Filliers
Filliers is a Belgian family distillery from East Flanders, known for grain genever aged in barrels for up to 21 years. They also make fruit and cream genevers, advocaat, gin and whisky.
Belgian grain genever, aged for up to 21 years
Filliers is a Belgian family business in Bachte-Maria-Leerne, near Deinze in East Flanders. The distillery has existed since 1880. Genever is just as much at home in Belgium as in the Netherlands; the name is protected and may only be used for genever from the Netherlands, Belgium and a few border regions.
Filliers is best known for aging genever in American oak barrels. This aging is what distinguishes the bottles: Young & Pure has never seen a barrel and is fresh and light, while the 8-, 12-, 17- and 21-year-old genevers become increasingly smooth and complex. The juniper berries recede into the background, making way for vanilla and wood. Filliers also makes sweet fruit genevers from fresh juice, cream genevers with cream, an advocaat based on the recipe of Julia Denecker, Firmin Filliers' wife, and gin based on Firmin's own recipe.
In brief
Genever, gin and more from Filliers
Gall & Gall sells 17 bottles from Filliers. First the grain genevers, from unaged to 21 years old, followed by the sweet genevers, advocaat, gin and whisky.
Filliers Young & Pure
Young genever that has never seen the inside of a barrel. Fresh and light, and made for long drinks and cocktails.
Filliers 8 Years Barrel Aged
Aged for more than eight years in American oak. The juniper berries become milder, and the genever is excellent neat or in cocktails.
Filliers 12 Years Barrel Aged
Aged for twelve years. Smooth and balanced, to drink neat or as the base for a robust cocktail.
Filliers 17 Years Barrel Aged
More than seventeen years in American oak casks. Silky smooth and at its best enjoyed neat.
Filliers 21 Years Barrel Aged
The oldest of the range. Complex and deep, for special occasions and best enjoyed neat.
Filliers Chocolate Cream
Grain genever with cream and Belgian chocolate. Also available in a vanilla version and a speculoos version.
Filliers Lemon Genever
Made with fresh lemon juice. Fresh and sweet-tart.
Filliers Passion Fruit Jenever
Made with fresh passion fruit juice. Sweet and tropical.
Filliers Advocaat
Smooth advocaat made from fresh eggs, whole milk, sugar and alcohol, following Julia Denecker's recipe.
Filliers Dry Gin 28
Handcrafted gin with 28 botanicals, based on the recipe of Firmin Filliers, the third-generation master distiller.
Filliers Pink Dry Gin 28
The same base, refined with raspberry and goji berries.
Filliers Single Malt Sherry Oak 10
Belgian single malt made from one hundred percent barley malt, aged for ten years in European sherry casks.
What is the difference between young, old and aged genever? Read about it on our genever page.
Grain, vanilla and wood
Grain & vanilla
The Young & Pure smells fresh, with notes of grain and juniper. In the aged genevers, vanilla, oak, and soft spices come to the fore.
Soft and round
The longer it spends in the barrel, the softer and rounder it becomes. The 8 Years is still fresh, while the 17 and 21 Years are full-bodied and silky smooth.
Long and warm
Short and dry for the young genever. Long and warm for the oldest bottles, with oak and vanilla.
Flavor profile of Filliers 8 Years Barrel Aged. The fruit and cream genevers score high on sweetness; the 21 Years scores higher on intensity.
Three ways to drink Filliers
Unaged ice-cold, aged at room temperature, and sweet genevers chilled from the refrigerator.
Young & Pure ice-cold
Put the bottle in the freezer and fill a shot glass to the brim. Or use it in a highball with lemon and sparkling water.
Glass: genever glass →Aged at room temperature
Pour the 12, 17, or 21 Years into a tumbler or tasting glass at room temperature. Let the glass stand for a moment; the vanilla and oak will come through more clearly.
Glass: tumbler →Fruit and cream genever chilled
Serve the Lemon and Passion Fruit chilled as an aperitif, and the cream genevers chilled or over ice as a digestif after a meal.
About liqueur →Cocktails with Filliers
Aged genever works in classics normally made with whisky, while Young & Pure works in anything you would otherwise use gin for.
Amsterdam Sour
Genever with lemon, sugar, and egg white. The Dutch take on the sour.
John Collins
Lemon, sugar, and sparkling water. The original version was made with genever.
Genever Old Fashioned
Aged genever, sugar, and bitters, stirred over ice.
Gin and tonic
Gin, tonic, plenty of ice, and the right garnish.The right glass for Filliers
A stemmed shot glass for ice-cold young genever, a tumbler for aged genevers, and a liqueur glass for fruit and cream genevers. These are the glasses we recommend ourselves.
Everything you still wanted to know about Filliers
Is your question not listed? Read more about jenever or view our cocktail recipes.
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Does Filliers also make gin and whisky?
Buy Filliers
Want the bottle at home right away? Order Filliers online from Gall & Gall. Gall & Gall has 17.
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