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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6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
On tap at Borefts ’15. Black, beige head. Aroma of tar, peat, sweet malts, light fruity. Flavour is a bit thin, earth, peat, alcohol, dark fruits, pumpernickel, bitter finish. Medium bodied at best. Wasn’t impressed.
Tried from Draft on 26 Sep 2015 at 08:11

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
On tap at Borefts ’15. Hazy golden colour, white head. Aroma of citrus, dry, floral, fruity. Flavour is light sweet, crisp, dry, light malty, citrus, floral, nice bitter finish. Light bodied.
Tried from Draft on 26 Sep 2015 at 08:08

4.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 3.5
Bottle at Sijf, Café/Bar, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Saturday 26th September 2015 Hazy gold with a large frothy white head that sticks to the glass. The bitterness is way, way to harsh, like throwing away the orange and just eating the pith, struggling with this, in fact Loz has offered to swap she doesn’t mind it, whereas I don’t like it at all. A6 A4 T3 P3 Ov7 2.3
Tried from Bottle on 26 Sep 2015 at 07:32

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle at borefts. Pours deep brown, nose is toffee, caramel, taste is dry, bitter, sweet, fruity.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Sep 2015 at 02:37

5.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 8 Overall 5
Keg at Borefts Beer Festival, De Molen, Bodegraven Friday 25th September 2015 in the company of Ruth Big, ballsy dark thick stout with a beige head, uh..oh..this smells a bit too much like TCP I think we have got ourselves a sneaky bloody Islay aged stout here, yuck.... Soft mouthfeel, malty but far too much peatiness, I cannot get on with it (wish I had of asked before buying) Jackie finished it off. A4 A4 T4 P4 Ov10 2.6
Tried from Can on 26 Sep 2015 at 01:53

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Keg at Borefts Beer Festival, De Molen, Bodegraven Friday 25th September 2015 in the company of Ruth near the Kees and the Magic Rock bars. A little coffee on the nose, the oatiness does show, thick and full on in mouth, coffee also coming through, alcohol is remarkably restrained. Another great beer from Kees. A7 A4 T8 P4 Ov16 3.9
Tried on 26 Sep 2015 at 01:46

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tap at Borefts 2015... Golden amber.. Thin white lacing... Soft passion orange nose... Soft passion fruit.. Dry fruits linger
Tried from Draft on 25 Sep 2015 at 15:02

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Dark black.. Thin tan lacing.. Soft sweet chocolate roast malts... Dark malts.. Dark chocolate roast malts nose.. Dark sweet chocolate. Soft chocolate.. Dark malts.. Soft peaty roast
Tried on 25 Sep 2015 at 15:02

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Tap at Borefts 2015... Dark black.. Thin tan head.. Soft chocolate roast malts nose... Dark roast.. Dark chocolate roast.. Massive chocolate roast
Tried from Draft on 25 Sep 2015 at 15:02

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tap at Borefts 2015.. Hazy amber.. Thin white lacing.. Soft sweet vegative fruits nose... Soft dry fruit.. Light passion fruit
Tried from Draft on 25 Sep 2015 at 15:00