John Paradee

Lou Pepe Framboise (1998) Paradee

Only the 3rd check-in of this beer! Bottle #30 in tonight’s Big Wood Share. Tart AF!

Sophia Lambic (2019) Paradee

Bottle #29 in tonight’s Big Wood Share.

Lou Pepe Kriek (2001) Paradee

Bottle #21 in tonight’s Big Wood Share.

Lou Pepe Kriek (2000) Paradee

Bottle #20 in tonight’s Big Wood Share.

Pineau d’Aunis (2014) Paradee

Bottle #8 in tonight’s Big Wood Share. Quintessential lambic at its best.

Citoyen Du Monde Paradee

Bottle #9 in tonight’s Big Wood Share.

Cognac Lambic 2005 Paradee

Another extremely rare lambic for Bottle #3 in tonight’s Big Wood share.

SeaQuench Ale Paradee

X2 at the Pub for Middle Aged Dad Jam Band tonight. 

Mid-90s Microbrewery Red Ale Paradee

X2 at the Pub for Middle Aged Dad Jam Band tonight.

Wake Up World Wide Stout (2022) Paradee

At the Pub for Middle Aged Dad Jam Band tonight.

Chouke Paradee

Beer #13 on night #1 of Ducky’s bachelor party weekend.

30 Minute IPA Paradee

Beer #12? in today’s Lodhavia Cyclical Pub Tour & Guaranteed Trip to the ER. Solid enough.

60 Minute IPA Paradee

Steve Miller Band at Freeman Stage last night! 4X

Kriek 100% Lambic (2008) Paradee

Bottle share at Stagecoach, after Day 3 of Hill Farmstead Anniversary Weekend. Japanese market bottle. Sour & tart AF.

Citrus Squall Paradee

Beer #6 at WOCAAS 2023.

Essence of Kire Paradee

Beer #7 at WOCAAS 2023.

CocoAmburana Paradee

Beer #8 at WOCAAS 2023. Really dig this. Best new DFH stout in a while.

Langosta Chocolatada Paradee

Beer #9 at WOCAAS 2023. An old fave returns!

Licor De Malta Paradee

Beer #10 at WOCAAS 2023.

A Most Curious Arrangement of Stars Paradee

First, check in!  Beer #12 at WOCAAS 2023.

Re-Gen-Ale Paradee

After WOCAAS 2023. This is really solid.

The Magic That Fuels Everyday Actions Paradee

Beer #1 at WOCAAS Festival.

SunQuench Paradee

First check-in! Beer #4 at WOCAAS Festival. This is actually amazeballs!

The Magic That Fuels Everyday Actions Paradee

First check-in, LL! 4.7% lager/rose cava/cider hybrid.

Beer for Breakfast Paradee

Always fun!

Utopias Barrel-Aged 120 Minute IPA Paradee

Released in 16oz bottles to go this week! And it’s drinking so well now. Hoppy boozy & delicious!

Hazy Squall Paradee

This brew does not get enough love. With a nose of danky ganja and a pleasant tropical hops on the tongue, I could drink this all day!

Catchy Chorus Paradee

Holy shit, this is 9%? Yowza!

Iris (2006) Paradee

Past it’s prime and not a good bottle, sadly.

Original Gaelic On Cask Paradee

3% Irish dry stout using a blend of pale malt, black malt, and loads of flaked barley. Full bodied, and highly quaffable.  chock, full of rusty goodness with notes of espresso and cold, pressed coffee. Improves the OG big time!

Straightforward Helles Paradee

Traditional 5.2% Munich-style Helle lager.

Hazy Squall Paradee

Amazing nose. Solid on the palate. Juicy piney mango yum.

SeaQuench Ale Paradee

An old fave. Never disappoints.

Beer for Breakfast Paradee

Fawk the naysayers. I love this brew. Roasty chicory stout with scrapple, spices, maple syrup, and cold brew coffee. What’s not to love? 

Mandarin & Mango Crush Paradee

6% citrus-forward fruit beer brewed with boatloads of tart mandarin oranges and juicy Alphonso mangoes. A pleasant summer sipper, perhaps?

Irish Red Paradee

5.8% malty Irish red ale. A good example of the style, but not my jam.

Astral Reflexion Paradee

6.7% combo of hazy IPA & West Coast IPA. Hop-forward with a simple malt bill showcasing Strata, Mosaic, El Dorado, and Galaxy hops. The aroma and flavor burst with strawberry cream, watermelon, and a hint of dank herb. Solid AF, I dig.

Catchy Chorus Paradee

9% DDH’d DIPA inspired by “Magic Chords” with Eureka, Bravo, Calypso, and Azzaca hops. Hides the ABV well. Light, creamy, soft papaya pillow. Best new DIPA here in a bit.

302 Lager Paradee

5% American lager brewed w/Sauvignon Blanc & grape juice, in collaboration with 302 Horseshoe Crab to celebrate the goodness of the First State. Tasty fun!

Mid-90s Microbrewery Red Ale Paradee

A repeat performance. Solid enough.

Mandarin Orange & Mango Crush Paradee

6% ale inspired by the classic Crush cocktail. Base of Pilsner malt, fermented loads of tart mandarin oranges & Aphonso mangoes. Crisp, light, and refreshing. Yum!!

Mostly Oceans Paradee

6.2% Altbier brewed with toasty oats, buckwheat, real dates, and cocoa. A collaboration with the Surfrider Foundation to celebrate tasty waves and the people who ride them. 

Y'Already Paradee

6.5% dark Tex/Mex lager brewed with fire roasted Hatch green chilies. Notes of toffee with a hint of spice. Really intriguing.

Lou Pepe Gueuze (2010) Paradee

Beer #35 on Day #1 of Altered States Festival.

60 Minute IPA (2022) Paradee

Chicory Stout Paradee

2023 edition. 5.2% dark beer made with a touch of roasted chicory, organic Mexican coffee, St. John's Wort, and licorice root. Brewed with whole-leaf Cascade and Fuggles hops, the grains include pale, roasted & oatmeal.

Mystery Pils #4 Paradee

5.3% Pils feat. Pilsner Malt & Saaz Hops, ferm’d w/special lager yeast which releases flavor compounds from malt & hops that would otherwise be trapped & unnoticed. The result is a crisp dry Pils exploding w/passionfruit, guava & grapefruit. Tropical yum!

Room To Maneuver Paradee

6.2% West Coast style India Pale Lager fermented with Lunar Crush lager yeast. Great nose & loads of flavor!

No Ice Bro! Paradee

6.9% hazy IPL brewed w/malted wheat & oats, ferm’d wexperimental lager yeast, hopped w/Cascade, Citra, Galaxy & Bru-1. Another big winner here! 3 excellent lagers on draft at DFH right now. Must be the new lager yeast?

Canadian Breakfast Stout (CBS) (2017) Paradee

Big boy beer!

Citrus Squall Paradee

8% double golden ale & paloma cocktail brewed w/grapefruit juice, blue agave nectar, lime peels, sea salt. SO much better than the prior edition I tried several weeks ago…must be a different recipe/batch? Now that this is out in cans, I predict success!

Citrus Squall Paradee

8% double golden ale & paloma cocktail brewed w/grapefruit juice, blue agave nectar, lime peels, sea salt. SO much better than the prior edition I tried several weeks ago…must be a different recipe/batch? Now that this is out in cans, I predict success!

I Heard You Like Sabro Paradee

6.3% single hop hazy IPA with tropical and citrusy Sabro hops from the Pacific Northwest. Trolical island flavors of coconut, pineapple, and tangerine rind. Dig it!

Tru-Action IPA Paradee

6.5% IPA collab with Trillium. Mid-Atlantic Wheat & Danko Rye, DH’d w/PNW hop varieties. Mango, pineapple, and candied citrus in a wet, heavy mouthfeel of yum!

Hazy Squall Paradee

6.5% hazy IPA brewed with a blend of Pilsner malt and malted wheat, continually hopped with Cascade then judiciously dryhopped late in fermentation with a blend of Citra, Azacca, Mosaic, and El Dorado hops. Solid if not special.

Gueuze Loerik (1996) Paradee

8/1/2019 check in. Amazeballs.

20 Ans d’Amitié (Draft Version) Paradee

One of my fave brews of all time, and certainly the one Loon with which have the most personal connection. So happy to drink it on Younger Day here at Monk’s!

Baja Moment Paradee

5.2% Mexican-style lager brewed with malted heirloom Oxacan corn, sea salt and salicornia, a salt-rich succulent that grows in the salt marshes of Baja California. Addition of Key lime juice gives a bright little kick. Nice example of the style.

Brimstone & Treacle Paradee

Named for the home remedy of Dickens time, this twist on a UK standard, a 6.8% doubled-up English dark mild ale, is combined with the flavors & ingredients of the classic British dessert, sticky toffee pudding. Grows on you with time.

75 Minute IPA W/citra Hops & Molasses Paradee

On cask at the brewery tasting room. Wish it were a little colder, but still fun.

Wake Up World Wide Stout (2022) Paradee

I don’t care what the neighbors say, I’m gonna love this brew each and every day. This fabulous 15.3% coffee stout tickles my balls in a special way.

Breakfast Stout (2022) Paradee

Always solid.

Spiral Groove Paradee

8.6% hazy DIPA brewed with a blend of Pacific Northwest hop varieties layered on a base of pilsner malt, malted wheat, and malted oats. Nice dry, hoppy brew.

Hazy Squall Paradee

6.5% hazy IPA brewed with a blend of pilsner malt and malted wheat, continually hopped with Cascade, then judiciously dryhopped late in fermentation with a blend of Citra, Azacca, Mosaic, and El Dorado hops. Not as impressive as last time I tried.

Citrus Squall Paradee

8.6% Paloma-esque Double Golden Ale with blue agave, grapefruit, and tequila yeast. Weird, but tasty. A bit of a metallic note in the back end troubles me.

Wake Up World Wide Stout (2022) Paradee

Wowza! Whole lotta rich chocolate coffee here. Right in the middle of my gawd dayum kitchen! Plenty of heat to get this day drinking adventure started. P.S. Fuck Dry January!

Iris (2019) Paradee

Thank you, Kent & Ryan!

Fou’ Foune (2022) Paradee

Thank you, Kent & Ryan!

45 Minute IPA Paradee

Second time around with this 4.5% gem. Really dig.

Bo-dE-GOSE Paradee

Collab with Talea Beer Co. This small batch sour beer features ripe cherries & exotic guava accented by the earthy spice of pink peppercorns. 

Wake Up World Wide Stout (2022) Paradee

15.3% gem of a brew!

Mystery Pils (2022) Paradee

5.3% Pilsner which features South African hop varieties and malted Carolina Gold rice. The bright aroma features notes of berry and lemongrass with honeyed green tea which leads right into the flavor supported by a soft, bready malt sweetness. Good!

Brew Tails #3 Paradee

Not 100% sure what style this one is (DFH wants you to guess), but it sure seems like a Gose of some sort. Light, quaffable, fruity fun.

Champurrado Rubio Paradee

6.7% blond stout brewed w/cocoa nibs, lactose, passilla peppers, cinnamon & thickened w/malted corn. Lovely nose. A tad milky sweet, w/pillowy mouthfeel. Spice is very subtle. Ultimately disappointing.

Shelter Pale Ale (2022) Paradee

DFH OG 5% pale ale (from 1995) brewed w/Northwest hops & solid malt back one. Versatile & quaffable. Hello darkness, my old friend…

Professor of Obscurity Paradee

5.8% hazy beer brewed from dark Munich malt, wheat malt, and roasted grains fermented with a classic Bavarian wheat beer yeast strain for a delightfully fruity, spicy ale rich with toasty, wheaty malt flavors. Not a big fan of malty brews, but this is OK.

Nordic Spring Paradee

6.5% IPA brewed w/Norwegian staples…wild-harvest red juniper needles & berries, orange peels, and Danko Rye malt, hopped w/Simcoe, Citra, and Comet hops. Hazy citrus pine.

Un'ora Paradee

5% Italian Pilsner continually hopped for 60 minutes, brewed with flint corn polenta. A solid Pils with a great nose. Imminently quaffable, bien sur!

Irish Stout Paradee

4.9% dry Irish stout, brewed with Robusta peppercorns and Alderwood-smoked sea salt. Hints of espresso and roasted coffee with a light, smoky taste. I don’t like dry Irish stout, and this one is not going to change my mind.

Olde Buck Twenty Paradee

DFH 120 (18%) aged in Weller & Buffalo Trace barrels for a year with orange peel, cherries, and gentian root to mimic an Old Fashioned. Notes of maple syrup, toffee, caramel, and orange marmalade. HO REE FAWK!!!

Collage De Coupage Paradee

Utilizing French method of biere de coupage, this brew blends a saison-style ale using a Lithuanian farmhouse yeast, a classic malt bill of pilsener malt, malted wheat, malted oats, & Saaz hops, with a mixed culture farmhouse ale aged 3yrs in French oak.

In the Darkness Below Paradee

10% oyster stout  brewed w/an array of roasted malts & flavored with whole local Silver Select oysters from Arrowhead Point, purple dulse kelp from Maine, squid ink, and Hiwa Ka black salt. Bold espresso, roasted cacao, toasted bread, salinity & umami.

Tree Thieves Paradee

6.5% Gruit-style ale brewed over hot rocks with honey and herbs. This is actually quite good, and would serve nicely as a holiday ale at Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas. I get nutmeg, cinnamon, honey, sweet tea, and orange anise. Yummers!

Local Abstraction Paradee

6.7% Hazy IPA brewed with a blend of pilsner malt and malted wheat, continually hopped with Cascade then judiciously dryhopped late in fermentation with a blend of Citra, Azacca, Mosaic, and El Dorado hops. Solid AF!

45 Minute IPA Paradee

Continually-hopped session IPA  over a 45 minute boil with cascade hops. After fermentation, dry hopped with a blend of Lotus, Azzaca, and Mosaic. Notes of mango, pineapple, and grapefruit. Light, quaffable fun w/great flavor!

Czech 12 Paradee

An unfiltered, unfettered, uncomplicwted Czech style pilsner barely at 12° plato from simple malt bill of malted Czech Pilsner malt and hopped with Czech Saaz. Great nose, and pleasant on the palate.

50 Degrees N - 4 Degrees E (2007) Paradee

Beer #11 in yesterday’s Go Big or Go Home Bottle Share. Wowza!

11 O'Clock Number Paradee

7% brown porter. Bittersweet layers of cocoa with jammy Merlot Grape Must and bright Blood Red Orange Juice, brewed in partnership w/Clear Space Theater as part of Beer & Benevolence program to support the arts in Sussex County. Solid enough.

Punkin Ale (2022) Paradee

7% brown ale with smooth hints of meat pumpkin, brown sugar, and spices. An OG classic at DFH.

Parti Ghoul - Treat Paradee

13% stout brewed using parti gyle technique. Chocolate, caramel, nougat, and peanut butter abound in this berry take on a candy bar classic. Intense chocolate & sticky PB yum!

Something Atomic Paradee

12% imperial pastry stout inspired by hummingbird cake. Cinnamon, pecan, ripe banana, and pineapple, with hints of molasses & sugared coffee. A little boozy sweet & slightly metallic, but enjoyable nonetheless.

Ladies And Gentlemen…The Almond Butters Paradee

7.7% robust porter. Rich & roasty, with caramel notes accentuated by cinnamon & anise & sweetened with ripe fig. Smooth, nutty, in my kitchen porter.

BoDeGose Paradee

5% small batch sour featuring ripe cherries & exotic guava, accentuated by the earthy spice of pink peppercorns. This should rate higher. It’s like a fruited version of SeaQuench. Solid AF.

Deep Delish Paradee

World Series beer! From Monday night’s rainout. Collab with Dewey Beer Co.

Wake Up World Wide Stout Paradee

Beers with Jonny last night. This is freaking fantastic!

Dogfish Head Sea Quench Ale 2022 Paradee

Heading home after a fun-filled visit to see Ethan in Ann Arbor.

Magic Lambic (2022) Paradee

Beer #4 for Zwanze Day 2022 at Monk’s Cafe.

SeaQuench Ale Paradee

DFH tent at Firefly was a huge disappointment. And no more Firefly Ale???

Blåbær Lambik (Blueberry Lambic) (2021) Paradee

Extracurricular Beer #2 on Day #2 of Wunderkammer Weekend.

Kriek 100% Lambic Bio (2021) Paradee

Beer #9 on Day #1 of Wunderkammer Weekend.