Laughing Monk Brewing

Microbrewery in San Francisco, California, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Contact
1439 Egbert Ave, Unit A, San Francisco, CA, 94124, United States
Description
Laughing Monk Brewing is a small batch craft brewery and taproom in San Francisco that blends traditions from California and Belgium with local, seasonal ingredients.

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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Golden beer with a whitish head. Spice and grapefruit aroma with earth. Earth and grapefruit flavor with light spice. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Spice and earth linger with grapefruit.

Tried on 10 Sep 2025 at 21:09


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft. Hazy amber beer with a cream head. Tropical fruit aroma. Tropical fruit and citrus flavor. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Tropical fruit and citrus linger with light malt. Tastes a little flat in flavor.

Tried on 10 Sep 2025 at 16:53


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Can. Rich amber beer with a tan head. yeast and dark fruit aroma with light caramel aroma. Yeast and caramel/toffee flavor with dark fruit. Medium bodied. Yeast and caramel linger with toffee and dark fruit.

Tried on 09 Sep 2025 at 21:40


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft. Hazy golden beer with an off-white head. Grapefruit and light tropical fruit flavor. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and light tropical fruit linger with light hay.

Tried on 27 Jun 2025 at 16:48


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft. Hazy amber beer with a cream head. Light summer fruit aroma. Cereal and summer fruit flavor. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Cereal and summer fruit linger with light citrus.

Tried on 01 May 2025 at 17:35


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Draft. Dark mahogany beer with a tan head. Bourbon and dark fruit aroma with yeast. Bourbon and caramel flavor with yeast and spice. Medium-plus bodied. Bourbon and caramel linger with yeast, spice, and dark fruit.

Tried on 29 Apr 2025 at 16:53


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft. Hazy orange-amber beer with a cream head. Tropical fruit and light berry aroma. Tropical fruit and light citrus flavor. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Tropical fruit and light citrus linger with light summer fruit.

Tried from Draft on 22 Oct 2024 at 15:18


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft. Hazy amber beer with a cream head. Light summer fruit aroma. Summer fruit and backing malt flavor with light pine. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Summer fruit and backing malt linger.

Tried from Draft on 11 Oct 2024 at 00:56


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can from the Sunnyvale, CA venue. Pours translucent gold with a white head. Aroma of guava and passion fruit. Med body. Juicy but fairly towards dry. Lightly sour. Flavor is guava and passion fruit with some prickles suggesting pineapple. Tasty brew.

Tried from Can on 05 Jul 2024 at 23:31


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can from the Sunnyvale venue. Pours gold with a white head. Aroma of light malt/grain. Floral hop? Med body. Flavor is light malt/grain with some definite hop - floral and perhaps Noble. Flavor is good and fairly strong. Pretty nice.

Tried from Can on 30 Jun 2024 at 00:29