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Kaapse Brouwers is a craft beer brewery and brewpub in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is located at the Fenix Food Factory on Katendrecht.

History
Kaapse Brouwers opened in 2014. It is the second brewery, after Stadsbrouwerij De Pelgrim ("City Brewery The Pelgrim") in 1996, to open in Rotterdam after Oranjeboom Brewery moved out of the city in 1990. It was founded by Tjomme Zijlstra, in collaboration with Menno Olivier and John Brus of Brouwerij De Molen. Kaapse Brouwers is a brewpub; it serves beers that are brewed on location and have a large terrace on the Meuse. It is located at the Fenix Food Factory, a renovated warehouse, on Katendrecht in Rotterdam, on the south bank of the Meuse river.

In its first year, 50000 hl of beer were produced. Demand soon became too much for the capacity at the brewpub; to meet production demand Kaapse Brouwers also brew their beers at Brouwerij De Molen in Bodegraven. Since 2014, Kaapse Brouwers hosts BAF!, the Borefts After Festival. In May 2017, Kaapse Brouwers celebrated their three year anniversary with a beer festival. In collaboration with German brewery Gänstaller Bräu it created a special one-off brew for the occasion.

In November 2016, Kaapse opened another location in Rotterdam, Kaapse Maria, at Mauritsweg. From February 2017, Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn started selling beers by Kaapse Brouwers. It exports to 18 countries, including England, the Scandinavian countries, Brazil, Poland and the United States.

Awards and recognition
In September 2014, the New York Post suggested that people visiting the Fenix Food Factory should "be sure to sample one of 20-odd craft beers served on tap at the on-site brewpub". In December 2016, The Independent mentioned Kaapse Brouwers as the spot to see live jazz on Friday and Sunday evenings. In February 2017, the newspaper Algemeen Dagblad held a blind tasting session with ten beers from Rotterdam. Kaapse Bea, a black rye IPA, came in first, with an overall score of 8.8. That same month, after a panel discussion with Steve Hindy of Brooklyn Brewery and Michiel Ordeman of Jopen, Menno Olivier of Brouwerij De Molen noted that if he were to start over again, he would start with a brewpub like Kaapse Brouwers. In June 2017, CNN listed Kaapse Brouwers in their "13 reasons why Rotterdam may be Europe's new capital of cool" list.

Beers

 * Bea, a black rye IPA
 * Harrie, a saison
 * Karel, an American bitter
 * Gozer, an imperial oatmeal stout
 * Carrie, a strong IPA
 * Jaapie, an imperial red ale
 * Karloff is an experimental series