Musée bruxellois de la Gueuze
Family-run Cantillon brewery in Anderlecht, housing the Musée bruxellois de la Gueuze: a visit to the lambic brewery and a tasting of three beers.
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About the museum
The Cantillon brewery was founded in 1900 in the Cureghem district of Anderlecht, at a time when every Brussels neighbourhood still had its own brewery. It is today the last lambic brewery in Brussels. The Van Roy-Cantillon family continues the traditional methods: beers, tools, machines and production processes are of the period, with copper vats, barrels sometimes more than a century old, and walls of bottles.
In the 1970s small family breweries were disappearing one after another in favour of industrial production, and genuine spontaneously fermented gueuze was under threat. In 1978 Jean-Pierre Van Roy founded, with a few friends, the association Musée bruxellois de la Gueuze, with the aim of preventing the brewery’s disappearance and making this know-how better known.
The visit shows how lambic is brewed, aged in oak casks and spontaneously fermented, and how gueuze, kriek (cherry) and framboise (raspberry) are made. Depending on the season, you may see a brewing, a bottling or the preparation of fruit beers. The brewery buildings and the director’s house have been listed in the architectural heritage inventory of the Brussels-Capital Region since 2024.
Highlights
- Last lambic brewery in Brussels, founded in 1900
- Period equipment, copper vats and barrels
- Discovering spontaneous fermentation and how gueuze is made
- Tasting of three beers at the end of the self-guided visit
- Guided visit on Saturdays, with tasting
Permanent exhibition
- Brasserie Cantillon et Musée bruxellois de la Gueuze – Visit to the family lambic brewery with its period installations, from spontaneous fermentation to gueuze, followed by a tasting.
- Founded
- 1978
- Operated by
- Brasserie Cantillon
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €9 |
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| Reduced | €8 |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 15 · Free for children under 16. |
| Students & apprentices | €11Private visit for student groups (from 15 people), one tasting per person. |
| Groups (15+ people) | €13 per personPrivate visit on request by email, at least two weeks in advance: €13 per person from 15 people (maximum 25 people per guide), or a flat rate of €195 for up to 15 people; duration 1 hour 30 minutes, three samples per person. |
| Saturday guided tour, tasting included | €13Online reservation required; free for children under 16; duration 1 hour 30 minutes. |
| Private student visit, flat rate for up to 15 people | €165One tasting per person. |
| Private visit, flat rate for up to 15 people | €195Three samples per person. |
Self-guided visit on weekdays: €9 or €8 per person depending on age, with three samples (lambic, gueuze and fruit beer). Groups of more than 10 people: a private visit is compulsory. Paid tickets are neither exchanged nor refunded. The brewery is not part of the museumPASSmusées network. Gift vouchers are available; those for the weekday self-guided visit are not valid for the Saturday guided tour.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
| Time needed | approx. 60 min |
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| Kids’ admission | free up to age 15 |
Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
- Museum shop
Shop open until 17:00; online shop.
Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes · approx. 1.5 hrs |
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| Good to know | Self-guided visit of about one hour, tasting included (Monday to Friday except Wednesday). On Saturdays, a guided tour of 1 hour 30 minutes with tasting, by online reservation. Dogs are not admitted to the brewery. |
