Pale Ale - Eggers Special
The Kernel Brewery in Bermondsey, Greater London, England 🏴
Pale Ale - Australian / New Zealand Series|
Score
7.74
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Kicking off October with the perfect example of why we do what we do, and why we are how we are. Egger's Hops are a boutique hop grower in New Zealand. Independent, family owned and operated, and now on the 6th generation of hop fanciers (almost certainly not how they refer to themselves...). They specialise in Riwaka, which we have obviously used in this series, alongside Nelson Sauvin (they are in the Nelson region) and Egger's Special, a Riwaka derived hop from specific harvest and selection criteria. It is highly aromatic. Egger's focus their approach on caring for and working with the terroir, the climate, the soil and adjusting their timing to get the best out of their harvests in ever changing planetary conditions. If The Kernel was a hop grower, we'd aspire to be like Egger's.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bouteille 50cl, bottled 07/10/2025, BB 07/02/2026 - lot# 2862.3082.
Dorée, pâle, col épais crémeux blanc tenace.
Arôme est fleuri, houblonné reste bien vivace et plaisant - un peu de tropical qui passe en rétro-nasal tout en marquant le côté tropica - dont une touche ananas confit - agrumes et une rperis de malt biscuité/cookie en support.
Palais est sur une belle base malt pâle, pointe de céréales, un peu toasté finement herbacé, sec pin avec un caractère agrumes en retrait dont le pamplemousse - tropical mangue. Marqué par une belle pétillance qui est bien active au palais.
Dorée, pâle, col épais crémeux blanc tenace.
Arôme est fleuri, houblonné reste bien vivace et plaisant - un peu de tropical qui passe en rétro-nasal tout en marquant le côté tropica - dont une touche ananas confit - agrumes et une rperis de malt biscuité/cookie en support.
Palais est sur une belle base malt pâle, pointe de céréales, un peu toasté finement herbacé, sec pin avec un caractère agrumes en retrait dont le pamplemousse - tropical mangue. Marqué par une belle pétillance qui est bien active au palais.
Tried
from Bottle
at
The Kernel Taproom (Spa Road)
on 06 Mar 2026
at 07:19
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500ml bottle. Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma of tropical fruit juice, white wine, gooseberry. Taste is juicy and tropical, guava, mango, gooseberry, white wine, grapefruit, herbal, dank, nice bitterness. Medium bodied.
Think I've mostly had Eggers Special in DIPAs so to have it in this more restrained Pale Ale was different, and it's really great.
Think I've mostly had Eggers Special in DIPAs so to have it in this more restrained Pale Ale was different, and it's really great.
Tried
from Bottle
from The Fuss Club
on 14 Dec 2025
at 01:34
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at The Green Goddess, Blackheath Royal Standard. Aromas of mango, sweet citrus, peach & apricot. Taste is a flavoursome mix of sweet citrus & tropical fruits. Oodles of fruit & bitter hops in the close. Tasty.
Tried
from Draft
at
Green Goddess
on 13 Dec 2025
at 22:30
9.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9.5
Wow that’s good stuff. Unusually clean and dank, some white grape, pithy grapefruit, cat pee, lemony accents. Mellow rindy-piney bitterness. Moreish. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
at
The Kernel Taproom (Spa Road)
on 15 Nov 2025
at 22:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at Mother Arch iii, 31/10/2025.
Hazed orange topped with a lasting off white cap.
Nose is big NZ pissoi hops, gooseberries, guava, pine resin.
Taste comprises guava, pine resin, dank spike, white grape, stone fruit schmack.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come resinous hop bitterness.
Solid.
Hazed orange topped with a lasting off white cap.
Nose is big NZ pissoi hops, gooseberries, guava, pine resin.
Taste comprises guava, pine resin, dank spike, white grape, stone fruit schmack.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come resinous hop bitterness.
Solid.
Tried
on 31 Oct 2025
at 10:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Tap at the kernel brewery taproom bermondsey. A translucent golden orange coloured pour with a fine white head. Aroma is big nz hop, tarmac, hockey puck, dry white grape, flint. Flavour is composed of dry flaked wheat, bready grains, drying pithy nz hop, grass, dry white wine, mineral. Palate is dry, flaky, highish carbonation,. Like it, nz hops are very punchy in this one, could be better if complimented by another hop.
Tried
on 29 Oct 2025
at 18:45