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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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle. Orange color with white head. Aroma is piney, resinous, slight toffee, tea grassy. Taste is the same, quite earthy. Oily mouthfeel. Maybe not the freshest anymore, but it’s good!
Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2016 at 16:47

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Ruby red - brown colored, unclear, medium- creamy beige to tan head. Aroma is of caramel and toffee, bit toasty, raisins and some vanilla, oak and vinous. Taste is medium sweet malt with caramel and toffee notes, bit raisins, vinous with some tartness, oak and some vanilla. Medium+ bodied, soft carbonation, oily. Not bad at all. (bottle, Vrutak, Zagreb)
Tried from Bottle on 14 Sep 2016 at 04:22

6/10
Tried on 07 Sep 2016 at 00:12

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
caña en el Taxman Leon 31..08..2016. (r149). Color ámbar dorado espuma blanca Aromas y sabores maltosos lupulados maduros con afrutados. ligeros grasos y oleosos. Cuerpo medio algo pastoso y espumoso. Buena.
Tried on 31 Aug 2016 at 16:12

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Hazy golden appearance. Aroma and flavour have an abundance of fresh, fruity hop. Very well balanced, smooth and sessionable.
Tried on 22 Aug 2016 at 14:31

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Grasig hopfiger Antrunk, frisch, deutlich bitter. Der Hopfen steigt an, trocken, moderate Herbe. Wenig würzig, die Hopfigkeit bleibt angenehm. Gut. 11/10/10/11/9/11
Tried on 06 Aug 2016 at 15:39

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled@PBF XI. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, alcohol, some floral notes as well as mild toffee and pine. Flavour is fruity, mild sour wood, some pine, tropical fruit juice and mild ripe fruitiness.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jul 2016 at 05:32

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft. Black beer with a tan head. Chocolate aroma. Nutty and light roasty flavor with light chocolate. Medium bodied. Nuttiness and earthiness lingers with light roast.
Tried from Draft on 17 Jul 2016 at 13:05

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
4th July 2016
Hazy gold - amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is smooth and mildly viscous. Decent fine carbonation. Sweetish malts, a little cream. Resinous tangerine, citric peel. Mild hop spice. Well buried tropical fruits. Light finish. Good fruity spicy linger. Nice one.
Tried on 09 Jul 2016 at 11:48

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
33cl bottle @PBF XI. Poured golden color with a thin white head. Aroma has glueish notes, pine, herbs, hops. Flavor has herbal hops, glue, herbal hops, pine. Good drinkability despite the glue notes.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jul 2016 at 11:30