Brouwerij Kees
Microbrewery
in
Middelburg,
Zeeland,
Netherlands 🇳🇱
Associated Venue: Brouwerij Kees
Established in 2015
Contact
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.
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.
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle at home ... golden amber ... small off white head ... soft floral orange peel ... light spice nose ... soft zezty fruit ... floral fruit ... big orange ... juicy fruit ... light bitter
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2015
at 13:22
4.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
30.05.2015, tap @ HaandFestival:
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is neutral, plastics, weeds, hay, lawn, toast. Taste is slightly dry, weeds, hay, bark, harsh grass, toast, roasted grain. Medium bitterness, dry harsh mouthfeel. Meh!
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is neutral, plastics, weeds, hay, lawn, toast. Taste is slightly dry, weeds, hay, bark, harsh grass, toast, roasted grain. Medium bitterness, dry harsh mouthfeel. Meh!
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jul 2015
at 07:14
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
30.05.2015, tap @ HaandFestival:
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet, toffee, grain, butterscotch, hay, cereal, grass. Taste is slightly sour-ish sweet, grain, butterscotch, caramel malts, grass, almond essence, weeds, paper. Medium bitterness, slightly harsh mouthfeel. Fair enough.
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet, toffee, grain, butterscotch, hay, cereal, grass. Taste is slightly sour-ish sweet, grain, butterscotch, caramel malts, grass, almond essence, weeds, paper. Medium bitterness, slightly harsh mouthfeel. Fair enough.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jul 2015
at 07:12
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
33cl Bottle from Vonk. Hazy deep golden colour, thin white head. Aroma of lots of citrus, very nice, smells refreshing, light malty, hint of caramel. Flavour is light sweet, citrus, grapefruit, lemon, light caramel, nice bitter finish with a hint of citrusy sourness. Light bodied. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2015
at 06:29
6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
30.05.2015, tap @ HaandFestival:
Nice light brown slightly fizzy-creamy longlasting head. Aroma is mild roasted, dark malts, grain, hay, dark sugar, chocolate, caramel, nuts, cereal. Taste is slightly sour-ish dry, weeds, grain, dark malts, hay, grass, sour coffee, yeast, nuts, ashtray, paper, burnt caramel. Medium bitterness, slightly sour-ish harsh mouthfeel. Fair enough.
Nice light brown slightly fizzy-creamy longlasting head. Aroma is mild roasted, dark malts, grain, hay, dark sugar, chocolate, caramel, nuts, cereal. Taste is slightly sour-ish dry, weeds, grain, dark malts, hay, grass, sour coffee, yeast, nuts, ashtray, paper, burnt caramel. Medium bitterness, slightly sour-ish harsh mouthfeel. Fair enough.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jul 2015
at 06:25
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
I’vé been very curious for Kees’ brewery eversince news came he was going to start one on his own. After missing every festival it was served so far, I am happy to have finally found a bottle. Pours unclear, amber, small white head. Intense hopped smell. Taste is very nicely bitter, along with citrussy aspects and dry notes. The mouthfeel and taste are creamy, thnx to the good old rye-malts. Perfect carbo, easy drinkable ( way to easy for 9 % ). I can say that the expectations were different for this beer, since the beer far succeeded them. If every beer by him is just as good... I guess Holland has a new top-brewery !
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2015
at 12:32
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
A black beer with a small and beige head. Aroma has coffee, liquirice and some chocolate. Taste has liquirice, nice coffee and some roastiness. Medium+ bodied, low carbonation. Simple but a good way. The great beer.
Tried
on 04 Jul 2015
at 14:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Draught @ Haand Ølfestival 2015, Drammen
Pours hazy copper with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, orange, citrus, peach, alcohol and toffee. Taste is medium to heavy sweet and medium bitter with a long warm, caramel, rye, orange and citrus finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours hazy copper with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, orange, citrus, peach, alcohol and toffee. Taste is medium to heavy sweet and medium bitter with a long warm, caramel, rye, orange and citrus finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
on 02 Jul 2015
at 10:23
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught @ Haand Ølfestival 2015, Drammen
Pours dark hazy brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, yeast and chocolate. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter with a long roasted, chocolate and yeasty finsih. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
Pours dark hazy brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, yeast and chocolate. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter with a long roasted, chocolate and yeasty finsih. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
Tried
on 02 Jul 2015
at 09:48
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from het Biermoment.nl, BB is unreadable but its quite fresh, large sample. Dark color, medium frothy brown head. Aroma of bready malt, grassy hop, bit roast, slight fruity yeast, blackcurrant. Bready taste, quite bitter, roasty. Lots of flavor for 3.5%, great stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2015
at 14:25