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Stupid Silly Sour
Brasserie de Silly S.A.
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- From:
- Brasserie de Silly S.A.
- Belgium
- Style:
- Flanders Oud Bruin
Ranked #28 - ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 89
Ranked #11,338 - Avg:
- 3.99 | pDev: 12.28%
- Reviews:
- 27
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 07, 2023
- Added:
- Oct 24, 2014
- Wants:
- 11
- Gots:
- 29
Brasserie de Silly has taken their signature Silly Sour and taken it to a whole new level. Completely unblended Sour ale, this beer lacks the 13-15% saison normally blended into Silly Sour. The result is a deep garnet colored beer with aromas of tart cherries and raspberries. The intial taste is puckeringly sour with a soft sweet undertone and a thick lactic acid heavy mouthfeel. While the finish is not cloying, it lingers more than its original version.
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Reviewed by MikeWard from Pennsylvania
3.57/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.57/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
750ml bottle into a tulip. Couldn't find any freshness dating.
Looks pretty good in the glass. Dark, dark red body. Small off white head persists in good form throughout, leaving decent lacing.
Light dark fruit aroma.
On tasting, though the brewer speaks of cherry and raspberry, this tastes very grape-like. It's fairly sour, no woodiness, which would have helped.
Mouth medium, finish a slightly sour grape.
Overall, a little disappointing. Didn't have a good sourness, no wood, and the fruit notes were not as expected.
Oct 18, 2021Looks pretty good in the glass. Dark, dark red body. Small off white head persists in good form throughout, leaving decent lacing.
Light dark fruit aroma.
On tasting, though the brewer speaks of cherry and raspberry, this tastes very grape-like. It's fairly sour, no woodiness, which would have helped.
Mouth medium, finish a slightly sour grape.
Overall, a little disappointing. Didn't have a good sourness, no wood, and the fruit notes were not as expected.
Reviewed by johannyne from California
4.12/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Appearance: Pours a semi-hazy, mahogany red; wimpy head, low retention; mid to low lacing; bubbles floating on top; white ring around glass
Smell: Sweet laced with sour, funky, oaky, woodsy, cherry with hints of raspberry; smell perfectly matches the color.
Taste: Subtly sweet at the top with notes of oak and cherry. What follows is a small punch of sour in the finish with tastes of woodsy malt, cherry, and light notes of raspberry.
Feel: Medium-bodied; effervescent burn is present.
Overall: Pretty darn good. I especially like the interplay between sweet and sour here. I really wished the head was beefy with good retention, but ah well!
Oct 13, 2020Smell: Sweet laced with sour, funky, oaky, woodsy, cherry with hints of raspberry; smell perfectly matches the color.
Taste: Subtly sweet at the top with notes of oak and cherry. What follows is a small punch of sour in the finish with tastes of woodsy malt, cherry, and light notes of raspberry.
Feel: Medium-bodied; effervescent burn is present.
Overall: Pretty darn good. I especially like the interplay between sweet and sour here. I really wished the head was beefy with good retention, but ah well!
Reviewed by EriksAleES from Colorado
2.53/5 rDev -36.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.53/5 rDev -36.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Served as a taster at Yard House
Appearance: Copper/light brown with a tan head with medium retention and slightly firm.
Aroma: Grape Jelly (Welch's Concord) and not much else. It was hard to get past the grape jelly to other flavors. Hops were low to none, as was the malt.
Taste: Grape Jelly/Jolly Rancher. Very candied. A firm sourness that I would call a 3.5 of 5. Sourness felt primarily lactic and lacked complexity. No discernable malt or hop notes on the tongue. The beer had a very slight amount of bitterness.
Mouthfeel: Medium body and medium carbonation. I'd put the carbonation more on the standard pressure used by Yard House than on the beer itself.
Finish: Slightly sweet, which could have been an enduring impression from the grape candy on the aroma and flavor. Sourness was sharp and did not linger.
Overall I found this beer to be mostly one-note and not typical for what I expect of an Oud Bruin. Blind, I would place this beer closer to an American Sour or Kettle Sour. For me, it lacked the complexity and oak character I typically associate with classic Oud Bruin like Liefmans Goudeband or Petrus Oud Bruin.
Nov 19, 2019Appearance: Copper/light brown with a tan head with medium retention and slightly firm.
Aroma: Grape Jelly (Welch's Concord) and not much else. It was hard to get past the grape jelly to other flavors. Hops were low to none, as was the malt.
Taste: Grape Jelly/Jolly Rancher. Very candied. A firm sourness that I would call a 3.5 of 5. Sourness felt primarily lactic and lacked complexity. No discernable malt or hop notes on the tongue. The beer had a very slight amount of bitterness.
Mouthfeel: Medium body and medium carbonation. I'd put the carbonation more on the standard pressure used by Yard House than on the beer itself.
Finish: Slightly sweet, which could have been an enduring impression from the grape candy on the aroma and flavor. Sourness was sharp and did not linger.
Overall I found this beer to be mostly one-note and not typical for what I expect of an Oud Bruin. Blind, I would place this beer closer to an American Sour or Kettle Sour. For me, it lacked the complexity and oak character I typically associate with classic Oud Bruin like Liefmans Goudeband or Petrus Oud Bruin.
Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois
3.17/5 rDev -20.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.17/5 rDev -20.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Saturated orange with ample lacing. Smells and tastes like grape jelly. Saccharine. Lactic acid spiked, fairly dumbed down, the name is very appropriate. Zero finesse or nuance. Cash grab sour ale, highly doubtful this ever saw a barrel.
May 19, 2019Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
4.29/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.29/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Brasserie de Silly S.A. "Stupid Silly Sour"
750 ml brown glass bottle, corked & caged, seemingly without production codes or freshness dating
$16.99 @ Total Wine & More, Cherry Hill, NJ
Notes via stream of consciousness: The cork has come out easily, and without too much of a pop, and the beer has poured a cloudy brown body beneath a very short head of khaki colored foam. I'll assume I should have let this sit longer to allow it to sediment out. The aroma is interesting, I can't quite get a grip on it. There's an acidity to it, and an earthiness that I can't quite place. There's an edge to it, maybe like green coffee beans. I'm not sure. There's a very light fruitiness to it, and a hint of something caramelish and maybe even roasty, but that's very, very light. I won't call the aroma, which is not that strong by the way, off-putting or unpleasant but it's not exactly enticing either. On to the flavor... OMG, that's a sour one! Jeebus, I wasn't expecting that. It's gueuze level sour, and maybe more, at least an 8, and maybe a 9 or higher on a scale of 1 to 10 for sourness. What else is there? There's a bit of caramel malt, medium and maybe medium-dark I'd say, and a similar fruitiness to what's found in the aroma. It's a kind of generic fruitiness. In the aftertaste I kind of get cherry, but other than that I'd say apple, pear, raisin, raspberry, blackberry, and fig. Hmm, maybe it's not so generic after all? The head dropped quite quickly, basically straight-off except for a collar, but it's somehow got 'mountains' of lace rising up around the glass. I understand the head dropping because it's a sour beer, but how is the lace forming and holding? Interesting. The more I become accustomed to the sourness the more I'm drawn to it. It's an interesting beer, I've never had one quite like it. As for mouthfeel the acidity plays a great part, and although there's not a lot of carbonation to it there's still a bristle. It's medium-light in body. If you're a fan of sour beers this one is not to be missed!
Review# 6,312
Oct 25, 2018750 ml brown glass bottle, corked & caged, seemingly without production codes or freshness dating
$16.99 @ Total Wine & More, Cherry Hill, NJ
Notes via stream of consciousness: The cork has come out easily, and without too much of a pop, and the beer has poured a cloudy brown body beneath a very short head of khaki colored foam. I'll assume I should have let this sit longer to allow it to sediment out. The aroma is interesting, I can't quite get a grip on it. There's an acidity to it, and an earthiness that I can't quite place. There's an edge to it, maybe like green coffee beans. I'm not sure. There's a very light fruitiness to it, and a hint of something caramelish and maybe even roasty, but that's very, very light. I won't call the aroma, which is not that strong by the way, off-putting or unpleasant but it's not exactly enticing either. On to the flavor... OMG, that's a sour one! Jeebus, I wasn't expecting that. It's gueuze level sour, and maybe more, at least an 8, and maybe a 9 or higher on a scale of 1 to 10 for sourness. What else is there? There's a bit of caramel malt, medium and maybe medium-dark I'd say, and a similar fruitiness to what's found in the aroma. It's a kind of generic fruitiness. In the aftertaste I kind of get cherry, but other than that I'd say apple, pear, raisin, raspberry, blackberry, and fig. Hmm, maybe it's not so generic after all? The head dropped quite quickly, basically straight-off except for a collar, but it's somehow got 'mountains' of lace rising up around the glass. I understand the head dropping because it's a sour beer, but how is the lace forming and holding? Interesting. The more I become accustomed to the sourness the more I'm drawn to it. It's an interesting beer, I've never had one quite like it. As for mouthfeel the acidity plays a great part, and although there's not a lot of carbonation to it there's still a bristle. It's medium-light in body. If you're a fan of sour beers this one is not to be missed!
Review# 6,312
Stupid Silly Sour from Brasserie de Silly S.A.
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
125 ratings
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