Black Diamond Brewing Co.

jheylin

California

4.2/5  rDev +3.2%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 4 | service: 4.5 | selection: 4 | $

This brewery has moved from their downtown Walnut Creek restaurant location to a production-only facility out in Concord. No food is served and all they have for the public is a small, elegant taproom for their beers. They have great happy hours and beer is cheap bought from the brewery itself (a rare thing, at least out here in California). Their beers have been getting better and better over the years, if you wrote them off years ago chances are you'll be impressed by their new stuff. The benefit of them being a production brewery? You can find just about all their beers at many area stores, plus some special bombers at more beer-friendly places.

It's located in the middle of nowhere which is heightened by the fact they reside in an ugly business park near the oil refineries. But like I said before, the taproom is pretty awesome and seems so out of place in that ugly building.

Seems all the reviews are dated pretty old and are regarding their old location, hence me typing this up.

06-15-2011 16:59:42 | More by jheylin

Mark

California

3.94/5  rDev -3.2%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 4 | service: 4 | selection: 4

This brewpub is the closest to my place of residence and I have only been there once. I guess that tells you something.The positives are they have cask ale and the beer quality overall seems good. Negatives are due to being in yuppified Walnut Creek the prices are very high. Can be a nice place if you want to pay the price. Might eventually get back in there.

11-10-2002 15:39:44 | More by Mark