The Referend Bier Blendery

Microbrewery in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: The Referend Bier Blendery

Established in 2015

Contact
407 Old US 22, Kutztown, PA, 19530, United States
Description
he 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.)

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7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Magnum at the sharing. Assuming this is blend 1. Light yellow and still looking body. Nose is wine and citrus. Tatses of wine, and woody, and apricot and goose berry. Lively body. Nice refreshing

Tried on 09 Aug 2025 at 18:48


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6.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

8/8/2025. Cask at GBBF 2025. Decent pour. Aroma is citrusy, gooseberry, touch of passion fruit. Dry and bitter taste. Not bad.

Tried from Cask on 08 Aug 2025 at 19:19


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at GBBF 25. Hazy dull orange. No head. Aroma is juicy but with a tart edge - citrus and resin. Flavourwise it's even more tart. Citrus ans gooseberry with a res8n edge. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Flat carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Decent.

Tried on 08 Aug 2025 at 16:25


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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam, 16th July 2025. This was a decent beer, tart, pretty lambic style and complex

Tried from Draft on 05 Aug 2025 at 21:34


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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at BeerTemple, Amsterdam, 12th June 2025, courtesy of Nick. This one was funky, tart and mellow, musty and lambic tasting

Tried from Draft on 14 Jul 2025 at 19:51


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Clean and tart, dried berries,, sturdy acidity, mild seedy notes. Decent sweetness. Sound.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jul 2025 at 21:21




6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

On tap at BeerTemple. Pours murky dull yellow with a white head. Rustic yeast and citrus notes on the nose. Flavour has citrus peels, rustic yeast, grainy malts, bandaids, oak; not rhubarb to speak of. Not particularly good.

Tried from Draft at BeerTemple on 27 May 2025 at 13:59


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Peders, pours a cloudy orange, no head. Aroma has plenty of musty grape skins, earthy funk, a hint of phenols, and a little mildew. Flavour is dry, with earthy grape must, moderate funk, and a touch of dry leather. Very dry, funky, and musty. Good stuff.

Tried from Draft at Peders - Pisserendens ølkælder on 20 May 2025 at 21:00