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Holy Mackerel Special Golden Ale

Holy Mackerel Special Golden Ale

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59
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A Belgian Strong Ale brewed by
Florida Beer Company

Melbourne, Florida USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

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1703.18/5.03.17/5.0Special8.5%20.8Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler P  Stats

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 (998), 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.

 kkearn (707), philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Nov 20, 2008  
12oz bottle, 2008 vintage. Pours golden with a slight orange hue, capped with a fairly large off-white head. Aroma is fairly sweet with notes of tropical fruit, honey, banana and yeast. Flavor is sweet as well, with citrus and tropical fruit. White pepper and spice round out the palate and stick around for a fairly long finish. Drinkable, but a bit too sweet for me.


 GodOfThunder (113), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/514/20
Oct 29, 2008  
Hazy light orange color with smells of oranges, grapes and a little summer spice. Taste is like sweet grapes with some banana and honey. The sweet flavors stick around for a while. This is good!


 ilovedarkbeer (835), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/103/514/20
Oct 23, 2008  
Bottle from bu11zeye.Honey orange golden color. Nose: rubber and a little bit of grape. Taste is very sweet, banana, caramel, honey, and sugar. Taste is pretty good.


 mar (728), Dallas, Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 22, 2008  
08 bottle from bu11zeye. murky gold pour with no head. strong scent of cloves and fruit. not too bad on the palate with the fruit and yeast being the highlights here.


 BMan1113VR (1122), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/104/515/20
Oct 22, 2008  
2008 bottle from bu11zeye. Pours a hazy yellow with a small white head that goes. aroma of banna, bubble gum some pepper, and burnt plastic. Taste has a lot of sweetness, some bananas and a slight off-taste in the finish. Light bubbles, a bit warming.



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