De Kromme Haring

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

Established in 2014

Contact
Europalaan 2C, Utrecht, 3526KS, Netherlands
0031
info@dekrommeharing.nl
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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mike_77

6.3
mike_77 (15880) reviewed Jailbait from De Kromme Haring 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Hazy dark yellow colour. Lots of citrus. Very light and easy to drink. Good session beer.

Tried on 08 Sep 2015 at 09:13

potjebier

7.3
potjebier (6654) reviewed Jailbait from De Kromme Haring 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

On tap @ Brewda 2015. Cloudy, pale/yellow color. Off white head, not much. Aroma’s: resin, citrus, a bit yeast. Retronasal it’s much milder (more English), aromahops. Flavor is moderate bitter, with a light sweetness and a light sour note. Light bodied, not thin. Finishes rather dry and bitter. Nice crossbreed.

Tried from Draft on 05 Sep 2015 at 17:48

mike_77

7.1
mike_77 (15880) reviewed Smokey The Barracuda from De Kromme Haring 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Intense black colour. Aroma is quite smokey. Flavour is full of bittersweet dark roasted malts. Nice oily feel.

Tried on 05 Sep 2015 at 08:22

MarcoDL

7.5
MarcoDL (7855) reviewed Smokey The Barracuda from De Kromme Haring 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draft at Kafe België. Black pour. Aroma of smoke and roast. Taste has lots of smoke, roasted malt, cream and coffee. Very nice.

Tried from Draft on 15 Aug 2015 at 06:30

MarcoDL

5.4
MarcoDL (7855) reviewed Ruige Haring from De Kromme Haring 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Draft @ Brett Fest 2015. Strange smell of herbs, brett and grain. Taste is weird, with hop, brett and lots of grassy herbs and nettle. Unpleasent dry finish. Yech.

Tried from Draft on 03 Jul 2015 at 11:27

Alengrin

7.2
Alengrin (11675) reviewed Smokey The Barracuda from De Kromme Haring 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draught at Arendsnest at Carnivale Brettanomyces. Smoked porter from a new Dutch craft brewer, with creamy, light beige, lacing, stable head and very dark, hazy burgundy colour, as good as black. Aroma of smoked herring, bacon, elderberries, leather, roasted pinenuts, caramel, bitter chocolate. Taste starts with restrained banana, berry and raisin sweetness, orange accent, some almost ’blood-like’ iron, background sourishness and thick malty body, very nutty, light bitter chocolate accent, strong but still gentle smokiness in the end leading to a dry finish of smokiness, hint of roastedness and some peppery hops. Very tasty, recommended if you’re into smoke beers.

Tried on 30 Jun 2015 at 14:27

77ships

8.5
77ships (14509) reviewed Smokey The Barracuda from De Kromme Haring 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Sampled draft @ Arendsnest during Carnivale Brettanomyces #4. Black, small mocha. Nose is thick woody, meaty smoke, malts, light sugar, big malty smoke, some smoked wood, plesant,… Taste is oily light liquorish malt, meaty, light gravy, smoked bread & branches, light coffee, caramel,… Gravy bdoy,… Pleasant smoked beer. Nice. (Thanks for sharing Kermis, Maakun & tlahav).

Tried from Draft on 29 Jun 2015 at 14:49

Kermis

7
Kermis (23501) reviewed Smokey The Barracuda from De Kromme Haring 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft at Arendsnest. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma of burnt malts, smoke, roast, caramel and toffee. Flavour is light moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Draft on 27 Jun 2015 at 09:35

Maakun

7.5
Maakun (16718) reviewed Smokey The Barracuda from De Kromme Haring 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Tap at Arendsnest. Dark brown with beige head. Smoked ham, coffee, dried stone fruits, ash, light dark chocolate. Light sweet with roasted bitter finish. Medium bodied.

Tried from Draft on 27 Jun 2015 at 09:33

oh6gdx

7
oh6gdx (51641) reviewed Smokey The Barracuda from De Kromme Haring 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draught@Kafe Belgie, Utrecht. Flavour is fruity, smokey, mild liquorice, mild tar and alcohol. Flavour is liquorice, alcohol, toffee and some mild wooden and smoked notes. A bit too sweet for my likes.

Tried on 23 Jun 2015 at 04:58

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