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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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7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
Bottle at the brewery. Dark brown, brown edge head. Aroma of milk chocolate. Taste is dark chocolate and coffee. Not bad.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2011 at 04:10

7.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle at the brewery. Cloudy golden brown color, medium white head, massive lacing. Aroma of pine > citrus > flowers. Taste has grapefruit, straw, oatmeal. Very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2011 at 04:09

8.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draft at the brewery. Thanks to Nate and the crew for this special brew. Extremely dark brown color, three bubble head. Aroma of Madagascar! Taste has vanilla, coffee, chocolate liqueur. Very smooth. Delicious.
Tried from Draft on 07 Aug 2011 at 04:05

8.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from the brewery. Cloudy orange color, medium white head. Nice pineapple aroma. Taste has citrus, pineapple, sour start and bitter finish. Very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2011 at 04:01

8.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 8
Bottle at the brewery. Nearly completely black, huge tan head. Aroma of dark roast coffee, dark cocoa, Christmas trees. Taste is burnt espresso, dark chocolate liqueur. Very silly and wonderful mouthfeel. Exactly what a black IPA ought to be.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2011 at 03:59

8.3/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Draft at the brewery. Cloudy orange golden color, huge white ice cream cone head. Aroma of orange peel and farmhouse funk. Taste has subtle citrus, straw. Nice example of the style.
Tried from Draft on 07 Aug 2011 at 03:56

6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
From tap at the brewery. Aroma is distinct vanilla and dense caramelish. Bitter, vanilla, dark malty and light sweet. Dense vanilla, roasted malt and sweet finish. Way too sweet and vanilla dense for me.
Tried from Draft on 07 Aug 2011 at 00:38

7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
From tap at the brewery. Pours dark brown to black with a dark brown head. Aroma is roasted and dense caramelish. Bitter, light fruity, toffee caramelish and light liqourice flavoured. Bitter and sweet malty finish.
Tried from Draft on 07 Aug 2011 at 00:37

6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
33 cL bottle at the brewery. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is light herbal and citrusy. Citrusy and crisp hoppy. Bitter and lingering fruity. Ends dry and citrusy into the far finish.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2011 at 00:36

6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
33 cL bottle at the brewery. Fruity, dark malty and roasted. Bitter, fruity, dark malty and dense breadish. Bitter, fruity and rather dr finish with a persisting dark malt flavoured.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Aug 2011 at 23:20