Double Enghien Blonde
Double Enghien Blonde© BeerTourism.com
The Brewery
Beer Style
Regional Blond Beer
The Beer
The original Double Enghien that was brewed by Tennstedt-Decroes, in Enghien, was an amber saison. When Brasserie de Silly bought the brewery, they changed the Double Enghien into a straight blond beer, as they already had a saison – the Saison de Silly – in their range. Several variants of the Double have since been introduced.
First, in 1986, a dark version was launched, to be followed by a strong blond Christmas beer in the nineties. That was to replace the former Silly Christmas beer, which was based on the Scotch de Silly.
For Enghien itself, this set of beers is an important part of their town's culture, and a brotherhood – the Confrérie de la Double Enghien – exists to honour this most local of beers. Such confréries very much belong to the local tradition of southern of Belgium, playing an active role in promoting regional products such as speciality beers.
Alcohol
7.5% ABV
Fermentation
Top fermented beer.
Ingredients
Water, pale malt, Kent Golding, Challenger and Hallertau hops, yeast, sugar.
Colour & Transparency
Blond beer with a thick froth that clings to the glass.
Serving Temperature
4°C – 8°C/ 40°F - 46°F
Serving Glass
Served in the branded, large tulip-shaped glass.
Character, Tastes & Aromas
The Double Enghien Blonde strikes first with its spicy and hoppy aromas, following through with flavours subtly wrapped around a full body. There is a shrug of acidity tickling on the tongue and a nice dry bitter aftertaste. A well-balanced beer, in which no ingredient is overpowering.
Culinary
Double Enghien Blonde is cookable, and nice to combine with a classic stew. Also delicious steamed with mussels and clams, accompanied with leeks baked in butter – plus maybe an endive salad on the side too – with toasted bread to help clear the sauce.
In food pairing, some bold dishes spring to mind – ‘fried egg sunny side up with cauliflower, boiled ham and parsley’, maybe; or ‘salmon with grapefruit, avocado and licorice’; or perhaps a ‘veal with asparagus, fava beans and tarragon’ would do the job nicely.
Keeping and Storage
Bottle: 24 months
Barrel: 9 months
Availability
Bottle ✔ On Tap ✔
Available in bottle (0.33 cl, 0.75 cl, 1.5 l) and on tap (25 l)
Other Brasserie de Silly Beers
Green Killer IPABrasserie de Silly enjoys a reputation as a traditional family brewery producing honest Belgian specialty beers - the Scotch de Silly or La Divine for example. However, this brewery, with roots going back to the 1800s, also marke ...
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Scotch de SillyScotch de Silly is a beer with a powerful echo of World War I, tracing its origin to the turmoil of that conflict. At that time, outside of the city of Silly, a regiment of Scottish soldiers were stationed. When they requested a ...
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La DivineLa Divine is a beer that was created by Silly upon request. A beer distributor from Battice, in the area of Liege, had found an old local recipe. He asked Brasserie de Silly to produce a beer from it, back in the early nineties. ...
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Silly RougeBrasserie de Silly’s Silly Rouge is a fully-fledged degustation beer brewed with the same brewery’s Scotch de Silly and natural cherry juices. The overriding impression is one of sweetness, picked up by the nose as well as the to ...
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