8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap. Spa Road. Sits black. Big nettle leak and dark hedgerow fruit hop. Similarly big coffee chocolate bitter hoppage. Slick and pretty easy drinking overall. Big bitterness to finish.

9

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle from Beer Shop Hitchin. Just had a poor beer from the Fullers Advent Calendar and needed something special to cheer me. Great rich pour with a lovely head. Huge aroma of malt and hops which shows this is the perfect temperature. It's opening up the longer it's in the tankard. Huge rich malt with massive jagged hops alongside it. Very well balanced. And a taste that just lasts and lasts in the glass.

8.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

330ml bottle. Pours black with a big tan head. Aroma of dark chocolate, roasted malts, coffee. Taste is rich, dark chocolate, coffee, roasted malts, a little fruitiness and pine, light ashy, strong bitterness. Medium bodied. Truly excellent once again.

8.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Bottle at home, 16th November 24. Pours black, with a tan head. Aroma is toasted malts, chocolate, liquorice. Taste is full, bitter cocoa, roasted malts, coffee and dark chocolate. Sublime

9.1

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Bottle at home in Hackney - purchased at the brewery tap. Pours black-brown with a dense, creamy mocha cap. Medium sweet flavour with rich cocoa, ashy roast, burnt pine, dried citrus rind. Medium to full bodied with massaging carbonation, velvety texture. Ashy cocoa piney roast finish. Gorgeous. Superb balance. The consistency of this beer over the years is staggering.

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Keg at Mother Arch III, 27/09/24. Pitch black with a tan head that dissipates to a swirl. Nose is big on roasted and dark malts, molasses, spice, chocolate shavings, dried fruit rinds. Taste comprises cocoa powder, roasted bite, liquorice, charr, fruit cake, earthy hop presence. Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a kiss of alcohol at the curtain call. Solid.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle from the Kernel webshop. It pours a handsome jet black with a significant deep brown head. The aroma is dark roasted malt, dark chocolate, cacao nibs, rocky road, toasted pine, resin, coffee, liquorice allsorts, cherry and a toasty spice. The taste is pleasantly bitter upfront which lingers throughout, dark roasted malt, charred wood, umami, premium dark chocolate, touch green, piney, resinous, light tannin, espresso coffee, there is some fruitiness to it... some orange marmalade and cherry, light alcohol presence and toasted spice with a drying and deeply roasted finale. Fulsome body a d moderate, supportive carbonation. Robust, flavourful and yet somehow very drinkable. A rewarding experience.

9.2

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Bottles from Against The Grain. Black body with a thick tan head. Low carbonation. Good lacing. Aroma of red grape, roasted malt, espresso and pumpkin. Flavour of dark chocolate, pine, toasted sesame, cherry, ginger, mixed herbs and melon with a bitter, hoppy finish. Medium body with a smooth mouthfeel. Soft fizz. A rich and hoppy dark beer. No one does India Porters as well as The Kernel.

7.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On tap at Kernel taproom, Bermondsey, London. A black coloured pour with a decent beige head on top. Roasty, malty, hoppy, chocolate, aroma & taste. Really rich and roasty, typical Kernel.

8

Bottle picked up from M&F Bottleshop - Dark roasted sweet malty with a solid hoppy support, notes of pine, tropical fruity undertones, resinous hops, charred burnt ashy roasted malts, cocoa and brown sugar, full bodied, roasted malty and solid bitter hoppy finish. Gorgeous. --- Beer merged from original tick of India Double Porter Mosaic Columbus on 26 Mar 2025 at 12:23 - Score: 8. Original review text: Dark roasted sweet malty with a solid hoppy support, notes of pine, tropical fruity undertones, resinous hops, charred burnt ashy roasted malts, cocoa and brown sugar, full bodied, roasted malty and solid bitter hoppy finish. Gorgeous.