About
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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Cambrian Series - Wullok from De Kromme Haring
1 year ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can from De Bierkoning, Amsterdam. Aroma is floral and peppery with spicy farmhouse-ish yeast, pale malt, grassy bittering hops, coriander, some black pepper. Flavour is mild sweet with a moderate bitterness. Medium body. Nice bitter take on a classic Belgian Blond.
Tried from Can on 25 Jan 2025 at 06:58
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Cambrian Series - Piltonia from De Kromme Haring
1 year ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is grainy malts with bready notes, straw, grassy and softly floral noble hops. Flavour is moderate bitter with a little sweetness. Medium body. More than a solid Pilsener!
Tried from Can on 25 Jan 2025 at 06:58
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Warmouth V6 from De Kromme Haring
1 year ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is fruity hops with pineapple, citrus, orange, soft pale malt, touch of mango, tropical. Flavour is light sweetish with a moderate bitterness. Medium body. Bright and refreshing, citrussy with pineapple.
Tried from Can on 25 Jan 2025 at 06:58
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Irrawaddy V3 from De Kromme Haring
1 year ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is citrussy hop with lemon, wheat, orange, pineapple. Flavour is tart and mild sour with a modest bitterness. Medium body. Not bad, lots of lemon tartness.
Tried from Can on 25 Jan 2025 at 06:57
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Lactic Fantastic - Medlars from De Kromme Haring
1 year ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is fruity with citrus, stone fruits, notes of apricot, lemon, soft wheat, slight herbal touch. Flavour is tart and medium sour, finishes a bit dry. Medium body. Refreshing, tart, very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2025 at 06:57
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Barbarian Fishing V13 from De Kromme Haring
1 year ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. At 8% abv. Aroma is dank and weedy Mosaic with fruity hop, grass, citrus, oats, 'green' hop', tropical fruits. Flavour is mild bitter with some sweetness. Medium body. Grassy and weedy, a bit überhopped, but good.
Tried from Can on 25 Jan 2025 at 06:57
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Opah from De Kromme Haring
1 year ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is piney hops with grapefruit, malt, pine resin, some caramel, touch of orange. Flavour is bitter with a mild sweetness. Medium body. Wonderfully piney, classic and bitter. Love it.
Tried from Can on 25 Jan 2025 at 06:57
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Mudskipper V12 from De Kromme Haring
1 year ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is grassy, citrus, pineapple, soft pale malt, wheat, tropical fruit, some soapy notes. Flavour is light bitter and slightly sweetish. Body is medium. Delicate, a fairly modest Mudskipper edition.
Tried from Can on 25 Jan 2025 at 06:57
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Cambrian Series - Whale Shark V2 from De Kromme Haring
1 year ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is fruity hop with tropical fruits, citrus, orange, soft pale malt. Flavour is medium bitter with a hint of hop burn. Body is medium. Juicy and well realised.
Tried from Can on 24 Jan 2025 at 22:37
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Cambrian Series - Two Fish Red Fish from De Kromme Haring
1 year ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
From tap at Café DeRat, Utrecht. Puckering sourness with berries, sherry barrel, blackberries. Tart and very sour. Medium body. Nicely fruity with some sherry notes, lovely.
Tried from Draft on 24 Jan 2025 at 22:36