The Referend Bier Blendery
Microbrewery
in Kutztown,
Pennsylvania,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: The Referend Bier Blendery
Established in 2015
-100% spontaneously fermented
-no yeast cultures are added at any point in the process
-Fermented and matured in oak barrels
-neutral oak imparts little flavor and allows the beer to breathe
-Unfiltered, Unpasteurized, Unsweetened to sustain the beer's natural essence
-Built for posterity
-bottles are capable of decades of aging
-Acidic and complex (not basic.)
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
750ml bottle pours a murky yellow, white head. Nose is wild, plastic, green peppercorns, a little fruit roll up. Flavor is better, peach does come through, base feels a bit washed though. The base beer was the best.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
750ml. Murky yellow. Stinky nose, green stuffs, grapes and apples, wheat, flinty. Flavors follow. Horsey now. Medium full, high acid. Feels continental.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Bottle at CBJ Tasting. Opaque amber. No head. Aroma had light vinous sourness and a chewy element. Sour and vinous. Tart but fruity. Thin. Slick. Soft-average carbonation. Long dry astringent finish
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Fergus (31537) reviewed The Recognitions from The Referend Bier Blendery 1 month ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle shared at the craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks to Leighton for this one. A light hazed deep orange coloured pour with a halo of off white head. Aroma is nice big dungy, farmyard funk, cow pat, lemon rind, funk, grass,. Flavour is composed of earthy wheat straw lemon rind, lemon, earthy funk, pinch of salt. Palate is tangy, sharp, salt, meloow carbonation. Good funk. ,
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle split at the CBJ tasting, thanks to LKS, 04/03/2026.
Hazed golden orange with an off white cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is pissy green berries, damp cloth, vinous, herb.
Taste comprises tarte apricot, funk, tangy citric shreds, damp hay, wood must.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced acidic spike.
Solid sour.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
bottle 2018 - shared with friends for Dart Night. One of the best beers we tried - terrific!
AndySnow (19624) ticked November (2019) from The Referend Bier Blendery 3 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
(Draft at Beer Temple, Amsterdam, 17 Aug 2025) Golden colour with frothy, white head. Fruity nose with citrus, green grapes, white wine, oak wood and funky yeast. Fruity, tart taste with notes of citrus, grapes, peaches, lemon, oak wood and hints of yeast. Hardly any bitterness. More than medium body, dry. Fresh, dry and funky, with a good grape presence. Very nice.