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

stout beer

Prairie Artisan Ales – Mocha Noir

Today Arfred is serving Prairie Ales – Mocha Noir, a 14.2% bourbon barrel aged stout with coffee. I love this artwork. It’s like a group logo for a cryptozoologist forum where anonymous truth seekers chat on their keyboards in the…

Belching Beaver – Viva La Beaver

Today Arfred is serving Belching Beaver – Viva La Beaver, a 7.5% Mexican chocolate peanut butter stout. According to the can, this is the brewery’s highest rated beer, receiving numerous awards. This is my first Belching Beaver, but here in…

903 Brewers – Dracarys

Today Arfred is serving 903 – Dracarys, a 11% oak aged chile stout with cocoa nibs, cinnamon and ancho chiles. The beer had a nice heat, but more like a baby Drogon than a full grown, watching-Daenerys-descend-into-madness Drogon. I envy…

Islla Street Brewing – Concha La S’more

Today Arfred is serving Islla St – Concha La S’more, a 11% stout brewed with conchas and finished with marshmallow, dark chocolate and graham crackers. Skip the graham crackers, all of my s’mores will now be sandwiched between conchas. Next…

Hoof Hearted Brewing – The World’s Baldest Conga Line

Today Arfred is serving Hoof Hearted – The World’s Baldest Conga Line, a 13.5% imperial stout with banana, strawberry, pineapple, cacao, coffee, vanilla and peanut butter powder. This was an awesome take on a banana split stout. I’m always impressed…

Fat Orange Cat Brew Co – Roll Me One Cowboy With Pistachio and Marshmallow

Today Arfred is serving Fat Orange Cat Brew – Roll Me One Cowboy, a 13% imperial stout with pistachio and marshmallow. Why is it a thing that all orange cats seem to be fat? Garfield, Heathcliff, even Drekker’s Chonk –…

Islla Street Brewing – Cobra Chai

Today Arfred is serving Islla St – Cobra Chai, a 11% chai spiced imperial stout. Put him in a body bag! Are y’all loving the Cobra Kai series as much as I am? They have seriously done an amazing job…

Anchorage Brewing – The Sacrifice

Today Arfred is serving Anchorage The Sacrifice, a 15.5% imperial stout with coconut aged in Missouri oak foeders. I cracked this one open last month amid the Texas deep freeze when we all lost power and water for a week….

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…