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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Tap at Kaapse festival. Very dark brown with tan head. Smoke, balsamico, funky, chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, toffee, smoke. Over medium sweet, less sour and bitter. Full bodied.
Tried from Draft on 16 May 2026 at 13:41

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Can shared. Clear dark golden with small head. Sour grains, roasted corn, passion fruit, lime, red currants, hiney, sweet dough. Solid medium sour, light sweet. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Can from Beer Dudes on 14 May 2026 at 19:24

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(Draft/nitro at Arendsnest, Amsterdam, 1 March 2026) Black colour with creamy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with coffee, dark chocolate and black bread. Malty, roasted taste with notes of coffee, chocolate, dark bread and a balanced roasty bitterness. More than medium body, quite dry. Smooth and creamy mouthfeel. Well balanced and pretty straight-forward. Nice one.
Tried from Draft at Proeflokaal Arendsnest on 02 May 2026 at 21:30

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330ml can. Cloudy, yellow-ish, brass golden colour with small to average, frothy, slowly osteoporosing, minimally lacing, white head. Minimally bready, wheaty malty and floral, slightly fruity, minimally zesty, hoppy aroma, hints of white bread crust, petals, a touch of mandarine, mandarine peel. Taste is wheaty malty and grassy, slightly floral and fruity, minimally zesty hoppy, low residual sweetness, hints of petals, a touch of mandarine, mandarine peel.
Minimally creamy, watery texture, smooth and soft, simultaneously slightly dry palate, medium to fine, dense, mildly prickly carbonation.
Light, refreshing, drinkable - nice.
Tried from Can from Bierloods22 - Online Shop on 29 Apr 2026 at 19:29

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Can at home. Bit hazy golden. Creamy, light popcorn, sweet pineapple, a lot of pandan up front. Very aromatic, fruity, and some marzipan. Medium sweet and sour, light bitter. medium bodied, a little dry. Nice.
Tried from Can from Beer Dudes on 10 Apr 2026 at 16:00

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Can at home. Clear golden. Toasted malts, soft rye, grassy, stone fruits, biscuits, some lemon zest. Light sweet, sour and bitter. Over light bodied. Quite nice, but it's a touch too sour for what it's supposed to be.
Tried from Can from Beer Dudes on 03 Apr 2026 at 16:49

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Op tap bij Kaapse Maria. Mistig goudgele kleur, dunne witte kraag. Moutig, oude koekjes, vanille, alcohol, jeneverbes, hout, medium zoet, lichtbittere finish. Medium body.
Tried from Draft at Kaapse Maria on 28 Mar 2026 at 15:42

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Op tap bij Kaapse Maria. Mistig amber / licht roodbruine kleur, geen kraag. Hout, rozijntjes, licht zuurtje, iets funky, wrang, rode wijn, vanille, houtige en lichtzure finish. Tikje hoog in koolzuur, verder prima bier.
Tried from Draft at Kaapse Maria on 28 Mar 2026 at 15:40

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Op tap bij Kaapse Maria, nitro. Zwarte kleur, mooie beige nitro kraag. Gebrande mout, gebrande noten, chocolade, koffie, wat caramel, niet te zoet, degelijk bitter. Lichte tot medium body, glad mongevoel, romig. Lekker.
Tried from Draft at Kaapse Maria on 28 Mar 2026 at 15:37

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Op tap bij Kaapse Maria. Troebele goudgele kleur, witte kraag. Frisse hopgeur, grassig, iets dennen, druiven, citrus, romige tarwe, mooi bitter. Goeie Hopfenweisse.
Tried from Draft at Kaapse Maria on 28 Mar 2026 at 15:35