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…
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…
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…
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…
Islla Street Brewing – Cold Stone Stunner
Today Arfred is serving Islla – Cold Stone Stunner, a 10.5% melted ice cream and coffee stout. Regardless of whether or not you like coffee ice cream (which they totally nailed), you really have to appreciate the clever name and…
