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Eden Mill extend new super-premium Distiller’s Choice collection with the addition of two unique cask-aged expressions.

‘Red Wine Cask-Aged Gin’ and ‘White Wine Cask-Aged Gin’ are limited edition liquids,
developed and hand crafted by Eden Mill’s expert senior distilling team, Scott Ferguson and
Andrew Walker. The gins join Oak Old Tom Gin in the collection of standout contemporary
expressions, which launched in early 2021 winning Silver at the London Spirit Awards in April of
this year.

The Distiller’s Choice Collection takes Eden Mill back to their craft roots celebrating the best of
historic and modern distilling techniques in small batches; the series has been created for gin
connoisseurs around the world to enjoy a rich and luxurious taste of St Andrews.
Each bottle in the collection has been handpicked by the lead distilling team based on their own
personal flavour preferences and interests. Head Distiller Scott Ferguson has chosen a series of
citrus forward, fruity gins, while Senior Distiller Andrew Walker’s curated gins include savoury
and spicy flavour profiles.

The Red and White Wine Cask-Aged Gins both started out as Eden Mill Original Gin and were
then aged in two different casks, imparting unique flavours in both gins due to the individual
ageing process of each cask. Ultimately the cask-ageing process has created two completely
inimitable and one-of-a-kind liquids.

Eden Mill head distiller Scott Ferguson said:
“As Scotland’s first single-site brewery and distillery, we’ve been marrying techniques and
experimenting with new flavours since day one. We first brought our fascination for oak from
producing whisky together with gin when we created Eden Mill’s Oak Gin in 2015. By
experimenting with cask-ageing and also adding oak chips, we found a beautiful way of giving
gin a boost of flavour at speed.’

Scott continued: “With the Red and White Wine Cask Aged expressions, the gins were only
extracted from their cask at the point we were confident the perfect flavour, colour and wine
character had been added to the gin without extracting too many overpowering flavours from the
wood of the cask itself.’

Scott’s White Wine Cask-Aged Gin compliments his preference for citrusy, fruity gins, and
botanicals: “Ageing this gin for 15 months in a White Burgundy Wine Cask has given it fresh
tropical peach and apricot flavours, the perfect flavour compliment to citrus-forward gin.”

Senior Distiller, Andrew enjoys experimenting with unique flavour profiles in gin including
savoury, tart and spicy. Andrew chose the Amarone Red Wine Cask due to its full-bodied and
rich nature combined with its underlying spice profiles.

He said: “Spice is more often a flavour associated with red wine, these flavours can be imparted
into the wine from the barrel. I wanted to explore how these underlying spice notes which are
usually associated with red wine and red wine casks would affect the flavour profile when
ageing gin in these casks. The gin was aged for 500 days and nights, creating a beautifully
aromatic and fruity spiced gin”.

Here at Team Eden Mill, we were so pleased this morning with the results of the London Competitions awards being announced and being awarded four medals for various gin releases!

Less than two months after it’s release, we are extremely proud of the first expression of our ultra-premium, Distiller’s Choice Collection, Oak Old Tom Gin, winning it’s first award! A true recognition of all of the hard work and dedication our expert distilling team have poured into this collection!

Eden Mill won Silver Awards for:
• Oak Old Tom Gin, the first release in our ultra-premium Distiller’s Choice Collection.

• Original Gin, our classic London Dry style gin.

• Love Gin, Eden Mill’s famous pink gin.

We were also so pleased to win a bronze award for our wonderfully exotic, Passion Fruit & Coconut Gin!

SILVER AWARD – Original Gin

SILVER AWARD – Love Gin

SILVER AWARD – Oak Old Tom

BRONZE AWARD – Passion Fruit & Coconut

Oak OldTom Gin: Release No.1

Oak Old Tom gin is the first limited edition release from Eden Mill’s exclusive new ultra-premium gin collection, Distiller’s Choice.

Personally curated and hand-crafted by Eden Mill’s expert senior distilling team, Distiller’s Choice is a collection of contemporary gin expressions which combine special techniques with premium botanical profiles.

Discover each gin’s unique story from the Eden Mill distiller who crafted the recipe with patience and love. 

Oak Old Tom Gin

A lightly spiced, creamy gin, Oak Old Tom Gin has been chosen by Eden Mill’s Head Distiller, Scott Ferguson. The first release of the collection combines Scott’s passion for classic gin distilling practices with his unrivalled experience building your favourite Eden Mill flavour profiles since 2012, when he was the third person to join the Eden Mill team!

Scott has always found the distilling method and history of Old Tom Gin fascinating, he explains:

“One of the lightly sweetened gins that was popular in the 18th-century, Old Tom Gin has been rumoured to have got its name from what was essentially the first ever vending machine for drinks.

During the gin craze in the 1700s, the government tried to stem the flow of gin, which they blamed for ‘extreme drunkenness’ and crime by introducing prohibitive taxes. So to get round the licensing, some pubs would have a wooden plaque shaped like a black cat, “Old Tom” on their outside wall. Thirsty bypassers would place a penny in the cat’s mouth and place their lips around a small tube between the cat’s paws. The bartender inside would then pour a shot of gin through the tube and into the customer’s mouth.”

Inspired by one his favourite flavour creations from the core Eden Mill range, Scott used the same American Oak chips from Eden Mill’s Oak Gin to age this Old Tom Gin to create a balance of creamy oak and vanilla sweetness combined with the aromatic cassia spice and a light peppery finish.

Taste Notes:

Nose: Warming and sweet with light candied citrus and cassia spice, along with berry-fruit richness.

Palate: Starts spicy with aromatic cassia and cloves up front over a juicy elderberry sweetness and a creamy oaky vanilla. Stays full-bodied, with a resinous juniper backbone.

Finish: Lingering sweetness with a light pepperiness and hints of oak spice and vanilla.

Perfect Serve

Serve with premium tonic and a slide of lime.

Cocktail Serve

Try our Oak Old Tom gin in a perfect martini cocktail for the perfect twist on a classic cocktail.

Order you bottle of Old Oak Tom Gin here:

Eden Mill are very excited to take our audience back to our craft roots with our brand new ultra-premium Distiller’s Choice collection.

Personally curated and hand-crafted by our expert distilling team, Distiller’s Choice is a collection of contemporary gin expressions which embrace the best of old and new distilling techniques to create a range of gins specially for gin connoisseurs across the globe to enjoy a taste of St. Andrews.

Eden Mill has always been at the forefront of trends within the spirits industry and we pride ourselves on our pioneering spirit and desire to go beyond the conventional. We are so excited to share with you what we have been working on with our brand new Distiller’s Choice collection.

Eden Mill released our ever-popular Love Gin back in 2014 as a Valentines special but you all ‘loved’ it so much we just had to make it part of our core range. Eden Mill Love Gin is proud to be one of Scotland’s first pink-gins ever released and also won a bronze prize at the 2020 London Spirits Competition!

Made with botanicals such as rose petals, hibiscus, goji berries and raspberry leaf this gin has the perfect balance of sweet and floral notes. It’s no wonder that this pink gin is our best seller. 
Enjoy this with rose lemonade or elderflower tonic and garnish with raspberries. 
Same pink gin, just a little greener. In 2020, Eden Mill moved our beloved Love Gin to our new bespoke sustainable glass bottles. These easily recyclable glass bottles use 18% less glass than an industry-standard glass bottle and have been created and made in the UK for a low carbon footprint from the outset.