Export India Porter
The Kernel Brewery in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
7.52
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ABV may vary slightly.
The Export India Porter relates to porter in similar manner to the way the IPA relates to the Pale Ale: they added more hops. We’ve taken Barclay Perkins recipe from 1855, but changed the hops to Columbus and Cascade (American varieties) and hopped it in the same way that we hop our IPAs. The result is a dark brown beer that smells of cocoa, roses, and some orange. The body is quite light, and it is carbonated more highly than usual for a porter to make it more refreshing. It’s quite light in texture and tastes of Turkish delight dusted with cocoa powder – chocolate, rose water and fruit. Dry finish.
The Export India Porter relates to porter in similar manner to the way the IPA relates to the Pale Ale: they added more hops. We’ve taken Barclay Perkins recipe from 1855, but changed the hops to Columbus and Cascade (American varieties) and hopped it in the same way that we hop our IPAs. The result is a dark brown beer that smells of cocoa, roses, and some orange. The body is quite light, and it is carbonated more highly than usual for a porter to make it more refreshing. It’s quite light in texture and tastes of Turkish delight dusted with cocoa powder – chocolate, rose water and fruit. Dry finish.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 6.4%, hops: galaxy, chinook, exp431. Pitch black, with a nice creamy brown head, staying and a bit lacing. Aroma is "wow!": coffee, roasted malt, and the hops, amazing, resin. Then the taste is surprisingly different, the roasted malts are the most evident note, coffee again, chocolate, the resin hops are still there but more if in the aroma they are the main note, in the taste they are more on the background. Medium-low carbonation, oily texture, bitter finish. Great beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2017
at 14:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Black colored, medium tan creamy lasting head. Aroma is of dark chocolate, coffee, roasted malt and some floral hops. Taste is medium sweet malt, dark chocolate, roasted malt and coffee, medium roasty bitterness, some earthy and floral hops, dry roasty finish, bit burnt. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, creamy. (bottle, Bierhalle Deconinck, Vichte)
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2016
at 09:07
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Very black with a nice mocha head which remains for a long time. Aroma has some dark malts but is dominated by hops. I estimate mosaic, there is that unique mosaic aroma of spicy/herbal earthiness. Flavour is similar. Medium body, dark malts give a chocolatey and coffee-like base. Beer is very hoppy, herbal/earthy. Has a delicious long finish with resiny, herbal hoppiness and dry chocolate. Wow. Awesome beer.
Tried
on 25 Nov 2016
at 18:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle (from the Bierkoning,NL): Almost black,medium-sized and stable creamy and lacy tanned head; moderate to solid bitter-sweet nose of roasted malt, dried fruits, cacao&vanilla plus spicy hops in the background; almost solid bitter-sweet flavour with delicate sourish traces, medium bodied , soft to silky MF; lingering drier roasty and chocolatey finish with an increasing bitterness in the aftertaste. A very nice Porter...
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2016
at 17:31
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
330ml bottle, thanks to my wife. 6% ABV, Mosaic hops. Almost black, an inch of light tan head. Rich chocolate aroma with some brown sugar, peaches and light tropical fruit, hint of pine. Any fear than Mosaic isn’t going to work here allayed. Lightish bodied, carbonation is a little on the high side. Mocha in the background providing richness but not much sweetness. A bit of licorice. Firm bitterness than builds out of the malt side of things and leaves nice fruit flavours lingering along with modest roasted ones.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2016
at 07:28
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330 mml bottle as part of the European Local Swap, many thanks Minutemat. Tasted on the 16/11/2016. Almost pour black colour with a medium beige head. Aroma of hops, black coffee and roasted malts. Taste is intense coffee, cocoa powder and some liquorice. Next one please!
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Nov 2016
at 10:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Beers’n’more. A smooth porter with a focus and drinkability and balance. As such, the dark malts are pleasantly simple but decent (chocolate, some nuts, a bit toasted, hints of ripe dark fruit), the body medium with support of a soft carbonation and a light bitterness. Aroma hops are notable on the palate. Very round. Great beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2016
at 15:39