Holy Mackerel Mack in Black

Brewed by Florida Beer Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Melbourne, Florida USA

12 oz bottle from ucusty. Thanks David! Near black with a quickly diminishing tan head. Big coffee nose, very roasty and a solid hit of fruit. (Pomegranate? Hard to tell. Maybe.) Big coffee flavor, another hit of indeterminate fruit. Roasty bitterness, the pomegranate shows at the tail end - tangy and sweet - and disappears for the lingering baking chocolate finish. Interesting and pretty damn tasty.

Bonus bottle courtesy of weeheavysd! Pours so-brown-it’s-black with a minimal tan head. Aroma is dark roasted coffee, dark chocolate and berry. Flavor is very ROAST forward with a hint of pomegranate in the finish. Drinks more like a porter than the Impy it’s classified as. Interesting.

Malty beer with a fizzy body. Taste of red grapes and, just maybe, a little pomegranite.

dark brown with a light brown head.smells of apple cider vinegar,and a hint of coffee.flavor is much of the same.the pomegranate juice really throws it off.

2008 bottle at Oldsmar Tap House. Nice dark chocolate taste at first. Leaves a pomegranate after taste. Not sure exactly how to describe the smell. It was quite different but quite pleasant.

Sample from a bottle in the VIP tent at WBF Raleigh on 5/2/09. Multiple samples from this one as well. Black pour. Short, dense brown head. Nose is odd. Fruit notes, roasted malts, dark chocolate, light soy sauce and coffee. Then we were told this had pomegranate fruit in it. That explains it! Taste was more roasted malts, fruit notes, dark chocolate, and light coffee. Light tartness to this as well. Body is medium with a mild carbonation. Ends with more fruit notes, chocolate, coffee and sweet and roasted malts. Very good! Everyone in our party enjoyed this one.

2009. 12oz bottle. almost opaque black with no bubbles under a large fizzy brown head. sweet lactic chocolate aroma with sugared coffee. very nice creamy milky palate. flavors of roasted barley, milk chocolate, a hint of fruity pomegranite(hard cherry candy), and sugary lactose. creative and tasty.

Nice bonus from kiefdog. Thanks man! Pours black with a creamy tan head. Smell is char, roast, ash and fruity tartness. Taste is semi sweet chocolate malt and a tart fruity presence that is similar to that in a cherry stout. Not noticeably pomegranate. Sweet and tart chocolate flavors with a medium to full body and soft, creamy carbonation. Interesting, but a bit sugary overall.