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Holy Mackerel Special Golden Ale

Holy Mackerel Special Golden Ale - Belgian Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
63
overall
Brewed by Florida Beer Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Melbourne, Florida USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
2403.18/5.03.17/5.0Special8.5%27.9Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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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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 ryan (1774), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/511/20
Apr 2, 2008  
Courtesy of argo0. Hazy pale body with a small white head. The nose is sugary sweet with caramel, toffee, golden fruit and herbs. The flavor is moderately sweet, lightly bitter with honey, cotton candy, herbs, golden raisins and dough. Medium/full body is rough with moderate carbonation.


Peregrinari (53), Washington, Washington DC, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/510/20
Apr 2, 2008  
Kind of middle of the road golden. (whatever that means) So so. blah blah blah blah blah That should take care of the stupid low character alert.


 jjuf1853 (467), Land O Lakes, Florida, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Apr 2, 2008  
Bottle pours a clear amber/honey color with minimal head. Sweet aroma that also includes pear, yeast, spices, and alcohol. Flavor is mostly sweet and malty at first followed by a little bitterness and noticable alcohol presence (but not overpowering).


 00cobraR (1096), 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 (3201), 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 (528), 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 (1458), 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 (2803), Plantation, Florida, 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.



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