Black Lung X
Moon Dog Craft Brewery in Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺
Stout - Imperial Series|
Score
7.25
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Islay Peated Whisky Barrel Aged Smokey Stout.
Black Lung is back for the 10th time and to celebrate this milestone we sourced some of the smokiest barrels we could find all the way from the home of smoky whisky, Islay, Scotland! To do these amazing barrels justice we brewed the biggest, booziest, Black Lungiest, Black Lung ever to be put into barrels, clocking in at 11.5%. We then aged the beer for longer than any previous Black Lung and the result speaks for itself!
Malt: Ale, Heavy Peated Malt, CaraAroma, Chocolate, Dark Crystal, Rolled Oats, Midnight Wheat, Carafa III. Hops: Magnum. Yeast: English. Other: Islay peated whisky barrels.
Black Lung is back for the 10th time and to celebrate this milestone we sourced some of the smokiest barrels we could find all the way from the home of smoky whisky, Islay, Scotland! To do these amazing barrels justice we brewed the biggest, booziest, Black Lungiest, Black Lung ever to be put into barrels, clocking in at 11.5%. We then aged the beer for longer than any previous Black Lung and the result speaks for itself!
Malt: Ale, Heavy Peated Malt, CaraAroma, Chocolate, Dark Crystal, Rolled Oats, Midnight Wheat, Carafa III. Hops: Magnum. Yeast: English. Other: Islay peated whisky barrels.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. I note that Robert Murray died of [ahem] idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis since I had Black Lung IX. Black with a dense tan head that sits around a cm. Lots of peated and whisky aromas with heavy roast, iodine and other seaweed sort of things, mocha. Oily texture with low carbonation. Much sweeter than I guessed with chocolate brioche, blackberries then light vanillaish oaky whisky notes as well as the peat. Lots of peat but it's never biting. Big but no overt booze. Up there with the best of the series.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2021
at 14:51
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
From a 650ml bottle on 8/6/2021 (shared by Desmond with thanks). Pours a very deep brown with a biggish tan head. The nose is smokey, peaty - more than a bit of Lagavulin about it - with a good dash of chocolate. Tastes of sweet and dark chocolate and brown sugar up front, then moves into the smoke and peat, with a slightly sharp almost tangy bitterness. Has an amazingly strong peaty aftertaste. The mouthfeel is syrupy, the carbonation moderate. Huge yet harmonious, and full of character. Really impressive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2021
at 10:54