Lucile - Jackie O's Pub & Brewery

Alieniloquium

Florida

3.68/5  rDev -11.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

650 mL bottle poured into a snifter. Bottle # 188/197. 2012. Reviewed from notes.

Appearance - Pours like grapefruit juice. No head. No bubbles. Hazy pinkish orange.

Smell - Musty fruit acidic aroma. Cherry and a touch of funk. Lots of different acids and aromas coming out of this. Not a "clean" sour aroma.

Taste - Strong sourness right up front. Consistent backdrop of cherry, but it plays second fiddle to the acidity of this thing. Puckering, like many other Jackie O's offerings. Too much, really, without a lot of complexity.

Mouthfeel - Dry and really sour. Oak comes out, too.

Overall - Evelyn was more impressive. This had more sourness and a less complex fruit presence.

Serving type: bottle

12-28-2012 19:31:33 | More by Alieniloquium

Photekut

Azerbaijan

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

05-18-2013 21:26:59 | More by Photekut

thezoobrew

New York

3/5  rDev -28.1%

05-13-2013 18:08:23 | More by thezoobrew

joel66

New York

3/5  rDev -28.1%

05-03-2013 20:26:12 | More by joel66

sgoro

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

04-27-2013 20:54:31 | More by sgoro

spycow

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

03-31-2013 17:13:34 | More by spycow

oline73

Maryland

4.38/5  rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Poured from the bottle into a goblet.

The beer pours a slightly cloudy orangish amber color with not much head to speak of. I'm getting funky tart cherries, and some lemon juice in the nose along with some oak. The taste is full of cherries up front. This is a really tart beer that reminds me more of citrus juice than vinegar. Funky but light with a tart cherry and oak finish. The body is medium to think with tingly carbonation and a really dry finish.

I really enjoyed this one and would be happy to have more if they make it.

Serving type: bottle

03-21-2013 04:05:17 | More by oline73

mendvicdog

Maryland

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

03-14-2013 19:24:26 | More by mendvicdog

Beerontwowheels

Maryland

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

03-13-2013 16:43:20 | More by Beerontwowheels

duceswild

Maryland

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

03-13-2013 14:45:10 | More by duceswild

eyeenjoybeer

Indiana

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

02-22-2013 19:23:50 | More by eyeenjoybeer

AlexFields

Tennessee

3.8/5  rDev -8.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

Poured from bottle at a tasting on 1/4/2012.

First pours are extremely translucent reddish color with a little bit of a head. The bottom of the bottom by contrast was a really thick haze of sediment.

Smells tart, slightly fruity, not a ton of cherry in the nose though.

Taste is tartness first, then you get cherries, more than in the nose. Not a very complex sour, it's a pretty clean sour to fruit transition.

Mouthfeel is nice a crisp but could probably use slightly more carbonation, it felt like a light amber ale or something.

A good sour, easy to drink. Would give it a 3.75, so I split the difference between taste and overall.

7.6/10

Serving type: bottle

01-06-2013 20:38:02 | More by AlexFields

Lukafer

Indiana

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

12-30-2012 22:41:54 | More by Lukafer

denimdemon

Indiana

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

12-30-2012 22:38:35 | More by denimdemon

Urbancaver

Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

09-04-2012 01:44:44 | More by Urbancaver

seeswo

Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

08-24-2012 02:15:12 | More by seeswo

DavoleBomb

Ohio

4.3/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

This is the second JO's STAFF release, 2012 vintage, #63 of 197 bottles. In the words of Brad:

"Lucile is a kriek. I aged it for 33 months. This was a single barrel, no blending. 5% abv with over 60lbs of cherries added over the past 2 years."

Poured into a tulip.

3.5 A: Opaque grapefruit juice appearance. Fizzy, frothy white head. Retention is a bit lacking though.

4.0 S: Tart cherries kick this off, but there isn't much acetic sourness. Rather, this is a funk driven kriek much like 3F's. Musty basement, dusty dry wood, and musky woodland creatures. Big hit of oak, but no hints of astringency. Berry fruitiness follows, which can probably be attributed to lactic acid. Complex and extremely well balanced, but I'd like just a hint more sourness.

4.5 T: My complaint about the nose disappears in the taste. There is a light acetic component and the tartness of the cherries makes up the rest of the ground. Huge cherry flavor. Again there is musty basement, dry wood, and musk. Loads of tangy lactic acid giving some berry again, but also so much more. It's really vibrant and when I say it's tangy, I mean it. Lots of oak without any astringency. While the nose was well balanced without much sourness, the taste is well balanced with it.

4.0 M: Lighter body. Carbonation is light and spritzy, but I'd ask for a touch more of it. Then it'd be pretty damn near perfect. Super smooth.

4.5 D: This is a damn good kriek. I wish I had more than one bottle left because that is going to a super generous BA that I'm indebted to. Give this a try if you have a chance.

Serving type: bottle

08-20-2012 23:37:04 | More by DavoleBomb