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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7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
Black, thick and oily. Roasted malt aroma with a hint of coffee. Quite strong and bitter tasting with a thick, sticky texture. Warming finish from the alcohol.
Tried on 21 Jun 2015 at 15:06

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle sampled at ZEBF ’15. Pours near black with a ring bubble brown head. Aroma of massive peat, oak, dark chocolate, roast and coffee. Flavour is light heavy sweet and bitter with a massive boozy peat palate. Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation. Decent but the barrel is really overpowering.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jun 2015 at 07:16

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle @ benzai. Brown colour with a small beige head. Smells chocolate, roasty, moccha, sweet, nice. Tastes coffee, roasty, sweet, moccha and a hint of tobacco. Only 3.5% abv and still an almost medium body. This beer is severely underrated imo. Medium body, soft carbo, nice.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Jun 2015 at 16:06

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Opaque black liquid with small to medium light tan head. Aroma of chocolate, coffee, licorice, pine, citrus and biscuit. Taste is light to medium sweet and light to medium bitter with notes of chocolate, licorice, pumpernickel and pine. Full bodied with medium carbonation. Really nice. Great toasty complex flavor.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2015 at 16:55

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Almost black, a head is medium and light beige. Aroma has strong pine and grapefruits, as like black IPA:lta, also chocolate, roastiness and some liquirice. Taste has coffee and roastiness, grapefruity and piney bitter is drying the mouth. The end is dry and slightly roasted. Medium bodied, fresh carbonation. Tasteful, like as black IPA. The great and aromatic bitterness is balanced with other elements.
Tried on 16 Jun 2015 at 12:29

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle from het Biermoment, medium sample. Dark color, short frothy head. Aroma of zesty citrus, grapefruit, some roast, more like a black IPA. Medium bitter in taste, some roast, bit caramel. Decent stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Jun 2015 at 10:58

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle shared thanks to Deanso. Pours clear dark amber with a tan head. Aroma of caramel, sweet malt, a touch of the strawberry milkshake hop (tm) and light butterscotch. Flavour is light heavy sweet and moderate bitter. Alcohol warmth in finish. Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jun 2015 at 12:57

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle shared thanks to deanso. Nice clear reddish brown with small off white head. Cat fur, dried red fruits, strawberry, milk, chicory, strong red wine, very boozy, marzipan. Very sweet with alcoholic bitterness. Full bodied with lots of raw alcohol. Too alcoholic for me...
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jun 2015 at 12:56

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
33cl bottle from ABCBeers, shared with Kermis & Maakun. Thin creamy white head. Clear amber pour. A decent barely wine. Well hidden alcohol.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jun 2015 at 12:53

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Bottle shared thanks to Deanso. Dark golden/orange with fluffy off white head. Some small hop particles floating around. Spices up front with rye and Ras al Hanout. Grapefruit peel, dried stone fruits, quite some sweet grains. Quite sweet with medium bitter finish. Medium to almost full bodied. Ok.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jun 2015 at 11:59