Musee Bruxellois de la Gueuze

During our trip to Belgium, earlier on this year, we travelled on the train from Ghent to Brussels for a day out. Even though it was raining enough to convince me to start building an ark we had a lovely (if extremely hectic) time. Our first port of call after arriving at Brussels Midi Station (the one where the Eurostar stops) was Cantillon Brewery ~ the Brussels home of Lambic and Gueuze beer! ~~~WHERE IS CANTILLON? The brewery, bar and visitor centre is located at number 56 Rue Gheude Straat, in a suburb of Brussels called Anderlecht. When you arrive by train at Brussels Midi Station you can either walk (it takes about ten to fifteen minutes) ...  Read the complete review

This beer museum and brewery is utterly unique to Brussels, concerned as it is with 'gueuze' beer which is brewed only in that city. Despite the museum designation, it is a working brewery (the Cantillon Brewery). THE BEER The Cantillon Brewery brews lambic beer by spontaneous fermentation. While most beer has yeast added to it to make it ferment, lambic relies upon contact with airborne wild yeasts for fermentation. Historically, until the nineteenth century, all beers were produced by spontaneous fermentation; now, only lambic is brewed this way. Cantillon use the lambic beer for two kinds of product. The first is the ...  Read the complete review