Gouden Carolus
Brewery Het Anker
Guido Gezellelaan 49
2800 Mechelen, Belgium
Tel: + 32 15 287 147
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Gouden CarolusBrewery Het AnkerGuido Gezellelaan 49 2800 Mechelen, Belgium Tel: + 32 15 287 147 |
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European Breweries History: Gouden Carolus
Although the oldest documents which are currently in the archivery of Mechelen date from 1369, the brewery was in operation before that time, which proves that it is probably the oldest brewery still working in Belgium. The Van Breedam family bought the brewery “Het Anker” in 1873 and enlarged it to one of the first modern steam-breweries. The strong interest in the glorious period of Mechelen under the Dukes of Burgundy strengthened them to promote the favourite beer of Emperor Charles V. At the end of the 1990s, Charles Leclef - fifth generation of the Van Breedam family - decided to start an important program of investments in production and restoration of the old buildings. The buildings are open to the general public as an active museum with pub, restaurant, and since 1999, a hotel. |
