Black Diamond Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Concord, California, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Black Diamond Brewing Company - Out of business

Established in 1994

Closed in 2017

Description
We are an artisan brewery located 30 miles northeast of San Francisco in Concord, CA. Our brewery lies at the confluence of the mighty Sacramento river and majestic Mt. Diablo. Our name comes from the Black Diamond (coal) Mines, 8 miles east of the brewery. Here in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, nearly 4 million tons of “black diamonds” were removed from the local hills.

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6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
(bottle, 35.5cl) Hazy, deep golden colour with a short and off-white foamy head. Juicy malty and moderately earthy, piney and mildly fruity hops, including notes of fruit salad. Moderately bitter and slightly sweet flavour, medium bodied with a modest carbonation. Juicy malty base with present resiny, fruity and slightly grassy hops, including notes of grapefruit and fruit salad; bitter-sweet and quite lasting finish. Decent. 17.VII.17
Tried from Bottle on 31 Jul 2017 at 13:33

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
(bottle, 35.5cl) Hazy, amber to copper colour with a beige and short foamy head. Mildly toasted malty aroma with hints of caramel and cough syrup, backed by piney, spicy and mildly fruity hops. Moderately sweet and slightly bitter flavour, rather light bodied but far away from being watery, modest carbonation. Leafy and slightly toasted malty base with caramel, almonds/marzipan and balanced hoppy notes of pine, herbal-spice, grass and delicately fruity hints; quite lingering sweet-bitter finish. Rather uncommon session IPA but nevertheless an interesting one. 17.VII.17
Tried from Bottle on 31 Jul 2017 at 13:32

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Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Light summer fruit and light grapefruit aroma. Summer fruit and grapefruit flavor with light caramel. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Summer fruit and grapefruit lingers with light caramel.
Tried from Draft on 28 May 2017 at 15:50

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tap @ Flandes. Golden coloured with an off-white head. Nose is pine, hoppy, and fruity. Flavour is pine hops, sweet and sticky, floral and grapefruits. Yummy.
Tried from Draft on 07 May 2017 at 06:02

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Bottle @ home shared with Dutchdrebus and Thompson. Clear golden color, average sized white colored head. Aroma is malts, resinous hops, hops. Taste malts, resinous hops, slightly sweet, slightly sticky, moderately bitter. Decent to medium body and carbonation. Solid.
Tried from Bottle on 05 May 2017 at 16:31

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Bottle @ benzai. Clear golden with a small white head. Smells hops, fruity, fresh, resin, sweet. Tastes resin, pine, sweet, hoppy, fresh. Quite nice. Full body, soft carbo.
Tried from Bottle on 05 May 2017 at 16:29

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draft @ SF Beer Week Opening Gala 2017. Pours an amber color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty spicy caramel aroma. Fruity malty spicy caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy toffee caramel finish.
Tried from Draft on 13 Apr 2017 at 13:59

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Draft @ SF Beer Week Opening Gala 2017. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty dark fruit vanilla caramel aroma. Sweetish malty caramel vanilla dark fruit flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel vanilla dark fruit finish.
Tried from Draft on 13 Apr 2017 at 13:53

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle 12fl.oz. @ home. [ As Black Diamond Fracas ].Clear medium to dark red amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, sweet malt, caramel, dried fruit, moderate hoppy, dusty hops, malt sugar - malty. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, dried fruit, sweet malt, caramelized malt - fruit, malt, syrup sweet. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20170321] 7-4-7-4-15
Tried from Bottle on 30 Mar 2017 at 06:59

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled. Orange colour with a small white head. Aroma is resin, some pine, mild toffee, herbs and grass. Flavour is some toffee, mild grass, fruits, nectar, herbs and some bready notes as well.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2017 at 12:18