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Cantillon (brewery)
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Cantillon Brewery is a living museum of traditional lambic beer production, located in the heart of Brussels. Founded in 1900, it remains family-run and dedicated to spontaneous fermentation, a method that relies on wild yeasts from the Senne Valley. Visitors can take a self-guided tour through the brewhouse, coolship room, and cellars, where wooden barrels age the beer for up to three years. The tour ends with a tasting of Cantillon's classic lambics, gueuzes, and krieks. The brewery's commitment to authenticity means no added sugars or artificial flavors, offering a pure taste of Brussels' beer heritage. The rustic, unpretentious setting, with cobwebs and historic equipment, gives a genuine sense of how beer was made a century ago.
Don't miss
- See the coolship where wort is left to cool and inoculated with wild yeasts.
- Explore the barrel cellar with hundreds of aging oak barrels.
- Taste authentic lambic, gueuze, and kriek at the end of the tour.
- Watch the bottling process (if production is ongoing).
- Browse the small shop for bottles to take home.
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Ways to visit Cantillon (brewery)
You can visit Cantillon (brewery) on your own. A guide mainly adds context, what you are looking at and why it matters, and a tour can add transport or combine nearby sights into one day.
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