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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5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Orange colour, rocky head that does not stay long, fair lacing. Aroma is pine, floral, mango. Light long bitterness. Light body, lively carbonation. Quite ok.

Tried from Bottle at Firma Handlowa Maria on 07 Oct 2025 at 20:50


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Amber colour, large rocky head that does.not stay long. Aroma is white bread, a bit of herbal hops and peach. Light bitterness. Alcohol does not disturb. Lively carbonation, medium body. Good.

Tried from Bottle at Firma Handlowa Maria on 07 Oct 2025 at 20:08


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

750 ml corked & caged bottle, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 10.5%. Dark reddish brown colour, moderate beige head. Aroma of malts, caramel, brown kandij sugar syrup and anise. Fairly sweet flavour with the same elements, but the anise is somewhat more subdued than in previous vintages. Low bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Sep 2025 at 16:59


7

Natali A. Мех ня знайдзен

Tried on 17 Sep 2025 at 16:26


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

Bottle. Color:Clear golden, white head. Aroma: Malty, yeasty notes and subtle Whisky notes. Taste: Malty, yeasty and Whisky notes, herbal notes. Mwah. A bit disappointing, was hoping for more.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Sep 2025 at 15:51





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

Bottled 330ml. -from Goblet Zagreb. Unclear golden coloured, medium sized white to off-white head, light yeasty and spicy nose. Yeasty, spicy, light vegetables and rather high carbonation with touch of spices in the finish.

Tried from Bottle from Goblet Beer Store ZG (Stupnička) on 16 Aug 2025 at 20:44


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Flesje gedronken bij Hoeve 1827.
Robijnrood tot donkerbruin helder bier.
Aroma van whisky en rook.
Smaak van whisky is er ook duidelijk

Tried on 08 Aug 2025 at 09:05