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.
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pours hazy gold with a beige head. Caramel, malt, papaya, melon, nice balance.
Tried
from Draft
at
It Ain't Much, If It Ain't Dutch (Dutch Taproom)
on 01 May 2026
at 18:36
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8.5
Draft at If It Ain't Dutch... Opaque dark amber. Thin foamy white head with decent lacing. Aroma has sweet caramel edged amber. Aroma has rws8n and pepper with some caramel. Flavourwise it has resin bitterness. Underlying light caramel. Light. Thin. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Hits the spot.
Tried
from Draft
at
It Ain't Much, If It Ain't Dutch (Dutch Taproom)
on 01 May 2026
at 11:40
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Draft at If It Ain't Dutch... Aroma is herbal and citrusy. Hazy-opaque gold. Thin foamy white head. Flavourwise it's very tangy citrusy and some herbs. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. A citrusy IPA for me. Dece.
Tried
from Draft
at
It Ain't Much, If It Ain't Dutch (Dutch Taproom)
on 01 May 2026
at 11:33
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
COYP 🔴🔵🦅 bright juicy fruity tangerine and papaya forward, nice and juicy, some peach and pineapple coming through, soft creamy sweet malty backbone, assertive hoppy finish. Not had one of these guys beers for a while, still impressive.
Tried
from Can
from Hoptimaal
on 30 Apr 2026
at 21:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Deze mag ook wel eens op. In eerste instantie helder, maar na het hele blikje uitschenken wordt het toch wat troebel, goudgeel. Een forse witte kraag die lang blijft hangen. Geur van hopbladeren, thee, iets moutig. Ook wat bitterheid retronasaal. Smaak is bitterig, lichtjes moutig. Lichte body. Smaak blijft lekker hangen, wordt niet te bitter, wel een tikje droog. Klokt heerlijk weg.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Apr 2026
at 16:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at It Ain't Much If It Ain't Dutch, Bermondsey, 29/04/2026.
Lightly hazed golden yellow topped with a just off white cap.
Nose is pissy berries, lemon rind, herb, straw.
Taste comprises green berry must, straw, grains, herb, hedgerow.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a light tangy edge.
Not bad.
Lightly hazed golden yellow topped with a just off white cap.
Nose is pissy berries, lemon rind, herb, straw.
Taste comprises green berry must, straw, grains, herb, hedgerow.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a light tangy edge.
Not bad.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2026
at 08:18
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at It Ain't Much If It Ain't Dutch, Bermondsey, 29/04/2026.
Clear amber topped with a lasting off white head ... good lacing follows.
Nose is pine needle, dank chimes, bitter orange, grass.
Taste comprises grapefruit, bitter orange, grass, pine needle.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with juicy come grassy hop bitterness.
Tidy DIPA.
Clear amber topped with a lasting off white head ... good lacing follows.
Nose is pine needle, dank chimes, bitter orange, grass.
Taste comprises grapefruit, bitter orange, grass, pine needle.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with juicy come grassy hop bitterness.
Tidy DIPA.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2026
at 23:00
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can at home. Clear light golden with white head. Light malts, lime leaves, creamy, grandma's griesmeelpudding, roses, cherry candy, peach. Light sweet and very light bitter. Crusp medium body.
Tried
from Can
from
Free Beer Co. Duinoord
on 26 Apr 2026
at 19:23
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Sourish with bready grains, light funk, grass, lemon, hay. Moderate sour flavour, light bitter with a dry finish. Interesting and pretty tasty. Farewel Nevel.
Tried
from Bottle
from SpeciaalBierPakket.nl
on 24 Apr 2026
at 21:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tap at Arendsnest, Amsterdam, 23rd April 2026. Pours very light straw coloured and clear, light tart, some citrus. Refreshing
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Apr 2026
at 12:58