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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7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
75cl bottle. Vaasa tasting

Poured clear and golden
Belgian spicy, full bodied. Whiskey nit really ahowing. Warming .
Tried on 07 Feb 2026 at 19:32

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33cl bottle, Vaasa tasting.
Poured dark brown in color.
Sweet almond cakey with spicy yeasty notes, hint of banana. Whiskey is showing. Warming, not really that boozy.
Tried on 06 Feb 2026 at 15:30

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Deep amber colour, small foamy head. Aroma is banana and some mild toffee with mild wood and some toffeeish tones. Flavour is toffee, some wood and some mild alcohol wood and mild "whisky burn".
Tried from Bottle from Alko (Webshop) on 06 Feb 2026 at 15:30

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750ml bottle from Twoj Market in Konin. Dobre i tanie, chmielne, typowo slody belgijskie, swiezutkie, lekko mgliste ale raczej klarowne, spora i trwala piana, jak to bywa niemal zawsze w belgijskich piwach, i tu nawet takim tanim z marketu, mojego, czy twojego, ale ważne ze polskiego.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Feb 2026 at 23:30

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Bottle 0,33 ltr: Clear golden blond colored brew with an sweet bitter taste with hints of oranges, caramel, bit of banana and vanilla with very subtle whisky.
Tried on 02 Feb 2026 at 09:26

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Panda at home, thanks to Graham Grumbo, 31/01/2026.
Deep mahogany brown topped with a light beige cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is toffee, herb, dark fruit rinds, spice, light yeast flicker.
Taste comprises caramel, fruit cake mix, herb, brown sugar melt, spice, dates, fixes.
Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a light rip of booze.
Solid.
Tried on 31 Jan 2026 at 16:22

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
A deep dark reddish brown ale with a thin lacing mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity caramel malt with dark fruits, licorice, alcohol warmth, very nice. In mouth, a nice biscuit caramel malt with light dark fruits, light mineral notes, alcohol warmth, very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Jan 2026 at 23:38


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10/1/2026. Bottle at ITFC Beer share. From Worldwide Alcohol, Chelmsford. Jaargang 2015, carefully aged in the cellar for many years up to its bb date. Really developed well. Dried fruits, toffee, biscuit, sweet malts, bready, brioche. Taste is quite sweet, rich, warming, a little boozy. Full bodied, smooth, soft carbonation. Liked this.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2026 at 20:43

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Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2026 at 20:42