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Our Address

Hayman’s Distillery
8a Weir Road
London
SW12 0NA

How to get to us

We are a 12-minute walk from Balham station (Northern line, zone 3 Overground and Underground) or a 15-minute walk from Clapham South station (Northern line, zone 2 Underground).

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Est. 1863

Ramos Gin Fizz

You will need…

  • 60ml Hayman’s Old Tom Gin
  • 15ml lemon juice
  • 15ml lime juice
  • 25ml sugar syrup
  • 1.2ml orange blossom water
  • 25ml pasteurised egg white
  • 25ml single cream
  • soda water

Steps to make…

Add all the ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice (shake really hard!), and then remove the ice and dry shake. Slowly pour the cocktail into a chilled highball glass (best if you pour 2/3rds of the drink, let it settle, then pour the rest). Top up with soda to create a foamy head and then garnish with a lemon peel to finish.

Enjoy!

Old Tom Alaska

You will need…

Steps to make…

Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass and stir with ice and then strain into a glass. Garnish with an orange peel to finish.

Enjoy!

Old Tom Martini

You will need…

Steps to make…

Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass and stir with ice and then strain into a chilled Martini glass. Garnish with a lemon peel to finish.

Enjoy!

Gimlet

You will need…

Steps to make…

Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass and stir with ice and then strain into a chilled glass. Garnish with a lime coin to finish.

Enjoy!

Tom Collins

You will need…

Steps to make…

Fill a tall glass with ice. Pour in the Old Tom Gin. Top up with Sicilian Lemonade. Garnish with a lemon wedge and some fresh mint.

Enjoy!

Martinez

You will need…

Steps to make…

Stir with ice and then strain into a coupe.

Enjoy!

Basil Smash

You will need…

Steps to make…

Add all these ingredients into a cocktail shaker. Stack with ice. Shake hard. Double strain into a chilled glass (already filled with crushed ice). Garnish with a wedge of lemon and fresh basil leaves.

Enjoy!

Lush and Loopy

WINNER: Old Tom New Cocktail Competition 2023

You will need…

  • 37.5ml Hayman’s Old Tom Gin
  • 3 drops Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
  • 15ml Génépi liqueur
  • 15ml Rothman & Winter Orchard Pear liqueur
  • 7.5ml dry vermouth
  • 15ml Dolin Blanc Vermouth de Chambery

Steps to make…

Stir and serve in a chilled coupe.

Enjoy!

The Beast Martinez

You will need…

  • 60ml Hayman’s Old Tom Gin
  • 25ml sweet vermouth (Lustau Vermut Rojo)
  • 5ml Maraschino
  • 2 dashes of Angostura bitters and a fresh lemon twist

Steps to make…

Stir with ice and strain into a coupe glass.

Enjoy!

Elderflower Blossom

 

You will need…

Steps to make…

Top with Fever Tree’s Raspberry Rose Soda and garnish with a raspberry.

Enjoy!

 

Berry Collins

You will need…

Steps to make…

Muddle the raspberries and blueberries in the bottom of a Collins or highball glass. Fill with crushed ice, then add Hayman’s Old Tom Gin, lemon juice, simple sugar syrup and stir gently. Top with soda and garnish with more berries and a lemon slice.

Enjoy!

Marmalade Collins

You will need…

Steps to make…

Add the Hayman’s Old Tom Gin, lemon juice and 2 teaspoons of marmalade into a tall glass. Mix in with a spoon to dissolve the marmalade slightly. Fill the glass with ice and stir to mix all the ingredients. Top with soda water and give it a quick stir (you don’t want to lose all the beautiful bubbles). Garnish with dehydrated orange wheel (or a wedge of orange).

Enjoy!

You have to be over 18* to enter

* Or over 21, depending on where you live