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 - 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.

Tried from Draft on 26 Feb 2017 at 06:19


8.5
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.

Tried from Draft on 19 Feb 2017 at 06:50


8.1
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.

Tried from Draft on 13 Feb 2017 at 16:46


8.2
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.

Tried from Draft on 11 Feb 2017 at 20:29


8.6
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

Tried from Draft on 21 Jan 2017 at 13:08


7.4
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.

Tried from Cask on 07 Jan 2017 at 14:34


7.9
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.

Tried from Cask on 07 Jan 2017 at 14:24


7.5
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

Tried from Cask on 07 Jan 2017 at 14:15


7.5
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.

Tried from Cask on 07 Jan 2017 at 14:12


7.5
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.

Tried from Cask on 17 Dec 2016 at 16:40