# Old Tom gin

A traditional gin style with a rounder, gently sweeter profile than London dry gin.

Parent category: [Gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/gin.md)

Alcohol: 40% ABV

## Cocktails

- [Astoria](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/astoria.md): Two parts fresh dry vermouth to one part Old Tom gin make this 1931 Waldorf recipe a true reverse Martini, sharpened only by orange bitters.
- [Casino](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/casino.md): An Old Tom gin sour sharpened with maraschino, lemon, and orange bitters.
- [Ford Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/ford-cocktail.md): Equal Old Tom gin and dry vermouth make a soft, wine-led nineteenth-century Martini branch, with mere dashes of Bénédictine and orange bitters supplying honeyed herbal detail.
- [Oh, My Word!](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/oh-my-word.md): Sother Teague rebuilds the Last Word without citrus, stirring Old Tom gin, Montenegro, Chartreuse, maraschino, and orange bitters into a lush herbal nightcap.
- [Tuxedo](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/tuxedo.md): Old Tom gin and vermouth accented with maraschino, absinthe, and bitters.
- [Yale Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/yale-cocktail.md): Old Tom gin, two bitters, lemon oil, and a small soda charge preserve the original 1895 Yale as a brisk pre-Martini cocktail rather than a later blue namesake.

## References

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- Source: https://www.theginguild.com/about-the-gin-guild/what-is-gin/old-tom-gin/