Brasserie-Brouwerij Cantillon ("Brewery Cantillon") is a small Belgian traditional family brewery based in Anderlecht, Brussels. Cantillon was founded in 1900 and exclusively brews lambic beers.
Overview
The brewery was founded in 1900 by Paul Cantillon, whose father was also a brewer, and his wife, Marie Troch. Since launch, the only major change has been a shift to organic ingredients in 1999. In 2014, van Roy announced that the brewery would be acquiring more maturation space, effectively doubling production by 2016–17.
Cantillon produces 400,000 bottles of beer a year.
Beers
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In the traditional lambic style, beers, with a mash bill of 2/3 malted barley and 1/3 unmalted wheat, For fruit-flavored beers, empty casks are filled with various fruits and macerated for three months to dissolve the fruits; young lambic is added to supply sugar for fermentation.
- Blåbær - bilberry (made every year for a bottle shop in Denmark)
- Cuvée Saint Gilloise - This is not a traditional gueuze, in that it is made from only two-year-old lambic, not from a blend of old and young beers. It is also dry-hopped in the cask for three weeks with fresh Styrian Golding hops. Re-fermentation in the bottle is achieved with the addition of a small amount of candy sugar.
- Fou' Foune - apricot
- Mamouche - elderflower
- Nath - brewed with rhubarb
- Rosé de Gambrinus - framboise Patricia Schultz listed the brewery and its museum in 1,000 Places to See Before You Die.