Joe The Plum
Jackie O's Taproom & Brewery
- From:
- Jackie O's Taproom & Brewery
- Ohio, United States
- Style:
- Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy
- ABV:
- 9.5%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.85 | pDev: 14.55%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 33
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 03, 2015
- Added:
- Sep 20, 2009
- Wants:
- 22
- Gots:
- 8
SCORE
87
Very Good
87
Very Good
This unique beer is a plum infused Wee Heavy that experienced a secondary fermentation from native Athens' micoflora off of the skins of the local plums. This all happened with in an American Oak barrel over the course of three months. A 10.5% one of a kind brew that embodies tart/sweet plumbs, peat-smoked Scottish ale, and second-generation bourbon barrel flavors (soft bourbon notes and some very refined oak character).
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Reviewed by nrbw23 from Ohio
2.78/5 rDev -27.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
2.78/5 rDev -27.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
A- Pours an odd brownish red color with a pretty big foamy brown head. Quite a bit of floaters lurking though out the beer. Head has ok retention and leaves a bit of lacing.
S- Light oak, light bourbon, vanilla and some sort of sourness here, and plum.
T- This brew has a very odd sweet/sour thing going on here. I don't really think this one fits the style. A bit of wood and bourbon but a very off sour taste.
M- Medium in body, very dry and quite a bit of carbonation.
O- I had all intentions of splitting this one with the wife as we shot some pool. Well, she didn't like this brew. It took a while but I was able to finish it.
Sep 12, 2012S- Light oak, light bourbon, vanilla and some sort of sourness here, and plum.
T- This brew has a very odd sweet/sour thing going on here. I don't really think this one fits the style. A bit of wood and bourbon but a very off sour taste.
M- Medium in body, very dry and quite a bit of carbonation.
O- I had all intentions of splitting this one with the wife as we shot some pool. Well, she didn't like this brew. It took a while but I was able to finish it.
Reviewed by CharlieMurphy from New York
3.48/5 rDev -9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.48/5 rDev -9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
A: Black with enough thinness to see brown light through most of the flass. A little khaki trim.
S: Tartness, dark malts + faint smoke, bourbon oak, rye bread?, lots of different things going on.
T: Tartness leads the charge, albeit it very mild, smooth, and sublte. Some apple and bread. A light firmness that rises up on the finish and prickles, presumable from the peat.
M: Residual is moderate, although the tartness isn't very strong, making this very approachable throughout a sizable drink.
O: I'd say this is better suited as a wild ale, atleast at this point.
Feb 27, 2012S: Tartness, dark malts + faint smoke, bourbon oak, rye bread?, lots of different things going on.
T: Tartness leads the charge, albeit it very mild, smooth, and sublte. Some apple and bread. A light firmness that rises up on the finish and prickles, presumable from the peat.
M: Residual is moderate, although the tartness isn't very strong, making this very approachable throughout a sizable drink.
O: I'd say this is better suited as a wild ale, atleast at this point.
Reviewed by Brabander from Netherlands
3.03/5 rDev -21.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.03/5 rDev -21.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
We had this beer at tasting two weeks ago at my cousin Peters place. Great beers and great fun.
This beer was poured in my Essen Christmasbeerfestivalglass (what a word for wordfeud!) Got this one in a trade month and months ago and now decided to bring this beer to the tasting.
This is not my kind of beer to start with. It is not a Scotch ale to my opinion and it is not Wee heavy.
This beer has some sourness in it which is not my cup of tea. Too bad because i have heard better things from this brewer.
Jan 07, 2012This beer was poured in my Essen Christmasbeerfestivalglass (what a word for wordfeud!) Got this one in a trade month and months ago and now decided to bring this beer to the tasting.
This is not my kind of beer to start with. It is not a Scotch ale to my opinion and it is not Wee heavy.
This beer has some sourness in it which is not my cup of tea. Too bad because i have heard better things from this brewer.
Reviewed by Mar02x from Netherlands
2.81/5 rDev -27%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
2.81/5 rDev -27%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
I had the opportunity to try this beer at a beer tasting at my uncle Peters place. This was a bottle Thijs brought with him. Thanks Thijs for sharing.
A - A dark brown ale with a thin beige brown ring on top.
S - Sour cherries and oak enter my surprised nose.
T - Sour plumbs and other fruits are smootly present, as is the oak wood. A bummer is the sour, because I was expecting a RIS (my mistake).
M - A relative high carbonation and a lot of fruit.
O - Not my style and not my taste, but for a sour it is not so bad.
Jan 07, 2012A - A dark brown ale with a thin beige brown ring on top.
S - Sour cherries and oak enter my surprised nose.
T - Sour plumbs and other fruits are smootly present, as is the oak wood. A bummer is the sour, because I was expecting a RIS (my mistake).
M - A relative high carbonation and a lot of fruit.
O - Not my style and not my taste, but for a sour it is not so bad.
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