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

BeWilder

This drink comes right out of the mountains of Blue Ridge, GA during the summer. Around here you can pick fresh wild blackberries and apples from a locally

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.

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,

Microdose

Our restaurant, Selden Standard, always tries to showcase Michigan's local produce and I wanted to make an acidic cocktail that celebrated Michigan green

Improved Martinez

It is a very complex and structured drink with various nuances of taste ranging from the sweetness of the bitter which gives an extra nuance to the vinegar,

Leisure Time

Highlight the base characteristic.

Haymans Pomegranate and Cucumber Tonic

Sweet, Sour, Herbesious Spice and Bitter

Bees Knees Up

I've drawn inspiration from one of my favourite classics - the Bees Knees and built a riff around it based on the idea of creating a longer drink. I love

Sunday Afternoon

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

Monday Little Saturday

Herb bitter sweet and mint

Ol' Tom Tini

I have always loved a good gin cocktail (coincidentally my middle name is Vesper) and so this struck me as a perfect opportunity to experiment with my

It's the thyme of the season

I was doing research for a sake cocktail in my bar a few weeks ago and wanted to adapt a sake martini. So played around with some combinations and really

Jean Gin-nie

This drink was created in London to celebrate the platinum jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II. Jean Gin-nie is a refreshing marriage of British

Tabby Tom

A sweet, fragrant and spiced refreshing gin cocktail.

Tommy Cobbler

A boozy contemporary version of Sherry Cobbler with refreshing fruity notes.

Ruiz-Martinez

The citrusy flavor in the Old Tom Gin are amplified by the ingredients used, along with a good amount of spice. The cocktail itself evolves really nicely