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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0.33l bottle (for Mexican market (!!)) at the Hopdevil in Zagreb Scant traces of a tan head on a beautiful dark red body. Lovely nose; spicey, berries, malt, orange peel, a touch of alcohol. The taste is very nice too. A tad earthy. Grapes, caramel, a faint touch of bubblegum, hints of mint, apricot flavoured candy. Yum. Faint malty/bitterish aftertaste. Damn smooth and a great beer.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Nov 2006 at 08:01

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Pours bright gold into a tulip. Bright white micro head slowly recedes. Sweet raisin aromas. Dry and tart with a lasting bitter/sweet finish.
Tried on 08 Nov 2006 at 18:19

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottled(330ml). –Shared with Doggythedog at the Hopdevil in Zagreb
Dark amber coloured, medium pale beige head. Strong aroma of malts and fruits with notes of yeast, hops, toffee and alcohol. Nice fruity and spicy finish.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2006 at 09:11

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Bottle. Hazy pink amber color with a medium white head with medium duration. Strong fruity (raspberry, cranberry and other berries) aroma and flavor. With a nice bitter / sourness finish.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Nov 2006 at 04:07

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled(330ml). –Hazy reddish coloured, small head. Strong fruity (raspberry, cranberry and other berries) and moderate malty aroma. Fruity sourness in the finish. Very refreshing.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Nov 2006 at 18:57

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Nice head with ok duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma is fruits and spices. Taste is fruits and spices and a bit vinous.
Tried on 01 Nov 2006 at 06:44

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Medium head with medium duration. Color is pinkish amber. Aroma is raspberry and other fruits. Taste is likewise.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Nov 2006 at 06:42

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle shared with ozujsko at the Hopdevil in Zagreb They ran out of Wilson Stout (we were aiming for the "rarer" beers), they didn’t have the Bernardus beers anymore, and we got the waitress to get some Carolus, and she got us this one. Not bad. Dark orange/red colour, medium to big size thick white to beige head. The nose is pretty much malt and honey, with some fruitiness/floweriness. Quite nice. Taste...malty, yeasty, fruity, slightly funky, some (illegible notes) and a hoppy/lemony aftertaste. Very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Oct 2006 at 16:05

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle. Chestnuy, golden brown head. Vineous, wooden nose. Herbal, heather notes. Burned sugar sweetness. Medium body, mellow mouthfeel. Nice spicy brew.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Oct 2006 at 09:23

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Vintage 2006. Clear brown colour with a tan head. Sweet malty alcohol aroma with some caramel hints and hints of dark fruits. Sweet malty flavor with hints of caramel an dark fruits. Malty finish with some hints of alcohol.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Oct 2006 at 18:01