Paso Robles, CA: Calwise Spirits and Firestone Walker Brewing Firm in the present day unveiled “Previous Tom Large Sur Gin”—a brewery-inspired riff on the distillery’s signature Large Sur Gin.
“This was a chance to raise the Large Sur Gin expertise with substances and enter from an iconic California brewery,” mentioned Calwise Grasp Distiller Aaron Bergh. “Previous Tom Large Sur Gin displays a gathering of the minds, with grapes, grains and botanicals coming collectively to create a gin like no different.”
Situated only a mile from the Calwise Spirits distillery in Paso Robles, Firestone Walker proved to be a becoming companion when Bergh got here knocking. “Aaron is our neighbor and we’ve at all times admired his creations, so it was a pure collaboration,” mentioned Firestone Walker’s Chief Working Officer Nick Firestone. “We’ve been working with spirits barrels for practically 20 years to create our barrel-aged robust ales, and we see this as an extension of that custom.”
Along with the primary Previous Tom Large Sur Gin, Calwise additionally launched a separate “Rested in Oak” version, which was matured for 3 months in American oak barrels inherited from Firestone Walker’s Double Barrel fermentation program. The moniker “Previous Tom” is a nod to the unique 18th century British gins recognized by that identify, and to the English heritage of brewery co-founder David Walker.
Each editions of the gin are actually obtainable on the Calwise Distillery in Paso Robles and on-line at CalwiseSpirits.com.
Flavors of California
To assist create “Previous Tom” Large Sur Gin, Firestone Walker generated a mash of conventional brewing grains with a complement of wine grape juice, all fermented with native yeast and micro organism. This base was then distilled by Calwise, imparting a novel imprint into the flavour profile of the unique Large Sur Gin.
Then, within the established Large Sur Gin vogue, Bergh infused the gin with natural wild herbs which can be largely native to California’s iconic Large Sur shoreline, together with white sage, yerba santa, bay, fennel and elderberry in addition to the important juniper.
“We additionally enhanced the standard recipe by together with botanicals akin to coriander and orange peel, which had been prompt by Brewmaster Matt Brynildson,” Bergh mentioned. “We added rose petal as an ode to David Walker’s British roots.”
Bergh labored with Brynildson, Sensory Analysis Analyst Craig Thomas and the Firestone Walker brewing staff to create the mash, purchase the fitting barrels and information each variations of Previous Tom Large Sur Gin to fruition.
The ensuing gins present each widespread and contrasting qualities. The primary model of “Previous Tom” Large Sur gin is aromatic and stylish, whereas the model matured in DBA barrels has a richer, nearly whiskey-like shade and style.
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Grasp distiller Aaron Bergh was destined for this journey. Throughout Prohibition, the Feds shut down his household’s moonshining operation—however not for very lengthy. A century later, the regulation got here knocking once more, as a result of the faculty authorities didn’t admire Aaron making hooch in his dorm. Calwise Spirits is Aaron’s ode to this renegade heritage, and a nod to his homeland of coastal California. Now established as one of many youngest grasp distillers on the earth, he has created a line of premium spirits that embody the essence of the Golden State, infusing them with native substances that present a pure style of liquid California. Go to CalwiseSpirits.com.
Based by brothers-in-law Adam Firestone and David Walker in 1996, Firestone Walker Brewing Firm is a California beer firm with three revolutionary brewing amenities. Firestone Walker’s most important brewery in Paso Robles produces a various portfolio starting from iconic pale ales to classic barrel-aged beers. The Barrelworks facility in Buellton makes eccentric wild ales, whereas the Propagator pilot brewhouse in Venice makes a speciality of R&D beers and restricted native choices. Firestone Walker can also be the brewery behind 805, one of many nation’s fastest-growing beers. Firestone Walker was just lately named “Finest American Brewery of the Decade” by Paste Journal.
