If the unpredictable and eccentric owner decides to let you in, you'll discover a wonderfully chaotic old-world beer pub boasting hundreds of brews, mostly Belgian, including some notably rare ‘vintage’ bottles laid down to mature for several years like fine wine.
Bierhuis Kulminator
Antwerp
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