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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Pours cloudy amber with a small head leaving lace. Aroma is dry, acidy, hoppy, fruity and piny. Flavor is pretty much the same as aroma. Finishes dry acidy and bitter.

Draught at Borefts Bier Festival 2011. Hazy golden coloured with a small white head. Fruity aroma of hops, pine needles, citrus and grass. Fruity flavour of hops, pine needles and citrus. Dry hoppy finish.

From cask. Pours hazy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, herbal and hoppy. Bitter, fruity and slight herbal hoppy. Bitter and dry citrusy finish.

UPDATED: DEC 28, 2011 tap at de molen... palest yellow... soft bright zezty hop nose...bright sweet lemon ... quite oily and resi

bottle at home ... golden amber ... thin white head ... zezty orange citrus hop nose... juicy resiny hops ... soft fruity and juicy nice.

Cask @ BBF2011. Hazy golden pour, thin white head. Aroma is fruity, hoppy and floral. Flavor is fruity sweet and somewhat bitter. Nice and very refreshing.

500ml bottle. Pours a slightly hazy light gold with a medium, frothy head. Aroma is mango and guava. Rubicon guava. Fresh and fruity. Taste isn’t as strong, mango start. Medium bitter hoppy finish. Tasty stuff.

500ml bottle hand labelled for me by Nate at the brewery. Slight haze on a pale orange brown gold colour. Lasting white head. Head retention is good. Tropical fruit aroma. mango and guava. Huge mango. I should know, I skinned and chopped up two large ones this afternoon. Some leafy hop too. Great aroma. Perfect mouthfeel. Mouth flavours don’t quite live up to the aroma. Needs a touch more malt backbone to carry this immense fruit. I’ve pulled something in my back and it’s killing me. But even that can’t take away from the aroma of this beer. Yes more tropical fruit on finish, but with some earthy muddiness too. Not overly bitter. Awesome aroma. Maybe the hop needs to be blended with something else to give it that bit more finish. Very drinkable though. I know I keep saying this, but please stop making beers this good will you? It spoils everything else I drink. Only joking.

Bottle at Leighton’s Aug 11 tasting. It pours hazy golden yellow, with a thick white head. The nose is grass, pine, grapefruit, passion fruit, lemon, lime and floral. The taste is pine, grass, hay, orange, lemon, lime, passion fruit, marmalade and floral, with a dry, citrusy finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Tasty and massively drinkable.

30th August 2011
Hazy orange gold beer, small white head. Light semi crisp palate, just a tad dry. Smooth hops that are tasty and interesting. Subtle peach and melon. A modicum of Nelson Sauvin like ’filth’ but pretty mild. Mild elderflower and a trace of sour lemon. Grapefruit only shows at the end and brings some bitterness. Finishes semi dry with mild minerals and a mildy bitter aftertaste. Really hope the boys do a full IPA with this cracking hop!

Bottle at home. Bright, slightly hazy orange yellow with a small white head, fades to thin soapy film. Nose is pineapple, spruce,some bright citrus flavours too. Sweet pineapple and orange front with a real woody note and a dry grapefruit hop finish. Awesome beer.