This is the second craft beer social I’ve been along to with my friend and once again we enjoyed sampling a great selection of beers and speaking to the Kernel and Bottle Shop people. The full list of beers available were as follows:
Kernel:
London Sour – citric, tart and raspberry flavours
Pale Ale (Mosaic, Zeus, Chinook) – really nicely balanced and better tasting than I remembered; I’ll go for this again the next time I see this on offer
IPA (Centennial) – good hoppy taste; my friend’s favourite of the Kernel beers
Export Stout – tasty and went well with the chocolate brownies on offer
Bottle Shop:
Omnipollo: 42 Passion Fruit /Lime Wit – I wasn’t expecting to enjoy this but the lime worked really well with the hint of passion fruit; a lovely summer beer
Omnipollo: Zodiak – nice, slightly bitter IPA
Omnipollo: Fantamorgana – a double-IPA; at 8% it was a little bit too drinkable…
Hantverksbryggeriet: Kosacken – a Russian style stout; nice but not my favourite of the night and I was perhaps expecting more of a punch
Overall, a lot of fun!