The Kernel Brewery
Microbrewery
in Bermondsey,
Greater London,
England 🏴
Associated with 3 Venues
Established in 2009
Kernel beers are largely added as 'series' and the naming within the various series are for example ... 'Pale Ale - Hop(s)'. Capital letter on each hop, no commas.
Kernel beers are largely left unretired so don't tick the 'out of production' box unless it's a special/collaboration beer.
With all the various hop combinations it's not been unknown for a specific beer to re-appear again after an absence of 7 years.
The early beers named as 'sours' were brewed by kettle souring, as such these beers (typically 4% and below) are regarded by the brewer to be more akin to a Berliner Weisse stylistically and are therefore listed as such.
The brewery springs from the need to have more good beer. Beer deserving of a certain attention. Beer that forces you to confront and consider what you are drinking. Upfront hops, lingering bitternesses, warming alcohols, bodies of malt. Lengths and depths of flavour. We make Pale Ales, India Pale Ales and old school London Porters and Stouts towards these ends. Bottled alive, to give them time to grow.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at home. Black with big brown head. Massive dank hops up front with soft lime leaves and marihuana. Sweet chocolate, roasted malts, plums, deep roasted and nutty, light spices. Solid medium sweet, less bitter. Over medium bodied. Lovely.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9
Blimey, that’s a stunner. Gorgeous citrusy hop expression, lime, tangerine, oily peel, pine needles, sturdy pale malt backbone, balanced bitterness. Great condition. Well rounded finish, great depth, more citrus peel, soft pine. Wow.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Dram Shop Sheffield. Ridiculously out of date and not even a quid off. Opens with a bit of a hiss and has a thick foam but it’s still in good shape. Pine and lime. Some gummy fruit thing. Light sweet malt backdrop. Taste has some sweetness with a moderate pithy bitterness. Moderate pithy bitterness to finish. Kernel’s BBDs are mad, as we know, and I suspect this has lost some brightness but a tick is a tick and it’s still solid.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Cask at kernel tap room bermondsey,. An opaque jet black coloured pour with a lasting creamy khaki head. Aroma is nice roasty creany pine needles, smooth roast, creamy. Palate is semi sweet, creany, rounded, good cask condition. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, rounded creamy roast, light pine needles,. Lovely.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Looks like qunce juice. Aroma is wild, horse blanket, spikey fruits, acidic juice lots of funk. Taste is sour fresh with sweet apple and quince and a heavy bitter body. Well balanced and super drinkable and super complex. Great stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Large creamy white head stayed on a slowly carbonating murky vivid golden coloured body.
Lemon, dusty & lime aroma.
Medium bodied, sharp with a dry foamy back.
Lime, earthy, lemon, zesty & oat tastes with a long bitterly hopped finish.
Tremendous.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Great stuff, clean and pithy, soft bitter pine needles. Lemon rind, a little dried mango, dirty straw. Super drinkable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Utseende: Gul.
Lukt: Citrus, honning, juice, vanilje.
Smak: Citrus, honning, juice, vanilje.
Skum/kullsyre: Tykt dekkende skum, heng.
Medium: Rating:8-7-7-6-7=7, Draft@200ml, ABV@7%, Når@2026.03.17.
Hvor: Melkebaren, Sandnes
Navn: New England India Pale Ale
Stil: IPA - NEW ENGLAND / HAZY
Bryggeri: The Kernel Brewery
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at Cardinal, Stavanger. Pours black with beige head. Aroma of dark, bitter chocolate, quite some fruity notes. Tastes slightly sweet with balancing bitterness. Thin to medium bodied. Dry mouth feel, bitter finish. An honest porter!