Bieren Cabardouche

Bieren Cabardouche is an Antwerp brewery built around a lively contrast: respect for brewing tradition, but with names, styles and collaborations that refuse to behave predictably. Based in Borgerhout, the brewery has grown from an early passion project into a taproom-centered brewery with enduring beers such as Blonde Stoot and Stout Mokke, alongside a constantly changing roster of experiments. A Borgerhout brewery with Antwerp character Cabardouche identifies itself with Borgerhout, where its brewery and taproom operate beneath the railway arches on Engelselei. Its name is a playful Antwerp rendering of “Cabaret Douze,” linking the brewery’s identity to the city’s older culture of numbered houses of entertainment. The result is a distinctly local heritage: urban, irreverent and rooted in Antwerp rather than in a generic Belgian beer image. Classics, experiments and commissions The brewery’s range combines permanent beers, limited releases, annual special beers and collaborations. Blonde Stoot and Stout Mokke are presented as fixed values, while Cabardouche says it develops more than 30 temporary beers each year and brews Escort Deluxe annually. It also creates beers with other brewers, hospitality businesses, festivals and organizations, making experimentation part of the brewery’s documented operating model. Cabardouche’s defining character is Antwerp craft brewing with a mischievous local voice and an unusually open appetite for experimentation. Borgerhout, Antwerp, Belgium 2012 2012: Cabardouche began brewing and developing its beer identity. 2012: The brewery’s name and concept took shape around an Antwerp reference to “Cabaret Douze.”