I've had this one before. Decided it had room for improvement, so I threw it in my cellar for a year and a half. Let's see what we have now. Roasted malts hit my nose first. Chocolate follows along with a sweetness that I can't really pinpoint. Taste has roasted malts first again, followed by milk chocolate and the same sweetness from the aroma that I still can't identify. It's almost like a candied sugar sweetness. The aftertaste is the sweetness and roasted malts battling each other with neither being more dominant. The balance is really good. Has the aforementioned sweetness that is balanced by the bitterness of the roasted malts. The 12.7% abv is not hugely apparent, but there's some booziness present. If someone told me this was 11%, I'd believe it. Leaves a bit of stickiness on the lips after sipping. The body is a touch below medium-full and the carbonation is medium-low. A bit more body and a little bit less carbonation would improve this one. I do feel this beer improved from aging. I don't feel it's worth the price ($8.59 for the 12oz. bottle), but if it was more appropriately priced, I'd try to acquire more. I can't quite give this a 4.25/5, but it's definitely a high 4/5

Nose has sweet chocolate and licorice. Very little booziness in the aroma. Taste has milk chocolate first and foremost. Licorice is right behind that. Definitely one of the more interestingly flavored stouts I've had. A good interesting, though. It has a flavor that you don't get to taste very often in your typical stout. The 12.7% abv is hidden very well. Nice and full bodied with an appropriately lower carbonation. Leaves a sweet stickiness on the lips. I like it. Not enough to buy it again at the price it's sold at (roughly $8-$9). I have one bottle in the cellar that I'll try maybe in a year or so to see what this turns into. 4/5