Old Tom Gin Reviews & Tasting Notes
Discover Old Tom gin reviews, information, tasting notes, botanicals, and garnish and serving suggestions - for gin lovers and the trade. Find out more about your favourite Old Tom gins and discover new gins with the 'You Might Also Like...' recommendations. Follow our tasting notes and serving suggestions to help you enjoy them even more, or find out where to buy each gin, make a trade enquiry or book a distillery visit.
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Old Tom Gin Reviews - A to Z
- Broken Bones Old Tom (Slovenia) - TGG Awards - Winner 2023
- Bullards Old Tom (England)
- Campfire Old Tom (England) - TGG Awards - Winner 2023
- Dancing Anchor Old Tom Gin (England)
- Gin Eva Old Tom (Spain)
- Hartington Creamery Devonshire Old Tom Gin (England)
- Initial Gin - OTG (England) - TGG Awards - Winner 2023
- Kirkjuvagr Beyla Gin (Scotland)
- Langley's Old Tom (England)
- Lytham Gin - Bee's Knees Old Tom (England)
- Mackintosh Old Tom (Scotland)
- Pocketful of Stones - Marmalade Old Tom (England)
- Sky Wave Old Tom Gin (England) - TGG Awards - Winner 2023
- Winestillery Old Tom (Italy)
What is an Old Tom Gin?
Old Tom is a sweetened style of gin which emerged to great popularity in the 18th and 19th century. At the time distilling was basic and the spirits being produced were often very harsh, and sometimes made even harsher by distillers adding the likes of turpentine to them in order to increase their profit margins. To make hide this and make gins more palatable the distillers began sweetening their gins with sugar or liquorice root, creating gins that were sweeter than a London Dry but drier than a Dutch Genever.
Modern Old Toms are given their sweetness with sugar, liquorice, honey or even through ageing in barrels that impart sweet characteristics from the wood. Popular ways to serve an Old Tom are in a Tom Collins or a Martinez.
Modern Old Toms are given their sweetness with sugar, liquorice, honey or even through ageing in barrels that impart sweet characteristics from the wood. Popular ways to serve an Old Tom are in a Tom Collins or a Martinez.
