Gin “Tom Cat Reserve”, Barr Hill, 750mL

Tasting Notes:Tom Cat is aged for six months in American White Oak casks. The barrel imparts whiskey-like notes of oak and spice, into the gin which carries with it a soft honey finish. -Barrel aged 4-6 months in new, charred American White Oak, Tom Cat is a completely unique gin with whiskey-like notes of oak, spice and a finish of juniper and raw honey. Tom Cat is the modern day adaption of 18th century England’s most revered spirit, Old Tom gin. After gin was outlawed by the Spirits Act of 1750, rebellious pub owners would hang a wooden plaque shaped like a black cat to inform the passerby of their defiance of the ban. Deposit a few pennies through the cat’s mouth and a bartender would pour a ration of Old Tom to be sipped through a tube between the cat’s paws.