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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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7.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle at The Kernel brewery. Hazy gold orange colour lasting thin beige head. Strong intense hoppy aroma. Resiny pnw. Good orange and tangerine. Lovely
Tried from Bottle on 06 Aug 2011 at 03:47

7.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
On tap at The Kernel. Black beer with few tan bubbles. Some soft carbonation. Dryness on finish. Yes a fair amount of vanilla. Now normally i dont like these type of beers but this i find sippable and pretty satistying. I quite it.
Tried from Draft on 06 Aug 2011 at 03:28

7.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle at home in London with Lyoli, after a long session at Day 3 of GBBF. Pours hazy, rich gold with a moderate, white foam head. Aroma is wonderful, hints of caramel malts, tangy and ripe citrus, faint pine. Flavor is good, light to medium sweet, some alright tangy citrusy bitterness, light toast. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Clean finish, short bitter linger, mild grass and pine, further notes of tangy citrus. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Aug 2011 at 16:04

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Keg at CPK, Kernel event. Slightly lighter than pitch black (brown?) with tan lace. Fruity,  berry, chocolate nose. Flavor of Coffee, berries, chocolate, woody, port, complex and nice, very drinkable.
Tried on 04 Aug 2011 at 04:01

7.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Keg at CPK, Kernel event. Nice fruit, med hops, not too bitter, citrus, tropical, a bit of rounded sweet chocolate and dark plums. I suppose that I wouldn’t know it was black if i was blind. Barely dark. Wow, this is a black IPA that I like, not just a raunchily hopped porter.
Tried on 04 Aug 2011 at 03:57

8.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Cask at CPK. Pours hazy gold with a light, foamy head. Nice grass and piss aroma. Great balance in the flavor. More pee bitters, light earthiness, caramel sweetness. Medium in body with fine carbonation. Balanced finish, moderate grass, cat pee, light grapefruit, slight earth. Just great. This beer drank itself.
Tried from Cask on 01 Aug 2011 at 13:46

7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
From the cask at CPK, Kernal event. Sweet, choco, tangy and hoppy too. Tingy, peppery finish nice. Nice body, fruity, berries, rather sweet.
Tried from Cask on 01 Aug 2011 at 10:53

7.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Cask at CPK. Orange blonde, almost still. Lovely citrus aroma, grapefruit, tropicals. Soft malts, great tropical fruits, mango, passion, orange. Perfect bitterness. Soft, mellow palate.
Tried from Cask on 01 Aug 2011 at 10:02

7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Utobeer. Orange pour with a white head. Peach and pineapple aroma. Crisp, fruity nose. Sharp citrus flavour. Quite bitter. Bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jul 2011 at 14:19

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from Utobeer. Reddish-brown pour with a beige head. Blackberry and peach aromas. Blackcurrant, plum and peach flavour. Berry fruit infusion. Sharp, fruity finish.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jul 2011 at 14:17