Holy Mackerel Mack in Black

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

Oakes bottle, brought from Florida. I liked its smokiness, not the addition of pommegrant juice. Its black with a white head. It has a sour finish.

Bottle 355 ml
Appearance: Black with hint of brown. Light tanned –light brown slim top. 3-.
Nose: Heavy , rich with plums , raisin, alcohol , dark malt . Softer sweet tropical fruit behind. 7+
Flavor/Palate : Metallic , dark malts with charcoal episode. Dryness of mocha at finish. Slight sourness, acidic in the centrum. Rich brew but not fully developed.

Jim Mack’s Pre-Beer Wars Gathering. Pours a brown black body with a tan head. Chewy hints of roasted malt, licorice, chocolate malt sweet but still creamy. A hint of cherry. I enjoyed it.

Black color with no head. Strong aroma of chocolate and fruit. More of both of those in the flavor. I wouldn’t say it is distinctly a pomegranate quality, but certainly fruity. Light roasted malt.

12 oz bottle. 2008. Pours a deep dark brown almost black with a thinning fizzy head. aroma is dark chocolate nuts, fruity esters, and some pomegranate juice and a finishing mineral almost metallic cherry pit character. More pomegranate fruit in the flavor but not out of control just fits in ok- with chocolate malts, sweet caramel and other fruits like figs and apple. Slightly more metallic and astringent in the finish. I remember the tap version being a bit fuller bodied and not quite as astringent but my notes are only from the bottle.

(12oz bottle) th diss beige head w near opaq bdy. Nose ogf coffee and pineapple. Good storng coffee malt base with mild vanilla. Great stuff. Really surprised by the low percentile? 7/4/7/4/16

Bottle shared by aplusbreaks poured a clear dark brown with red highlights and a lingering ring of tan foam. Aromas of coffee, toffee, light fruittiness and light vanilla. Palate was medium bodied and smooth with a dry finish. Flavors of bitter chocolate, coffee, light carmel and light pomegranate with a smooth bittersweet finish.

12-oz. bottle received via trade with dchmela. Pours clear rubied black with a small, fizzy, light brown head, mostly diminishing with spare lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (molasses, chocolate, burnt), light hops (herbs), average yeast (leather) with notes of tar, charcoal, soy sauce, licorice, and pomegranate. Full bodied, sticky texture, average carbonation, and a bitter finish. Average duration, light sweetness and acidity, moderate bitterness.