Pale Ale - Ella
The Kernel Brewery in Bermondsey, Greater London, England 🏴
Pale Ale - Australian / New Zealand Series|
Score
7.06
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Mr Lawrence Wine Merchants, Brockley. Pours cloudy cold with a white head. Pineapple and passion fruit aroma. Bitter fruit zing. Bitter-hop finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2012
at 07:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Yellowish golden colour, small creamy white head. Aroma is fruits, herbs and some mild grassy notes. Flavour is fruity, floral, rather bitter hoppy with some slight spicyness as well. Balanced and refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2011
at 10:03
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled at the brewpub. Hazy deep golden, small head. Somesalt and tangerine. Light-medium bodied with clean mouthfeel. Salty and hoppy with long resiny bitterness. Some interesting hops, but a bit clean.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2011
at 01:13
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at Kernel Brewery. Per Patrik Jan tasting. Mid gold lasting white head. Toasty stella hops. Quite fruity. Decent pale ale strong hop presence
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2011
at 05:30
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
14th October 2011 Hazy amber beer, good white head. Lovely mango, pineapple and tropcial fruits nose. Light palate, a little crisp and a littl dry. Minerals. Bitter grassy hops with just a trace of tropical fruits underneath. Fair bit of yeasty sweetness in the mid. Whisper of pineapple cubes in the dry finish. Strong grassy bitter aftertaste. Alright but a bit bitter.
21st August 2024
Right then, near 13 years later.... just a mild haze on this gold beer, small but tidy pale cream colour head. Fairly smooth start to the palate, a very mild dryness, good fine minerally carbonation coming through on the back end. Light pale malts, whisper of grain in a nice way, a light sweetness. Ella a very different prospect now, like Galaxy, the strident bitterness seems to have been bred out of em. Light cooling pine into mellow but decent generic hop fruit that is very slightly more tropical than anything else. Smooth finish. Hmm, with so many new fabulously punchy hops around, I can't quite help but wonder if Ella will be around in another 13 years.
21st August 2024
Right then, near 13 years later.... just a mild haze on this gold beer, small but tidy pale cream colour head. Fairly smooth start to the palate, a very mild dryness, good fine minerally carbonation coming through on the back end. Light pale malts, whisper of grain in a nice way, a light sweetness. Ella a very different prospect now, like Galaxy, the strident bitterness seems to have been bred out of em. Light cooling pine into mellow but decent generic hop fruit that is very slightly more tropical than anything else. Smooth finish. Hmm, with so many new fabulously punchy hops around, I can't quite help but wonder if Ella will be around in another 13 years.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Oct 2011
at 05:10
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home in London with Lyoli. Pours hazy, golden-orange with a small, white head. Orange citrus aroma, some faint grass. Great balanced flavor, medium sweet, lots of citrusy bitterness, zesty, some toasty sugar, orange rind. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Fairly dry, earthy finish, light pine, some citrus. Great beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2011
at 12:47
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at the Kernel Brewery. It pours light orange, with a thin white head. The nose is varnish, pine, tangerine, orange, grapefruit and petrol. The taste is lemon, lime pith, orange, grapefruit, pine, resin, leather and an odd spicy note, with a long bitter-dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Not my favourite of the Kernel pale ales, but still of a very high standard.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2011
at 12:27