India Pale Ale - Black
The Kernel Brewery in London, Greater London, England 🏴
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Series|
Score
7.63
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8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as The Kernel India Pale Ale Black (by The Kernel Brewery):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.3/5
29/VI/15 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: 22/X/15, bottled: 22/IV/15 (2015-829)
Clear deep brown beer, creamy irregular brown head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: citrus, mocha, caramel, some chlorine, dried fruits, raisins. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet start, some caramel, chocolate, little soapy, soft bitter hops, dried fruits, caramel. Aftertaste: fudge, mocha, pretty bitter, coffee, citrus, exotic fruits, soft roast, bit resinous.
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.3/5
29/VI/15 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: 22/X/15, bottled: 22/IV/15 (2015-829)
Clear deep brown beer, creamy irregular brown head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: citrus, mocha, caramel, some chlorine, dried fruits, raisins. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet start, some caramel, chocolate, little soapy, soft bitter hops, dried fruits, caramel. Aftertaste: fudge, mocha, pretty bitter, coffee, citrus, exotic fruits, soft roast, bit resinous.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2015
at 14:07
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
19th January 2011
Very dark brown beer. Short pale tan head. Lovely fresh piney hop nose. Crisp dry palate. Mellow dark malt base. Minerally piney hops - fresh and strong. A little fruit!! Black IPAs always seem to accentuate the piney qualities of hops and supress the fruit but here I fancy a spot Of Nelson like hop fruit. The dark malt turns creamy. A really nice Black IPA - best I’ve had I think!
10th April 2014
Simcoe Columbus Centennial version. 6.3%. Hops are noted on the rear label. Opaque black - brown beer, good pale tan head. Palate is airy and slightly soft. Mild dark malts, softish and airy. Nice hops - well integrated pine and light hop skunk. Nice mellow orange and tropical fruits. Finishes smooth with mellow dark malt and mild coffee and sweeter citrus. Very nice indeed.
4th November 2017
Nelson Sauvin hops. BBE 06/15! Smooth dark malts, smooth dark chocolate and light malt cream. Still some hops here - some spicy orange, no obvious Nelson though, Pretty drinkable.
Tried
on 16 Jun 2015
at 14:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle via BeersIveKnown cheers Steve; cloudy dark brown pour with a thin tan head, hint of pine and roast in the aroma, taste has some citrus action, chocolate, quite big bitterness.
Earlier Rating: 8/23/2013 Total Score: 3.6
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; cards on the table I’m scared to add a new beer so I’m reviewing a retired one with a different ABV, ok dark brown pour velvet beige head, pine and roasted malt hop, pine comes through in the taste but not as massive, dominated by roasted malts, I’m enjoying this greatly but the taste doesn’t match the aroma, oh it has a zizzy carbonation. --- Beer merged from original tick of India Pale Ale Black on 23 Aug 2013 at 23:21 - Score: 8. Original review text: #camrgb from @cotteridgewines
Earlier Rating: 8/23/2013 Total Score: 3.6
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; cards on the table I’m scared to add a new beer so I’m reviewing a retired one with a different ABV, ok dark brown pour velvet beige head, pine and roasted malt hop, pine comes through in the taste but not as massive, dominated by roasted malts, I’m enjoying this greatly but the taste doesn’t match the aroma, oh it has a zizzy carbonation. --- Beer merged from original tick of India Pale Ale Black on 23 Aug 2013 at 23:21 - Score: 8. Original review text: #camrgb from @cotteridgewines
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2015
at 16:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle a few months past bb date. Black with nice sized beige head. Oh yeah lots of nice hops with lemon, grapefruit and herbs. Light roasted malts with some chocolate and Americano coffee. Very fresh and light bitter touch. Medium bodied with slight creamy feel. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2014
at 12:16
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Appearance: Black color with a nice frothy beige head. Nice lacing.
Aroma: Pleasant lovely aroma. Hoppy, fruity, chocolate and coffee.
Palate: Full to medium body. Tad sweet and a fine bitterness. Average carbonation.
Taste: Coffee, chocolate, fruity and hoppy.
Overall impression: Lovely ale.
Personal stats: Bottle from Systembolaget web order, Sweden
Aroma: Pleasant lovely aroma. Hoppy, fruity, chocolate and coffee.
Palate: Full to medium body. Tad sweet and a fine bitterness. Average carbonation.
Taste: Coffee, chocolate, fruity and hoppy.
Overall impression: Lovely ale.
Personal stats: Bottle from Systembolaget web order, Sweden
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2014
at 08:35
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Flaska från SB. Närmast kolsvart, lågt beige skum. Stor humledoft och smak. Mycket tall, en hel del grape och lite tropiska frukter. Stor grapebeska. Inga brända smaker och endast lätta rostade toner och en liten rund mjuk munkänsla. En riktigt bra svart IPA.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2014
at 09:48