Entries to 2023 Hayman's Old Tom, New Cocktail Competition

Rocket Man

Created by Niall Mulgrew at The Merchant Hotel Belfast in 2023

Sailor's Delight

I was recently studying the history of the Gimlet and how it was created to help sailors fight off scurvy by making lime juice palatable by the addition

Hot Summer Nights

A light and Bright cocktail that mostly everyone can make, and even if I advocate that you shake this cocktail It wouldn't make the cocktail undrinkable

English Tea with a Lady

Complex flavour with hints of juniper, citrus, bergamot, black tea, creaminess from a milk and silkiness from aquafaba.

Alley Cat

In our Italian restaurant in the heart of Copenhagen, we combine Italian dishes with a little inspiration and ingredients from Japan. As such we wanted

The Commonwealth

It's also very good with a mint sprig, I didn't have it in the picture and for the sake of simplicity I left it out but it highlights the botanicals even

50 shades of berries!

Dedicated to my mother who loves berries!!!

Hazelnut Rush

This is my first herbal cocktail. When I began to become an independent bartender, I thought I should try to create more cocktails with my own flavour,

"Cultural Collision"

in the ideal recipe for this cocktail, I make olive cordial: olive pickle - 500 ml, strain through a paper filter, fructose - 200 grams, citric acid -

Summer of '63

Stir & Strain

玫瑰谷里的猫

Light floral scent、citrus

Spring Garden

As an homage to local farms being back in production and bringing us fresh and beautiful ingredients. I wanted to highlight the citrus and vegetal notes

Berry Mary

One day, a customer wanted coffee, but he wanted to make a coffee cocktail with old Tom gin, and wanted to drink the flavor of coffee, so I replaced the

Mint Condition

Talking with a regular about how much he wanted a dessert martini that was more like an actual martini. Became a bet. Bet won.

The Macao Cocktail

Herbal from Old Tom gin and Absinthe, well pairing with the aroma of coffee and chocolate. Ending with spice, nuts and bitter aftertaste. The Macao cocktail.

Old Bols

The old bols, a creation inspired by old fashion. It was invented in the second half of the 19th century. I then had the idea to rework the old tom like