These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. From browsing photos of Dala, the home of Hernö Gin, there can be few more picturesque locations to make gin. The distillery’s Old Tom gin was launched in 2014 and as well as being a double winner of best gin at the World Gin Awards, it was 2020 winner of the IWSC award for best gin and tonic.

Their flagship London Dry gin was released in 2012 and there are now several expressions in the range, including a navy strength and the focus of this review, an Old Tom.It’s got a cat’s face on the bottle, harking back to how Old Tom Gin got its name – the tom cat-shaped plaques outside London gin houses from the olden days, where you’d put a coin in the cat’s mouth and the bartender would dispense a shot of gin from the cat’s paw. Also sign me up for newsletters so I can get special offers, recommendations, and expert advice to my inbox! After distillation, they add a touch of honey and sugar, giving it the classic sweetness you look for in a traditional Old Tom Gin.

Being an Old Tom, the gin is then sweetened using organic sugar at a ratio of 19 grams/litre, before being bottled.When established, Hernö was Sweden’s first gin-only distillery and they’ve been at the cutting edge of the country’s gin scene ever since – one which has come on leaps and bounds.