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

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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 Niño 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…

Clown Shoes Beer – Josh The Boss Hog

Today Arfred is serving Clown Shoes – Josh The Boss Hog, a 11% barleywine flavored with plum puree and aged in WhistlePig Samurai Scientist rye whiskey barrels. So I actually hate rye whiskey, but I have such a reverence for…

903 Brewers – Pineapple Magic

Today Arfred is serving 903 – Pineapple Magic, a 6.2% slushy sour with pineapple, vanilla, marshmallow and lactose. This fluffy batch of joy made my day. I spent my honeymoon in Disneyworld – I love everything about that place. Even…

KCBC – Bushwick Zombie

Today Arfred is serving KCBC – Bushwick Zombie, a 4% sour with blueberry, strawberry and lemon. Ah, observe the hipster male in its native habitat. Easily identified by the uniform of whatever vintage fashion is currently trending, or by the…

Calvin’s Craft Dog Treats

The dog is man’s best friend, right? Don’t you wish they could be your drinking buddy as well?Hello dog beer! Calvin’s Craft recently sent Cisco some of their dog beer and treats to sample. Their products are the perfect marriage…

Tupps Brewery – Day of the Dead

Today Arfred is serving Tupps – Day of the Dead, a 5.5% juicy pale ale. I just watched Coco the other day and was totally reminded of this beer. If you haven’t seen it, do yourself a favor – I…