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

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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…

Martin House Brewing – Freakin French Toast

Today Arfred is serving Martin House – Freakin French Toast, a 12% whiskey barrel-aged stout brewed with cinnamon, lactose, brown sugar, and maple syrup. Ooh la la! I don’t know who planned this, but it seemed like every TX brewery…

Something Brewery – Top Of The Muffin To Ya

Today Arfred is serving Something Brewery – Top Of The Muffin To Ya, a 6% blueberry muffin kettle sour. Love this can art. Muffins were never my thing – honestly they always confused me. Don’t laugh! I could never figure…

21st Amendment Brewery – Blood Orange Brew Free! or Die

Today Arfred is serving @21stamendmentbrewery – Blood Orange Brew Free! or Die, a 7% blood orange IPA. Happy Independence Day weekend y’all – this can art seemed appropriate. Does anyone remember the Chris Rock movie Head of State where he…

Einstok – Icelandic Lime & Juniper Pils

Today Arfred is serving Einstok – Icelandic Lime & Juniper Pils, a 4.8% pilsner brewed with lime and Icelandic juniper berries. Well, the can wasn’t kidding when they said this is a craft beer like no other. It’s original AF,…

Epic Brewing – Big Bad Baptist Pecan Pie

Today Arfred is serving Epic – Big Bad Baptist Pecan Pie, a 10.5% imperial stout aged in whiskey barrels with coffee, cacao, pecans, cinnamon, and vanilla. Living up to the brewery name, this big bad boy is epic. I need…