The gins

Botanicals, with a whiskey maker's patience.

The same curiosity, pointed at a garden instead of a grain bin. One gin made bright and floral; one barrel aged for one to two years and lightly sweetened with cold-smoked maple and agave syrups.

Bottle of Oppidan American Botanical Gin

American gin

American Botanical Gin

Floral. Citrus. A little unexpected.

We set out to make something other than a London Dry. Juniper is still there, but it shares the stage. The citrus is pink grapefruit, peeled fresh. Elderflower, hibiscus and chamomile give the gin a light floral nose, and ginger, cardamom and cinnamon bring a warm spine of spice underneath.

The balance makes it easy to drink neat over a single large cube, and it holds its own in the classics. Six of our house cocktails are built on it, from the grapefruit-and-elderflower Mr. Fitz to the Baller: gin, an ice ball, and tonic if you want it.

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Bottle of Oppidan Barrel Reserve Old Tom Gin

Barrel-aged Old Tom gin

Barrel Reserve Old Tom Gin

Where the gin meets the barrel.

Barrel Reserve Old Tom was the first release in our Experiment Collection. We took our American Botanical Gin and asked what smoke and wood would do to it.

Old Tom is the slightly sweetened style of gin that bartenders reached for before London Dry took over, the gin behind the original Tom Collins and the Martinez. We lightly sweeten ours with cold-smoked maple and agave syrups. That gentle sweetness is part of its Old Tom character, alongside the botanicals, smoke and barrel aging.

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What goes in

Eight botanicals. One garden.

Old Tom starts from the same recipe, adds pecan smoke and one to two years in oak, and is lightly sweetened with cold-smoked maple and agave syrups.

Gin cocktails

Bright, bubbly, or barrel-aged.

Color study of the Mr. Fitz Great Dane portrait from the Oppidan archive

Botanical Gin

Mr. Fitz

A rather distinguished character. Grapefruit, elderflower and a bright botanical spirit.

The recipe

And from the barrel room: our whiskeys

The next chapter

A new chapter is on its way.

Online ordering is being planned. Contact us with questions about spirits, trade or future releases.

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