UPDATED: SEP 28, 2020 Stout + centennial = tru love. Almost complete black color with a fine beige head. Ok intensity in the aroma. Medium body and a fine mellow carbonation. Good balance between sweetness and bitterness. Semi dry texture. Chocolate, some roast, mild coffee, pine and a pleasant hoppy touch in the flavor. Flavor last a long time in the back of my mouth. Ahhh one more please. [On tap at Schouskjelleren in Oslo, Norway]

UPDATED: SEP 6, 2020 Keg at the Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Black pour with a tan head. Coffee, liquorice, dark chocolate, sweet tobacco aromas. Taste is chocolate raisin, coffee, cola, liquorice. Roast sweet malt finish.

UPDATED: JUL 21, 2020 Black/dark brown with head. Smells slightly sweet but heavily malty and smokey (kinda ask/tobacco like). Tastes are Malty, tobacco (but in a nice way) smoked and slight dried fruits.

UPDATED: JUN 24, 2020 Creamy tan head stayed on a dark mahogany coloured still body. Malt, iron & rye aroma. Medium bodied, soft over the tongue with lively clean back. Malt, berries, tobacco & roasted tastes with light citrus finish & burnt aft. Very nice!

UPDATED: JUN 20, 2020 Opaque black beer with a medium beige/brown head. Medium/heavy aroma; taste starts medium sweet and ends slightly bitter and dry. Fruit, pine, chocolate, roasted malts, hops and citrus. 8/5/8/4

UPDATED: JUN 19, 2020 Bottled, 330ml from Hoptimism, Loughborough, Leics. Black with tan head. There is a good thick pour to this, nicely viscous beer. Roasty, toasty malts, a hint of charcoal, a hint of liquorice, full on the palate with a dose of Espresso coffee. The hops are light in character, just a hint of fruitiness, a hint of perfume. A typically good, solid beer from these.

UPDATED: JUN 5, 2020 Bottle. Thick black pour with tan head. Aroma of hops. Tart, roasty taste with hints of red currant and gooseberry. Dry finish. Delicious.

UPDATED: MAY 31, 2020 Bottle at home, 31st May 2020. Pours a thinish black beer or dark brown. Aroma is roasted malt and cocoa. Taste is toasty, and ash, centinnial provides a nice floral perfume, nice bitter and dry, dusty finish. Great stout

UPDATED: MAY 12, 2020 Bottle (4.8% ABV). Black body with a dense beige head. Good lacing. Aroma of coffee and plum. Flavour of red grape and caramel. Medium body with a smooth texture. Soft fizz. I love a Kernel dark beer - I think they're better than the pales and IPAs.

UPDATED: SEP 13, 2019 samen met yves bij hem thuis een zwart kleurig lichaam met een witte kop en met een kruidig mout koffie aroma een kruidig mout koffie droge bitter smaak met een bitter einde