Running Porter
The Kernel Brewery in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
7.79
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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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7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2026
at 16:58
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Half pint from the keg at The Plasterers, Norwich. Pours black with a creamy light beige head. Aromas & tastes of chocolate, peat, liquorice & roasted malt. Medium to full body. Soft silky smooth light bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jul 2026
at 13:47
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Dark brown woth loght brown head. Quite some roasted notes, chocolate, nutty, quite hoppy as well with some yuzu and sweet berries. Just medium seeet, less bitter. Just medium bodied. I quite like this.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Free Beer Co. Duinoord
on 26 Jun 2026
at 20:16
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
13th June 2026
Near opaque dark brown beer, good bubbly tan head. Smooth palate, mildly dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. That typical Kernel chocolatey oaty dark malt profile, touch of roast albeit, a little thin bodied. Getting a touch of dark berries from Bramling Cross. Pretty modest Goldings citrus. A pleasant affair but not something that will last long in the memory.
Near opaque dark brown beer, good bubbly tan head. Smooth palate, mildly dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. That typical Kernel chocolatey oaty dark malt profile, touch of roast albeit, a little thin bodied. Getting a touch of dark berries from Bramling Cross. Pretty modest Goldings citrus. A pleasant affair but not something that will last long in the memory.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2026
at 18:29
8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
330ml bottle. Opaque, darkest brown colour with small to average, dense, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, dark beige to tan head. Roasty and chocolately, slightly bready, dark malty and caramel malty aroma, notes of pumpernickel, dark caramel, dark chocolate, some toffee, a touch of mocha, mildly leafy hoppy and minimally ashy overtones. Taste is roasty, slightly chocolately, minimally ashy, dark malty and slightly caramel malty with subtle residual sweetness and a minimally bready touch, notes of dark chocolate, some pumpernickel, caramel, a touch of mocha, mildly bitter, minimally leafy, hoppy counterpart with a touch of tobacco; minimally ashy finish.
Creamy texture, smooth and soft palate, fine, very dense, soft, creamy carbonation.
Very smooth, homogeneous and harmonious, very rich for its abv - this is pure excellence!
Creamy texture, smooth and soft palate, fine, very dense, soft, creamy carbonation.
Very smooth, homogeneous and harmonious, very rich for its abv - this is pure excellence!
Tried
from Bottle
from Hoptimaal
on 31 May 2026
at 21:12
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours almost black with a tan head. Malty aroma. Taste is roasted malt, dark chocolate, bit of smoke, coffee notes.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Kernel Taproom (Spa Road)
on 26 Apr 2026
at 18:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Keg at salt horse. Pours black, nose is roasted, chocolate, pine, taste is similar, toffee, floral 8/7/7/7/7
Tried
on 18 Apr 2026
at 10:23
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Black with a beige head. Light roasted notes, earthy, cocoa, a bit of pine, burnt notes. Medium bodied. Finish is dry with roasted malt and pine in the back. Gentle. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Be Hoppy Madrid
on 18 Jan 2026
at 16:49
Olmost black with a brown head - Malt aroma with some roasted notes - Malt body with some roasted flavours - Roasted malt finish with some bitterness - This was good
Tried
from Draft
at
Café Sara
on 01 Dec 2025
at 16:44
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
5.6%.
Tried
from Draft
at
Balthazar
on 25 Nov 2025
at 15:14