The Kernel Imperial Brown Stout London 1856

Brewed by The Kernel
Style: Imperial Stout
London, England

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle 330ml. Full marks. Aromas of coffee, caramel, chocolate, vanilla, and hints of liquorice. Taste is sweet and bitter, with never-ending taste. Palate is syrupy, and full bodied. Black, with a frothy off-white head.

Bottle shared with the husband. Very dark brown in color, the head fades away fairly quickly. Very boozy aroma, milk and dark chocolate, espresso beans. Taste: Wow. Sweet, sweet sticky malts that manage not to be cloying, tart cherries, and then a surprising punch of hops.

Backlog rate. One of my 10 favorite beers ever. What can I say? Burnt, hoppy, coffee, tar, fudge, creme caramel, incredible layered sweet/bitter flavours.

33 cl. bottle sampled @ RBWG 2012 – thx to ajax25g – black with a brown head – smells like roasted black malts, chocolate & cocoa – taste is roasted black malts, creamy chocolate, touch black bitter chocolate, cocoa, sweet coffee & mocha ice cream, sweet upfront followed by bitter roasted aftertaste, smooth, creamy & slick including carb. dear lord this was freaking delicious, hope there is more Kernel that is this good that hopefully I can get hold of it

Just because I love it so much, a rating. Smooth, roasty and sweet, but with the perfect balance. Im really impressed by all the Kernel has made, as they do so close to perfection. Brewery of the year 2012 for me!

Dark oil black. Thick coffee flavor with a hint of licorice. Malty sweetness accentuates the coffee. A slimy mouthfeel and a heavy addition to a meal.

On tap at Borefts. Poured dark and smooth with a tan head. Nose of chocolate malt and coffee. Full, creamy mouthfeel with a flavour of dark chocolate and coffee. Dry, intense aftertaste.

Bottle at home, 28th December 2011. Pours easily, thick and luxurious, perfect head forms and is retained, aroma is mocha, dark chocolate and liquorice. Taste is mocha, dark chocolate, sweet and bitter, salt liquorice, palate is smooth and carboonation light and perfect. In a blind tasting you would not put this at over 10% ABV. Very drinkable, especially in winter.

Bottle. Pours sludge black, with a beige head that leaves except for a ring on the outside. Nose is charcoal, ash, tobacco, cacao, alcohol. The taste was a surprise since the evident high abv in the nose is well hidden here. More ash and charcoal in the taste, with some roasted coffee beans, molasses, and Christmas pudding which lingers with the hops. A nice big mouthfeel.

Bottle, bought @ Zombier, Spain. Pours opaque black with a small, staying, creamy, beige head. Aroma has lots of cocoa, chocolate, hazelnuts, walnuts, mild vinious. Low carbonation, wonderful creamy mouthfeel. Flavour has cocoa, vinious, plums, port, chocolate, cocoa. Lots of character all around. Mild vinious, chocolate, light roasted. Truly magnificent.