No beer sounds better on paper than a fruit stout–and that’s where I first encountered the idea. It appeared in the recipes section of Charlie Papazian’s classic Complete Joy of Homebrewing (in print since 1976!), and seemed so obvious. What goes better with cherry than chocolate? Alas, no beer more often fails to live up to our expectations than a fruited stout. I have had maybe five in the
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The Musings Of William S. Main 