Brasserie de Silly

Commercial Brewery in Silly, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Be Silly - Out of business

Established in 1850

Contact
Rue Ville Basse, 2, Silly, 7830, Belgium
Description
Brasserie de Silly NV is still family-owned and is now in the hands of the sixth generation of the same family. The company is managed by cousins, Lionel and Bertrand Van der Haegen. Bertrand is responsible for production and Lionel looks after sales. Their parents, brothers Jean-Paul and Didier Van der Haegen are still active Board members. Brasserie de Silly has seen steady growth thanks to export sales and its quality image. Production in 2008 was 1,000,000 litres, but in 2018, 2,500,000 litres are expected to flow out of the tanks. Sales are on the up and up. Belgian beers produced in a traditional way are increasingly popular around the globe.

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6.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6
Too sweet, med-thin bod, med-low carbo. Med phenolics, light general fruitiness. Good but not great.
Tried from Draft at Gulden Draak Bierhuis Prague on 25 Jan 2026 at 10:07

7.5/10
Bottle from the lcbo. Pours a vaguely cloudy copper, with a finger of off white head. Taste is sweet malts with toasted notes, esters, some bitterness and some Citrus pith plastic. Your thought makes any sense. It's good, good balance
Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2026 at 23:31

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
From le belge, not my favourite one, notes of ginger, really fruity and sweet, a bit disgusting, malty, few hop, one but not more, 24.02.19, at Epalinges.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jan 2026 at 12:49

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Sandersput Ninove.
A: hazy golden, small, foamy, off-white head.
A: coriander, lemon peel, pear, banana, candied ginger.
T: sweetish banana & pear, coriander, honey, ginger.
F: floral hops, quite spicy-soapy with coriander, warming jenever-like alcohol.
P: medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation.
Quite okay actually with that spicy note of ginger, unfortunately lots of coriander too.
Tried on 31 Dec 2025 at 14:37

6.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draft at Rocking Horse Pub. Hazy, dark blonde, thick head. Been sitting in the line too long, a bit of diacetyl happening, light esters, I can tell there’s a decent beer there.
Tried from Draft on 27 Dec 2025 at 02:22

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Amber-brown, quite hazy, decent head. Light estery, fruity, with a bit of bitterness, alcohol. Not bad.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Dec 2025 at 04:43

6/10
Tried from Bottle on 23 Dec 2025 at 17:53

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
hazy brown , huge head.
arom aof bitter malts, itter nuts
flavor is candi sugar, malts, sweet nuts, caramel, belgian yeasty fruitiness,mostly sweet raisins.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Dec 2025 at 16:30

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Draft @ Marché de Noël de Silly.
Belle surprise, et pas souvent que Silly sort ce genre de bière éphémère. Un peu d'histoire également car j'y ai appris que Silly disposait à l'époque de bon nombre de fabriques de chicorée et que cette dernière était cultivée de manière intense dans le village et ses alentours. De fait, une bière éphémère qui ne sera de prime abord pas disponible en bouteille - dont l'affiche était trompeuse car indiquant une couleur claire.
Couleur brune foncée versant sur l'ambre, col épais crémeux bien tenace.
Arôme sur une finalité toastée, caramel, pointe de café organique avec une note fine de houblons nobles en support. Pour boire de temps à autre la chicorée, je retrouve bien les marqueurs de ce léger volet torréfié qui l'accompagne.
Palais sur une bonne base de malt - caramel, pâle, petite amertume de la chicorée - avec une belle longueur de toasté en fin de bouche - petite touche végétale et un effet oscillant sur le speculoos.
Tried from Draft on 07 Dec 2025 at 13:24

5.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 4.5
Bottle. Pinkish, cloudy. Aroma: grapefruit, sweetish, coriander and sourness. Taste: sweet, candy, orange and grapefruit, a little coriander, closer to a dessert option, quite specific.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Nov 2025 at 19:31