India Double Porter - Columbus Chinook
The Kernel Brewery in Bermondsey, Greater London, England 🏴
Porter - Imperial Series|
Score
8.02
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Black with big brown head. Massive dank hops up front with soft lime leaves and marihuana. Sweet chocolate, roasted malts, plums, deep roasted and nutty, light spices. Solid medium sweet, less bitter. Over medium bodied. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Free Beer Co. Duinoord
on 22 Mar 2026
at 19:43
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 9
Bottle. Beer Stop Dronfield. Nearly black. God tier swede. Easy 10. Nose has tar. Resin. Burnt citrus. Heavy roast coffee. Taste is super bitter with loads of charred pineapple vibes. Touch of sugary sweetness on the lips. Rich and slick on the palate. Big bitterness to finish. Class.
Tried
from Bottle
at
The Beer Stop
on 20 Feb 2026
at 21:16
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Black with a booming tan head. Roasted malts followed immediately by pine and light citrus. After the hops it shifts back to more malt, coffee, light caramel, and earth notes. Medium bodied. Finish has dry roasted malts and pine. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2026
at 20:19
7.8/10
Slightly roasty, smooth and herbal grassy with some hints of fruits, pine, citrus, coffee and chocolate. Roasty and dry bitter finish. Old skoolish roasty porter with some herbal hoppiness
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2026
at 20:52
9/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
at
House Of The Trembling Madness (Lendal)
on 04 Jan 2026
at 23:28
8/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Raynville Superstore
on 31 Dec 2025
at 19:24
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tried
from Cask
at
Boot Micropub
on 31 Dec 2025
at 17:55
8.8/10
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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
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2025
at 09:30
9/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2025
at 23:00
8/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
at
Green Goddess
on 13 Dec 2025
at 19:31