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Old Tom Gin (or Tom Gin or Old Tom) is a gin recipe popular in 18th-century England. In modern times, it became rare but has experienced a resurgence in the craft cocktail movement.
Often described as a sweet or 'cordial' style of gin, 'old tom' gins were overwhelmingly popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries, when gin was more pungent due to the limited rectification (purification) of the base spirit possible in the copper pot stills at that time.
Discover 17 of the best Old Tom Gins that are available in the UK and internationally, grouped by how they are sweetened (botanically, with honey, or with sugar/sugar syrup) and focused on more classic styles of Old Tom rather than flavoured gins.
25 Ιαν 2017 · Quaffed by the bucketload during the 18th and 19th centuries, it served as something of a bridge between Dutch Genever and London Dry, drier than the former and sweeter than the latter. Old Tom Gin emerged in an era of heavy drinking and primitive distilling.
Old Tom is a gin style that evolved in England during the 18th century. It is generally believed that Old Tom was somewhat of a middle style between herbal-packed London Dry gins and malty Dutch jenever, but some believe it was a predecessor that used sweeteners to help mask the harsh flavor of gin.
An Introduction to Old Tom Gin. Modern Old Tom gins taste slightly sweeter than London Dry gins. This sweetening of the gin is achieved by adding sugar syrup to a base gin. Other flavours are added too - often (but not always) is a hint of liquorice. Both characteristics of modern Old Tom gins go all the way back to its 18th Century origins.
At one point an almost-forgotten style, Old Tom is a sweetened gin called for in many of the early recipes for sweeter gin cocktails, especially The Martinez and Tom Collins. Most of them make for a tasty G&T too!
