306/955) Home: Winterbeard Double Chocolate Cranberry Stout Vintage Brew by Muskoka Cottage Brewery of Ontario: **; 8%; this is last year's brew cellar aged for a year; brewed with 70% dark chocolate, "real cocoa" powder and nibs, freshly harvested cranberries; the nose is sweet alcohol.; sweet cranberry flavours give way to chocolate and warming alcohol; in contrast to our experience with Westvleteren XII, I prefer this to the original while my wife prefers the fresher version;
307/956) Home: Old Crafty Hen by Morland Brewing of England: *1/2; 6.5%; brewed with a blend of Famous Old 5X matured in oak; English hop nose; given the build up it's pretty ordinary; English hop flavours with mild oak notes; Old 5X is a strong (12%) ale matured for one to five years in wooden tuns; I wonder if I really "got" this one, or how fresh the bottle I tried was; it is worth trying again, given the story;
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