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.
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Taster @ beer tasting with Suus @ Taplokaal Gist, Utrecht. Black with a thin tan head. Heavily roasted malts and whisky dominate the aroma. Taste is bittersweet like pure chocolate and the mouthfeel is fantastic. Creamy, thick stouty goodness. Normally I am not a real fan of barrel aged beers as it often waters down or overpowers the base beer but this is really well done. Beer and whisky compliment each other marvelously.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Oct 2018
at 19:45
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap @ Taplokaal Gist with Suus. Hazy amber with an off-white head. Caramel aroma with some hops. Mild bitter taste with an emphasis on the caramel. Nice gentle beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Oct 2018
at 15:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
750 ml. bottle shared @ RBBSG 2018. Hazy orange. Nose is smoked tobacco, smoked vinegar, wood, lemon,..; Super weird plastic, tobacco, smoked tobacco vinegar, lemon, zest, plastic, oily body, weeds,… Weird too weird largely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2018
at 19:28
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at De Helling. Oat black with small dark beige head. Roast, quite some chocolate, grapefruit, apricot, orange, light dead leaves and coffee. Medium sweet, bitter and bodied. Not bad!
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2018
at 19:17
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as De Kromme Haring / Wilder Wald Kreeftwerk (by De Kromme Haring):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 3/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 7/20, MyTotalScore: 2.2/5
6/X/18 - 75cl bottle @ late RBBSG, Brouwerij Totem (Evergem), BB: V/2020 - (2018-1566) Thanks to 77ships for sharing the bottle!
Pretty cloudy bright yellow beer, small creamy white to yellowish head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: pretty dirty, infected, smoky, bit peated, some wine, dirty, iodine, disinfectant. MF: lively carbon, medium to light body. Taste: super peated, sourish, bit lemony, dirty, unpleasant, bit fruity, infected. Aftertaste: acidic, lemony, bit dirty, funky, lime notes.
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 3/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 7/20, MyTotalScore: 2.2/5
6/X/18 - 75cl bottle @ late RBBSG, Brouwerij Totem (Evergem), BB: V/2020 - (2018-1566) Thanks to 77ships for sharing the bottle!
Pretty cloudy bright yellow beer, small creamy white to yellowish head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: pretty dirty, infected, smoky, bit peated, some wine, dirty, iodine, disinfectant. MF: lively carbon, medium to light body. Taste: super peated, sourish, bit lemony, dirty, unpleasant, bit fruity, infected. Aftertaste: acidic, lemony, bit dirty, funky, lime notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2018
at 20:14
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle. Golden pour. Aroma of orange, citrus, grassy malt and some yeast. Taste of bitter grassy hop, orange, citrus, hay, yeast and malt. Bit too much carbo and too few hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2018
at 21:32
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Color: Hazy golden, white head. Aroma: Brett, tropical fruit, lemon. Taste: Malt, pretty strong funky Brett, fruity bitterness with notes of ripe to overripe lemon, pineapple and passion fruit. Moderate to medium sweet and bitter, light sourness. Medium body, just below average carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2018
at 18:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Color: Hazy orange golden, white head. Taste: Spicy Saison yeast, moderate to medium bitter, moderate sweet. Light funky notes. Subtle yellow fruit and wood notes. Dry-ish mouthfeel. Medium body. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2018
at 19:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap at Taplokaal Gist, Utrecht, Netherlands, Saturday 22nd September 2018 A nice looking beer, displaying good clarity its clear gold with a white head. In the mouth it's crisp and clean tasting beer, ok so the hops could be a little more assertive but there is a nice fruitiness and there is enough going on here to satisfy me. A7 A5 T6 P3 Ov13 3.4
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Sep 2018
at 06:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
25-09-18 // 330ml bottle bought at ABS Drinks Leuven. Unclear golden orange. Big foamy head. Well carbonated. Tropical fruit nose. Dry biscuity sweet malty body. Then a pineapple fruit note. Some more tropical notes. A long lasting bitter finish. Nice IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2018
at 19:18