Brouwerij Kees
Microbrewery
in Middelburg,
Zeeland,
Netherlands 🇳🇱
Associated Venue: Brouwerij Kees
Established in 2015
Owner and brewer Kees Bubberman started his brewing career in 2007 at Emelisse, a small regional brewery in Kamperland, Zeeland. Within a couple of years Emelisse became a household name among craft breweries worldwide, thanks to the by British and American beer styles inspired ales, IPA's, strong porters, stouts that Kees Bubberman brewed. Never afraid of trying something new and relying on his experience as a restaurant chef he created more than 30 new beers, including an IPA with Earl Grey tea, barrel aged porters en stouts and strong porters and stouts with coffee. Kees was ahead of his time with experimental flavours like these.
In 2014 Kees Bubberman decided to start his own brewery in his hometown Middelburg. Thankful for the opportunities Emelisse gave him, he felt that it was time to go his own way. Brewery Kees! started in January 2015 and within a year his delicious IPA's, strong porters, Russian Imperial stouts and barrel aged barley wines, porters en stouts found their way in the (beer-)world.
Kees keeps on creating new beers and searching for new tastes, sometimes following and sometimes setting trends.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 18/12/2025.
Black topped with a khaki cap that veers to the edge.
Nose is chocolate, caramel, dark malts, charr, dried fruit rinds.
Taste comprises dark malts, chocolate, salted caramel, dried fruit rinds, toffee.
Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, light drying close.
Okay impy stout if a touch on the thin side.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 4.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5
Golden colour, good white head and lace. Barnyard aroma, faint spices. Light-bodied. Pale malts, hayish herbal notes, barnyard lurking, some citrus. Empty finish. Odd Saison, not much going on except that barnyard vibe.
Zlotta (10012) reviewed Porter Of No Return from Brouwerij Kees 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
0.75 l bottle from the brewery's web shop, best before December 2031. Pitch black with a thin, frothy, slowly diminishing, beige head. Sweetish-malty, quite roasty aroma of dark chocolate, coffee, caramel, roasted hazelnut and light vanilla. Rather sweet, malty, gently roasty-bitter taste of dark chocolate, hard roasted coffee, licorice, roasted hazelnut and some vanilla, followed by a long, quite roasty-bitter, slightly warming finish. Full body, smooth and slightly creamy mouthfeel, very soft carbonation. Tasty as usual, really well-executed, has nothing in common with Kees' booze bombs from the past. Still, the necessity of so much alcohol is questionable as the same result can be achieved with half of it.
Icedwarf (4944) reviewed Great Circle Route from Brouwerij Kees 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Troebel geel bier met weinig schuim. Smaak is bitter hoppig en fruitig met iets van ananas, citrus en wat hars. OK.
Zlotta (10012) reviewed Jingle Juice from Brouwerij Kees 4 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
0.33 l can from the brewery's web shop, best before December 2026. Hazy, golden yellow with a medium large, frothy, almost stable, white head. Sweetish, rather fruity-floral, slightly resiny aroma of orange jam, passion fruit, pineapple and some pine. Gently sweet, moderately bitter, rather fruity-floral and slightly resiny taste of orange jam, pineapple, grapefruit and some pine, followed by a medium long, quite bitter finish. Medium to full body, gently effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Lovely IPA, very classic.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cerveza de aspecto turbio y color amarillo dorado, forma espuma blanca esponjosa de media retención. En nariz es suave a la par que agradable, notas de cereal, hierba, cierto recuerdo de resina y un fondo algo amaderado. En boca es chispeante, seca, algo punzante, posee un fondo maltoso con recuerdos de burbon, final más herbal, amargo y seco. Bastante disfrutable.
Biruski (5052) reviewed Export Porter 1750 from Brouwerij Kees 4 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Black pour with a beige head. Chocolate, dark malts, some roasted notes, hint of burnt malt, licorice, molasses, bitter cocoa. Medium to full body. Finish is dry and bitter. Lovely pour.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Donkerbruin tot zwart bier met weinig schuim. Smaak is bitterzoet en krachtig met veel koffie, een klein beetje rook, wat toffee, karamel en bittere chocolade. Een heel goed bier.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
SVD (7213) reviewed Bock to Basic from Brouwerij Kees 4 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Tap at wildeman, reddish colour, small head. Aroma is sweet, nuts, caramel, fruit. Taste is the same, nice one