Joe The Plum
Jackie O's Pub & Brewery in Athens, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Fruit Beer Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.10
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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). It was exciting to see this beer actually make it on tap. I thought it was a crazy idea. Once that barrel was opened up, a delightful surprise sprang forth.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled from the tap at the brewery during the 5th anniversary party. Poured a dark cloudy brown with a gray head that dissipated to the edge. Aroma had a note of smokey peat malt with backing notes of sour plums and oak. Flavor had a main sour plum note with a backing of smokey malt and bourbon.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Sep 2010
at 18:50
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
@Tampa Wkly Gathering-hand bottle–Thanks markwise-pours an off white ring for a head and deep red color. Aroma is oak, bourbon, vinegar, dark fruit-cherry. Taste is oak, bourbon, vinegar, dark fruit-plum, acidic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2009
at 12:50
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Growler pour courtesy of markwise, thanks again Mark. Pours strikingly clear amber with copper edges and thin nearly white head. The aroma has lots of sweet bourbon and dry oak along with hints of plum fruit meat. The taste is smooth and dry with boozy bourbon, vanilla, oak and some malts. It seems to end with a mild level of vanilla, booze, dryness, oak and more dryness.
Tried
from Growler
on 30 Oct 2009
at 18:27
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
growler courtesy of markwise. Pours brown, nice light mocha head. Aroma is full of bourbon, dark fruits, and malts. Flavor, bourbon is just a little too forward to fully enjoy the full flavor of the Scottish ale. Addition of the plum adds a thin fruit tartness with hints of chocolate. Tasty beer!
Tried
on 19 Oct 2009
at 22:29