The Riddle Of Old Tom Gin
Gin is no longer just the beverage of older white people — it’s making a comeback among the kids. Digging into the spirit’s history, The Daily Beast says: “A minor, but persistent, historical mystery in the annals of alcohol is the precise nature of the great 19th-century English favorite, Old Tom gin. If you like Charles Dickens and his teeming world of characters, you will have
come across it. If you’re the type who finds amusement in poking through yellowing old cocktail books and contemplating the drinks your great-grandmother knocked back when she was on a spree, you’ll be more than familiar with it, as the spirit appears in the early recipes for the Martini, the Ramos Gin Fizz, the Tom Collins, and a number of other enduring classics of American mixology.”
