About
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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blackisle (5843) reviewed
Double Rye IPA from Brouwerij Kees
10 years ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Colour clear medium amber, two finger frothy white head, good retention and lacing. Strong fruity aroma, grapefruit, lemon, bitter orange, pine, light caramel. Flavour is light sweet and medium bitter, malty bits, citrusy. Finish is dry and bittersweet, spicy and hoppy, very aromatic and well-balanced IPA. Good stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Nov 2015 at 12:16
Sloefmans (15815) reviewed
Peated Imperial Stout from Brouwerij Kees
10 years ago
7.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Pours rather viscously to huge, layered nutbrown-beige head over deep dark brown beer with textbook lace. Roasted, hops, but also a tad soapy nose. Once more husks & smokey; black cardamome. Hint - not more - at whiskey. Peat, tarr, turf, pubs in Ireland (not: Irish pubs). Some alcohol, again masked spirit, bit nutty. MF seems to be the Kees! Achillesheel - again one which is too thinnish for the type of beer. Well-carbonated. More than decent.
Tried on 21 Nov 2015 at 08:07
Sloefmans (15815) reviewed
Indian Summer from Brouwerij Kees
10 years ago
7.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Thick yellow-cream head over chestnut-coloured, clear beer. Sweetish nose, bready, coloured malts; bit leafy. Slight smokey notes... Rauchmalz? Bitterish, smokey, again really leafy, autumn/dark leaves, husks. And even a bit of musk, some ureum in the finish. Slight astringency; spritzy carbonation harmonizes the slick, velvety MF. Not very well-bodied, however. AHA! Probably the best from Kees! so far - meaning Kees is back on his former Emelisse level.
Tried on 21 Nov 2015 at 07:18
Sloefmans (15815) reviewed
Vanilla Crème Brûlée from Brouwerij Kees
10 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
No head to speak of; deep brown-black beer. Pudding, flan , vanilla, dessert from a package. Bit of wood, giving some depth at least. Bitter, wood, bitterroast, bitter chocolate. Some vanilla, but much less crème brûlée than some USA experiments. Autumn leaves, undergrowth. Well bodied, slick, feels rather fizzy. The bitterness in the mouth gives some relief from the cheap dessert impression the nose announced. Oh what, I despise crème brûlée anyhow.
Tried on 20 Nov 2015 at 14:16
Sloefmans (15815) reviewed
Fresh Hop IPA from Brouwerij Kees
10 years ago
7.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Very dense, closed yellowish head, leaving textbook lace over clear metallic copper-orange beer. Indeed fresh hops’ nose, citrus & fruity, but also weeds, wild, nettles (Belgian Cascade)... Resiny hopflavour, and a suggestion of (fruity) sweetness in the finish. The aftertaste, OTOH, is pure raw wry hopoils and -resins. Preserved oranges, grapefruitpeel. Astringen, resiny; medium bodied; feeling better carbonated than it looks. For the real hopheads.
Tried on 20 Nov 2015 at 13:23
Sloefmans (15815) reviewed
Just Another IPA from Brouwerij Kees
10 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Huge, dense yellow head over veiled metallic orange beer. Bit pastry, cakelike, and fruity aromas; peach, passion, citrus. Hoppy bitterness; fragrant if that can be said about taste. Again fruity flavours, but rather restrained. Tad metallic. Light to medium bodied, long hopoily aftertaste. Bit bread-and-butter IPA. As suggested by the name?
Tried from Can on 20 Nov 2015 at 11:13
fonefan (86114) reviewed
East India Porter from Brouwerij Kees
10 years ago
7.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle 330ml. [ As Brouwerij Kees East India Porter ].Clear dark black brown color with a average, frothy to creamy, fair lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, light to moderate hoppy, oyster stout alike. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, malt bitter, burnt, dark roasted, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20150922]
Tried from Bottle on 20 Nov 2015 at 04:22
fonefan (86114) reviewed
Export Porter 1750 from Brouwerij Kees
10 years ago
7.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Draught @ GBBF 2015, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Brouwerij Kees Export Porter ].Clear dark brown color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, dark fruit, raisin. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, raisin, roasted, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20150811]
Tried on 20 Nov 2015 at 03:31
Davros (5342) reviewed
Pink Grapefruit IPA from Brouwerij Kees
10 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Pours amber with a large head.Nose shows dill and lemon custard Sorachi notes along with a hint of citrus zest.More Sorachi hops as a flavour. Pretty clean otherwise, not much malt. Assertive bitterness.
Tried on 19 Nov 2015 at 20:17
Saintmatty (11592) reviewed
Indian Summer from Brouwerij Kees
10 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
330ml Bottle (Thanks Borresteijn) - Copper red in colour. Caramel, marzipan, raisins and rye bread in the aroma. Nicely balanced taste with fruity, sweet and slightly sharp notes combining well and featuring hints of raisins, sultanas, prunes, marzipan and caramel. Very easy to drink considering its strength.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Nov 2015 at 15:42