Holy Mackerel Mack in Black

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

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.

Draught at WBF in Raleigh. Black pour, medium tan head, with some lacing. Aroma is typical--chocolate, coffee. Flavor is not that good, grainy, with a pomegranate fruitiness that really detracts from the flavor. ReRate--In bottle. Tastes much better. Aroma has pomegranate, lactose, coffee, sucrose, bitter chocolate, slight alcohol, and yeast. Flavor is similar, bittersweet, slightly tangy. Delicious.

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.

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.

2008. Pours to a black body with a thin tan head. The aroma is like a German chocolate cake with a raspberry jam. The flavor has a dry roasted chocolate and German chocolate cake thing. Subtle fruit. The palate is extremely light and thin. Falls off the tongue. Very good but the palate doesn’t fit.

VERY nice stout Thanks to mcbackus for sending a couple of these my way Pours a purple color so dark, that it almost looks black. Thin head, with clinging lacing. Great aroma, full of cocoa, coffee, and cream. Solid yeast and malty backbone on the aroma and flavor. Flavor is rich and dark - coffee, cream, oats, grains, and dark fruit swirl in and out of the palate. Strong coffee flavor up front, with subtle notes of chocolate that come and go. Grab one of these, if you don’t, you’re missing out

On draft @ Redlight. Black color with a 1-cm thick big-bubbled loose tan head. Sweet aroma with moderate roastiness, slight fruitiness, and some lactose notes. More roasty aroma apparent as it warms a bit. Clean slightly sweet roast flavor, a hint of fruity sweetness, light lingering hop buzz. Well put together. The pomegrante wasn’t real detectable to me.

Super Dark with minimal lighter fluffy head. Aroma is sweet and roasty with hints of fruit. Taste is sweet and creamy and I wouldn’t pick out pom right away but it is slightly tart coming through the coffee. Pretty good overall.