Holy Mackerel Mack in Black

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

12oz bottle. Poured a dark black, with brown edges, and a smaller sized tan head. Aromas of chocolate, cherries (or is it the pomegranate juice), caramel, and dark berries. Tastes of chocolate, same berriness, caramel, roast, some dark fruits, vanilla, and had a light coffee finish. Alcohol content well hidden.

Pitch black color fast dissapating brown head and no carbonation - leaving what looks like a black pond in a cup. Strong coffee and sweet berry aroma certainly due to the pomegranite. An amount of hops balances the aroma and keeps it from being too sweet. Bready taste then the sweetness of fruity pomegranite tackles bold stout and charred malt flavor. Such a bold taste masks the 8% alcohol in this stout. It is an unusual brew - unique and impressive

Sampled at Bocky Bash on 7-5-08. Smoke and coffee on the nose for aroma. Black body with tan head. Good roasted coffee flavor with hint of sweet fruits in the background. Good stuff another black beauty tasted that day.

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.

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

12oz bottle @Noogfest4.0-thanks gunhaver–pours a light brown head and black color. Aroma is dark malt-coffee/roasty. Taste is rich dark malt-coffee/roasty/chocolate. Smooth, rich. Soft carbonation.

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.

thanks to daknole for the hookup! pours black with minimal head. the nose actually has a detectable hint of sweet pomegranate, as well as some light smokey and burnt notes. taste and body are almost like soda on first impact, fairly sweet and a strange type of small carbonation. again, the po is present, maybe a lil too much as it’s a pretty sweet brew. but also unique, and still darn good.