Brouwerij Het Anker
Commercial Brewery
in
Mechelen,
Antwerp,
Belgium 🇧🇪
Owned by
Brouwerij Huyghe
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 1872
Contact
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Description
Brewery Het Anker is one of the oldest breweries in Belgium (1471). In its current form the brewery exists since 1872 when the Van Breedam family bought the brewery and built a modern brewery with a steam boiler. Nowadays it is still a family brewery that has been brewing beer in the Groot Begijnhof in Mechelen for 5 generations. Over the years, Het Anker grew into an internationally acclaimed brewery. The old recipes are still the basis of the brewing process and a variety of hops and herbs flavor the beers.
The brewhouse consists of three kettles from 1946 and a wort filter from 2014. The kettles are made of red copper and are “hammered” by hand into the existing shapes. The capacity is 3000 kg deposit. In the past, brews of 250 to 300 hl of lager were produced with this. Today we brew 110 hl per brew since the current beers are of a much higher density.
The brewhouse consists of three kettles from 1946 and a wort filter from 2014. The kettles are made of red copper and are “hammered” by hand into the existing shapes. The capacity is 3000 kg deposit. In the past, brews of 250 to 300 hl of lager were produced with this. Today we brew 110 hl per brew since the current beers are of a much higher density.
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Beer number ten at the 31st May 2026 Bandstand Beer Gathering in Shrewsbury, five of us sharing stuff. Cheers Mike for the 75cl cork and caged bottle of this. Just a little to sour for my palate, but I understand why others purr over it. Scored objectively.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2026
at 19:00
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
I drank this beer in a pint, in Lausanne. It is a really good beer, powerful, rich in spicies, cloves, cynamon, malty, ginger bread, great, at the Bruxelles Café, Lausanne with Raoul in 2016.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2026
at 21:17
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle from Vinmonopolet Langnes. A white head, slowly diminishing over a clear golden body, spotty lacing. Inviting aromas of honeyed malts, earth and yeast, mid-dry. Fine blended taste of yeasty fruitiness, earthy malts, and a note of vanilla. Long lived ending with warmth from the whisky. Like it (Tromsø, 30.05.2026).
Tried
from Bottle
from
Vinmonopolet Tromsø, Langnes
on 30 May 2026
at 13:20
6.5/10
Tried
on 22 May 2026
at 18:53
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Utseende: Gulbrun.
Lukt: Malt, frukter.
Smak: Malt, frukter.
Skum/kullsyre: Dekkende skum, heng.
Medium: Rating:8-7-7-6-7=7, Bottle@330ml, ABV@10.7%, Når@2026.05.16.
Hvor: Samling Bryne
Navn: Gouden Carolus Whisky Infused Blond
Stil: BELGIAN STYLE - STRONG ALE
Bryggeri: Brouwerij Het Anker
Lukt: Malt, frukter.
Smak: Malt, frukter.
Skum/kullsyre: Dekkende skum, heng.
Medium: Rating:8-7-7-6-7=7, Bottle@330ml, ABV@10.7%, Når@2026.05.16.
Hvor: Samling Bryne
Navn: Gouden Carolus Whisky Infused Blond
Stil: BELGIAN STYLE - STRONG ALE
Bryggeri: Brouwerij Het Anker
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2026
at 09:22
5.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
0.33 l bottle at King's SMASH Station, Rijeka. Unclear golden, small off-white head. Aroma is grainy, bready and softly estery, some apple. Some plastic phenols as well. A hint of cardboard. Flavour is bread, banana, ripe apple and plastic. Smooth, medium body, soft carbonation, sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
at
King's Caffe Smash Station
on 09 May 2026
at 14:47
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Big bottle from systembolaget, sweden.
Clear brown amber color.
Nice balanced caramell aroma and taste.
Smooth and interesting.
Clear brown amber color.
Nice balanced caramell aroma and taste.
Smooth and interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2026
at 15:36
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled at TEJA-tasing. Clear mahogany colour, small head. Generous aroma of marzipan and caramel. Sweet with full body and well rounded mouthfeel. Caramel and marzipan, mildy warming mid bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2026
at 15:34
Bottle. Distinct quality Belgian ale aroma at first, followed by a boozy hint. Generic fruityness, pale malt notes, spiced notes, some dried apricot and a hint of vanilla and wood. Warming and smooth, with pleasant tannins and bitterness. Perhaps a bit too much on the warming side this one, but it shares well, and is kind of dangerously quenching. 747416 260503
Tried
from Bottle
from
Vinmonopolet Kristiansand, Lillemarkens
on 03 May 2026
at 14:32
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
YG. Golden color with a white head. Aroma and flavor is whiskey, alcohol, malt, yeast, spices, dried fruit, dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2026
at 08:04