Filou is een tripel met een alcoholpercentage van 8,5 procent. Volgens de makers van brouwerij Van Honsebrouck is het een bier dat ‘goed vult, maar gemakkelijk wegdrinkt’. Het zou minder bitter en geslepen zijn dan hun bekende Brigand (http://biernetwerk.nl/van-honsebrouck-lanceert-twee-nieuwe-bieren-filou-en-barista-chocolate-quad/).
Castle Brewery Van Honsebrouck
Oostrozebekestraat 43
Ingelmunster
8770
West Flanders, Belgium
(http://belgium.beertourism.com/belgian-beers/filou)
Filou is not just yet another Belgian strong blonde, so many of which have come onto the market recently - 13 to the dozen definately does not apply here. Filou is French for rascal, and with a name like this, you would expect to be fleeced. Is the brewer getting one over on us? No, he is not.
The newest addition to the Van Honsebrouck stable only saw the light in 2014. Filou is an honest and pure beer, what you see is what you get, brewed using only water, yeast, hops and malt.
It does not set out to mislead you, but rather to seduce you, and goes down surprisingly easily when you bear in mind that has an ABV of 8,5%.
Luc Van Honsebrouck packed a punch in the 1980s with the well-known Brigand. Filou may have something in common with Brigand, but at the same time, you cannot place these two beers side by side without noticing the differences.
The Brigand is slightly bitterer and noticeably far drier in the finish.
In the words of the creator of this Belgian speciality beer, Xavier Van Honsebrouck: “Before you know it you will have asked for seconds…” If you do, you’ll enjoy another full-mouthed, slightly bitter beer with a beautiful balance between hops and malt. The name could equally apply to the drinker according to Xavier. (http://belgium.beertourism.com/belgian-beers/filou)
Het bier was erg koud, maar inderdaad de 8,5% merk je niet. De smaak was kruidig-hoppig, waardoor het een beetje een tripel-IPA-crossover lijkt, maar zo bitter is het niet. Het smaakt wat bijzonder...
Wat zeggen anderen erover?
Filou is een mooie zachte Tripel van 8,5%. Het bier heeft een mooie balans in bitter-zoet en heeft een fijne kruidige smaak. De afdronk is lang en vooral lichtbitter en kruidig (cafeplato.be/ en
stadscafedebasiliek.nl/).
The rascally Filou stares at the drinker, challenging him, catapult at the ready, from a slender tulip-shaped glass of the Munich type, set on a high stem. This is a great glass for preserving aromas and maintaining the head of froth.
Filou is a Belgian beer that offers a beautiful balance between hops and malt; it is full in the mouth, pure and slightly bitter.
Easily drinkable but, at the same time, with plenty of character
(http://belgium.beertourism.com/belgian-beers/filou).
