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Brewery The brewery was founded in 2000 by 4 qualified brew-engineers who met whilst studying bier brewing in Flanders. With their experience and recently gained qualifications they all set out to seek work within the brewing world. Finding that the Brewing […]
Let’s start with the local brewer – Het Anker. Well, my dear other half was full of joy when he found out Mechelen had it’s own brewery – and one that you cannot fault! Het Anker began brewing beer 5 […]
“Moon Extinguishers” is a term for the people of Mechelen that has been around since 1687. It is said that on the 27th January 1687, St Rumbold’s Tower was shrouded in a heavy winter mist. A non too sober local noticed […]