The Kernel India Pale Ale Simcoe

Brewed by The Kernel
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
London, England

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Bottled. A hazy golden beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of lemons, straw, hops, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of lemons, straw and malt, leading to a bitter finish.

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of madmitch76. Pours golden with a slight haze and a small off-white head. Amazingly fresh and luscious Simcoe aroma. Medium body, sweet fruitiness, again amazing peachy Simcoe notes and a dry bitterness. Just proves that Simcoe is an amazing hop... 080911

clear pale orange, smooth white head. very nice strong flowery aroma, delicate. flavor is bitter hoppy, malty.

Bottle @ JohnMurdoch. Murky golden colour, beige head. Nose is herbal, pine, bit of grapefruits. Flavour is grapefruits, malty, peach. Fairly bitter and medium bodied. Slight sweet and herbal finish. Good stuff.

UPDATED: FEB 16, 2013 330ml bottles from beermerchants.com (7.5%abv) & The Kernel Brewery (7% abv). Sweet bready hoppy aroma. Cloudy pale yellow brown colour. Bottle from Kernel Brewery was reddish amber brown with a reasonable head. Spicy resin hop & grapefruit flavour. Smooth & rich. Not bad.

Pours hazy orange/brown. Nose is fresh pithy grapefruit and a touch of orange juice and mango. Taste is mango juice, citrous grapefruit, sour citrous bitterness. Grapefruit bitter finish. Maybe a bit of pine. Strong flavoured. Strong bodied, heady IPA. Possibly a touch too strong.

Bottle at home in London. Lou Reed’s Street Hassle plays in the background. Pours a cloudy, golden-orange with a small,white head. Aroma has loads of freshly cut grass, dried citrus fruits, fresh pine. Very fresh overall, folks. Flavor is full, some rich, malty sweetness, juicy hops, sticky sap, bit of citrus rind, touches of honey. Full bodied with average carbonation. Warm finish, quite sticky and sweet, with long-lasting bitterness engulfing the mouth. Resinous pine, notes of grass, wood and dirt. Great beer.

From both keg and bottle at the Kernel Brewery. It pours hazy orange, with a thin white head and moderate carbonation. The nose is orange, mango, pineapple and resin. The taste is orange, mango, peach, sweet tangerine, pine and some alcohol warmth, with a long tangy-bitter finish. A very tasty and supremely drinkable IPA.

Bottled 330ml (PBF; BB 05/2013, alc. 7.5%)
Hazy orange color, small white head, some lace. Citrus, leather, plastic, pine in the aroma. Medium-bodied. Citrus, piney, pale malty background. Perhaps a bit too much of alcohol for my liking, but still a good brew.

UPDATED: JUL 5, 2011 Bottled. Hazy orange colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, mild bready and some slight notes of nectar. Flavour is is fruits, nectar, grassy. Nice greasy mixed with nectary notes.