London Brick Red Rye Ale - Centennial Simcoe
The Kernel Brewery in Bermondsey, Greater London, England 🏴
IPA - Rye Series|
Score
7.48
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at The Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Nose is red cherries, strawberry jam, red apple. Taste is strawberry Starburst, red apple, burnt sugars, more red cherries. Nice red berry mix. Jammy sweet aftertaste.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
330ml bottle, 6.4%, hops given as Centennial, Simcoe, on reverse of label. Pours a hazy dark brown, big beige head. Aroma of rye, toffee and caramel, pine, citrus. Taste of spicy rye, caramel, toffee, orange and grapefruit, pine, peppery hop spice, citrus peel, lingering bitter finish. Medium body. Solid, a more intense Half Brick.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at home 17th November 24. Pours a murky red brown. Aroma is caramel and aromatic hops. Taste is grains, caramel and aromatic hops, good
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Keg at Mother Arch iii, 01/11/24. Murky reddish amber topped with a lasting light beige head. Nose is grapefruit, bitter tropicana, earthy hop sprinkle, caramel malts. Taste comprises bitter orange marmalade shreds, citric tinged straw, red grapefruit, caramel, upside down cake meets bread puddang, light pine nip. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close spiked with earthy hop bitterness. Solid exponent of the sub genre.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from the brewery taproom. Pours lightly hazed, deep amber with a dense, lasting frothy light khaki head. Light to medium sweet flavour with rich toasted malt character, spicy grain, strong earthy-piney bitterness, dried orange peel, leaves, toasted caramel. Medium bodied with average, massaging carbonation. Bitter and resinous to finish, more rich toasted grains, ample malts. Super.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from the Kernel interweb shop. It pours deep red with a medium fluffy white head. The aroma is fresh, bright pink grapefruit character, toasty malts, some spice, tropical streak, passion fruit curd, mango, but also jammy red fruits, jam roly poly, cacao nibs and some pine. The taste is firmly dry upfront, pleasing bitterness which builds and lingers, toasty grains, peppery rye bread, toothy, coffee beans, cacao nibs, toasted pine, pithy, zesty, pink grapefruit, waxy rind, bitter orange and a touch of campari. Finish is toasty and spicy. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Robust and flavourful. Impressed with the depth this has.