Diamond Bear Pale Ale

Brewed by Diamond Bear Brewing Company
Style: English Pale Ale
Little Rock, Arkansas USA

Hazy light copper colored liquid witha thick beige foam. Nose is sweet with the mildly acrid scent of hops. Mild hop taste with a good amount of good bitterness resolving into a nice bitter finish. Body is nondescript.

Standard red-brown appearance, clear without much head as served. Solid floral hop aroma with substantial balance of malts, more akin to a well balanced English pale ale than an over the top hopped American. A little bit thin, needs warmth to blossom, very drinkable and sessionable. (on tap, Brewski, Fayetteville, AR)

12oz bottle, notched at the "1," courtesy of heemer77. Pours a hazy copper with a moderate light yellow tan head. Aroma of earthy and floral hops and caramel malts. Flavor is caramel malts, mild floral hops, and raisins. Pretty well balanced, mild bitterness in the finish. Light bodied, moderate carbonation. Nothing really exciting--not bad for what it is.

On tap at the Flying Saucer in Little Rock. sweet aged smell. Pours a dark gold. Has a deep musty malty flavor, like it came from Shakespeare’s cellar. wonderful. thin on the tongue. good after-hops. After the taster I drank a pint of it and enjoyed it thoroughly. the best of the three that I tried from this brewer, in my opinion. I appreciated the unique mix of flavors; they are balanced well... like a late spring meadow of flavor!

dark orange color with creamy white head. good citrus-- grapefruit and orange aroma. hints of carmel and pine. flavor is old not aged, with virtually no hops in the flavor. heavy on the malt, with some floral and perfume flavors and some pine and carmel.

A copperish color with a very small off white head. Nice caramel malt aroma to it, very sugary. It has a bit of skunk or bad water taste to it, but for the most part its a normal malty brew. Aight, for arkasas.

Bottle. Pours orange with a thin head. Almost all malts with very faint hop bitterness. Finished with a slight dirty water aftertaste. Maybe this was a bad bottle.

Some off flavors and chemical/metallic notes. Could this be a bad bottle? Very weak sour/stale malt flavor with a very weak lightly floral hop finish. I wonder what they MEANT to brew? Rerated May 17th, 2006: Still tastes like dirty dishwater!