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.

In 2007, Evin O'Riordain was sent to New York on business and what he tasted in the bars and pubs was, not only to change his life forever, but to prove a pivotal point in the UK beer scene's revival. He spent the next 2 years homebrewing and honing his skills, making big flavoured and challenging beers. In 2009, The Kernel Brewery was born and word slowly spread about this man making fantastic beers under a railway arch in South East London. A move to bigger premises saw them finally be able to meet demand and they are now named in the top 50 Breweries in the world by Rate Beer.

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