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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6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled. Poured a bright gold w/lengthy foamy head. Some floral fruits and hops to taste.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 00:58


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottled. Poured very dark w/massive head, had a great dark look and a sweet smell of fruits. Very delicious taste of caramel, yeast etc.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 00:48


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draft. Pours very dark and the result is very smooth, cinammony, and christmas tasting. Some malt etc. A great beer.

Tried from Draft on 20 May 2025 at 00:46


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Wow! I just stumbled on to this, inexplicably, a huge stash is newly arrived at my local supermarket across the street. Pours very dark brown black w/some head and some lacing. Aroma is strong, taste is strong and malty, some sweet & fruit tastes, I guess the alcohol is noticeable though I really don’t mind. Surprisingly good! Buying decent beer from regular grocers in Manhattan is tough so when your local provison store somehow, some way, ends up with a stash of this, you take notice.

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 00:44


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Tried from Bottle at Cafe Amsterdam on 16 May 2025 at 17:05


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

Lys brun lett tåkete med beige skum. Lukter brød og belgisk gjær. Middels fylde. Smaker belgisk gjær, noe karamell og lett bitter sitrus. Kort.

Tried from Bottle at Cafe Amsterdam on 16 May 2025 at 16:32


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8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Cremosa corona de espuma beige claro sobre líquido castaño oscuro. Emana rico aroma con notas de malta tostada, caramelo, uva pasa, pan de centeno, ciruela seca, anís y un toque de canela. En boca es sedosa, compleja, equilibrada, se siente ese fondo dulce de malta, rico en notas de fruta seca y pasificada con un final ligeramente amargo plagado de especias, anís estrellado, canela, regaliz...Y lo mejor de todo es que se abre con el tiempo y mejora a cada sorbo. Gran cerveza

Tried from Bottle from Lambicus Shop on 14 May 2025 at 22:03


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

750mL bottle at the International Geuze & Kriek festival. Pours murky briwn with a beige head. Stale roast and allium on the nose. Flavour is quite harsh, stale toasted rye bread, cardboard. This is not coming together for me.

Tried from Bottle on 03 May 2025 at 23:47


6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

750mL bottle at International Geuze & Kriek Festival 2025, pours a cloudy dark chestnut amber brown with a humungous beige head. Aroma has earthy hops, some roast, Belgian yeast, and some spiciness. Flavour has spicy, earthy yeast, medium roast, toasted caramel, and red fruits. Old but still a nice faded spicy Belgian. Solid enough.

Tried from Bottle on 03 May 2025 at 21:47


5.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

EB - Bottle @ [ Trinntorp 🇸🇪 💻👀 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏠🇩🇰 🍀☁️☂️ [20250502]. 6/-2/6/3/-13

Tried from Bottle on 02 May 2025 at 19:29