700ml  % ABV

Old Tom is a botanically intensive and lightly sweetened style of gin. Particularly popular in the 19th Century, Old Tom Gins tend to deliver a generally sweeter flavour profile, resulting in a distinctive cocktail experience. Old Tom is no different and for fans of the style, it’s one of the best ones out there.

From a flavour perspective, Old Tom Gin is often described as the missing link between Dutch Genever and London Dry Gin. Although, without having done enough rooting around and sufficient research to see how wide spread this was, it seems that at the beginning of the 19th century Old Tom was sold at around 20% ABV and resembled what we would consider now days to be a liqueur. It was only by the late 19th century that Old Tom had reached 40% ABV and become the style that we are more familiar with today. The ascendance in the popularity of Old Tom as a style (between the 1880’s and the 1920’s) coincided with the golden age of cocktails

. Amongst other things, cocktails became glamorous and sophisticated and as a result popularity soared. With infamous star bartenders such as Jerry Thomas leading the way, the fashion for sweet cocktails spread from America throughout Europe, and Old Tom as a style of gin was at the heart of this trend.