Ingredient
Sloe Gin
A lightly sweet, ruby-tinted gin liqueur made by steeping sloes — naturally autumnal, and a quietly excellent warm-cocktail ingredient.
Flavour profile
Sloe gin is one of the most underused winter ingredients on the British shelf. Made by steeping wild sloe berries in gin with sugar, it tastes naturally of late autumn — plum, marzipan, a little tannic edge — and warms beautifully without losing its colour or character. A measure in a hot toddy turns it into something more interesting; a long pour over warm cider is an evening on its own.
Recipes featuring sloe gin
Sloe Gin Hot Toddy
A fruity, warming toddy built on sloe gin with a splash of London Dry, balanced with lemon and honey and spiced with cinnamon and clove.
Warm Sloe and Spice
A warm sloe and spice serve with sloe gin, London Dry, lemon, honey and warming clove and cinnamon for a deep winter glass.
Warm Bramble Gin
A warm bramble gin with crème de mûre, fresh lemon and honey, finished with fresh blackberries for a fruit-forward winter serve.