Brouwerij Het Anker

Commercial Brewery in Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Owned by Brouwerij Huyghe
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 1872

Contact
Guido Gezellenlaan 49, Mechelen, 2800, Belgium
Subsidiaries
Brouwerij Het Anker owns 1 brewery:
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.

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8.5

Tried from Bottle on 29 Nov 2025 at 22:31


7.3
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Tried from Bottle on 28 Nov 2025 at 20:37


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

A small bottle from the off-licence opposite Jing Mei fire station. Aroma: fresh, malty and inviting; no suggestion of whiskey. Appearance: opaque cola, big creamy tan head. Palate: to my surprise not as full-bodied as I would expect, average carbonation; the finish is slightly tart, along with a powerful alcoholic kick in the guts - great! Taste: lightly-sweet with plenty of malt, rock candy, almonds, Dundee cake. After the initial hit, the alcohol is discreet, good work, well-crafted. This might be the strongest beer I’ve rated to date, and I love it.

Tried on 27 Nov 2025 at 10:01


7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

A small bottle from the off-licence opposite Jing Mei fire station. Aroma: fresh grass, vinous, boozy fumes, good stuff. Appearance: semi-opaque honey amber. Remarkable head, no gusher but foam occupied 2/3s the glass, nice creamy cap. Palate: full-bodied and rather oily, softish carbonation despite the foam; finish is long, boozy and warming. Taste: medium-sweet with rock candy, almond, some pepper from the alcohol. Good beer - only drawback was the head dissipated so slowly it took ages to drink my money’s worth.

Tried on 24 Nov 2025 at 08:35


8
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle at Hops, Crewe. Pours a bright golden amber with medium sized frothy almost white head soft carbonation. The aroma is mainly spices with hints of banana and bread rolls. In the mouth it varies between sweet and sharp but with the latter increasing. Flavour is wonderfully complex with Belgian yeast, cloves, spices, alcoholic strength and hints of citrus. Later on there are traces of corn, crackers and oranges as well. Sweetness lasts into a boozy finish. This is nice – a top class tripel.

Tried from Bottle at Hops on 22 Nov 2025 at 15:15


6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Fles gedeeld door Joris en gedronken tijdens proeverijtje.
Goudgeel helder bier met matig schuim.
Smaak is licht bitter en nasmaak is iets bitter.

Tried on 15 Nov 2025 at 21:38


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Fles meegebracht door Joris en gedronken tijdens proeverijtje bij Rogier.
Mooi helder blond bier matig schuim.
Aroma van hout.
Smaak is houtig en licht bitter.
Nasmaak is licht fruitig.

Tried on 15 Nov 2025 at 21:29


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Tried on 15 Nov 2025 at 20:50


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Pours a dark brown colour with a fluffy beige head, plenty of hops and fruit and a hint of sweetness in the aroma, the taste is medium bitterness with a dry bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Nov 2025 at 18:03


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7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

75cl bb 31 12 27 du colruyt jourdan.
Couleur acajou col épais crémeux fin off white
Arôme est frais cerise noir leger sour chocolaté caramel.
Palais offre une excellent balance sour cerise bière plus un apport malté de la bière de quadruple? Mélange de deux bières coupée avec des cerises. Xh3rry pit avec ménage entre douceur 3t aigreur.
Pointe de vinaigre balance pas mal avec le malt. Belle collab avec les classiques de flemish red verhaeghe

Tried from Bottle on 13 Nov 2025 at 16:12