Running Porter

The Kernel Brewery in Bermondsey, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Porter Regular

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7.83

ABV: 5.4%

IBU: -

Ticks: 14

Running Porter is a beer designed to pair with British territorial cheeses. It's a 5.6% ABV porter, brewed with a blend of Maris Otter, brown, black, chocolate, crystal, and flaked barley malts, and hopped with East Kent Goldings and Bramling Cross. The beer is inspired by the historical "running" beers of the 18th and 19th centuries, which were meant to be enjoyed fresh, unlike "keeping" beers that were aged. This freshness makes it a great match for young, crumbly territorial cheeses.

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Solastalgic (4951) ticked Running Porter from The Kernel Brewery 6 months ago

Cracking

Tried from Cask on 23 Jul 2025 at 21:50

Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Running Porter from The Kernel Brewery 6 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask at Mother Arch iii, 23/07/2025.
Black with a khaki cap that thins and retains as a swirl.
Nose is chocolate, roast malts, charr, toffee, dried fruit esters, hint of baking powder.
Taste comprises rich roast, chocolate shavings, liquorice fruit rinds, toffee, charr.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Top notch cask porter.

Tried on 23 Jul 2025 at 18:31

8.3

Fergus (31329) reviewed Running Porter from The Kernel Brewery 6 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Cask a kernel taproom bermondsey. A dark mahogany brown black coloured pour with a lasting khaki head. Aroma is earthy wood, bark, liquorice, light caramel. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, rounded woody bark, caramel, dark roast, rounded roast barley. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, mellow cask condition. Nice robust Porter. Some lingering resin.

Tried from Cask on 23 Jul 2025 at 15:28

Convair880 (6926) reviewed Running Porter from The Kernel Brewery 6 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Cask at The Southampton Arms, Gospel Oak, London. An almost black coloured pour with a decent sized beige head on top. Roasty, malty, chocolate, coffee, smoke taste and aroma. It's decent as expected but served too warm on cask here which surprised me.

Tried from Cask on 16 Jul 2025 at 15:28