Cantillon Brewery

Welcome to the Brussels museum of the Gueuze, the living museum of the traditional Gueuze. A living museum, where you'll find different forms of life, not only the Van Roy-Cantillon family but also the living micro-organisms which cause the spontaneous fermentation of the lambic.

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  • Phone

    +32 2 521 49 28

  • Website

    cantillon.be

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  • Type

    Brewery

Address

Rue Gheudestraat 56 (Rue Brogniez) 1070 Anderlecht Belgium

Credit Cards Yes
Wi-Fi Yes
Outdoor Seating No
Music Live Music
Drinks Beer, Wine

Comments / 61


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Ryan Tauer

Absolutely amazing! So cool to see the old equipment still used to brew. The beer is phenomenal. Vintage bottles are available to purchase. Several bottles available for take away.

Phil Clamp

If you can, take the tour . Very knowledgeable and entertaining talk on how they brew this very special beer . These guys have passion and commitment to their product.

Kevin Desmet

Quintessential visit when in Brussels. Authentic lambic brewery with an impressive on-site consumption menu. Go for the Gueuze, stay for the Foufoune, Aunis, Carignan, Zwanze,....

Bjorn Beheydt

One of the real traditional breweries that is still left in the city of Brussels. Come here, have a guided tour , and learn a lot about beer and brewing, and taste some of the best beers one can find!

Sophia H

VERY different from modern (sweet) lambics ! Base lambic was interesting - acidic and not sweet at all. Gueuze = quite good. Kriek and Rose de Gambrinus (raspberry ) = all right (Kriek > Rose )

emma margaret

Self guided tour (7E) includes two tastings and a booklet that teaches a lot about the lambic brewing process. Some of the best beer I've had - get the gueze & kriek for sure! Friendly staff . Perfect.

Francisco Gutiérrez Jeria

The self guided tour is amazing, and they got one of the most unusual beers I've never tasted before. The people there is awesome, if you love crafted beers you'll have a blast there.

Laurens van de Wiel

Excellent selection of sour ales , I can highly recommend the tour , the beers here mostly come in large 75cl bottles and can be shared with other visitors. Personnel could be a bit more friendly

Liene A.

A #1 must-visit for any beer lover in Brussels.A self-guided tour with 2 samples costs 7 EUR,very reasonable.Unfortunately only~2-3 beers are available for takeaway, most can be consumed on the spot.

Robin Bertels

Cantillon has 7 beers listed in Ratebeer's Best of Sour Beers Top 15, Lou Pepe Pure Kriek was voted one of the World's Best Beers and Cuvée Florian one of the World's Top New Beer Releases [2014]

Erik

LMAO at the person who described this as an "incredibly sketchy part of town ". It's fine, honestly. If you like beer DO NOT miss this place. Even if you don't like beer you might have your eyes opened

Monica

Great Lambic Beer, with fruit but not sweet. Their best description is “the missing link between beer and wine ”

Filip D.

One of The best ! Amazing brews, lots of rare beers . Taste and buy them on the spot. Can't afford to miss this if you like beer !

medvedev

The taste of the Lambic is very interesting and a must have fot everyone who is interested in special beers

Chris Leishman

Interesting place, and great passion/quality. Only drawback was the patronising by (one of) the staff : it's not nice to treat people like idiots when they don't know everything about your passion.

Martin Jonasson

Great lambic place and museum . Go the guides tours and buy with you a bottle or two.

Alex Still

Try to visit on a brew day, it's an amazing experience. Bring cash for the tasting bar and an empty suitcase for takeaway bottles.

Amy Robertson

This is a hike from downtown and in a neighborhood with little happening. The place looks closed, but just ops the door and walk in.

Brooks Hurd

A nice tour - self guided with a guide book . After the tour , you sample the gueuze, Lambic , Kriek and other Cantillon beers

Lilla Ocsovai

The gueuze is nice. Lambic is hardcore for unexperienced beer drinkers.. ????

Ian Covey

While in an incredibly sketchy part of town , Cantillon is not to be missed by any serious craft beer lover. Take the tour of the world-renowned lambic brewery (replete with cobwebs!), then taste away!

Matthew Wilkes

Simply excellent. Get some gueze ripened cheese if you can.

Genki Sugimoto

just amazing experience... you can walk among people making beer ! the smell of wort was superb

D A

So amazing! Enjoyed the self guided tour just to see their unique set up. Amazing beers to taste!

Hop Leaf Beer Hong Kong

Get here early to snag the limited edition and rare beers like Foufonne etc...

Sony Mobile WTA

Let's do a tour through a real brewery in the heart of the city . See the traditional beer making apparatus, guided by one of the enthusiastic Belgians.

Christoffer Falck-Johansen

Wonderfull place, lots of history, friendly staff , tasty beers and a smal shop.

Katherine

Very interesting brewing technique and my first time tasting lambic !

Eduardo de La Rocque

If you love beer , loves history or is just a curious person, you must visit this brewery .

S L

7€ for the self guided tour , includes 2 tastings. Plan about an hour for the visit.

Florian Weigl

Must visit and try all the beers

Ole Neis Gudbergsen

Great brewery with lambic Beers , Beers with vild yeast...

Charlie Ferreira

Do the self tour or join another tour . A time machine to how brewing was back in the day. Samples at the end of the tour .

Martijn Körvers

Their gueuze has always been a great beer , but for a couple of years now it is even made from 100% organic lambic ! Read more

Mike

Legendary. Possibly the best geuze in the world.

One.Checked.Bag

Tour this brewery and taste their lambics . Check their website for actual brewing days.

Morten Aastad

Legendary, and you will understand so much more when you visit.

Floor B

7€ for a tour with 2 small glasses of Lambic beers . Takes 30' all, rustic but quite a change

Brandon West

Very nice people, fun self-guided tour , world-class lambic and geuze

Jennifer R

7€ admission includes self guided tour and tastings

Alessandro Castelli

Everything is great if you're into Geuze !

Peter Lada

The scent is enticing. The beer is great.

Jeffrey Edison

CAREFUL: in addition to a couple of nice guys, there is one very RUDE and OBNOXIOUS guy working here. Be on your guard if you are curious as he might get angry and VERY RUDE. My daughter was shocked.

Pete A

Not a fan of the beer if I'm honest but the brewery tour was very interesting.

Vinogusto Online Wine Guide With Consumer Reviews

From time to time, a delicious belgian beer can't hurt ;-)

kostas frantzeskos

Great beers ,museum also

Michael S

GREAT brewery tour . Do the walking tour from the Grand Place that is on their website. Mr. Van Roy if there will talk beer all day!

Alana Simpson

An oasis it what otherwise is the arse end of Bruxelles.

KneeTherapist

The old woman giving the tour knows everything

Martin

Beer is good but don't believe their hours for a minute. They stop serving at 4.30 and are disappointingly militant about it, even if you arrive shortly after.

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