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Jackie O’s Public House Restaurant

Choose from a variety of experimental and traditional beer styles with our 30 different Jackie O’s drafts. Pair your pint with our locally sourced menu, including multiple daily specials, homemade bread from the Jackie O’s Bakeshop, and spent-grain crust specialty pizzas.

Please note: We do not accept reservations. Restaurant and bar seating is available first come, first served.

On Tap & To Go

Please make sure to choose the location at which you would like to visit below in order to see our current draft options.

Public House
Stout - Imperial / Double
Imperial Stout aged in rum barrels Summoned from its rest in rum barrels after 14 long months, this hefty stout totes tones of spice cake, Demerara sugar, and nutty cacao. Brewed in collaboration with our dear friend John Laffler of Off Color Brewing, allow this paranormal stout to warm slightly in the glass before you…

Blueberry Lemon Splash Pad

5.5%
Hard Seltzer
Craft seltzer made with blueberry, lemon and a touch of vanilla. (Gluten Free!)

Cherry, Vanilla, Cinnamon Perpetum

5.5%
Sour - Fruited Berliner Weisse

Brown Ale - American
This brown ale was brewed to commemorate the 2007 Lungevity Everest Expedition. The people of Tibet call Mt. Everest “Chomolungma,” and this exceptional ale carries on the spirit of the climb. Seven Malts, three hops, and 100 pounds of local wild flower honey give this ale an exceptional character. Baked muffins, dark fruit, bittersweet chocolate,…

IPA - Cold
This extra crispy IPA combines the vibrant character of your favorite West Coast IPA with the icy refreshment of a Lager. Huge citrus, peach, and papaya and gentle pine notes bounce merrily off of soft and crackery malts. 6.5% ABV.

Blonde / Golden Ale - American
American Golden ale brewed with lactose and conditioned on coffee. This full-bodied golden ale delivers a rich and creamy mouthfeel married with a bright and fruity coffee character, making Cool Beans a light and easy drinker for hot summer days and cold winter nights alike.

Pilsner - German
A German-Style Pilsner brewed with Hersbrucker hops as well as Pilsner and Chit malts.

Firefly Amber

4.5%
Red Ale - American Amber / Red
Lightly roasted malt gives Firefly a biscuit-like finish. Carefully selected hops provide an herbal and mildly citrus aroma and flavor.

Fizzy Lifting Drink

5.5%
Wheat Beer - Other
Mixed fermentation wheat ale fermented with pineapple, orange and guava purées. Tart and refreshing with layers of expressive tropical fruit

Pilsner - German
Crispy German Style Pilsner with fine German malts and hops. Exceptionally clean and crisp, expect a light bready, cracker-like malt backbone with a delicate bitterness from a refined, soft hop profile and the dry refreshing finish you expect.

Hazy On the Hocking

6.3%
IPA - New England / Hazy
Juicy, Hazy IPA brewed in collaboration with our friends at the Ohio University Inn. Luscious mouthfeel with ripe notes of citrus and tropical fruit.

Kvass

4.1%
Kvass
Mixed Fermentation style Saison brewed with loads of rye bread baked at Jackie O's own Bakeshop and solely fermented with our proprietary mixed fermentation saison culture. This project has been long awaited in the Jackie O’s walls, and took years to come to fruition! Thank goodness it did because we are extremely pleased with the…

IPA - American
Our flagship West-Coast style IPA is brewed with a tremendous amount of hand-selected American hops, delivering extraordinary tropical and citrus notes alongside a firm but satitating bitterness.

Night Bite

5.0%
IPA - Session
Session Black IPA brewed in collaboration with Little Fish, Hop Head Farms and Prairie Malt! Light and roasty hopped solely with Michigan hops.

Stout - Irish Dry
Dry Irish Stout served on smooth & creamy nitrogen.

Lager - Mexican
Brewed in collaboration with the band Caamp, this infinitely refreshing lager features both German and Ohio grown and malted barley with peppery Czech Saaz and citrusy New Zealand Motueka hops.

Paloma Splash Pad

5.5%
Hard Seltzer
Craft seltzer made with grapefruit juice and lime puree. Super crushable!

Wheat Beer - Fruited
Brewed in celebration of the Ohio Pawpaw Festival, this Wheat Ale was fermented with the Ohio native Pawpaw fruit; a unique relative of tropical fruit trees that grows in temperate climates. Pawpaw Wheat offer a one-of-a-kind experience with notes of mango, banana, and a touch of melon, as special as the fruit and the state…

Petite Saison

4.7%
Farmhouse Ale - Saison
A lightly dry-hopped Saison blending classic farmhouse ale characteristics with bright fruity citrus character.

Raspberry Perpetum (2025)

6.0%
Sour - Fruited
Stainless steel fermented American Sour Ale refermented on raspberries. With recent batches of Perpetum, we're dialing down the acidity, leaving an attenuated, but gently sweet beer perfect for balmy summer nights.

Wheat Beer - Fruited
Razz Wheat is a classic local favorite originating from the brewpub in Athens, Ohio. Natural raspberry puree is added during fermentation giving this beer a unique and playful personality. The rosy haze and sticky head embody a continuum of sour sweetness held together by a wheat back bone.

Ricky

4.5%
Blonde / Golden Ale - Other
In collaboration with Ohio Athletics, this Golden Ale is dry, crisp, and refreshing. It doesn’t get more easy drinking this! Inspired by the industrial brewing legends, Ricky strives to quench your thirst every time.

Sangria Elle

5.6%
Farmhouse Ale - Saison
Mixed Fermentation Saison style Ale refermented with red wine must, mixed berries and oranges. What started as a project with a different trajectory, Sangria Elle serendipitously left turned into the product in the bottle before you. A lengthy soak time on the red grape skins imbued its deep garnet hues and supple tannins. We found…

Semi-Sweet Cider

6.5%
Cider - Sweet
An easy drinking hard cider with hand selected apples from Michigan and New York.

IPA - New England / Hazy
Inspired by a particularly special lot of Strata hops, Sing to the Sun, presents bountiful notes of tropical fruit, stone fruit, and bright citrus. Lots of fluffy malted oats and flaked barley lend a soft mouthfeel to this boisterous Hazy IPA.

Spring Water

0.0%
Wheat Beer - Hefeweizen
Ale yeast isolated from our house sour culture has been transformed into a light, refreshing yeast-driven German style weize beer.

Sour - Fruited
Mixed-fermentation sour ale refermented with watermelons from Jackie O's Barrel Ridge farm and conditioned on hibiscus​

Pilsner - Czech / Bohemian
Czech-style Pilsner

Stout - Imperial / Double White / Golden
Golden stout brewed with brown sugar and honey then conditioned on cacao nibs, coffee beans, and vanilla beans.

Pale Ale - New England / Hazy
Who Cooks For You is Jackie O’s first packaged hazy pale ale. Brewed and double dry hopped with over 3 lbs per barrel of both Cryo hop powder and hop pellets that were hand selected in Yakima, WA. This little number is full of bright aromas and flavors of mango, watermelon, and lemon. A subtle…

Brewpub
Stout - Imperial / Double
Imperial stout brewed in collaboration with our friends at Bissel Brothers. Aged 20 months in California grape brandy barrels and Kentucky bourbon barrels.

Blueberry Lemon Splash Pad

5.5%
Hard Seltzer
Craft seltzer made with blueberry, lemon and a touch of vanilla. (Gluten Free!)

Carrot Tangerine Perpetum

4.6%
Sour - Fruited
Our house sour wheat ale conditioned on Barrel Ridge Farms carrot juice and tangerine puree. Vibrant with a citrusy tang and a touch of earthy sweetness.

IPA - Cold
This extra crispy IPA combines the vibrant character of your favorite West Coast IPA with the icy refreshment of a Lager. Huge citrus, peach, and papaya and gentle pine notes bounce merrily off of soft and crackery malts. 6.5% ABV.

Blonde / Golden Ale - American
American Golden ale brewed with lactose and conditioned on coffee. This full-bodied golden ale delivers a rich and creamy mouthfeel married with a bright and fruity coffee character, making Cool Beans a light and easy drinker for hot summer days and cold winter nights alike.

Cucumber Ginger Perpetum

5.2%
Sour - Fruited Berliner Weisse
Sour wheat ale fermented with Jackie O’s house lactobacillus and brettanomyces cultures. Produced via a unique Solera method ensuring consistency and variation over time. Conditioning on fresh cucumbers and ginger brings a cool and juicy balance to our bright and lively house sour wheat ale. No kettles were soured in the making of this beer.

Detroit & Cook Vol. 5

7.5%
IPA - New England / Hazy
Detroit & Cook Vol. 5 is a 7.5% New England IPA featuring a malt bill filled with oats, rye, and wheat and hopped with Nelson, Experimental 2B, and Idaho 7 hops. Big and juicy citrus notes dance with undertones of pine and tropical fruits, giving way to a luscious mouthfeel. Brewed in collaboration with Rozi's…

Pilsner - German
A German-Style Pilsner brewed with Hersbrucker hops as well as Pilsner and Chit malts.

Fizzy Lifting Drink

5.5%
Wheat Beer - Other
Mixed fermentation wheat ale fermented with pineapple, orange and guava purées. Tart and refreshing with layers of expressive tropical fruit

JP's Bavarian

5.0%
Wheat Beer - Hefeweizen
Traditional German Hefe made in collaboration with the Ohio University Chemistry 4501 Principles of Brewing Science course.

IPA - American
Our flagship West-Coast style IPA is brewed with a tremendous amount of hand-selected American hops, delivering extraordinary tropical and citrus notes alongside a firm but satitating bitterness.

Nitro Cool Beans

4.5%
Blonde / Golden Ale - Other
Golden ale brewed with bready English malt and lactose. Conditioned on Ridge Runner Ethiopian Yirgacheffe coffee beans and served on smooth and creamy nitrogen.

Stout - Irish Dry
O’Hooley’s Irish Stout was created to honor O’Hooley’s, a 90’s era brewpub, that was purchased in 2005 and became the Jackie O’s Brewpub that we all know and love today.

Wheat Beer - Fruited
Razz Wheat is a classic local favorite originating from the brewpub in Athens, Ohio. Natural raspberry puree is added during fermentation giving this beer a unique and playful personality. The rosy haze and sticky head embody a continuum of sour sweetness held together by a wheat back bone.

Ricky

4.5%
Blonde / Golden Ale - Other
In collaboration with Ohio Athletics, this Golden Ale is dry, crisp, and refreshing. It doesn’t get more easy drinking this! Inspired by the industrial brewing legends, Ricky strives to quench your thirst every time.

Spring Water

0.0%
Wheat Beer - Hefeweizen
Ale yeast isolated from our house sour culture has been transformed into a light, refreshing yeast-driven German style weize beer.

Strawberry Rhubarb Slice

5.0%
Wheat Beer - Fruited
Wheat ale fermented with strawberry and rhubarb purée and conditioned in graham crackers and vanilla beans.

Pilsner - Czech / Bohemian
Czech-style Pilsner

Public House Bottles
Sour - Other
Mixed fermentation Saison conditioned on spruce tips

Farmhouse Ale - Saison
Mixed Fermentation Saison

Heron

5.0%
Sour - Fruited
Sour Golden Ale aged in wine casks and refermented on loads of Homecoming Farm blueberries. This Golden Ale aged in the basement in barrels for nearly a year before being presented with a bumper crop of blueberries from our friend John at Homecoming Farm. We added the blueberries to both barrels weekly throughout their season…

Kvass

4.1%
Kvass
Mixed Fermentation style Saison brewed with loads of rye bread baked at Jackie O's own Bakeshop and solely fermented with our proprietary mixed fermentation saison culture. This project has been long awaited in the Jackie O’s walls, and took years to come to fruition! Thank goodness it did because we are extremely pleased with the…

Raspberry Perpetum (2025)

6.0%
Sour - Fruited
Stainless steel fermented American Sour Ale refermented on raspberries. With recent batches of Perpetum, we're dialing down the acidity, leaving an attenuated, but gently sweet beer perfect for balmy summer nights.

Sangria Elle

5.6%
Farmhouse Ale - Saison
Mixed Fermentation Saison style Ale refermented with red wine must, mixed berries and oranges. What started as a project with a different trajectory, Sangria Elle serendipitously left turned into the product in the bottle before you. A lengthy soak time on the red grape skins imbued its deep garnet hues and supple tannins. We found…

Strawberry Rhubarb Perpetum (2025)

6.0%
Sour - Fruited
Stainless steel fermented American Sour Ale refermented on strawberries and rhubarb. Strawberries and rhubarb…a match made in heaven. This is our first production-level batch of Strawberry Rhubarb Perpetum, and we love the way the bright, juicy strawberry character marries with the tart and lightly herbaceous rhubarb. We were lucky enough to get both the strawberry…

Sour - Fruited
Stainless steel fermented American Sour Ale refermented on Chenin Blanc grapes

Sour - Fruited
Mixed-fermentation sour ale refermented with watermelons from Jackie O's Barrel Ridge farm and conditioned on hibiscus​

Wavelength

6.7%
Sour - Fruited
Sour Golden Ale aged in wine casks and refermented on Ohio University Student Farm raspberries, Barrel Ridge Farm blackberries and Homecoming Farm blueberries. Wavelength was born by aging Perpetum in two fresh red wine barrels and refermenting on a mix of great local berries. Most of the Brewpub barrels have been in the basement for…

Wheat Beer - Wheat Wine
Wood Ya Honey is a wheat wine style ale brewed with generous amounts of local wild flower honey. After aging in bourbon barrels for one year, this beer emerges with the decadent character of dripping honey comb, marzipan, and raisin.

Cans

Bound By Dust (2025)

12.2%
Stout - Imperial / Double
An Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels, Bound by Dust features a grain bill brimming with the best English, German, Belgian, and American malt available. Aged 21 months in Heaven Hill barrels adding hefty notes of elder spirit and underlying notes of tobacco and leather.

Stout - Russian Imperial
Seven malts were used to create deep flavors of coffee, chocolate, caramel, and molasses. A hint of bitterness and herbal character from carefully selected European and American hops help support the monolithic maltiness. After conditioning in stainless steel, this beer waited patiently in bourbon barrels for 8 to 12 months.

Brown Ale - American
This brown ale was brewed to commemorate the 2007 Lungevity Everest Expedition. The people of Tibet call Mt. Everest “Chomolungma,” and this exceptional ale carries on the spirit of the climb. Seven Malts, three hops, and 100 pounds of local wild flower honey give this ale an exceptional character. Baked muffins, dark fruit, bittersweet chocolate,…

Blonde / Golden Ale - American
American Golden ale brewed with lactose and conditioned on coffee. This full-bodied golden ale delivers a rich and creamy mouthfeel married with a bright and fruity coffee character, making Cool Beans a light and easy drinker for hot summer days and cold winter nights alike.

Stout - Russian Imperial
Seven malts were used to create deep flavors of coffee, chocolate, caramel, and molasses. A hint of bitterness and herbal character from carefully selected European and American hops help support the monolithic maltiness. A truly decadent brew that is intended to be poured into your favorite snifter and given time to warm up from its…

Barleywine - English
Bourbon barrel-aged barleywine, brewed with Maris Otter, Munich, brown sugar, and lots of caramel malt. Ten malts, a long boil, and barrel aging came together to create a complex barleywine with notes of rich caramel, oolong tea, bruleed sugar, and well-aged spirit.

Pilsner - German
A German-Style Pilsner brewed with Hersbrucker hops as well as Pilsner and Chit malts.

Pilsner - German
Crispy German Style Pilsner with fine German malts and hops. Exceptionally clean and crisp, expect a light bready, cracker-like malt backbone with a delicate bitterness from a refined, soft hop profile and the dry refreshing finish you expect.

IPA - New England / Hazy
Fruited Hazy IPA brewed with bright and vibrant hops, pineapple, and tangerine. The official beer of the Southeast Ohio Copperheads.

Lifting Fog

0.5%
Non-Alcoholic - Other
Non-alcoholic Golden Brew

IPA - American
Our flagship West-Coast style IPA is brewed with a tremendous amount of hand-selected American hops, delivering extraordinary tropical and citrus notes alongside a firm but satitating bitterness.

Wheat Beer - Fruited
Wheat Ale with passionfruit, mango, and guava.

Wheat Beer - Fruited
Brewed in celebration of the Ohio Pawpaw Festival, this Wheat Ale was fermented with the Ohio native Pawpaw fruit; a unique relative of tropical fruit trees that grows in temperate climates. Pawpaw Wheat offer a one-of-a-kind experience with notes of mango, banana, and a touch of melon, as special as the fruit and the state…

Wheat Beer - Fruited
Razz Wheat is a classic local favorite originating from the brewpub in Athens, Ohio. Natural raspberry puree is added during fermentation giving this beer a unique and playful personality. The rosy haze and sticky head embody a continuum of sour sweetness held together by a wheat back bone.

Ricky

4.5%
Blonde / Golden Ale - Other
In collaboration with Ohio Athletics, this Golden Ale is dry, crisp, and refreshing. It doesn’t get more easy drinking this! Inspired by the industrial brewing legends, Ricky strives to quench your thirst every time.

IPA - New England / Hazy
Inspired by a particularly special lot of Strata hops, Sing to the Sun, presents bountiful notes of tropical fruit, stone fruit, and bright citrus. Lots of fluffy malted oats and flaked barley lend a soft mouthfeel to this boisterous Hazy IPA.

Stout - Russian Imperial
Seven malts were used to create deep flavors of coffee, chocolate, caramel, and molasses. A hint of bitterness and herbal character from carefully selected European and American hops help support the monolithic maltiness. This special batch was aged in bourbon barrels and conditioned on vanilla beans and whole coffee beans. A truly decadent brew that…

Stout - Imperial / Double White / Golden
Golden stout brewed with brown sugar and honey then conditioned on cacao nibs, coffee beans, and vanilla beans.

Pale Ale - New England / Hazy
Who Cooks For You is Jackie O’s first packaged hazy pale ale. Brewed and double dry hopped with over 3 lbs per barrel of both Cryo hop powder and hop pellets that were hand selected in Yakima, WA. This little number is full of bright aromas and flavors of mango, watermelon, and lemon. A subtle…

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monday
closed
Tuesday
4pm – 9pm
Wednesday
12pm – 9pm
Thursday
12pm – 9pm
Friday
12pm – 10pm
Saturday
12pm – 10pm
Sunday
12pm – 8pm