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.
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6
Can at home from Slijterij de Laat. Amber pour with an off-white head. Nose is sweet, smoky malts, bread and toffee, some bacon. Taste is also sweet, moderately and pleasantly so, with vague fruity and stronger bready, toffee and smoky notes. The finish is lightly warming, smoky, sweetish. Medium bodied with soft to average carbonation. Pleasant beer all around.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Mar 2025
at 12:16
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can at home from Sliterij de Laat. Deep brown pour with a tan head. Nose is smoked malts, bacon, toffee, maple. Taste is bacon, dark sugars, bread. Bodywise a tad lacking, the finish is watery, the body is light to medium. Pleasant, with a bigger body it'd be even better.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Mar 2025
at 11:54
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle at home from The Scrapyard. Pours orangeish golden with a huge, foamy, everlasting white head. Nose is citruses, orange zest, light peppery notes, lots of esters. Taste is also zesty citruses, peppers, light malty sweetness, quite some booze, sugary notes. Closes with a boozy, dry, estery finish. The body is light (thin?), dry, with a rather high level of carbonation. Not bad, but the corresponding issues of too high carbonation, too light body and too much booze make the beer less enjoyable for sure.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2025
at 11:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6
Tap at the brewpub. Black pour with a tan head. Nose is roasted malts, chocolate, dried fruits, and cacao. Taste is sweetish initially, malty, roasty, earthy, but then takes a surprisingly bitter, dare to say hoppy turn. Big bodied with soft carbonation. Nice American(ish) impy.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Mar 2025
at 11:52
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 6
Tap at the brewpub. Opaque golden pour with a white head. Nose is intense yet delicate peaches, some funk, some acidity, very nice. Taste is is not as out there tho, the fruit is subdued, the funk’s almost restrained, it’s tart, somewhat malty. Promises a lot but then doesn’t quite deliver.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Mar 2025
at 11:52
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Sample from tap at the brewpub. Nem keszitettem jegyzeteket, csak pontoztam a sort.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Mar 2025
at 11:52
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Can shared at the brewpub. Nem készítettem jegyzeteket, csak pontoztam a sört.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Mar 2025
at 11:52
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6
Tap at the brewpub. Black pour with a beige head. Cacao powder, light pine, dark chocolate, the usual suspects. Not bad, just a touch uninspired.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Mar 2025
at 11:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 5.5
Can at the brewpub. Valamiert teljesen olyan benyomast keltett, mintha valami felrement volna a folyamatban valahol, es a savanyusaggal (vagy komlokkal) probaltak volna maszkirozni. Egyaltalan nem gondolom amugy, higy ez tortent volna, de annyira nincs egyben a sor, hogy abszolut nem tudtam szabadulni a gondolattol.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Mar 2025
at 11:52
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 5.5
Can at home. Tul mely beszelgetesbe bonyolodtam es mire felocsudtam mar le is csusszant aka csak pontoztam yadda yadda and etc.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Mar 2025
at 11:51