Drinks made with sloe gin

Sloe Gin Fizz
Ingredients:
– 1 1/2 oz sloe gin
– 1 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
– 1/4 oz simple syrup
– fresh egg white
– dash of bitters (optional)
– splash of club soda
Garnish: orange slice and maraschino cherry

Mix all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into an old-fashioned or other short glass over fresh ice. Garnish with orange slice and maraschino cherry.

Sloe Gin:
Sloe Gin is a red gin-based liqueur infused with sloe berries.

Its made by steeping sloe berries in gin (e.g. Plymouth or Gordons), and watered down to 52 proof; 26 percent alcohol makes it a pretty standard liqueur rather than a true gin.

Another drink made with sloe gin:

The Wibble
1 oz. Gordon’s gin
1 oz. Gordon’s Sloe Gin
1 oz. freshly squeezed grapefruit juice
1/4 oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/8 oz. simple syrup
1/8 oz. Wild Blackberry Liqueur (Creme de Mure)

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

You can find several brands of wild blackberry liqueur on the internet, including those pictured here below.

blackberry flavored liqueur

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