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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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

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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

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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

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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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Draught @ Kafé België, Utrecht. Aroma is sweet and malty with smoke and licorice. Flavour is heavy with smoke, slightly salty licorice. Finishes with lingering ash and toffee. Stuffy and a bit sticky. Drinkability is not that great but I am not getting enough richness or complexity in exchange. Somewhat pleasant still.
Tried on 23 Jun 2015 at 04:47

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Tap @ UBF ’15. Cloudy orange color. Uneven off white head (big bubbles), some lacing. Aroma’s of resin, alpha acid, citrus, herbal hops. Retronasal: resinous, malty and fruity sweetness. Flavor: Moderate sweet with a light sourness. Medium bodied.
Tried from Draft on 13 May 2015 at 14:41

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Tap @ UBF ’15. Cloudy red/amber color. Dense head, pinkish. Aroma’s: lactic sour, fruit/raspberries. Flavor: moderate sour, fruity. Light bodied. Dry finish, no new flavor.
Tried from Draft on 13 May 2015 at 14:38

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Tap @ UBF ’15. Dark brown color with a brownish head. Aroma’s: eh, smokey, sweet coffee. Retronasal: dark malty sweet, smoky, roasted. Flavor is moderate sweet, mild, light bitter. Medium bodied. Finish is somewhat dry, moderate bitter.
Tried from Draft on 13 May 2015 at 14:35

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Hazy pink-red colour. Flavour is very straightforward - raspberry. Very fragrant and perfumed with a sweet and sour tang.
Tried on 11 May 2015 at 13:31

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van de tap op @UBF15, oranje/amber met toch wel een slechte witte kraag. Aroma komt zoetig binnen, fruitig en een zweem van gist in het glas, jammer dat het bier zo koud getapt is. Smaken zijn medium zoet, medium bitter, den, citrus, hopbittertje, grapefruit, grassig, maar ook een beetje dun met vrij lage co2. best ok en smaakvol.
Tried from Draft on 10 May 2015 at 13:28