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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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7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
500ml bottle. Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma of orange, grapefruit, gooseberry, grape, mango. Taste of orange, grapefruit, gooseberry, grape, mango, grainy malts, finishing with a bit of earthy pine. Medium bodied.
Tried from Bottle from Trembling Madness Online Shop on 31 Aug 2026 at 21:40

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Super drinkable. Nice fresh pale biscuits, soft bitter straw, a little grass. Lean crispy cereal. Nicely rounded, well balanced. Clean, dry and lightly bitter to finish. Well made.
Tried from Bottle at The Kernel Taproom (Spa Road) on 30 Aug 2026 at 23:26

6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle thanks to Sarah. Pours a hazy deep peachy orange with some visible carbonation and a thin white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has sour cherry with some light sweet grains and a bit of flora coming through. Flavor has earthy flora and wet bread with sour cherry and a hint of licorice underlying.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Aug 2026 at 20:52

8.8/10 — Appearance 9 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 9 Overall 9
Crazy drinkable ale. Soft pillowy citrus character, little white pepper, lemon peel, pine needles, pale biscuits, delicate bitterness, rind, nip of fresh grass. Spectacular mouthfeel. Great balance. Restrained lingering bitterness, just enough sweetness. Superb.
Tried from Bottle from Figs & Grain on 29 Aug 2026 at 20:25

8.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Lovely stuff. Soft and citrusy, a little rindy bitterness, few pine needles, tangerine. Modest bitterness. Great condition. Super.
Tried from Cask at The Kernel Taproom (Spa Road) on 29 Aug 2026 at 14:51

7.5/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On tap at The Green Goddess, Blackheath Royal Standard. Nose is lime, grapefruit, gooseberry, bitter herbs. Taste is a fair mix of the above with some sweer fruits coming through in the back end. Most quaffable.
Tried from Draft at Green Goddess on 29 Aug 2026 at 12:59

7/10
Draft at the bottle and board Peterborough.
Tried from Draft from Bottle & Board on 28 Aug 2026 at 16:30

7.5/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7
Tried on 27 Aug 2026 at 22:57

7.5/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
500ml bottle at 5.1%. Pours a hazy pale orange with a white head. Aroma of peppery hop spice, grapefruit, earthy. Taste is the same, citrusy, zesty, grapefruit, orange peel, earthy and peppery hop spice, bitter finish. Medium bodied.
Tried from Bottle from Raynville Superstore on 27 Aug 2026 at 20:58

7.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Tap at the brewery taproom bermondsey. A translucent golden orange coloured pour with a loose white head. Aroma is rustic bready grains, spicy grassy hop, light sileage,. Flavour is composed rustic bready grains, spicy hop, grassy, wet grass,. Palate is semi crisp, mineral, fine carbonation. Little thin. Pretty good.
Tried from Draft on 26 Aug 2026 at 19:48