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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6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Mörkt rudbrun vätska med tunn skumslöja. Aromer av körsbär, källartrapp och torkade dadlar. Hög inledande maltsötma som balanseras av en fruktig och lätt bitsk syra. Allt avslutas av en källartrappig brettjäsig beska. Mycket värmande med en fyllig munkänsla och lång eftersmak.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Apr 2025 at 16:03


7.5

Tried from Bottle on 07 Apr 2025 at 19:49


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

330ml bottle. Minimally cloudy, yellow-ish, pale golden colour with huge, firm, frothy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Minimally bready, wheaty malty, yeasty fruity and minimally perfumed, spicy aroma, hints of banana, some coriander, lemon, orange peel, a touch of white bread. Taste is slightly perfumed, spicy and citrusy fruity as well as minimally yeasty fruity, minimally bready, wheaty malty basis, notes of lemon, some coriander, orange peel, a touch of banana and white bread.
Watery texture, slightly dry palate, medium, prickly to lively carbonation.
Refreshing, relatively perfumed - nice.

Tried from Bottle from Pakhuis Twente on 31 Mar 2025 at 20:25


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Tap at Gollem. Golden, , offwhite lace, dry heather nose, lighr sticky sugar, flower, Juicy full body,

Tried on 30 Mar 2025 at 16:48


8

Sweet with notes of dark dried fruit, caramel and toffee, cocoa, light spices, yeasty note, fruit cake, brown sugar, medium body, malty spiced warming finish. Not had this since the 2012 vintage, still a great beer.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Mar 2025 at 12:24


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. MOderate malty and hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter flavor. Long heavy bitter finish. Creamy palate.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Mar 2025 at 12:48


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

10 years old Vintage.
Rocky white head left a spotty cover on a rich mahogany coloured body.
Liquorice, toffee & malt aroma
Medium bodied, smooth & creamy with a clean back.
Liquorice, toffee, concentrated berries & malt tastes with boozy finish.
Excellent.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2025 at 18:05

gave a cheers!

7.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at home from Jumbo. Mahagony pour, off white head. Nose is big candi sugar, nuts, dried fruits and bread notes. Taste is sweetish, lightly boozy, malty, sugary, estery. Round. Closes with a sweetish, warming finish, got a medium body and high carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2025 at 12:15


7.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle shared at home. Pours mahogany with an off-white head. Nose is dried fruits, nuts, caramel, esters, some booze. Taste is sweet, toffee, chocolate, nuts, dried fruits, booze. Warming, sweet, somewhat boozy. Medium bodied with high carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2025 at 11:54


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8.4
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Ein wirklich gefälliger Belgier 🇧🇪 ist dieser König Karl 👑, der hier sein Amber-also bernsteinfarbenes Gewand anzieht.
Es ist schön samtig 🦙 und karamellig im Körper, auch wenn die Süße🍦 oft stark mitspielt.
Den hohen Alkoholgehalt merkt man nicht, da es so weich ist, was es gefährlich für den nächsten Morgen macht.
Ich hätte es glatt für ein Brune gehalten, auch wenn es stark wie ein Quadrupel ist.
Aufgrund der Süffigkeit hat es mir gut gefallen.

Tried from Bottle from BeerLovers (Heineken) on 14 Mar 2025 at 19:59