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1. 2SP The Russi+n Lovely very dark, chocolate and coffee. Beer love Stefan
2. 3 Fonteinen Oude Kriekenlambik Amy loves, bc she loves sour and funk. Not surprisingly, Stefan winces when he drinks it. Beer love Stefan
3. Allagash Coolship Resurgam A classic Geuze in everything but name! Balanced and very tasty. Beer love Stefan
4. Amaro Nardini Had it in a cocktail at Bar Goto Niban, with soda and shiso leaves. It’s as good as Amaro Nonino, and we must stock up on both. Amaro/Aperitif/Vermouth love Amy
5. Amaro Nonino One of our favorite amaros, clean drinking and flavorful without being too much. Amaro/Aperitif/Vermouth love Stefan
6. Au Baron Cuvée des Jonquilles Very tasty, bit of a light malty taste. Drifts into Love but could be decent. More so here because it’s a great representation of a farmhouse ale. Beer love Stefan
7. Barrique Brewing & Blending Equal Parts Just a tasty pilsner!!! Beer love Stefan
8. Blaugies La Vermontoise I love it; Stef thinks it’s middling. We generally don’t like Hill Farmstead, but maybe I love it because it’s a collab between them and a Belgian brewery. A lighter tasting Hill Farmstead. Beer love Amy
9. Bluecoat Gin love Stefan
10. Bols Genever Gin love Stefan
11. Boon Framboise Very light rasberry beer - refreshing in summer Beer love Stefan
12. Boon Geuze Selection Tasty lambic. Get when you can. 8/1/26 - tasty as usual, but it is a keg fermented gueze so not quite as amazing as bottle conditioned. Tasty is a good classification. Beer love Stefan
13. Boon Oude Schaarbeekse Kriek Had in February 2022 at Monks cafe with Emma & Amy. Dark and purple but bright, really good. Sour finish. Beer love Stefan
14. Brana Ilori “les jonquilles” Irouleguy 2021 Apparently nice whites also come out of this this French Basque region! Will need to try another bottle to get tasting notes. Wine love Amy
15. Brasserie Dubuisson Scaldis Noel Super tasty full bodied and somewhat dark. Has some bitterness. Beer love Stefan
16. Brasserie Dupont Saison Tasty and bright saison from Monk’s cafe Always a good standard beer, not too high in ABV. Still tasty Beer love Stefan
17. Brockman’s Gin love Stefan
18. Chimay Dorée Very clean ale that drinks like a pils Good as always! Beer love Stefan
19. Clairin Vaval You want a funky daquerie? This is great. Not clean, but suuuuuper tasty. Just get it, boom, amazing. Rum love Stefan
20. Clarin Sajous Very floral with a lighter swing. Fruity. Rum love Stefan
21. Colonel E.H. Taylor Whiskey love Stefan
22. Corsendonk Christmas Ale Medium- to full-bodied, amber, as per Tom Peters: chocolate, coffee, and vanilla bean on the finish. Just delish! Beer love Stefan
23. Cremant du Jura, Desire Petit Very tasty bubbly. Too apple-y for Amy. Wine love Stefan
24. De Dolle Arabier Tastes balanced, like all good non-lambic Belgian beers. Stef’s not a fan of its dryness. Beer love Amy
25. De Halve Maan Brugse Zot Very tasty pilsner. Not as good as the STS, but good. Beer love Stefan
26. De Koninck Bolleke Beer love Stefan
27. Duck Duck Gooze - The Lost Abbey Exceptional (seriously exceptional) gueuze style, year year blend to oak. Actually fabulous, peer to Cantillon. Beer love Stefan
28. DuPont Avec Les Bons Voeux Really tasty holiday light ale Beer love Stefan
29. Dupont Moinette Blonde We both love! Can’t believe this blonde is 8.5% abv. Beer love Amy
30. Fox Farm Brewery Epilogue Woahwieeee!!! Funky funky funky with a wiiiiiild sour note. 11/10 funk! Beer love Stefan
31. Frapin The heart of good old-fashioned Sazerac, what we might call an opinionated Sazerac. Absinthe makes a cocktail, but this is a really fine companion. Unusual Pitoniak respect very tasty smooth cognacy? And if you don’t know what that means you never will. Final testament, SFL. Cognac love Stefan
32. Gañeta Getariako Txakolina 2025 One of the best whites we’ve had. Very tasty. Amy thinks it’s borderline apple-juicy but has enough minerality in the foreground that makes it nice. Wine love Stefan
33. Geuze Mariage Parfait Very tasty 750ml we had in Ghent Beer love Stefan
34. Giffard Banane du Bresil Liqueur You like banana? Yes. Liquor with a clean banana flavor, no chemical aftertaste. Makes on OK negroni, explore. Mezcal and a different amaro? Would be best in a tiki drink. Amaro Aperitif Vermouth love Stefan
35. Girardin Oude Lambik Very tasty lambec, remind me of boon gueze selection Beer love Stefan
36. Gracias a Dios Mezcal Very tasty Mezcal Espadin. Tequila love Stefan
37. Green spot Whiskey love Stefan
38. Gueuze Girardin 1882 Ghent 2026 - delicious 750ml. Beer love Stefan
39. hanssens artisanaal oude gueuze Reliable (if small) oude gueuze from Foodery. Beer love Stefan
40. Heinrich Naked Orange (Austrian) Stef says there a touch of funk, but I think the light funk is what makes natural wines interesting, the light brandy quality to it. Wine love Amy
41. Hendrick’s Gin love Stefan
42. Herradura Anejo Tequila love Stefan
43. Hill Farmstead Anna Amy loves. How can this much funk taste so clean? Trust Vermonters to do it, I guess. Beer love Stefan
44. Hudson Baby Bourbon Whiskey love Stefan
45. Ilarria Irouleguy 2022 Wine love Amy
46. J. Mourat Collection Rose 2025 Full bodied classic crowd pleasing Rose. Would have again. Wine love Stefan
47. Kavalan Whiskey love Stefan
48. Kikuhime Yamahai Junmai Nama Genshu Dry but extraordinarily flavorful with a good chew. A unique, expensive, and tasty sake. Fruity notes. Sake love Stefan
49. La Fin Du Monde Super tasty bottle, well rounded blonde ale. Worth having and coming back to! Beer love Stefan
50. Lagavulin 16 Whiskey love Stefan
51. Laterradi Armagnac 1990 Armagnacs are really a hidden gem, tasty, inexpensive, and frankly better than most cognac. This is a tasty example, nothing actually exceptional but very nice. Cognac love Stefan
52. Lillet Blanc Super light Vermouth esque, makes a great martini Amaro Aperitif Vermouth love Stefan
53. Lindemans Cuvée René Oude Kriek One of our standbys from Foodery. Very tasty and solid, lightly tart. My go to when I can’t get a good gueze. Beer love Stefan
54. Little James Basket - viognier blend (France) Wine love Stefan
55. Maine Beer Co. Dinner Really tasty pilsner like beer that is technically a DIPA. Beer love Stefan
56. Monk's Cafe Cuvee De Monk's Gueuze Cantillon and Monk's collab from 2020, absolutely fantastic as expected. Beer love Stefan
57. Naked Orange, Heinrich 2024 Burgenland, Austria… I don’t know if it’s because I had the Spanish bretty (Brettomyces) orange last week, and so I love this for being far more palatable. Wine love Amy
58. New Trail Amber Ale Corona-drinkable, lighter than red ales Beer love Amy
59. Nigori - kunizakari “Unfiltered” - pretty tasty and similar to a Makgeoli type korean rice beer Sake love Stefan
60. Nikka Coffee Whiskey love Stefan
61. Oban Whiskey love Stefan
62. OEC Brewing Oud Tempus (Blend #3) SSSSSSOOOUUURRR. Tasty! Sour as god though. Beer love Stefan
63. Oude Gueuze Tilquin A L'ancienne Delicious oude gueueze we had in Ghent and can get back in the states, 750ml. Tilquin is always a winner. Beer love Stefan
64. Oude Gueze Vieille Oud Beersel Very tasty 750ml we had in Ghent Beer love Stefan
65. Oxbow Dulcette Very tasty and competent farmhouse ale Beer love Stefan
66. Pocheon Ildong Makgeolli We had this with Mr. Lee, the owner of Foodery in August of 26. He mentioned he had this when he served in the military on the border with North Korea in the mountains. Very tasty. Sake love
67. Primitivo Quiles Rojo Very tasty vermouth. With soda and a slice of lemon, fantastic! Amaro/Aperitif/Vermouth love Amy
68. Rivers Royal Grenada Rum 130 proof/69% abv…and yet, can still totally tell the sugarcane was crushed in a water wheel from 1800s (imagine the microbiome on that thing!). Truly tasty while extremely flammable. Other love Stefan
69. Russian River Consecration Do you want a Cab in beer form? This is it. Tasty but one and done. Still really tasty, got as a bottle Beer love Stefan
70. Russian River Pliny the Younger Absolutely fantastic triple IPA that is incredibly smooth. Served at 5 ounce glasAbsolutely fantastic triple IPA that is incredibly smooth. Served at 5 ounce glass ad at monks café. Beer love Stefan
71. Russian River STS Pilsner Crisp pilsner thats pretty good. Just a freaking tasty pilsner Still awesome Beer love Stefan
72. Russian River Supplication Amy says this is as good as the RR Consecration Beer love Stefan
73. Schiava ‘Maddie’ Cantina Furtani 2024 I like it more than any Beaujolais I’ve ever had! Stef also loves. Wine love
74. Speri AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA 2018 Wonderful Chianti!! Super tasty. Wine love Stefan
75. Suntory Whiskey love Stefan
76. Txakolina Blanco Aizpurua 2025 Very tasty white, minerally, fruity Wine love Stefan
77. Von Trapp Brewing Dunkel Lager Deeply tasty dunkel that’s nicely brown and full bodied. Punches above its weight. Beer love Stefan
78. Westmalle Dubbel An amazing beer that every man alive should try. Freaking good. Defies words, but wow. Kind of like a sour dunkel. Beer love Stefan
79. Willet Rye The best whiskey in the Kentucky IMO Whiskey love Stefan
80. Angel’s Envy Whiskey decent Stefan
81. Ardbeg 10 year Really tasty scotch, hyper peaty. Good for sipping. Bought a bottle with Elan Whiskey decent Stefan
82. Barrique Brewing & Blending Oude Bruin Holy shit sour, mad bitch. Hardcore sour. Amy likes. Stefan hates. Beer decent Stefan
83. Barrique Brewing Wet Hop Reserve Nice, even-tempered sour that still makes Stef wince like most sours do Beer decent Stefan
84. Basil Hayden Whiskey decent Stefan
85. Beaujolais Villages, Michele Tete 2024 I borderline love it, classic Beaujolais. Stef finds it a bit dry. Wine decent Amy
86. Beefeater Gin decent Stefan
87. Bombay Sapphire Gin decent Stefan
88. Boukman Rhum Rum decent Stefan
89. Buffalo Trace Whiskey decent Stefan
90. Bullet Bourbon Whiskey decent Stefan
91. Cantillion Ashanti Stef said, “Wow…wow…wow!” Our first floral beer, I don’t need to try another floral beer again, but Stef is more open-minded. // Stef here: this beer is intense but delightful. Not a love, but would have it when available. Intense. Peppery. Beer decent Amy
92. Cascade Brewing Cherry Lime Casc-ade A bomb of cherry and lime, tarter than the sun Beer decent Stefan
93. Chouffe Houblon Lovely, really lovely, farmhouse ale. Slight bitter twinge Beer decent Stefan
94. Cor Cor Green Interesting white japanese rum, no burn, sippable, very light sweet with an astringent nose. Rum decent Stefan
95. Coteaux Bourguignons Les Paquiers 2023 We don’t really like burgundy wines, too subtle. This was a competent execution of an early release from Vincent Paindavoine. Wine decent Stefan
96. Crown Royal Whiskey decent Stefan
97. Damilano Marghe Langhe Nebbiolo 2018 Wine decent Stefan
98. Days Blanc, Brianne Day 2025 (Oregon) Floral wine. On the sweet side according to Stef, but Amy’s learning she like floral accents to beer and wine. Wine decent Amy
99. De Dolle Oerbier Sour! Not too bad but pretty decent beer. Amy likes more than Stefan. Beer decent Stefan
100. De Dolle XL (40) Anniversary Drinks like a sour, cute as a button. Interesting swing. Not “smooth” but tasty. Floral and citrisy. Beer decent Stefan
101. De La Senne Stouterik Tasty but relatively unremarkable. Beer decent Stefan
102. De La Senne Taras Boulba Tasty with a dry bitter finish. Tasty but a bit astringent. Beer decent Stefan
103. De La Senne Zinnebir Had in February 2022 at Monks cafe with Emma & Amy. Solid decent middle of the road. Oct ‘24 - still middle of the road. Too malty. Beer decent Stefan
104. De Ranke Guldenberg Strong, dry, tasty. Deep. Not head knocking. Amy likes it more than Stefan. Beer decent Stefan
105. De Ranke Simplex Very refreshing kolsch-style. Stef says a little bitter. Beer decent Amy
106. De Ranke XX Bitter Tasty all around beer with a light bitter end. Moderate dry. Beer decent Stefan
107. Diplomatco Rum decent Stefan
108. Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin Gin decent Stefan
109. Duchesse de Bourgogne Tasty Flemish red from foodery. Smells more sour than it is, tasty pick, not quite into love territory but very competent. 7/15/26 Beer decent Stefan
110. Dupont Monk’s Stout Beer decent Stefan
111. Earth Bread Passionola Tart You will never have this beer because it doesn’t exist anymore. Brewer is Tom Baker, who is at Hugge now. Beer decent Stefan
112. Einbecker “Historic” Pils Beer decent Stefan
113. El Marciano (Red) Wine decent Stefan
114. Famous Grouse Whiskey decent Stefan
115. Fantôme Caeymaex Moderate spice, lovely. Mild carbonation. Long dry finish after a sweet beginning. Beer decent Stefan
116. Fernet Blanca Less bitter than Lockwood, but still very bitter. Has deep floral and medicinal notes. Amaro Aperitif Vermouth decent Stefan
117. Greenhook Ginsmiths Gin decent Stefan
118. Grimm Ales Double Negative Dark and syrupy, free, tasty, decent kind of something I have every single day of the week. Puts the Imperial in Imperial Stout. Tasty but bitter. Beer decent Stefan
119. Grimm Artisanal Ales Rainbow Dome Double hopped sour. Spicy. Pretty good! Would drink again. Beer decent Stefan
120. Hanssens Oude Kriek Tarty tarty tart tart Kriek. We get it at foodery and monks. 7/16/26 Beer decent Stefan
121. Hayman’s Old Tom Gin Gin decent Stefan
122. Hill Farmstead Edward Another great example of the farmhouse style. Tasty with a touch of funk. Amy really likes. Beer decent Stefan
123. Hill Farmstead Excursions: Southland Motueka Beer decent Stefan
124. Hitachino Nest Beer - Red Rice Ale Tasty but fairly standard beer that tastes like a wheat beer, just brewed with red rice. Honestly maybe we’re just not a fan of Hitachino? Beer decent Stefan
125. Horus Another Dose Imperial Stout Deeply enjoyable, but syrupy, chocolate, stout Beer decent Stefan
126. Jester King Serrata WILD beer, almost spicy. Light body but big hit. Clean funk. Beer decent Stefan
127. Johnny Walker Blue Whiskey decent Stefan
128. Kagua Blanc - Brewery De Graal wheat beer with yuzu, pretty standard with a vaguely unique spin. Drinks like a pilsner but without a ‘snap’ - which is probably the yuzu. Beer decent Stefan
129. Kerkom Bink Blond Tasty and enjoyable with a little mild yeasty taste. Tasty middle of the road beer with a modest and mild funk note Beer decent Stefan
130. Kestemonte Oude Geuze So mild! Stef likes it more than me. I can’t believe it’s an oude geuze with how mild it is. Beer decent Amy
131. Kuni Zakari Nigori Decent middle of the road Nigori Sake decent Stefan
132. Laphroag 10 Whiskey decent Stefan
133. Lockhouse Amaro Root beer and sassafrass, very dark but tasty. Not a first choice, but not bad! Amaro Aperitif Vermouth decent Stefan
134. Lost Abbey Devotion Solid, decent, all-around beer taste a bit like a Pilsner probably closer to a lager. Solid. Beer decent Stefan
135. Monkey 47 Gin decent Stefan
136. Muller Thurgau, Borel Dieh 2025 Floral, might be a love. Wine decent Amy
137. Mutso Otokoyama Chokara Junmai Sake decent Stefan
138. Pages Toni Carbo Pages Content La Salada White Wine Orange wine; very much an acquired taste. Tastes overripe, armpit-y at first taste, but better with subsequent sips. Wine decent Stefan
139. Plantation 20yr Rum decent Stefan
140. Redemption Rye Whiskey decent Stefan
141. Ribera del Duero Roble, Valderiz 2024 Quite dry, quite tannic. Would want this in the depths of winter with chocolates. Wine decent Amy
142. Rihaku Junmai Sake decent Stefan
143. Russian River Porter Solid porter, nice that it has under 6% abc Beer decent Stefan
144. Saison d’Erpe-Mere May have been just decent bc it was almost room temp, but citrus + bitter ain’t the best combo Beer decent Stefan
145. Succession Fermentory Saison Millefleur Beer decent Stefan
146. Thiriez/Jester King La Petite Princesse Very very light beer, malty taste, dry Beer decent Stefan
147. Threes Brewing Precipice Beer decent Stefan
148. Threes Brewing Vliet Beer decent Stefan
149. Tilquin Gueuze Tasty, sour - standard gueuze. We prefer the bottle to the tap. Beer decent Stefan
150. Dalmore 15 Whiskey meh Stefan
151. Fantôme Garden Ghost Amy enjoyed it more than Stefan. Not bad but IMO it’s just a bit off. Beer meh Stefan
152. Gordons Gin meh Stefan
153. Hitachino Ginger Beer Muted flavors and kind of dull for a ginger beer. Almost Kriek-ish. Beer meh Stefan
154. Malfy Gin meh Stefan
155. Mill House Brewing Cucumber Blessing Like deep throating a cucumber. Beer meh Stefan
156. Plan Bee Barn Beer Had in February 2022 at Monks cafe with Emma & Amy. A little flat but tasty. Solid middle. Opinion stands. Had again. Beer meh Stefan
157. Redemption Rye Unremarkable rye, not bad by any stretch but just short of decent. Whiskey meh Stefan
158. Smith & Cross Tried as part of a negroni, a little too sweet but want to try again. Rum meh Stefan
159. Thiriez Extra Decent bear, but has a really astringent tail on it that is somewhat unpleasant. Beer meh Stefan
160. Tonewood / Monks Cafe MC Lager Yeasty, a very much lager. OK. Beer meh Stefan
161. Woodford Reserve Whiskey meh Stefan
162. Corgi Whiskey terrible Stefan
163. Fords Gin terrible Stefan
164. Old Grandad Bourbon Whiskey tbd Stefan
165. Rives Gin Saw in the Taxi Gin tbd Stefan
166. Techne Perkuno’s Hammer Beer tbd Stefan