Moon Dog Black Lung II

Brewed by Moon Dog Craft Brewery
Style: Smoked
Abbotsford, Australia

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Looks lovely. Smell is smoky belgian abbey yeast. Not my sort of thing. Flavour is rich smoky malts, nice bubbly yeastiness on palate. Big mouthfeel. Definitely looking forward to Black Lung III, but this didn’t quite do it for me.

Great beer. Bottle poured into a snifter. Big and complex aroma heavy on the smoke. Big and complex taste - again heavy on the smoke but I did not find it too dominating or overpowering as others seemed to - notes of whiskey and chocolate definitely there. Great beer. Wish I could find it in the US and I would buy a case!

At just on cool and into a snifter. Jet black with a lot of ’breadcrumb’ yeasty goodness in there that quickly settles to the base of the glass. A little pad of tannish cream settles atop and is mostly lasting. Ash, lots of smoke, charred oak and cigarette tar dominate the nose with lashings of Biltong jerky, burnt bacon rashers, smoked herring, dark chocolate and sticky, over reduced berry khoulis. The rauch malt dominated the first sip and sent a shiver down my spine. Creamy and full in body; rounded and silky in mouthfeel with a dry finish and light warmth provided by the ABV. Heavily smoky, ashen and laden with heady smoked meat flavours and whisky with a supple dark choc icecream note late that balances it all out. I’ve had a few strange deserts in my time that have smoked meats sidle chocolate ganache and savoury fruit like raisins and sultanas and this one holds its own in the strange but works department. The beer touches the lips with a twinkle of hairy, wild yeast notes. Lip smacking amount of dark, rich and smoky malts play well long after each sip. While it is ashen it also shows a little of the oak and vanillin expected of a BA beer. This one is a surprise. Two thumbs up Moon Dog. This one is an absolute cracker of a slow sipper. Delicious. (33cL, no date stamp, Cellarbrations Carlisle)

Sampled at an ESBLS tasting. It poured a dark brown/black color with a small tan head. The aroma was rich dark chocolate and a little ashy with a touch of whiskey. The taste was again whiskey with dark cocoa and some smokiness This was an awesome beer.

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.

Brown/black body with short dark tan head. Smoke and liquorice on the aroma. Taste is ok but I probably would go with version one as a favourite, whisky notes straightaway then liquorice and dark chocolate, notieable alcohol though still drinkable.

Everything I wanted it to be! Black with hints of red shining through. Small head which retains nicely through the drinking. Aroma rich and sweet with hint of smoke. Big long palate, quite astringent from the oak, but well balanced by a bit of residual sweetness. Love it. Someone buy me a case.

Bottle carlisle cellars Crisp mineraly and peat malty nose strong roasty and oaky palate Not bad at all

Bottle 330ml from Smith St. Cellars. Great smoky beer. Aromas of smoke, caramel, liquorice, and some chocolate. Taste is sweet, bitter, and chilli, with long length. Palate is syrupy, and full bodied. Black, with a frothy head.

Medium tan head dark pour mild carbonation aromas smokey peat whiskey lovely note liquorice sweet caramel chocolate dark fruit notes hoppy the flavours espresso coffee liquorice prune lovely whiskey and peat influence milkyness rich chocolate caramel fruity darkness the finish compact stout really good tasting to the end malts smokeyness whiskey inflence good one this