Last century
saw large farms in Hainaut brewing barley and hops.
Silly is a village lying in the Ath,
Enghien and Soignies triangle and is crossed by the
Sylle, the river from which the village takes its
name. Silly possesses a brewery that was founded in
1850 as Cense de la Tour, and that is today operated
by the 5th generation.
From 1947 the Brewery
became more prominent than the farm yet was still only
producing top fermentation beer like Grisette, Saison
and Scotch.
Several years later in 1950 when the Brewery already
had a chain of bars, it began producing a bottom fermentation
beer Pils as part of its product range.
1975 is noted for the
purchase of the Tennstedt Decroes Brewery in Enghien
which meant that it could add Double Enghien to its
range, today available in two forms: brown ale and lager.
1990 saw the creation
of a white beer known as Blanche Titje. This beer together
with Saison de Silly, Double Enghien and Divine, have
contributed to the growth of this independent and traditionally
based family business.
But it doesn't stop there!
Research efforts have helped in producing the latest
family beer, a pink grapefruit flavoured white beer:
Pink Killer, with a bright promising future.
Over recent
years the Brewery has been enhancing its export business.
