Jensen’S Old Tom London Dry Gin
Jensen's Gin
"I’d have Jensen’s Old Tom for its thrillingly dirty taste, its wildness and punchy herbal botanicals." - Victoria Moore, Telegraph
It was a fortuitous encounter in one of Tokyo’s legendary pocket-sized bars that Christian Jensen had his revelation; a flawless Gin Martini made with the bar owner’s rare stock of vintage London gin—a full bodied, ultra-smooth spirit distilled in London before the post WWII decline of the independent London-based gin distilleries. Such bottles can still be purchased, by the way, if you have a spare $400 lying around. It was a revelation that led to Jensen returning to that same bar again and again, starting a vintage gin collection that would max out at around 900 bottles, and then returning to London to create a very special, no compromise micro-distillery in the heart of the city.
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The name Old Tom apparently came from wooden plaques that were shaped like a cat (an "Old Tom") and hung outside some pubs in 18th century England. Jensen’s Old Tom recipe was taken from a distiller’s handbook from the 1840s, so it’s a true Old Tom gin, similar to those used by the bartenders of 18th and 19th centuries.
Eucalyptus and piney juniper with woody liquorice, parma violet and earthy cold stewed tea with zesty orange and a soapy hint of almond.
The name Old Tom apparently came from wooden plaques that were shaped like a cat (an "Old Tom") and hung outside some pubs in 18th century England. Jensen’s Old Tom recipe was taken from a distiller’s handbook from the 1840s, so it’s a true Old Tom gin, similar to those used by the bartenders of 18th and 19th centuries.
Eucalyptus and piney juniper with woody liquorice, parma violet and earthy cold stewed tea with zesty orange and a soapy hint of almond.