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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8/10
Draft at Carnivale Brettanomyces 2025. Didn't take many notes, just enjoyed good beers and good company. What I do remember: Some tartness, dry-ish, subtle spicy. Nice beer.
Tried from Draft on 20 Jun 2025 at 12:00

7/10
#deKrommeHaring
Tried from Draft on 19 Jun 2025 at 18:23

8/10
#deKrommeHaring #carnivale
Tried from Draft on 19 Jun 2025 at 18:21

8/10
#deKrommeHaring #carnivale #flanders
Tried from Draft on 19 Jun 2025 at 15:27

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7
Keg at If It Ain't Dutch, Bermondsey. Hazy pineapple gold. Thin white head retreats to the rim. Frothy with a bitter boozy streak. Fruity with a citrus sour edge. Underlying creamy and malty core. Boozy edge. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish.
Tried from Draft at It Ain't Much, If It Ain't Dutch (Dutch Taproom) on 12 Jun 2025 at 17:50

6.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can from Gedeelde Vreugde (?).
A: hazy ochre, thinning, white head.
A: ripe apricot, plum, nectarine, sour cream.
T: sour apricot, stone fruit pit, sour cream, bit funky.
F: tart stone fruit, lactic acid, some lemon.
P: medium body, slick texture, average carbonation.
Quite fruity, lacks some 'brett' comlexity perhaps.
Tried on 12 Jun 2025 at 14:38

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Tap at Arendsnest, 11th June 2025. Pours a good looking hazy orange yellow. Aroma is peach, dank, tropical. Taste is aromatic, peach, floral - lovely one
Tried from Draft on 11 Jun 2025 at 12:22

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
330ml bottle. Cloudy, dark amber to chestnut colour with small to average, creamy, half-way lasting, moderately lacing, off-white to beige head. Vinous fruity, mildly tangy and mildly funky aroma, caramel malty background, notes of blue grapes, some vanilla, dried fruit, fig, whiffs of black pepper. Taste is tart-ish, vinous fruity, slightly nutty, minimally tangy and funky, caramel malty basis without residual sweetness, minimally diluted hints of blue grapes, some coconut, dried fruit, raisin, fig, a touch of vanilla.
Creamy-watery texture, smooth and soft, simultaneously minimally astringent palate, medium to fine, dense, creamy, mildly prickly carbonation.
Nice composition, mild, neither overly rich nor intense, sadly a tad too watery and light bodied - OK.
Tried from Bottle from Hoptimaal on 09 Jun 2025 at 12:14

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
330ml can from Pardoen, Rotterdam. Poured almost black in colour with a thin off-white head. The aroma is roasty, ash, molasses. The flavour is moderate liquorice bitter, with a smooth, rich, roasty, ashtray, light smokey, chocolate, coffee, light caramel, liquorice bitter palate. Over medium bodied with soft carbonation. A good old skool Porter.
Tried from Can at Pardoen on 07 Jun 2025 at 23:24

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
330ml can from Pardoen, Rotterdam. Poured a hazy golden orange colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy, light tropical citrus. The flavour is moderate bitter and sweet, with a smooth, fresh, juicy citrus, light herbal, light dry hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation.
Tried from Can at Pardoen on 05 Jun 2025 at 21:21