Gin Citadelle No Mistake Old Tom (50cl 46%) - crb

"No Mistake Old Tom" is an expression of Citadelle gin based on an Old Tom style; sweeter than a London Dry, but still dry compared to a Genever. Most likely the name Old Tom comes from a kind of early drink dispensing machine that some English pubs had installed in the 1700s. Passersby, after depositing a penny inside the sign in the cat's mouth, would receive a portion of gin that arrived outside through a small tube. On the heels of the citadel of Dunkirk, where King Louis XVI authorized the construction of a distillery using French juniper, Alexandre Gabriel decided to launch gin Citadelle, After recreating the Reserve, all that remained was to move to 18th-century England to revive an Old Tom on the Extreme style. A type of sweetened gin that had sent the whole of England into a frenzy. Far from wanting to recreate a drink that effectively made the English lose their sanity, Alexandre wanted to bring this nearly forgotten style of gin back into vogue. During his frequent travels in the Caribbean he discovered a fabulous Demerara-like cane sugar, moist and heavy. Placed in copper cauldrons, this sugar is first roasted, undergoing an initial caramelization process, then lightly gilded and added with alcohol to then undergo aging for 3 to 4 months.