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Diamond Bear Brewing Company

🌍 United States · Regional · Known for a full range of styles
Known for a full range of styles

Arkansas's oldest craft brewery, founded in 1999 in North Little Rock across the Arkansas River from the state capital. Named after the diamond — Arkansas is the only US state with a diamond mine — and the black bear, Arkansas's state animal. Diamond Bear has been the flagship of Arkansas craft beer for over 25 years.

6Beers
4Styles
6.1%Avg ABV
1999Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
0%
catalogue avg 45%

Beers by Diamond Bear Brewing Company

6 beers

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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 6 beers in the catalogue.

Brewery signature · based on 6 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
hoppyevery beer
6 of 6 beers
malty
5 of 6 beers
citrusy
4 of 6 beers
smooth
3 of 6 beers

Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Broad6 beers · 4 style families
Pale Ale 2IPA 2Lager 1Porter 1

Their signature has to hold across very different styles — which makes the notes that do recur more telling, not less.

How they compare
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with the wider catalogue across breweries making similar styles.

Across 6 beers in 4 style families, none of Diamond Bear Brewing Company's characters carry through the whole range — the mix of styles they brew is the signature here.

typical for similar stylesDiamond Bear Brewing Company
in no beersin every beer
hoppy
in all 6 of their beers · typical similar styles brewery: 4 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
malty
in 5 of 6 · typical similar styles brewery: 4 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
citrusy
in 4 of 6 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
Right where the field sits.
clean
in 3 of 6 · typical similar styles brewery: 4 in 5
A shade below, but within the field.
bitter
in 3 of 6 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
A shade below, but within the field.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 68%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
2 / 6
beers above the median
#1584
best ranked beer
Diamond Bear Victory Pale Ale

Their beers place in the Top 68% of the catalogue on average, across 6 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Diamond Bear Brewing Company

Arkansas's oldest craft brewery, founded in 1999 in North Little Rock across the Arkansas River from the state capital. Named after the diamond — Arkansas is the only US state with a diamond mine — and the black bear, Arkansas's state animal. Diamond Bear has been the flagship of Arkansas craft beer for over 25 years.

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