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
7.5/10
Thanks for the share, stranger in line here!
Tried
on 09 Aug 2025
at 11:02
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2022 bottle. Good red berries, mild funk. Taste is fruity, fresh, funk not too much, good balance. Minerals, mild carbonation. Nice!
Tried
on 08 Aug 2025
at 14:43
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
0,75l bottle shared at home. Bottled 27. Nov 2024. Purple color, small white head. smells oak, tannins, spices, red wine, light joghurt, berry notes, light cork, very nice smell. full body soft carbonation. tastes tannins, earthy, berry notes, red wine, peppery, minerals, tobacco. finishes lightly dry and lightly sour with notes of red wine, tannins and peppery notes. very nice one, more complex than your regular St. Lam, nice amount of tannins, overall very very good one
8, 8.5, 8.5, 8, 8.5
8, 8.5, 8.5, 8, 8.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2025
at 20:05
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
0,75l bottle shared at home. 2018 Sticker, Bottled 2020. Purple cloudy color, small pink head. smells cherries, cherry pits, marzipan, spices, lightly lactic. Very nice smell. full body obvious carbonation. tastes cherries, marzipan, peppery, citric, some oak, some funk, rather lactic, volatile acids.. finishes rather dry and medium sour with notes of cherries, lactic notes and peppery. Very nice one, rather on the lactic side, also a bit strong with the carbonation.
8, 8, 8, 7, 8
8, 8, 8, 7, 8
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2025
at 19:29
8.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 9
Bottle shaded by George & Sam in Chapel Hill. Got the dumb basket out & everything. Gracias.
Murky, dark cherry, lingering lace.
Dense dark cherry, macerated, subtle spice nose.
Thick cherry skin, fleshy fruit, peach acidity, savory spice, bit of crayon, kinda weak nuance; just dense cherry. Amazing cherry & white pepper thing going. Over time it didn't develop much but surprised how fruity it still is.
Prickly carb, lovely tolerable acidity, bittersweet essence lingers.
First time having Pepe.
Murky, dark cherry, lingering lace.
Dense dark cherry, macerated, subtle spice nose.
Thick cherry skin, fleshy fruit, peach acidity, savory spice, bit of crayon, kinda weak nuance; just dense cherry. Amazing cherry & white pepper thing going. Over time it didn't develop much but surprised how fruity it still is.
Prickly carb, lovely tolerable acidity, bittersweet essence lingers.
First time having Pepe.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2025
at 17:23
9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
George was feeling generous, so he let Sam have some.
Moldy cork but intact.
Hazy gold, lingering thin head.
Tropical, soapy, saltine nose.
Taste is super danky, watermelon, tart, amazing twang, pedestrian funk.
Thin, fuzzy, medium full carb, perfect acid, sloshable.
So great.
Moldy cork but intact.
Hazy gold, lingering thin head.
Tropical, soapy, saltine nose.
Taste is super danky, watermelon, tart, amazing twang, pedestrian funk.
Thin, fuzzy, medium full carb, perfect acid, sloshable.
So great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2025
at 22:00
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to TBW for sharing (2008): Poured a murky brown orange with a off-white head. Aroma is musty, cherry, oak, woodsy. Taste is woodsy, cherries, tangy tart, acidic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2025
at 21:14
8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught at Lauter, smallish bubbly head, light cloudy Dee red colour with purple hues, aroma of plums, spice and a bit of wood and a whiff of varnish, vinous aroma, a bit of horse sweat and dark fruits, cherries and plums, medium slightly lactic sourness with a hint of sweetness. Highly enjoyable, very nicely balanced.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Jul 2025
at 13:55
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught at Lauter, almost no head, hazy deepish orange color, woody aroma with some varnish and a bit of fruitiness, sour fruity flavor especially white fruits, a bit of maltiness, medium strong fruity and lightly citrusy sourness with just a hint of bitterness. Nice and clean, surprisingly easy to drink.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Jul 2025
at 13:40
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Ruby colour, large creamy brownish ecru-ish, pinkish-rose-like head; aroma of sour cherry, citric acidy, rapberry, seabuckthorn, rhubarb, redcurrant, some earthy, and minimal acetic acidy notes; taste is quite the same; good one
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2025
at 16:57