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

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Martin House – Vanilla Skies

Today Arfred is serving Martin House – Vanilla Skies, a 12% whiskey barrel aged imperial blonde with vanilla beans. When I realized the can art was the silhouette of Tin Man choking out a flying monkey, I went bananas. My…

Buffalo Bayou – Thin Mint Stout

Today Arfred is serving Buffalo Bayou – Thin Mint Stout, a 8.2% self-explanatory brew. I have an unhealthy addiction to girl scout cookies, which was exacerbated by the best little salesperson in the world who knew that making it a…

Martin House – De Nada

Today Arfred is serving Martin House Brewing – De Nada, a 6.7% agave and guava sour. Well it’s Thanksgiving week so that means it’s time to start thinking about what we’re thankful for. Raise your hand if you just said…

Ingenious Brewing – Stout Chocula and Boo Berry Fluff

Today Arfred is serving Ingenious Brewing – Stout Chocula and Boo Berry Fluff, a 10% milk stout with chocolate and marshmallow and a 6.8% sour with blueberry and marshmallow. It’s finally here, my favorite day of the year. We said…

Martin House Brewing – Bubble Gum Eyez

Today Arfred is serving Martin House – Bubble Gum Eyez, a 5.2% bubblegum lactose sour. The rest of the world – “who would ever think of bubblegum-flavored beer?” Texans – “Y’all heard of Martin House?” Yeah, it’s another mad scientist…

Old Sheepdog Brewery – 1920 Thrasher

Today Arfred is serving Old Sheepdog Brewery – 1920 Thrasher, a 7.3% farmhouse ale. Honestly I have no idea what the name of this beer means. To me, the term thrasher will always be synonymous with skateboarding. As a kid…

Martin House – Orange Cinnamon Roll

Today Arfred is serving Martin House Brewing – Orange Cinnamon Roll, a 5.2% sour with orange, cinnamon, and lactose. I actually liked this one a lot more than I expected to. Hell, I even went back to get more, which…

Tavour

Check it out! Beer mail gifted by Tavour They were kind enough to send us an awesome mix of stouts and sours to sample. If you’re not familiar with Tavour, they work with over 600 breweries across 47 states to…

Martin House Brewing – Saint Rita

Today Arfred is serving Martin House – Saint Rita, a 8% margarita sour with strawberries. Like St. Jude, St. Rita is known for being a saint of impossible causes, which seems fitting, as it’s impossible not to like Martin House….