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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Bottle shared after UBF. Opaque black color, medium sized brown colored head. Aroma is malts, dark malts, dark chocolate and some smoky notes. Taste malts, dark chocolate, light smoke notes again, quite bitter, malt bitter and roast bitter mainly. Decent to medium body, medium carbonation. Solid. 7-4-7-3-14 = 3.5 -- Rerate August 26th 2018: Sampled @ Van Moll Fest 2018. Very dark brown to black color, average sized light brown colored head. Smell and taste malts, dark malts, roasty, bitter, malt bitter. Medium body and carbonation. Ok. 7-3-7-3-15.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jun 2018 at 20:57

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Bottle sampled at t Schuim. Hazy light golden with white head. Sweet malts, lots of Brett, caramel, hay, light white wine, grassy, spicy yeast, lemon peel. Medium sweet and quite bitter actually. Medium bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jun 2018 at 17:08

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@Carnivale Brettanomyces #7, Arendsnest, wazig gouden met witte kraag. aroma van stro,zuurtjes, fruitig, guave, zoetig, prima. Smaken zijn zacht, zoet, stro, smooth, guave, mango, tropisch fruit, smooth, erg lekker. --- Beer merged from original tick of Lactic Fantastic - Guava on 22 Jun 2018 at 21:01 - Score: 8. Original review text: @Carnivale Brettanomyces #7, Arendsnest, hazy golden, straw, sourness, brett, lactic acid, guave, tropical fruits, smooth, balanced, nice
Tried on 23 Jun 2018 at 16:46

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Draft at Carnivale Brettanomyces ‘18. Fairly hazy pale golden with a white head. Aroma of herbs, floral notes, woody notes, smoke, citrus. Really strange. Flavour is moderate sweet and light sour. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 23 Jun 2018 at 13:52

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Brettfest. Schuim. Hazy golden with white head. Massively smoked sour grain, fishy crabshell touch. Very weird combination. Powerful aromas but clashing aggressively. Moderate sweet, salty, umami and sour. Medium body and soft carbonation.
Tried on 23 Jun 2018 at 13:48

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Brettfest. Schuim. Hazy amber golden with white ring head. Sour grain, sweet fruity passionfruit notes with some creepy sweaty goat hanging over it. Moderate sweet, light sour. Medium body and soft carbonation.
Tried on 23 Jun 2018 at 13:45

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Tap at t Schuim. Hazy light golden with white head. Smoke, ash, more smoke, bacon, sour grains, soft lemon and peach, plastic. Medium sour. Light bodied. Waaay to much smoke for me.
Tried from Draft on 23 Jun 2018 at 13:43

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Tap at t Schuim. Hazy dark orange golden with white head. Lots and lots of Brett, soft mango, caramel, leather, gooseberries, sweaty cow, hay, moldy peaches. Medium sweet and bitter. Medium bodied. Not bad at all.
Tried from Draft on 23 Jun 2018 at 13:38

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At brettfest. Aroma of coconut, chocolate, rich red grape, vanilla and malt. Taste has dry chocolate, horseblanket, tart, dry red grape, coffee and oak. Good one.
Tried on 23 Jun 2018 at 13:35

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7 3 7 3 14Draft at Carnivale Brettanomyces ‘18. Brown with a ring tan head. Aroma of malt, caramel, brett, overripe dark fruits. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 23 Jun 2018 at 13:04