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The Kernel Brewery

🌍 United Kingdom · Known for a full range of styles
Known for a full range of styles

Founded in September 2009 by former cheesemonger Evin O'Riordain in a railway arch on Druid Street, Bermondsey. The Bermondsey originator and arguably most respected brewery in London. Within 10 years, helped inspire the establishment of around 100 new microbreweries in London — former brewers went on to found Beavertown, Redchurch, Partizan, and Harbour. No loud label art, no pun-led names — single-batch pale ales labelled only with hop varieties; dark beers labelled with historical recipes they revive. Exports globally. Founding member of the London Brewers Alliance.

6Beers
5Styles
5.1%Avg ABV
2009Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
0%
catalogue avg 46%

Beers by The Kernel Brewery

6 beers

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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 6 beers in the catalogue.

Brewery signature · based on 6 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
hoppy
5 of 6 beers
malty
5 of 6 beers
crisp
4 of 6 beers
clean
4 of 6 beers

Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Broad6 beers · 5 style families
Pale Ale 2Stout 1IPA 1Farmhouse 1Porter 1

Their signature has to hold across very different styles — which makes the notes that do recur more telling, not less.

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with the wider catalogue across breweries making similar styles.
typical for similar stylesThe Kernel Brewery
in no beersin every beer
herbal
in 3 of 6 · typical similar styles brewery: 1 in 5
Notably more herbal than typical.

Across 6 beers in 5 style families, one trait still carries through — a broad range makes a shared signature harder to hold.

Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 67%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
0 / 6
beers above the median
#3073
best ranked beer
The Kernel London Porter

Their beers place in the Top 67% of the catalogue on average, across 6 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About The Kernel Brewery

Founded in September 2009 by former cheesemonger Evin O'Riordain in a railway arch on Druid Street, Bermondsey. The Bermondsey originator and arguably most respected brewery in London. Within 10 years, helped inspire the establishment of around 100 new microbreweries in London — former brewers went on to found Beavertown, Redchurch, Partizan, and Harbour. No loud label art, no pun-led names — single-batch pale ales labelled only with hop varieties; dark beers labelled with historical recipes they revive. Exports globally. Founding member of the London Brewers Alliance.

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