Single Stout - Ireland 1883
The Kernel Brewery in Bermondsey, Greater London, England 🏴
Collab with: Boundary BrewingStout - Foreign / Extra Special
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Score
7.70
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In mid 2025 we were invited by Boundary to brew a beer with them to help celebrate their 10th birthday, which was an Export Stout.
This January we asked them over to London for a return leg, and brewed this Single Stout (otherwise known as Porter).
We decided that we wanted to make an historic Irish Stout and found a recipe from1883 that fit the bill. With just Pale, Amber and Black malts it is dry, toasted and fruit forward. Plummy flavours, with a burnt toast finish, on a body much lighter and more refreshing than our regular core porters.
One of the quirks of this recipe is the addition of some black malt to the boil and it has come through beautifully, giving the beer an almost maple syrup aroma, and a dry wood tannin-like follow through.
This January we asked them over to London for a return leg, and brewed this Single Stout (otherwise known as Porter).
We decided that we wanted to make an historic Irish Stout and found a recipe from1883 that fit the bill. With just Pale, Amber and Black malts it is dry, toasted and fruit forward. Plummy flavours, with a burnt toast finish, on a body much lighter and more refreshing than our regular core porters.
One of the quirks of this recipe is the addition of some black malt to the boil and it has come through beautifully, giving the beer an almost maple syrup aroma, and a dry wood tannin-like follow through.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tons of roasted malty aroma. Very intense, almost cellary.
Flavor is salty roasted malty, smoked malty,
Flavor is salty roasted malty, smoked malty,
Tried
from Draft
at
Bootleggers Craft Beer Bar - Valby
on 17 May 2026
at 16:07
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at The Craft Beer Cabin, Bromley. Aromas of dark chocolate, liquorice toffee, coffee cake, burnt toast. Flavours of dark chocolate, smoke, raisin, liquorice toffee, more coffee cake. Malty sweet with a lingering smoky edge. Tasty.
Tried
from Draft
at
Craft Beer Cabin BR1
on 09 May 2026
at 18:18
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Raynville Superstore. It pours jet black with a medium fluffy khaki head. The aroma is rich and robust, dark roasted malt, umami, liquorice, burnt toast, dark chocolate, cacao nibs, meaty, espresso coffee, toasty spice, charred oak, dried fruits, black bun and toasted fruit cake. The taste is smooth, dark roasted malt, bitter - sweet dark chocolate, umami, liquorice, cacao nibs, natural processed coffee, toothy, burnt toast, muted ash, restrained alcohol presence, toasty spice and a puff of pipe tobacco. Finish is dark and decadent roast. Fulsome body, moderate carbonation and velvety mouth feel. Rich and robust. Nice depth of flavour and exquisite balance. Nicely done.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Raynville Superstore
on 09 May 2026
at 14:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bouteille 33cl @ Borger Bottles, Bottled 16/02/2026, BB 16/02/2027, batch# 2944.3163.
Brune foncée/beige, col épais crémeu café au lait. Etrange que l'étiquette arrière mentionne un porter.
Arôme est sur une belle base maltée - chocolaté, grillé, caramel presque léger moka tout en ayant un bouquet délicat houblonné noble anglais.
Palais est bien malté, grillé avec un excellent côté chocolat repris en support par une petite touche épicée houblonné. Pointe rappelant le fumé et un fruité de cassis, black cherry cake, petite douceur résiduelle tout en ayant une buvabilité de nitro stout - cask dans le fini soyeux en bouche.
Brune foncée/beige, col épais crémeu café au lait. Etrange que l'étiquette arrière mentionne un porter.
Arôme est sur une belle base maltée - chocolaté, grillé, caramel presque léger moka tout en ayant un bouquet délicat houblonné noble anglais.
Palais est bien malté, grillé avec un excellent côté chocolat repris en support par une petite touche épicée houblonné. Pointe rappelant le fumé et un fruité de cassis, black cherry cake, petite douceur résiduelle tout en ayant une buvabilité de nitro stout - cask dans le fini soyeux en bouche.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Borger Bottles
on 28 Apr 2026
at 11:24
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Black beer lasting tan head. Chocolate aroma. Some chocolate. Some malt in the mouth. Some bitterness on the finish. Some chocolate truffle flavour. Quite hoppy on the finish. Its not thin but the mouthfeel is expected to be fuller. Its fine but a little light. Chocolate flavour is good though.
Tried
from Draft
at
Nelson Arms
on 24 Apr 2026
at 15:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pitch black colour with small beige head Aroma of dark dried fruit and roasted malt and coffee nice malty and bready taste good mild tart finish.
Tried
at
Taphouse
on 24 Apr 2026
at 10:28
8.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 9
330ml bottle. Almost black pour with a dense tan head, well retained. Aroma of roast malts, dark chocolate. Taste of roast malts, dark chocolate, liquorice and some dark fruit notes, ashy, roast bitterness. Medium bodied, creamy smooth. Superb stout.
Tried
from Bottle
from The Fuss Club
on 11 Apr 2026
at 22:51
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tried
on 03 Apr 2026
at 22:29
7.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Against The Grain. Dark brown body with a beige head that gradually fades. Low carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of Twiglets, wood and dark chocolate. Flavour of ash and ark chocolate. Medium body with a smooth mouthfeel. Soft fizz. This is very dry and ashy. I liked it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2026
at 11:36
8.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Cask at kernel tap room bermondsey,. An opaque jet black coloured pour with a lasting creamy khaki head. Aroma is nice roasty creany pine needles, smooth roast, creamy. Palate is semi sweet, creany, rounded, good cask condition. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, rounded creamy roast, light pine needles,. Lovely.
Tried
on 20 Mar 2026
at 12:51