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Brouwerij Het Anker

🌍 Belgium · Regional · ★ Award winning · Known for a full range of styles
★ Award winningKnown for a full range of styles

One of Belgium's oldest breweries, founded in 1471 by a community of Beguines in the historic Groot Begijnhof. Best known for their flagship Gouden Carolus range named after Charles V, they expanded into whisky distilling in 2010 with Gouden Carolus Single Malt. The Van Breedam family has operated the brewery for five generations since acquiring it in 1872.

4Beers
1Styles
9%Avg ABV
1471Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
100%
catalogue avg 46%

Beers by Brouwerij Het Anker

4 beers

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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 4 beers in the catalogue.

Emerging signature · based on 4 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
boozyevery beer
4 of 4 beers
malty
3 of 4 beers
spicy
3 of 4 beers
sweet
3 of 4 beers

With 4 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Focused4 beers · 1 style family
Belgian 4

Everything sits in one family — which makes the comparison below the interesting part. It isn't what they brew that sets them apart, but how.

How they compare
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 97 other breweries making Belgian Tripel.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Brouwerij Het Anker's beers land close to what is typical for the Belgian Tripel styles they brew. The character is in the styles they choose and how consistently they hit them — not in standing apart from the field.

typical for Belgian TripelBrouwerij Het Anker
in no beersin every beer
boozy
in all 4 of their beers · typical Belgian Tripel brewery: 3 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
spicy
in 3 of 4 · typical Belgian Tripel brewery: 4 in 5
Right where the field sits.
smooth
in 3 of 4 · typical Belgian Tripel brewery: 3 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
sweet
in 3 of 4 · typical Belgian Tripel brewery: 3 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
malty
in 3 of 4 · typical Belgian Tripel brewery: 2 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 12%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
4 / 4
beers above the median
#121
best ranked beer
Gouden Carolus Classic

Their beers place in the Top 12% of the catalogue on average, across 4 ranked beers. Consistent rather than spiky — no single standout carrying the rest.

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About Brouwerij Het Anker

One of Belgium's oldest breweries, founded in 1471 by a community of Beguines in the historic Groot Begijnhof. Best known for their flagship Gouden Carolus range named after Charles V, they expanded into whisky distilling in 2010 with Gouden Carolus Single Malt. The Van Breedam family has operated the brewery for five generations since acquiring it in 1872.

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Mechelen · Flanders · Belgium
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