Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Solid. Good bittersweet, toothy stout. Ashy roast, burnt wood, bitter cocoa. A little burnt rubber. Decent balance. Drinks well.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap at Craft Beer Junction. Pours nearly black with a beige head. Dry bready malts and roasted coffee on the nose. Flavour has dry bready malts, some crusts. It's a solid stout.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Keg at the soon/actually former brewpub. Clear gold. Thick foamy white head. Aroma has malts and citrus. Flavourwise similar plus chewy malts. Light-medium bodied. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Decent.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
20th August 2025
Keg at CBJ. Almost clear brown beer, tidy pale tan head. Airy palate, semi dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Thin dark malts, a definite Kernel oaty and mild dark chocolate vibe. Mild ripe fruits. Light and semi dry finish is very mildly bitter. The palate is way to thin and dry, the flavour is good. Sort the palate out and you will have a respectable Kernel clone.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6.5
Tap at craft beer junction. A black brown coloured pour with a lasting fine beige head. Aroma is dark roast, green roast, wet roast, Ash. Flavour is composed of thin dark grains, light Ash roast, ashy, woody roast,. Palate is thin, watery, ash. Mellow carbonation. Thin
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Tap at source. A clear pale yellow straw coloured pour with a lasting fluffy white head. Aroma is nutty, green grains, sileage, corn. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, sweetcorn, straw, stewed grains, grass, green cereals. Meh. Palate is semi crisp, light grains, moderate carbonation. Meh.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5
Tap at the source. A light hazed dull orange gold coloured pour with a a lasting frothy white head. Aroma is green grains, mealy grains, wet grass, stale bread. Flavour is composed of dry earthy bready grains, green shoots, grassy hop, palate is semi crisp, loose grains, dry thin moderate carbonation.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6
Tap at cbj, a light hazed pale golden yellow coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is green cereal, grass, stale grain, wet grass wet dog. Flavour is light grains, wheat, stale bread, wheat, wet grass
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 5.5
9th April 2025
Keg at CBJ. Clear gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Airy palate, fairly dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Thin grainy malts. Light smooth pine and tangy ripe tepid citrus. A slightly cereal finish. Tastes tired!