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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7/10
Tried from Can on 12 Feb 2025 at 21:07

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From tap at Utrechtse Bierbrouwersfestival 2016. Aroma is fruity hops, tropical notes, touch of pine, some roast and a touch of coffee. Flavour is light sweet and medium bitter. Body is medium. Could be a bit more full I guess. Good Black IPA on the fruity hoppy side of the style.
Tried from Draft on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:40

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
From tap at Utrechtse Bierbrouwersfestival 2016. Aroma is fruity and funky, barnyard, citrus, touch of rye. Flavour is a little tart with a rather dry finish. Body is medium. Lovely fruity and funky Saison!
Tried from Draft on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:40

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
From tap at Utrechtse Bierbrouwersfestival 2016. Aroma is strong smoked malt, some coffee and a touch of chocolate, smoked wood. Flavour is light sweet and moderate bitter. Body is medium. Very nice!
Tried from Draft on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:40

8/10
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Tried from Can on 11 Feb 2025 at 14:23

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
From tap at Utrechtse Bierbrouwers Festival 2017. Aroma is malt, some caramel, and mild fruity hops. Flavour is moderate sweet with a fairly long bitter finish. Body is medium. Not a bad malt-forward IPA, but severely lacks the profound fruity juicy character of a NE IPA.
Tried from Draft on 10 Feb 2025 at 04:46

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
From tap at Utrechtse Bierbrouwers Festival 2017. Aroma is soft malts with mild fruity notes, some citrus, hops, and a slight candied fruity touch. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and above moderate bitter. Body is medium. Modest, and pretty "crushable" indeed.
Tried from Draft on 10 Feb 2025 at 04:46

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can bought at Utrechtse Bierbrouwers Festival 2017. Aroma is strong cold coffee, roasted malt, espresso, mocha and some powdery cocoa. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Body is medium, maybe a bit thin considering the aroma. Lovely cold coffee brew.
Tried from Can on 10 Feb 2025 at 04:46

7.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is piney and roasty with notes of chocolate, coffee, piney hop, orange, roasted malt. The higher abv adds a pleasant substance to the body. Finishes medium plus bitter. Very good, catchy name too!
Tried from Can on 09 Feb 2025 at 21:49

7.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Op tap bij Arendsnest. Zwarte kleur, beige kraag. Grassig, dennen, gebrand, chocolade, hint van koffie, bitter, mooie BIPA maar had ook met 6% afgekund. Desalniettemin erg lekker. Lichte tot medium body.
Tried from Draft at Proeflokaal Arendsnest on 08 Feb 2025 at 21:40