The Kernel Brewery

Microbrewery in Bermondsey, London, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 2009

Contact
01 Spa Business Park, Spa Road, London, SE16 4QT, England
Description
General guidance to members adding beers:-

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.

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8.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 9
Tap at the kernel brewery taproom bermondsey. A hazed bright golden orange coloured pour with a lasting fine white head. Aroma is really interesting peach. Bubblegum, floral, kiwi,, bready grains. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, rounded, based grains, bubble gum, peach melba, Lychee, juicy fruits. Palate is soft, rounded, moderate carbonation. Nice floral pine in the finish.
Tried on 01 Jul 2026 at 17:28

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tap at kernel tap room bermondsey. A mostly clear golden, brushed gold coloured pour with a fading white cap. Aroma is earthy straw, grains, grass, herbal notes, savoury cracker. Flavour is composed of semi crisp, rustic bready grains, cracker, green hedgerow hop, herbal. Lime twist, green berries. Palate is semi crisp, light tannin, highish carbonation.. Solid lager, rustic.
Tried on 01 Jul 2026 at 17:22

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7
1st July 2026
A light haze on this gold beer, small but tidy pale cream colour head. Smooth palate, mildly dry, reasonable fine carbonation. Light bodied pale malts, a light smooth sweetness. Curious hop combo. The Talus, could be punchier but, brings a bright peachy citrus. Columbus brings a very mild green hop, mild tangy bitterness. Trace of peel. Light finish. Not bad, lacks the Kernel punch of old but, fairly bright and has a good drinkability.
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Tried from Bottle on 01 Jul 2026 at 16:53

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from the Westhill Service Station. It pours clear golden with a lasting, fluffy white head. The aroma is rather nuanced, hedgerow fruits, berry, grassy, earl grey tea, orange marmalade, bread, wood and hop sack. The taste is firmly dry, bitter, that lovely early grey tea thing comes to the fore, dry wood, grassy, leafy, hop sack, orange peel, florals, orange blossom and spice with a drying woody finish. Medium body and moderate, fluffy carbonation. Really grew on me.
Tried from Bottle from Westhill Service Station (Hop Shop Aberdeen) on 30 Jun 2026 at 16:17

7.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from Westhill Service Station..it pours clear yellow - blonde with a thick, fluffy white head. The aroma is soft, sweet, juicy, peach, mango, orange marmalade sandwiches.and orange blossom. The taste is smooth upfront with some restrained bitterness on the back end, touch green, grassy, pine, pithy, zesty, tangerine, orange rind, peach, apricot jam, mango and a touch of spice with a firmly dry finish. Average body and moderate, fluffy carbonation. Super fruity. Rounded and quaffable.
Tried from Bottle from Westhill Service Station (Hop Shop Aberdeen) on 28 Jun 2026 at 14:12

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Draught Very good, dense, reddish tinted cream head over red-shot brown beer. Liquorice, plywood, ever so faintly vinous, hints at lactic acid. Sourish, again some liquorice, wood. Sour fruit - plums or raisins on citrusjuice. At least medium bodied, despite acidthinning and light -burn.
Tried from Draft at Beerlovers Bar on 28 Jun 2026 at 09:14

7.4/10
Tried from Draft on 27 Jun 2026 at 20:36

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
A fairly relaxed take on the style - and highly drinkable. Soft acetic twang, mellow tart dark cherry, raspberry, little seedy bitterness, nips of balsamic, balanced acidity. Mild woody dryness in the finish, a little salty bite, lightly buggy. Outstanding stuff, really well balanced.
Tried from Bottle at The Kernel Taproom (Spa Road) on 27 Jun 2026 at 19:23

5.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Utseende: Gulbrun.
Lukt: Citrus, honning, urter.
Smak: Citrus, honning, urter.
Skum/kullsyre: Tykt dekkende skum, heng.
Medium: Rating:8-5-5-6-5=5.5, Draft@100ml, ABV@6%, Når@2026.06.27.
Hvor: Melkebaren, Sandnes
Navn: East India Pale Ale - London 1897
Stil: IPA - WEST COAST
Bryggeri: The Kernel Brewery
Tried from Draft at Melkebaren on 27 Jun 2026 at 10:06

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle at home. Dark brown woth loght brown head. Quite some roasted notes, chocolate, nutty, quite hoppy as well with some yuzu and sweet berries. Just medium seeet, less bitter. Just medium bodied. I quite like this.
Tried from Bottle from Free Beer Co. Duinoord on 26 Jun 2026 at 20:16