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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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Harrisoni (26621) reviewed
India Pale Ale - Nelson Sauvin from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
8.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
33cl bottle from Sourced Market St Pancras Rail station. Hazy orange gold colour with thick ivory head. Now I do think NS is one of the most overrated hops in the world and so many beers have done diservice to it. When it’s done well, then it is superb but so many turn out to taste of sweaty socks. Aroma is intense NS, intense tropical fruit, sherbert and touch of cat pee. Tropical fruit juice in the mouth which is really very good indeed. Great mouthfeel and finish. So juicy as to be almost untrue. Some sweaty sox, cat pee on finish. Good bitterness on a very lasting finish. And although the aroma is excellent, the mouthfeel is just sublime. Just phenomenal. Wow. One of the best single hop NS beers I’ve had. Best British brewer this side, of well, just about anywhere really.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jul 2011 at 13:13
wyzzywyz22 (6250) reviewed
India Pale Ale - Black from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Beer Ritz, Leeds. Poured a murky muddy brown colour with a mid sized lingering tan head. Aroma was dark malts, hops, summer fruits and yeast. Great fullish mouthfeel. Flavour was a winning amalgamation of the above elements with some great hoppage and tasty fruit notes in addition to some roast and dark chocolate notes. Plenty to admire here and a really enjoyable brew.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2011 at 05:00
madmitch76 (41486) reviewed
Pale Ale - Columbus Cascade from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
24th July 2011
Very hazy orange beer. Small white head. Light semi dry palate. Fresh orange, a little pithy. Splash of tangerine. Mild minerals. Tiny bit of creamy malt. Nice fresh tasting Pale Ale.
Tried on 25 Jul 2011 at 14:12
Leighton (35418) reviewed
India Pale Ale - C.C.A. from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
8.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle at home in London. Pours cloudy gold with a small, white head. Big pitch, pine aroma with bits of grass, grapefruit and earth. Medium sweet flavor, light toast and yeast, fresh pine and grass, light earth. Medium to full in body with average, fine carbonation. Lightly warming on the finish, resinous and oily, more grass, some mild cat pee, faint honey. Fresh and young. Solid IPA.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jul 2011 at 13:31
Fin (18756) reviewed
Pale Ale - Apollo from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle from the Bottle shop, Good Shed, Canterbury, Kent 16th July 2011 consumed 24th July 2011 Pours gold/light amber in colour with off white head, but then I pour a little more and much of the yeasty sediment comes through and this starts to look like a Mango juice (I like Mango juice) Wonderfully hoppy nose, some ginger in mouth also a light spiciness on the aroma. Its a pleasant beer but it doesn’t keep you plugged in for an awful long while. A7 A3 T7 P4 Ov13 3.4
Tried from Bottle on 24 Jul 2011 at 12:35
Fin (18756) reviewed
Saison from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from the Bottle shop, Good Shed, Canterbury, Kent 16th July 2011 consumed 22nd July 2011 Pours gold with white head, some powdery sediment comes through with my pour. Nice light furriness on tongue, some soft apricot skins and a sunny day. Touch of sweetness, furriness again darts across the tongue, lovely nose, soft and just lovely with a little funkiness. Great stuff. A8 A3 T8 P4 Ov16 3.9
Tried from Bottle on 24 Jul 2011 at 12:30
Leighton (35418) reviewed
India Pale Ale - Nelson Sauvin from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
8.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle at home in London. Pours a slightly cloudy gold with a medium, creamy, off-white head. Aroma is mostly fresh grass hops with notes of pine, orange and grapefruit citrus, and straw. Flavor is well-rounded and delicious, sweetness of honey and light caramel, bitterness of grass, cat pee, restrained pine and citrus. Medium in body with average carbonation. Warm, sticky finish, some oily hops, toastted malts, delicate citrus and urine. Really nice.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Jul 2011 at 09:48
oh6gdx (52920) reviewed
India Pale Ale - 100 Centennial from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle@The Kernel, London (thanks for the taster to the two Norwegian guys!). Slightly hazy deep amber colour with a mediumsized longlasting off-white head. Some lace. Aroma is very fruity, sweet malty with also quite grassy notes. Flavour is fruitiy, malty, grassy and rather sweet. Also has some slight notes of alcoholic sweetness in it.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Jul 2011 at 02:24
oh6gdx (52920) reviewed
India Pale Ale - 2010 Centennial from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottled@The Kernel. Amber olour, small off-white head. Aroma is mild fruity notes along with some floral hops with a bunch of malts. Flavour is fruity and floral hops with some nectary notes a well. Also some slight notes of alcohol.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Jul 2011 at 02:21
oh6gdx (52920) reviewed
India Pale Ale - S.C.C.A.NS (2010) Simcoe Citra Columbus Apollo Nelson Sauvin. from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draught@The Kernel, London. Hazy orange colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity and floral hops along with some caramel and toffeeish notes. Flavour is floral, fruity and grassy hops and pleasantly sweet maltty. A very nice IPA.
Tried on 24 Jul 2011 at 02:19