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
+32 15 287 141
info@hetanker.be
Subsidiaries
Brouwerij Het Anker owns 1 brewery/brand:
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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ogivlado
ogivlado (20674) reviewed
Boscoulis from Brouwerij Het Anker
19 years ago
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
saxo
saxo (30101) reviewed
Gouden Carolus Cuvée van de Keizer Imperial Dark (Blauw Label) from Brouwerij Het Anker
19 years ago
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
saxo
saxo (30101) reviewed
Boscoulis from Brouwerij Het Anker
19 years ago
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
Marko
Marko (23910) reviewed
Gouden Carolus Ambrio (8%) from Brouwerij Het Anker
19 years ago
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
jhaase
jhaase (15084) reviewed
Gouden Carolus Christmas/Noël from Brouwerij Het Anker
19 years ago
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
Anders37
Anders37 (30295) reviewed
Gouden Carolus Cuvée van de Keizer Imperial Dark (Blauw Label) from Brouwerij Het Anker
19 years ago
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
fonefan
fonefan (85958) reviewed
Gouden Carolus Cuvée Van De Keizer Imperial Dark (2001) from Brouwerij Het Anker
19 years ago
9/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 10
9/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 10
Bottle. Vintage 2001. Dark brown color with almost no head. Malty and sweet with notes of dark fruit, chocolate, caramel and alcohol. Very rich in flavour. Vintage 2002. Dark brown color with almost no head. Malty and sweet with notes of dark fruit, chocolate, caramel and alcohol. Very rich in flavour just a little younger in the tast. 2005 Same as 2002 but no as strong and mature. Gets very good when you can keep it in your celler.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2006 at 08:31
Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2006 at 15:09
fonefan
fonefan (85958) reviewed
Gouden Carolus Cuvée van de Keizer Imperial Dark (Blauw Label) from Brouwerij Het Anker
19 years ago
9/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 10
Bottle. Vintage 2001. Dark brown color with almost no head. Malty and sweet with notes of dark fruit, chocolate, caramel and alcohol. Very rich in flavour. Vintage 2002. Dark brown color with almost no head. Malty and sweet with notes of dark fruit, chocolate, caramel and alcohol. Very rich in flavour just a little younger in the tast. 2005 Same as 2002 but no as strong and mature. Gets very good when you can keep it in your celler.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2006 at 06:31
larsga
larsga (7658) reviewed
Maneblusser Bok from Brouwerij Het Anker
19 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Huge offwhite creamy head; deep dark red body with carbonation. Light, roasty licorice aroma. Taste is sweet, bitter licorice and roasty malts. Very harmonic. Dry licorice aftertaste. Simply, straightforward, drinkable, good. (0.25l on tap.)
Tried from Draft on 05 Oct 2006 at 15:03
Nightfall
Nightfall (2275) reviewed
Boscoulis from Brouwerij Het Anker
19 years ago
6.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Bottle. Goldenamberediish color (lol). Big head. Quite refreshing. Very sweet and fruity. Better than I expected !
Tried from Bottle on 28 Sep 2006 at 11:50