The Kernel Pale Ale Motueka

Brewed by The Kernel
Style: American Pale Ale
London, England

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tulip

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Cask (gravity) @ Borefts Bier Festival 2011, Brouwerij de Molen, Bodegraven, Netherlands.

Unclear light to medium yellow colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, lemon, cat piss. Lovely hop aroma ;O) Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20110923]

Sampled at Borefts Beer Festival @ De Molen, Bodegraven. Pale yellow color, no head. Smell fresh, hoppy. Taste fresh, some bitter but pretty low on the hops in my opinion. Decent beer, but nothing special I’d say.

Cask @ BBF 2011. Pineapple, grapefruit and soft grassy hops in the aroma. Firm hopbitter flavor with grassy hops and mango. Low on carbon. Delicious.

Cask @ bbf. Aroma is very fruity, slight grassy hops aromua. Flavour is almost candylike fruityness. Light but fitting malt note. Ends with a dry hop bitterness. Nice.

Cask @ Borefts Beer Festival, 2011. Pours unclear golden with a small white head and lacings. Lovely hoppy nose. Exotic and fruity. Smooth and full bodied. Dry end. Nice.

Tap @ Borefts Beer Festival. Pours hazy yellow with a thin white head. Aroma is yeasty, citrus, peach orange and bready notes. Taste is hoppy, citrus, yeast, peach, orange leading to a bitter end.

Cask at BBF ’11. Hazy golden orange colour, thin white head. Aroma of fresh citrussy hops, light malty, hint of caramel. Flavour is light malty, floral, loads of citrus and grapefruit, bit of pine, nice floral and citrus bitter finish. Light bodied. Nice.

Cask, gravity at the Boreft Beer Festival, De Molen, Bodegraven, Netherlands 24.09.11 One of the very few Kernel beers that I’ve had from a cask. Poured warm gold some haze, soft in mouth and not quite got the zappiness and hop kick of others from the Kernel stable but I suppose the others I have are more often IPA’s. Some soft sweetish lemon and then a dry, bitter, curly finish but it is much more gentle maybe because of the lack of carbonation, however it is very agreeable. A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.6

Cask @ Borefts Beer Festival. Hazy yellow, not much head. Aroma is nice and hoppy, orange, sour fruits like citrus and pineapple, a hint of bubble gum, candy floss, a dank characteristic along with the slightly rural and hayish yeast that characterizes many of The Kernel’s beers. Taste is hoppy harmony, all the tropical marvelousness of the aroma, balanced bitterness and the Kernel’s yeast which I find very interesting. A lovely APA!

Cask at BBF. Cloudy lemonade color. No head, no carbonation. Hoppy, very hoppy in the nose. Citrusy, lemon and grapefruit mostly. Sweet and malty with a huge hop taste and aftertaste. If this was carbonated it would be one hell of a beer. Not bad flat, but could be better.