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Diamond Bear “Presidential” IPA
Last, but not least, we come to the IPA of this month’s Beer of the Month Club shipment. This one pours a rather dark golden color with plenty of dense debris and a thick off-white head that just doesn’t quit and sticks to the sides of the glass all the way down. In the nose, there are mostly hints of grapefruit bite, giving this a rather nice citrus freshness. In the mouth, this is an interesting beer. There is a substantial hop bite on the tip of the tongue, but this quickly merges to a citrus sweetness – again of the grapefruit variety. On through the mouth is where things get funky. I can’t quite explain the taste, but it varies between hints of bitter citrusy hop, butter, and caramel. I know this sounds odd, but it’s really quite pleasing – the flavor at once is sharp and biting while being rich and decadent. These flavors linger around the mouth, eventually finishing with an aftertaste that, I think, is a bitter variety of caramel. Unique, indeed, and perhaps that’s what makes it ‘presidential’, though we’ve seen at the recent beer summit that our president might just have more mundane tastes in beer. At any rate, I’m finding this an enjoyable drink, and the first truly unique IPA I’ve had in a while…
