Hopmonk Tavern :: A celebration of beer, food, music and people.

	Hopmonk Kellerbier ABV 5.3% Unfiltered Pilsner - Pilsner is a crisp, golden, highly hopped lager. While normaly pilsners are filtered, this beer is not, and therefore it is, strictly speaking, a KELLERBIER (taken from the cellar while still hazy).Easy to drink and pairs with most food. Hopmonk Tavern, Sebastopol CA www.hopmonk.com
	Hopmonk Tavern Ale ABV 5.6% California-style Pale Ale A deep red amber ale. Thick white head. Lots of dark crystal malt with some chocolate malt. Pronounced hop bitterness and aromatics. Substantial and balanced. Hopmonk Tavern, Sebastopol CA www.hopmonk.com
	Hopmonk Dunkelweizen ABV 5.2% Bavarian-style Dark Wheat Beer Unfiltered, top-fermented wheat beer brewed with dark roasted malted wheat and caramelized malted wheat in addition to pale malted barley. The complex flavors produced by the Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen yeast strain are enhanced by the roasted flavors from the dark malts. Hopmonk Tavern, Sebastopol CA www.hopmonk.com
	Anchor Liberty Ale ABV 6% Extra Hoppy Ale This grandfather of hoppy ales is Hugely aromatic, its perfumy bouquet is complex and rounded. Surprisingly light, YET smooth and oily. Anchor Brewing Company, San Francisco CA www.anchorbrewing.com
	New Belgium Mothership Organic Wit Ale ABV 4.8% Belgian-style Organic Wheat Beer Cloudy, pale straw color underneath a creamy head. Perfumy, Floral nose, spicy with coriander and orange peel. Light but satisfying. Refreshing. New Belgium Brewing , Fort Collins, CO. www.newbelgium.com
	Russian River Pliny the Elder ABV 8.0% Double IPA Golden color, great clarity. Off-white head with good lacing. Strong aroma of resins and citrus. Hop palate of resin, citrus, pine. Super toasty maltiness keeps the hops in balance. Nice dry bitter finish. A strong beer, but very drinkable. Classic. Russian River Brewing Co, Santa Rosa, CA www.russianriverbrewing.com
	Duchess of Burgundy ABV 5% Flanders Red Ale Translucent burgundy-brown body with a fluffy, cream colored head. Complex fruit, malt and oak nose. Hints of aged Balsamic, cordial cherries, fresh green apples, hot caramel. Initial sourness! then sweet caramel, roasted almond, spiced rum, & raisiny malt flavors emerge & intermingle with the sourness. The finish is decidely tart, & slightly spicy. World classic. Verhaeghe Brewery, Flanders Belgium www.specialtybeer.com
	Stone Brewing Levitation Ale ABV 4.4 % Amber Ale EXCLUSIVE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA debut of Stone Brewing’s soughtafter amber. This is a great session beer with less than 4.5% alcohol! Clear copper color, light medium body and carbonation. The citrusy hops comes out in full force without being overpowering. Behind it is a slight caramel maltiness, but it’s clearly outshined by the hops. Again phenomenal session beer with great drinkability with good flavor and aroma. Try it while it lasts. Only 8 kegs of it escaped from Southern California, and made their way here to you! Stone Brewing Company, Escondido CA www.stonebrew.com
	Gordon Biersch Hefeweizen ABV 5.28% Bavarian-style Wheat Beer TRUE BAVARIAN HEFEWEIZEN ON DRAFT with its massive billowy head. Cloudy, Bosc pear color ; it’s unfiltered, with the yeast still present in suspension. Worth the price of admission: hints of clove, bubble gum, pear and banana. Body is crisp and effervescent. This beer is brewed with 55% malted wheat and 45% malted barley. Naturally carbonated. Can’t imagine a better beer garden experience than hanging with this Hefeweizen from GB. No need to ask for a lemon slice. Gordon Biersch Brewing Company, San Jose CA www.gordonbiersch.com
	Bear Republic Hot Rod Rye ABV 7.5% California Rye SPICY RYE BEER WITH A HUGE HOP AROMA and flavor accompanied by a sweet, malty finish. Brewed by our neighbors to the north in Healdsburg, Hop Rod Rye is a dark reddish brown with a complex, forthright head. This rye is creamy and luscious, like a lover you can’t give up. It’s got citrus, grapefruit, orange, pine, some faint earthy smells on the nose. Massive citrus and pine upon the first taste. A tangy sweet maltiness in the middle, with more citrus and caramel. Finishes with a slight spicy earthiness from the rye malt. Bear Republic Brewing Company, Healdsburg CA www.bearrepublic.com
	North Coast Old 38 Stout ABV 5.5% Irish-style Dry Stout OLD 38 IS NAMED FOR A RETIRED CALIFORNIA WESTERN RAILROAD steam engine on the Fort Bragg to Willits run through the Redwoods. This stout is a smooth, firm-bodied stout with the toasted character with chocolatey and coffee notes of dark malts and roasted barley. It’s pitch black color sits under a mocha brown head. Smells of spice and molasses. Medium bodied, it is a nice quaffable stout, much in line with Dublin-style stout, withs its characteristic dry and slightly chalky finish. North Coast Brewing Company, Fort Bragg CA www.northcoastbrewing.com
	Alaskan Summer Ale ABV 5.3% Kölsch-style German Ale FROM THE NORTH RHINE CITY OF COLOGNE to Juneau Alaska, Kolschstyle German ales are soft and clean, using noble hop varieties for subtle balance. Alaskan Summer Ale balances a softly malted palate with the clean freshness of Hallertauer hops. In the tradition of the style, neither overpowers the other. Both hops and malt come together to refresh and renew the palate. The straw-gold color, mild hoppiness and easy drinkability are an enjoyable way to celebrate summer. This beer pairs well with an almost universal palate of food. Alaskan Brewing Company, Juneau AK www.alaskanbrewing.com
	Anderson Valley Summer Soltice Cerveza Crema ABV 5.6% Vienna-style Lager CERVEZA CREMA IS AN AMBER CREAM ALE that is great for a West County summer. Fluffy head, strong carbonation. Sweet and floral. Strong caramel, fresh fruit, even traces of vanilla linger in an amazingly creamy mouthfeel; hence the name. Smooth and velvety. Refreshing as a Creamsicle on a hot summer day. Great drinkability and pairs well with spicy and fried foods. The lively carbonation cuts the spice and oil as well as being refreshing, with or without food. Brewed in Boonville using solar power! Anderson Valley Brewing Company, Boonville CA www.avbc.com
	Hoegaarden Wit ABV 4.9% Belgian-style Wit A STLYE ORIGINALLY RESURRECTED and brewed by legendary brewmaster, Pierre Celis, Belgian wit has re-established itself as a world classic, with Hoegaarden being its original and most ubitiquous example. Straw pale color with a cloudiness from the wheat. Creamy in texture, though light bodied. Clean flavor with hints of coriander and orange peel. Sweet and wellrounded, with a hint of faint bitterness in the middle. Finishes well without leaving an aftertaste; cleanses the palate. Another great wheat beer for summer. Hoegaarden Brewing Company, Hoegaarden BELGIUM www.hoegaarden.com
	Sonoma Farmhouse Saison ABV 6% Saison-style Rustic Ale This Saison Style Ale is brewed in the style of a French country ale. Pale straw, slightly hazy with typical Belgian lacing. Very dry, from a high attenuating Belgian yeast (Westmalle). Spiced with coriander and a pinch of pepper. Crisp, continental flavor. Lagunitas Brewing Company, Petaluma CA www.lagunitas.com
	Lagunitas India Pale Ale ABV 5.7% India Pale Ale COPPER, CRYSTAL-CLEAR IN APPEARANCE with a foamy, slightly off-white head and a good amount of lacing. A shy caramel malt aroma at first, followed by a big fruity whack to balance the citrus-tude and pine-a-tude from the hops. Bolder sweet malty flavor throughout, followed by a bitter hop finish. The flavors of citrus and pine cling nicely to your palate. Refreshingly medium-bodied and carbonated. Very good example of an American IPA. Eminently drinkable. Lagunitas Brewing Company, Petaluma CA www.lagunitas.com
	Houblon Chouffe ABV 9% Double IPA Trippel THIS IS A CASE OF LIFE IMM ITATING ART. Belgian craftbrewers emulating California-style hoppy beers with all the grace and technique of the Belgian brewing tradition and fine Belgian ingredients. Oddball perhaps, but an amazing marriage of English IPAs and American Imperial IPAs. La Chouffe, or Gnome is a fun-loving creature, but beware, it’s smoothness belies it’s strength: 9% alcohol. Golden, sweet and hoppy. Nuanced and incredibly delicate, smooth and creamy. The noble Saaz hops finish nicely. Achouffe Brewing Company, Theardenne BELGIUM www.achouffe.be
	Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere Ale ABV 6.7% Wet Hopped EPA (New Zealand hops) Deep Amber, luscious off-white head. Large heady fresh hop nose with intense fresh citrusy, floral aromas.Dense maltiness hung upon a girder of hoppy bitterness. Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Chico CA www.sierranevada.com
	Moonlight Brewing Twist of Fate ABV 5.6% English-style Bitter Ale This English -style bitter ale is light in body, dark in color with great clarity. Nice tan head with good lacing. Aroma of dark crystal malt, fruity esters, and strong green apple notes. Flavors of dark brown sugar and yeast. Fruity citrus with a good level of hop bitterness in the finish with some spicy hoppiness as well. And a slight green apple flavor in background. Between dark malts and hops, beer is fairly bitter overall but with enough maltiness to pairwell with food. Moderately low carbonation and great drinkability makes this a great session beer. Moonlight Brewing Company,Santa Rosa CA www.moonlightbrewing.com