Jackie-Os Kentucky Monk

Brewed by Jackie-Os Pub and Brewery
Style: Abbey Tripel
Athens, Ohio USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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Rusty orange pour. Fast fizzling head. Nose is of mead honey jasmine bourbon. Very light on the bourbon. Initial taste contrast smell with no mead factors but a bunch of spicing contributes by the yeast into a light somewhat tart bourbon dry finish. Good but like most Jackie O’s I’ve had that are over a year of or not cellared properly, it’s tartness is the initial signs of infection.

Bottle pour from alexsdad06. Color clear yellow with amber hues. Immediate nose of bourbon on opening the bottle. Bourbon, followed by some oak/tannin, then spice and humidor. Taste initially sweet and sour, bourbon, clove, spice, and some fruit. Nice complex beer.

22 oz bottle shared by Richard. Thanks, dude! Pours a richly hazy, a frothy tannish head dies to a film, laces ok. A big earthy spice, dryness, touch of ash. Richer oak, spirit, touch of sourness, lactic elements. Initial is some apple cider, touch of dryness, spirit. Gentle spirit, apple, wood and oak. Middle is oak, apples, gentle spice, and faint citrus. Touches of spirit, bready and grainy malts, touch of fruit and spirit. Awkward, big oaky earthy presence, tannic. Fruit is mellow. Doughy and honey malt elements come into play, the sweeter base beer shows some life. Solid offering, the barrel makes it a bit warm and spirit driven but I think that gives it some character, no longer just a typical American Tripel interpretation. Ok.

Pours a nice copper color with a finger of fading fizz. On the nose there is some rich sweet honey, bourbon barrel, tart apple and a trace of clove. The palate is rich floral buckwheat honey that has a touch of fermented tartness to it. Round mouthfeel with lingering wet bourbon wood, boozy spice.

Bottle:   Deep caramel, little off-white head, sparce lacing.   Strong bourbon aroma.   Otherwise a bit of honey, wood, and alcohol.   This one seems hot.   Bright bready start, very woody, bourbony, and warming.   This has some kick to it!   Falls off a little quick, leaving a bit of a tangy finish.   Seems a bit vinous, perhaps in that woody sense.   Body and mouthfeel are moderate.   Not as big as I would have hoped.   The bourbon drowns out the aroma and flavor as the regular example is a bit fruity.   Body and mouthfeel are moderate.   Finishes tangy, vinous, with a big bourbon flair with slight honey.   Its a bit astringent in that it makes my mouth salivate.   I enjoy the bourbon aspect, but this one seems to have lost and gained from the original making it about even.

Bottle 22fl.oz. @ The Danish Summer Gathering, TFODRBSG12, Ulfborg.

[ Bottle # 35/360 ]. Clear medium amber yellow colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, spicy, dusty, moderate yeasty, fruity, bubble gum - mint, alcohol - bourbon. Flavour is moderate to light heavy sweet, light light acidic and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, sweet alcohol, wood, fruty yeast. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120818]

’12 Bottle 202/360: pours a clear deep bronze orange with a stringy-lacing off-white head. Has a sweet light caramel and bourbon nose with a touch of buttery oak, clove and bright fruits. Starts with good fullness and fine carbonation with a mildly sweet biscuity malt profile, giving way to a slightly tart drier bourbon oak balance before a slightly warming finish with some lingering light fruits. I’m not really a big fan of bourbon aged Belgian styled beers but this has some unique nuances.

Bottle # 131...pours a hazy amber with a medium white head...lively. aroma has some tartness, vanilla oak, bourbon. Flavor eases back on the tartness...nice mild vanilla and oak, soft coconut, touches of dried fruit and bourbon. Mouthfeel is medium and the finish is dried apricot, vanilla, and oak...dries nicely.

Pours a hazy golden amber with no head. Aroma is slightly oxidized, malt and oak. Taste is a whole other story. Aroma of caramel, oak, vanilla, cherries and almonds. This is amazing. The most complex beer I've ever had. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone