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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7.6
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
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
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
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
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


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap at Rotterdam bierfestival. Hazy yellow. Creamy oats, gooseberries, lime, pineapple, bitter grassy hops, marzipan, guava. Medium sweet and bitter. Very creamy medium body. Nice!

Tried from Draft on 08 Feb 2025 at 15:36


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at Rotterdam bierfestival. Hazy golden with no head. Passion fruit, lactic sour, sweet malts, sweet winegums, bitter sea buckthorn, tangerine, light floral. Medium sour and sweet. Almost medium bodied.

Tried from Draft on 08 Feb 2025 at 15:06


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at Rotterdam bierfestival. Slight hazy golden. Crisp malts, floral hops, grapes, green apple, patchouli, lime. Medium sweet and bitter. Crisp medium bodied. Nice.

Tried from Draft on 08 Feb 2025 at 14:45


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

From tap at Kaapse Brouwers, Rotterdam. Thought I'd rated this from tasting notes, but I guess not. Aroma is big sweet caramel malt, toffee, candysugar, sweet dried fruits, notes of hops, raisins. Flavour is sweet and mildly bitter. Body is above medium. Nice sweettooth Barleywine, dessert beer.

Tried from Draft on 08 Feb 2025 at 10:34


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Speciaalbierpakket. Aroma is dark malt, cinnamon, cookies, caramel, chocolate, speculaas, roast, touch of liquorice, marshmallows and coffee. Flavour is fairly sweet with a roasty bitterness in the finish. Body is medium to full. Pretty enjoyable and well-made spicy roasty Stout-ish beer.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Feb 2025 at 10:34