De Kromme Haring
Brewpub
in
Utrecht,
Utrecht,
Netherlands 🇳🇱
Associated Venue: Brewpub De Kromme Haring
Established in 2014
Contact
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.
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.
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5.5
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
On tap at Proeflokaal Arendsnest. Pours clear gold with a white head. Wet grass, petrichor, and cheese on the nose; very earthy. Flavour has wet grass, cardboard, damp dirt. Very and light earthy. Seemed okay initially, but ultimately thin and disappointing.
Tried
from Draft
at
Proeflokaal Arendsnest
on 28 May 2025
at 14:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Cloudy, yellow-ish, dirty, golden colour with average, frothy, osteoporosing, minimally lacing, white head. Wheaty malty and yeasty spicy, slightly yeasty fruity and mildly funky aroma, herbal-grassy overtones, hints of pepper, white pepper, coriander, cardamom, a touch of apple, fresh hay, whiffs of grapefruit peel. Taste is wheaty malty with very low residual sweetness, yeasty spicy and yeasty fruity, mildly funky, herbal-grassy hoppy and minimally tart, hints of apple and nectarine, fresh hay, a touch of grapefruit peel, less explicit, more homogeneous spiciness compared to the nose.
Watery texture, smooth, simultaneously slightly dry palate, medium, mildly prickly carbonation.
Relatively complex, mild, very refreshing - enjoyable.
Watery texture, smooth, simultaneously slightly dry palate, medium, mildly prickly carbonation.
Relatively complex, mild, very refreshing - enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2025
at 21:43
7/10
vLCI #utrecht #deKrommeHaring
Tried
from Can
on 16 May 2025
at 01:41
7.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2025
at 19:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
COD: 03/01/2025. Een wazige bleekgele kleur en een forse witte kraag, zo veel dat het blikje niet in één keer in het glas paste. Ruikt granig, moutig, iets citrus. Smaak is iets bitterig met en een beetje moutzoet, en een vleugje citrus. Lichte body maar niet te dun. Flink koolzuur. Finish is een vrij droog en gemiddeld bitter.
Tried
from Can
on 15 May 2025
at 19:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Craft Beer Junction, Bermondsey, 07/05/2025.
Hazed golden orange topped with an off white head.
Nose is mandarin, grapefruit, ripe melon, grass.
Taste comprises pineapple, mango, grapefruit, grass, pine resin.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy hop bitterness.
Tidy.
Hazed golden orange topped with an off white head.
Nose is mandarin, grapefruit, ripe melon, grass.
Taste comprises pineapple, mango, grapefruit, grass, pine resin.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy hop bitterness.
Tidy.
Tried
on 06 May 2025
at 23:00
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 6
330ml bottle. Hazy, brown-ish, orange dark golden colour with small, frothy, fading, white head. Fruity, lactic, tangy and mildly bretty aroma, notes of unripe apricot and sauerkraut, vinegar, a touch of quince. Taste is sour, tangy, lactic, mildly bretty and slightly fruity, notes of sauerkraut, unripe apricot, some vinegar, a touch of quince.
Watery texture, astringent palate, medium, prickly carbonation.
Quite sour, barely fruity - not really convincing.
Watery texture, astringent palate, medium, prickly carbonation.
Quite sour, barely fruity - not really convincing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2025
at 20:50
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
COD: 18/12/24. Zeer donker, vrijwel zwart, met een dikke, fijne bruine kraag die redelijk lang blijft hangen. Geur van harsige hop, dennennaalden, geroosterde mout. Droppig retronasaal. Smaak is droppig, bitter, wat geroosterd. Lichte tot medium body. Lekker geroosterd bittere nasmaak die lang blijft.
Tried
from Can
on 04 May 2025
at 14:51
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Le Guess Who? 2024 versie. Lichte hazy goudgele body en een zepige witte kraag waar niet veel van overblijft. Ruikt behoorlijk granig, wortig en een tikje fruitig. Eenmaal in de mond is er graan/wort en een licht zuurtje. Smaak is licht zurig en iets wort-zoetig. Lichte body, maar niet te dun. Tikje droge finish, maar geen bitterheid. Best OK, als je geen alcohol mag of op een zomerse dag.
Tried
from Can
at
Brewpub De Kromme Haring
on 02 May 2025
at 20:16
8/10
#flandersRed #utrecht #DKH
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2025
at 15:58