De Kromme Haring
Brewpub
in
Utrecht,
Utrecht,
Netherlands 🇳🇱
Associated Venue: Brewpub De Kromme Haring
Established in 2014
Contact
Description
De Kromme Haring is all about surprising, well-made, delicious and drinkable beers.
Biologist and homebrewer Stephen Grigg travelled from America via the UK to settle in the Netherlands as (homebrewery) De Kromme Haring. After meeting beer-afficionado Gijs van Wiechen, who invited him to brew the anniversary beer for infamous bar-dive Kafe Belgie, the two decided to "go pro" in 2014.
After the first tentative, educational and sometimes frustrating steps in contractbrewing they quickly decided that they needed their own system and place to pursue their aproach to brewing. This cunning plan came to fruition when they opened their very own brewpub in september 2016, with the brewery installed in december 2016.
With over 20 years of brewing experience, we have cultivated a deep love for English malts and American hops. However, we love yeast even more and believe that the quality of fermentation is at the core of all well-made beer. Knowing how to work with many different kinds of yeast, both "clean" and "wild", is what sets us apart.
Our brewery and yeast lab allows us to experiment with lesser known and used yeast strains in our brewery. Part of our brewery is even dedicated to stainless steel fermenting with wild yeasts like Brettanomyces and/or blended cultures, creating surprising and delicious flavours.
Biologist and homebrewer Stephen Grigg travelled from America via the UK to settle in the Netherlands as (homebrewery) De Kromme Haring. After meeting beer-afficionado Gijs van Wiechen, who invited him to brew the anniversary beer for infamous bar-dive Kafe Belgie, the two decided to "go pro" in 2014.
After the first tentative, educational and sometimes frustrating steps in contractbrewing they quickly decided that they needed their own system and place to pursue their aproach to brewing. This cunning plan came to fruition when they opened their very own brewpub in september 2016, with the brewery installed in december 2016.
With over 20 years of brewing experience, we have cultivated a deep love for English malts and American hops. However, we love yeast even more and believe that the quality of fermentation is at the core of all well-made beer. Knowing how to work with many different kinds of yeast, both "clean" and "wild", is what sets us apart.
Our brewery and yeast lab allows us to experiment with lesser known and used yeast strains in our brewery. Part of our brewery is even dedicated to stainless steel fermenting with wild yeasts like Brettanomyces and/or blended cultures, creating surprising and delicious flavours.
8.5/10
Lots of smoke - gradually becomes a very well balanced flavor to enjoy sip by sip.
Tried
from Can
from
Little Beershop
on 10 Dec 2025
at 17:49
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Zeer troebele goudgele kleur en een hobbelige witte kraag met redelijke retentie. Geur van dank hops, deeg, zoet fruit. Retronasaal is dat ook zo, misschien nog wat meer zoet fruit en iets oude hop? Smaak is redelijk bitter met een vleugje zoet. Medium body. Vrij bittere afdronk die lekker lang blijft.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Dec 2025
at 20:05
8/10
330 ml can. 05-12-2025 at home
Bijna geen schuim, geel, behoorlijk hazy.
Tropisch, bitter, hops
Mango, ananas, limoen, ginger, bitter, hoppig, licht prikkelend op de tong, droog in de nasmaak
#utrecht #dkh
Bijna geen schuim, geel, behoorlijk hazy.
Tropisch, bitter, hops
Mango, ananas, limoen, ginger, bitter, hoppig, licht prikkelend op de tong, droog in de nasmaak
#utrecht #dkh
Tried
from Can
on 05 Dec 2025
at 15:31
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can at home. Hazy yellow, looks like Fanta almost. Dank hops, lots of rangerine, grassy. Soft oats and wheat. Light seeet and bitter. Light bodied, a bit dry. Quite nice, feels even lighter than 4% abv
Tried
from Can
from
J.P. Alsem
on 04 Dec 2025
at 18:17
7/10
Tried
on 03 Dec 2025
at 22:32
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Arendsnest, Amsterdam, 30th October 2025. Pours hazy yellow orange. Taste is great, marmalade, some bitterness to it, crushable
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Dec 2025
at 07:19
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can. Slight hazy golden. Huge coffee with pecans, cocoa, earthy. Soft citrus, crisp malts. Huge coffee in a very nice way, but not very much IPA. Nice malt base though. Just medium sweet and bitter. Crisp oily body.
Tried
from Can
from
J.P. Alsem
on 29 Nov 2025
at 21:07
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
On tap at Cafe Gollem Raamsteeg, Amsterdam on 27th November 2025., and again at Craft and Draft on 28th November. Almost impenetrably black with shallow, pale tan foam and spot lacing. Solid roasty malt aroma. Coffee, dark chocolate and smoky spices in-mouth, and a finish of bitter and coffee-ey roastiness. Smooth mouthfeel and a medium body.
Tried
from Draft
at
Gollem Raamsteeg
on 27 Nov 2025
at 23:36
8.5/10
There it is again: one of my favorite local beers. Creamy, but pleasantly tingling hops.
Tried
from Can
from
Little Beershop
on 23 Nov 2025
at 17:52
7.5/10
Prima schuim, hazy, donkergeel
Tropical, mango, ananas
Grassig, droog, meloen, mango
#utrecht #dkh
Tropical, mango, ananas
Grassig, droog, meloen, mango
#utrecht #dkh
Tried
from Can
on 23 Nov 2025
at 15:19