India Double Porter - Columbus Chinook
The Kernel Brewery in Bermondsey, Greater London, England 🏴
Porter - Imperial Series|
Score
8.04
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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
8.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
at
The Kernel Taproom (Spa Road)
on 17 Nov 2025
at 22:18
7.6/10
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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.
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.
Tried
on 12 Nov 2025
at 23:59