The Referend Bier Blendery
Microbrewery
in
Kutztown,
Pennsylvania,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: The Referend Bier Blendery
Established in 2015
Contact
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.)
-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.)
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On tap at The Referend, pours a clear pale blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out light lemon, with subtle funk and a bit of floral character. Flavour is loaded with lemony tang, assertive tartness and quite a lot of acidity. Little depth and just not seeing the point of this.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Aug 2018
at 04:51
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
On tap at The Referend, pours a clear pale pinkish amber with a small white head. Aroma brings out obscured raspberries, light acidic cherries and some earthy funk. Flavour is puckeringly tart and stomach-churningly acidic. There are faded tart cherries and raspberries detectable, but not getting any vanilla beans. Puckering and offensively acidic on the finish. Not good.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Aug 2018
at 04:51
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
On cask at The Referend, pours a hazy bright ruby red with a tiny pink head. Aroma brings out rich cherries upfront, with a touch of tart currants, and light oak. Flavour is quite punchy, with lots of expressive tart cherries dominating, with a rather stomach-churning acidity. Loads of cherry. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Aug 2018
at 04:50
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
On cask at The Referend, pours a hazy dark reddish rose colour with a small off-pink head. Aroma brings out tart cherries and more subdued strawberries, with light funk and quite a citric mustiness. Flavour is intensely puckering, with acidic cherries and strawberries both showing themselves. There is a pronounced mustiness underneath, with light funk. Acidic as hell. Okay.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Aug 2018
at 04:49
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On cask at The Referend, pours a glass yellow, no head. Aroma brings out lots flora hops, along with gentle funk and some mustiness. Flavour is rather soapy, with floral, tangy dry hopping and light mustiness. Even soapier than the base beer. Not wholly convincing.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Aug 2018
at 04:47
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On cask at The Referend, pours a clear pale golden blonde, no head. Aroma brings out lots of musty notes, with horse blanket, and some funk. Flavour is bit metallic, with horse blanket, musty funk and a bit of soap. Pretty close to authentic, but there is a sort of dirty water character in there that is throwing it off.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Aug 2018
at 04:47
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle - pours hazy gold white head - nose and taste of port, funk, lemon and tartness - medium body
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2018
at 00:03
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle - pours raspberry red with quick dissipating pink white head - nose and taste of raspberry, funk, oak, pie funk - medium body
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2018
at 23:47
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Bottle - pours gold, no head - nose and taste of funk, barnyard, farmhouse basement, port, hay, chardonnay and lemon - medium body
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2018
at 23:46
9.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Bottle - pours red with pink white head - nose and taste of vanilla, funk, raspberry, oak - medium body
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2018
at 06:06