Cantillon Brewery
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Cantillon Brewery is a small Belgian
traditional family brewery
based in Brussels
and founded in 1900. Although it has been managed by the Van Roy family after the last Cantillon left it to his son-in-law Jean-Pierre Van Roy, the name Cantillon has been kept.
beers like kriek
and gueuze
in the traditional style, unchanged since it was founded. It is the last lambic brewery in Brussels that still uses the process of spontaneous fermentation. More recently it started making Iris, a spontaneously fermented beer that does not contain wheat and is made with 50% fresh hops, and thus is technically not a lambic. Beers like Fou'Foune are seasonally dependent on the apricot harvest.
The brewery is located in the municipality of Anderlecht
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Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
traditional family brewery
Brewery
A brewery is a dedicated building for the making of beer, though beer can be made at home, and has been for much of beer's history. A company which makes beer is called either a brewery or a brewing company....
based in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
and founded in 1900. Although it has been managed by the Van Roy family after the last Cantillon left it to his son-in-law Jean-Pierre Van Roy, the name Cantillon has been kept.
Overview
Cantillon Brewery brews lambicLambic
Lambic is a very distinctive type of beer brewed only in the Pajottenland region of Belgium and in Brussels itself at the Cantillon Brewery and museum...
beers like kriek
Kriek
Kriek is a style of Belgian beer, made by fermenting lambic with sour Morello cherries. The name is derived from the Dutch word for this type of cherry . Traditionally "Schaarbeekse krieken" from the area around Brussels are used...
and gueuze
Gueuze
Gueuze is a type of lambic, a Belgian beer. It is made by blending young and old lambics into a new beer, which is then bottled for a second fermentation. Because the young lambic is not fully fermented, it contains fermentable sugars, which allow the second fermentation to occur...
in the traditional style, unchanged since it was founded. It is the last lambic brewery in Brussels that still uses the process of spontaneous fermentation. More recently it started making Iris, a spontaneously fermented beer that does not contain wheat and is made with 50% fresh hops, and thus is technically not a lambic. Beers like Fou'Foune are seasonally dependent on the apricot harvest.
The brewery is located in the municipality of Anderlecht
Anderlecht
Anderlecht is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region.There are several historically and architecturally distinct districts within the Anderlecht municipality.-Pronunciation:* Dutch: * French:...
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Gueuze Museum
The brewery also houses the Gueuze Museum in Brussels and is open to the public--to see the maturing beer and to watch the brewing and bottling processes.Beers
- Gueuze 100% Organic LambicLambicLambic is a very distinctive type of beer brewed only in the Pajottenland region of Belgium and in Brussels itself at the Cantillon Brewery and museum...
(gueuze brewed with organically grown cereals) - Gueuze 100% Lambic
- Kriek 100% Lambic (kriekKriekKriek is a style of Belgian beer, made by fermenting lambic with sour Morello cherries. The name is derived from the Dutch word for this type of cherry . Traditionally "Schaarbeekse krieken" from the area around Brussels are used...
) - Rosé de GambrinusGambrinusGambrinus is a legendary king of Flanders, and an unofficial patron saint of beer or beer brewing. Gambrinus is variously depicted as a European king, as an English knight of the Middle Ages, or as a plump old man...
(framboiseFramboiseFramboise or Frambozenbier is a Belgian lambic beer that is fermented using raspberries. It is one of many modern fruitbeer types that have been inspired by the more traditional kriek beer, made using sour cherries.Framboise is usually served in a small glass that resembles a champagne glass,...
) - Grand Cru Bruocsella (lambicLambicLambic is a very distinctive type of beer brewed only in the Pajottenland region of Belgium and in Brussels itself at the Cantillon Brewery and museum...
beer, unblended and almost flat) - Iris (100% pale ale barleyBarleyBarley is a major cereal grain, a member of the grass family. It serves as a major animal fodder, as a base malt for beer and certain distilled beverages, and as a component of various health foods...
malt and 50% fresh/50% aged hopsHopsHops are the female flower clusters , of a hop species, Humulus lupulus. They are used primarily as a flavoring and stability agent in beer, to which they impart a bitter, tangy flavor, though hops are also used for various purposes in other beverages and herbal medicine...
) - Vigneronne (lambic beer with muscat grapes added)
- Saint-Lamvinus (in collaboration with Saint-EmilionSaint-ÉmilionSaint-Émilion is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-History:Saint-Émilion's history goes back to prehistoric times and is a World Heritage site, with fascinating Romanesque churches and ruins stretching all along steep and narrow streets.The Romans planted...
and PomerolPomerolPomerol is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.It is located near Bordeaux.-Population:-Wine:The mostly small-sized producers in this area of about produce red wines. As in the neighbouring appellation of Saint-Émilion, the predominant grape variety is Merlot,...
vine growers) - Fou' Foune (apricotApricotThe apricot, Prunus armeniaca, is a species of Prunus, classified with the plum in the subgenus Prunus. The native range is somewhat uncertain due to its extensive prehistoric cultivation.- Description :...
lambic beer) - Lou Pepe GueuzeGueuzeGueuze is a type of lambic, a Belgian beer. It is made by blending young and old lambics into a new beer, which is then bottled for a second fermentation. Because the young lambic is not fully fermented, it contains fermentable sugars, which allow the second fermentation to occur...
- Lou Pepe Kriek
- Lou Pepe Framboise
- Cantillon Faro (sweetened and spiced, only available at the brewery and nearby cafes)
- Cantillon Gueuze Monk's Café Cuvee (available exclusively at Monk's Café, Philadelphia)
- Cantillon Lambic (unblended lambic, only available at the brewery and nearby cafes)
- Blåbær Lambik (blueberryBlueberryBlueberries are flowering plants of the genus Vaccinium with dark-blue berries and are perennial...
lambic, available exclusively at Ølbutikken, Copenhagen) - Don Quijote (vitis labruscaVitis labruscaVitis labrusca is a species of grapevines belonging to the Vitis genus in the flowering plant family Vitaceae. The vines are native to the eastern United States and are the source of many grape cultivars, including Catawba and Concord grapes, and many hybrid grape varieties such as Agawam,...
lambic, available exclusively at Goblin Pub & Livingstone Club, Florence) - Feestbier HBL (gooseberryGooseberryThe gooseberry or ; Ribes uva-crispa, syn. R. grossularia) is a species of Ribes, native to Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia...
lambic, brewed for Heikantse Bier Liefhebbers) - Grosseille (red currant lambic, available exclusively at One Pint Pub, Helsinki)
- Grosseille à Maquereau (gooseberryGooseberryThe gooseberry or ; Ribes uva-crispa, syn. R. grossularia) is a species of Ribes, native to Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia...
lambic, available exclusively at One Pint Pub, Helsinki) - Pinot D'Aunis (Pineau d'aunisPineau d'AunisPineau d'Aunis, also known as Chenin noir is a red wine grape variety that is grown primarily in the Loire Valley around Anjou and Touraine. A favorite of Henry Plantagenet, wine made from the grape was first exported to England in the thirteenth century. Today the grape is blended with the white...
lambic, only available for on-premise consumption at the brewery) - Soleil De Minuit (cloudberryCloudberryRubus chamaemorus is a rhizomatous herb native to alpine and arctic tundra and boreal forest, producing amber-colored edible fruit similar to the raspberry or blackberry...
lambic, no longer brewed, available exclusively at Akkurat, Stockholm) - Spuyten Duyvil (cranberryCranberryCranberries are a group of evergreen dwarf shrubs or trailing vines in the subgenus Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium. In some methods of classification, Oxycoccus is regarded as a genus in its own right...
lambic, no longer brewed, available exclusively at Spuyten Duyvil, Brooklyn) - Tyrnilambic Baie d'Argousier (sea buckthorn lambic, available exclusively at One Pint Pub, Helsinki)
- Zwanze (lambic blended with a different fruit or vegetable each year - in 2008 it was rhubarbRhubarbRhubarb is a group of plants that belong to the genus Rheum in the family Polygonaceae. They are herbaceous perennial plants growing from short, thick rhizomes. They have large leaves that are somewhat triangular-shaped with long fleshy petioles...
, 2009 was elderberryElderberrySambucus is a genus of between 5 and 30 species of shrubs or small trees in the moschatel family, Adoxaceae. It was formerly placed in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae, but was reclassified due to genetic evidence...
, 2010 is a spontaneously-fermented witbier) - Jean Chris Nomad (aged on Bordeaux Red, Bordeaux White and Côtes du Rhône barrels, no longer brewed, made exclusively for Jean le Chocolatier and Chris from Mi-Orge Mi-Houblon)