For over thirty years Lorenzo Belfiore has stood behind the bar at Le Coq Wallon. He has been the manager of this café in Zinnik (Soignies) since 1986. It is centrally located at Place Verte, right opposite the town hall. You could call him the ‘elderly statesman’ amongst all of those who manage the Brasserie […]
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Brasserie de Silly usually puts in an appearance at the Horeca Expo and this year was no exception. The brewery exhibited in Ghent from the 18th to 22nd November 2018. People flocked to the largest hospitality fair in the country to get up-to-date with the latest trends and taste the passion of our expert brewers.
We held our brewery festival on Saturday 13th October and, just like the 2017 edition, it was a great success. Silly Day 2018 was staged in close co-operation with the local council as well as the Silly Tourist Office. We celebrated the 100th anniversary of Silly Scotch and paid homage to a British soldier, Sergeant
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We are making innovative changes to different areas of our business but without ever losing sight of our mission statement “the taste of the brewer”. This is how we safeguard the uniqueness of Belgian beer culture, something that was recently awarded the status of intangible world heritage by UNESCO. It also gives us an excellent
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The Horecatel trade fair for the hospitality industry is held every March in the Ardennes town of Marche-en-Famenne. This year’s outing was as popular as ever, and for Brasserie de Silly it was the opportunity to showcase our new, restyled look. We also highlighted Triple Swaf in its prestigious 75cl bottle. Pop the cork to
Gojo is the perfect meeting place, just opposite Gravenbrakel railway station. This café-bar-diner is set in a dream location for co-owner, Noémie, who started off her catering career three years ago from a breakfast-food truck. After just two years, her business was at full capacity and she decided to form a partnership with her friends,
Francesco Cincinnato (everyone calls him Franco), has spent the last 29 years working for Brasserie de Silly. These few words are not enough to pay tribute to all Franco’s achievements in his many years in the job, or to sum up the stories he can tell or the people he has met. He was hired
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At this time of year you should be drinking Silly Saison, a typical Belgian spring beer. When, in 1850, our founder, Marcellin Meynsbrughen, set up the Silly brewery at his farm in the middle of the village of Silly, he brewed saison to keep himself busy during the long, dark days of winter. The beer
We’d like to recommend Tatie Danielle, a restaurant in Tournai that specialises in delicious, robust, tasty food served with a Brasserie de Silly beer in a welcoming, convivial dining room where you’ll feel completely at home. Chef Ludovic Vifquin has designed a wonderful beer pairing recipe for us: cod wrapped in bacon with sweet potato
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A recipe with Silly Blanche Ingredients: Fresh coriander 2 cod steaks, about 400g in total 8 slices of bacon Grain mustard 100ml cream 1 bottle of Silly Blanche 2 shallots 300g sweet potatoes Young, tender spinach leaves Bean sprouts Asian vinaigrette (soy sauce and rice vinegar) Pepper and salt Egg yolk Preparation 1 – Season
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