Beer five of 11 from my visit to the Bermondsey Beer Mile. On to the Kernel next and between my friends and I we went
for the London Sour and the Oak Aged Saison as well as an IPA that I havepreviously posted. The Kernel is the only Bermondsey brewery that I had
previously visited and on that occasion I had had a taste of one of their sour
beers that kicked everything I knew about beer out of the window. I’ve
subsequently visited Cantillon in Brussels and done some reading so my
awareness and knowledge of sour beers has increased a little bit since then (from
nothing, admittedly). My theory is that there are three stages to drinking a
sour beer. The first I call ‘JEEZ THAT’S SOUR’, the second I call, ‘acceptance’,
the third I call ‘enjoyment’. The London Sour pours a hazy yellow with a slight
white head. The nose is tart lemon with a little bit of wheat. It’s sharp and
sour, very tart yet fresh and drinkable. It made for quite a nice palate
cleanser almost as it cut through the heavy hoppiness of the previous couple of
beers. I’m not sure I’d choose it in a pub as yet but it was good to try in a
setting like this.
Brewery: The Kernel Brewery Country:
United Kingdom
ABV: 3.8%
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