Monk's Cafe is proud to introduce Ryan and Lillian of freak folk bier in Waterbury, Vermont to beer savvy Philadelphians at at 5pm on Tuesday, June 6. After reading an article about their just-opened brewery, I sent an email asking if I could swing by to chat. Ryan said he had a malt delivery coming at 9 AM the next day, so I offered to help him unload the truck. The delivery was running late and I left before it arrived. Whew! Ryan showed me his setup and we tasted a few of his beers, which were all well made. He climbed up to his storage loft to grab a couple of bottles for me to take with me. Those were shared with my coworkers and they were all blown away by the beer. This is such a small brewery and we are honored that Ryan and Lillian are willing to share a bit of their small production with us. Enjoy! ~Tom Peters
ProgHorn
Unfiltered Bavarian-style Helles. Brewed with European malted barley and hops. Crisp and gentle. 5% abv
Slow Hand Hoppy Pale Ale
Brewed with two-row barley and oats. Hopped with Simcoe and Amarillo. Notes of guava, stone-fruit and cannabis. 5.8% abv
Signet 2022
Ale fermented in oak with mixed culture and conditioned on tangerine gem marigolds from our little garden. This is the first barrel blend from our new home in Waterbury as well as the first batch that was entirely fermented in oak. Notes of Nectarine, orange pith and herbal mint tel. 6% abv
Clausiic Saison
The long awaited return of a classic…Brewed with American barley and wheat and gently hopped in the kettle with Huell Melon. Fermented with our house mixed culture. Brewer’s Notes: Notes of lemon, sauvignon blanc and hay. 6% abv
Abyssalism English Barleywine
March of 2022, we brewed our very first barleywine. After primary fermentation, we laid this beast to rest in 8yr Elijah Craig Bourbon Barrels for 10 months. Brewer’s Notes: Notes of dark fruit, fig, barrel char and caramel. 14.3% abv
we are offering 5 ounce glasses of these gems
Colour Haze Blue
Ale brewed with 2022 wet hop harvest of Crystal and Cascade from our neighbors at Champlain Valley Hops. Aged 5 months in stainless steel with our house mixed culture. Dry hopped with Mosaic and Nectaron and bottle conditioned. Notes of grapefruit, honey and melon. 7% abv
Melvin 2021
Amber Farmhouse Ale aged in wine barrels for two years. Bottled in August 2021. Notes of over-ripe nectarine, caramel and red grape with a solid tannic structure. 6% abv
Primordia
Ale fermented with mixed cultured and aged in red wine puncheons for 8 months. Bottle conditioned. Notes of lemon, hay and lychee with an underlying pinot noir character that carries in the finish. 6% abv.
Foam Brewers Pop-Up
Suncatcher Brewing with Half Acre & Hill Farmstead
A Saturday Date with de Baets
Welcoming Ben Neidhart of OEC Brewing
Orval Day 2023
Pliny the Younger Keg Tapping
Pliny the Younger 2-Keg Tapping
Pliny the Younger 2-Keg Tapping
Pliny the Younger Keg Tapping
Pliny the Younger Keg Tapping
Pliny the Younger Keg Tapping
Pliny the Younger Fundraiser for Alex's Lemonade Stand
Pliny the Younger Day Draft List
Péché Day 2023
Closed for Eagles Super Bowl
CLOSED for Thanksgiving
Tilquin Fruit Extravaganza Day
Trillium Debut in Philadelphia
World Premiere of Hill Farmstead Works of Love: Monk's Café
Zwanze Day Tickets On Sale Sept. 5
Now Hiring: Cooks
Tonewood + Monk's Café Debut MC Lager
Lost Abbey Beer Dinner with Tomme Arthur
Meet and Greet: Bobo Van Mechelen
Ploughman Plates
Philly Beer Week Simultaneous Cheers
Péché Day 2022
Orval Day 2022
A Toast to Armand Debelder
Monk's Café 25th Anniversary
Pliny the Younger Keg Tapping
Pliny the Younger Two Keg Event
Pliny the Younger Keg Tapping
Pliny the Younger Keg Tapping
Pliny the Younger Keg Tapping
Pliny the Younger Keg Tapping
Holiday Hours - Closed until Jan 4
THANKSGIVING WEEK SCHEDULE
Now Hiring: Cooks
Glorious Back Bar Re-Opening!
Ploughman Plates for PBW 2021
NOW HIRING: Server & Host
POSTPONED: Péché Mortel Day
Focal Banger & Monk's Mosaic Garden
Current Takeout Beer Offerings
Deep Cellar Sale: Isabelle Proximus
Beers for New Year's Cheers
A Very Heady Christmas
Deep Cellar Sale: 3 Fonteinen
Jolly Pumpkin-Palooza
Jolly Pumpkin-Palooza
Oud Beersel Bzart Lambiek & Krieken Lambiek
Two Day Beer Sale
Jack Curtin
3 Fonteinen Special Release - Only a few Remain
Drie Drop: New 3 Fonteinen Bottle Release
Ales From The Crypt
Monday, May 25 Special Beer List
Cantillon Draft Special - SOLD OUT!
Heady Cheddy Meal
Boon Geuze by the Jar
Brews 'n' Bivalves: Mussels & Blind Pig Growlers To-Go
Orval 4-Pack + Glass To Go
Alchemist Cans Restock
New Offering: Hill Farmstead Everett Growlers
Saturday Special: Drie Fonteinen
At-Home Alchemy - SOLD OUT!
CLOSED Monday, March 16
Monk's 23rd Anniversary
Pliny the Younger Day Fundraiser
Super Bowl Sunday-Closing at 5pm
Lost Abbey Dinner with Tomme Arthur
New Year's Eve Beer Dinner
Merry Christmas to all our friends – See you on the 26th!
We will be home with family Dec 24th & 25th – See you on the 26th!
December 23rd – we will be open our normal hours
Tom's 27th Annual Holiday Beer Dinner
Roll Dem Bones with Firestone Walker
Zwanze Day 2019 Fundraiser
Russian River Day with Vinnie + Natalie
Meet The Alchemist of Vermont
Maine Beer Company Night
Ploughman Plates
Late Night in Brussels with De La Senne, Oxbow & Liquid Riot
Debut of Fonta Flora in PA
Westmalle Dubbel Draft Pennsylvania Debut
Péché Mortel Day 2019
Orval Day
Lost Abbey Beer Dinner with Tomme Arthur
Annual Pliny the Younger Day Fundraiser
In the Cellar with 2SP Brewing Co.
Super Bowl Sunday - Closing at 5PM
Beer Auction for the Camp Fire Relief Fund
Resilience Fundraiser for the Camp Fire Relief Fund
New Year's Eve Beer Dinner
Cantillon 20 Ans d'Amitié Bottle Release
CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING - reopen Fri at 11:30AM
Cantillon Zwanze Day 2018
Oude Pinot Gris Tilquin Worldwide Debut
Wild Allagash Extravaganza
Local Food, Local Beer Dinner
Foreign Objects PA Lager Debut
World Cup: Belgian Red Devils at The Belgian Café
World Cup: Belgian Red Devils at The Belgian Café
Russian River Brewing Co. Day - 7 Drafts
Do What's Right Night with Maine Beer Company
Old School Beer Luncheon with Dogfish Head
Who the Hell Let Tom in the Brewery?!
The Alchemist at Philly Beer Week
Liquid Riot Debut in PA
Record Store Day
Major Tom World Debut
National Orval Day
Brasserie Dieu du Ciel Péché Day
Pliny the Younger Healing Hop for Sheila
Tonewood Brewing Comes to Philadelphia!
CBS for charity with Founders
Pliny the Younger Day Fundraiser
World Debut of Oxbow Le Parrain
The Alchemist Focal Banger
Eagles Victory Parade
Lost Abbey Dinner with Tomme Arthur
Super Bowl Sunday - Closing Early
Cuvée Day
2SP Barrel Chat with Bob & Ruby
New Year's Eve - EARLY SEATING
New Year Eve's Dinner - LATE SEATING
Maine Beer Company Woods & Waters
Sonoma Pride Fundraiser
Lost Abbey 24 Steps Release with Tomme Arthur
Cantillon Zwanze Day 2017
Draft Debut of Monk's Cafe Grand Cru
Local Food / Local Beer Dinner
Wicked Weed B•Gone Redux
WICKED WEED B-GONE Charity Event
Educational Beer Luncheon with Niño Bacelle
Meet & Greet with Youichi of Hitachino Nest
Wicked Weed Brewery - 15 drafts
National ORVAL DAY
Péché Mortel Day
A Day Without A Woman / International Women's Day
Russian River Pliny the Younger
Russian River Pliny the Younger Charity Event
OrValentine's Day Dinner
Lost Abbey Dinner with Tomme Arthur
Stupor Bowl Sunday
EARLY SEATING - New Year's Eve
LATE SEATING
December 25th - CLOSED
December 24th - CLOSED
Holiday Beer Dinner
Framboise for a Cure 2016
Raffle Tix Still Available
Cantillon Zwanze Day 2016
Wicked Weed Brewery
Wicked Weed Lucky 13 Labor Day Extravaganza
Meet Olivier from Brasserie Dupont and Tomme from Lost Abbey
14 Sour Beers on Tap
Bring on The Funk - Sour Beer Festival
John Brus of Kaapse in Rotterdam
Jef Janssens from Hof ten Dormaal
Oxbow Brewery - meet local legend Mike Fava
Craft Brewer's Conference & World Beer Cup in Philly
New Belgium Brewery's Lauren Salazar class
The debut of Wicked Weed Brewery in Philly- meet Walt
Jester King Brewery - meet Ron Extract
Meet Picobrouwerij Alvinne
Nova Nation's quest for another National Championship
National Orval Day
St. Benjamin Brewing: Franklin's Abbey
Pliny The Younger Day Fundraiser
Meet the brewer from Jopen
Péché Mortel Day
OrValentines Day
Dinner with Tomme Arthur - Lost Abbey Brewery
Super Bowl Sunday
Lost in The Woods with New Belgium Brewery
Meet Jeffers - BarrelMeister at Firestone Walker
Brewing Beer in Rotterdam and Beodgraven, NL
New Year's Eve - EARLY SEATING
New Year's Eve - LATE SEATING
Day After Christmas
Christmas Day
Christmas Eve
A-Very Merry Christmas with Avery Brewery
A-Very Merry Christmas featuring Avery Brewery
A-Very Merry Christmas
Tom's 23rd Annual Holiday Dinner
Win a Trip to Amsterdam with Tom Peters
Kitchen is fully operational - yeah!
KITCHEN IS OPEN - BAR IS OPEN
Temporary Kitchen Closure
Temporary Kitchen Closure
Russian River's All Hopped Up For The Cure Framboise
Jean van Roy of Cantillon at Monk's
POPE-POURRI REDUX
POPE-POURRI
Cantillon Zwanze Day - 6 Draft Cantillons
New Belgium Brewery Luncheon
Allagash's 20th Anniversary Party.
Fourth of July
What Is A Saison? with Jean Broilette of Tired Hands Brewery
The Effect of Brettanomyces with Terry Hawbaker & Kristen Mullen
Farmer's Lunch with Jef of Hof ten Dormaal
Vegan Lunch with Trinity Brewery
I'm Away at Fermentation School
Philly Beer Week Opening Tap
Monk's Mad Monday with Dogfish Head Brewery
FERMENTATION STATION tickets go on sale
Tired Hands Brewery debut
Lunch with Phil Markowski
April SOURS
HEADY TOPPER HITS PHILLY!!
Younger
Annual Tomme Arthur Lost Abbey Dinner
We're Heading to Brouwerij Hof ten Dormaal
NEW YEAR'S DAY
NEW YEAR'S EVE - Early Dinner
NEW YEAR'S EVE - Late Dinner
Party Like A Monk
Tom's 21st Annual Holiday Dinner
Russian River Framboise For the Cure Fundraiser
Ancient Brewer Dinner - Hummel turned 60!
Ancient Ales Dinner with Dr. Patrick McGovern
Cantillon Zwanze Day @ Monk's Cafe
Our Annual Sour Festival
Local Food / Local Beer Dinner
We're Frecon Out at Monk's!
Oxbow Brewery - 6 on Tap!
Fourth of July - Of course we're OPEN!
B.United Tutored Tasting
Who The Hell Let Tom Into The Brewery
Cigar City Brewery
Hops at Greensgrow Farms
Orval Tasting w/François de Harrene
Tom will be in Harrisburg pushing for GMO Labeling
New Belgium Lips of Faith Festival
Meet Anne Catherine Dilewyns Beer Luncheon
Philly Beer Week
March Against Monsanto
Tix on sale for our Philly Beer Week events
ANTI -World's Largest Beer Crawl
RRBC Pliny the Younger tapping
Thank's Philly!
RRBC Russian River Mad Monday
Monk's Mad Monday w/De Struise Brouwers
Our Annual New Year's Day Stout Fest
New Year's Eve - EARLY DINNER
New Year's Eve - LATE DINNER
Holiday Dinner
Coast to Coast Toast w/Vanberg & DeWulf
Beer Dinner w/ Deschutes Brewery
Framboise For A Cure Breast Cancer Event
GABF
Meet Christine Celis, daughter of the legenday Pierre Celis
Zwanze Day
LOCAL FOOD / LOCAL BEER DINNER
PHILLY BEER WEEK 2013
Who The Hell Let Tom in the Brewery?
Meet Masterbrewer Yvan de Baets
Monk's Mad Monday - 11 Sours + 1 Oyster Stout
Fava visits Philly w/Oxbow
Monk's Mad Monday - Pliny the Younger
Lost Abbey Beer Dinner w/Tomme Arthur
Monk's Mad Monday w/Dogfish Head
New Year's Day
New Year's Eve Dinner - EARLY SEATING
New Year's Eve Dinner - LATE SEATING
Christmas Day
Christmas Eve
La Fin du Monde...The End of The World
20th Annual Holiday Dinner
Zwanze Day 2012
Gobble Gobble
Coast to Coast Toast redux
Home brewer turns pro brewer dinner
Please Vote Today
Post Hurricane Sandy w/Funky Buddha
We Reopen Today!
PA Debut of a new Trappiste Ale
Monk's Mad Monday - Evil Twin
R5 Pub Crawl w/Tired Hands
R5 Pub Crawl
Oktoberfest Dinner
Monk's Mad Monday Russian River
World Atlas of Beer - book signing
Monk's Mad Monday Dogfish Head
We Skip our Monthly Beer Dinner in August
Belgian Independence Day
Local Beer/Local Food
The Festival - Day Two
The Festival - a great beer festival in Worcester,
Brasserie Cantillon with Jean Van Roy
JW Lees Wood Aged Casks
De Dolle Brouwers w/Kris Herteleer
Deschutes is 'da shit
Dogfish Head Lunch w/Sam Calagione
Fifty Fifty Brewery - Todd Ashman Dinner
Browerij DeMolen w/Menno Olivier
Funky Buddha Brewery - BerlinerWeisse
4 Hands Brewery
Philly Bar debut of Dupont Speciale Belge
David Walker of Firestone Walker Brewery
Russian River / Sierra Nevada Collaboration Dinner
Monk's Mad Monday - Duvel/Ommegang
The Beers of the Cellar
Monk's Mad Monday - Malheur
Meet & Greet Tomme Arthur from Lost Abbey
WE WILL BE CLOSED THIS SUNDAY
De Dolle Brouwers w/Kris Herteleer
Monk's Mad Monday Russian River
Monk's Mad Monday Allagash style
Monk's Mad Monday Dogfish Head
New Year's Day - 20 Stouts on Tap
New Year's Eve Dinner - EARLY SEATING
New Year's Eve Dinner - LATE SEATING
Bagby's Beers
Tom's 18th Annual Holiday Dinner
Vanberg & Dewulf's 30th Anniversary Toast
Monk's Mad Monday Russian River
Great American Beer Festival
de Molen Brew Day
International Zwanze Day
Monk's Mad Monday Cantillon
FEESTDAG - Belgian Independence Day
Monk's Mad Monday Dogfish Head
Zythos America
Monastery of Christ in the Dessert
Vanberg & DeWulf's 30th Anniversary Dinner
Hill Farmstead w/ Shaun Hill
Sierra Nevada w/Ken Grossman
Lost Abbey w/Tomme Arthur
US Debut of Tilquin Gueuze
Monk's Mad Monday - Sly Fox
Monk's Mad Monday - Flying Fish
Hitachino Fundraiser
Firestone Walker Brewing Company
Monk's Mad Monday - Russian River
Monk's Mad Monday - Sierra Nevada
OrValentine's Day Dinner
Lost Abbey Dinner w/ Tomme Arthur
Monk's Mad Monday Stoudt's Brewery
Brooklyn Beer Dinner w/Steve Hindy
Allagash Tuesday
New Year's Day - 20 Stouts on Tap
New Year's Eve - EARLY SEATING
New Year's Eve - LATE SEATING
Annual Holiday Dinner
We Lost a Good Friend on Tuesday
Duvel Day
We lost a good friend today
Leifmans Returns to the US
Monk's Mad Monday Dogfish Head
Monk's Mad Monday for Breast Cancer RR
St. Feuillien - meet Dominique
Local Beer / Local Food Dinner
Russian River Friday
WE'RE OPEN - the entire restaurant now!
Allagash - Monk's Mad Monday 8-9-10
Wring Out Your Liver & Empty the Kegs
Zythos America
Belgian Brewers from D&V Imports
Chimay - Hanging with the Bobo
Tomme Arthur - need I say more?
Lambic Summit
Patrick Rue of the Bruery - Meet the Brewer
Boon, Cantillon & Drie Fonteinen Dinner
Meet 5 Belgian Brewers from 12% Imports
Sierra Nevada - meet the brewer
Philadelphia Global Beer Exposition
Monk's Mad Monday - Mikkeller
Whiskey Tasting
Monk's Mad Monday - Russian River
Lost Abbey / Port Beer Dinner
OrValentine's Day Dinner
Snow, What Snow?
Monk's Mad Monday - Hopfenstark
Brooklyn Beer Dinner w/Steve Hindy
CHIMAY IS BACK ON TAP
New Year's Day - 19 Stouts on Tap
New Year's Eve - EARLY SEATING
New Year's Eve - LATE SEATING
Monk's Mad Monday - xmas beer
XFEST - Holiday Beer Festival @ U of P
Dogfish Head Monday
Left Hand / Terrapin Beer Dinner
Monk's Mad Monday with Allagash
Monk's Mad Monday for Breast Cancer RR
Oktoberfest Beer Dinner
An Homage to Fromage paired with Foamage (beer)
Tomme Arthur Afternoon
Tom's favorite Local Beer / Local Food Dinner
Meet Prior Isaak from La Trappe
12% Imports Beer Dinner
12% Imports Beer Dinner
Dogfish Head Dog Day Afternoon - Firkin A
Philly Rollout of Duck Rabbit brewery
Meet The Brewer - Nøgne Ø
Drink 'em while we got 'em SPECIAL KEGS
Drink 'em while we got 'em SPECIAL KEGS
Johnny Cask - Dogfish Head 75 Minute IPA
Russian River On All 6 Front Bar Taps
Zythos America - @ U of Penn Museum
Meet The Brewer - Jerry Vietz of Unibroue
Meet the Buhler - David Buhler from Elysian Brewer
Night of the Collaborators
Hildegard Van Ostaden Meet & Greet
Rodenbach w/Rudi Ghequire
JW Lees Wood Casks
Stephen Beaumont's "Fire & Ice" Dinner
Zythos Belgium
PHILLY BEER WEEK 2009 March 6-15
OrValentine's Day Dinner
New Year's Day -20 Stouts on Tap
New Year's Eve - EARLY SEATING
New Year's Eve - LATE SEATING
Christmas Eve & Christmas Day - CLOSED
Speyside Whiskey Tasting With John Hansell
New Bottle List
High & Mighty Brewery at The Belgian Café
Victory Brewery at The Belgian Café
Night of The Full Moon Dinner
Elysian Meet & Greet
OKTOBERFEST
Palm Beer Dinner
The Funky Monk @ Tria Fermentation School
Russian River Day
25 Years of Chimay in the USA
Local Beer, Local Wine, Local Food
Odds & Ends Night
Allagash Night
The Belgian Café presents Van Steenberge
The Belgian Café presents Yvan de Baets
Samuel Adams Beer Dinner
Brasserie de le Senne Dinner w/Yvan
Ladies Beer Tea at The Belgian Café
Geert Lindmans Beer Dinner @ The Belgian Café
Phil Markowski from Southampton @ The Belgian Café
Monk's Café and 25 years of Chimay
An evening of Meet the Brewer events
PHILLY BEER WEEK March 7-16, 2008
New Year's Day Brunch w/ 6 Stouts on tap
New Year's Eve LATE Seating
New Year's Eve - EARLY Seating
Chrismas Eve & Christmas Day
Dogfish Head & Nøerrebro Bryghus
National Tribute to Michael Jackson
ALLAGASH Beer Dinner
LOCAL BEER / LOCAL FOOD
Stoudt's 20th Anniversary Dinner
Meet & Greet with Alain DeLaet of Delirium Tremon
Boon Lambic - single barrel tasting
Everybody Must Drink Stone
Lucy Saunders - The Beer Cook
Stephen Beaumont Beer Dinner
SIERRA NEVADA STRICKLANDER
Meet Marc from Brouwerij Kerkom
Introduction of Malheur
Michael Jackson at Univ of Pennsylvania Museum
WHISKY TASTING w/John Hansell
Lost Abbey Beer Dinner w/Tomme Arthur
Dogfish Head Dinner