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.
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can from Beerdome. Hazy red brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, wood and light hoppy - citrus. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 280426
Tried
from Can
on 28 Apr 2026
at 17:59
7.5/10
LCI. Somewhat dark, more malty and less dry than expected. 7.5% ABV for some reason.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Apr 2026
at 14:25
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
A 33 cl can in a style that I can safely say is my favorite anytime and anywhere, barrel aged quadrupel. I think it is time to try this purchase from Smaakhuis. I make a hard pour inside of a snifter and get a decent, creamy top of dark tan foam on top and a dark mahogany body. The smell is delightful, very much with the booziness, dark fruit and chocolate. The taste does not vary much from the nose. Raisins, dark red plums, whisky, a bit of leather, toasted bread, red cherries, chocolate malt and barrel. A dense drink, I like that. Nice. Worth the effort to acquire.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Apr 2026
at 23:03
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
(Draft at Het Lagerhuys, Amsterdam, 28 Feb 2026) Reddish brown colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, vinous nose with caramel, red fruit, raisins and figs. Malty, vinous taste with notes of caramel, red berries, dried fruit, raisins, figs, dark cherries and a mild spicy bitterness in a warming finish. Full body, sweet. Rich, powerful and slightly boozy. Complex. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
at
Het Lagerhuys
on 25 Apr 2026
at 21:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, liquorice, meaty, caramel, taste is similar. 8
Tried
on 23 Apr 2026
at 07:40
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, caramel, vanilla, taste is sweet toffee, salty caramel, chocolate, vanilla. 8
Tried
on 22 Apr 2026
at 10:54
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can at home. Pours deep brown, nose is almond, caramel, chocolate, vanilla, taste is sweet, vanilla, nutty, chocolate, little thin. 8/8/8/8/7
Tried
on 22 Apr 2026
at 10:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, caramel, berries, smoky, woody, taste is sweet toffee, caramel, vanilla ,chocolate, woody. 8/8/8/7/7
Tried
on 22 Apr 2026
at 10:46
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at home, 18th April 2026. Pours black. Taste is rich and sweet, dark chocolate and some liquor - nice
Tried
from Can
on 19 Apr 2026
at 13:47
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at nicks. Pours clear ruby, nose blackcurrant, brandy, bit of funk, caramel, toffee, taste is sweet toffee, chewy, berries, caramel, brandy. 8/7/8/8/8
Tried
on 18 Apr 2026
at 10:19