Brouwerij Kees
Microbrewery
in
Middelburg,
Zeeland,
Netherlands 🇳🇱
Associated Venue: Brouwerij Kees
Established in 2015
Contact
Description
Life's too short for boring, middle of the road beers. Craft Brewery Kees! stands for tasty, fruity, hoppy flavours and strong dark ales, but there'll always be that 'twist' . That special 'something' that make his beers stand out.
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.
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.
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Beerdome. Black with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, caramel, heavy fudge, vanilla and whisky. Flavor is very sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish with a little warming alcohol. 110226
Tried
from Can
on 11 Feb 2026
at 20:32
8.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
330n ml can. Pours a very dark brown with short fizzy head. Aromas of peaty whiskey, iodine, praline, smoky chocolate and roasted malts. Flavors follow same though in better balance; with a nice chocolate sweetness and more nuttiness. Based on the initial nose I thought it was going to be a peat bomb, but it’s not… Very good
Tried
from Can
from
Melger’s Wijn en Dranken
on 09 Feb 2026
at 23:52
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tried
from Can
on 09 Feb 2026
at 00:39
5/10
Taplokaal Gist. Vatgerijpt. Post-Midwinterprog
Tried
from Draft
at
Taplokaal Gist
on 07 Feb 2026
at 22:50
8/10
Taplokaal Gist. Vatgerijpt. Post-Midwinterprog
#darkSaison
#darkSaison
Tried
from Draft
at
Taplokaal Gist
on 07 Feb 2026
at 21:50
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Beerdome. Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and moderate hoppy - citrus. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. 060226
Tried
from Can
on 06 Feb 2026
at 20:38
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
0.33 l can from 'Craftbeers', best before best before February 2027. Very hazy, pale yellow with a medium large, foamy, slowly diminishing, white head. Sweetish, quite fruity-floral aroma of pineapple, passion fruit and some gooseberry. Gently sweet, moderately bitter, rather fruity-floral taste of pineapple, lemon peel, passion fruit, some gooseberry and a touch of oats, followed by a short, moderately bitter finish. Medium body, gently effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Solid NEIPA, nothing to write home about.
Tried
from Can
from Craftbeers
on 06 Feb 2026
at 17:52
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8.5
Can from Drankgigant.nl, Vlissingen, Netherlands and consumed at home Thursday 5th February 2026 was listening to Huw Stephens on 6Music, now talking to Isobel, it's Round Table later so hopefully we'll get to listen to that 😏. Pours dark gold actually it's not it's practically amber, with a large white sticky head. This is fascinating, really interesting beer, the barrel ageing is clearly leaving its mark but it's difficult to determine what barrel, it says brandy but would never have realised. Nice softness, citrus, light boozy, lingering bitterness, there's a little woody edge to it, it's really nice. Score 7.9
Tried
from Can
from
Drankgigant.nl
on 05 Feb 2026
at 18:08