Tomfoolery Old Tom Gin

Gin description

Our old tom starts out as a wheat whiskey, unlike its sibling Ginever, which starts out as rye whiskey. Using wheat instead of rye grain produces a softer flavor base that allows the botanicals to shine through and give it a sweeter flavor. Like our Ginever, Tomfoolery is distilled three times, but with almost a completely different botanical set. A majority of the botanicals are juniper berries (as required to be called gin), but its sweetness and baking spice flavors arise from the addition of a blend of vanilla, angelica, and licorice. Old tom historically was sweetened using naturally sweet botanicals and sugar. Tomfoolery achieves its sweetness from the botanicals alone; no sugar or sweeteners were added. Once distilled, the spirit was rested in used Wigle wheat whiskey barrels for nearly 8 months. Legally, we can’t put an age statement on gin, thus the phrase barrel-rested.