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.
Bottle from het Biermoment, BB is unreadable on the cap but its about 6 months old I think, large sample. Hazy golden color, medium frothy head. Aroma of grainy malt, wheat, grassy hop, bit melon and pineapple, slight tartish yellow fruit. Quite fruity sweetsourness in taste, soft bitterness, bit grainy wheat. Saisonesque funky touch. Its like a mix of a saison with fruity dubbeldrank/orange juice. Ok stuff.
[9/26/15] Draught sample at Borefts Beer Festival 2015 in Bodegraven. Clear deep amber-brown. Aroma of caramel, malt, some fruits, a bit of hops. Sweet flavor with caramel, cookie, fruitiness, mild hoppy bitterness. Medium-bodied.
[9/26/15] Draught sample at Borefts Beer Festival 2015 in Bodegraven. Black with a brown head. Aroma of chocolate, cake, light peaty hint. Sweet flavor with chocolate, roast, coffee, faint smoky note. Full-bodied. Really good.
[9/26/15] Draught sample at Borefts Beer Festival 2015 in Bodegraven. Clear golden. Aroma of citric and tropical hops. Dry flavor with very bitter citric hops, slightly “green”. Medium-bodied.
[9/26/15] Draught sample at Borefts Beer Festival 2015 in Bodegraven. Black with a tan head. Big aroma of chocolate, fudge, vanilla, whiskey, some cake. Sweet flavor with whiskey, chocolate, roast, fudge, vanilla, wood, and a bitter finish. Full-bodied. Great stuff.
[9/26/15] Draught sample at Borefts Beer Festival 2015 in Bodegraven. Black with a tan head. Aroma of peated whiskey, chocolate. Sweet flavor with chocolate, peated whiskey, wood, and a bit of booziness. Full-bodied. Very good.
[9/25/15] Draught sample at Borefts Beer Festival 2015 in Bodegraven. Black with a beige head. Aroma of chocolate, caramel, nuts. Bittersweet flavor with chocolate, nuts, roast. Rounded mouthfeel.
[9/25/15] Draught sample at Borefts Beer Festival 2015 in Bodegraven. Cloudy orange. Aroma of grapefruit and hops. Bitter flavor with grapefruit and hops. Medium-bodied.