25
Gouden Carolus Tripel Tripel Het Anker, Mechelen, BEL 9.0 $14.75
Brother David’s Triple Tripel Anderson Valley, Boonville, CA 10.0 $8.50
Maredsous Tripel Tripel Maredsous, Denée, BEL 10.0 $12.00
Tripel Threat (22 oz) Tripel Cambridge Brewing, Cambridge, MA 10.0 $24.25
The Tide & Its Takers (750 ml) Tripel w/ Brett Anchorage Brewing, Anchorage, AK 9.0 $29.50
Cellared on Premises:
2010 Dulle Teve Tripel De Dolle, Esen, BEL 10.0 $19.00
Darker in color
Pater 6 Dubbel St. Bernardus, Watou, BEL 6.7 $14.00
Maredsous Brune Dubbel Duvel, Breendonk-Puurs, BEL 8.0 $11.75
Abbey Ale Dubbel Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY 8.5 $9.00
2008 Rio Reserva (750 ml) Belgian Strong Dark De Struise, Oostvleteren, BEL 11.0 $69.75
Prior 8 Belgian Strong Dark St. Bernardus, Watou, BEL 8.0 $12.75
Zwarte Piet Belgian Strong Dark De La Senne, Brussels, BEL 8.2 $13.75
Rochefort 6 Belgian Strong Dark Br. de Rochefort, Rochefort, BEL 7.5 $15.00 Rochefort 8 Belgian Strong Dark Br. de Rochefort, Rochefort, BEL 9.2 $15.00
Rochefort 10 Belgian Strong Dark Br. de Rochefort, Rochefort, BEL 11.3 $17.75
Gregorius Belgian Strong Dark Stift Engelszell, Engelhartszell, AT 9.7 $16.75
The Sixth Glass Belgian Strong Dark Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 10.5 $9.00
Rigor Mortis Abt Belgian Strong Dark Dieu du Ciel!, Montreal, CAN 10.5 $13.50
Cuvée Van de Keizer Blauw (750 ml) Belgian Strong Dark Het Anker, Mechelen, BEL 11.0 $31.50
2009 Dolii Raptor Belgian Strong Dark Montegioco, Montegioco, IT 8.5 $25.00
AleSmith Grand Cru (750 ml) Belgian Strong Dark AleSmith, San Diego, CA 10.0 $36.50
Cellared on Premises:
2011 Achel Bruin Dubbel Achelse Kluis, Hamont-Achel, BEL 8.0 $21.00
2011 Jaded Belgian Strong Dark Stillwater, Baltimore, MD 10.0 $21.00
Belgian/French-Style Farmhouse Ales
Lemongrass Saison (Can) Saison Maui/The Lost Abbey, Lahaina, HI 5.0 $8.00
Saisonnière Saison Urthel, Ruiselede, BEL 6.0 $10.50
Tank 7 Saison Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 8.5 $9.00
Prairie Hop (750 ml) Saison Prairie, Krebs, OK 7.0 $28.50
L’Amalthée (750 ml) Saison Lebbe, Villefranque, FR 6.0 $24.00
Four (750 ml) Saison Upright, Portland, OR 4.5 $26.25
Five (750 ml) Saison Upright, Portland, OR 5.5 $26.25
Nuova Mattina Saison Del Ducato, Roncole Verdi di Busseto, IT 5.8 $16.50
Brise-Bonbons! (750 ml) Saison Fantôme, Soy-Erezée, BEL 8.0 $27.00
Six (750 ml) Dark Saison Upright, Portland, OR 6.7 $26.25
Oak Aged Bretta (750 ml) Bbl-Aged Saison w/ BrettLogsdon, Hood River, OR 8.0 $38.00
Scythe & Sickle Bière de Garde Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY 5.8 $7.75
Pg. 24 Réserve Hildegarde Ambreé Bière de Garde Saint-Germain, Aix-Noulette, FR 6.9 $12.25
Gavroche Bière de Garde St. Sylvestre, St. Sylvestre-Cappel, FR 8.5 $12.75
Cellared on Premises:
2010 Saison Darkly – Batch #2 Dark Saison Stillwater, Baltimore, MD 8.0 $19.75
Other Belgian-Style Ales
Affligem Blonde Belgian Blonde Affligem, Opwijk, BEL 7.0 $6.75
Redemption Belgian Blonde Russian River, Santa Rosa, CA 5.15 $12.00
Saxo Blonde Belgian Blonde La Caracole, Falmignoul, BEL 6.0 $13.75
Taras Boulba Belgian Pale De La Senne, Brussels, BEL 4.5 $12.25
Brugse Zot Belgian Pale De Halve Maan, Brugge, BEL 6.0 $13.75
Caracole Ambrée Belgian Pale La Caracole, Falmignoul, BEL 7.5 $13.75
Pauwel Kwak Belgian Pale Bosteels, Buggenhout, BEL 8.0 $12.50
Gageleer Belgian Pale De Proefbrouwerij, Lochristi,BEL 7.5 $11.75
Westoek X Belgian Pale Deca, Oostvleteren, BEL 6.0 $12.50
Orval Belgian Pale w/ Brett Orval, Villers-devant-Orval, BEL 6.9 $14.25
Guldenberg Belgian Strong Pale De Ranke, Dottignies, BEL 8.0 $13.25
Westoek XX Belgian Strong Pale Deca, Oostvleteren, BEL 8.0 $12.75
Inferno Belgian Strong Pale The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA 9.0 $13.00
Stille Nacht Belgian Strong Pale De Dolle, Esen, BEL 12.0 $19.00
Reinaert Flemish Wild Belgian Strong Pale w/ Brett De Proefbrouwerij, Lochristi, BEL 9.0 $11.25
Tsjeeses Reserva Belgian Strong Pale De Struise, Oostvleteren, BEL 10.0 $19.00
Deus (750 ml) Bière de Champagne Bosteels, Buggenhout, BEL 11.5 $67.00
Malheur Brut Reserve (750 ml) Bière de Champagne Malheur, Buggenhout, BEL 12.0 $46.75
Malheur Dark Brut (750 ml) Bière de Champagne Malheur, Buggenhout, BEL 12.0 $46.75
Spiced Oddities
13th Century Grut Bier (500 ml) Gruit Dr. Fritz Briem, Munich, GER 4.6 $15.00
Sour Beer
Berliner Style Weisse Berliner Weisse Bahnhof, Leipzig, GER 3.0 $15.50
Faro Faro Lindemans, St Pieters Leeuw, BEL 4.8 $13.75
Rodenbach Flanders Red Ale Rodenbach, Roeselare, BEL 5.2 $9.50
Duchesse de Bourgogne Flanders Red Ale Verhaeghe, Vichte, BEL 6.2 $14.50
Echt Kriekenbier Flanders Red Ale Verhaeghe, Vichte, BEL 6.8 $15.75
Petrus Aged Red Flanders Brown w/Cherries Bavik, Harelbeke-Bavikhove, BEL 8.5 $12.75
Oud Beersel Framboise Raspberry Lambic Oud Beersel, Beersel, BEL 5.0 $22.25
Oud Beersel Oude Kriek (750 ml) Cherry Lambic Oud Beersel, Beersel, BEL 6.5 $37.00
Boon Kriek (750 ml) Cherry Lambic Boon, Lembeek, BEL 4.0 $32.00
Oud Beersel Oude Gueuze (750 ml) Gueuze Oud Beersel, Beersel, BEL 6.0 $30.50
Oude Gueuze Golden Blend Gueuze Drie Fonteinen, Beersel, BEL 6.0 $42.00
Hanssens Oude Gueuze (750 ml) Gueuze Hanssens, Dworp, BEL 6.0 $38.00
Boon Oude Geuze (750 ml) Gueuze Boon, Lembeek, BEL 7.0 $32.00
Fonteinen Oude Geuze (750 ml) Gueuze Drie Fonteinen, Beersel, BEL 6.0 $37.75
Tilquin Oude Gueuze Gueuze Tilquin, Rebecq-Rognon, BEL 6.4 $26.75
Vicaris Tripel Gueuze (750 ml) Gueuze/Tripel Blend Dilewyns, Dendermonde, BEL 7.0 $35.00
Abbaye de St. Bon Chien ‘06 (750 ml) Sour Ale BFM, Saignelegier, SWTZ 11.0 $60.00
La Folie (22 oz) Sour Brown Ale New Belgium, Fort Collins, CO 7.0 $29.00
Maracaibo Especial (750 ml) Sour Brown Ale Jolly Pumpkin, Dexter, MI 7.5 $31.50
Framboise de Amorosa Sour Brown w/ Raspberry The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA 7.0 $35.00
Fatali Four (750 ml) Sour Saison w/ Peppers Upright, Portland, OR 4.5 $29.50
Zwet.be Sour Porter Drie Fonteinen, Beersel, BEL 7.0 $16.50
Cellared on Premises:
2007 La Roja (Blend 11) (750 ml) Sour Red Ale Jolly Pumpkin, Dexter, MI 7.2 $55.00
2008 Panil Barriquée Riserva (750 ml) Sour Ale Torrechiara, Torrechiara, IT 8.0 $80.00
Smoked Beers
Grodziskie (500 ml) Smoked Sour Wheat Dr. Fritz Briem, Munich, GER 4.0 $17.00
Aecht Schlenkerla Märzen (500 ml) Rauchbier Heller, Bamberg, GER 5.1 $14.00
Schlenkerla Urbock (500 ml) Rauchbier Heller, Bamberg, GER 6.6 $14.75
Gluten-Free Beer
Brunehaut Amber Gluten-Free Belgian Pale Ale Brunehaut, Rongy, BEL 6.5 $9.75
Omission Pale Ale Widmer Brothers, Portland, OR 5.8 $5.50
Non-Alcoholic Beer
Non-Alcoholic Weissbier Erdinger, Erding, GER 0.4 $5.50
Golden Amber Non-Alcoholic Clausthaler, Frankfurt, GER 0.5 $4.50
Hard Cider
Poiré Domfront – Pear Cider Domaine Pacory, Normandy, France 4.5 $7.75/29
Graviva! – Semidry Cider Tilted Shed Ciderworks, Forestville, CA 7.0 $6.50/24
Digestif
Underberg Underberg AG, Zurich, Switzerland 44.0 $5.25
Vintage
Since our opening in December of 2007, we’ve been setting aside beers for delicate aging in the temperature and humidity-controlled cellar beneath the floor, under your feet. We’ve selected only beers that would improve over time and added them to the list at the peak of their development.
Ales
Cellared Decadence (750 ml) Old Ale AleSmith, San Diego, CA 11.0 $40.00
*Bottled: 2010 A warming, sweet sipper. Dates, milk chocolate, grenadine, and caramel make up the flavor profile for this medium-bodied gem. Finishes dry with a lingering bitterness.
Cellared White Oak (750 ml) Wheatwine The Bruery, Placentia, CA 11.5 $47.00
*Bottled: 2012 This monster of a beer is blended and bourbon barrel aged. Flavors of caramel, coconut, and vanilla.
Cellared Cuvée Alex Le Rouge Imperial Stout BFM, Saignelégier, Switzerland 10.3 $35.00
*Bottled: 2009 Brewed with black pepper, tea, and bourbon vanilla. One of our favorite stouts and drinking great with age.
Cellared Eclipse – Heaven Hill Rye (22 oz) Bbl-Aged Imperial Stout Fifty Fifty, Truckee, CA 9.5 $85.00
*Bottled: 2009 Signed by the head brewer. When this award winning Imperial Stout was first released it was our favorite of the barrel aged Eclipse series.
Cellared Eclipse – Four Roses (22 oz) Bbl-Aged Imperial Stout Fifty Fifty, Truckee, CA 9.5 $75.00
*Bottled: 2010 The first release of this beer, which was aged in 10-year Four Roses Single-Barrel barrels.
Cellared Deliverance Strong Ale The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA 12.5 $50.00
*Bottled: 2010 Part bourbon barrel-aged Serpent’s Stout, and part brandy barrel-aged Angel’s Share.
Belgian and Belgian-Style Ales
Cellared Saison Darkly (Batch #2) Dark Saison Stillwater, Baltimore, MD 8.0 $19.75
*Bottled: 2010 Brewed with rose hips, hibiscus and Schisandra berries, age has mellowed a bright, herbaceous beer into a more integrated, sweet beer with notes of molasses, plum and milk chocolate.
Cellared Achel Bruin Dubbel Achelse Kluis, Hamont-Achel, BEL 8.0 $21.00
*Bottled: 2011 Bright and spicy on the nose. This beer has flavors of brown sugar and figs and is dry with high carbonation.
Cellared Dulle Teve Tripel De Dolle, Esen, BEL 10.0 $19.00
*Bottled: 2010 Aromas of overripe peach and brandy. Medium sweetness with a cinnamon spiciness and more peach! A very highly carbonated beer with a fairly sweet finish and mellowed booziness with age.
Cellared Jaded Belgian Strong Dark Stillwater, Baltimore, MD 10.0 $21.00
*Bottled: 2011 This delicious beer has taken on a lot of complexity with age. Fairly sweet, pretty high carbonation, toffee pudding, hoisin, prune.
Sours
Cellared Mo’ Betta Bretta (12.7 oz) Sour Ale Lost Abbey + New Belgium, San Marcos, CA 6.3 $23.00
*Bottled: 2012 A recreation of a retired beer from Pizza Port. Not our favorite when released but a year has done WONDERS for this one. Flavors of white grape, apricot, jasmine, pineapple, nectarine, and honey.
Cellared Panil Barriquée Riserva (750 ml) Sour Ale Torrechiara, Torrechiara, IT 8.0 $80.00
*Bottled: 2008 Aged for 15-18 months in 150 year old wine barrels. 5 years should have mellowed this one out a bit. Dry, oaky, and earthy.
Cellared La Roja (Blend 11) (750 ml) Sour Red Ale Jolly Pumpkin, Dexter, MI 7.2 $55.00
*Bottled: 2007 With only one in our cellar, we decided give it up to you instead of drinking it ourselves. Unfiltered artisan amber ale brewed in the Flanders tradition. Deep amber with earthy caramel, spice and sour fruit notes developed through natural barrel aging.