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

Beer Reviews

Martin House Brewing – Saint Rita

Today Arfred is serving Martin House – Saint Rita, a 8% margarita sour with strawberries. Like St. Jude, St. Rita is known for being a saint of impossible causes, which seems fitting, as it’s impossible not to like Martin House….

Martin House Brewing – The Statement of Purpose

Today Arfred is serving Martin House – The Statement of Purpose, a 8% peanut butter golden stout. Never did grad school, so I never had to write a statement of purpose, but the thought of it terrifies me. Imagine if…

Counter Weight – Fresh Drip Coffee Porter

Today Arfred is serving Counter Weight – Fresh Drip Coffee Porter, a 5.8% porter made with coffee from J.Rene Coffee. As a teenage vampire, I basically lived at a diner. Sometimes I’d sit at the counter all night drinking free…

Timber Ales & Folksbier – Chasing Shadows

Today Arfred is serving Timber Ales & Folksbier collab – Chasing Shadows, a 12% imperial stout aged on a blend of Mexican, Ugandan, and Madagascar vanilla beans and cacao nibs. These Timbers never let me down, and always with the…

Fat Orange Cat – Walkabout

Today Arfred is serving Fat Orange Cat – Walkabout, a 5.3% sour with peach and mango. I absolutely loved this beer. Let’s all wish these fat cats a happy birthday, as the brewery officially turned 5 years old last month….

Panther Island – Daaang! Hard Iced Tea

Today Arfred is serving Panther Island – Daaang! Hard Iced Tea, 4% and brewed with real iced tea. Y’all seen Joe Dirt? Anytime you throw a few extra a’s in your “dang” or say Hemi I’ll always think of that…

Lakewood Brewing – Salted Caramel Temptress

Today Arfred is serving Lakewood Brewing – Salted Caramel Temptress, a 9.1% imperial stout brewed with lactose, vanilla, natural caramel flavor, and sea salt. This may be my favorite Temptress so far. FYI the label says it pairs well with…

American Solera – Fat Camp

Today Arfred is serving American Solera – Fat Camp, a 10% imperial milk stout with chocolate, cinnamon, and vanilla. Cisco used to be quite the fatty when we lived in CT. He started out a fit speedster, but then his…

3 Nations Brewing – Salty Pirate

Today Arfred is serving 3 Nations – Salty Pirate, a 4.7% strawberry lemonade sherbet gose. Love the can art, I have no idea why it reminded me of that awful 90’s Geena Davis pirate movie Cutthroat Island. Maybe she was…