Jackie O's Pub & Brewery

Microbrewery in Athens, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 2005

Contact
25 Campbell St, Athens, OH, 45701, United States
Description
Established in 2005, Jackie O’s Brewery has evolved over the years to include an experimental brewpub, Public House restaurant, Production Brewery & Taproom, Bake Shop and the Barrel Ridge Farm – all of which are located in Athens, Ohio / Southeastern, Ohio. Specializing in brewing techniques that revive traditional methods, we also incorporate contemporary elements and influences. We strive to brew one of the most diverse beer portfolios in the country, with a detailed and unique focus on barrel & wood aged beers, wild ales, and blending.

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8.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9.5

Draft. Black beer with a low tan head. Dark fruit and light chocolate aroma. Dark fruit and chocolate flavor with bourbon. Fuller bodied. Dark fruit and chocolate linger with bourbon.

Tried on 20 Mar 2026 at 18:24


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can at home, from an online peddler whom I can't recall, 11/03/2026.
Hazed orange topped with a lasting white cap.
Nose is tangerine, peach, grass, soft malts, papaya.
Taste comprises juicy tropical fruit flesh, mandarin, melon, pineapple.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splashed with juicy hop bitterness.
Decent enough bright and juicy IPA ... surprised this only has 6.93 off 16 rates, it's not from the top drawer but it's pleasant and approachable.

Tried on 11 Mar 2026 at 19:13


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Bottle 375ml @ home. Pours black with a few tan bubbles. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, dark chocolate, cocoa, oak, vanilla and caramel. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long warm, dark chocolate, oak, vinous, vanilla and cocoa finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

Tried on 07 Mar 2026 at 00:30


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

12oz shared with Phill at his place.
Aroma: dark fruits, caramel, some hops.
Taste: along the same lines, thick, dried fruits (not dark, though), sweet.
Overall: very nice and quite unique.

Tried from Can from John's Marketplace - SW Multnomah on 06 Mar 2026 at 06:12


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can at home, 20th February 2026. Pours black and thick. Aroma is chocolate, roasted malts, taste is chocolate, a little roasted malts. The chilli comes through nicely and complements the base, excellent

Tried from Can on 03 Mar 2026 at 21:24


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared thanks to sjogro. Bit hazy dark brown. Vanilla, honey, alcohol, caramel, boost, bitter cocoa nibs, sugar. Quite sweet, over medium bitter. Full bodied, boozy finish.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2026 at 23:09


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to stange.
Appearance: clear copper color with a half a finger of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: soured wheat scents; lemon tartness; sour/Brett whiffs, subtle white bread
Flavor: wraps the prior noted aromas up to a sour to tart sort of way; finishes with the sour-ed wheat and lemony tartness
Texture: light bodied, sessionable; clean smoothness but also some sour/Brett-like assertiveness
Overall: a very nicely done Berliner Weisse and as far as I know done very close to style.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2026 at 12:37


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Reviewed from notes.
Can to nonic glass.
Appearance: dark brown in the pour but more of a black color in the glass. Finger's worth of off-white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: caramel malts, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, coffee notes, roasty tones and some earthiness
Flavor: blends all the prior noted aromas to a sweet to roasty quality; finishes with blended chocolates and coffee tones
Texture: light to medium bodied, some sessionability; sturdy roasty acceptable grind on the tongue
Overall: good coffee stout I'd be willing to come back to.

Tried from Can on 22 Feb 2026 at 04:25


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to chalice.
Appearance: dark brown close to dark purple with a finger's worth of white foamy head which trailed off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: bourbon barrel/woody tones up front, light vanilla, dark fruits, light Belgian chocolate, subtle Belgian sugars, pomme fruits, slight tart fruity character
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas into a subtle sweet to yeasty spicy to earthy character; finishes dark fruity, subtle Belgian spicy yeasty toned and kinda with some barrel/woody aspects
Texture: medium bodied, great sipper; some smoothness, that "back-of-the-throat" Belgian grab shows up fairly dry this time
Overall: there's a Belgian quad in here and it shows it's face then hides behind the barrel and presents itself again to tell you - "you better find another bottle of me!"

Tried from Bottle on 22 Feb 2026 at 03:38


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: golden yellow color with a one and a half fingers of white foamy head which trailed off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: funky, tart, grassy, earthy, floral, woody and hay scents; light Belgian-like yeastiness fist bumping with some light malts
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to funky floral and earthy to grassy vibe; finishes floral, tart, and woody to hay-like
Texture: light to medium bodied, some smoothness but also some dryness and some tart harshness
Overall: nicely done saison worthy of returning to.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Feb 2026 at 03:20