Black Lung II
Moon Dog Craft Brewery in Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺
Smoked / Rauchbier Series Out of Production|
Score
6.89
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Davros (5279) reviewed Black Lung II from Moon Dog Craft Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pours black with a large, lasting tan head.Nose shows smoke, whisky, a faint sour/funky notes and heavy peat. Too much reliance on the peat.Very similar flavours, again with lots of peat and smoke. Other than that there’s some soft roasted malt but not very expressive.Carbonation seems a bit full on.Could have worked really well, unfortunately the peat tramples over everything else, preventing the whisky and roasted malt complexities from showing.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle, 13C. Pours oily black with a cm of tan head that lasts pretty well. Creeping aroma of treacle, whisky, vanilla, tar. Taste has whisky straight away with stout and peat flavours underneath. Oily mouthfeel, lowish carbonation. The whisky goes nicely and is not overwhelming but is not very integrated into the other flavours. Taste has burnt dark toffee, tar, licorice, coffee, some pepper and red berries. Bitterness builds up along with spices in a somewhat acrid finish with some whisky heat. More spirit and less wood than the bourbon version, but the big difference is really that this has bottled much better. [3.7]Large head fades to a fat coat and laces well. Carbonation is higher. Whisky flavours seem better integrated but the peaty influence is coming on stronger. Slight tanginess. Touch of soy sauce there too. Plenty going on without being really overbearing.