Poor Toms was founded by two friends, Griff and Jesse, who developed a taste for fine spirits after some nights of joviality. They started making gin on a kitchen table in their shared house in Sydney’s inner west. Since then, they have spent their entire savings on purchasing an old 200 litre German copper still they name Jane.
The still could not fit into the kitchen so they rented a small warehouse nearby and then gathered a crew of wise locals to help. They realised they and their mates were enjoying the experiment of making a unique product but weren’t going to make any money so Griff and Jesse invited one of Australia’s eminent gin distillers, Marcel Thompson to get things back on track. Poor Toms was now a reality!