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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8.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Lovely stuff, layered and luscious. Toothy dark malts, charred rubber, dark sugars, cocoa, earth. Velvety texture. Burnt toast. Delightful.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Kernel Taproom (Spa Road)
on 04 Mar 2026
at 17:54
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask at Mother Arch iii, 04/03/2026.
Lighter shade of black topped with a lasting khaki head.
Nose carries good roasted tones, charr, cocoa powder, burnt toffee.
Taste comprises rich roast, chocolate shavings, earthy fruit rinds, raisins, brown bread, ashen nip.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Top notch flavoursome cask stout.
Lighter shade of black topped with a lasting khaki head.
Nose carries good roasted tones, charr, cocoa powder, burnt toffee.
Taste comprises rich roast, chocolate shavings, earthy fruit rinds, raisins, brown bread, ashen nip.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Top notch flavoursome cask stout.
Tried
on 04 Mar 2026
at 12:02