Diamond Knot Whip Ale

Brewed by Diamond Knot Brewery
Style: American Pale Ale
Mukilteo, Washington USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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Extra buttery butterscotch nose. Clear amber, medium head, good lacing. Flavor is still buttery, but to a lesser extent and with hay notes. Not sure what the point is with this beer, unless the brewer is trying to popularize a new style: Imperial Diacetyl Ale

Bottle. The pour was a hazy medium golden orange with a large (2-3 finger) white frothy head that lasted throughout, reducing finally to a large cap which produced some rally good streaks of lacing. The aroma was mild of a bread malt, spruce and citrus hops and an earthy doughy yeast with notes of caramel and citrus (grapefruit). The taste was light and satisfyingly bitter with a malty caramel sweetness early on and then gradually became a tad hoppier with a good bitter citrus finish. The flavor hung on for a good long while after the swallow with a pronounced bitter citrusy taste and a hint of spice left lying on the taste buds. Mouthfeel was just a tad under medium in body with a nice creamy dry texture and a prickly carbonation. Overall a fantastic brew with superb balance of flavor, giving this beer an awesome drinkability...

Hazy gold body under a good sized white head. Aroma of citrus hops and light malt. The flavor is well balanced delivered by a spritzy palate with a bit of carbonic acid in the finish.

Cloudy orange, big white head. Smells citrusy, with some bready, biscuity notes, as well. I love the palate in the beer - nicely carbonated, prickly, and almost champagne like. Nice flavor, too - grapefruit, with a bready, firm malt base. I dig it.

Lightly hazed golden pour with frothy white head and lace. Aroma is light caramel malt. Light malt with a perfumy hop finish. Light medium bitter with good carbonation.

UPDATED: APR 22, 2012 Bomber from Total Wine in Western Henrico. The ale poured with an excess of foam that exceeded the galss. This is very attractive bottle. The ale poured a hazy golden color. There was floral or citrus on the nose . The ale had lively carbonation and medium body with a mild bitternesss from first sip to the last. Not a bad Pale Ale. Smooth finish with some bitterness to the end.

Tampa, FL - Total Wine - 22 oz bomber. Murky medium copper pour, pillowy white head that leaves thick lacing. Fresh aroma with some lemony accents, a brief wisp of spruce. Flavor is full-bodied yet refreshing with some saffron-like spiciness, a touch of light citrus, some spearmint to round it out. Mouthfeel has just the right amount of spritz to keep it interesting. Pretty solid.

bitter chalky finish and champagne carbonation that won’t quit. Belgian ale coriander with a bit of banana and light yet yeasty.Blonde brew with lasting billowing white head. a bit of citrus rind and fruit. after some time the flavors blend to plastic.

Pours lightly hazy pale copper color with huge white head. Doughy and citrusy aromas with some caramel malt. Citrus and biscuit malt flavors with some dough. Medium body with lively carbonation.

Pourd from the bottle and allowed to warm a litle. Pours a large head with a golden-amber color that is a little hazy. A decent citrus/hop aroma is present with not much else. Medium body that is maybe over-carbonated. Tastes more like an IPA than a pale ale. Some grassy bitter initial taste of medium body. A little bit of a dry spicy aftertaste. Overall I really enjoyed this beer.

Bottle poured into glass. Big old frothy head. Aroma has slight hints of citrus hops but not a ton of malt. Good flavor but this bottle had been sitting in the hot car for a majority of the day so that may have killed it some.