Silhouet
Tommie Sjef Wild Ales in Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
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7.28
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Silhouet pours a dark orange color with lively carbonation, resulting in a big, frothy white head. In the aroma, you will find notes of poached peaches, brioche, black pepper, a hint of fragrant strawberries, as well as some hay and funk. In terms of taste, spicy notes along with the presence of peaches and lemon, work harmoniously with a gentle sourness and bitterness. The wild yeast characteristics like cherry pie and hints of tropical fruits like pineapple and mango beautifully complement the fresh and floral saison. To create Silhouet we used a generous amount of 5-year-aged Hallertau Mittelfrüh hops, resulting in a wonderfully dry and slightly earthy finish. The wild ales, aged for 2 to 5 years in oak puncheons, become beautifully integrated in the beer, imparting oxidized notes reminiscent of sherry wine like subtle hints of honey, vanilla, and walnuts.
This beer is very suitable for longer ageing. The rustic saison qualities will marriage even more with the matured beer. What’s interesting to notice is how the wild yeast will transform those flavours over time in the bottle. When drinking fresh, we recommend to let the beer open up in the glass.
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Marko (22181) reviewed Silhouet from Tommie Sjef Wild Ales 1 month ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle, 30.8.2023, huge thanks Zhenya! Hazy orange body, off-white head. Orange, old barrel, Brett in the aroma, bit of raisin and alcohol. Lean, dry, juicy taste, plenty of sourness, dry white grapes, perfumey, alcohol.... Fun fun, bit much but fun!
Maakun (16597) reviewed Silhouet from Tommie Sjef Wild Ales 6 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared at Thijs tasting. Clear deep golden. Dry funk, lactic, oak, aprocots, soft yeast, green twigs. Medium sweet, sour and bitter. Medium bodied. Interesting!
Dedollewaitor (22132) reviewed Silhouet from Tommie Sjef Wild Ales 8 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draught @ Mikkeller Beer Celebration, 2025. Early Friday. Pours hazy golden with a small bubbly head. Sesame, funk and wood. Tasty. 4.0
mcberko (47456) reviewed Silhouet from Tommie Sjef Wild Ales 8 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle pour at MBCC 2025 (Yellow session), pours an opaque dark orange with a small white head. Aroma has plenty of rustic saison yeast, oak, and subtle dry-hopping. Flavour has a bunch of earthiness, muddled wild yeast, and maybe a touch of oxidized hops. Not working for me.
CoccoBill (10287) ticked Silhouet from Tommie Sjef Wild Ales 8 months ago
Taboada (8803) reviewed Silhouet from Tommie Sjef Wild Ales 8 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Bottle pour, taster. @"MBCC 2025", Copenhagen (Denmark). 23/05/2025
[#8.345 Global - #317 Netherlands - #5 Tommie Sjef Wild Ales]
Pours dark orange with a small white head. Aroma: oak barrels, phenols and white grapes. Taste: white grapes must, funk and wood barrels. Medium acidic palate.
Next one, please!
brnandersen (7118) reviewed Silhouet from Tommie Sjef Wild Ales 8 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Sample from bottle at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2025. Blue session. Complex, funky.
BeerPlace (10899) ticked Silhouet from Tommie Sjef Wild Ales 8 months ago
MBCC 2025. Session #1
Nice fruity and farmhouse notes. Dry, fruity, tannic.
8☆3☆8☆3☆15》37
AndySnow (19631) ticked Silhouet from Tommie Sjef Wild Ales 8 months ago
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Silhouet from Tommie Sjef Wild Ales 8 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Bottle pour at MBCC 2025, yellow session. Pours murky dull gold with a white head. Musty plums, leather, earthy yeast on the nose. Flavour has tannic plum skins, juicy plums, earthy yeast, leather. Great.