Cantillon Brewery is a small, family-owned brewery but since 1978, it has run primarily as the Brussel’s Gueze Museum. Having seen few changes since it opened in 1900, the brewery is working museum exhibit of late 19th-century brewery technology.
It is operated by the Van Roy-Cantillon family as a brewery for lambic, gueuze, faro, and kriek – all beers that are made with wild strains of yeast and undergo spontaneous fermentation. When it was founded, it was just one of many gueuze breweries in Brussels, but today it is the last.
Walking into Cantillon for a tour is like stepping back in time.
From 6h30 to 17h, the Master brewer, his family and friends invite you to the great brewering fair and propose you to experience the various steps in the traditional production of the Lambic and Gueuze.
ITINERARY: SATURDAY MARCH 5TH
In a 19th Century brewery with its original equipment
from 7.00 to 9.00 Brewing process
from 9 to 13.00 Filtration and hopping
from 12.00 to 15.00 Cooking
at 15.30 Pumping of wort into the cooling tun
from 7.00 to 12.00 Barrel cleaning "ancient method"
Guided tours every 2 hours as from 7.00
Admission fee: EUR 6 per person - this includes guided tour and one drink of your choice
Croissants and coffee are proposed until 8.30, free of charge
56 rue Gheude
1070 Brussels
5' from the Gare du Midi
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