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
Brasserie Cantillon owns 1 brewery:
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.

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8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Hazy light red with small pink head. Sour aroma with hints of rasberries and wood. Flavor full of raspberries, wood and comes out sour. Classic.
Tried on 08 Oct 2007 at 15:49

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Light red beer with tiny pink head. Accidic aroma with minor notes of raspberry. Taste is very sour like your typical Cantillon and again the pressence of rasberries is close to abscent. A fantastic framboise!
Tried from Can on 08 Oct 2007 at 15:39

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
[i] Bottle from BOE 07-10-07 [/i] Poured a wonderful murky orange colour and whilst quite fizzical there was no head. Aroma was tart but the apricots were definitely there. Tasted initially very acidic which took a while to wane but it did and then a strident fruitiness started to flood through with soft fleshy overripe apricots becoming more and more noticeable. This was a nice lambic but I felt that it needed time, initially I wasn’t so fussed but owing to it being a rather large 750ml bottle I noticed that after 45-60 mins later it started tasting so much better. With time the vicious acid bite at the start seemed to mellow a touch obviously that was the case of ones palate getting used to it but also I like to think that maybe a bit of air and the slowing down of that carbonation might have helped.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2007 at 01:36

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottled@Akkurat
Hazy orange, not much head. Fruity, sour aroma. Fruity, hayish, blackcurrant and red grape flavor. Some earthy notes, sour aftertaste. Good and extremely drinkable as always from Cantillon.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Oct 2007 at 10:23

9.8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 10 Texture 10 Overall 10
A rarity shared by the always generous Brewfiend. How the heck did you get this Brad? It pours a dark red color. Aroma of light fruit, yeast, and barnyard with some mold. Flavor combines all of those qualities with an incredible sour flavor. Very smooth. Some carbonation. Truly a work of art and I feel lucky to try it.
Tried on 06 Oct 2007 at 11:56

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
750ml bottle. Cherry red with a short-lived pink tinged head. Tart fruit, acidic aroma with plenty of farmyard. The flavour had masses of tart fruit with a dry, acidic finish. Very enjoyable.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Oct 2007 at 10:31

7.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
750ml bottle. Cloudy pale gold colour with a large off-white head. Powerful aroma of sour green fruit, lemons and the farmyard. The flavour was acidic, with plenty of tart fruit and a mouth puckering finish. Excellent.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Oct 2007 at 10:27

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draught @ The Rake, Borough. Pours a pinkish reddish color with a pinkish white head. Fruity tart raspberry aroma. Tart fruity and sour raspberry flavor. Fruity tart finish with a long aftertaste of raspberries.
Tried on 05 Oct 2007 at 08:56

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
75 cL bottle, thanks to Thomas_E. Pours hazy yellow with a little lacing head. Slight classic geuze aroma but more mellow and with a slight peppery note. Quite citric to acidic flavour, dry and fruity.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Oct 2007 at 03:49

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottled 0,75 ltr, vintage 2000 @Akkurat
Deep cherry red color, small white head. Semi-sour fruity rasberry aroma. Sour Cantillon, extremely fruity mouth-drying rasberry flavor. Sour fruity aftertaste. Another quality lambic from Cantillon. 7 yrs ageing hasn’t changed this any worse.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Oct 2007 at 15:35