Black Lung IV

Bottle. Arms is ash, but meaty, bit of roast, take is good, ask again, light but thick, caramel. Nice.

330 ml bottle from The Oak Barrel, sampled on October 16, 2015.Marked 9.1% ABV, American Oak-Aged Smokey Stout, Magnum and EK Goldings hops, 20P, 41 IBU, 45 SRM.Pours with a huge head. Black color with perhaps minute trace of dark brown in it, big lasting dense dark brown head. Malty, sweet, oak, whisky, smoke, intense scent. Smoke, some tar, sweet, oak, whisky, dry taste. Dry, light roasted, alcohol aftertaste, also oak and whisky. Warming alcohol. Smooth, full rich mouthfeel, rather low bitterness but feels dry wood like still.

Pours dark brown, bit of beige foam. Aroma is bit ashy, some peat, dry charcoal and saddle leather. Taste is lighter, body feels actually weaker although ABV should be relatively high. Some vanilla, some bitter roast, some dark black chocolate. I like it.

Medium dark brown color. Big ashy, charcoal nose with tons of roasted malt, the oak isn’t so big. Tons of ash, charcoal and roasted malt. Acidic.

Bottle, 13C. Black with a tan cap that never quite disappears. Aroma of molasses, tar, toasted seaweed, dark berries. Lowish carbonation, oily. Sweet with dark berries, chocolate and molasses, but roasted, bitter and oaky flavours come in early to balance but not mask the malt. Peaty/ iodine-like things are there but don’t dominate. Expected the "aged in fresh American oak barrels" to be too much too, but it’s all quite mellow and nicely integrated. For me, the most convincing Moon Dog beer so far.

Pours black with a dark tan head.Nose shows smoked malt with a meaty character, heavy roast, cocoa, chocolate liqueur and ash.Bittersweet flavours, more heavy smoked malt, chocolate, aggressive roast and a little booze. Nice sweet malt backing.Great creamy-feeling carbonation.