Nitro Stout
The Kernel Brewery in Bermondsey, Greater London, England 🏴
Stout Regular|
Score
7.15
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7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Keg at the Eden Street tap. Dark and yeah just stygian. Thick foamy beige head. Aroma has light sweet malts over delicate bitter coffee and charcoal. Flavourwise it has creamy coffee with a light berry beige. A peripheral hint of more bitterness... ala charcoal. Medium bodied. Slick to creamy. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry slightly to somewhat astringent. Nice. Easy drinking Stout. Wonder what those lager-turned Guinness drinkers would think.
Tried
from Draft
at
73 Enid Street (Cloudwater London Taproom)
on 02 Oct 2025
at 17:19
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
On tap at Kernel Spa Road. Black beer lasting tan head. Chocolate aroma. Smooth nitro stout flavour in the mouth. Light bitterness some depth of malt. Some coffee flavour some chocolate. It's decent, would happily drink this above standard nitro stout.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Kernel Taproom (Spa Road)
on 16 May 2025
at 17:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
From cask, half pint.
Poured near black in color, espresso head.
Pleasantly smooth mouthfeel, sweetish, at the same time nice roasted malty and coffee notes. Lovely.
Poured near black in color, espresso head.
Pleasantly smooth mouthfeel, sweetish, at the same time nice roasted malty and coffee notes. Lovely.
Tried
from Cask
at
Kings Arms
on 29 Mar 2025
at 09:39
7/10
Dark roasted and sweets malty with lots of chocolate, some coffee roast, brown sugar, soft creamy smooth mouthfeel, roasted malty finish. Great stuff.
Tried
on 26 Mar 2025
at 06:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap. Spa Road. Would have looked amazing bar the bubbles in the glass. Lots of chocolate and woody char. Creamy but thin overall. Ok
Tried
on 22 Mar 2025
at 18:24
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at Kernel Spa Road. It pours darkest brown - black with a dense, foamy carbonation. The aroma is bitter - sweet, creamy, dark roasted malt, milk chocolate, coffee grounds, toasty and mocha. The taste is smooth, bitter - sweet, toasty, smooth, deep roast, bitter - sweet, some tannin, nice chocolate vibes, coffee grounds, cacao nibs, charred, peppery spice with a dry, dark roasted malt. Medium body, average, foamy carbonation. Robust, well rounded. Moreish.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Kernel Taproom (Spa Road)
on 05 Mar 2025
at 17:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at The Green Goddess, Blackheath Royal Standard. Black pour with a beige head. Dark chocolate, coffee, burnt toast, raisin & light smoke aromas. Taste is bitter chocolate, coffee, raisin. A little thin. Malty lightly bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Nov 2024
at 09:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Keg at Mother Arch III, 28/08/24. Pitch black with a khaki cap that thins to a swirl. Nose is chocolate, dried fruits, mellow roast, toffee crisp. Taste comprises dried fruit rinds, light roast, dusty hop presence, cocoa powder. Medium bodied, soft massaging velvety carbonation, semi drying close. A well made nitro affair with a great body but also a sound flavour base that this sub genre often lacks.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2024
at 10:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at the brewery taproom. Pours clear brown with a tight, creamy tan head. Light sweet flavour with rich ashy roast, cocoa, tangy coffee. Light bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Bittersweet finish. Solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Aug 2024
at 17:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap at the new kernel tap room bermondsey. An opaque jet black coloured pour with a lasting creamy khaki head. Aroma is semi sweet, earthy roast, brambles, dark berries. Flavour is composed of creamy, milky roast, mellow earthy roast, barley, faint hedgerow berries. Palate is semi sweet, creamy, rounded, little lifeless.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Aug 2024
at 17:31