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

Beer Reviews

Founders KBS Espresso

Today Arfred is serving Founders – KBS Espresso, a 12% bourbon barrel-aged stout brewed with chocolate and coffee. I don’t think y’all need me to tell you a KBS was good, not exactly breaking news. Aged on espresso beans after…

Fair State Brewing & Pulpit Rock Brewing – Main Boss

Today Arfred is serving Fair State Brewing & Pulpit Rock Brewing collab – Main Boss, a 12% imperial stout brewed with coconut, molasses and house-made orgeat syrup. This beer was fantastic, and not just because it tasted great. With each…

Martin House Brewery – Lemon Icebox Pie

Today Arfred is serving Martin House – Lemon Icebox Pie, a 5.4% lemon sour brewed with graham crackers and lactose. Never had a slice of lemon icebox, but now I’m definitely craving one. Kind of an underrated member of the…

Untitled Art & Hop Culture – Hurricane Hard Seltzer

Today Arfred is serving Untitled & Hop Culture collab – Hurricane Hard Seltzer, a 9% seltzer brewed with oranges, key limes, passionfruit, pineapples and finished off with rum and cherry juice. Modeled after the famous New Orleans cocktail, this one…

Little Toad Creek – Pendejo Porter

Today Arfred is serving Little Toad Creek – Pendejo Porter, a 6.7% porter. Another nice local selection from my faraway neighbor state of New Mexico. I love the name of this beer, but I don’t know what they have against…

Short Throw Brewing – Resting My Greatness

Today Arfred is serving Short Throw – Resting My Greatness, a 11.8% stout with Rostovos coffee, Vermont maple syrup and vanilla. I’ve been replaying the Uncharted video games lately, so I totally thought of the Sir Francis Drake quote Sic…

Tupps Brewery – Full Grown Man-Child

Today Arfred is serving Tupps – Full Grown Man-Child, a 8.3% stout brewed with coffee and chocolate. If liking chocolate in your beer makes you an official man-child, well you can hand me my pink polka dot pacifier anytime. Who…

Zilker Brewing – Coffee Milk Stout

Today Arfred is serving Zilker – Coffee Milk Stout, a 5.9% creamy stout brewed with coffee beans from local Austin TX roasters. Full disclosure, I drank this in 2020. I think this can is nearly a year old – I…

903 Brewers – Churro

Today Arfred is serving 903 – Churro, a 11.7% milk stout aged on cinnamon and vanilla bean. This one goes out to all the SATX locals celebrating Fiesta and Tejano Explosion. The city sure as hell is aching for a…