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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7/10
Tried on 02 Jun 2015 at 00:40

7/10
Tried on 02 Jun 2015 at 00:26

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draught @ Haand Ølfestival 2015, Drammen
Pours black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, licorice, caramel and alcohol. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long warm, chocolate, licorice and caramel finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried on 01 Jun 2015 at 16:48

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draught @ Haand Ølfestival 2015, Drammen
Pours hazy deep golden with a of-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, citrus, grape, mango and hint of pineapple. Taste is medium sweet and medium bitter with a long citrus, mango and bitter finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried on 01 Jun 2015 at 16:19

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Draught @ Haand Ølfestival 2015, Drammen
Pours hazy deep golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, citrus, grape and catpiss. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long citrus and grape finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried on 01 Jun 2015 at 16:00

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
Black color with a fine beige head. Coffee, chocolate, herbal and a bit fruity aroma. Full body and a fine balance between sweetness and bitterness. Coffee, chocolate, herbal, roasted and a bit fruity flavor. Lovely ale.
[Sample at Haand 15 in Drammen, Norway]
Tried on 01 Jun 2015 at 06:01

8.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
Cloudy orange golden color with a fine off white head. Nice aroma. Pine, grapefruit and tropical fruity. Medium + body. Nice balanced sweetness versus bitterness. Average to soft carbonation. Tropical, grapefruit, malty and pine flavor. Lovely ale.
[Sample at Haand 15 in Drammen, Norway]
Tried on 01 Jun 2015 at 05:58

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
On tap at Gollem Amstelstraat. Golden orange colour, white head. Aroma of spicy yeast, coreander seed, fennel, light malty, light hoppy. Flavour is light sweet, dry, spicy, light malty, hint of citrus, nice dry bitter finish. Light bodied. Not a fan of this particular saison yeast.
Tried from Draft on 01 Jun 2015 at 01:38

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
On tap at Haandbryggeriet Beer Festival. Very dark, close to black with a big, beige bubbely head. Aroma of roasted malty, licorice, dark chocolate and hints of herbs and dark fruits. Medium sweet with surprisingly much flavours, a certain bitterness and fairly dry finish. Pleasant porter, but I think some aging would do wonders. Feels a bit raw noe, but tasty and fairly easy to drink.
Tried from Draft on 30 May 2015 at 11:32

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
On tap at Haandbryggeriet Beer Festival. Clear deep golden to orange with an off-white head. Fruity aroma with citrus, tropical fruits, pale malt and herbs. Moderate sweet with nice fruity and hoppy flavours and a decent bitterness. Refreshing and easy to drink.
Tried from Draft on 30 May 2015 at 07:46