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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7/10
Tried from Draft at Brody's American Taphouse on 08 Apr 2018 at 00:26

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Tap at Brody’s. Clear dark golden with white head. Sweet malts, red wine, fruity and light sour. Medium body and soft carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 07 Apr 2018 at 22:22

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Tap at Brody’s. Bit hazy golden with white head. Sweet malts, light grapes, apricot, light citrus, soft funk and hay. Medium sweet, bitter and bodied. Nice.
Tried from Draft on 07 Apr 2018 at 22:14

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Draught @ Kromme Haring. Golden color, slightly hazy. Big dense, somewhat rocky off white head. Aroma's: fruity, herbal hops, hint of sourness. Retronasal: fruity sour, herbal hops. Flavor is light sour, herbal, mild bitter. Light bodied. Finishes somewhat herbal, light bitter. OK, but a bit underwhelming.
Tried on 23 Mar 2018 at 21:36

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Draught @ Kromme Haring. Cloudy pale golden color. Dense off white head with good lacing. Aroma's: grain, herbal hops. Retronasal it's grainish, fruity, hoppy. Flavor is moderate bitter, fruity. Light bodied. Finishes grainish, moderate bitter.
Tried on 23 Mar 2018 at 21:33

8/10
Stroperig voor een NEIPA, icm het boterige een ietwat gekke belevenis. Desalweltetoch word ik hier wel blij van.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Mar 2018 at 22:37

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Tap at Arendsnest, 22nd March 18. Pours a hazy orange. Aroma is citrus, some tropical fruit. Taste is sweet and bitter, smooth, very drinkable, citrus pith, strangely some vanilla. Long lingering bitter finish. Nice one.
Tried from Draft on 22 Mar 2018 at 18:20

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Tap @ Kromme Haring. Brown color, short frothy head. Aroma is smoked with mocha and chocolate, slight bready note. Smooth bready malt in taste, mocha, touch of smoke. Creamy mouthfeel. Delicious!
Tried from Draft on 17 Mar 2018 at 09:35

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Tap @ Kromme Haring. Hazy golden color, short frothy head. Aroma of lemon and lime, some tropical fruit, slight tart note. Bit zure matjes sweet and sourness, but all delicate, soft bitterness. Great balance, great beer, which I didnt expect when hearing the description sour IPA.
Tried from Draft on 17 Mar 2018 at 09:33

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Tap @ Kromme Haring. Slight hazy golden color, short frothy head. Aroma of some tropical fruit, slight grainy malt. Soft bitterness. Easy drinker.
Tried from Draft on 17 Mar 2018 at 09:30