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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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Speciaalbierpakket. Aroma is citrussy hops with orange juice, herbal notes, pale malt, and a little hoppy/weedy dankness. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Body is medium with too much carbonation. Not a great 'Vermont' as expected but there's some herbal/dankness and decent citrussy hops. Kinda nice, but nothing special.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Feb 2025 at 10:33


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from Sterk Amsterdam. Aroma is sweet orange peel with pine needles, candied orange, fruity marmalade, and mild yeasty notes. Quite sweet and candied, above moderate bitter. Body is medium. Not bad but not very Saison-like.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2025 at 12:19


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is resinous and fruity hops with candied orange, floral hops, grapefruit, caramel, tropical notes, pine resin. Flavour is above medium sweet with a long firm bitterness. Agressively hopped with a lot of pine resin and candied orange, nice.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2025 at 12:17


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from a local supermarket. Fairly rich brown malt aroma with caramel, lightly smoked malt, fruity notes, hint of berries, some dried fruits. Flavour is moderate to medium sweet and light bitter. Body is medium. Pretty solid Bock, I dig the soft fruit and subtle smoke.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:59


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Huge gusher. Aroma is phenolic yeast with citrus, orange, touch of banana, some wheaty malt. Flavour is moderate sweet and moderate to medium bitter. Body is medium. A bit messy but I dig the aroma.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:58


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

Can at Proeflokaal MOUT, Groningen. Aroma is fruity hops with citrus, tropical fruits, mango, grapefruit. Mild sweet, moderate to medium bitter with a medium body. Good basic IPA.

Tried from Can on 03 Feb 2025 at 14:25


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is roasted malt. Picking up notes of caramel and some coffee. Lightly toasted and burnt. Pleasant hoppy bitterness and light sweet, with a light to medium body. Nicely roasty Lager.

Tried from Can on 01 Feb 2025 at 07:08


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can from a local bottle shop. Aroma is piney hop with malt, some caramel, pine resin, touch of ripe orange and grapefruit. Flavour is on the sweet side with a medium bitterness. Body is medium. Nicely piney, but lacks some fruitiness for balance.

Tried from Can on 01 Feb 2025 at 07:07


6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Can. Color: Hazy golden, white head. Aroma: Malty, grainy. Taste: Malty, grainy, sweetish. Floral hop backbone. Over moderate to medium sweet, light to moderate bitterness. Quite dense mouthfeel. Just over medium body, just below average carbonation. Ok overall.

Tried from Can from Mitra Bennekom on 28 Jan 2025 at 19:25


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can from Beerdome. Sweetish grainy malt aroma with some caramel, light noble hop. Moderate sweet, light bitter. A bit bready, medium body. Good.

Tried from Can on 24 Jan 2025 at 22:34