Vatted Stout Porter 1864
The Kernel Brewery in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Porter - Imperial Special|
Score
7.43
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7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sour roasted malty aroma, dried dark fruits
Flavor is quite sour with roasted malts, dried dark fruits, fruit kernelæder bitterness, sour beer notes, quite balanced. End is more fruity than bitter. Well balanced sour imp porter. Plenty of woody bodega like flavor notes.
Flavor is quite sour with roasted malts, dried dark fruits, fruit kernelæder bitterness, sour beer notes, quite balanced. End is more fruity than bitter. Well balanced sour imp porter. Plenty of woody bodega like flavor notes.
Tried
from Draft
at
Taphouse
on 26 Mar 2025
at 19:20
8.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Bottle from the brewery online shop. Pours black with a thin tan head. Aromas of liquorice, prunes, oak, funk, dusty dark cocoa powder. Taste adds leathery notes and burnt sugar. Restrained funk. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2025
at 10:27
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
On tap at The Green Goddess, Blackheath Royal Standard. Black pour with a beige head. Nose is black cherry, liquorice, raisin, chocolate. Taste is cherry cola, liquorice, coffee, chocolate, cocoa, dark fruits. Sour dark fruit approach A lot going on in here. Complex exceedingly tasty brew.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Mar 2024
at 21:21
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up From the brewery taproom. Pours black-brown with a tight, frothy beige head. Medium sweet flavour with decent tang, some brine, ash, cocoa, raisins, berries, burnt rubber, scorched earth. Medium bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Tangy-ashy finish, some bitter dark chocolate, toothy roast, earth, tobacco. Novel stuff, nice depth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2024
at 19:06
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
7fiddy bottle from Westhill Service Station. It pours darkest brown to black with a small khaki head. The aroma is zingy, tangy, jammy berry, raspberry, bramble, blueberry, cherry, Dandelion & Burdock, vinous, granny smith apple, tangfastics and some roasted malt. The taste is dry roasted malt, slightly charred oak, espresso coffee, cacao nibs/dark chocolate, bitter - sweet, some umami, liquorice, earthy, musty, vinous, damp oak, funk, sour candy, tangfastics, tangy berries, raspberry, bramble, cranberry, redcurrant, crunchy red wine, light alcohol presence and hint of acidity with a charry, dark roast finish. Medium body and fine, prickly carbonation. Great depth of flavour and balance. Well executed and rather unique.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2024
at 15:40