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The Kernel: Export Stout Damson

The Kernel: Export Stout Damson

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Producer Kernel Brewery
Country England
Region London, Bermondsey

Tasting Notes

Damson, Dark Chocolate, Espresso and Dried Fruit

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More About The Kernel: Export Stout Damson

A special release from The Kernel that takes their rich, historic Export Stout and re-ferments it with British damsons, creating a beautifully balanced beer where deep roasted malt character meets bright, tart stone fruit. Based on a 19th-century London stout recipe, the beer retains all the depth and complexity of the original while the fruit adds a vibrant lift and a gently tangy finish.

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.