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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8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle at home, 24th December 25. Pours black and thick. Aroma is roasted malts, some aromatics. Taste is delicious, roasted malts, chocolate, complex and rich, bitter and aromatic - best kernel for a whole

Tried from Bottle on 26 Dec 2025 at 09:30


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

Bottle. Kernel advent box. Nearly black. Immense swede. Literally nobody does a better swede. Phenomenal. Anyway. Char and a touch of treacle. Scorched citrus fruit. Definitely hitting BIPA territory here. Taste has some sweetness up front with a robust bitterness. Super creamy overall. Proper unputdownable. Roast malt and juicy hop bitterness to finish. Drinking this Xmas day after a fuck off pile of other class gear but it stands out ridiculous.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Dec 2025 at 22:06


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

Super smooth. Nice tangerine, mellow pale malt, pale bread, soft bitter rind, some candied citrus, pine needles. Delicate, massaging carb. Balanced finish. Moreish. A little peach and nectarine. Delightful.

Tried from Bottle at The Kernel Taproom (Spa Road) on 25 Dec 2025 at 20:15


6.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Delt med K-O på Vesterbotn. Avslutningsøl på 1. Juledag. Ikke helt vellykket blanding.

Tried from Bottle from Vinmonopolet Tromsø, Langnes on 25 Dec 2025 at 19:13


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

Bottle at home picked up from hotm. A jet black coloured pour with a lasting big tan head. Aroma is nice rich rich roast pine sap, liquorice, woody roast, salty, resinous, varnish.. Flavour is composed of super intense rich dark roasty malts, liquorice, resinous pine, pine sap, bitter roast, firm resinous bitterness. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, sticky hop oils, moderate carbonation, just fantastic.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Dec 2025 at 23:00


8.9
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

Holy fucking bollocks I’ll try a third fucking time then. Fucking fuck off. Bottle. Kernel advent box. Hazed gold. Could have been mostly clear but I tipped all the shit in. Beautiful Kernel swede. Nose has an unreal medley of pineapple flesh and skin. Proper dank leafy sweaty Simcoe. Juicy slightly overripe orange and sweet grapefruit. Even a bit of soggy stone fruit for good measure. Taste has some fleeting sweetness getting robust pithy piny bitter. Creamy and good drinking. Bitter finish lingers nicely. Pretty stunning overall.

Tried on 24 Dec 2025 at 19:27

gave a cheers!

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

On tap at The Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Nose is chocolate fudge brownie, creamy coffee, raisin, caramel, smoke. Sweet warming flavours of chocolate fudge brownie, ,smoke,toffee, raisin, coffee. Malty sweet with a light bitter backbone.

Tried from Draft at Rusty Bucket - Eltham on 24 Dec 2025 at 17:42



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

Bottle at home, 23rd December 2025. Pours a hazy yellow orange. Aroma is pithy marmalade and citrus. Taste is well rounded and well made.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Dec 2025 at 11:44


9.3
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5

Really silky and massively drinkable. Juicy citrus, lightly sweet pale bread, relaxed rindy bitterness, nips of pine needles, zesty citrus peel. Massaging carb. Perfectly balanced. Moreish. Outstanding.

Tried from Bottle at The Kernel Taproom (Spa Road) on 23 Dec 2025 at 00:28