Silly Pils
Brasserie de Silly S.A.
- From:
- Brasserie de Silly S.A.
- Belgium
- Style:
- German Pilsner
Ranked #745 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 78
Ranked #37,734 - Avg:
- 3.11 | pDev: 10.93%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 03, 2026
- Added:
- Jul 27, 2003
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
78
Okay
78
Okay
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Reviewed by Beginner2 from Illinois
3.64/5 rDev +17%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4.25
3.64/5 rDev +17%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4.25
There may be a ten year hiatus on releasing Silly's Pils now, judging from the dearth of recent reviews. It's possible the ratings from ten years were accurate. But, I really enjoyed this bottle that sports a Best By date in December 2026. So it is fresh. And I have to assume it is a significantly different recipe than a decade ago.
That said, Silly's Pils Looks average for the German style; while it has a nice golden clarity, it lacks lace and lasting foam. Smells are mostly sweet malt. Tastes however are balanced; there are just enough hops to cut the sweet malt and they linger at a lower level to prevent the sweetness from interfering. Smooth, but not quite medium-mouthed; the style is more is bubbly.
Silly makes a nice Saison for the table. By analogy to the Pils, their Pils is also nice at the table; not too hoppy or too bubbly.
As for the very good Overall Hugs, that's for Silly whose CEO gave us (a Podge's group) a very interesting tour of their facility that he inherited from four previous generations (who could have updated more.) A Sante' !
May 03, 2026That said, Silly's Pils Looks average for the German style; while it has a nice golden clarity, it lacks lace and lasting foam. Smells are mostly sweet malt. Tastes however are balanced; there are just enough hops to cut the sweet malt and they linger at a lower level to prevent the sweetness from interfering. Smooth, but not quite medium-mouthed; the style is more is bubbly.
Silly makes a nice Saison for the table. By analogy to the Pils, their Pils is also nice at the table; not too hoppy or too bubbly.
As for the very good Overall Hugs, that's for Silly whose CEO gave us (a Podge's group) a very interesting tour of their facility that he inherited from four previous generations (who could have updated more.) A Sante' !
Reviewed by Smakawhat from Maryland
2.99/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
2.99/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Poured on tap into a pokal style glass at Churchkey DC.
Pale brass yellow in appearance, with virtually no carbonation at all, faint white head is presented which falls normally. While drinking this beer it can't even maintain a collar. For a pilsner this is one of the most lifeless beers I have ever seen.
I take a whiff for the nose and I really smell nothing. Faint malts, no, crisp sensations, no, hops, no, bread tight character... nothing. While drinking though the honey sweetness comes out.
When I mention while drinking, on the palate this is an incredibly honey tasting beer. Light bodied with out syrup, but large emphasis on honey and sweetness with a light moughtfeel. Faint malt hits on the finish.
Overall, it's quite sweet but tolerable, and one really interesting beer but nothing like I was expecting. Refreshing and quenching yes, true to style I would say not even close. Probably not what I look for in this style at all.
Apr 20, 2012Pale brass yellow in appearance, with virtually no carbonation at all, faint white head is presented which falls normally. While drinking this beer it can't even maintain a collar. For a pilsner this is one of the most lifeless beers I have ever seen.
I take a whiff for the nose and I really smell nothing. Faint malts, no, crisp sensations, no, hops, no, bread tight character... nothing. While drinking though the honey sweetness comes out.
When I mention while drinking, on the palate this is an incredibly honey tasting beer. Light bodied with out syrup, but large emphasis on honey and sweetness with a light moughtfeel. Faint malt hits on the finish.
Overall, it's quite sweet but tolerable, and one really interesting beer but nothing like I was expecting. Refreshing and quenching yes, true to style I would say not even close. Probably not what I look for in this style at all.
Reviewed by CrazyDavros from Australia
2.54/5 rDev -18.3%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.54/5 rDev -18.3%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Pours golden with a small rapidly fading head.
Nose shows bready and biscuity malt, faint grassy hops along with oats and grain, like wholemeal bread.
Very similar flavours but corn and cooked vegetable notes invade. Pretty sweet, hardly any balancing bitterness whatsoever.
Nice high carbonation suits the beer well. Very watery body though.
Apr 07, 2011Nose shows bready and biscuity malt, faint grassy hops along with oats and grain, like wholemeal bread.
Very similar flavours but corn and cooked vegetable notes invade. Pretty sweet, hardly any balancing bitterness whatsoever.
Nice high carbonation suits the beer well. Very watery body though.
Reviewed by Absumaster from Netherlands
2.72/5 rDev -12.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
2.72/5 rDev -12.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
A bright piss- yellow color with a thin white head.
Smell of adjunt, corn mainly with a green twist. Some green malt odors. Very little smell at all.
Taste: pff, what taste? There is the corny taste and a whiff of malt. No hop presence at all. I always wondered why Belgians can brew the best beers in the world and brew tasteless pilsners at the same time. Body is thin and watery. Ok, drinkability is average.
Mar 28, 2008Smell of adjunt, corn mainly with a green twist. Some green malt odors. Very little smell at all.
Taste: pff, what taste? There is the corny taste and a whiff of malt. No hop presence at all. I always wondered why Belgians can brew the best beers in the world and brew tasteless pilsners at the same time. Body is thin and watery. Ok, drinkability is average.
Reviewed by TheLongBeachBum from California
2.88/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.88/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Presentation: Sampled at the Triangel Brasserie & Restaurant in Halle (see BeerFly) on Easter Monday 28th April, 2005.
On draft, the Silly Pils was available in 25cl [1.60], 33cl [2.00] or 50cl [3.00]. The smallest offering seemed the best.
Appearance: Shockingly chilled an lucid, the crystal clear straw yellow Pils looks the biz when it arrives with a large white frothy head. Immense carbonation and lots of streamers on the body. Punctuating conditioning.
Nose: Nothing. Honestly, it smells of nothing!!!! This got me, no Malt, no Hops, no Yeast, nothing ..anything. Quite incredible. Utterly Ambient. How do I mark that, well it's not "bad" or "awful" which is a 1.0, so to be fair I guess I go for a 3.0 !?!?
Taste: Pilsner malts with some mild Saaz hops in the backend with some metallic Can like twinges in the swallow. Low profile tastes that remind you that this is a Pils, as opposed to a Pilsner, if that makes sense.
Mouthfeel: Mediocre feel, light and watery yet it retains something of a Pils feel, barely scrapes a 2.5.
Drinkability: Clean and very crisp, like chilled fresh well-water it quenches your thirst immediately but fails to offer respite any respite to a flavor quest.
Overall: Silly Pils is far from the piss-poor adjunct laden crap from the Big Boys but sadly it lacks a decent amount of ingredients to challenge them.
Its still Silly though, cuz when I thought Pils
.well it made me laugh . Haha!!! ;-))
And .as my mate EyeChartBrew would add
Music: The Smiths, Hatful of Hollow; Heaven Knows Im Miserable Now
May 16, 2005On draft, the Silly Pils was available in 25cl [1.60], 33cl [2.00] or 50cl [3.00]. The smallest offering seemed the best.
Appearance: Shockingly chilled an lucid, the crystal clear straw yellow Pils looks the biz when it arrives with a large white frothy head. Immense carbonation and lots of streamers on the body. Punctuating conditioning.
Nose: Nothing. Honestly, it smells of nothing!!!! This got me, no Malt, no Hops, no Yeast, nothing ..anything. Quite incredible. Utterly Ambient. How do I mark that, well it's not "bad" or "awful" which is a 1.0, so to be fair I guess I go for a 3.0 !?!?
Taste: Pilsner malts with some mild Saaz hops in the backend with some metallic Can like twinges in the swallow. Low profile tastes that remind you that this is a Pils, as opposed to a Pilsner, if that makes sense.
Mouthfeel: Mediocre feel, light and watery yet it retains something of a Pils feel, barely scrapes a 2.5.
Drinkability: Clean and very crisp, like chilled fresh well-water it quenches your thirst immediately but fails to offer respite any respite to a flavor quest.
Overall: Silly Pils is far from the piss-poor adjunct laden crap from the Big Boys but sadly it lacks a decent amount of ingredients to challenge them.
Its still Silly though, cuz when I thought Pils
.well it made me laugh . Haha!!! ;-))
And .as my mate EyeChartBrew would add
Music: The Smiths, Hatful of Hollow; Heaven Knows Im Miserable Now
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