Ransom Old Tom Gin

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The recipe for Ransom Old Tom was developed in collaboration with the rightly revered historian and author David Wondrich, and is designed as a gin to recreate vintage cocktails dating from the mid- to late-1800s.

Ransom Old Tom is made using a base wort of malted barley, combined with an infusion of botanicals in two row barley corn neutral spirits and distilled in a copper pot still, then cask aged for three to six months (we understand usually 3 to 4 months). Six botanicals are used: juniper berries, orange peel, lemon peel, coriander seed, cardamom pods and angelica root.

Review and Tasting

Sampled on 12/03/2012

Appearance:

(Batch 007, bottle No.1270) Clear, golden amber.

Aroma:

Spicy pine forest and flamed orange zest nose with aromas of freshly split sappy pine, eucalyptus, dark honey, cardamom, star anise, angelica and bitter lavender.

Taste:

A dry, huge but balanced palate delivers the flavours present in the nose but far more elegantly than the nose might suggest with pine and orange zest to the fore.

Aftertaste:

Orange bitters, rye dryness with distinct woody, smoky and dry orange zest finish.