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WHAT: Muskoka Double Chocolate Cranberry Stout Rating: NNN
WHERE: Bracebridge
WHY: When tasting this, what surfaced through a head cold was as much the stout as the chocolate or the cranberry. Bonbon fanciers may be disappointed, but beer drinkers should take comfort. Big texture, lots of warm alcohol and, most importantly, malt/hop/yeast balance abetted by cocoa and dark chocolate. Gather ye round the space heater, cut the Stilton, put on the Sting lute album and break out the cockles.
PRICE: 750 ml/$10.95
AVAILABILITY: At selected liquor stores (product #222315)
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