The Referend Bier Blendery
Microbrewery
in
Kutztown,
Pennsylvania,
United States πΊπΈ
Associated Venue: The Referend Bier Blendery
Established in 2015
Contact
Description
The Referend Bier Blendery practices the neglected art of waiting, of letting nature run its course, to produce a beer of depth and character inimitable through technological shortcuts or chemical interference.These beers are:
-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.)
-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.)
8.1/10
β
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
375 ml bottle from the Referend (back in their NJ days), via delivery, 12/27/21. Bottled 8/11/18. Slightly cloudy pour, yellowish in color, fizzy head that dissipates quickly. Lemon, funk, and wood. Acidic, but not overly so. Drinking pretty clean. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2021
at 20:11
8/10
Tangy tart plums, bit fresh in that I expected more funk but still tasty if only tart plum candy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2021
at 18:32
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2021
at 19:58
7/10
Tried
on 23 Dec 2021
at 18:43
8.1/10
β
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle pours a clear gold with some cloudy, white head. Nose has barrel, vanilla, wood, lemon, apricot, peach. Flavor is nice, barrel and grist, peach and apricot and some raw melon. Vinous. Medium bodied, tart and dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2021
at 17:28
7.1/10
β
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours a hazy yellow gold with small white head. The aroma is nectarine, grape, lemon, floral. Thin body, nectarine, citrus, funky, nice tartness, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2021
at 06:21
7.2/10
β
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
2017 bottle thanks to Jeremy. Pours a cloudy ruby with small off white head that lasts. The aroma is berry, oak, funk. Slick body, jammy, blueberry, floral, oak, nice tartness, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2021
at 02:18
8.1/10
β
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750ml bottle pours out golden topped with a white head. Nose is great a nice mix of grape stone fruit notes and some oak funk. Taste is more of the nice light fruit mix plenty funky notes and a nice oak balance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2021
at 02:40
8.1/10
β
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750ml bottle pours out red topped with pink head. Nose is nice sweet cherries some crisp tartness and a nice barrel funk. Taste is more of the nice sweet tart cherries some funky barrels.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2021
at 02:36
8.4/10
β
Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 330 ml trade with nimbleprop. Shared with Max, Zec and Miro B at my 10k tasting. Hazy yellow orange with small white head. Funky, barnyard, stone fruit, bit citric, medium sourness. Juicy. Maybe lacking some depth, but still very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2021
at 21:53