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Brewery in Brussels, Belgium From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Industry | Alcoholic beverage |
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Founded | 1900 |
Founder | Paul Cantillon Marie Troch |
Headquarters | , Belgium |
Products | Beer |
Owner | Jean-Pierre van Roy |
Website | www |
The brewery was founded in 1900 by Paul Cantillon, whose father was also a brewer, and his wife, Marie Troch.[1] As of 2011[update], the owner is Jean-Pierre van Roy, the fourth-generation brewer at Cantillon.[2] Since launch, the only major change has been a shift to organic ingredients in 1999.[3] Cantillon was one of more than one hundred operating breweries in Brussels when founded, and was the only one to remain operational through the 2000s.[1][4] In 2014, van Roy announced that the brewery would be acquiring more maturation space, effectively doubling production by 2016–17.[5]
Cantillon produces 400,000 bottles of beer a year.[6]
In the traditional lambic style, beers, with a mash bill of 2/3 malted barley and 1/3 unmalted wheat,[1] are spontaneously fermented in open topped attic mounted vats called coolships, aged in oak or chestnut, blended (from different batches and ages), bottled, and then bottle conditioned for a year. Half of the brewery's production is gueuze; once a year a batch of kriek is made.[3] 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.
The brewery also houses the Gueuze Museum.[8] Patricia Schultz listed the brewery and its museum in 1,000 Places to See Before You Die.[9]
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