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Holy Mackerel Mack in Black

Holy Mackerel Mack in Black - Imperial Stout

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89
overall
Brewed by Florida Beer Company
Style: Imperial Stout

Melbourne, Florida USA

bottled
common

on tap
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
2683.55/5.03.53/5.0Special8%30.4Snifter
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Commercial Description:
Dark chocolate barley and roasted grains paired with American hops and Belgian yeast create a mouthful of flavors, but wait thats not all, add a hint of pomegranate juice and what you have here is not your run of the mill fruit beer.You've hit the mother load. At 8%ABV this ale is suitablefor aging 1-2 years. Brewed by Florida Beer Co for Gordash Brewing.
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Pookie9121 (81), Columbia, South Carolina, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/510/20
Oct 25, 2009  
12 oz. Bottle. I was not a fan of this beer. Smelled sour upon pouring and this carried over into the flavor. It did pour a nice color, but that was the best thing about it. I will have to try it again in the future.


 Floback (333), Naples, Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/517/20
Oct 19, 2009  
Bottle from Total Wine. A nice discovery, as this pours raven black with a frothy, tan rim. The nose is rich and roasty with notes of burn caramel and coffee. Flavors are equally dark and roasty: fired nuts, chocolate, coffee beans, dark fruits, subtle sour yeast in the front and subtle piney hops in the finish. Well balanced palate. Medium carbonation and full body. Great stout.


 Cavie (1289), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 18, 2009  
Bottle courtesy of bleeng. Dark red pour. Smells of nice heavy malt chocolate stout. Flavor compliments this well. Tasty.


 wavers1 (110), novato, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Oct 13, 2009  
thanks to daknole for the hookup! pours black with minimal head. the nose actually has a detectable hint of sweet pomegranate, as well as some light smokey and burnt notes. taste and body are almost like soda on first impact, fairly sweet and a strange type of small carbonation. again, the po is present, maybe a lil too much as it’s a pretty sweet brew. but also unique, and still darn good.


 SuIIy (1405), Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Oct 8, 2009  
12oz bottle thanks to HOPSHUNTER. Pours a dark brownish black color with a foamy chocolate head. Nose is roasty malts and milk chocolate with a light hint of fruityness. Palate is full and foamy with a light bitterness. Flavors are light fruit and milk chocolates and a nice dark roasted malt.


 Kinz (2179), Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Oct 3, 2009  
I believe I have jcwattsrugger to thank for this one, so thanks! Pours black, slight head. Big chocolate and roast aroma. Flavor matches, with a fruity finish, presumably from the pomegranate and Belgian yeast strain. A bit acrid - probably the acidity from all the roasted malts forming an unholy union with the tartness of the fruit. Odd, but not bad. Tone down the acidity and this could be pretty nice.


 Heathen (723), Riverside, New Jersey, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/102/512/20
Sep 25, 2009  
THOUGHTS: My first Florida beer. This was perhaps the worst imperial stout I had too this point. It was still a decent beer, but a lousy impy stout. It seemed more like a fruity stout or schwarzbier. This actually reminded me a lot of a schwarzbier the first day I tried it. A day or two later I had another one and thought it was more roasty and impy stout-like. This one was also a little warmer, so maybe that was it. Had to score this one low for being a bad example of the style. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a dark brown that was an opaque black in the glass with nearly no head. The little tat was there was light brown. The aroma was heavy roasted malt and coffee and pomegranate. The blending of the malt and fruit was a little off-putting. The initial flavor was sweet, acidic and bitter; while the finish was sweet acidic and bitter with a fairly long duration. There was coffee, roasted malt, pomegranate and not much else. The medium (very thin for the style) body was syrupy and then a little dry with fizzy carbonation and a dry and lightly astringent finish.


 joeneugs (282), Livermore, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Sep 18, 2009  
Burnt aroma of tar, black licorice, hard roasted coffee. It has a nice tart/sweet berry flavor up front with coffee and raisins coming through next and an ashtray finish. Medium bodied, with nicely balanced flavors. Overall, a good spin on the style. Thanks again, ucusty!



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