Kees Bubberman is one of The Netherlands most renowned brewers. When we first started asking about Kees we were told stories of a homebrewer in the Netherlands who had won every competition he'd entered over a period of two-and-a-half years. The running joke was that if Kees had entered a beer, everyone else was competing for second place.
The Emelisse Brewery had appointed Kees their brewmaster back in 2007, and it was in this capacity that we got to sample his talents first-hand.
For seven year, Kees was Emelisse brewmaster, his beer making Emelisse deserving of being included in Ratebeers 'Worlds Top 100 Breweries 2014'.
But it was time for Kees to follow his dream of having his own brewery. After launching a successful crowd-funding campaign, his dream was realised and in early 2015 he commenced brewery the beers of Brouwerij Kees.
One of the first Dutch breweries to move all their packaging to cans, Kees brews the full range of beer styles. We were delighted to receive our first shipment of Kees' beer in September 2015, amd his beers have become firm favourites that regularly feature in our shipments.
A Russian Imperial Stout brewed to an original English recipe from 1750
A slightly happier version of a classic barley wine, using Cascade and Citra hops
A rich caramel malt body with a good dose of hop bitterness and a dry finish
An Imperial Saison aged 6 months in Buffalo Trace Bourbon barrels
A delicious dessert beer, this is like caramel fudge in a glass
This beer replaces the Double Rye IPA, loaded with Mosaic, Simcoe and Loral hops with a crisp malt body
The second variant of Kees' Double IPA, double dry hopped with Simcoe & Amarillo
A spicy Rye Imperial IPA, with generous additions of Citra, Simcoe and Cascade
An old 19th Century beer style, dragged into the current craft beer world by a creative and talented brewer
A triple dry-hopped Imperial IPA, the 2020 single hop edition features Chinook hops
An IPA from Kees, finished with a French saison yeast for an interesting mix of beer styles
Kees' version of a NEIPA - or at least a hazy IPA - full of Citra, Mosaic and Loral hops
A new version of Kees' hazy IPA featuring Citra, Mosaic and Loral hops for a soft, juicy IPA
A lightly smoked summer dopplebock - apparently it's how the 'Indian's celebrated the autumn!'
Pils and Munchener malts, Amarillo hops, coriander and mango are all fermented with yeast from Westmalle
A milkshake IPA, made using lactose and with the addition of fresh mango and vanilla
A chocolate orange stout in collaboration with De Dochter Van De Korenaar
A hop-driven pale ale dry-hopped with loads of beautiful Citra hops
Pineapple, coriander and szechuan peppers plus a little lactose make for an intriguing milkshake IPA
A really juicy, and very intriguing, single hop IPA using experimental hop HBC472
A chocolate oatmeal stout with loads of fresh strawberries added
A rich Russian Imperial Stout with cinnamon and brown sugar, based on the traditional Dutch pastry dessert
This Bourbon barrel aged imperial stout is a three-way collaboration with Alvinne (BEL) and Velka Morava (RUS) brewed at Brouwerij Kees
