Pale Ale - Simcoe
The Kernel Brewery in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
7.27
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5-6% abv. Malted barley. Dry and light-bodied to better showcase the individuality of the hops in both aroma and flavour. A basic recipe is followed, with each batch utilising different hop varieties from around the world based on seasonality, availability, and the whims of the brewer.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle conditioned. Pours a dark orange colour with a tight white head, plenty of hops and fruit in the aroma, the taste is medium bitterness with a dry bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Hogs Back Brewery & Beer Shop
on 28 Sep 2025
at 16:34
8.2/10
Hoppy, fruity, citrusy and light bodied. Low bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Jul 2025
at 19:02
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at The Star & Garter, Bromley. Nose is citrus, white pepper, bitter herbs, tropical fruit. Taste is lemon marmalade, pithy orange, more white pepper. Light hoppy approach with a lingering sweetness.
Tried
from Draft
at
Star & Garter
on 12 Apr 2025
at 20:15
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at the brewery. Pours frosty bright straw. Pine, hedge, lemon, grapefruit, little tropical, nice herbal notes. Medium body. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Dec 2024
at 17:26
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at The Kernel, pours a minimally hazy bright golden with a medium white head. Aroma is fragrant, with soft piney, woody hops and a crisp biscuity malt base. Flavour is smooth and fragrant, with lots of piney, woody hops, light floral notes, and biscuity malt. The base beer is so damn good that the hop expression is ideal: Simcoe hops in all their glory. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Feb 2024
at 17:06
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Draught at Kernel Taproom Arch 7, Bermondsey, London, 20 May 2023. 5.7%) Golden colour with brief, foamy, white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with notes of lemon peel, grapefruit, resin and grass. Fruity, hoppy taste with grapefruit, lemon, passion-fruit, resin, grass, white bread and a balanced herbal/citric bitterness. Crisp and clean with a good hop profile. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Sep 2023
at 20:44
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Keg draught at Ghost Whale Putney. Mid yellowish gold, perhaps a tiny haze with a ring of white head. Hoppy aroma with a fair bit of citrus and some light apricot. Taste is balanced with an astute bitterness ushering the finish. Getting a lot more stone fruit here. Medium carbonation. Perhaps more subdued that many Kernel pales but all the better for it.
Tried
on 22 Jul 2023
at 13:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Pours slightly unclear, blonde. Medium sized, medium low stability white head. Scent is rich, slight stonefruityness. Milder pine. Taste is full, mild pine, tad bitter. Crisp, clean, fresh. Nice!
Tried
on 16 Jun 2023
at 10:30
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Clear yellow appearance with thin head. Aroma and flavour have slightly grassy hop notes with a touch of citrus peel. Nicely dry. Good thirst quencher.
Tried
on 10 Jun 2023
at 20:03
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from Cork & Cask. Pours clear yellow-gold with a lively, frothy, pure white foam head. Lightly sweet with lovely hop character, soft lemongrass, a little tangerine, subtle bitter citrus rind and pine, lean pale malts. Light bodied with average carbonation. Clean finish, subtly drying, a little more grass, pale bread, tangerine rind, pine needles. Massively drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2022
at 19:53