Day 34 - Beer 34 Mack In Black, Imperial Black Ale, Holy Mackeral Brewing, Fort Lauderdale FLorida

a great day here in Florida, over 80, a round of golf, warm up exercises in the 19th hole and good cards with good friends tonight. Learned to play Up the River or Shoot em Up with our Merkin Friends Doug, Judy, Carol and Dick and of course Rochelle. My team won one and lost one. Oh Well, as Doug would say. Did some more warm-up exercises while we played cards on several Warstiners. Tonight's beer an Imperial Black Ale fermented with pomegranate juice poured black withe ample brown head that dissipated quickly, but there was a continuous flow of bubbles around the edge of the glass. The aroma consisted of smokey malts with hints of citrus. The tastes up front were a heavy smokey malt with citrus and a little sweetness, possibly from the pomegranate, a bit of hoppy spice, dark chocolate and roasted hazelnuts. It was very well balanced for a heavy black ale with 8% alcohol. Overall very good 3.9 out of 5