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Holy Mackerel Special Golden Ale 3.18 245

Holy Mackerel Special Golden Ale

Percentile
64
overall

bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
2453.19/5.03.18/5.0Special8.5%29.6Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
This Golden Ale is Belgian-Style, yet with a Florida twist! Handcrafted in small batches using the finest all natural ingredients, including German Plisner malt and Czech Saaz hops. Quite a refreshing, yet complex beer… that will only mature if cellared for 2-3 years. -Ideal serving temperature 45f.
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 00cobraR (1098), Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/103/514/20
Apr 1, 2008  
Not a bad belgain. looks a bit more golden to be a BS, but the alcohol certainly backs that up. aroma is typical belgain sweet and yeast. This beer had nearly no head and was filtered. flavor was also typical. nothing to get excited about.


 BeerandBlues2 (3231), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Mar 29, 2008  
12-oz bottle received via trade with jayg. Pours clear dark yellow with an average, rocky, white head, lasting with fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (hay, straw), average hops (flowers, grass), average yeast (horse blanket, barnyard, earth) with notes of banana and apple. Medium bodied, creamy texture, average carbonation, and a bitter finish. Long duration, moderate acidity, bitterness, and sweetness.


 darn1207 (621), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/59/20
Mar 29, 2008  
12 oz bottle. smallish white head w/ a gold amber pour. smells sweet - honey. tastes sweet - butterscotch, honey, spices, banana, malt. finishes heavy on the yeast. not my favorite.


 Strykzone (1497), Wood River, Illinois, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Mar 28, 2008  
Golden slightly cloudy body with a small fizzy head that lasts only moments. Aroma is balance of floral hop and sweet malt. Flavor is sugar, malt, fruit, and alcohol. This is a nice beer from the Florida Beer Co. Thanks Daknole!


 daknole (3027), Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/516/20
Mar 15, 2008    Updated: May 5, 2009
This is a suberb beer, especially great for a beer brewed in Florida(we dont have a lot of great breweries here!). If you didnt know you might think you were drinking a Belgian beer. Fairly strong aroma and flavor. Pours a slighly copperish color with a quickly disappearing head. Nice sweet flavor on initial taste, gives way to a perfectly balanced hop finish. Great with wings! Superb on tap and good in the bottle too.


 jake65 (1725), Williston, North Dakota, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Mar 12, 2008  
Bottle: Kind of a dull orange color with a small white head that is short-lived. Spicey nose full of Belgian qualities, citrus, and yeast. Flavor is sweet at first with light spices, warms quickly in the tail. ABV is noticable. A little orange peel. Thanks Degarth.


 Quake1028 (633), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Mar 8, 2008  
Draft at Florida Brewers Guild Beer Fest 2008. Full rating updated as soon as I am more coherent.


 mgermani (865), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/102/514/20
Mar 7, 2008  
Pours a hazy copper with a brief white head. Good Belgian aroma, spicy and sweet. Tastes buttery and sweet with a crisp lightly spicy finish. Alcohol hidden, but makes its presence known in time. Thin body with ok carbonation. Very decent beer, very drinkable. Thanks to Degarth for the trade!



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