India Double Porter - Citra Galaxy
The Kernel Brewery in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Porter - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.87
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A powerful 7.8% India Double Porter by the South East London brewers. Breaking from porter tradition, Kernel created this brew with Citra and Galaxy hops for tropical and citrus aromas combined with the rich, dark malts.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a pitch black with a brown frothy head that dissipated to a ring. Aroma is smokey, hops, roasted malts, chocolate. Taste is rich chocolate, roasted malt, nice hops bitter, very well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2026
at 02:16
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up a while back at the brewery. Enjoyed while watching the baby nap. Pours black with a dense, frothy beige topping. Loads of fresh, bitter coffee in here, lots of earth, ash, woody dryness, bittersweet dark chocolate, nips of raisins. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation and velvety texture. Finishes with moderate warmth, lots more dry, ashy roast bitterness, charcoal, coffee grinds, baking cocoa. Rich and toothy, the beer keeps revealing additional layers as you work through it - but there's always a strong bitterness in the aftertaste to clean things up. Exceptional.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2019
at 20:08
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home from the fridge. An attractive black, dark mahogany brown coloured pour with alasting creamy dark tan head. Aroma is smoked wood, piney lemon, light vanilla, meaty roast, Flavour is composed of semi sweet, rounded,bitter roast, smoke, bark, light red wine, charred barrel, singed pine. Palate is full and smooth, bitter roast, moderate carbonation, creamy. Massively complex. Lingering cherrywood, brown malts, singed pine. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2018
at 22:47
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330ml bottle. Jet black colour with average to huge, thick, creamy, mostly lasting, superbly lacing, tan head. Chocolately, roasty, dark malty and piney, slightly citrusy, hoppy aroma, notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coniferes, tangerine, grapefruit and orange zest. Taste is roasty, chocolately, dark malty, notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, coffee beans, piney and citrusy hoppy, zesty notes of grapefruit, tangerine and orange; creamy texture, smooth, soft and silky palate, lingering bitter roasty finish. Outstanding.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2018
at 16:24
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to Nick, shared at BOD. It pours opaque, jet black with a thick tan head. The aroma is fresh, bright, rich roasted malt, pine needless, lemon verbena, orange candy, marmalade, dark chocolate, Terry's chocolate orange, ash and rocky road. The taste is rich roasted malt, charred, ashy, orange peel, Terry's chocolate orange, oily, rich, punchy, bitter, rocky road, charred, umami, peppery spice and tangerine. Medium to full body and moderate carbonation. Flavourful and punchy. Nice depth and balance. Very tasty stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Sep 2018
at 19:57
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle 330ml. @ The Shnoodlepip, 🇬🇧 London.
[ As The Kernel India Double Porter Citra Galaxy ].
ABV: 7.8%. Clear dark black brown colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, moderate to heavy hoppy, pine, spruce, citrus, grapefruit, licorice. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, pine, spruce, citrus, grapefruit, dry, roasted. IMO: So smooth and balance .. very much CDA alike ... Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20180801]
8-4-9-4-18
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2018
at 09:24