Holy Mackerel Mack in Black

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

Bottle. Aroma is roasty with chocolate acidity. Black with a bubbly thin brown head. Good thickness with chocolate and coffee, very light on pomegranate. Smoky/roasty finish. Sharp palate but with a decent thickness.

Bottle with Bman1113vr. Pours black with a one finger brown head. Smelled bitter, with notes of chocolate, coffee, alcohol and smoke. The taste was smoky, chocolate, nicotine, and dirt. Creamy mouthfeel.

Had on draft at Redlight. It is my very humble oppinion that this beer was served WAY too cold...Beautiful pour in my glass. Dark brown with a nice creamy head. My very first impression was not good...So I let it warm up. It definitely got better. Nice roasted coffee and chocolate taste with just enough of a bitter sweetness added by the pomegranate presence. I would have liked it a bit sweeter, but this was very good. There was a slight "burnt" after taste that kind of was a detractor for me.

UNDERRATED. Bottle courtesy of mgumby10. Pours black with an amber tint around the edges and a fizzy brown head that quickly dissapates, but maintains some carbonation. Smells of toasted malts, dark cocoa and cherry cough syrup. Builds in flavor with the cherry turning to a sweeter pomengranate taste. Starts dry with a bit of smoke, but finishes a little sticky. This is the MACK!

On tap at Aroma’s. Appearance is very black, with a small tan head. Aroma of sour fruit (must be pomegranate), chocolate, malt. Taste is a fruity, malty, roasty mess. Fruit is a little on the tart side. Finish is tart and a little fruity. Overall, a little too fruity and tart for this stout, though still very interesting. Not something I’d seek out, but I’m glad I tried.

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.

Bottle in trade from daknole, thanks! Consumption from a shaker- poured non transparent heavily used motor oil from a tractor trailer black, upper end low carbonation of tiny bubbles. Aroma of coffee, dark bakers chocolate, dark toasted wheat bread, and dark fruit. Hits the mouth with a wide body, malt is roasted heavily just from the first taste, hard coffee taste, mild sweetness on the end. A little out of balance, but still good and drinkable.

bottle poured into a snifter.... this is a nice beer.... unique and very enjoyable, which is a surprise to me coming from this contract brewer. a semi-transparent black pour which enters the glass much darker with a nice big tan head... it eventually settles down to a thin lacing which lasts throughout. some aromas of sweet malts, a touch of chocolate and a bit of yeast. medium body that carries some deeper notes of coffee, chocolate, dark fruit and a sweeter malt character... upon the finish the tart and lovely pomegranate juice comes forward to round off a unique twisted imperial stout. the juice adds a great element to this beer that one does not normally experience in this category... its on the border of being sour but develops into a more robust and layered experience.... very nice.