Islla Street Brewing – Concha La Flor
Today Arfred is serving Islla Concha La Flor, a 11.2% stout with vanilla, coffee and pan dulce. If I’m being honest, I had no idea what a concha was before moving to San Antonio. I was missing out – they’re…
903 Brewers – Luck O’ The Squatch
Today Arfred is serving 903 Luck O’ The Squatch, a 11% milk stout with Irish cream and coffee. Ah St Patrick’s Day, the one day of the year folks are encouraged to get blind drunk and stumble around in public…
Perennial Artisan Ales – Lunchbox Treasures
Today Arfred is serving Perennial Ales Lunchbox Treasures, a 12% imperial stout with marshmallows, vanilla beans, cinnamon and nutmeg. They really nailed the name on this one. As a kid, if I opened my Batman lunchbox and there was a…
Energy City Brewing – Batisserie Chocolate Raspberry Tart
Today Arfred is serving Energy City Batisserie Chocolate Raspberry Tart, a 8% stout with raspberries, cocoa, graham crackers and lactose. I didn’t realize they added the raspberries after fermentation – I’ve never had a stout that was so thick and…
Martin House Brewing – Puppy Chow
Today Arfred is serving Martin House Puppy Chow, a 8% stout with powdered sugar, chocolate, peanut butter and Chex cereal. I was so excited for this. My mom used to make this sugary sweet ambrosia for us as kids, but…
Drekker Brewing – Chonk Sundae Sour
Today Arfred is serving Drekker’s Chonk Sundae Sour, a 7% sour with orange, peach and marshmallows. So this can art. We’ve got a chubby-looking cat with an inverted pentacle. Is the name chonk referring to the thicc cat or the…
Listermann Brewing Company – Satisfied?
Today Arfred is serving Listermann Satisfied?, a 7% stout brewed with chocolate, caramel, peanut butter, lactose and natural flavors. Wow, they bottled America’s favorite candy bar. Generally I like to think I’m immune to advertising. If that’s the case (it’s…
Martin House Brewery – Bananas Foster
Today Arfred is serving Martin House Brewery Bananas Foster, a 6% dessert beer with bananas, cinnamon and rum flavoring. Oh these lovable whackadoos. I love how they put Rowan (their brewer) on the can art because he loves this dish…
Timber Ales – Lumberjack Style
Today Arfred is serving Timber Ales Lumberjack Style, a 12% imperial stout aged on coffee and maple syrup. Playing a little world association game, lumberjack style makes me think of flannel, which makes me think of the Seattle grunge scene….
