Dec 5
3 Fonteinen Resonance World Premiere with Shaun Hill of Hill Farmstead - 3:30 PM - $50
On Tuesday, December 5, Monk’s Café welcomes Shaun Hill of Hill Farmstead and Christian Gregory of 3 Fonteinen to the back bar for the world premiere of 3 Fonteinen Resonance, a friendship blend.
“In October 2019, Hill Farmstead’s Shaun Hill joined Michaël Blancquaert in the cellars of Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen to gather together threads of a celebratory assemblage, affirming friendships and perspectives for the art of blending. Brought to culmination through a deeply held sense of mutual admiration, shared respect, and the singular pursuit of an ideal; a living tribute to Armand Debelder, whose balanced, harmonious blends imbued upon Shaun a formative sense memory that has reverberated and inspired for the many years since their first meeting. Resonance.”
3 Fonteinen Zenne y Frontera 21|22 Batch 107 and Hill Farmstead’s Samuel (Vintage 2017) will join 3F Resonance on the tasting menu. All three beers will be served in five ounce pours, accompanied by a selection of three Vermont cheeses.
Zenne y Frontera Batch 107 is a blend of two- and three year old lambikken, aged in Moscatel barrels from the South of Spain. This is incredibly limited; only four cases came to the US, and we have three of them. Samuel is the original batch, brewed in 2016, bottled in 2017 and released in February 2019.
In order to provide this rare opportunity to the greatest number of people, each seated session will host 25 guests for one hour only. Additional special 3 Fonteinen and Hill Farmstead beer will be available after 3:30pm for guests to enjoy a la carte, in the front bar and dining room.
Tickets for three one-hour, seated tasting sessions go on sale on Tuesday, November 28 at 10am ET, and can be purchased only by calling Monk’s Café at 215-545-7005 from 10am on Nov. 28.
Each $50 ticket includes five ounces each of three extraordinary beers, a curated cheese plate, taxes and service charge. Please join us for this once in a lifetime afternoon celebrating tradition, innovation and friendship.
3 Fonteinen Resonance World Premiere Tasting Menu
Session One: 3:30-4:30pm
Session Two: 5-6pm
Session Three: 6:30-7:30pm
Back bar reopens for service: 8pm
3 Fonteinen Resonance HF1 18|19
Bottling date: 10/16/2019
6.3%abv
In October 2019, Hill Farmstead’s Shaun Hill joined Michaël Blancquaert in the cellars of Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen to gather together threads of a celebratory assemblage, affirming friendships and perspectives for the art of blending. Brought to culmination through a deeply held sense of mutual admiration, shared respect, and the singular pursuit of an ideal; a living tribute to Armand Debelder, whose balanced, harmonious blends imbued upon Shaun a formative sense memory that has reverberated and inspired for the many years since their first meeting. Resonance.
3 Fonteinen Zenne y Frontera 21|22 Batch 107
Bottling date: 07/09/2022
Alongside Palomino (for most sherry) and Pedro Ximénez (for sherry carrying that respective name) grapes, some sherry bodegas also vinify the Muscatel grape to a sweet, densely legged, fortified wine with long barrel aging. For this small batch of Zenne y Frontera, we aged two- and three-year-old lambikken on Moscatel barrels from the south of Spain. At bottling, the weighted average age of this blend was more than 31 months. The lambikken originates from four different barrels and nine different brews. Only four cases came to the US and we have three of them. 614 bottles produced.
Hill Farmstead Samuel 2017 Vintage
Release #1
6% abv
“Samuel Hill (1820-1899) was my great-great-uncle, brother of Ephraim, and a widely accomplished individual. He served in the Union army at the Battle of Gettysburg. An early agricultural innovator, he held several patents for milk cooling and cream separation; if you've visited our taproom, you've likely seen a reproduction of that patent on display. He moved a house, midwinter, with horses from North Greensboro to Greensboro Village and also helped build the first road from Greensboro to Greensboro Bend.
I spent more than 6 years contemplating such a beer that might be worthy of Samuel's name. In an attempt to honor this intrepid relative, I realized that his namesake beer must be comprised of the same nuances that defined two of my favorite beers: Le Sarrasin and Vera Mae. We set out by crafting a base of buckwheat, spelt, Vermont wildflower honey, and the same hops used in both Vera and Sarrasin. Following shifting seasons of rest in wine barrels and more than a year of bottle conditioning, we are finally able to present a beer that is more than 9 years in the making and worthy of Samuel's name.” ~Shaun Hill
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Draft Debut of Monk's Cafe Grand Cru
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Péché Mortel Day
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OrValentine's Day Dinner
Lost Abbey Dinner with Tomme Arthur
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LATE SEATING
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December 24th - CLOSED
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Cantillon Zwanze Day 2016
Wicked Weed Brewery
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Meet Olivier from Brasserie Dupont and Tomme from Lost Abbey
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Jef Janssens from Hof ten Dormaal
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Jester King Brewery - meet Ron Extract
Meet Picobrouwerij Alvinne
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National Orval Day
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Pliny The Younger Day Fundraiser
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OrValentines Day
Dinner with Tomme Arthur - Lost Abbey Brewery
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Lost in The Woods with New Belgium Brewery
Meet Jeffers - BarrelMeister at Firestone Walker
Brewing Beer in Rotterdam and Beodgraven, NL
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New Year's Eve - EARLY SEATING
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A-Very Merry Christmas featuring Avery Brewery
A-Very Merry Christmas
Tom's 23rd Annual Holiday Dinner
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KITCHEN IS OPEN - BAR IS OPEN
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I'm Away at Fermentation School
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Monk's Mad Monday with Dogfish Head Brewery
FERMENTATION STATION tickets go on sale
Tired Hands Brewery debut
Lunch with Phil Markowski
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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!
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B.United Tutored Tasting
Who The Hell Let Tom Into The Brewery
Cigar City Brewery
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Orval Tasting w/François de Harrene
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New Belgium Lips of Faith Festival
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March Against Monsanto
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New Year's Eve - LATE DINNER
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Monk's Mad Monday w/Dogfish Head
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2012
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New Year's Eve Dinner - LATE SEATING
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La Fin du Monde...The End of The World
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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!
Monk's Mad Monday - Evil Twin
PA Debut of a new Trappiste Ale
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
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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
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2011
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
Vanberg & DeWulf's 30th Anniversary Dinner
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Hill Farmstead w/ Shaun Hill
Sierra Nevada w/Ken Grossman
Lost Abbey w/Tomme Arthur
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Monk's Mad Monday - Sly Fox
Monk's Mad Monday - Flying Fish
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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
2010
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New Year's Eve - EARLY SEATING
Annual Holiday Dinner
We Lost a Good Friend on Tuesday
Duvel Day
We lost a good friend today
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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
Lambic Summit
Tomme Arthur - need I say more?
Patrick Rue of the Bruery - Meet the Brewer
Boon, Cantillon & Drie Fonteinen Dinner
Sierra Nevada - meet the brewer
Meet 5 Belgian Brewers from 12% Imports
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
2009
New Year's Eve - LATE SEATING
New Year's Eve - EARLY 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
Rodenbach w/Rudi Ghequire
Hildegard Van Ostaden Meet & Greet
JW Lees Wood Casks
Stephen Beaumont's "Fire & Ice" Dinner
Zythos Belgium
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OrValentine's Day Dinner
New Year's Day -20 Stouts on Tap
2008
New Year's Eve - LATE SEATING
New Year's Eve - EARLY 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
An evening of Meet the Brewer events
Monk's Café and 25 years of Chimay
Phil Markowski from Southampton @ The Belgian Café
PHILLY BEER WEEK March 7-16, 2008
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2007
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
2006
Dogfish Head Dinner