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.
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Arendsnest, 12th June 2025, sat by the canal in the sun. This one is decent and an interesting lager
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jul 2025
at 20:34
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Ingeblikt op 25 februari. Vrijwel heldere goudgele body en een dunne witte kraag. Geur is moutig, iets fragrant, bloemig, iets fruitig/zurig. Smaak is moutzoetig met een vleugje bitter en een vleugje fruitzuur. Lichte body, maar niet dun. Smaak blijft lang hangen.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jul 2025
at 16:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
A very dark reddish brown beer with a beige head. Aroma of reddish dark malt, molasses, caramel. Taste of dark breadish malt, caramel, chocolate,, nuts. Moderate bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jul 2025
at 07:27
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
A clear amber beer with a beige head. Aroma of caramelized malt, red malt. Taste of caramelized red malt, some tobacco, moderate dry spicy bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jul 2025
at 07:25
7/10
#wheat #deKrommeHaring
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jul 2025
at 20:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is light hoppy with citrus, floral notes, wheat. Moderate bitter flavour, lightly sweetish. Easy beer.
Tried
from Can
from
Drankenhandel Leiden
on 12 Jul 2025
at 22:19
7/10
Zonde van de afdronk #utrecht #deKrommeHaring
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2025
at 01:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can 33cl. @home poured into a shaker. Slightly unclear pale amber, good frothy white head, mostly diminishing, some lacing. Aroma malt, grainy, bit basement (how appropiate), light caramel, citrus, grassy hops. Medium sweet and below medium bitter, malty, grain, caramel and herbal notes. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation, malty sweetbitter aftertaste, earthy and herbal notes in the finish, refreshing, well-made, very nice.
Tried
from Can
from
De Bierkoning
on 07 Jul 2025
at 15:05
7/10
Lekker onhandig die dubbele naam op Untappd. #Utrecht #deKrommeHaring
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jun 2025
at 12:29
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6
Pours a clear blonde. Small white, persistant head. Scent is typical NA maltyness, quite citrussy as well. Taste is very mildly tart, but quite simplistic so (lactic) don't get a lot of saltyness, but certainly a little minerality. Touch of coriander, it seems, Not crazy about the endresult, very recognizable NA , with minor tweaks to go towards a gose. Drinkable, yes, but not a seek-out. Has too much residual sweetness as well
Tried
on 29 Jun 2025
at 11:53