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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#lambic

Tried from Draft on 15 Mar 2025 at 18:48


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Citrussy aroma with lemon, funk, sour yoghurt, wheaty notes, grass, some pineapple, minerals. Flavour is nicely tart and medium sour with a dry finish. Nicely sour and funked up, excellent Berliner.

Tried from Draft on 25 Jan 2025 at 06:58


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Big farmhouse funk aroma with barnyard, brett, fruits, citrus, touch of apricot. Nicely puckering sour and tart, light bitterness. Dry finish. Amazing, right up my alley Saison-wise. Dry, sour and complex. Loved this.

Tried from Draft on 25 Jan 2025 at 06:57


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

Bottle from the old location in NJ, 12/5/24 (2019: Bottled May 1, 2020). Pours a dark reddish color with a thin, fizzy head. Lots of sour cherry flavor, big old funk, wood, and a little rum barrel / booze as well. Pretty good overall. 8/4/7/4/16

Tried from Bottle on 05 Dec 2024 at 21:57



8

A hazed reddish copper ale with rosey hues and a thin off white head. In aroma, sweet fruity tart mix of ground cherry, light lactic notes, light funk, light Brett, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity mix of raspberry jam, light acidity, ground cherry, light lactic notes, Epsom salts, very nice and smooth. Bottle at mondiale 2024.

Tried from Bottle on 26 May 2024 at 16:28


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle pour. Pours orange yellow. Honey, tart, lemon, bourbon, floral, orange, hefty funk, vanilla, lots of barrel. Medium body. Solid.

Tried from Bottle on 19 May 2024 at 19:11


8

Tried from Draft on 04 May 2024 at 15:37


8

Still gravity cask.

Tried from Cask on 04 May 2024 at 15:25


8

Oooo that's a cheesy funk. Tons of oak and funk.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Apr 2024 at 20:03