Brasserie Cantillon
Microbrewery
in Anderlecht,
Brussels,
Brussels Capital Region,
Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Brasserie Cantillon
Established in 1900
Contact
Rue Gheude 56, Brussels, 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.
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Hazy orange with tiny head. Aroma is sour with citrus, abricot and woody notes. Very sour flavor with well hidden hints of abricot ;-) Lovely...
Tried
on 05 Nov 2007
at 15:19
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Intensiv fruchtiger Geruch mit deutlich holziger Note, worunter sich die Säuerlichkeit verbirgt. Der Antrunk ist genau so intensiv, wie man es im Geruch deutet, Intensiv sauer mit kirschiger Note, die der Säuerlichkeit nach und nach unterliegt. Die gerochene Holzigkeit lässt sich weniger, aber doch teilweise hintergründig feststellen. Am besten ist das Bier im Mittelteil ausgewogen, hier liegen Fruchtigkeit und Säuerlichkeit fast gleich auf. Anschließend wird das Bier deutlich saurer, bleibt aber weiter harmonisch und wird nicht zu stark. Komplexer Abgang, in dem die Säure zwar über allem Anderen steht, dahinter harmonieren Kirschnoten und leichter Hopfen. Test vom 27.10.2007, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 12,13,12,13,13,13 - 12,75
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2007
at 13:12
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle - My first unblended as well... pours yellowish with very little head. The aroma is sour and funky and obviously so is the taste. Like a gueuze, this lambic does not have fruit added and the typical wild yeast lambic funk really dominates the flavor. It didn’t blow me away though it was enjoyable enough (or maybe not given the high price point).
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2007
at 22:16
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
[2001 Edition] Pours hazy golden with a tiny white head. Sour aroma with your typical hay, leather, horseblanket and wood aromas. Flavor was sour with barnyard, hay, grapefruits, lemons and wood. Finished. So much better than the younger ones I’ve had.
Tried
on 24 Oct 2007
at 11:10
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
2003 vintage: Unclear yellow with a sprinkly off white head. This is classic cantillon. Sour vinegar, white wine & straight up dirty. Earthy & toxic! Woody & dry. Rubber & leather! Classic! Dry... re-rate 32th birthday. Incredibly complex, soft and drinkable. 3,9-4,3
Tried
from Can
on 20 Oct 2007
at 16:02
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
375 ml. bottle; 2004 vintage bottled in 2006. Earthy sour aroma. Hazy orange apricot color with a white head that really left rapidly. Thin to medium bodied with very mild carbonation. The flavor is lambic sour. A bit like earthy green apple. Pineapple? The finish is dry and sour and bitter. Changes from sip to sip. The finish is lactic, and fruity. Something like sucking on a lime peel. Problem: It is what it is, and coming up with what it is not to describe it doesn’t work. Good stuff. Very good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2007
at 20:10
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy golden with tiny head. Very sour aroma with leather and wood. Flavor contains apples, leather and ends rather dry.
Tried
on 08 Oct 2007
at 16:26
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Light orange with small white head. Sour aroma with wood, hay and apple. Not that sour flavor for a Cantillon. Lacks bite but nice balance.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Oct 2007
at 16:11
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Light orange orange with a tiny head. Sour aroma with grapes. Sour and fruity taste with some sweetness in the end. Must be the grapes.
Tried
on 08 Oct 2007
at 16:05
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Deep red with smal pink head. Sour, grapy and very vinious aroma. Flavor is sour, vinious and woody. Grapes are present. Reminds me of red wine. Rerate 24/11/2007 Pours dark red with tiny pink head. Tarty aroma with plenty of grapes. Flavor is sour, vinious, oaky and has perfect balance. Ends of with long lasting sourness.
Tried
on 08 Oct 2007
at 15:58