Kernel Double IPA Citra 8.4% (330ml bottle)

Malt: Low Colour Maris Otter

Hops: Citra

Yeast: House Cal Ale Yeast

 We don’t frequently make double IPAs, and specifically we’ve not brewed a version of our IPA Double Citra for a long time, perhaps 2013 was the previous batch. It is so long ago that our memories are uncertain. What they are certain about is that in its original form this beer was ruinous. Ruinously good. Ruinously drinkable. Because of that, we have always hesitated to return there. You understand. However we have revisited that recipe now and discovered the same thing still holds true. This is ruinously good. Ruinously drinkable.

The aroma is pure bright enticement - citrus, stone fruit and the touch of dankness. The hop come clean and laid bare, fruit aspect forward. Everything else seems there in its right place – it is carries its fullness lightly, its bitterness sweetly. It remains clean, clear, restrained, focussed, balanced. Taut and to the point. It finishes like a gentle friend, familiar and comforting. But you will already have been transported somewhere else.