Kernel Export Stout London 1890 7.4% (330ml)

Export Stout is one of our most quintessential dark beers, based on an 1890 recipe from the Truman Brewery in Brick Lane, with which we’ve tried to maintain a certain faithfulness in spirit, while also adapting and modifying according to the necessities of modern brewing. These 19th century London recipes for strong dark beers (we use a few different ones across various of our beers) hold at their centre the abundant use of both black malt and brown malt.

The black malt brings lots of burnt toast, overly roasted coffee flavours, and an assertive acidity.  Brown malt is a specifically London ingredient, and adds so much depth to these beers and a certain old-fashionedness: leather, tar, tobacco. It feels to us like these anchor our beers in place, in London, cleaving to this cities history of brewing.

The resulting beer is dark, dark black, with an oily texture, loads of rich dried fruit and alcohol warmth, with accents of leather, smoke, vanilla and cocoa, and then a herbal hop bitterness on top.