Diamond Bear Pale Ale

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

12oz. bottle. Aroma of lightly roasty, very faintly sweet caramel maltiness and brown sugar, combined with a hint of cedar, lemon and fruity hop and some slight earthiness in the background. Clear medium-dark amber color with a slighter, subsiding head. Flavor is fairly well-balanced throughout, with a sweet, lightly toasty, nutty malt character and very lightly bitter, spicy, citric hop profile. Some lingering hints of tea leaves and dark malt sugars. Smooth and low in effervescence on the palate with a light-medium body. Very drinkable Pale. Thanks to Dansting for the chance to try a beer from Arkansas, and a pretty tasty one at that.

pours amber with a nice tan head. a mild and airy aroma. the flavor is a bit better than the aroma suggests, but still pretty mild. slight hops, grapefruit and sweet malt. mild bodied with a not-so-bitter finish (minus 1 point). but it seems once the beer warms up, the falvor improves. (+1 in the flavor and overall rating).

12 oz bottle graciously brought back from Arkansas for me from Dansting. Number 1 notched on label. Pour is clear orange ruby with visible carbonation and a nice two inch head. Nice retention on the head. Aroma of sweet fruit maltiness and some earthy citrus hops. Taste is nice, good combination of the malts and hops mentioned previously. The earthiness hoppiness comes across a bit more dirty in the taste. The after taste has a bit of a metallic plastic thing going on, though everything else was nice. Well made Pale Ale, thanks Dan! Always nice when state ticking leads to a decent beer!

12 ounce bottle from dansting. Pours copper with a lasting, frothy, ivory white head. Malt forward aroma. Biscuts and cookies. Balanced flavor that ends with an earthy bitterness. Medium body. Above average amount of carbonation. Dry, puckering finish. Nothing bad to say about it. I’d be okay with this being my local beer.

12 oz. bottle from <a href=http://ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?UserID=14352 a gift to help me add another state. First whiff carries a bit of porter somehow. Strange things going on in that headspace, I guess. Then it settles to a decent note pale ale. Pours a rich, dark, copper with a touch of haze in my Sam Adams glass, which further raises a spongy, slightly orange pale ale head. Taste shows some nice caramel malts, but somehow the mouthfeel is a little thin. Ale fruitiness mixes well with choice of English hops; a little spicy and earthy with a bit of pine. It’s okay.

Date: 07/26/2003
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Nashville

dark amber, fine off-white head, sweet malt aroma, touch of citrus, sweet carmel malt flavor, just enough hops to balance, light bitter finish

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Score: *4
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BOTTLE GASTON RESORT ARK: weak but drinkable on a hot hot frickin day (110+) It was my first in the pub there and I drank it too fast, but it seemed like all the pale ales...

On tap at the Flying Saucer Little Rock. Poured flat with no head and little nose. Dark amber color. Moderate malt and hop tastes. A bit of a quaffer I guess. Nothing that stands out here. 7/1/09 revised. A bit better body and overall flavor than at the LR FS. I’ve upgraded my score a bit.