De Kromme Haring

Brewpub in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Associated Venue: Brewpub De Kromme Haring

Established in 2014

Contact
Europalaan 2C, Utrecht, 3526KS, Netherlands
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.

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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Color: Slightly hazy dark amber, off-white head. Aroma: Brett yeast, malt, hop. Taste: Moderate to medium sweet malt, yeast, funk, chocolate and caramel notes. Moderate to medium hopbitterness. Light fruity hints. Very light sour hints. Slightly under medium body and carbonation. Long lasting chocolate and funky black IPA like finish. Ok, but not that special. I was hoping for better, given my experiences with De Kromme Haring.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Sep 2018 at 18:41

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
9 sept 2018: Bottle. Color: Clear golden, off-white head. Aroma: Malt, yeast, wheat. Taste: Smooth, medium to over medium sweet, malty, white sugar, yeast. Hints of funk and alcohol. A bit too sweet for me and lacking some complexity in my opinion. Medium to over medium body, just below average carbonation. Rating 6 3 7 3 13 = 3.2. Edit 9 jun 2020: Bottle. In addition to first rating: Medium sweet, quite spicy and yeasty, fruity orange hints and bitter orange peel notes. Medium bitter palate at finish. Complexity seems ok. Maybe I rated this as 'lacking some complexity' then because I was too unexperienced in this beerstyle, I wouldn't say that today. Still a little bit too sweet for me, but overall I would rate this one higher now. Rating goes up to 7 3 7 3 15 = 3.5.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2018 at 15:36

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Dark reddish brown colour with creamy head. Aroma and flavour are strong with caramel, malts, pine. Light, clean and sessionable.
Tried on 07 Sep 2018 at 22:58

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
8 3 7 3 16Bottle shared at Kim Jong Un Buurtcentrum, Zaandam. Hazy golden orange with a white head. Aroma of citrus, lemon, floral notes and green weedy hops. Flavour is moderate sweet and above moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Sep 2018 at 21:58

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
250 ML. @ Helst. Orange amber zero head, looks flat. Flat, metallic, iron, bit oxidized, vomit, dried orange, not a succes for me.
Tried on 06 Sep 2018 at 13:55

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Color: Hazy yellow golden, white head. Aroma: Saison yeast, fruity, smoke hints, light sourish. Taste: Moderate sour, fruity white berries and peach notes, light notes of smoke, smoked meat, funk notes. Earthy notes. Light to moderate sweet and very lghtly bitter. Under medium body, below average carbonation. Some complexity, rather strange combination of pretty subtle flavours but it works fine for me.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Sep 2018 at 18:55

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Color: Slightly hazy golden, fast disappearing white head. Aroma: Taste: Medium floral hopbitterness, moderate sourness. Rather complex fruity notes, containing melon, orange(peel), lime and peppery hints. On top of these flavours also some nice funk notes. Medium body, below avergae carbonation. Another good beer off the beaten track from De Kromme Haring, this time as collab with Misterio Brewing.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Sep 2018 at 18:31

6/10
Tried from Draft at GIST on 03 Sep 2018 at 20:54

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at Foeders with markoijelena. Cloudy golden color with a medium-low white foam. Nose: brett, dusty, a bit fruity. Mouth: Orval-like feel, medium brett mouthfeel, medium-low tartness, watery.
Tried from Draft on 02 Sep 2018 at 16:55

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Black with creamy head. Aroma and flavour initially are quite mild with some dark bittersweet hops. Later some sweeter, rounded chocolate notes come through.
Tried on 02 Sep 2018 at 12:35