UPDATED: AUG 16, 2021 330ml bottle at Piccadilly Pub in Bodø. Stable fawn-coloured head to a near-black body. Clingy lacing. Attractive aromas of dark chocolate malts, dark bread, and dark fruits, nicely roasted. Rich and well balanced taste of chocolate, liquorice, dried and dark fruits followed by a coffee bite to a roasted bitter ending. Good depth and smooth on the swallow. Lovely porter in the direction of a black IPA. (Meet-up with Tor, Bodø 15.08.2021).

UPDATED: JUL 7, 2021 Tap at the brewdog tower hill. A opaque dark black brown coloured pour with a a lasting frorhy beige head. Aroma is earthy roast bark, pine, light smoke. Light grass. Flavour is composed of semi sweet brown sugars, sticky pine, bark, pine need less, light smoke. Supurb. Sticky pine and bark. Raw and authentic.

UPDATED: JUL 1, 2021 Black with a large fizzy light brown head. Aroma of burned malt, coffee, dried fruit and some chocolate sense. Sweet with a good burned malt, dried fruit and some coffee end.

UPDATED: OCT 10, 2021 330ml (6.8%; 1652.1900) shared with JohnRMurdoch, Stuartyboy & Alan C at home on 8 May 2021, purchased 26 Nov 2020 (bb 22 Oct 2021): roast malt aroma, opaque near black, good tan head, no lacing, roast malt, dark chocolate, earthy flavour, dry malty finish.

UPDATED: MAY 8, 2021 Bottle from Geers. Cloudy black, stable, frothy, beige head. Aroma of fondant, coffee roast, pipe tobacco, walnut shell, dried orange peel, grapefruit juice, pine resin, toast. Taste has restrained sweet fig, plum & mandarin, quickly turning towards bitter coffee, fondant & 'earthy' grapefruit over a thick toasty malty base. Bitter, piney hoppy finish, lingering citrus peel & powdery coffee & tobacco. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation. Masterful Porter - or Black IPA?

UPDATED: APR 18, 2021 Bottle at Piccadilly, Bodø. Pours a dark brown to black colour with a creamy beige head. Aroma of coffee, nuts, ryebread, smoke, nougat and grapefruit. Flavour filled with roasted malt ash, nuts, very dark chocolate, grass and grapefruit. Has a slick mouth feel, medium to full body and a medium bitterness. Solid and tasteful. More a black IPA.

UPDATED: APR 8, 2021 Porter or not porter. The Brewery is off course The Boss. But I claim….this is an almost perfect black ipa. Or a new style. Porter ipa. Excellence in a bottle is another statement from me myself. Holy Easter Bunny this was pure love. Sold black body and a nice beige head Good intensity in the aroma. Dark malt and the ipa stuff. Moderate sweet and fine bitterness. Nice duration A pleasant carbonation level made it very easy to drink Lovely balanced flavor with dark malt, roast, tropical fruits, pine, citric and some chocolate. [Bottle from Vinmonopolet at Torvbyen in Fredrikstad, Norway]

UPDATED: MAR 8, 2021 From bottle 08.03.21 at the Airbnb flat in Kristiansand during corona shut-down of bars and restaurants. Ebony. Foamt and persistent brown head. Aroma and taste of American hops, grapefruits, mandarins, passion fruit, cigar box, coffee, green coffee beans, rosted barley and brittle. Also a hint of cough medicine. Taste and citrus bitterness is lingering on. Complex and good!

UPDATED: MAR 1, 2021 Bottle from Westhill Service Station. It pours opaque jet black with a dense thick tan head - a looker for sure! The aroma is rich roasted malt, bitter - sweet, sticky, plenty of chocolate, dark and a touch of milk chocolate, oily, jammy fruits, pink marshmallow, rocky road, orangey, melon, plum and some umami. The taste is initially dry, bitter - sweet, rich roasted malt, charred, peppery spice, umami, liquorice, salted caramel, dark chocolate, coffee grounds, rocky road, zesty orange, tangerine, tannin, stone fruit element/melon? and a hint of alcohol to bring it together. Fulsome body and moderate carbonation. Flavorful and Robust. A lovely thing.

UPDATED: MAR 1, 2021 Aroma of chocolate, coffee, caramel, oats, nuts, leather, tobacco and toast. Black with a tan head. Medium + sweet and medium + bitter. Medium + body with average carbonation. Overall a nice Porter. Another well brewed beer from The Kernel.