Holy Mackerel Mack in Black

12 oz. bottle. Courtesy of Daknole. Poured out a deep chocolate brown, with a thin mocha colored head. Aromas are of pomegranate seeds, rotten cherry skins, something foul. Flavors are something foul too. Rotten cabbage, cooked corn (DMS), dried oak bark. Not too tasty. Medium mouthfeel, medium body. Not a good beer IMHO.

Thanks to mcbackus for this. Pours a brown to black with a smallish tan head, fading to a ring fairly quicky. Aroma is dark chocolate, coffee, wood, toffee, raisin, and a slight berry aspect. Tastes a bit more tart with a slight berry-ish sensation mixed with dark chocolate, wood, cherry stems, raisins. Slightly sweet, but just interesting. Finishes with a bitter fruity taste and lingering coffee roast. Medium bodied and moderately carbonation, neither viscous nor terribly creamy. Good stout flavors and the fruit is interesting, but as a whole? Eh....it’s fun, but for amusement purposes only.

Deep dark brown-black with decent tan head that dissipates fast. Rich roasty aroma, with earth, cola, coffee, and cheerful red grape fruitiness and roosty spice. Smooth mouthfeel, soft, decent carbonation levels. Unique and fun panoply of flavors. lots of fruit tartness on the sides of the tongue and back of the palate. A lot like chocolate-covered fruits. Long-lingering roasted malt. Strange but amusing combination of flavors, fun and pleasant.

Courtesy of many people during mystery swap 3.0. Pours a opaque cola color with a small foamy dark brown head. Nose is faint, cocoa, mild fruits and mollasses. Initial taste taste of cocoa, caramel, red fruits but pomegranates are hard to detect here. Tangy lactic notes and mild coffee on the mid palate. Finishing vinously, with cocoa and mild fruits continuing and very mild hop balance. The alcohol is indeed well hidden if this gravity is correct. Moutfeel is good, silky, smooth, good carbonation. Touch of cream in there too. Good palate duration. Medium body with average head retention. Easy drinking and tasty. Far from complex for an imperial stout, but respectable.

Tampa, Fl. - Total Wines - 12 oz bottle. Charcoal black pour with a thin white quickly dissipating off-white head - not much lace. Aroma starts off fruity and sweet but as it settles it adds a bit of complexity to the mix - hard to put my finger on it - perhaps it is the pomegranates - with some chicory thrown in there. Flavor has some of the same elements with the chicory really coming through strong. Also find some hints of pipe tobacco and very bitter chocolate and a wee bit of soy sauce. Mouthfeel is creamy enough - not by Imperial Stout standards - but hey, it’s from Florida. Reminds me of a British version of a Imp Stout.

Draft at GOBF ’08 (from notes)...Pours dark brown w/ a fizzy off white head. The nose was strong hints of cocoa, chocolate, and coffee mixed kindly with some sour yeast. The flavor was a mix of the above aromas followe by a sour tartness provided by the pomegranate juice. The palate was moderatly carbonated, dry and tart. Very intriguing beer...

Bottle courtesy of Secret Santa: Poured a pitch black color ale with a bubbly dark head with average retention and no lacing. Aroma is somewhat vinous with distinctive pomegranate juice which provides a weird offset to the roasted malt. Taste is also a weird mix between some roasted malt with some notes of pomegranate and no discernable hops. Full body with medium to low carbonation and no distinctive alcohol. A very interesting and unique experiment which I am glad I tried but not necessarily something I would seek out on a regular basis.

Bottle from daknole. The aroma was chocolate and roasted malt. Flavor is chocolate, malt, coffee, with a little bit of a tangy sweetness which I guess is the pomegranate. A little thinner than what I would look for in an impy, but not bad.