Surly Brewing Company Razor Gang Dry Irish Style Stout

The proliferation of small batch craft beer breweries has resulted in multiple takes on traditional beer styles in addition to new configurations. Stouts, porters, imperial stouts, Russian Imperial stouts, milk stouts, cream stouts, oatmeal stouts, oyster stouts, coffee stouts, barrel-aged, Baltic porters, plus any number of hybrid styles. In my youth the only "dark" beer around was usually Guinness Stout, a brew that people were convinced was stronger and heavier than the mass produced lagers, when in reality it had a ABV right in the same range, and it wasn't nearly as thick and creamy as people remember. Razor Gang is similar to Guinness in that it's a dry Irish stout. The ABV is 4.5% and the bitterness is around what you'd expect in a pale ale, around 35 IBUs. Overall, it's a decent stout, but nothing outstanding about it.