Kaapse Brouwers

Microbrewery in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Associated with 4 Venues

Established in 2014

Contact
Keilestraat 9 C, Rotterdam, 3029 BP, Netherlands
Description
Founder Tsjomme Zijlstra's idea to start his own brewery came to him after his time in England. He started to brew his own beer at home and decided in 2014 that he wanted go bigger. He met Menno and John, owners of Brouwerij de Molen in Bodegraven, and told them his story. They taught him how to brew with one of their old brewing installations. Kaapse Brouwers was born.

We are Kaapse Brouwers. We are the brewers who introduced craft beer to Rotterdam, and Rotterdam to the world. With our Kaapse recipes we brew non-conformist beers. We choose for bold recipes and love to experiment with different flavors to create contemporary craft beers.

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5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Aroma of citrus, fruits, yeast, herbs, peppery notes. Flavour is fruity and herbal, with a dry and light to moderate bitter finish. Curious brew, the herbal notes were quite unexpected for me.
Tried on 16 Feb 2025 at 13:51

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Aroma of fruits, citrus, orange peel, floral hops, hint of caramel malt. Flavour is fruity and hoppy with a moderate bitter finish. Very fresh and sessionable APA.
Tried on 16 Feb 2025 at 13:50

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Straight from can during a hike. Color: Dark brown, brown head. Aroma: Red fruit notes, coffee, roasted malt. Taste: Well blended .ix of red fruit notes, coffee, dark chocolate, roasted malt, some raisins, boozy Cognac. A little sugary. Over medium body, below average carbonation. Medium sweet, moderate bitterness. Slightly sourish. Nice winter warmer during cold weather.
Tried from Can on 15 Feb 2025 at 13:20

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Aroma of tart fruits, lemon, wheat. Flavour is light to moderate sour. Overall too mild for my taste, I like my Berliner Weisse a lot more sour.
Tried on 13 Feb 2025 at 05:04

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Aroma of malt, bourbon, oak, ripe fruity notes, floral notes. Flavour is moderate sweet with a light bitter finish. It’s mostly Bourbon you get, the Saison seems to have been lost in it. Not balanced at all. Cool experiment, unfortunately the result leaves a lot to be desired.
Tried on 13 Feb 2025 at 05:04

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Aroma is dark malt, roast, salmiak, liquorice, dark fruits, oats, touch of cherries, dark chocolate, touch of coffee, hoppy notes. Flavour is medium sweet with some good roasty hoppy bitterness in the finish. Body is above medium with a nicely creamy character. Very tasty and a satisfactory choice for my 1000th unique Dutch beer.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:41

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle at home. Aroma is very oaky, big woody liquorice, bitter dark chocolate, rum, roasted malt, salmiak, trekdrop, hint of vanilla. Flavour is rather sweet and sticky. Slightly boozy. Body is full. Rich and heavy, huge sweet flavour. Good Rum BA Stout, prefer the original though.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:41

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle at home. Aroma is malt, caramel, fruity hops, tropical fruits, pine resin, toffee, ripe tangerine and sweet apricot. Flavour is a touch above moderate sweet with a medium bittersweet finish. Body is medium. Rather heavy on the caramel malts and resin, not generally my kind of IPA, yet nicely rich sweet ripe fruity.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:38

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Aroma is rye, coffee, roast, fruity hops, pine, bit citrus, touch of dark chocolate. Flavour is above medium bitter with a slight touch of sweetness. Body is medium, bit high on the carbo. Pretty good Black IPA, nicely roasty and coffee, palate a bit so-so.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:38

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Tap at Rotterdam bierfestival. Hazy dull golden. Oats, lime zest, pineapple, vanilla, rae cocoa, light coffee, guava. Under medium sweet and bitter. Medium bodied.
Tried from Draft on 08 Feb 2025 at 17:44