March 19, 2017

90/1908) Home:  Xocoveza Mocha Stout by Stone Brewing of California, U.S.A.:  **1/2;  8.1%;    "For the holidays and the New Year";  brewed with malted barley, malted wheat, oats, lactose, cocoa, coffee beans, pasilla pepper, cinnamon, vanilla and nutmeg;  coffee and chili nose;  notes of vanilla and spiced coffee with a lingering warmth, not heat, from the chilis;

91/1909) Home:  Home Sweet Home by 5 Paddles Brewing of Ontario:  *1/2;  5.5%;  brewed with vanilla beans, honey, malted wheat;  honey and vanilla nose;  pours perfectly clear;  slightly cloyingly, artificially sweet nose;  somewhat artificial honey notes which put me off;