November 30, 2009
The single greatest beer bar in the world bar none. Nothing comes close...Seriously. Come with a full stomach and a WHOLE lot of EU cash cause they don’t take cards and to try and do this cheaply misses the point entirely.

November 10, 2009
Classic world-class belgian beer bar...Thank you Dirk and your wonderful wife. Not a huge draft selection but plenty of bottles to keep busy with. Did 8 year verticals of Chimay blue and Orval and finished with a vintage Goudenband. A few others might have slipped onto the table but if you travel to this area stop and enjoy. Truly a great beer bar!

October 31, 2009
Very nice pub. Impressive selection and rarities in menu. To Try, to try, to try!

October 27, 2009
Visited on a Saturday evening in October 2009. Fantastic place about 20 minutes walk from Antwerpen-Centraal railway station. Kulminator is not a big place, about 45 seats or something like that. The beer menu is huge, it was not easy to decide what to order. I drunk Chimay Bleue 2000 and 1994, Pannepot Vintage 2005, Belle-Vue Kriek 1995, Courage Imperial Russian Stout 1983, Gueuze De Troch Cuveé Chapeau 1999 and finally a Westvleteren 12 from 2004. The beers did not cost much. Chimay Bleue 1994 was 10 Euro, the Westy did cost 12 Euro. I also had a cheese platter, no other food was available except for potato chips. The owners, Leen and Dirk were friendly and helpful, their English was quite ok. Quite smoky inside, and cats were running around inside the bar. It felt almost like visiting some old relatives, the bar was full of old beer commercials and plants. Really worth a visit!

October 17, 2009
One of the best pub in the world! Selection is simply amazing... beers from 80s, 70s still drinkable and enjoyable! Food is not the best but acceptable...

September 18, 2009
Gorgeous place ! I guess all is said about this well known cafe....... Nothing to add!

September 16, 2009
Amazing place! Incredible selection of beers from 1970’s (tasted 1979 Hoegaarden) to today. Quite cozy and interesting decor. It wasn’t smokey but some cats (animals) were socialising with us. I wasn’t that impressed because of my allergy... Anyway the bar is absolutely worth visiting. We also met fellow ratebeerians there.

September 8, 2009
Like a living beer museum. Different beers appeared to be tucked and stored in various corners of the place. A small window gives you a peek into one of the richest store rooms imaginable. The place was filled with all types of bric-a-brack which gives you the sense of being in someones house. Very homey and personal. Beers going back to the 1970’s. 1974 Liefmans Kriek. 1975 Gouden Carolus. Must see. Not smokey at all tonight!

September 3, 2009
Wow. That’s what I though to myself whan I got ahold of the beer list. Just "wow". Vintage Chimay’s going back to the 1970’s. De Struise brews going wel back into the 1980’s. The "new" beer list rivaled that of anyplace I visited in Be/Ne/Lux. Ambiance? This place oozes ambiance. From the wooden picnic tables to the soft classical background music to the vines growing within the interior to the cozy bier garden at the rear......this is what a beer bar should look and feel like, plain and simple. As for beer, I went with a flight of Chimay D’Oree, 2006 De Struise Pannepot Grand Reserva, and a 1996 De Struise Stille Nacht, all stellar in their own right. Leen, the owner’s wife, was on hand while I visited, and she proved friendly and helpful. The only issue I have with this place is that their extensive cellar is only truly accessible when the owner is present. When I inquired about Selection Lambic, I was told that they have it, but that Leen "didn’t know where it was in the cellar" and that "I’d have to come back when her husband was in", a feat that I unfortunately could not muster. Though that left a bit of a bitter taste in my mouth, I find it difficult to fault such a beacon of light within the beer community as this place is. One of the true "must visit" locale’s out there.

August 9, 2009
Used to be one of my favourite bars in Antwerp. Enormous selection of beer. When I turned 30, they provided me with a Kriek that was brewed in my birth year. Never again, I drunk a Kriek that amazing!!