Diamond Knot IPA

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

Bottle with thanks to MrBunn for sharing. Orangey dirty pour. Heavy nose of pine and grapefruit. Flavor is resiny and a bit like biting a grapefruit peel. Very bitter, but a little thinner than I would expect.

Bottle. Thanks scruzzz. Pours orange with a sudsy large head. Pine and grapefruit nose. Flavor of heavy resin and pine. A little thin, but very good.

On tap at Diamond Knot, June 2008. Attractive, somewhat cloudy golden with a white, frothy head. Pleasant grapefruit/cascade hop nose of moderate intensity. Flavor is heavy on the side of grapefruit, citrus/orange with a simple, pale malt base. Ample yet smooth bitterness level. Not much pine hop character. Medium to slightly light bodied with moderate carbonation. Very drinkable. I had very high hopes for this one and came away slightly disppointed but overall, still a very good IPA.

Bottle Trade with Scrizz. Pours a cloudy amber with a good off white head. The head deminishes slowly. Has a good hoppy aroma of citrus, pine, a little malts, and some floral. Has a good carbonation. The flavor is plenty hoppy with a mild bitterness. Has a medium body and a resiny texture. Has a decent finish with a good aftertaste. This is a tasty beer.

22oz. Bottle: Aroma of hops, light pine, light grapefruit, and slight tropical fruit. Poured amber in color with a small, creamy, dense, rocky, off-white head that lasted throughout. Hazy. Not sparkling. Excellent lacing. Flavor is medium to heavily bitter. Tastes of hops, pine, light caramel malt, and slight resin. Medium body. Dry texture. Average carbonation. Hoppy, slight caramel malt, and pine finish is dry.

bottle through trade, thanks scrizzz. poured a light amber in color with a one finger white head that pulled back to a ring in the glass. aroma has sweet citrus, pink grapefruit, pines, mild malt, light honey, and some perfume flowers. this is very inviting and the hops mix wonderfully with the light alcohol at the end. medium mouth feel that does not wow me and the carbonation is on the lighter side. bitterness picks up on the front of the flavors, resiny pine, citrus peels, light sweetness, and a decent smack of alcohol. the bitterness comes on fairly strong and although it is appealing it makes it hard to get all the sweet citrus that is in here. very tasty overall and comes off as a bigger beer than i had expected.

Bonus bottle from RiversideAK. Cloudy and amber-orange. Mild to medium carbonation. Smooth and very drinkable. Fresh dough and pine aromas. Bready and yeasty flavors and esters swirl about. Great balance. Moderate bitterness in the finish. Great aftertaste, with lingering flavors of cookie dough and pine. One tasty IPA.

Poured like a boozed up and dehydrated golden shower. Nose was lightly hopped and citrus. Tasted of a little bit of sweet malts, some hop bitterness, but little to no hop flavor.