Jagged Edge IPA - Black Diamond Brewing Co.

ocelot2500

Arizona

3.2/5  rDev -8.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Pours a clear copper color with a tight, pillowy white head that leaves little bits of lacing.

Smells of citrus peel and herbal hops.

Tastes of the solid hops upfront layered over a decent malt base. Hops lead off with herbal notes rushing forward that quickly turn to vegetable notes. Honestly, it detracts significantly. Citrus notes make their through the shuffle and blend in with some malt sweetness. The malts offer up caramel and a bit of toffee.

Mouthfeel is medium with a smooth amount of carbonation.

Overall, this feels like a beer that could use some tweaking to become something significantly better.

Serving type: bottle

04-28-2013 23:05:36 | More by ocelot2500

barczar

Kentucky

3.84/5  rDev +9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Pours a hazy medium to dark copper with a one inch foamy cream head that lingers, eventually leaving sheets of lacing as it dissipates.

Wet grass, resin, dank cannabis, and lime form the initial aroma, with a fairly rich caramel malt surfacing in the background. Pine, light floral notes, and grapefruit emerge.

Flavor is decidedly sweet and malty initially, very bready, with caramel malt dominating throughout. Flavoring hops of grapefruit, lime, and resin that are evident early fade to slightly bitter hops at the finish. A little cardboard oxidation emerges in the aftertaste.

Body is a touch watery, with moderate carbonation, slight astringency, and a touch of alcohol warmth.

While the flavoring hops aren't a standout, and bittering hops are not as prevalent as some, I really enjoyed this brew. Malt sweetness might be too much for some, but it suits my palate.

Serving type: bottle

04-18-2013 00:25:34 | More by barczar

kshizzle101

Washington

3.58/5  rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a 12oz bottle into a pint glass

A - dark range in color with a 2 inch head. Very bubbly as well

S - Grapefruit and pine hops with a hefty malt smell as well

T - Very piney, grapefruit as well. The booze hides pretty well for a 7.3% brew. A good amount of malt as well but also a metallic aftertaste

M - A little thin for this kind of beer, Pretty good carb.

Overall - A decent beer. Nothing spectacular

Serving type: bottle

01-03-2013 22:52:46 | More by kshizzle101

shand

Florida

3.73/5  rDev +6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Jagged Edge IPA pours out a slightly hazy orange color with two fingers of head. The aroma is very nice, citrus hops, caramel malt, and a nice pine edge. The taste is a bit less satisfying, as the caramel malts run the show, the hops just provide a bit of supporting pine bitterness around the edges. The mouthfeel seems a bit too thin for the malts power, and the drinkability is solid. A good malt forward IPA.

Serving type: bottle

12-08-2012 00:21:26 | More by shand

PhantasIPA

Delaware

3.78/5  rDev +7.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

I drank this brew from a bottle. It pours a cloudy, golden, amber color and has about a 1/2 inch head. It has great lacing.

The smell is subtle, almost boring. It is not hoppy, piney or sweet; it is not really powerful at all.

The brew does have a nice taste to it. More sweet then bitter, meaning the malts outweigh the hops . It has balance - balance is not always easy to achieve and when it happens it usually indicates a well brewed beer. I like the taste, even though I expected more bitterness and hoppiness. I think the sweetness of the malts really mutes the hops.

Mouthfeel is really nice! The malts make for a sweet and smooth drink and the hops create enough bitterness to make you thirsty and drink more! haha

Overall it is good. I think if I were the marketing manager I would have advertised the malts more than the hops, but it is a good beer, worth a try. Not my favorite but glad I bought it and had the opportunity to drink it.

Serving type: bottle

10-07-2012 20:01:54 | More by PhantasIPA

Brad007

Vermont

3.78/5  rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a light golden amber with a thin head into my glass. Looks like an IPA and hopefully will taste like one, etc.

Piney hops greet the nose followed by buttered bread malt. Mmm. Nom nom. That's a relief so far.

Ditto on taste. Piney hops coat the mouth, obscuring the malt at the same time. Well, it is an IPA.

Lingering piney hops and some buttery malt. Love the bite of the hops. Makes it a worthwhile purchase.

Check it out.

Serving type: bottle

09-23-2012 00:02:26 | More by Brad007

johnnnniee

New Hampshire

3.58/5  rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A new arrival to NH, the notches on the side indicate July 2012, is that a bottled on or exp date?
Pours a crystal clear deep golden color with a huge white head that shows great retention and moderate lacing. The aroma is mostly garlic and green onions. Maybe there's a hint of bready malt, but its really hard to find. The flavor follows the aroma really well. I get lots of vegetative onion and garlic hop flavor with just a hint of sweet bready malt that is struggling to find a voice. The finish holds a bit of licorice and more of the garlic long after every sip. Medium body with a moderate level of carbonation and a light syrup resinous mouthfeel. Intense vegetative hop aroma and flavor, but this seems to lack any complexity. I could drink this, but wouldn't seek it out.

Serving type: bottle

09-08-2012 02:01:43 | More by johnnnniee

Ryan011235

Ohio

1.55/5  rDev -55.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5

Poured into a Delirium snifter on 8/24/12

The label is notched May 12

Mostly clear, sun-faded orange and amber. Two finger head of moderate sized bubbles. Overall retention is about a third of that. Pretty nice lace, too.

The aroma is timid and weak. Buttered biscuit, orange peel, pine needles, grass, herbs, caramel and.. anise cookies? What the hell? Sweet notes of marmalade. This is pretty much how you want your IPA not to smell.

The body is watery and thin and bringing along with it only half-hearted carbonation. The beer is somehow hot, slick and irritating. The feel is perfect to allow a plethora of schwag Morrow-tucky reminders to boil across my sense of taste. Herbal foliage, peppers, bitter orange rind rubbed in dirt. Stale biscuits and too much toasted bread. This is really bad.

This isn't worth finishing and isn't worth buying.

Serving type: bottle

09-06-2012 03:06:54 | More by Ryan011235

GarthDanielson

New Hampshire

3.88/5  rDev +10.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from a bottle into a tumbler-pint, the beer is a clear, vibrant, copper-orange coloring with a thin, sparse, filmy white surface coating. Aromas of wet, resiny, bitter hops with a solid caramel backbone. Smells extremely balanced. Flavors are hop forward, with a grapefruit citrus component that amplifies the resin and bitterness of the wet hops character. Roasted caramel sweet backbone helps to keep everything on an even keel, with a touch of biscuit at the end of the palate. The aftertaste is more tangy sweet, and definitely bitter, with a slick, slightly drying finish. Very solid, flavorful, and well put together IPA. Very decent.

Serving type: bottle

09-04-2012 23:27:57 | More by GarthDanielson

dmatsui

2.85/5  rDev -18.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

Poured from a bottle into a tulip. 4-finger off-white tight head that stuck around for a while and left some nice lacing. Brew is a typical burnt-orange west coast IPA. Not too hazy, looks filtered.

Decent hop-forward nose; some tropical fruitiness to it but the sweetness of the malt plays a big role. Not the most aromatic IPA.

Some juicy hops but more in the bittering varietals. There is a burnt malt characteristic to Jagged Edge which gives it a roasty, almost coffee-esque quality. Not sure if this is deliberate or not. There's also a strong hit of minerality.

Mouthfeel is bitter, dry and astringent.

I think we've all had an IPA like this one. Not bad, but not very good.

Serving type: bottle

09-04-2012 00:33:52 | More by dmatsui

OtherShoe2

Massachusetts

3.58/5  rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Pours hazy orange with a decent head that dissipates. Some clingy lace.

Odd nose - a sour note with some herbal essences.

Nice hop bite up front, toasted malt, a touch of fruit. Some bread crust, leading to a balance of hop and malt bitterness. A bit aggressively bitter at the end, which would make it hard to have too many in a row.

Medium body, good carbonation.

Decent brew overall. Some flaws and heavy bitter. Still very decent, although I'd like a bit more complexity and a bit more malt profile.

Serving type: bottle

08-31-2012 20:52:36 | More by OtherShoe2

WVbeergeek

Ohio

3.68/5  rDev +4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Appears a pale copper orange color with a bright white head forming thick with speckled lacing left behind in my glass. Aroma has some onion like Summit notes with a nice citric grapefruit hop nose. Flavor explodes with grapefruit rind citrus notes and a heavy garlic onion notes bursting through the hop profile sweet malts balance it all out not overtly so but there's a long lasting earthy vegetable like flavor. Mouthfeel has a resinous oily hop texture with even flowing carbonation, probably medium bodied if I had to choose how thick it is. Overall an interesting well spirited hopped up West Coast IPA.

Serving type: bottle

07-04-2012 08:05:42 | More by WVbeergeek

UCLABrewN84

California

3.95/5  rDev +12.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

On tap at Tony's Darts Away in Burbank, CA.

Pours a clear honey orange with a foamy bone colored head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Foamy rings of lace line the glass on the drink down. Smell is of citrus fruit, citrus zest, and some herbal hop aromas. Taste is much the same with a slight malt finish. There is a medium amount of bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp and medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, this is a good beer with a nice set of aromas and flavors.

Serving type: on-tap

06-28-2012 04:41:24 | More by UCLABrewN84

Beerandraiderfan

Nevada

2.13/5  rDev -39.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

One of the more disappointing beers to ever rear its ugly head at the Bistro ipa festival. Pours out a decent looking yellow with moderate cloudiness, got me hoping it was merely hop matter floating throughout, but no. Aroma revealed no dry hopping, attempts at conveying a pine like smell.

Taste, all bitter mouthfeel, no lush green hop notes. Just terrible for something from the bay area. How about some hops man? Not just copper penny bitterness either. This was just all alcohol heat and bitterness.

This is one of the worst ipa's in California. It's also below average for the rest of the nation.

Serving type: on-tap

05-29-2012 20:39:32 | More by Beerandraiderfan

hosehead83

Ohio

3.53/5  rDev +0.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a 12oz. bottle into a standard pint glass.
Chill-hazed gold, with a big, billowy head of bone-white foam.
Aroma-Subtle citrus hops
Taste-Big blast of malt and hops that just barely hold each other in check. Piney and citrussy with toasted malt interwoven. This brew cries out for a spicy food pairing: Chicken wings or a blue cheese burger.

Serving type: bottle

05-21-2012 15:40:50 | More by hosehead83

schoolboy

Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +28.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Excellent. This is a near perfect middle of the road AIPA. It would be over the top for other styles, but as an AIPA, it's middle of the road.

It immediately has a hoppy aroma and a beautiful color and head, The taste matches as an easy drinking aipa.

Besides looking, smelling and tasting as it should, it is strong and reasonably priced. All A's by me.

Serving type: bottle

05-19-2012 00:07:57 | More by schoolboy

mattcrill

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev +6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Aroma: grassy, lemon grass-like, bready malt character all on the front end. Nice interplay of malt and hops that is unanticipated for an American IPA. Very inviting but more APA than IPA to me.

Appearance: Slightly hazy amber pour with a thick and frothy white head. Retention is good.

Flavor: Up front pithy grapefruit character that is quickly supported by a doughy bread malt character. Balance is slightly bitter but the malt plays a strong second chair. Finish is clean and dry. Aftertaste is lingering and bitter.

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with high carbonation. Slight hop derived astringency. No creaminess or alcohol heat.

Overall impression: Very quaffable IPA but puzzling. Surprised at the amount of malt character. Seems to be riding the jagged edge between APA and IPA. Worth a try.

Serving type: bottle

05-13-2012 22:24:02 | More by mattcrill

colforbin73

California

3.9/5  rDev +11.1%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

FRESH CHECK? this bottle had J F M A M J J A S O N D on the side and F was etched out, so i am assuming this was born in february, not slated to die in february... ?

pours a rich IPA amber, cloudy, little foam.

the smell is pleasant and grassy, a decent hop aroma.

the taste is dry, bitter, grassy with a good malt flavor -- not sure what they use, but they got a lot of flavor out of the pale malt.

good carbonation and bitterness. this is not my GOTO IPA but it is a good choice.

Serving type: bottle

04-23-2012 03:10:40 | More by colforbin73

drabmuh

Maryland

3.28/5  rDev -6.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Served in a snifter, beer is slightly over carbonated. Big white head, three fingers, heavy carbonation, yellow and clear with moderate to high carbonation. Really nice retention.

All pine and malt. Strong aroma, a little medicinal.

Beer is very bitter, thin to medium in body, a medicinal lead off, an odd off flavor is present in the front half, the beer gives way to a decent palate and bitter and a decent finish. Not a repeat for me.

Serving type: bottle

04-11-2012 05:13:20 | More by drabmuh

mfavoino

Washington

3.1/5  rDev -11.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Appearance: Pours a light amber with an orange tint to it. Slightly cloudy and a fluffy finger and a half of head recedes after a couple of minutes. Tons of sticky lacing.

Smell: Some faint citrus hops are subtle compared to the strong grainy malt aroma. Getting some yeast scents as well.

Taste: Initially subtle grapefruit hop flavor is overtaken by biting malt. A bit of earthiness to the lingering hop finish.

Mouthfeel: Medium mouthfeel with above average carbonation. Alcohol is faint.

Overall: Not as hop forward or flavorful as I expected from a West Coast IPA. More malt heavy compared to others and it didn't have much flavor to compensate.

Serving type: bottle

04-01-2012 03:48:19 | More by mfavoino

bstave

Washington

3.13/5  rDev -10.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

12 oz bottle poured into Dogfish Head tulip pint glass.

A- Very nice looking brew. Big sticky head that created some very nice thick lacing. Body is translucent amber. Very nice.

S- Not getting much here. A bit more once it warmed up. Mostly big biscuit malt and some citrus hops.

T- Darn. I am getting that big nutty malt flavor that I really dislike in an IPA. The hops do come out nicely with the citrus variety. Although the hops are a nice addition and are more prevalent in the taste than the nose, I am not digging the malt flavor here.

M- Mouthfeel is nice. Good carbonation and not much heat for a bigger single IPA. Pretty smooth.

O- The appearance is top notch. The smell is lacking and the taste suffers with the big nutty malt profile. Overall, it's a different tasting IPA with the nutty malt profile, but the hops did shine nicely in the taste. Won't seek out again, however.

Serving type: bottle

03-14-2012 04:00:15 | More by bstave

thekevlarkid

Maryland

3.53/5  rDev +0.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Out of a bottle this beer was a dark golden color heading towards orange. The white head of foam lasted well and left streaks of lacing. The aroma was faint for an IPA, hoppy citrus but ill-defined and in need of a boost. The flavors were better, more of the citrus hops and grapefruit notes along with some pine and a mild malt core. Distinctly bitter and the finish, that lingered, was as dry as a bone. The mouthfeel was ok, the body medium/full and the carbonation mid-level.

Serving type: bottle

02-05-2012 14:29:40 | More by thekevlarkid

barleyroad

Pennsylvania

3.48/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Appearance- Gold with a slight cloudiness
Smell- Wow you can tell there are hopps here and there are slight hints of malt.
Mouthfeel- Eventfull, this beer hits the tongue and moves around and then sits on the back.
Taste- Here we go--this is hoppy and has a great malt backbone. This beer is for the hop lover. Overall this is a good strong IPA that will go well any spicy meal, we may try this with some good german food.

Serving type: bottle

12-15-2011 00:47:40 | More by barleyroad

THECPJ

Delaware

3.5/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Reviewed from notes:

appearance: copper orange with a 1 finger off white head

smell: citrus, grass, hops, caramel, malts

taste: malty, grass hops, some alcohol burn, sweet, dry bitter finish

mouthfeel: mild carbonation, medium body,

overall: it's alright nothing special. glad to try another brewery. better IPA's are out there.

Cheers,l
The CPJ

Serving type: bottle

08-14-2011 18:59:24 | More by THECPJ

chodinheaven

Maryland

3.73/5  rDev +6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Decent clarity in a darkish yellow-orange beer under a smallish sea-foam head. Big piney and resiny hops fill the aroma, backed by a pretty sizeable maltiness. Tobacco and bread come to mind.

The malts may dominate the hops in this AIPA, which almost always results in an iffy beer, that has you questioning the style. This beer doesn't seem to be much different. The deep malt flavor seems to stand out and take over more than the resiny hops, which usually take over beers that they are featured in. The hops are bitter however, and do make for a nice hoppy IPA flavor that holds its own. Its possible that the resin and hop oil is taking over this beer, not the malts, but the malt character is certainly pronounced. The mouthfeel is slightly effervescent and seems to not be as crisp as I would like. This is definitely not a bad beer, and worth the buy if you're into resiny hop IPAs that have a lot of malt backbone.

Serving type: bottle

07-31-2011 22:12:38 | More by chodinheaven