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Holy Mackerel Special Golden Ale

Holy Mackerel Special Golden Ale - Belgian Strong Ale

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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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 GAManiac (1123), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Dec 21, 2008  
Bottle poured into a tulip. Pours a hazy golden orange with little head. The aroma is slightly sweet with Belgian yeast and some lighter fruits as well. The taste is not much different with a pretty one-dimensional sweetness that dominates throughout. The mouthfeel is clean but slightly thinner than I would like. This one is only OK and definitely not one I will try again.


 FishManLA (284), Abita Springs, Louisiana, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/104/512/20
Dec 15, 2008  
Pours a rich golden color with a small head. Nose of yeast and fresh pale malts. The smell is this beers best characteristic. Taste of pale malts, grass, and with a bit of astringency. Finish of grass or hay.


 emacgee (1859), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
Dec 10, 2008  
Light hazy pale gold with a fizzy head. The nose is sweet, candy, lightly earthy, not too much going on, some yeast character. The flavor is sweet, yeasty, some spice, candy, earthy. Sweet kind of syrupy mouthfeel with a decent carbonation.


 bu11zeye (5430), Frisco, Texas, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/511/20
Dec 9, 2008  
(12oz. bottle, 2008 vintage) Pours a hazy golden orange body with a small white head. Aroma of coriander, banana, citrus, pear, and ginger. Flavor of ginger, candi sugar, apricots, and some floral.


 smith4498 (822), Miami, Florida, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/512/20
Dec 5, 2008  
Pours dark golden color with off white head. Strong aroma of bananas and yeast. Sweet flavors of bananas and candy sugar. Medium body with soft carbonation. Decent, but a bit too sweet for my tastes. I could not drink more than one.


 gsmitty80 (628), Washington DC, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/104/512/20
Dec 2, 2008  
This was a beligian style ale that tasted as expected, not very good. It had a flat taste to it with little carbonation like a normal belgian. The taste was almost artificial. I had a 2007 bottle and maybe it was not aged long enough.


 kkearn (994), 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 (855), 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!



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