The Kernel India Pale Ale Summit

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

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Bottle at William IV (Magic Rock takeover) 10/12/12. 7.5% on this batch from June ’12. Hazed mid amber with a thin off white head. Nose is pine, hops, light grapefruit, touch of mango. Taste comprises bitter grapefruit, orange pith, sugars, light caramel malts. Medium bodied with soft carbonation leading to a bitter finish. Decent enough solid IPA but at 6 months old perhaps not fresh enough to enjoy at its optimum!

12oz bottle-thanks jtclockwork for sharing-rich offwhite head with trailing lace-hazy gold. A-resin/tang, some lt/med malt. T-resin/some orange/dank hop, some lt/med malt.

Very aromatic hops. Flavour has initial soft maltiness. Later there’s a moderately bitter hop finish.

Aroma: Honeycomb, resin and orange. Slightly herbal and floral.

Appearance: Murky, copper body with a small, chalk white head. Slight lacing.

Taste: Sweet pine, honeycomb and caramel flavour, with a peppery, bitter finish.

Palate: Medium body with a slightly oily, slightly foamy texture. Flat carbonation.

Overall: I had a 7.5% ABV version. It’s sweet and a little peppery - not one of my Kernel favourites, but it’s still pretty good.

330 ml bottle bought @ beermerchants.com. Pours hazy and cloudy reddish golden with a small frothy and bubbly offwhite head that quickly dissipates while leaving a small sticky trace to the glass. Smell is tiny sweet and slightly fruity with grapefruit juice, orange peal marmalade, oatmeal cookies, perfume-like citrus incense, grass, wheat thins, dried apricots, mango, wood and hints of alcohol. Taste is sweet and bitter with crackers, grapefruit juice, orange peal, lemon peal, cookie dough, orange peal marmalade, lemon hard candy, strawberry jam, pine, resin, grapefruit rinds, blood oranges and hints of alcohol. mouthfeel is round, slightly oily bitter and medium bodied. Finish is bitter with grapefruit rinds, strawberry jam, resin, oatmeal cookies, lemon hard candy, grass and lemon zest. Consumed a few days before the best before date. Getting a bit old and tired.

(Bottle) Pours cloudy orange amber with a small, sand coloured head. The aroma holds resinous wood and citrus (lemon, grapefruit, lime and tart oranges) up front with undertones of earth, bread, light straw and a touch of minerals. The flavor is light near dry, near heavily bitter and light acidic with lots of citrus and wood. Undertones of flowers, dry bread and touch of fruits. The mouthfeel is clean, soft and light astringent with a light carbonation. Long citric finish. Near medium bodied.

Bottle from Cotteridge Wines, Birmingham. Poured into a yawning, eager glass. Smells immense. Wow, this is super bitter IPA: enormous grapefruity dryness, with puckering bitterness and tropicaaal notes. Really good.

Bottle. Orange colour with smallish white head. Aromas of bitter orange, touch of pine. Quite intense orange with lighter apricot notes and a strong bitter finish with pine and almost blood-orange. Very nice, maybe could do with being a touch fizzier, but that’s nitpicking really.

Bottle thanks to Leighton. Pours cloudy gold with white head. Nose and taste of pineapple, malt, resin, caramel bread and dried citrus. Finishes spicy malt and dry citrus. Medium body.

Bottle. Pours a golden color with a white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter citrus aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter citrus finish. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter citrus finish.