Beek Spirits

Client Brewer in Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands 🇳🇱

Established in 2023

Contact
Voorstraat 1, Kampen, 8261 HP, Netherlands
Description
Nadat Rob Zwaan stopte met het merk Happy Face vroeg Jan Beek hem om af en toe een bier te brouwen om in zijn vaten te laten rijpen. De beslissing was snel genomen en begin maart 2023 brouwde Rob bij de Koperen Kat in Delft het eerste bier van Zwaan&Beek, een Imperial Stout. Dat bier ging in een Calvados/whisky vat, de rest ging direct in de fles. Het merk Zwaan&Beek was geboren.

Een heel klein nieuw merk met uitsluitend éénmalige bottelingen: We gaan bier brouwen om die in twee verschillende varianten uit te brengen. Eerst als het originele basisbier en vervolgens als vatgerijpte variant, waarvoor de diverse vaten van BEEK gebruikt zullen gaan worden. Het plan is om dat wellicht 3 à 4 keer per jaar te doen.

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7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Color: Murky brown, beige head. Aroma: Dried fruit, almond. Taste: Almond, dried fruit (fig, raisin, some plum), some caramel, malty, oak wood and Whisky notes, hoppy backbone. Moderate to over moderate sweet, moderate bitterness. Long lasting dry-ish and bittery finish. Medium body, below average carbonation. Some more carbonation than the other two versions, fortunately. Ok.

Tried from Can on 30 Nov 2025 at 19:46


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7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Color: Murky brown, very thin beige head. Aroma: Dark malt, sweetish, almond. Taste: Dark malt, almond, Whisky notes. Hints of peat. Moderate sweet and bitter, some more bitterness at the dry, long lasting finish. Quite a lot of almond.

Tried from Can on 29 Nov 2025 at 16:36


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7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Can. Color: Murky brown, very thin beige head. Aroma: Dark malt, Whisky notes, fruity hints. Taste: Dark malt, some caramel, some nuts / almond, Whisky notes, light fruity hints. Medium body, low carbonation. Hoppy backbone at the dry finish. Moderate sweet and light going towards over moderate bitterness at the long lasting finish. Nice.

Tried from Can on 28 Nov 2025 at 19:58


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

A clear dark orange brown beer with a beige lacing. Aroma of roasted dark malt, wood, some piney hops. Taste of piney bitter hops, resins, caramel, coffee, some wood.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Nov 2025 at 08:29


7

A very dark brown beer with a white lacing. Aroma of roasted dark malt, coffee, some liquorice. Taste of liquorice, molasses, mid sweet dark malt, coffee.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Nov 2025 at 08:23


7.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

A clear orange brown beer with a beige head. Aroma of resinous bitter hops, pine, caramel dark malt. Taste of roasted bitter dark malt, coffee, resins, pine. Long bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Nov 2025 at 07:18


7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Trockener, intensiv hopfiger Beginn, stark röstig. Würzig, frisch, dunkelmalzig, weich. Trocken, stark hopfig bleibend, mittellanger Abgang. 10/11/12/12/9/11

Tried from Bottle on 15 Nov 2025 at 21:15


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Cremiger, schokoladig malziger Beginn. Im Hintergrund Kakao, minimale Herbe, geringe Karbonisierung. Weich, brotig-malzig, alkoholische Nuancen. Langer Nachhall. 9/11/12/11/7/11

Tried from Bottle on 15 Nov 2025 at 14:04


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

Süßer, intensiv malziger Beginn, Hopfen ist fast keiner erkennbar. Rum, wenig Kokos, bitter, etwas alkoholisch. Karamell, leichte Herbe, ziemlich trockener Hintergrund. Schwer. OK. 10/11/10/10/8/10

Tried from Bottle on 15 Nov 2025 at 13:59


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from a local bottle shop. Aroma is roasted malt with chocolate, piney hop, orange, some coffee. Firm bitter flavour with a light sweetness, long bitter aftertaste. Above medium body, manages to hide the 10% very well. A surprising smash hit.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jan 2025 at 13:27