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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6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Tap. Pours clear chestnut, small tan head, some lacing. Aroma is caramel, toffee, raisin, pine, perfume. Flavor is medium plus sweet, light plus bitter. Medium body, creamy mouthfeel.
Tried from Draft on 24 Jan 2016 at 21:35

6.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 4.5
Il gusto al naso ha i sentori della frutta secca, delle rose e del luppolo. L’intensità olfattiva è più che normale e la persistenza olfattiva è sufficiente. Il cappello di schiuma a bollicine fini e carbonazione media ha una discreta resistenza che termina in un pizzo sul vetro. La frizzantezza è data da bollicine fini a carbonazione bassa. La consistenza del liquido è opalescente. Il colore è ambrato. Il corpo è strutturato. L’amaro è carico. L’intensità gustativa è elevata. La persistenza gustativa è buona. Il gusto è piacevole. Le sensazioni boccali finali sono di amaro. Il finale è amarognolo, lungo e complesso. L’aroma rimanda a percezioni di miele, frutta secca, resina e agrumi.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Jan 2016 at 12:19

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draft. ABV listed was 11%. Hazy amber beer with a cream head. Plum and yeast aroma with light whiskey. Plum and brandy flavor with whiskey, yeast, and light fusels. Medium bodied. Plum and fusels linger with light yeast, brandy, and light summer fruit. Messy.
Tried from Draft on 17 Jan 2016 at 15:06

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle: Poured hazy copper with a off white head. Edgy juicy hops with a malt character. Nice hoppy forwards that leads into a nice malts.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Dec 2015 at 23:22

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Tap at the Delirium Hoppy Loft, Brussels. Poured a clear straw colour with a frothy white head. The aroma is grassy hop. The flavour is moderate to strong bitter with a bit nettle grass bucket palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 20 Dec 2015 at 05:50

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Tap at the Delirium Hoppy Loft, Brussels. Poured a clear medium brown with a thin broken off white head. The flavour is light bitter light sour with a smooth woody resin, light sweet malt palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 20 Dec 2015 at 05:47

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft at Delirium Hoppy Loft. Pours clear dark golden with an off white head. Aroma of weedy hops, light fruits, light cat pee and citrus. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Light medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 19 Dec 2015 at 04:31

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft at Delirium Hoppy Loft. Pours clear brown with a ring tan head. Aroma of dark fruits, berries, light weeds, caramel malt and citrus. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 19 Dec 2015 at 04:29

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Thx! for sharing. Sampled draft @ Delirium Hoppy Loft. Deep red amber. Nose is weird burned herbs mixed with hops, pine, burned sugar. Taste is herbal burned sugar, sweet malts, herbal, hay, burned malts,… Burned herbal tastes. Largely just sweetish burned herbs. Not really for me.
Tried from Draft on 19 Dec 2015 at 02:53

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Thx! for sharing. Sampled draft @ Delirium Hoppy Loft. Hazy wheat amber, little white head. Nose is floral, hay, esters, light hop. Taste is mainly sweet sugar, ester, candy, toffee, dull white sugar taste, toffee, little hops, faint pine,… Tad milky yeast, white bread body. Touch watery. Rather bland, white sugar sweet concoction.
Tried from Draft on 19 Dec 2015 at 02:35