Holy Mackerel Mack in Black

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

Bottled. A pitch black beer with a medium tan head. The aroma is very stouty with notes of roasted malt, soy sauce, and hard roasted malt. The dlavor is sweet malty again with notes of soy sauce and hard roasted malt. The finish is dry and quite roasted.

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of bu11zeye. Pours completely black and opaque with a small light brown head. Aroma of hard roasted malt and raisins. Full-bodied with a soft mouthfeel. Sweetish roasted malts, some chocolate and dried fruit. Light malt bitterness in the finish. Pleasant. 291108

12 fl oz bottle, courtesy of Papsoe/bullzeye. Pours dark brown to black with a diminished tan head. Smooth roasted malty aroma with a nice note of dark chocolate. Sweet caramel/toffee malt with a nice roasted and light breadish flavour. Light fruity touch. Sweet and roasted flavour into a mild acidic far finish.

Bottle 12fl.oz.
Clear dark red brown color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige to light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, dark chocolate. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and heavy bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20081129]

Bottle, 8%. Roasted aroma, some coffee, roast barley notes. Black colour, small light brown head. The flavour is quite sweet, has lots of fresh coffee, with sugar almost. Some barley bitterness, get a bit sour in the finish. Also some tannin bitterness, probably from the pomegranate.

Date: May 31, 2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Noog Four-O
Appearance: black, wispy tan head
Aroma: big roasted malt aroma with dark chocolate and lots of earthy hops
Body: thin and creamy body
Flavor: rich dark chocolate flavor, dark caramel sweetness, touch of roasted for balance

Date: January 23, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: summits woodstock
Score: 2.7 to 3.1
Appearance: black, fine tan head
Aroma: dark roasted aroma with lots of sweet fruity esters, upon warming it picks up a big woody and tart fruity cherry pit character
Body: creamy body
Flavor: strong roasted and dark chocolate flavor, lots of fruity esters add a strange but balancing sweetness, sweet licorice, develops a tartness to the fruity esters, oaky character comes in to meld with the tartness and add an earthyness

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

It’s pretty black. Aroma is chocolatey, lightly fruity, lightly coffeeish. Juicy fruit - too vague to specifically pinpoint as pomegranate - overtop a richly roasty, chocolatey, Bustelo-ish body. Lots of roast bitterness bordering on astringency. The mouthfeel is a bit odd - fairly thin but the malts themselves taste syrupy. Decent effort - good to see Gordash going in a nice assertive direction.

Bottle from Solan. Black and opague. Roast, licorice and a hint of pomegranate in the aroma. Sweetish, fruity, roasty, salty flavor with licorice. Medium to full bodied, smooth beer.