Abbey Red Ale
The Kernel Brewery in Bermondsey, Greater London, England 🏴
Amber / Red Ale - Irish Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.65
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from brewery. Pours a dark amber red colour with minimal beige head. Aroma is spicy hops, bit of cat pee/b.o. Quite full on resin hop smell. Taste is totally different. Not as much bitterness as the smell suggests. Initial prickle and then quite a smooth creamy maltiness with just a hint of spice. Just light bitterness. Quite a nice combination. Wouldn't say it is very Belgian though, but pretty nice. Maybe a touch of funkiness in there. One of my favourite Kernels so far.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2019
at 15:51
5.8/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of madmitch76. Pours a murky, opaque greenish(!) with a huge and lacing off-white head with brownish yeast sediments IN the head. Comes a massive gusher. Heavy citrusy hop aroma. Light body, full of chewy odd spices, like floating pot in my beer! Very spicy and peppery - really burning. And a massive bitterness in the finish. What an odd creation! I got first pour but seem to have gotten all the sediment - containing hops. 200312
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2012
at 11:20
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
cloudy brown, small white head. aroma is mild hoppy .sweet flowery aroma. flavor is spicy, flowery, slightly weird, spicy. malty.
Tried
on 20 Mar 2012
at 11:19
4.6/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottled. An unclear reddish beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of yeast, citrusy hops?, malt, and bread. The flavor is sweet with notes of yeast, citrusy hops, bread, and a bit of malt, leading to a bitter finish. Odd - try again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2012
at 11:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
50 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a white head. Aroma is citrusy, grapefruity and toasted caramelish. Citrusy and toasted malty. Crisp hoppy and citrusy. Smooth fruity finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2012
at 11:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home ...red brown ... hoppy sweet oily nose ... bitter woody fruits ... dry hop ... light pine ... ok
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2011
at 12:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy reddish amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy aroma. Fruity spicy yeasty hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty hoppy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2011
at 00:51
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 500ml. @ The Kernel.Clear medium to dark amber orange colour with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, nutty, dusty malt, moderate hoppy, grass, spicy hops, light dark orange - citrus. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dusty, hoppy, earthy - nutty, peppery hops. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110730]
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2011
at 11:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled@The Kernel, London. Deep amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is wood, fruits, rather grassy hops as well as some sweet maltyness. Flavour is fruits, wood, citrus and some resiny and earthy notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2011
at 03:24
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from the bottle shop canterbury. Deep hazy red big beige head. Aroma of hops and red fruits. That’s a tasty beer. Like Ken says really sessionable. I like the dryness I like the full red fruits. Not heavy esters. Just a drinkable red ale with some hints towards other places. Aroma of an apa and fruits of a flemish brown although no noticeable sourness. Dryness of an english pale ale in the finish. Good beer. Interesting. Makes you think.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2011
at 13:06