The Referend Bier Blendery The Recognitions

The Recognitions

 

The Referend Bier Blendery in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸

  Sour / Wild Beer Regular
Score
7.71
ABV: 7.0% IBU: - Ticks: 9
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7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Bottle at CBJ Tasting. Opaque amber. No head. Aroma had light vinous sourness and a chewy element. Sour and vinous. Tart but fruity. Thin. Slick. Soft-average carbonation. Long dry astringent finish

Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2026 at 19:29


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tried from Bottle on 04 Mar 2026 at 19:38


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle shared at the craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks to Leighton for this one. A light hazed deep orange coloured pour with a halo of off white head. Aroma is nice big dungy, farmyard funk, cow pat, lemon rind, funk, grass,. Flavour is composed of earthy wheat straw lemon rind, lemon, earthy funk, pinch of salt. Palate is tangy, sharp, salt, meloow carbonation. Good funk. ,

Tried on 04 Mar 2026 at 19:37


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle split at the CBJ tasting, thanks to LKS, 04/03/2026.
Hazed golden orange with an off white cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is pissy green berries, damp cloth, vinous, herb.
Taste comprises tarte apricot, funk, tangy citric shreds, damp hay, wood must.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced acidic spike.
Solid sour.

Tried on 04 Mar 2026 at 00:00



8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

375 ml bottle from the Referend (back in their NJ days), via delivery, 12/27/21. Bottled 8/11/18. Slightly cloudy pour, yellowish in color, fizzy head that dissipates quickly. Lemon, funk, and wood. Acidic, but not overly so. Drinking pretty clean. Good stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2021 at 20:11


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Cask at the blendery during the 3rd anniversary celebration. Pours clear honey-gold with a small, creamy white head. Has nice notes of tangy lemon and tangerine, grass, light funk, moderate acidity. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Quenching finish, nicely rounded, more citric tartness, a little pale wood. Exceptional. 

Tried from Cask on 11 Dec 2019 at 22:27


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap@Himmeriget (New Jersey TTO) - Light hazed golden pour witn a small white ringed head. Medium sour fruity with some citrus fruity hints, straw, grape, cognac soaked wooden accents, medium body and acidity, lingering sour finish.

Tried from Draft on 26 Mar 2019 at 15:26


8.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle - pours gold whtie head - nose and taste of cognac, oak, funk, lemon tartness - medium bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2018 at 07:09