The Kernel India Pale Ale Stella

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

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Bottle 330ml.

Clear medium to dark orange yellow colour with a large to huge, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, toasted, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, grapefruit, peach, flowers, fruit. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111203]

Bottled@Kernel. Aroma is fruity, wooden, herbal and quite grassy with also some mild rubbery and yeasty notes. Flavour is rubber, some fruity and floral notes.

Bottled at the brewpub. Cloudy deep golden, rich head. Oily bergamotte and citrus aroma. Medium bodied with rounded mouthfeel. Lots of fresh citrus, long citric bitterness. Intensely hoppy, yet balanced.

Bottle at home ... light hazy amber ... thin white head ... soft orange peach sweet hop nose ... mellow toffee malts ... creamy citrus front ...odd hop but not too shabby.

33cl bittle from Sourced market St Pancras. Left it to settle for a few days. Clearish orange gold. Tangerine and pineapple aroma. Some peanut bizarrely. Enormously likeable. Great fruit and this nutty quality is good.

22nd October 2011
Slight haze on this amber beer, nice slightly off white head. Light semi dry palate. Tangy fruits. Tart orange, mango and pineapple. Bitterness ramps up a little towards the semi dry finish and lingers afterwards. Nice contrast of bitter orange and sweet pineapple cubes with mango doing the refereeing!

330ml bottle (Bottle Shop, Canterbury)
Lovely crisp zesty aroma. Full body, but crispened with gentle carbonation, and biting citrussy bitterness. Taste also zesty. Another vey solid IPA from Kernel.

Bottle at the Second East Croydon Beer Tasting, thanks to Mr. Dawg. Pours cloudy gold with a white foam. Nose holds a bit of pine and some grass. Great balance to the flavor, more grass and pine, mild tangy citrus, faint wood. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. A touch thinner than other Kernel IPAs, but still quite good. Some more tangy citrus to the finish, more pine, slight resin, toasty grass. Nice.

Bottle at 7.4%. Golden brown with an off-white head. Aromas are piney with grapefruit and floral notes. Marzipan with creamy oak and sandalwood. Flavours are toast and caramel with bitter, dry grapefruit. Spicy with pineapple and pine. Juicy fruit.

Bottle at the Kernel Brewery, Bermondsey, London, 03.12.11 Pours hazy gold/range, really quite citrussy in the mouth. The finish is dry and there are elements of tropical fruit in here, with the mango furniture polish element and pineapples starting to show. A6 A4 T8 P4 Ov16 3.6