Jackie O’s Brewery – among region’s finest

West Virginia Beer Roads gets the guys at Jackie O’s Brewery in Athens, Ohio, to pour out some of the best interview information that we have ever had. Upcoming releases, new projects, overcoming challenges—there seems to be exciting developments around every turn.

Founded in 2007, long before either Charleston or Huntington had a local craft brewery, Jackie O’s was adopted by a large number of our region’s craft beer fans as our top “local” brewery. Even now with West Virginia having some very good local breweries of our own, Jackie O’s still sets the standard for beer quality and community impact in our region.

Definitely deserving of their stellar national reputation, could there be a better all-around Appalachian region brewery than Jackie O’s? Listen in to our podcast as we interview brewery founder Art Oestrike and head brewer Seth Morton and find out all the things that these folks are up to.

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Some of the topics we get into include:

• A new series of limited release IPA 6-packs has been scorching the market. Now brewing over 1,000 barrels of the latest release to meet market demand.
• Morgantown artist Bryn Perrott is producing the cutest Jackie O’s IPA can designs with her Appalachian creatures series, including possums, porcupines, and cicadas.
• Learn about their plans to add West Virginia distribution to their market.
• The current top three sellers for Jackie O’s are (1) Mystic Mama IPA, (2) Who Cooks For You Pale Ale, and (3) the Limited Release IPA 6-packs.
• Head Brewer Seth Morton says “I’ve been having a lot of fun with hoppy beer in the last couple of years.” And customers have been loving the new IPAs and Double IPAs.
• What’s coming up with Dark Apparition Imperial Stout variants.
• Hear about the brewery’s path to improving the respectful atmosphere and welcoming culture for employees and guests, no matter one’s gender, race, or ethnicity.
• Find out why they are stoked with their Imperial Scouts beer club.
• Learn about booking one of the two AirBnbs affiliated with Jackie O’s.
• The new Jackie O’s Bake Shop has opened near the production brewery and is chock-full of goodies.
• Why both Art and Seth list Dark Apparition Imperial Stout as the most significant Jackie O’s beer through the brewery’s history.

LINKS:

JackieOs.com