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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8.5
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

Süffiger, rund säuerlicher Beginn. Noten von Trauben, wenig Essig, erfrischend. Die Süffigkeit nimmt noch zu, vollmundig, etwas Heu. Konstant, langer Nachhall, hell, Weizen. Gut. 8/13/13/13/10/13

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2021 at 20:22


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Süffiger, weich säuerlicher Beginn. Viel Kirschen, der Hintergrund gibt mindestens genauso viel Holz. Ziemlich trocken werdend, die Fruchtnoten bleiben voluminös. Weiche Säure, nie nach Essig. Intensiv, weich, langer fruchtiger Nachgeschmack. Gut! 11/12/12/12/9/12

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2021 at 19:44


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle at home in Hackney - sourced from the blendery. Pours mostly clear pale yellow with a frothy white head that dissipates quickly. Quick nose, oak, lemon. Lightly sweet with sturdy acidity, mild funky pale wood, lemon rind, grassy bitterness, citric bite. Light bodied with delicate, massaging carbonation. Quenching finish, quite dry, with good lemony acidity, drying oak, background bitter grass, soft funk. Great stuff overall.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2021 at 19:35


Palate cleanser. Very white wine esq. Grapes, and has that earthly funk. Chicken and biscuits egg Benedict. Really fantastic.

Tried on 30 May 2021 at 11:50


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle shared in HW - picked up from the blender. Pours mostly clear honey-gold with a frothy, pure white head. Light sweet flavour with nice grassy character, pale wood, mild acidity. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Clean finish, good funk, grass, lemon rind, pale wood. Damn good.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2021 at 15:02


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle shared at Colin's place. Many thanks to Leighton for this one. A hazed golden orange coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is big dungy, apricot, farmyard, woody apricot, waxy. Flavour is composed of bitter funky fruit, woody, yogurt funk, dry and woody, apricot,. Horsey funk.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2021 at 14:58



9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

375 ml bottle from the blendery, via delivery, 5/15/21. 2020 Bottle. Puts a beautiful clear, bright red color with a thin beige head. Tart and bright raspberry flavor and aroma with lots of yeasty esters. Really tasty stuff, so much bright flavor development. Great mix of sweet and tart. Excellent.

Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2021 at 20:14


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

375 ml bottle from the blendery, via delivery, 5/15/21. 2018 bottle (bottled Jun 18, 2019). Clear golden-orange color with a small, fizzy head. Tart and funky, plum cones through more so than the pear. Lots of yeasty fruitiness complexity here. Bit of vinegar. Really nice, rather sour.

Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2021 at 19:44


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Pours a deep ruby red with a near white head that starts at the edges and dissipates nearly completely. Aroma has sour cherry with a hint of vanilla and oak supporting. Flavor has strong sour cherries with a bit of oak and some vanilla in the finish.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Apr 2021 at 04:41