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Holy Mackerel Special Golden Ale

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63
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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
2413.18/5.03.17/5.0Special8.5%28Trappist 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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 daknole (2896), 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.


 jake65 (1698), 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 (864), 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!


 corby112 (706), philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/514/20
Feb 26, 2008  
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.


 kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Feb 24, 2008  
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


 PhillyBeer2112 (2086), Orange Park, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Feb 21, 2008  
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.


 Aurelius (2647), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/103/513/20
Feb 21, 2008  
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.



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