Thursday, May 03, 2012

Today's beer of the day: Muskoka Winter Beard

Today's beer was Double Chocolate Cranberry Stout from Muskoka Brewery, in Muskoka, ON.

Winter Beard

Now here is a beer that is definitely not for everybeerdy.

My first reaction was to exclaim what is this? as I poured this thick, sugary syrup into my glass. The taste of beer and the sweetness of chocolate held a combat which neither really won. I did not think that I liked this beer very much.

But I believe that it is an acquired taste because I enjoyed the second half of the glass much more and now that the glass is empty, I wish that it were not.

Although the beer is only sold in the winter (Tom, where did you get this?) and is called Winter Beard, I could see myself drinking this beer whilst camping (in the summer) and sitting around a campfire.