Queen of Diamonds
Wild Card Brewery in Walthamstow, Greater London, England 🏴
IPA - Session Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.47
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The Queen of Diamonds is an ostentatious continuously hopped IPA. Hops are added continuously throughout the boil, developing a complex citrus flavour and fresh bitter edge.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; clear amber pour with a thin white head, malt and a hint of grapefruit on the aroma, taste is a bit rough around the edges, some grapefruit and a hint of pine, some plastic, sweet caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2014
at 14:48
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared at chriso’s winter tasting 7/12/2014. Pale golden / orange coloured pour with a small halo of white head. Aroma is honey malts, floral lemon, gasoline, floral notes. Flavour has a little smokey plastic phenol, citrus, lewmon. Palate is semi light, semi crisp, moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2014
at 12:37
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at chrisO... Amber... Small white head... Dark fruits.. Soft herbal medicine tones nose... Soft fruits.. Medical fruits.. Odf
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2014
at 15:19
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330ml bottle from BottleDog. Pours a pearl white head that stayed well over a hazy, orange coloured body. Good amount of lacing down the glassware. Tropical fruits on the nose. Fresh fruity taste of apricot and orange. Fruit bitterness to the ending. Well rounded on the palate. Likable (hotel room, London 27.09.2014).
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2014
at 12:41
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle from Borough Wines, Stoke Newington. Pours clear amber with medium white head. Pine aroma. Taste is predominantly grapefruit and lime with a fervent bitterness. Pronounced hoppiness til the end. Alright.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2014
at 15:02
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Sourced Market St Pancras and drunk at home. Clear amber colour lasting very thick off white head. Toffee aroma. Some earthy hops. Some bitterness on the finish. The hoppiness builds. Still too hard and toffeeish in the flavour for me and there is a burntness about it. OK but still a bit uncultured one feels. Toast. Hops. Bitterness. Toffee. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2014
at 11:28
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Brewery taproom on 13th Sep 2014. Poured an amber colour with a good white crown. Bitter hops rule the nose and taste with citrus fruits to the fore. It actually went down very well and I enjoyed my half pint sat in the sun outside the factory unit it was brewed in.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Sep 2014
at 06:34
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask - Orange, light pine and earthy hops. Clear gold with a decent beige head. Vegative bitterness, little nail polish and long bitterness. A bit too bitter, but finish thankfully mellows.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Aug 2014
at 04:03
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home in London - sourced from Kris Wines. Pours clear gold, fairly effervescent, with a creamy, white head. Pleasant lightly toasted pale malts in the nose with hints of grass, pine and ripe orange. Light-medium sweet with decent bready malts, some sturdy bitter sun-kissed grass, pine and citrus rind, a bit of orange and grapefruit pith, some earthy wood. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Finishes with edgy bitterness, further toasted pale malts, dried grass, lightly sticky pine. Not bad. The bitterness is a bit aggressive at times but as your palate adjusts it gets better. A remarkable improvement over the last Wild Card beer I had. I’m hoping these guys are hitting their stride. Looks like they’ve got another 50 beers to make.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2014
at 11:16
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
0,33 flaske kjøpt i London av skibsreder Ovesen og delt med ham ombord på Fridtjofen juli-14: tynt filmskum, aroma citron og nyslått gress. Deilig bitterhet og stor munnfylde, balansert og lettdrikkelig. Sitron, engelsk bitter appelsinmarmelade og mango. Meget elegant presentasjon - flaske uten etikett men med to kort (hhv. forbrukerinfo og ruterdronning). Gøy å være blandt de aller første til å rate denne.
Tried
on 30 Jul 2014
at 11:13