The Kernel Brewery

Microbrewery in Bermondsey, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 2009

Contact
01 Spa Business Park, Spa Road, Bermondsey, SE16 4QT, England
Description
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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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Om tap at Kernel Bar Bermondsey. Black beer lasting tan head. Dark roast malt. Dark chocolate. Decent dark beer. Lovely dark roast. Good beer.

Tried from Draft at The Kernel Taproom (Spa Road) on 28 Dec 2025 at 13:56


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Om tap at Kernel Bar Bermondsey. Orange gold colour lasting white head. Very hoppy aroma and flavour. Pretty easy drinking. Upwards of 9% apparently. Moderate bitterness on the finish. Decent double ipa.

Tried from Draft at The Kernel Taproom (Spa Road) on 28 Dec 2025 at 13:20


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Om tap at Kernel Bar Bermondsey. Clear orange gold colour lasting white head. And the citra is lovely. I know it's should like this and I do wonderful fruit flavours. Really good. Decent bitterness on the finish. Excellent

Tried from Draft at The Kernel Taproom (Spa Road) on 28 Dec 2025 at 12:54


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Om tap at Kernel Bar Bermondsey. Hazy gold colour lasting white head. Some herb hop some decent tropical fruit. Good strong tropical fruits. Moderate bitterness. OK.

Tried from Draft at The Kernel Taproom (Spa Road) on 28 Dec 2025 at 12:38


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Om tap at Kernel Bar Bermondsey. Hazy gold colour lasting white head. Big fruity aroma. Citrus oranges mango aroma. Tasty in the mouth with explosion of fruit flavours. Moderate bitterness on the finish. Lovely fruit. Another effortless pale ale from Kernel.

Tried from Draft at The Kernel Taproom (Spa Road) on 28 Dec 2025 at 12:04


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8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

Bottle at home, 27th December 2025. Pours an orange ale, aroma is candied fruits, marmalade, taste is well made, citrus fruits, pithy marmalade, bitter and good

Tried from Bottle on 28 Dec 2025 at 08:50


8.8
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

Super clean and well balanced. Lean pale malts, vibrant citrus hop character, tangerine, peach and melon too. Soft bitter pine needles and lemon rind. Massaging texture. Moreish. Wildly drinkable.

Tried from Bottle at The Kernel Taproom (Spa Road) on 27 Dec 2025 at 18:39


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8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

At home, 19th December 2025. Pours orange and clear. Aroma is fresh, marmalade, taste is citrus, pith and bitrter Kernel quality

Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2025 at 13:36


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8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle at home, 22nd December 2025. Pours off clear orange. Aroma is aromatic and pithy marmalade. Taste is aromatic, pithy, bitter - great stuff

Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2025 at 12:15


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Appearance is jet black, with a small light brown head. Aroma is cherry, dark malts, coffee, fruit cake, more cherry. Taste is dark malt, cherry, liqueur chocolate, raisin and fruitcake hints. Lovely subtle sweet cherry.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2025 at 07:54