Brewed By: Jackie O's Pub & Brewery in Athens, Ohio
Purchased: 12oz CAN from a 6-pack bought at And Beer in Athens, Ohio; 2014
Style/ABV: American India Pale Ale, 7.0%
When in Rome...about Jackie O's Pub & Brewery:
Jackie O's is a brewery and brewpub based out of Athens, Ohio. The brewery was founded in 2007 by Art Oestrike and his friend, and brew master, Brad Clark. In 2012 when the production facility expanded, brew master Sean White joined the company. For more info, check out their website or Facebook.
The Mystic Mama IPA is a West Coast inspired IPA, brewed with a blend of 5 hops and punching in at an aggressive 7.0% and 130 IBUs. This beer features a dry hop addition of Citra and Simcoe, because why not.
Typical to the style, this pours into a golden-yellow/amber/orange body that is dependent on lighting and camera quality. There's a finger of golden, hop-fueled head that is as Cali as California girls and California beaches. There's lacing, and all that good shit that no one cares about except the ceasaroni judges at FOBAB that can't tell between Lacto and Brett.
On the aroma: OH MY. This is pungent and citrusy straight up, but that quickly gives way to 130 IBUs worth of super dank resin. This is channeling serious resin, bow rosin, candied guava, dank as hell agave, sugar dusted candy citrus, and grapefruit and orange over-the-top. It's just a nutty assault of too much hops.
This is pretty tasty, and effectively delivers that resinous blast of orange, grapefruit, sharp lemon, and then guava-agave. At 7.0%, you don't get much malt, and this leans towards an Imperial IPA. Aside from the resinous blast of citrus, agave, and resin, is some nice caramel and bread malt backings. I actually think they nailed this.
There's not much to add here...palate depth is good, complexity is good, and this is medium-bodied thanks to good carbonation and the hoppy bitterness. This is above-average stuff without doing anything mind blowing. Up front: resinous citrus; the mids roll into resinous lemon; the back end drops resinous agave, rosin, guava, and some bread and caramel dances in the back. Solid.
Rating: Above-Average (4.0/5.0 Untappd)
I'm feeling a Strong Above-Average here. This is pretty much a West Coast IPA done Ohio style...I can respect that. Food pairings here include American bar food, spicy foods, and anything that goes well with a West Coast IPA. You know the drill.
Random Thought: Athens is a nice place.
Typical to the style, this pours into a golden-yellow/amber/orange body that is dependent on lighting and camera quality. There's a finger of golden, hop-fueled head that is as Cali as California girls and California beaches. There's lacing, and all that good shit that no one cares about except the ceasaroni judges at FOBAB that can't tell between Lacto and Brett.
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On the aroma: OH MY. This is pungent and citrusy straight up, but that quickly gives way to 130 IBUs worth of super dank resin. This is channeling serious resin, bow rosin, candied guava, dank as hell agave, sugar dusted candy citrus, and grapefruit and orange over-the-top. It's just a nutty assault of too much hops.
This is pretty tasty, and effectively delivers that resinous blast of orange, grapefruit, sharp lemon, and then guava-agave. At 7.0%, you don't get much malt, and this leans towards an Imperial IPA. Aside from the resinous blast of citrus, agave, and resin, is some nice caramel and bread malt backings. I actually think they nailed this.
There's not much to add here...palate depth is good, complexity is good, and this is medium-bodied thanks to good carbonation and the hoppy bitterness. This is above-average stuff without doing anything mind blowing. Up front: resinous citrus; the mids roll into resinous lemon; the back end drops resinous agave, rosin, guava, and some bread and caramel dances in the back. Solid.
Rating: Above-Average (4.0/5.0 Untappd)
I'm feeling a Strong Above-Average here. This is pretty much a West Coast IPA done Ohio style...I can respect that. Food pairings here include American bar food, spicy foods, and anything that goes well with a West Coast IPA. You know the drill.
Random Thought: Athens is a nice place.
I love this beer. I am looking to brew a clone of this that was was on Brewers Friend as an all grain recipe. In that recipe they used Turbinado? A sucrose/molasses coarse granular sugar. Is that your understanding
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