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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LSAT Freedom Trip #68. Keg at Novare Res. Dark brown, large foamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, cocoa, vanilla. The taste is roasted malts, chocolate, cocoa, coffee. Medium bodied, boozy.
Tried on 09 Oct 2015 at 20:08

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Bottle at home, 9th October 15. Pours black, nice neat off tan head. Aroma is smoke, dark fruit, liquor, booze. Taste is bitter and sweet, vanilla, roasted malts, delicious, dark grainy cocoa. Palate is slick and smooth. Great authentic porter.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Oct 2015 at 15:32

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
33 cl bottle @ home
Aroma has tropical fruits, caramel, some sweet fruit juice and biscuits. Flavour has woody tones, caramel, some fruitiness and menthol. Alcohol is well hidden – it kicks gently in the finish though. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Oct 2015 at 12:42

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Maakun, Euro Swap 3/2015. Thanks! Poured light amber, cloudy with a thick white head. Piny, citrus juicy, fruity hoppy aroma. Fresh stuff. Flavor has grapefruit juice, herbal notes, citrus and pine. Hop juice. Biting bitterness. Fresh. Awesome.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Oct 2015 at 09:19

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Bottle @ home. Opaque dark brown to black color, full sized light brown head. Aroma is malts, dark malts, roasted malts, leaves. Taste malts, dark malts, roasted malts, malt bitter, lightly hops in the background. Medium body and carbonation. Quite nice I think.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2015 at 16:27

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at BBF 7, Bodegraven, 25/09/15. Black with a moderate tan covering. Nose is dark fruits, hop pangs, chocolate, spice, rich dark malts. Taste comprises bitter chocolate, light coffee, spice, roast malt, light charr, dates, raisens, toffee fudge. Medium + body, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent impy, drinks below the ABV.
Tried on 08 Oct 2015 at 05:15

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
bottle oro carico velata buona schiuma buon apersistenza naso agrumato resinoso buon amaro pompelmo buona secchezza
Tried from Bottle on 07 Oct 2015 at 16:27

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle @ home. Clear golden colour with a large white head. Smells hops, fruity, fresh. Tastes hops, fruity, bitter, kinda malty and slightly zesty. Medium body, nice carbo.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Oct 2015 at 14:21

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
On tap @Bibere Bistrot (Rome). Pours hazy golden with a white creamy and persistest foam. Aroma of hay, cheese, grass, grapefruit and peach. Flavour is balanced, malty with a nice bitter end. Medium body, medium carbonation. Ok, but it could be refined.
Tried from Draft on 07 Oct 2015 at 04:07

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Bottle at home. Pours deep brown, nose is light roast malts, toffee, taste is chocolate, roasted, toffee.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Oct 2015 at 13:20