Our mission
Filliers Distillery’s commitment
Our vision
Realising sustainable growth
CSR
Distilling with an eye for sustainability and social sense
The passion that can be felt strongly throughout the company is also embodied in the vision regarding sustainability & the environment. A great sense of responsibility & awareness is crucial for Filliers Distillery, and not simply a nice-to-have. The entire production chain has been installed with this sense.
The distillery has taken advantage of gravity, raw materials are supplied in bulk, and grain is even supplied in coarse grain. For each production, the exact amount of grain is gathered for the required mix, and no more. Filliers Distillery has its own wells for water. Waste is as good as unknown. But that is not all.
The spent ale, a residual product after an initial distillation, is particularly rich in nutrients and is collected by local farmers as feed for Brasvar pigs. These pigs prefer to eat it warm, so the farmer comes to get it “fresh”.
Other parts from the distillate explicitly do not belong in the final spirits. The so-called head and tail of the alcohol is collected & processed in non-food sectors.
Filliers Distillery also distills a lot of herbs, juniper berries, and the mysterious combination of 28 botanicals & fresh fruits in a basic distillate. Once these ingredients have released their taste and aromas in the basic recipe for gin, they are processed into biogas by a bio-digester.
Heat is recovered for the next cooking process, or to warm up the offices. The wooden barrels in which some drinks are aged are never destroyed, but are given new life in breweries.