Side by side review with 2007 and 2017 vintages. 2007: Faint aroma of roasted malts. Taste has chocolate and roasted malts. Very smooth and lacking carbonation. 2017: Roasted malts with a little bit of chocolate. Taste has more of the roasted malts and some chocolate. Smooth as well with an appropriately lower carbonation. Despite the lack of carbonation, I like the flavors in the 2007 better. Too much age on it, but it definitely developed more character with the age. 2017 is a 3.5/5. 2007 is a 3.75/5

Solid stout. Pretty straight forward, no huge adjuncts to spice this one up. Not great, but very enjoyable. 3.5/5

Very toasty from first taste and nicely balanced taste.