Diamond Knot IPA

Brewed by Diamond Knot Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Mukilteo, Washington USA

On tap @ Diamond Knot Brewery. Poured a golden brown color with a nice white head that didn’t last too long. Hoppy aroma and taste, with cirtrus combined in there too. Very drinkable, I could sit here and drink this until I pass out! Very good IPA, probably my favorite out here in the Northwest.

Tap @ Columbia City Alehouse, Seattle: Pours a brown, light brown color, good sized head, white, frothy. Very hoppy aroma, grapes, sweet, bitter. Pale dry taste, nutty aftertaste, semi-bitter, dry, slightly acidic. Very drinkable, clean taste.

Draught Murky amber-orange, no head. Real coriander seed nose with some hops. It actually is quite OK. Some hoppiness, some malts, and, especially, good balance. Flavours of fresh leaves and lemon. Medium bodied, no aggressiveness. Good IPA, not preposterous or assuming - the thing the doctor ordered.

Draught at the brewpub. Hazy pale amber. Vast lychee/grapefruit aroma. Dryish with gently soft mouthfeel. Plenty of juicy hops dominate until the massively bitter finih sets in. Despite the hops it’s very drinkable. A world class IPA! I’m hard pressed to remember any IPA I liked this much!

On tap at The Parlor pool hall in Bellevue, WA. Have yet to make it to their brewpub, but sometime soon.... Very solid IPA, Very floral strong hop presence in both the aroma and flavor. Balanced well and made me want another. Big head....copper color. One of my favorite IPA’s out in the NW so far.

Hazy amber beer. Nice sweet malty aroma. Very fresh cascade aroma, light caramel, some light pininess in back. Flavour is great, sweet cascade aroma, fresh leafy/grassy hops. Sweet and citrusy. Well-balanced flavour, some lemon and grapefruit citrus, some juicy tropical notes as well. Malts are mostly pale with just a bit of crystal. Very tasty pint.

An excellent IPA in my opinion. Pours a brazen amber color with ample carbonation and nice head. In the nose, I smell hops, pine, and a slight citus aroma. Taste is mostly the most welcomed flavor of bitter hops, but with a citrus backing and spicy undertones. The finish is the bitter kick one would expect from an IPA as well as a sweetness that is of yet, undefined. A very good brew that further defines American-style breweries. I like it.

Had on tap at the Diamond Knot Brewery in Mukilteo. This beer pours a cloudy orange color with a fairly medium sized white head and a very nice level of lacing. The aroma is rich with oranges, nectarines, hops and malt. Very fruity is about the best way to describe this. The flavor is thick upfront but nowhere near overwhelming. A much toned down IPA with tangerines, malt and hops mixed in with dry leaves and well..more malt. Very little in the way of carbonation to screw up the malt/hop contrast here. A toned down IPA with a mouth-puckering finish that somehow isn’t dry but more sweet than anything. Fruits and pine are all over the place here, but pine in moderation is the key word. Exceptional IPA.