The Kernel Imperial Brown Stout - 33 CL

9.0-10.0% ABV. Malted barley. Another recipe from the Barclay Perkins archive, from 1856. The Imperial Brown Stouts evolved into what became known as the Russian Imperial Stouts, and this particular recipe evolved into the Courage RIS, which is most notable because a) it was an excellent beer, and b) it was produced until 1992, as the only remaining link to a certain brewing tradition that was huge in London, and made London famous, for over 200 years. And of course, a tradition that is now lost. And the beer is black, not brown. Dark black. And round and smooth. Smooth. Coffee and cocoa aromas, then leading to dark fruit, dried fruit, raisin, fig, plum. Even plum. Some sour berries. Through the long finish of hop bitterness interwoven with toasted and charred.

Product details:

• Alcohol percentage: 9.6%
• Volume: 33 CL
• Untappd Score: 4.05