Holy Mackerel Special Golden Ale

Brewed by Florida Beer Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Melbourne, Florida USA

Pours a golden pilsner color with foamy white head. Spicy aroma with hints of fruit and alcohol. Flavor is spicy and contains a bit of citrus fruit.

Date: 01/25/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: clear copper, short lived fine dirty white head, drippy streaks of lace,
Aroma: aroma has lots of sweet fruity esters plus light fusel alcohol, nice spicyness balances the sweetness,
Body: big body,
Flavor: lots of sweet malt flavor, candy sweetness, light spicyness, light bitterness comes out of the spicyness to add balance,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Draft @ redlight. Seems like a strong witbier for the most part, or at least somewhere in the Duvel range. Hazy golden yellow color. Big creamy head. Spicy with phenolic components. Medicinal. Cloves and spices. Plenty of orange peel to go around. Smooth and wheaty. Light semi-dry finish and highly spiced with coriander. Yeasty and wheaty.

Golden raisin, vanilla cake aroma. Bad label, lightly hazed gold beer. Tripel-y. Moderately sweet, tart, alcohol bittering. Phenolic at times. Oily mouthfeel with a carbonated break. Cereal and alcohol finish. Bottle. Steel City Saloon.

Bottle. Pours a hazy dark orange with a very small white head. The nose is very sweet with loads of sugar up front and hints of orange, clove, and mild spices. Wow, this stuff is sticky sweet. It’s a bit much. The esters manage to add an almost bitter or dry, spiced hint but it is no match for the candy flavor on this one. I pick up a rich marmalade note and some honey as well. My only complaint is there is too much blunt, candy-like sweetness.

Appearance: Pours a clear, orange body with a small, off-white head. Smell: Sugar-coated honey malt aroma with notes of orange peel, bananas, and a whiff of fusel alcohol. Taste: Lightly malty with a sharply honey candy sweetness. Meager pinch of spice. Orange and banana fruitines. A hint of bitterness struggles to temper the sweetness. Light yeastiness. Semi-dry, boozey finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Medium carbonation. Quite warming. Drinkability: This may come to the surprise of many here, but I didn’t really care for this beer.

Hazy yellow with thin white head. Aroma is sweet and peary with hints of pineapple. Taste is heavy and sweet with definite fruit. Strange aftertwang, and perhaps some fusel alcohol flavor.

cloudy brownish tan body with no head. It has an aroma of vomit and orange with a bit of honey and malt. The flavor has a bunch of malt and has a hint of wasabi flavor and honey.