Rubus Oro
Jackie O's Taproom & Brewery

Great berry flavor, moderate sourness, great mouthfeel - creamy rather than bristly. Needs a bit more complexity to be transcendent but this is a great sour.

650ml bottle, served in a stemless wine glass.

Pours a slightly hazy golden-yellow body, one finger white head with nice retention, a bit of lacing. Smells of raspberries, mild funk, acetic acidity, mild lacto, oak, a bit of pale malt sweetness. It's not complicated, but the raspberries really burst forward in the nose. Awesome aroma. Flavour is a bit less intense, but the raspberries still come forward initially and carry on throughout, not a whole lot else is happening though; mild pale malt sweetness, oak, moderate acetic acidity and a little bit of lactic as well. Minimal funk. It's not complex, but what it delivers is very tasty. Mouthfeel is fuller bodied, creamy, good carbonation, nice tartness on the backend. Easy to drink, nice acidity; it doesn't bring a ton of complexity but what it does bring to the table, it nails quite well.

 

 

 

 

Thanks to GRG1313 for sharing this one at his tasting.

Bottle 162/225. Batch 14.

Pours a murky orange with a foamy beige head that settles to a partial film on top of the beer. Small dots of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is sour with grain, raspberry, earth, and acidic aromas. Taste is much the same with sour grain, raspberry, and wood flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of acidity on the palate with each sip. This beer has a good level of carbonation with a crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a very good beer with great sour raspberry characteristics that come through especially well in the taste.

Serving type: bottle.

 

 

Big thanks to rudzud for sharing.

Pours a huge fluffy fizzy 1.5 finger head that fades semi slowly, thick messy soapy lacing, hazy murky orange color.

Nose is great, great raspberry, dry raspberry flesh with mild seed, great tart sour fruit, hint funk, golden raspberry sour like and juicy, quite nice. Touch of barrel, toasted, vinous.

Taste brings mild sweetness, big tangy juicy raspberry, mild tannin seed, golden raspberry, nice sourness, nice vinous flavours, little toasted oak and vanilla barrel notes, nice wild funk flavors, nice acidity as well. Finish lingering nice raspberry sour fruit, tangy and acidic, mild funk, not really flemmy.

Mouth is med to lighter bod, big bright fluffy carb, not flemmy, nice sourness and acidic level.

Overall very nice, very enjoyable, one of the best sour beers I've had in While.

Shared with JLindros. Bottle #'d 220/225

A - Poured into a Kate the Great tulip a great crystal hue with a big fluffy two finger head that leaves loads of sticky lacing and a thin blanket.

S - Aromas of nice fleshy golden raspberries, seeds, light white wine, faint barrel notes. Nicerly acidic without being too aggressive.

T - Taste is much more delicious raspberries, juice and seed, great acid notes, great floral fruits, good barrel notes light vinous as well. Little vanilla, nice fruity raspberry notes. Absolutely delicious.

M - Mouthfeel is brightly carbonated, great tartness, not flemmy at all.

O - Overall this beer was excellent. Great raspberry notes, bright and fresh. Just excellent, one of the better Jackie O's sours.

Serving type: Bottle

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beautiful golden color, slightly sweet aroma and stone fruit and light Apple scent. Lightly effervescent on the palate. Full flavored without being over the top sour.

 

Aroma of berries, oak, faint vanilla, vinegar, & yeast, acidic. Taste tart, sour, berries, wood, fruity acidity. Nice Sour!