Het Anker (Mechelen)

Brewery Het Anker, partial view of the brewery.

Brew kettle

Het Anker is a Flemish brewery in the Belgian city of Mechelen in the province of Antwerp . In 2014, 28,000 hl of beer were produced. Half of it was exported. The brewery employs 53 people.

history

The brewery was originally founded in 1471 by members of the Beguines and Begarden Christian community . In 1872 the Mechelen brewery was acquired by Louis Van Breedam , who renamed it and gave it its current name, Het Anker . In 1904, Het Anker expanded its range to include lagers and ales . After the Second World War , a so-called Keizer (Kaiser beer) was produced. Het Anker also opened a brasserie and ran a hotel.

The company has been producing, among other things, the brands Gouden Carolus (Goldener Karl), named after the Roman-German Emperor Karl V , Maneblusser and other types of beer since 1960 . An ale is brewed under the Lucifer brand , along with the Dentergems Wit wheat beer , for which the rights to the varieties were acquired from Duvel Moortgat , the owner of the bankrupt Belgian brewery Liefmans , where the beer was originally made. A fruit beer is also offered with Boscoli . In 2010 a single malt whiskey began to be produced, which is marketed under the name Gouden Carolus Single Malt.

The beer brand Lucifer took sixth place in a test by the New York Times in 2010 . In 2015, Goulden Carlos Classic was named the best Belgian beer in the Belgian Style Strong category. The company is family-run in the fifth generation and is a member of the Belgian Family Brewers .

Brands

Gouden Carolus

• Classic (8.5%)
• Triple (9.0%)
• Ambrio (8.0%)
• Hopsinjoor (8.0%)
• Christmas (10.5%)
• Cuvée van de Keizer Imperial Dark (11.0%)
• Cuvée van de Keizer Imperial Blond (10.0%)
• Cuvée van de Keizer Whiskey Infused (11.7%)
• Indulgence

Maneblusser

• Maneblusser (6.5%)
• Maneblusser Lente (6.5%)
• Maneblusser Herfstbok (6.5%)
• Maneblusser Wit (6.5%)

Other brands of beer

• Lucifer (8.0%)
• Boscoli (3.5%)

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  Lucifer

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  Gouden Carolus Cuvée van de Keizer Imperial Blond

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  Gouden Carolus Cuvée van de Keizer Imperial Dark

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  Gouden Carolus Tripel

whiskey

• Gouden Carolus Single Malt (46.0%)
• Gouden Carolus Anniversary Edition
• Pure Taste Series

See also

• Belgian Family Brewers
• Belgian beer
• List of breweries in Belgium

Web links

Commons : Het Anker  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• worldbeerawards.com
• hetanker.be
• "het anchor" in toerisme.mechelen.be
• "Het Anker pakt goud met Cuvée van de Keizer" in nieuwsblad.be

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Het Anker , at www.belgianfamilybrewers.be , accessed on April 2, 2016
2. ↑ Andre Peeters: Met thanks aan de keizer (Dutch) . In: Het Nieuwsblad , May 21, 2010. Accessed July 18, 2011th 
3. ↑ Brouwerij Het anchor verwacht Schotse Ketels voor Eerste-traditional whiskey (Dutch) . In: Het Laatste Nieuws , November 13, 2009. Accessed on July 18, 2011.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
4. ↑ Het Anker brews Lucifer beer opnieuw op de markt (Dutch) . In: Het Laatste Nieuws , January 27, 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2011. 
5. ↑ Erik Asimov: A Delicious Free-For-All (English) . In: The New York Times , February 24, 2010. Retrieved July 18, 2011. 
6. ↑ Brouwerij Het Anker haalt New York Times (Dutch) . In: Het Nieuwsblad , March 26, 2010. Archived from the original on October 13, 2012. Retrieved on July 18, 2011. 
7. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from March 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive )