Filliers - Barrel Aged Gin | Belgium Gin

COLOR: The color of Filliers Barrel Aged Gin is somewhat blonde, or champagne colored. It has only a faint yellow hue to it, remarkably lighter than other aged gins we’ve tried here.
NOSE:: The Nose is at first oaky, but it quickly unravels revealing more depth: juniper, lemon and butter dominate at first, before faintly dissipating. The mid and low notes are still of the same ilk, but with a touch more ethanol on the Nose.
TASTE: The palate of Filliers Barrel Aged Gin begins with just a touch of heat before juniper and coriander begin to come through. Warm, very gin-like spice emerges and this is where things gets interesting. Other notes begin to bubble up mid-palate where a fruity, almost strawberry and pomegranate note comes through. As it becomes clearer, that fruity note becomes more obvious and lemon and orange. We had wrote in our notes “orange spice cake,” and “lemon loaf”*. More specifically, as we look a bit closer, notes of vanilla, butter, orange, and lemon come through. It’s really quite startling and refreshing. It fades into a Finish that is a touch butter and oak. Quite interesting, and although not as powerful as other aged gins, it was worth sipping on its own.