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Penny Drop Cornish Old Tom Gin

Penny Drop Cornish Old Tom Gin - an impressive take on the Old Tom style of #gin from @DrinkfinderUK

Old Tom is a distinctive form of gin, generally sweeter than London Dry, owing its origin to the practice in the 18th century of making the rough gins distilled more palatable by sweetening them with liquorice or sugar. It is said that Captain Dudley Bradstreet, following the passing of the Gin Act of 1736 designed to curb the consumption of gin, hung a sign of an old tomcat outside of his London…

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