About
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.
Part of the group
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draught at monk's cafe: pours purplish red with a white head. Aroma is ref wine, wood, minerals funkiness. Taste is lightly tart, woody, not too sweet, fairly dry. Quite nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Apr 2026
at 15:33
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Monk's Cafe on draught: pours golden with small head. Lovely white grape aromas, light socky notes. Juicy. Lightly sour. Light minerally notes. Not too sweet. Very nice aftertaste.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Apr 2026
at 15:32
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Monk's Cafe on draught: pours golden with white head. Aroma is great apricot notes, light basement, funky. Taste is pretty sweet, very fruity, moderately sour. Not as funky as expected. Glad this one was my first as it on the subtler side. Quite good.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Apr 2026
at 15:30
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at the factory. Actually this was a glass from one of those swapsie things that go off in here. Cheers. Pretty hazy straw lemon gold. Slim ring of dense white foam. Nose has semi sweet white grape. Bit of yer lemon verbena vibe. Clean smell, if that’s a thing. Taste is also very clean. Lemony sharpness. Pretty dry overall. Drinks great. Lean clean finish. Nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Brasserie Cantillon
on 28 Apr 2026
at 12:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at the factory. Almost clear pale amber. Bubbly glossy white head. Nose has semi sweet malt. Some Sherry like notes. Raisins. Some oxidation. Some leathery notes. Taste is fairly sweet first with some herbal bitterness. Light dry with some tartness. Drinks fair overall. Some tannins on the finish. Nice tick.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Brasserie Cantillon
on 28 Apr 2026
at 12:37
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
Bottle at the factory. Light haze on a pale to medium gold. Decent white foam fully covers and lasts. Looks well. Nose is particularly perfumed. Tea leaf, obviously. Some kind of tobacco leaf affair. Bit leathery. Bit fusty. Not entirely pleasant, according to the missus! It is a little vegetal. Taste is a little dry with some acidity. Decent finish though with a touch of leafy bitterness. Nice tick.
Tried
at
Brasserie Cantillon
on 28 Apr 2026
at 11:59
8.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Bottle at the Loon Factory. Fine haze on a medium orange gold. Slim lasting dense white head. Nose has chalky mineral. Ripened lemon and to a lesser degree, orange. Wine barrels are discreet but still evident. Some sweet red grape. Long time since I had an Amarone wine but this is reminiscent. Taste is light dry, light tart and pithy bitter. Clean and refreshing. Barely any acidity. Juicy finish. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Brasserie Cantillon
on 28 Apr 2026
at 10:35
8.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Didn’t realise this was a tick. On tap at Two Thirds on Zwanze day. Deep clear dark red. Sturdy foam stays the course. Lots of jammy red grape. Red wine oak. Some tannins even. Taste is juicy and grapey in a light bitter tannic kind of way. Easy drinking with a touch of acidity. Juicy red wine drying finish.
Tried
from Draft
at
Two Thirds Beer Co.
on 28 Apr 2026
at 07:46
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Bottle down the Loon Factory. Mostly clear chestnut brown. Loose bubbles of pale beige foam that stay the course admirably. Nose has Turkish coffee. Fig. Raisins. Iodine. Cognac soaked wood. Liquorice. Some oxidation. Taste is a little sweet with some tartness and dryness. Bitterness too possibly from the oak. Easy drinking overall with little acidity. Tart and quite juicy on the finish. Nicely complex but not hard work.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2026
at 12:48
8.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle down the Loon Factory. More or less clear raspberry red. Firm fairly thick ring of pale pink swede. Nose has bright semi sweet red grape. Notes of strawberry. Raspberry jelly. Some sweet raisin like notes. Restrained funk. Light new oak. Taste has some sweetness up front. Light tart. Light dry. Minimal acidity. Drinks like juice. Light tart light dry finish. Good starter bev.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Brasserie Cantillon
on 27 Apr 2026
at 11:57