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

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Martin House Brewing – The Statement of Purpose

Today Arfred is serving Martin House – The Statement of Purpose, a 8% peanut butter golden stout. Never did grad school, so I never had to write a statement of purpose, but the thought of it terrifies me. Imagine if…

Panther Island – Daaang! Hard Iced Tea

Today Arfred is serving Panther Island – Daaang! Hard Iced Tea, 4% and brewed with real iced tea. Y’all seen Joe Dirt? Anytime you throw a few extra a’s in your “dang” or say Hemi I’ll always think of that…

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…

3 Nations Brewing – Salty Pirate

Today Arfred is serving 3 Nations – Salty Pirate, a 4.7% strawberry lemonade sherbet gose. Love the can art, I have no idea why it reminded me of that awful 90’s Geena Davis pirate movie Cutthroat Island. Maybe she was…

Martin House Brewery – Lemon Icebox Pie

Today Arfred is serving Martin House – Lemon Icebox Pie, a 5.4% lemon sour brewed with graham crackers and lactose. Never had a slice of lemon icebox, but now I’m definitely craving one. Kind of an underrated member of the…

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…