A waiter serves a Gueuze beer at Cantillon brewery in Brussels, on November 14, 2024. – (Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP)
Winding between copper vats and oak barrels, a cluster of early-morning visitors filed through a cavernous Brussels building for an up-close peek at craft beers brewed using a centuries-old method – before sampling the result.
Since it was founded in 1900 in Anderlecht, a working-class district of the Belgian capital, Brasserie Cantillon has been turning out so-called primitive "lambic" beers that are steeped in local tradition.
