Review Date:June 30 2010
Score:Whiskey-Gin Hybrid
Product:Old Tom Gin
Vintage:NV
Producer:Ransom Spirits
Reviewer:Jack Bettridge
Publication:Wine Spectator
Review:
Perhaps the most novel of new gins is actually a throwback to the
markedly sweeter Old Tom style that was popular a century ago and
disappeared around the 1950s. Distiller Tad Seestedt and drinks
historian David Wondrich created Ransom Old Tom in Oregon with a
view to making not just a sweeter gin, but something with significant
heritage. Because gins of old were so often stored in barrels, they
took that route, aging the product for several months. The result is
something of a whiskey-gin hybrid, with a very malty taste and the
headiest of aroma, almost like a very complex, woody, toasty bitters.
The time in the wood gives it a distinct hue, but while
this gin may not be completely transparent,
it it is clearly good.
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