Since the Old Tom Gin is sweeter then the "regular" London Dry I wanted to make a "After Dinner" style of cocktail for the Hayman's
MAGO means magician in Spanish. When I know this competition I quickly thought this name for my cocktail because of Hayman has a 150-year history but
Created after a trip where i felt angry not to be able to find melon !!! I decided to always have melon when i need to !
Herb bitter sweet and mint
Fatty Melon, sweet, herbaceous,cooling
pickled food
This is a fresh take on a classic gin martini that plays on the sweeter, citrus notes of Hayman's Old Tom Gin, while keeping the gin's juniper notes on
Give this a good hard shake to really wake up the carrot!
floral, herby
The drink is velvety and balanced. Not too tart, not too sweet, lovely and herbal with a little pine character shining through from the Old Tom.
My inspiration was take all of the autumm flavors like a Merlot wine and green apples, mix with Old Tom Haymans gin because walking together, I'm infused
Vesper variation
you can taste some floral. And the texture is light. But not very complex
I came up with this drink for the Haymans Old Tom competition, I love a Negroni and I love Cream Soda.
Don't put too many mint leaves into the shaker. 6 leaves are enough to get a nice refreshing aroma for this cocktail. If your leaves are very small, then
Darren Mynes, CLIPPER Bar, Auckland New Zealand, 2023
Launched in 2008 and a classic London Dry gin in style, it is distilled with ten botanicals: juniper berries, coriander seed, nutmeg, cinnamon, angelica
Hayman's Old Tom is a modern-day recreation of an original family recipe dating from the 1860s. It is made with the same ten botanicals that feature in
This traditional sloe gin liqueur is made by steeping wild English hand-picked sloe berries, harvested in the Autumn in Hayman's Gin for several months.
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