Exploring the wonderful world of craft beer with my trusty taste-tester dog Cisco & his faithful butler Arfred

Month: April 2021

Untitled Art Brewing and Angry Chair Brewing – Loaded French Toast

Today Arfred is serving Untitled Art and Angry Chair collab – Loaded French Toast, a 11% imperial stout with maple syrup, cinnamon and lactose. They did a really good job of mixing sweet and spice while also managing to not…

Hedgehog Brewing – Patchwork 2020 Vintage

Today Arfred is serving Hedgehog Brewing – Patchwork 2020 Vintage, a 8.7% flanders-style brown. This is a blend of 8 different sours, ranging from fruited to bourbon barrel-aged. The description says you can detect notes of cherries, orange, bourbon and…

Prairie Artisan Ales – Mocha Noir

Today Arfred is serving Prairie Ales – Mocha Noir, a 14.2% bourbon barrel aged stout with coffee. I love this artwork. It’s like a group logo for a cryptozoologist forum where anonymous truth seekers chat on their keyboards in the…

Belching Beaver – Viva La Beaver

Today Arfred is serving Belching Beaver – Viva La Beaver, a 7.5% Mexican chocolate peanut butter stout. According to the can, this is the brewery’s highest rated beer, receiving numerous awards. This is my first Belching Beaver, but here in…

903 Brewers – Dracarys

Today Arfred is serving 903 – Dracarys, a 11% oak aged chile stout with cocoa nibs, cinnamon and ancho chiles. The beer had a nice heat, but more like a baby Drogon than a full grown, watching-Daenerys-descend-into-madness Drogon. I envy…

Islla St Brewing – The Pandalorian

Today Arfred is serving Islla St – The Pandalorian, a 5.5% pan dulce sour with coconut, strawberry, vanilla and sponge cake. Modeled after a NiƱo Envuelto (Mexican jelly roll), this beer is outstanding. Let’s be honest, I would have bought…

3 Nations Brewing – Sucker Punch

Today Arfred is serving Three Nations – Sucker Punch, a 4.5% watermelon sour. Pucker up, this little hell-raiser was made with real sour straws! Have y’all seen Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch movie? Did you hate it? Yeah, so I still…

Skygazer Brewing – Watercolors Replay

Today Arfred is serving Skygazer – Watercolors Replay, a 5.5% sour with lemon, raspberry, blueberry, vanilla and lactose. Man, I wish I knew about this brewery back when I lived in New Haven. Figures it’s not until I move to…

Dry Dock Brewing – Vanilla Porter

Today Arfred is serving Dry Dock Brewing – Vanilla Porter, a 5.4% porter with vanilla beans. Man, what a surprise this can turned out to be. With the beans added after fermentation, this is quite possibly the smoothest vanilla porter…