India Double Porter - Columbus Chinook
The Kernel Brewery in Bermondsey, Greater London, England 🏴
Porter - Imperial Series|
Score
7.96
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Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle from House Of Trembling Madness. Black body with a tan head. Low carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of blueberry, espresso and roasted malt. Flavour of orange, dark chocolate and Twiglets. Medium to full body with a chewy mouthfeel. Soft fizz. This is the beer style I most love from the Kernel, and this is a rich and bitter beauty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Raynville Superstore. It pours jet black with a sturdy brown head. The aroma is rich, super dark roasted malt, charred pine, umami, sticky liquorice, allsorts toasted sesame seeds, cacao, pipe tobacco, some dark and dried fruits. The taste is firmly dry, bitter, chewy, toothy, rather savoury, plenty of umami, molasses, big hit of liquorice, burnt toast, dark chocolate, cacao nimbs, burnt toast, dried fruits, fruit cake, burnt pine and a lick of booze with a dark roasted finish. Fulsome body and moderate carbonation. Rich and robust. Perhaps a touch too savoury for it to compete against some of the other editions of this, but great nonetheless.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at home, 24th December 25. Pours black and thick. Aroma is roasted malts, some aromatics. Taste is delicious, roasted malts, chocolate, complex and rich, bitter and aromatic - best kernel for a whole
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9
Bottle at home picked up from hotm. A jet black coloured pour with a lasting big tan head. Aroma is nice rich rich roast pine sap, liquorice, woody roast, salty, resinous, varnish.. Flavour is composed of super intense rich dark roasty malts, liquorice, resinous pine, pine sap, bitter roast, firm resinous bitterness. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, sticky hop oils, moderate carbonation, just fantastic.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at The Green Goddess, Blackheath Royal Standard. Nose is chocolate, raisin, cocoa, cola, some dark fruits. Rosty toasty taste of chocolate raisin, cocoa, dark fruits, camp coffee, nuts, touch of smoke. Dry roasty sweet with a lingering bitter edge. Very good indeed.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Looks perfect. Great depth, excellent balance, hearty tobacco, baking cocoa, ashy roast, scorched earth, nips of grapefruit and citrus peel. A hint of black coffee, dark berry. Bittersweet finish. Delicious.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Keg at Mother Arch iii, 12/11/2025.
Pitch black topped with a dirty tan cap that escapes to the edge.
Nose is dark malts, spice, charr, cocoa powder, dusty hops.
Taste comprises dried fruit rinds, earthy roast, liquorice, charr, spice, cacao nibs, burnt toffee.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close dashed with mellow earthy hop bitterness.
Tidy porter but not top drawer in this esteemed series.