Old Tom Gin

Winchester Distillery

£39.95

Explore the rich history and unique flavor of Old Tom Gin with Winchester Distillery’s authentic interpretation of this slightly sweet, botanically complex spirit. Popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, Old Tom Gin bridges the gap between the malty Dutch spirit Genever and the lighter, purer Dry Gin, which emerged with the advent of the Coffey Still in the 1830s. Our Old Tom Gin is crafted from a base of pot-distilled malt spirit, reminiscent of a juniper-flavored moonshine rather than vodka, reflecting the historical methods of production. In a nod to tradition, we sweeten our gin using liqu

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Where this comes from

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UK company
Registered at Companies House as WINCHESTER DISTILLERY LIMITED, number 05997034. Checked 2026-08-29.
Means the business is a British legal entity, not a British-sounding name owned elsewhere. It says nothing about where anything is made.
UK operations
Stated by the company: "Nestling at the western end of the South Downs Way, surrounded by the rolling Hampshire countryside, clear chalk streams and watercress beds for which the county is known, you will find Winchester Distillery, home of Twisted Nose Gin." Source.
Means people employed here, or premises they actually work from. We keep this separate from the company badge because a registered office can be an accountant's spare room, and a company can be registered in Britain while everything it does happens somewhere else. Where we have not looked, we say so rather than assuming.
British-owned
No majority shareholding traced outside the UK. Companies House.
Read from the register of people with significant control, following the chain of holding companies. It does not gate anything: a firm can be made here and owned elsewhere, and that is worth telling you rather than hiding.
Where it is made
The maker doesn't say, so neither do we.
This is about the individual product, not the company. A British firm can sell things made abroad, which is normal and not a criticism. We would rather tell you which is which than average them into a score.