Brewery Het Anker
walk the charming streets, a UNESCO heritage site, large Beguinage worth a visit Brewery Het Anker. Here you can taste all the wines brewed at the brewery. Within the brewery is also the flagship store.
History of the brewery:
Founded in 1369 Brewery Het Anker is one of the oldest breweries in Belgium. Some of the buildings in the brewery dates from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In the 1471, the then ruler Charles the Bold (the Bold) decided that beginki will not have to pay taxes for the beer brewed to a nearby hospital.
In 1872 brewery was bought by the family Van Breedam and modernized. Old worn-out boilers (vats) were replaced with new baths. The 1990, the family Van Breedam again took over the brewery and has made its modernization.
Over the years, Het Anker brewery has won many international awards, including getting three times won the World Beer Award, most recently in 2012 of the year. Currently, beer from the brewery are exported to 30 countries around the world.
The process of brewing beer:
In the main room there are three boilers handmade in 1947 of the year. Boilers are made from red copper. Each boiler can accommodate up to 3000 kg broth, which weighed beer. Previously they were used for the production of dark beer from the 250 to 300 hl. Today weighed 110 hl, because nowadays beer is more dense.
In the first boiler water are mixed and raw grain. Then it is all heated and pumped into a second boiler. Here, the following various types of malts. Then, the mash is heated gradually from the 55 and 72 degrees for saccharification.
in the second fermented mash kettle passes through the filter the wort to a third boiler. Here, as the beer is added more hops or herbs. Other cereals and wheat malt are filtered out. Wort leaving the boiler at 100 degrees. It is then returned to the centrifugation of the heat exchanger. is later pumped into a fermentation tank.
After the main fermentation that lasts 7 days, the young beer is cooled to - 1 degrees Celsius and begins the process of maturation.
Before bottling the beer is filtered (the exception is the only beer Gouden Carolus Hopsinjoor). Added to it a small amount of sugar and yeast in order to re-fermentation in the bottle. After about 3 weeks in heated rooms, the beer is ready for consumption.
walk the charming streets, a UNESCO heritage site, large Beguinage worth a visit Brewery Het Anker. Here you can taste all the wines brewed at the brewery. Within the brewery is also the flagship store.
History of the brewery:
Founded in 1369 Brewery Het Anker is one of the oldest breweries in Belgium. Some of the buildings in the brewery dates from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In the 1471, the then ruler Charles the Bold (the Bold) decided that beginki will not have to pay taxes for the beer brewed to a nearby hospital.
In 1872 brewery was bought by the family Van Breedam and modernized. Old worn-out boilers (vats) were replaced with new baths. The 1990, the family Van Breedam again took over the brewery and has made its modernization.
Over the years, Het Anker brewery has won many international awards, including getting three times won the World Beer Award, most recently in 2012 of the year. Currently, beer from the brewery are exported to 30 countries around the world.
The process of brewing beer:
In the main room there are three boilers handmade in 1947 of the year. Boilers are made from red copper. Each boiler can accommodate up to 3000 kg broth, which weighed beer. Previously they were used for the production of dark beer from the 250 to 300 hl. Today weighed 110 hl, because nowadays beer is more dense.
In the first boiler water are mixed and raw grain. Then it is all heated and pumped into a second boiler. Here, the following various types of malts. Then, the mash is heated gradually from the 55 and 72 degrees for saccharification.
in the second fermented mash kettle passes through the filter the wort to a third boiler. Here, as the beer is added more hops or herbs. Other cereals and wheat malt are filtered out. Wort leaving the boiler at 100 degrees. It is then returned to the centrifugation of the heat exchanger. is later pumped into a fermentation tank.
After the main fermentation that lasts 7 days, the young beer is cooled to - 1 degrees Celsius and begins the process of maturation.
Before bottling the beer is filtered (the exception is the only beer Gouden Carolus Hopsinjoor). Added to it a small amount of sugar and yeast in order to re-fermentation in the bottle. After about 3 weeks in heated rooms, the beer is ready for consumption.
Brewery Het Anker photo. PM
Adres browaru: Brouwerij Het Anker, Guido Gezellelaan 49, 2800
Strona internetowa: http://www.hetanker.be/en/brewery |
Brewery Het Anker photo. PM
Open:
Monday - Friday 7.00 - 21.00 Saturday 8.00 - 17.00 Sunday 8.00 - 12.00 |
Brewery Het Anker photo. PM
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