Roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, a big resinous hop bite – The Kernel’s revered Export India Porter is one of the world’s top 50 stouts according to RateBeer. A slick mouthfeel paves the way for waves of delicious and complex flavour. Half classic porter, half classic IPA, one celebrated beer.
barnaby –
Gareth –
Well made, clean
Sam –
A solid porter – Kernel are so consistent.
Simon –
TimmyElvis –
Drinkable & smooth, didn’t like the aroma, not one of my favourites.
Lee –
Kevin –
Excellent, a rich and beautiful example
Thomas –
Callum –
Great Porter, can understand why it’s in the top 50 stouts/porters on RateBeer
Nathan –
Nice, dark and hoppy
Christopher –
Alex –
Campbell –
Very different from the Table Beer I had half an hour ago. This one is 6.0% with Simcoe hops.
Powerful nose with malt, raisin and hints of toffee&coffee. Black to look at, with very pale brown head, but transilluminates red.
Looks black and tastes black, with lots of malt and I can taste burnt caramel and liquorice. I can’t taste coffee or chocolate however.
Lots of condition in the mouthfeel, very lively.
Long bitter aftertaste.
You can’t drink this stuff fast; it needs to be sipped slowly. I’d like some more please!
Jans –
Lovely
A –
John –
If you like the taste of tar, this’ll be perfect for you. Otherwise probably best skipped.
Phillip –
A great hoppy porter from the kernel, a modern classic
Gareth –
Allan –
David –
Quite heady, but very tasty with a long, complex finish.
Stuart –
Matt –
Delicious chocolate and some coffee flavours. Complex.
Michal –
S –
Richard –
Fruity and bitter . Too hoppy for me . Tasted more like a black IPA than a true porter . Prefer their stout .
Ian –
A really good Porter. Dark and smooth. A hint of coffee.
Ross –
A decent Porter but a touch too hoppy for my taste
Adam –
Quite hard for a beer to be genuinely different without resorting to weird ingredients and novelty value. This beer, however, is outstanding and avoids any of that nonsense. A belting porter combined with hopping more in line with an IPA. One of the best dark beers I’ve tried in recent memory.
Neil –
Graham –
Diana –
OK stout from Kernel
Aoife –
Robin –
Darren –
One of my favourite beers. This ticks most of my boxes.
Sam –
Very nice porter, full of flavour
John –
Smooth dark rich and creamy porter
Ross –
Super drinkable porter!
Ken –
not a bad porter
luke –
quite chocolatly and velvety
darren –
Dam fine porter. Deep smell and I get fused light switches, that roasted metal. Then coffee and malt. Rich and smooth.
Christopher –
Yum. Nice porter. Good flavours.
Scott –
Chris –
Graham –
Nice tasting porter.. nothing outstanding but very drinkable
Chris –
A very happy, chocolatey porter. Very drinkable and enjoyable.
Shaun –
Fantastic porter at a great price!
Campbell –
My bottle had Centennial and Ekuanot hops. I don’t know whether this is different from previous reviewers’.
It is the proper very dark brown colour with a pale cafe-au-lait colour head. I can smell bitterness, and fruitiness presumably from the hops.
Like them, I found the roastiness along with hints of coffee and bitter chocolate. There is also a hint of sweetness, presumably from the malt. Maybe that is what somebody meant by fruit and spice.
Long dark and bitter aftertaste. As I said earlier, I have catholic tastes, but this beer is good.
hariseldon38 –
How do they make such great beers at this price pint ?
Matt –
No-nonsense rich, roasty and hoppy porter. A real treat.
Edward –
Pretty tasty but too light & hoppy for a porter so it definitely loses a star or two against their excellent range of stouts…
Nick –
Nice smokey rich taste. Would buy again.
Caz –
loved this, will definitely be getting some more, its a bit special 🙂
Liz –
Tinm –
Quite a mean stout. Good – but maybe tastes a little strong for some.
James –
5
Craig –
David –
Iain –
Good porter from a trusty brewery.
Felix –
Instant classic
Simon –
Claire –
very nice, couldn’t drink a lot of this
Keith –
Lovely chocolate and coffee not too bitter being a porter.
Alan –
A tad too sickly sweet for me.
Peter –
Kathleen –
Interesting combo with a dark porter colour and lighter IPA flavour.
Jamie –
Lovely
Duncan –
Yet to find an average Kernel
Matthew –
Alexander –
Solid every day porter
Janos –
Baxter –
Ali –
Decent, but prefer Kernel’s lighter beers.
Ben –
Smokey and complex! Turkish delight, slight dark chocolate, bitterness, floral notes. Different and wonderul
Jonny –
Adam –
This has become one of my go to beers, don’t think you can get much better for the money. Lots of flavour in a dark but refreshing beer.
Dave –
nice
Shakeel –
Solid drink, goes down real well.
Mark –
Justyna –
Joshua –
How a porter should be. Very dark, not too heavy. Best drank at room temp
Wayne –
Nice and smooth with a chocolate/coffee aftertaste
Gareth –
Nick –
Kieran –
Matthew –
Gosh
Thiago –
It is an amazing porter.Perfect to pair with sweet foods. The high ABV is almost unperceivable.
robert –
exactly what it says on the tin or bottle, flavoursome , although could do with slightly more chocolate.
Jeff –
Quality Porter, coffee and chocolate notes and plenty of body
Thomas –
Can’t go wrong with the Kernel
Richard –
Absolutely cracking. Very simple, but effective.
Simon –
dark and chocolatey – good for cold rainy evening
Filip –
Very tasty, but was hoping for more defined coffee flavour undertones.
Gary –
Solid beer.
Mike –
Laura –
Good rich porter
Ryan –
Mark –
Great porter
Ian –
Kernel do not do bad beer. Fact.
Stuart –
Delicious!
Rory –
Quite light and bitter. Good, but not special
Jack –
Complex
Karl –
Fabio –
Could be better…
CHRISTOPHER –
Sam –
Gabriel –
Never fails to deliver. Black, rich but with some hop bitterness in the background. I would describe this as black IPA. Perfect!
Craig –
Coffee, chocolate and hops. Doesn’t sound like it should work but it does!
Thomas –
Can’t go wrong with this porter
Adam –
Decent porter from the kernel
Alex –
David –
Kevin –
Nigel –
An enjoyable bottle: a touch lighter than I expected but good flavour with malty toastiness, choc/coffee and even some fruity spice in there.
Catherine –
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Simon Hogg –
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Andy –
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Lee –
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Adrian –
Billy –
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Tom –
Phil –
Matthew –
David –
Carl –
Toby –
Geremy –
Fantastic porter, so many aromas and flavours!
Eddy –
Patryk –
Tim –
Chris –
Adrian –
Edward –
A lovely rich and distinctive porter
Peter –
Roasty dry edged porter, another quality beer from a brewery that are so consistent in their range and standards
Shane –
Lewis –
Love this stuff, will be buying again!
Joseph –
Harry –
Tom –
Alex –
Worth a try.
Nathan –
Class.
Ian –
Excellent beer from the old reliable Kernel