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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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Leighton (35418) reviewed
India Pale Ale - 4C from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
8.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle at home in London. Pours a slightly hazy orange gold with a medium head. The citrus hops just leap from this beer. Some sharp grapefruit and lemon, grass, pine, caramel. Very sweet flavor but you almost don’t notice at the bitterness is so robust. Very earthy bitters, rindy citrus, some oily resins, bit of heavy honey and bread. Medium to full in body with average carbonation. Oily hops to finish, slightly sticky, lots of earth, pine needles, some dry grass, malty sugars. Also some toasty malts. Boy, this is a nicely layered beer. I can feel the enamel getting stripped off my teeth. Super. (23 May 2011, score: 4.3)

Having another bottle, on 8 June 2015. And this most recent batch is on par with the other one. Supremely juicy, succulent. Just enough bitterness and sweetness to set the stage for the hops - which do sing. I suppose the mark of a good beer is, roughly, two-fold: how drinkable is the beer, and how much do you enjoy drinking it. (A watery beer is, objectively, very drinkable - but I might not love drinking it.) This IPA tops out in both categories: it is an absolute joy to drink. (8 June 2015, score: 4.4)
Tried from Bottle on 23 May 2011 at 13:51
Scopey (25563) reviewed
Pale Ale - Warrior Chinook from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
7.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle at the Draft House Northcote. It pours golden yellow with a thin foamy white head and moderate carbonation. The nose is grassy and full of sweet citrus fruits: orange, pineapple, mango, apricot and peach. The taste is bread, caramel, yeast, lemon, orange, lime zest, some resin, pine, grass and hay. It has a fruity-bitter finish with moderate duration. A very easy beer to drink, sessionable even.
Tried from Bottle on 23 May 2011 at 13:39
Convair880 (7124) reviewed
India Pale Ale - Suke Quto Coffee from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle from the brewery in Bermondsey. A hazy dark orange/amber coloured pour with a medium white head. Fruity, coffee aroma. Tastes hoppy, fruity, coffee, orange. A really interesting beer with distinct gentle coffee taste and an orangey background. Really enjoyable, first that I have tried in this style.
Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2011 at 15:40
Convair880 (7124) reviewed
India Pale Ale - Black from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On tap at Dean Swift nr London Bridge, SE1. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Hoppy, malty aroma. Tastes hoppy, bitter, fruity, pine, malty. Very well balanced and clearly a quality made Black IPA. Very drinkable indeed.
Tried from Draft on 20 May 2011 at 13:33
Convair880 (7124) reviewed
India Pale Ale - Citra from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from the brewery in Bermondsey. A hazy orange coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Interesting musty type aroma of oranges and other tropical fruit. Tastes of oranges, peaches, pineapple, mangoes, hoppy, slight sweetness. Really easy to drink and very enjoyable. Good stuff yet again from the Kernel.
Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2011 at 13:22
larsga (7658) reviewed
India Pale Ale - S.C.C.A.NS (2010) Simcoe Citra Columbus Apollo Nelson Sauvin. from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7
Small white head. Clear amber body with slight but fast carbonation. Mango citrus and grapes aroma. Dry-sweet floral oranges and mango taste with resiny notes. Fizzy mouthfeel. Mid-bodied. Dry-sweet mango and strawberry aftertaste with chalky oranges notes. Nice, and highly drinkable. Sweet for an IPA. (0.33l bottle, beermerchants.com.)
Tried from Bottle on 19 May 2011 at 09:11
larsga (7658) reviewed
Export India Porter from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
5.6/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Explosive gusher. Medium beige head, at least after we’ve been cleaning for half an hour. Muddy deep dull brown body with floaties. Strong resiny wooden lacquer aroma with spicy orange notes, as well as some earth. Dry-sweet roasty oranges and earth taste. Mid-bodied. Flat, dull mouthfeel, unsurprisingly. Dry-sweet roasty burnt popcorn aftertaste with fruity notes. Probably quite good when not so damned flat. (0.33l bottle, beermerchants.com.)
Tried from Bottle on 19 May 2011 at 09:09
cagarvie (40318) reviewed
India Pale Ale - Black from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
bottle at brewdog bar ... black ... thin tan head ... soft charcoal roast ... big pine hop nose ... light fizzy .. toffee malts ... light bitter ... big sweet pine hop ... ok but ot for me .3.4 bottle at home ... 7.2% dark brown black ... thin tan head ... soft sweet zezty orange ... light bitter chocolate woody front ... big soapy citrus linger ...3.5 tap at de molen as double black ... deep brown ... thin tan head ... soft deep almost coffee roast ... dark malt ... big pine nose ... zezty rich oily pine hop ... long sweet hop linger ... juicy fruits ... 4.1
Tried from Bottle on 18 May 2011 at 10:44
cagarvie (40318) reviewed
Pale Ale - Chinook Centennial from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
bottle at brewdog bar ... golden orange ... thin lacing ... zezty dry orange hop nose ... bitter orange front ... big citus .. dry linger ...
Tried from Bottle on 18 May 2011 at 09:46
fonefan (86114) reviewed
India Pale Ale - Citra from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
7.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle 330ml. @ home. [ As my UK rating # 4000 on ratebeer ]. Clear medium orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, light heavy hoppy, grass, citrus, orange - citrus. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110507]
Tried from Bottle on 18 May 2011 at 09:33