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, 26 Feb 2017) Black colour with creamy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of liquorice, smoke and espresso. Malty, roasted taste with sweet liquorice, smoke, coffee, roasted malt, dark bread and a balanced roasty bitterness. More than medium body, with a slight sweetness. Tasty and fairly well balanced, with a mild smoke note. Nice one.
Tried on 06 Apr 2017 at 14:27

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Draught @ Proeflokaal Arendsnest, Herengracht 90, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1015 BS. [ As De Kromme Haring Inktvis Black IPA ].Unclear dark black brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, fruity malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, wood, fruity hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, wood, dry, roasted, fruity hops. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20160922] 7-3-7-3-15
Tried on 20 Mar 2017 at 05:35

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Tap @ Kromme Haring, or actually brought a growler to a friend, 45 cl sample. Hazy amber color, short frothy head. Aroma of caramel and toffee, slight piney hops. Soft caramelly sweetness, soft piney bitterness. Another easy drinker. I like that.
Tried from Draft on 09 Mar 2017 at 01:23

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Tap @ Kromme Haring, 15 cl sample. Hazy golden color, medium frothy head. Aroma has some lemon, citrussy and flowery hop and some grainy and wholegrain-cookie maltiness. Soft bitterness, lemony fruitiness, which also has a slight sweetsour bite. Easy drinker, good sessionable stuff.
Tried from Draft on 09 Mar 2017 at 01:21

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On tap at the brewpub. Almost black colour, beige head. Aroma of floral hops, mango, liquorice, ash, caramel. Flavour of liquorice, caramel, ash, salmiak, some fruity hops, bitter finish. Light bodied, a bit fizzy. Nice.
Tried from Draft on 03 Mar 2017 at 17:44

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On tap at the brewpub. Murky yellow colour, white head. Aroma of leaves, green tea, grain, raw wheat, hint of lemon. Flavour is light sweet, wheat, tea leaves, hop tea, grain, bitter finish. Light bodied. Not great tbh.
Tried from Draft on 03 Mar 2017 at 17:38

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On tap at Kromme Haring. Murky chestnut-amber colour, beige head. Aroma of nuts, toast, quite hoppy, hint of liquorice. Flavour is medium sweet, caramel, burnt sugar, toast, resin and citrus, weed, firm bitter finish. Light to medium bodied. Nice.
Tried from Draft on 03 Mar 2017 at 17:30

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Bottle from Bierkonig. Black with a coffee head. Aroma of smoky roast malt. Flavour is a little bacon, coffee malt, chocolate on a sweet smoke finish.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2017 at 16:18

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On tap at Proeflokaal Arendsnest, Amsterdam. Pours dark brown with beige head. Roasted malts, hoppy, grassy, sweetish with bitter finish. Smooth. Medium bodied.
Tried from Draft at Proeflokaal Arendsnest on 14 Dec 2016 at 16:03

7.5/10
Tried from Draft at Proeflokaal Arendsnest on 25 Nov 2016 at 23:00