Funky South Paw
Jackie O's Brewpub

Funky South PawFunky South Paw
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From:
Jackie O's Brewpub
 
Ohio, United States
Style:
Wild Ale
ABV:
6%
Score:
91
Avg:
4.1 | pDev: 10.49%
Reviews:
32
Ratings:
204
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 19, 2018
Added:
Dec 05, 2010
Wants:
  104
Gots:
  28
Pale Ale, fermented with pawpaw fruit and refermented on our house cultures
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Ratings by Auslander:
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Rated by Auslander from Ohio

4/5  rDev -2.4%

Jul 23, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.62 by jheimbigner from Washington

Mar 19, 2018
 
Rated: 4.24 by MTKATL from Georgia

Feb 25, 2018
 
Rated: 4.1 by Nat1975 from Indiana

Nov 21, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by atrocity from Virginia

Oct 10, 2017
 
Rated: 3.88 by Vidblain from Minnesota

Oct 09, 2017
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Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio

3.85/5  rDev -6.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Clear gold with a persistent, white creamy film.

Smell is crisp lemon-lime, orange rind, grapefruit, papaya and the barnyard funk of Brett that adds an almost salty and pungent, peppery peach skin.

Taste is more bitter than expected, consisting of the rinds of orange and grapefruit with horse blanket. As I dig more into it and it begins to warm, passionfruit and even durian (without the natural gas) develop. Having a bottle 3 months after release, the banana, mango and pineapple listed in the description really do come through, and the "durian" I noted on draft is actually like a strawberry-banana smoothie, except for the light sharp bitterness that continues to persist and keep this balanced.

Funky South Paw is crisp and tart, but bitterness takes over in a unique way for the style. As such, I can see this being a sleeper hit in an unusual way. Body is light and frothy, with a semi-dry finish.
Aug 14, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by caahare from West Virginia

Jul 06, 2017
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Reviewed by stakem from Pennsylvania

3.71/5  rDev -9.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
2015 bomber, bottle #250/384 poured into a jackie o's snifter appears a perfectly clear golden copper with a white head a finger strong that fades leaving stringy lace.

Aroma is fruity with lemony lacto and something almost like pear/mango.

Taste is fruity like pear/apple skins with a grassy bitterness and mild lacto-like lemony character.

Light in body with modest carbonation. Not great, not bad. Interesting. Despite being 1.5 years old it still has a solid "pale ale" feel to it, just in a unique way.
Jan 17, 2017
 
Rated: 3.99 by sposter4 from Pennsylvania

Mar 12, 2016
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

4.18/5  rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Ample haze runs through a mostly golden beer. Interesting aroma here, mango-kiwi like fruit. Clean sour, brett notes not noticeable.

Drinks like an upland kiwi lambic but without the massive sourness or harsh acidity. Lacto sour. Probably my favorite Jackie O's beer, very well done, cool unique spin on a relatively unknown or underutilized fruit.
Jan 09, 2016
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Reviewed by Phil-Fresh from California

4/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottle.

A: Delicately light Paw Paw fruit aroma, light malt with moderately light funky sourness.

A: Light golden color, totally clear with a light white head that has adequate retention with faint wisps of lacing in the glass.

T: Light Paw Paw fruit with a touch of clean malt. The beer finishes with a dry, light funkiness.

M: Light bodied with moderate carbonation

O: Very solid; the beer has a light Paw Paw (tropical fruit note) with a clean, dry funky lightly sour finish. The beer has a very delicate character (aroma, taste and mouth-feel) with an interesting and unusual (at least to Californians) tropical fruit component. While funky, it would be fun to elevate the Paw Paw flavor and sourness.
Dec 29, 2015
 
Rated: 3.95 by jminch from Ohio

Oct 24, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by ScottJWing from Ohio

Oct 09, 2015
 
Rated: 4.38 by Kuges from Texas

Aug 17, 2015
 
Rated: 4.38 by JohnnyMc from Ohio

Aug 15, 2015
 
Rated: 4.46 by LeeEvolved from Virginia

Aug 10, 2015
 
Rated: 3.57 by BBThunderbolt from Kiribati

Jul 21, 2015
 
Rated: 4.1 by NickThePyro from Washington

Jul 14, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by dgilks from Australia

Jul 10, 2015
Funky South Paw from Jackie O's Brewpub
Beer rating: 91 out of 100 with 204 ratings