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  • The Kernel: Bière de Saison Sour Cherry 2024 Montmorency at The Beerhive, Edinburgh. Free UK shipping.
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The Kernel: Bière de Saison Sour Cherry 2024 Montmorency

The Kernel: Bière de Saison Sour Cherry 2024 Montmorency

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Producer Kernel Brewery
Country England
Region London, Bermondsey

Tasting Notes

Sour Cherry, Almond, White Pepper and Oak

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More About The Kernel: Bière de Saison Sour Cherry 2024 Montmorency

A beautifully expressive mixed-fermentation saison matured with British Montmorency sour cherries, showcasing The Kernel's talent for balancing rustic farmhouse character with vibrant fruit and refreshing acidity. Fresh and aged saisons are blended before being macerated with whole Montmorency cherries, creating a beer that is bright, complex and effortlessly drinkable.

Pouring a deep ruby hue, it opens with aromas of tart cherry, almond stone fruit, subtle funk and earthy spice. The palate is dry and lively, combining juicy sour cherry flavours with gentle oak character, peppery saison notes and a crisp, mouth-watering acidity.

Meet the Producer, Kernel Brewery

Kernel Brewery

Style: Brewery

The Kernel basically changed London beer forever and then carried on quietly making brilliant beer while everyone else argued online about haze levels.

Started by Evin O’Riordain in Bermondsey back in 2009, the brewery became one of the key names behind modern British craft beer. At the time most UK breweries were still heavily tied to either traditional cask ale or bland industrial lager. Then Kernel arrived making beautifully balanced pale ales, porters and IPAs inspired by American brewing but without loads of gimmicky nonsense attached.

The thing people always notice first is the labels. Plain white text-heavy designs that look more like old pharmacy packaging than craft beer branding. Completely iconic now.

The beers themselves lean heavily into balance and drinkability. Their pale ales and IPAs helped introduce loads of UK drinkers to Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe and all the big modern hop varieties before every supermarket shelf became covered in them. Crisp bitterness, proper structure and no unnecessary sweetness weighing things down.

Then there’s the dark beer side. Export stouts, porters and brown ales packed with roast malt, chocolate and coffee character without becoming ridiculously heavy. Kernel dark beer in winter is basically public service infrastructure at this point.

Even after influencing hundreds of breweries, Kernel still feels oddly low-key. No massive hype campaigns, no endless collaboration circus, just very very good beer brewed with frightening consistency.