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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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madmitch76 (41486) reviewed
Pale Ale - Herkules Centennial from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
7.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
13th May 2011
Hazy amber beer, short lived white head. Semi crisp palate and semi dry. A little creamy malt. Medium levels of hop bitterness with a near seamless bland of juicy orange and grapefruit. Whisper of herbal bitterness. Semi dry finish with a bitter aftertaste. Nice as always from Kernel!
Tried on 14 May 2011 at 08:09
madmitch76 (41486) reviewed
Pale Ale - Nugget from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5

13th May 2011
Bottle. Surprisingly darkish amber beer. Crisp palate, semi dry. A trace of creamy malt underneath. Light juicy orange followed by a little grassyness. Mild minerals and mild marmalade bitterness in the aftertaste but the bitterness has legs. Nicely joined up pale ale - clean and refreshing. Hoppy without being too aggressive.

13th September 2016
Hazy gold beer, tidy pale cream colour head. Palate is light and has a fine minerally crispness. Light malts, smooth and mildly sweet. Light crispy hops - generic citrus and generic fruits. Mild pith on the finish. Light and very drinkable. 3.7

11th February 2018
Smooth light malts, light creamy sweetness. Smooth pine. Lovely light tropical fruits. Modest citrus. Modest spice. Smooth finish. Really nicely integrated and drinkable. Best of three editions I've tried.
Tried from Bottle on 14 May 2011 at 08:04
Harrisoni (26621) reviewed
India Pale Ale - Citra Mount Hood Centennial from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 4 Overall 8.5
Bottle from Sourced Market St Pancras my 2nd favourite place to get Kernel beers after the brewery as it does not seem to matter where I am going or what I am doing there is another Kernel beer ready for me at this shop. They even provide a plastic cup for the beer too. Drunk as first beer of Mes’ Stag weekend on a train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport. Very hazy orange gold colour with lasting beige head. Orange tangerine hop assaults the olfactory senses as the Mount Hood aroma explodes out of the glass. Like the first time I ever had Oakham JHB. Some earthyness on aroma and in mouth. Could do with decanting to get rid of some of the fizz but I dont have a second glass sat on the train. 9.30 in the morning is the earliest I have had a drink in a long time. Good hops throughout and I love the tangerine aroma and flavour. So juicy with a touch of muddy earthyness too. Funnily enough it is another mood changing beer from Kernel. I had just finished an argument with my boss by text and this beer cheered me up no end. Another good solid beer from this great brewery.
Tried from Bottle on 13 May 2011 at 01:42
larsga (7658) reviewed
Imperial Brown Stout - London 1856 from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Medium brown head. Opaque black body. Roasty chocolate and coffee aroma with cocoa and alcohol notes. Dry-sweet earthy alcoholic chocolate taste with peas and mint notes. Full-bodied. Mild, yet hot, mouthfeel. Dryish buttery roasty alcoholic aftertaste with earthy coffee and vanilla notes. Nice, harmonic, and fairly drinkable. Also unusual and interesting. (0.33l bottle, beermerchants.com).
Tried from Bottle on 12 May 2011 at 11:40
larsga (7658) reviewed
Imperial Märzen from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Medium white head. Hazy amber body with carbonation. Strong earthy peas and dry straw aroma with alcoholic licorice and toffee notes. Strong dry-sweet earthy toffee and peas taste with smoky resiny notes. Full-bodied. Sharpish, hot mouthfeel. Dryish earthy alcoholic tropical fruit aftertaste with buttery spicy notes. A real riot of flavours, this one, but surprisingly harmonic. (0.33l bottle, beermerchants.com.)
Tried from Bottle on 12 May 2011 at 11:38
fonefan (86114) reviewed
Pale Ale - Warrior Chinook from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
7.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle 500ml. @ chriso.Clear medium to dark amber orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, grapefruit. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, peel - grapefruit bitter, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110426]
Tried from Bottle on 11 May 2011 at 11:35
omhper (46303) reviewed
Pale Ale - Centennial Columbus from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Bottled. Hazy amber, small head. Fruit grapefruit and bread up front. Mid sweet with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Average bitterness. Starightforward APA.
Tried from Bottle on 11 May 2011 at 01:45
omhper (46303) reviewed
Imperial Stout from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled. Very black, small beige head. Aroma of pear and winegum as well as licorice. Dense and sweet with packed full body. Heavy on salmiak, notes of pears and licorice. Heacily salty bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 11 May 2011 at 01:42
fonefan (86114) reviewed
Imperial Märzen from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle 330ml. @ chriso.Clear medium orange colour with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, moderate hoppy, orange - citrus, peach. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110426]
Tried from Bottle on 10 May 2011 at 23:18
Bullit (6140) reviewed
Export India Porter from The Kernel Brewery
15 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottled @ tasting cgarvieuk, courtesy of BeerCast_Rich. Dark brown colour, medium fluffy beige head. Aroma is dusty, coffee, followed by some citric hops. Quite odd. Flavour is light coffee and roasted malts, light hoppy. Smooth and creamy finish. Good stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 10 May 2011 at 11:40