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Old Tom Gin

Name: Old Tom Gin
SKU: 23704
Availability: InStock

£6.50 – £37.00

Introducing Old Tom Gin, our latest, limited edition Distillery Special. Old Tom Gin is a slightly sweeter style than London Dry Gin. Our version is a very light, citrus forward gin which we’ve naturally sweetened with local honey. Learn more...

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UK Standard Delivery
£5.00
Deliver to your home or work address, usually the next working day. Applies to orders placed before 12pm midday, excludes weekends. (UK Mainland only. Excludes Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Scilly Islands and the Scottish Highlands & Islands.)
If you have any questions with delivery please email us at [email protected]

Click & Collect from The Distillery
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Collect your order for free from the distillery shop, 24hrs after after purchase. We will hold your order for 28 days unless instructed otherwise.

Click & Collect from Judith's No.1 High St
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Collect your order for free from our High Street shop, 24hrs after after purchase. We will hold your order for 28 days unless instructed otherwise.

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Spend over £40.00 on our products and get FREE delivery! (excludes gift vouchers)

UK Mainland Delivery (orders for products up to a value of £40)
£5.00
Deliver to your home or work address, usually the next working day. Gift Vouchers excluded. Applies to orders placed before 12pm midday, excludes weekends. (UK Mainland only. Excludes Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Scilly Islands and the Scottish Highlands & Islands.)
If you have any questions with delivery please email us at [email protected]

UK Highlands & Islands
£8.00
Deliver to your home or work address, usually the 2-3 working days. Applies to orders placed before 12pm midday, excludes weekends. (Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Scilly Islands and the Scottish Highlands & Islands.)

Gift Vouchers
£1.80 (2nd class) / £2.40 (1st class)
Deliver to your home or work address, by Royal Mail standard post, for voucher only orders. Applies to orders placed before 12pm midday, excludes weekends. (All UK postcodes)

Click & Collect from The Distillery
FREE
Collect your order for free from the distillery shop, 24hrs after after purchase. We will hold your order for 28 days unless instructed otherwise.

International Shipping
Unfortunately we cannot ship internationally at this moment. Please shop with one of our partners for delivery outside of the UK.

Description

Old Tom Gin

Old Tom Gin, a popular choice in 18th Century England, earned its name from the wooden cat (often referred to as “Old Tom”) plaques that adorned the outside of gin houses, where patrons could deposit a coin in exchange for a shot of gin. Old Tom Gin is a slightly sweeter style than London Dry Gin. Our version is a very light, citrus forward gin which we’ve naturally sweetened with local honey. With its rich history and versatile profile, it’s a delightful addition to any gin collection, offering a sweetly nostalgic taste of the past.

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At Shakespeare Distillery, we believe that a great cocktail is more than just a drink, it's an experience. That's why we've carefully curated our cocktails to highlight the unique character of each spirit.

Method for the perfect serve

No.1

Enjoy Old Tom Gin with Fever-tree Light Tonic Water, plenty of ice and a wedge of lemon. Alternatively it pairs beautifully with Fever-tree Ginger Ale and a slice of orange.

Discover our cocktails

Click here to discover delicious cocktail recipes using our award-winning Gin and Rum created by our expert Mixologist, Sam.

Award-Winning

Our gin was awarded the prestigious IWSC Silver Outstanding. We are passionate about producing exceptional spirits that our customers love.

Carbon Neutral

Sustainability is at the heart of our distillery. We use renewable energy and local ingredients to create planet-friendly spirits.

Hand Crafted

From selecting botanicals to distillation, we hand-craft small-batch spirits. Each bottle is unique, made with finest ingredients and techniques.

Gin Production

At Shakespeare Distillery

When producing our Gin, all operations are performed within the distillery. We don’t outsource any of the process to another company, ensuring quality and control is maintained by us.

To learn more about our gin production process, simply use the menu below to select the section you're most interested in. From botanical selection to distillation and bottling, each step of our process is carefully executed for the highest quality gin. Choose a section from the menu to learn more!

Gin Production

at Shakespeare Distillery

When producing our Gin, all operations are performed within the distillery. We don’t outsource any of the process to another company, ensuring quality and control is maintained by us.

To learn more about our gin production process, simply use the buttons below. From botanical selection to distillation and bottling, each step of our process is carefully executed for the highest quality gin. Get started and learn more now!

Ingredients:

The Botanicals

01/06

To make our gin we use authentic Tudor garden botanicals including rose, lemon balm, sage, rosemary and old English lovage fused with the more familiar juniper, coriander and lemon peel.

With Stratford Gin we employ the ‘London Dry’ method of production, nothing can be added to the Gin other than the flavours imparted during distillation. For an added challenge and to ensure we really can say that we have created a handcrafted product we do this using the single shot method, meaning all the ingredients required to make one batch of gin are added in at the same time. We don’t make a concentrate and blend this down to get the flavour we want. This means we need to put the same love, attention and passion into every batch to ensure they each have a consistent delicious flavour.

Ingredients:

Real Fruit

02/06

Our fruit gins and liqueurs are made using 100% real fruit. Using Stratford Dry as the base, we blend this with the fruit juice or, as with our Mulberry Gin Liqueur, we leave the mulberries to steep in our Stratford Dry for several weeks.

Distillation:

Portia & Ophelia

03/06

To produce any spirit you need a Still. Choosing the right still is a major decision for any distillery and we are happy we have made the right choice with ours. Here at Shakespeare Distillery we like to fuse the old with the new to create something special and our stills ‘Portia’ and ‘Ophelia’ are no different.

Portia and Ophelia are very modern, discerning ladies, who help produce something very special. Portia, our original still, has a capacity of 250 litres whilst her big sister Ophelia is 500 litres, both are heavily insulated to prevent loss of heat, reducing the power requirement. This is combined with a computer controlled cooling condenser, which lets only the necessary amount of water in to cool the vapour down. Overall this means they are pretty environmentally friendly as far as stills go.

They also use an efficient amount of copper too. Copper can play an important part in removing undesirable sulphur compounds when making alcohol. To this end our ladies have copper strategically placed in the vapour path, meaning every drop of alcohol comes into contact with it before leaving the still. Come join us for a distillery tour to see them up close, where we will explain how they work in more detail.

Packaging:

Bottling & Packaging

04/06

All operations are performed by us onsite. This means we distil, bottle, label, seal and distribute all from the distillery building and all by hand and in small batches with love, care and attention. As part of the tour or Gin School you will be able to see our entire operation.

Packaging:

Eco Friendly

05/06

At Shakespeare Distillery, the environment is important to us – as such, we recycle and reuse as much as we can. Join us on our waste-reducing mission. Don’t throw the glassware away: bring your bottle back to our distillery, and we will refill it for you at a discounted rate. Not only that, but each refill earns you a stamp on your loyalty card, and after 5 refills, you get your 6th absolutely free – save money, save the environment!

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Distillery Tours

A behind the scenes look

Join us for a fun and informative tour around our working distillery in Stratford upon Avon. You will discover how gin and rum is made, learn about its history, and experience the many different ingredients we use. The tour is followed by a tutored tasting of at least 3 Shakespeare Distillery spirits, finishing with a Gin & Tonic.

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Carbon Neutral Distillery

Sustainable Spirits with a twist of history

When producing our Gin, all operations are performed within the distillery. We don’t outsource any of the process to another company, ensuring quality and control is maintained by us.

To learn more about our gin production process, simply use the menu to the right to select the section you're most interested in. From botanical selection to distillation and bottling, each step of our process is carefully executed for the highest quality gin. Choose a section from the menu to learn more!

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Stratford Dry 45%

Two years of experimentation led to the creation of our signature Stratford Dry Gin, which captures the flavours of herbs and flowers from the Tudor garden and combines with the boldness of juniper and sweetness of Mediterranean citrus. This award-winning (IWSC Silver Outstanding) London Dry gin stands out from the market as one of the few herbal style gins.

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