Brasserie Cantillon
Microbrewery
in Anderlecht,
Brussels Capital Region,
Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Brasserie Cantillon
Established in 1900
Contact
Rue Gheude 56, Anderlecht, 1070, Belgium
Subsidiaries
Description
Open the door of the 56 rue Gheude.
Cantillon ? That’s the time machine. You’ll leave the modern civilization, goodbye to the noise, goodbye to the world.
"But where are we ?", you will ask yourself.
Well, you are in a family brewery where Lambic, Gueuze, Faro and Kriek are made and where nothing has changed since 1900 when it was founded. The Van Roy-Cantillon family welcomes you and invites you to discover a fabulous world. Beers, tools and brewing process are still the same as in the beginning.
Red copper containers, barrels, some of them more than 100 years old, and walls of bottles constitute the scenery for your visit.
Maybe you’ll be lucky to see the brewing or the bottling, maybe you ’ll see how barrels are cleaned or how fruit beers are made in summer. Maybe you’ll be lucky to see the brewing or the bottling, maybe you ’ll see how barrels are cleaned or how fruit beers are made in summer.
Anyway, you’ll be able to taste a real traditional Gueuze-Lambic and if you would like to know more about the Kriek or the Framboise, just ask the brewer.
Cantillon ? That’s the time machine. You’ll leave the modern civilization, goodbye to the noise, goodbye to the world.
"But where are we ?", you will ask yourself.
Well, you are in a family brewery where Lambic, Gueuze, Faro and Kriek are made and where nothing has changed since 1900 when it was founded. The Van Roy-Cantillon family welcomes you and invites you to discover a fabulous world. Beers, tools and brewing process are still the same as in the beginning.
Red copper containers, barrels, some of them more than 100 years old, and walls of bottles constitute the scenery for your visit.
Maybe you’ll be lucky to see the brewing or the bottling, maybe you ’ll see how barrels are cleaned or how fruit beers are made in summer. Maybe you’ll be lucky to see the brewing or the bottling, maybe you ’ll see how barrels are cleaned or how fruit beers are made in summer.
Anyway, you’ll be able to taste a real traditional Gueuze-Lambic and if you would like to know more about the Kriek or the Framboise, just ask the brewer.
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Bottle, with Brandt (thx!), Gurthnar, Zhenya, and Valhalla folks. Hazy golden body. Ginormous, beautiful apricot and oak in the aroma, some brett. Just lovely, juicy, apricot-driven, mildly woody, low acidity, lightly lactic in a good way, lemony tartness... Oh man... ooooh man... My favorite Cantillon, upgraded. How does it work this well, how?!
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2026
at 17:32
9.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9.5
Flavor 9.5
Texture 9
Overall 9
Bottle @Ma che siete venuti a fa' (Rome). Dorata, appena velata, schiuma bianca media. Al naso splendide note vinose, di uva bianca, legno, Porto, stalla, cantina. In bocca è vinosa, bilanciata con una leggera dolcezza di uva matura, note di Porto, acidità medio-bassa, molto raffinata. Corpo medio, carbonazione media. Spettacolare.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Ma Che Siete Venuti A Fà
on 15 Mar 2026
at 16:16
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Color: Lightly hazy golden, white head. Aroma: Stable-like funk, grape. Taste: Quite a lot of stable-like funk, fruity grape, grapeskin, tannins, oak wood. Moderate tartness. Medium body, just below average carbonation. Long lasting funky, tannins and grape finish. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Bierhandel Willems
on 14 Mar 2026
at 20:21
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at the Loon Factory. Light haze on an orange gold. Loose bubbles of white settle to a slim ring. Nose has oak. Rum. Wheat. Light astringent hop. Anderlecht funk throughout. Taste is light tart. Dry. Minimal amount of bitterness. The 8% feels slightly warming (especially at 10am). Dry light astringent finish. Rum barrel is perfectly pitched and doesn’t overwhelm. Nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Brasserie Cantillon
on 27 Feb 2026
at 10:17
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Bottle at the Loon Factory. 2024 version. Pours a slightly lifeless hazed ginger gold. Any head is short lived. Nose has Anderlecht funk in spades. Tart sharp grape. Then there’s some sweet raisin like notes. Lots of sweaty oak. Pretty unusual. Taste is light tart with a distinct sweetness on the lips. Pretty sticky actually. Feels a tad flat overall. Light tart finish. Tasty gear but perhaps it’s lacking some time sat to liven up.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Brasserie Cantillon
on 26 Feb 2026
at 15:06
8.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2020 from a bottle at Gourmet Haus.
Tried
on 25 Feb 2026
at 01:28
8.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 9.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Gourmet Haus.
Tried
on 25 Feb 2026
at 01:26
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Taster showing light vinous red with sparse white foam.
The nose shows moderately intense notes of black forest fruit and light Brett.
The palate is well carbonated and light bodied. Moderately tart with light balanced black forest fruit throughout.
The nose shows moderately intense notes of black forest fruit and light Brett.
The palate is well carbonated and light bodied. Moderately tart with light balanced black forest fruit throughout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2026
at 06:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
21-22 Lys brun tåkete med noe hvitt skum. Lukter bæreddik. Smaker svovel, stenfrukt og noe eple. Middels lang.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2026
at 21:07
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
0,75l bottle at home. Bottled 27.10.2023. Cork with date 2023 and 23/24. deep Red color, small white head. smells funky, tannins, red wine, berry notes. Very nice smell. full body, soft carbonation. tastes funky, earthy, leathery, red wine, tannins, subtle smoke, berry notes, light joghurt, amaretto cherry. finishes lightly dry and lightly sour with notes of red wine, spices and berry notes.
8. 8.5, 8.5, 8, 8.5
8. 8.5, 8.5, 8, 8.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2026
at 19:19