Old Tom Gin Recipes

by Chelsea Duncan & Forrest Lloyd

Difficulty Level: Easy+

Inspired by each of their grandmothers’ love for baking, this cocktail brings all those springtime rhubarb pie flavors together for a sweet and tart burst of flavor! This one is seriously good! Grandma would be proud!

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1.5  oz. Vitae Spirits Old Tom Gin

1 oz Strawberry Simple syrup*

.5 oz lemon juice

4 shakes – Fee Brothers Rhubarb Bitters* (key)

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Strawberry Simple*

1 cup water

1 cup sugar

1 – 16 oz bag frozen strawberries

1 stick cinnamon

1 vanilla bean

Cut vanilla bean in half and scrape out contents. Combine all ingredients in toa pot and bring to a boil. Strain out any solids after boiling. Store in a ball jar in the fridge for up to 1 month.

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1. Combine ingredients in shaker.

2. Shake well and pour into a rocks glass with fresh ice.

3. Garnish with lemon twist or fresh strawberries

by: TJ Drake

Difficulty Level: Medium

Pome & Tom is a fun take on an Old-Fashioned style cocktail with Gin subbed out for the Whiskey. This style of cocktail really highlights the individual flavors of the spirit being used. Our Old Tom is smooth, balanced, and very aromatic, which lends itself very well for this type of cocktail.

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1.5 oz. Vitae Spirits Old Tom Gin

0.5 oz Spiced Pomegranate syrup*

0.25 oz Lemon juice

Orange peel

5-6 dashes Embitterment Orange Bitters 

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Pomegranate Syrup*

1 cup Turbinado Sugar

1 cup Pomegranate Juice

small squeeze of lemon juice

1 tsp cocoa powder

1 stick cinnamon

4 whole cloves

1 tsp allspice

Combine ingredients into a saucepan and bring to a boil for 5 minutes to reduce. Take off heat and let cool to room temp.

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1. Add syrup, bitters, and orange peel to bottom of shaker tin or collins glass
2. Muddle ingredients until citrus oils blend with other liquid
3. Add large ice cube
4. Add Old Tom
5. Stir and garnish with rum-soaked cherry

Classic Cocktail by: Dheeraj Chatlani

Difficulty Level: Easy

Simply put this is an amazing drink, perfect for the summer. The sage and orange give a bright summer finish to an otherwise holiday spiced gin.

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1 oz. Vitae Spirits Old Tom Gin

.5oz Vitae Spirits Orange Liqueur

1oz Lemon juice

2oz Meyer lemon tea sage syrup*

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Meyer Lemon Tea Sage Syrup

2 Meyer Lemon Teabags

2 cup water

1 cup sugar

10 fresh sage leaves

1. Bring 2 cups water to a boil and add teabags to steap for 5 minutes

2. Remove teabags and add sugar and sage leaves

3. Bring up to a boil again, then turn off heat and let steep for 10-20 minutes or until room temp

4. Strain off leaves and store in ball jar for 1-2 months in the fridge

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Shaken

1. Add all ingredients into shaker with ice
2. Shake well and strain into coupe glass
3. Garnish with lemon wheel

Stired

1. Combine ingredients into mixing container
2. Stir for 30 seconds
3. Strain into martini/coupe glass
4. garnish with lemon twist

by TJ Drake

Difficulty Level: Medium

This is a “berry” nice riff on a gin fizz. Combining blackberry, cranberry, and rosemary into a shrub for a little zip on the tongue. Slightly sweet, slightly tart, very refreshing.

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1.5  oz. Vitae Spirits Old Tom Gin

1 oz Berry Shrub*

0.5 oz Lemon juice

0.5 oz egg white

Top with soda water

Balsamic vinegar

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Berry Shrub

1 pint blackberries

6 oz fresh cranberries

2 oz dried rosemary

2 cups sugar

2 cups red wine vinegar

1. Combine blackberries, cranberries, and rosemary into a container and muddle into a paste.
2. Add sugar and stir into mixture until sugar is saturated with fruit juice
3. Place in fridge and let settle for one day.
4. Add vinegar and stir into mixture.
5. Place back in fridge for 1-2 days
6. Strain out all solids and store in Ball Jar

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1. Combine all but soda water in shaker with ice

2. Shake well and pour into a Collins glass.

3. Add soda to top off glass

4. Add a few drops of Balsamic to the foam on top of the cocktail

Cocktail by Ellie Sharp

Difficulty Level: Easy+

Ellie has done it again!  Our two-time cocktail competition champ has come up with another delicious libation for our tasting room! This cocktail tastes exactly like a light, strawberry milkshake. Sakura are edible cherry blossoms, pickled and dried in salt and are used in Japan for tea during celebrations such as weddings. The Sakura add a light floral note to this cocktail that is perfect for springtime!

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1.5  oz. Vitae Spirits Old Tom Gin

1 oz. Strawberry-Sakura Simple Syrup*

1 oz. Pasteurized Egg Whites

1 oz. Half and Half

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Strawberry/Sakura Simple Syrup

1 cup Sugar
1 cup Water
1 cup Sliced Strawberries
8 Salt-Pickled Sakura Blossoms

Place water and sugar in small saucepan. Heat and stir until sugar dissolves. Add sliced strawberries and simmer for 20 minutes. While strawberries are simmering, gently place 8 sakura blossoms in a bowl of cold water to dislodge the salt. Leave until syrup timer is complete. Take syrup off of heat, gently add the blossoms (removed from the rinsing water), cover and steep for ½ hour. Strain entire mixture through a fine mesh strainer. Do not press on strawberries; this will keep the syrup from become cloudy.

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1. Combine ingredients into mixing container
2. Shake until frothy
3. Strain into martini or coupe glass

 by TJ Drake

Difficulty Level: Easy+

With notes of cinnamon and clove, as well as subtle hints of ginger and cardamom our Old Tom Gin is a wonderful spirit for fall cocktails. The Tom and Peary is a fun fall spiced cocktail that is sure to liven up any festive cocktail party!

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1 1/2  oz. Vitae Spirits Old Tom Gin

1 oz Spiced Pear Nectar*

0.5 oz  lemon

0.5 egg whites

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Spiced Pear Nectar

1 cup pear nectar

2 tsp anise seed

2 whole cardamom pods

1 cinnamon stick

6 Allspice whole

Combine ingredients into sauce pan and bring to a boil for 5 -10 minutes. Take off heat and let steep for 4 hours. Strain off solids and store in mason jar.

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1. Combine ingredients in shaker.

2. Shake well and double strain into a martini/coupe glass.

3. Garnish with  powdered cinnamon

Riff on a classic by TJ Drake

Difficulty Level: Easy+

This cocktail is a perfect way to get in the mood for summer. Light, full of flavor, and extremely refreshing! The ginger and honey is a perfect pairing with the heightened cinnamon notes in the barrel aged gin, and the lemon mellows out the spices and ads a refreshing zip to the finish. You’ll want more than one of these!

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1 1/2  oz. Vitae Spirits Old Tom Gin

1 oz  lemon

0.5 oz ginger and honey Simple syrup

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Ginger Honey Simple Syrup

2 cups water

1 cup honey

2 inch piece of ginger sliced thin

Combine water and honey into a sauce pan and bring to a slight simmer. Add sliced ginger and let simmer for 20 minutes. Pull from heat and let cool to room temperature. Strain out solids, and store in ball jar.

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1. Combine ingredients in shaker.

2. Shake well and double strain into a martini/coupe glass.

3. Garnish with twist of lemon

Classic Cocktail

Difficulty Level: Easy

Simply put this is an amazing classic dry martini!

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2  oz. Vitae Spirits Old Tom Gin

0.5 oz Cinzano Extra Dry Vermouth

Twist Lemon

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Shaken

1. Combine ingredients in shaker.

2. Shake well and pour into a martini/coupe glass.

3. Garnish with lemon twist.

Stired

1. Combine ingredients into mixing container
2. Stir for 30 seconds
3. Strain into martini/coupe glass
4. garnish with lemon twist