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33 reviews found
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Sacred Old Tom Gin is a bold, higher-strength take on the classic Old Tom style from a respected craft producer, bottled...
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Ash Carrington
January 19, 2026
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The Harrogate 24-botanical gin in Old Tom style — Yorkshire liquorice root providing natural sweetness with lemon verben...
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Edward Forwood
January 17, 2026
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A limited-edition revival of the 1800s sweetened gin style — Hayman's ten-botanical London Dry base with subtle sweetnes...
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January 1, 2026
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Zesty rhubarb in the Old Tom tradition — tart fruit with Norse Archangelica and Orcadian honey sweetening. The island's ...
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Amelie Farnham
December 31, 2025
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A rare mid-century Old Tom from the once-ubiquitous Robert Burnett house, this 1947 bottling at 45.6% ABV offers a genui...
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December 24, 2025
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Hernö's Old Tom Gin at 43% ABV is a confident take on gin's historic sweeter style, built for classic cocktails like the...
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December 20, 2025
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Almost the very definition of Old Tom style — thick, syrupy, full of sweet spice with cinnamon and cardamom. The added s...
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November 28, 2025
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Named for the Norse goddess of bees — Orcadian honey from the distillery garden with fresh Scottish raspberries over the...
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November 14, 2025
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Defiance's sweetened expression — the same fourteen foraged botanicals in Old Tom style. Douglas fir and myrrh creating ...
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November 13, 2025
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Mexican-inspired Old Tom — jalapeño heat, tomatillo tang and agave sweetness from Leeds' 20-litre micro-batch jewellers-...
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November 13, 2025
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A Dumfries & Galloway gin paying homage to the Old Tom style — sweetly fragrant juniper, angelica and liquorice with a b...
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November 11, 2025
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Whitby's Old Tom with hand-picked gorse from coastal headlands and gooseberry from windswept moors — vanilla-nutty gorse...
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November 10, 2025
