3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20330 ml bottle bought @ beermerchants.com. Pours hazy anger with a small frothy amberish white head that is rather slow to dissipates while leaving some trace on the glass. Smell is sweet, malty, fruity and slightly perfume-like with bread, grapefruit juice, pineapple, mango, caramel, papaya, star fruit, pine, grass, lingonberries, lemon zest and orange zest. Taste is tiny sweet and bitter with bread, caramel, lingonberries, pine, orange zest, lemon zest, cereal, pine, mango, pineapple, raspberry hard candy and grapefruit juice. Mouthfeel is round, slitly oily bitter and medium bodied. Finish is tiny sweet, bitter and fruity with bread, caramel, pineapple, mango, pine and raspberry hard candy.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
330ml bottle (shared by FatPhil, thanks). Clearish brown color. Medium size brown head. Pine, hops, sweetish, lemon gelatine covered cheesecake in aroma. Dry bitter, slightly sour and sweet, malty flavor. Mellow mouthfeel. Quite drinkable I must say.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
330ml bottle (Bacchanalia, Cambridge)
Lovely sweet spicy aroma, quite cakey. Lovely rich red, mine was hazy, but the others poured completely clear. Sticky spongy beige head. Sweet spicy malts, juicy, almost syrupy. Fairly watery palate in some ways, it’s sweet, but it’s not heavy or sticky. Pleasant carbonation. Massively drinkable, no sign of 7.3%. Lovely fruity hop finish, very juicy. Didn’t want this to end.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle shared from Deanso. Pours hazy brown with a small tan head. Aroma of grass, pine, grapefruit, peach, light citrus and light caramel malt. Flavour is moderate sweet and heavy bitter with a long finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
33cl bottle courtesy of JmGreenUK, thanks!
Grassy citrus aroma. Thin white head. Slightly hazy amber pour. Nice fresh citrusy bitterness. A lovely beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Botella. Hazy amber brown like colour. Pleasant fruity hoppy herbal aroma, bit rye. Good mouthfeel. Fruity hoppy citrus caramel rye like flavour. Sweet. Good bitterness.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Papsø.
Hazy orange-red coloured with a medium sized beige head.
Sweet and fruity aroma of hops, pine needles and cardamom.
Sweet and fruity flavour of hops, grapefruits and rye.
Dry hoppy finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
33 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is dry roasted malty, light phenolic and herbal. Bitter, grapefruity and light peachy. Dry and bitter finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of madmitch76. Pours a clear amber with a small off-white head. Greasy hops up front atop quite some caramel. Rich body, loads of caramel and toffee - the rye really adds some thickness. Some late lightly citrusy hops. 150413
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Hazy chestnut brown with a small ok lacing off white head. Aroma is caramel, brown sugar, light rye, herbal hops, light orange fruit. Taste is medium sweet and light+ bitter. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Light bitter hoppy finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Nina’s Edinburgh [270113]
Reddish caramel, very hazy, frothy off white head that dissipates
Aroma of fruity caramel malts, dab of soft orange, touch of citrus hop, mellow . Taste of fruity caramel, mellow citrus zest, touch of grassy hop, some orange. Palate has a medium carb and body, fairly dense bit soapy mouthfeel, which was ok for me and some smoothness. Finish as main flavour - soft bitter hop finish with fruity caramel, lingering soft bitter linger, hint of alcohol.
Overall - Going by Kernel’s usual standards it seemed unremarkable but was decent enough. It wasn’t that fresh though which has probably affected the rating
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