The Referend Bier Blendery
Microbrewery
in Kutztown,
Pennsylvania,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: The Referend Bier Blendery
Established in 2015
-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.)
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft at the brewery taproom. Pours pale yellow with a small, white foam head. Mild pale grain in the nose, zesty lemon. Lightly sweet, with low acidity, nips of melon and lemon. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Moderately clean finish, with further restrained lemony character, some wheat. Great stuff overall. Very drinkable.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Jung from The Referend Bier Blendery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Draft at the brewery taproom. Pours clear yellow gold with minimal, white froth on top. The nose holds light wood, lemon, a little musty hay, moderate funk. Lightly sweet with good acidity, moderate woody dryness, grassy hops and mellow bitterness, mild lemony tang. Light bodied and soft. Great balance in the finish, with further woody dryness and lemony acidity, along with nips of juicy citrus, cleansing grassy bitterness. Outstanding.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Draft at the brewery taproom. Pours clearish pale yellow with a light, creamy white head. The aroma holds lemon peel, light husk, melon. Lightly sweet, with a little grassy bitterness, sturdy acidity, more citrus peel. Light in body with fine carbonation. Quenching finish, with good citric bite, further grassy hop notes, lemon peel. Great beer overall.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Berliner Messe from The Referend Bier Blendery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Draft at the brewery. Pours clear yellow with a slim, bubbly white head. The nose holds ripening lemon, peach and tangerine. Lightly sweet, with good acidity, melon, more peach and lemon. A little wheat. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Quenching acidity in the finish, more lemony tartness, restrained wheaty sweetness. Great stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Draft - pours muddy light brown - nose and taste of Riesling grape, funk, apple, sweet brown sugar - medium body
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Cask at brewery lovely pour greenish yellow electric white head. Nose is sour wheat and lactose. Tastes of yogurt, sour wheat, grass, strawberry. Gentle palate.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Cask at brewery and even on cask had nice little white head and perfect Berliner coloration. Nose funky, vinous, and peach. Tastes of nectarines, some peach, very funky, wood, hay and Sauvignon blanc. Interesting and quite good.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Braved the snow and made long drive down from NYC for the Iceman cometh very applicable name today. Cloudy dullish pour. Nose is faint ice cider and hint of lambic funk. Tastes of ice cider in background, little white wine, kombucha, woody. Not too sweet at all. On cask. Personally I think colder would make this even better but very enjoyable. But everything is in cask here which is pretty cool. Overall a lighter faro but a tasty one you can drink. Note this is made with ice wine but it’s Apple notes made me think ice cider
Jow (8309) reviewed Jung from The Referend Bier Blendery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Cask at brewery. Still pour golden coloration. Nose is barnyard funk. Tastes of barnyard, white wine, lemony citrus, touch of vanilla and woody. Funky for sure. Nice example.
jcwattsrugger (14787) reviewed Jung from The Referend Bier Blendery 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On cask. Still and cloudy yellow color. A-oak and tart light fruit, citrus. T-wood, light fruit and acetic, citric.