It's all natural - Rhubarb Old Tom is hand-crafted on the Scottish Orkney Islands in micro batches using many local and Scottish botanicals by small family run business, Orkney Gin Company. We don't use any flavourings, colourings or presevatives. Bathtub Gin– owing to the fact that legally gin is simply “juniper flavored spirit,” one can make a gin by infusing/macerating, or alternatively “cold compounding” juniper berries and other botanicals in a spirit. Put the crushed ingredients with the clementine and lemon peel all together in the glass jar. Step 4

Add Juniper berries, Coriander Seeds, and Angelica root in the jar with the vodka. Swirl around to mix. Step 4 Original Bathtub Gin, compound, and cold compounded gin all mean the same: A gin flavored with botanicals macerated in a neutral grain spirit or by adding essences and extracts. If Genever is the heady forefather of modern gin and London Dry is the modern standard bearer, Old Tom is the neglected middle child. Not as malty and heavy-handed as Genever. Not as spicy and arid as London Dry. Often sweeter and rounder than your more modern gins, Old Tom gin offers a great introduction to a somewhat divisive spirit. Consequently, these often were of inferior quality, and one had to mask their harsh bite and unpleasant flavors.This depends on the style. A bathtub gin made with neutral alcohol, juniper and spices might have no sugar whatsoever. And while it’s not uncommon for Old Tom gins to be aged, it’s not necessary. And while it’s not uncommon for Old Tom Gins to have sugar added, it’s not necessary. Hence the head-scratching. Nowadays, bathtub gin refers to a gin infusion made at home with commercial alcohol. Typically this recipe takes fresh fruit, sugar, and a cheap bottle of gin or vodka. It makes a sweet, fruity liqueur with a gin base. Why Is It Called Bathtub Gin? An easy way to avoid cheaply produced Gins is by looking at the label. If it says something like Distilled Gin, Dry Gin, or London Dry Gin, it cannot be a Compound Gin. That name Professor Cornelius Ampleforth’s Bathtub Old Tom Gin a mouth-full. But let’s break it down into some helpful definitions:

The idea behind aging the gin is that we wanted to re-create what would have happened 150 years ago,” Seestedt said. “Generally, spirits weren’t immediately bottled like they are today. Any time the gin would have been shipped it would have been kept in cooperage for some amount of time.” Before the prohibition, gin was a popular spirit in America, preferred mainly by the upper class. It was consumed more than vodka and rum. After the ban took effect, gin became scarce and was no longer available. However, there was still a demand for it. And so, bootleggers, who were also called speakeasies at that time, met the demand by producing a drink that approximated gin infusing cheap grain alcohol with juniper berries as flavoring. The end result is that the two main players with modern Old Tom Gin have two very different properties. And while dozens of Old Tom Gins have entered the market in the several years since Hayman’s and Ransom forged the pathway, they’re just as diverse. This base blend combines the three must-have ingredients of the bathtub gin. It included juniper berries, coriander seed, and angelica root. Enjoy this blend straight and simple with an option to add whatever you prefer. Ingredients: Thankfully for Bathtub Gin, the quality of the ingredients are greatly superior. Here the gin is infused with six botanicals: juniper, coriander, orange peel, cinnamon, cloves and cardamom, and the length of the compounding period is controlled entirely by periodic sampling at the Master of Malt HQ in Tunbridge Wells. The final spirit is bottled at 43.3% ABV and has a slight hue caused by the infusion process.

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Using pestle and mortar, grind together juniper berries, cardamom pod, and coriander seeds. Do not grind them to a pulp. Just enough to release flavor. Step 3

Thus, infusing a gin with at least one botanical during distillation (e.g., juniper) makes it a distilled gin, not a compound or bathtub gin. Bathtub Gin, Compound Gin, and Cold Compounded Gin This type of bathtub gin offers a citrusy-fruity blend that uses juniper berries and fruit peels from fragrant citrus fruits like lemon, orange, and grapefruit. Ingredients: Bathtub Gin is made using a technique called cold compounding. Technically speaking, compound gin involves flavourings (such as botanicals) simply being added to neutral grain spirit and then filtered out before bottling. Although there are many other technicalities surrounding how it is done, ABV for example, in layman’s terms – compound gins just infuse whereas distilled gins infuse and then distil.But that being said, Professor Cornelius Ampleforth’s Bathtub Old Tom Gin feels a bit disjointed, the sweetening aside from the botanicals, the botanicals not really tightly wound or integrated. It has some good moments, but the finish seems a little off. It certainly makes a good Martinez and I would wholeheartedly endorse it as a good mixing gin. But I’m not sure that the bathtub technique or botanical selection seems to lend itself to the Old Tom style in this instance. Overall Sterilize the glass jar by washing it in hot and soapy water. Wipe dry and let air dry as well. Step 2 A compound gin is the more modern and safe version of bathtub gin that also involves infusing berry and fruit essences in neutral grain spirits.