UPDATED: APR 21, 2024 18May2023 Dark roast malts, cacao, burnt toast, coffee, earthy. Hazy, very dark brown, small, frothy, beige head. Light bitter. Bitter, dark roast malts, cacao, earthy notes, burnt floral notes, straw, soft carb, full bod. Outstanding, rich, roasty, complex. Draft at The Kernel Taproom Arch 7, London.

UPDATED: NOV 19, 2023 Bottle from St Albans beer shop, St Albans, Herts. An almost black coloured pour with a healthy beige head on top. Roasty, malty, chocolate, charred, dry, ashy taste/aroma. Plenty of complexity in this 4.4% stout.

UPDATED: OCT 15, 2023 Botella @The Kernel Brewery Arch 7 Taproom, Londres. 14/10/2023. Color negro corona de espuma beige aromas y sabores café, tostados, regaliz cuerpo ligero.

UPDATED: SEP 16, 2023 Svart. Mokkafarget filmskum. Litt laving. Aroma av brent malt,. Hint av frukt. Myk munnfølelse. Smaken tørr. Kaffe. Rosiner. Mere kaffe i en tørr avslutning.

UPDATED: JUL 21, 2023 Bottle at home in the garden, 21st July 23. Pours a rich deep brown. Aroma is cocoa, roasted malts, nuts, ash. Taste is roasted malts, cocoa, ash, smooth, bitter, great complexity and a great beer from kernel

UPDATED: JUL 21, 2023 Bottle from Westhill Service Station. It pours pretty much black with a thick, fluffy tan head. The aroma is rich roasted malt, charred pine, salted liquorice, dark chocolate, rocky road, dried fruits, Eccles cake, plum and prune. The taste is dry rich roasted malt, big hit of bitterness which lingers throughout, charred pine, burnt toast, bitter - sweet, dark chocolate, ashy, dried fruits, toasted fruit cake, plum, prune, sultana, pithy, with of citrus peel, waxy rind, grapefruit, pomelo and some peppery spice with a drying, charred finish. Lighter end did medium body and moderate carbonation. Bags of flavour. Moreish.

UPDATED: JUL 10, 2023 Bottle @ Kihoskh, Copenhagen. Pours Black with a thick beige head and lacings. Roasted and dry nose with citrus and grapefruit lingering. Whiff of Dark fruit and coffee. Smooth and soft with a roasted bitter finish. Superior 4.1 % stuff

UPDATED: JUN 24, 2023 330ml bottle from We Brought Beer, Tooting. Aroma of coffee, aniseed, fennel and black malt. Nice body. Not too heavily carbonated. Spicy hop notes work well.

UPDATED: JUN 21, 2023 Draught at Taphouse. Black coloured with a small beige head. Roasted aroma of hops, licorice and pine needles. Roasted flavour of hops and pine needles with notes of licorice. Roasted and hoppy finish.

UPDATED: JUN 19, 2023 Bottle from House Of Trembling Madness. Dark brown body with ruby highlights and a thick beige head. Faint lacing. Aroma of ash, wood and blueberry. Flavour of Twiglets, wood and ashy malt with a dry finish. Medium body with a smooth texture. Soft fizz. Big flavour for the ABV.