"The Cantillon Brewery" Cantillon Brewery Tip by Bigjones

The Cantillon brewery is a century old traditional brewery which produces the kinds of beers called LAMBIC (difficult to explain this beer, all I know is that the taste is very different to every other kind of beer, you'll sure be surprised), GUEUZE (blend of 1, 2 and 3-year-old lambic), FARO (lambic with addition of caramel and candy sugar) and KRIEK (cherry beer). If you want to learn about the production process of these beers, visit the brewery museum. Guided tours are on demand. But when you arrive there, you receive a booklet containing all necessary information. For more details, you can also visit their website.
At the end of your "self-guided tour", you can taste a real traditional Gueuze-Lambic. I can tell you it's very different from every beer I have ever tasted, even from the "modern" Lambic and Gueuze which are sweeter and less "acidic" than the traditional ones.
The brewery is open everyday from 9am to 5pm (Sat. from 10 to 5) and it's closed on Sunday and official holiday.
Entrance fee : about 3 euros

Address: rue Gheude/Gheude Straat 56
Directions: Gare du Midi/Lemonnier
Phone: 02 521 49 28
Website: http://www.cantillon.be