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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(Draught at Arendsnest, Amsterdam, 22 Feb 2018) Amber colour with foamy, white head. Fruity, spicy nose with notes of caramel, orange peel and lots of spices and herbs (cinnamon at least...). Fruity, spicy taste with caramel, candy sugar, coriander, cinnamon, spices, herbs and a mild bitterness. Medium body, with a certain sweetness. Different, with lots of spices. But tasty and nice.
Tried from Can on 15 Mar 2018 at 21:54

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Tap @ Bierproeflokaal de Wildeman, Amsterdam. Nice head with good duration. Color is red. Aroma and taste are rich sour lactose acid, fruits, malt and has a nuce sour finish.
Tried from Draft on 15 Mar 2018 at 17:02

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Imported from my RateBeer account as De Kromme Haring / Frontaal Apistogramma (by De Kromme Haring):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.1/5

10/III/18 - 33cl bottle from Frontaal tasting room (Breda), shared @ train ride to RBBWG (Beer Lover's, Antwerp)- BB: I/2019 (2018-248)

Little cloudy dark orange beer, small creamy irregular yellowish head, pretty stable, bit adhesive, leaving some lacing in the glass. Aroma: pretty fruity, sweet, some caramel, malts, sweet ripe mango. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet start, malty, bit sugary, fruity, grapefruit, orange peel. Aftertaste: bit sugary, pretty fruity, alcohol, sweet malts, soft bitterness, mango, sweet peaches, nice stuff, bitter finish, lots of grapefruit, mango.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2018 at 19:08

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Hazy orange colour with lacy head. Aroma has a nice sharp Brett funk. Flavour has plenty of Brett and also bittersweet orange peel. Smooth and easy to drink.
Tried on 10 Mar 2018 at 15:28

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Blond colour with fluffy head. Aroma and flavour have some yeast, light sweet malts and a slight soapiness.
Tried on 10 Mar 2018 at 15:24

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Tried on 06 Mar 2018 at 21:11

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Tried on 06 Mar 2018 at 21:02

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Tried on 06 Mar 2018 at 20:49

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spekkoek ale, lichte gusher, licht bruin met rode gloed, te veel co2, aroma van anijs, gember, kaneel, kruidnagel, nootmuskaat, behoorlijk kruidig allemaal, smaken vrij veel co2, té veel eigenlijk, kaneel, nootmuskaat, mout, iets scherp, dun, maar ik vind het geen geslaagde combi.
Tried on 25 Feb 2018 at 13:53

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Bottle shared at home. Very hazy golden brown with a small white head. Aroma of orange, bubblegum, citrus, fruits and caramel malt. Flavour is above moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Feb 2018 at 20:03