India Pale Ale - Citra Mosaic Simcoe
The Kernel Brewery in Bermondsey, Greater London, England 🏴
IPA Series|
Score
7.46
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at home picked up from the Kernel tap room. A translucent golden orange coloured pour with a lasting creamy white head. Aroma is nice rustic straw, midget gems, opal fruits, pine, American c hops. Mellow tropical fruits. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, rustic grains, jammy citrus, bark, woody pine. Little unrefined. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, raw grains, moderate carbonation. Decent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at home, picked up from Mother Arch iii, 31/05/2025.
Hazed orange topped with a big old just off white cap formed of frothy white bubbles.
Nose is orange pith, grass, grapefruit, pine nip, ripe melon.
Taste comprises orange zest, grapefruit, papaya, soft malts, mandarin, light pine tickle.
Medium bodied, fine massaging carbonation, semi drying close splashed with balanced light juicy hop bitterness.
Tidy IPA ... but remember ... never trust a homer kids!
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9.5
Outstanding IPA. Great balance, moderate rindy-piney bitterness, nips of resin, tangerine, supportive background pale malts. Monstrously drinkable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draft, taster. @"Taphouse", Copenhagen (Denmark). 23/05/2025
[#8.365 Global - #1.094 England - #8 The Kernel Brewery]
Pours clear orange with a lacing white head. Aroma: spiced malts, orange pith and grassy hops. Taste: orange pith, grapefruit and pine. Mellow grassy mouthfeel.
Next one, please!