Brouwerij Kees

Microbrewery in Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Associated Venue: Brouwerij Kees

Established in 2015

Contact
Voltaweg 16, Middelburg, 4338 PS, Netherlands
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.

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7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Short-lived white head over metallic red-copper beer. Alcohol, maltsyrup, nutty, buttered sweetcorn, and a foxy-fusely aroma. Sweet, woody, liquorice and again sweetcorn. Autumn leaves. Quite oily feel, alcohol and maybe even fusels. A bit (too) sweet and boozy for me; reminds me of the old-style northern French, ultra-strong blondes. Txs to Stef!

Tried from Can on 12 Jan 2026 at 13:13


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

0.75 l bottle from the brewery's web shop, best before December 2029. Very dark ruby with a medium large, frothy, slowly diminishing, beige head. Intensely sweetish-malty, gently fruity and slightly boozy aroma of molasses, raisins, prunes and some alcohol. Heavily sweet, malty, moderately bitter, gently fruity and slightly boozy taste of molasses, raisins, prunes, cough syrup, light chocolate and a touch of licorice root, followed by a long, moderately bitter, a little boozy finish. Full body, smooth and oily mouthfeel, very soft carbonation. Great winter warmer, extremely syrupy, not too boozy.

Tried from Bottle at Brouwerij Kees on 11 Jan 2026 at 17:48


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Barwa bardzo ciemnego brązu, z delikatnymi, kasztanowymi refleksami. Piana jasno brązowa, średnio wysoka o średnim czasie redukcji. Drobne pęcherzyki topnieją do delikatnego, spienionego, kożucha.
W aromacie nuty suszonych, smażonych, ciemnych owoców (głównie śliwka, wiśnia), dalej słodowość, słodycz marmolady, odrobina wanilii, akcenty czerwonego wina. Wszystkie te aromaty okraszone są nutami szlachetnego alkoholu, brandy.
Smak lekko słodkawy, ale i delikatnie kwaśny ze współgrającą, nieco mocniejszą goryczką na finiszu.
Alkohol idealnie schowany. Ciało wydaje się być tylko średnie. Tekstura gładka. Posmak długi kwaskowy, goryczkowy.

Tried from Can on 07 Jan 2026 at 14:13


7.5

Stout-like.
Bought at Van Schaik Maarssen.

Tried from Can on 03 Jan 2026 at 17:14


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can from Beerdome. Clear brown with a smallwhite head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and toasted malt. Flavor is quite sweet. Sweet finish. 311225

Tried from Can on 31 Dec 2025 at 18:03


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Best before a long time ago, from the sterk, Amsterdam, opening it today for the meal with my wife. A good surprise to finish this year, really smooth, malty, note of toffee, boozy, full body, sweet, subtle bitterness, right touch of whisky, discreet.

Tried from Can from Sterk Avondverkoop on 30 Dec 2025 at 12:50

gave a cheers!

7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Fles 75cl thuis. Maltig, grainy, citrustonen, licht caramel, bready, hoppig, fruitig, bloemig, bokzoetje. Fijne balans. (29-12-2025).

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2025 at 21:36


7

Tried from Can on 29 Dec 2025 at 14:44


6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Aus der Flasche (bbe 31.12.2030) im 2025-10 getrunken. Dieses IStout hat seinen aromatischen Schwerpunkt auf Dunkler Schokolade, eine leichte Süße, Trockenfrüchte und Toffee. Ein fruchtiger Einfluß durch das Port BA vermisse ich etwas. Aber das mit fruchtigen Aromen oft schwer bei solch schweren Röstaromen eines Stouts oft schwer herauszuarbeiten. Daher ein sehr gut gemachtes IStout!

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2025 at 13:44


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

0.33 l can from 'SpeciaalBierPakket.nl', best before December 2030. Pitch black with a medium large, frothy, slowly diminishing, light brown head. Sweetish-malty, quite roasty, fairly smoky-medicinal and minimally fruity aroma of dark chocolate, hard roasted coffee, peat, iodine, whisky and a touch of dark fruits. Fairly sweet, malty, rather roasty, very smoky-medicinal and a bit fruity taste of hard roasted coffee, dark chocolate, ash, licorice, roasted hazelnut, peat, iodine, whisky, light dark fruits and traces of green apple, followed by a long, rather roasty-bitter, minimally woody finish. Full body, smooth and gently effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Tasty brew, quite complex, fairly rich and saturating. Good one.

Tried from Can from SpeciaalBierPakket.nl on 28 Dec 2025 at 17:36