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Sloe gin is a British red liqueur made with gin and blackthorn fruits (sloes), which are the drupe fruit of the Prunus spinosa tree, which is a relative of the plum. [1]
Straubs Manual of Mixed Drinks published in 1913 includes the "Blackthorne Cocktail" with orange bitters, dry vermouth and sloe gin. [6] Another early print version of the vermouth dominant version appears in J. A. Didier's The Reminder. The "Blackthorne Cocktail" appears in the Addenda and includes a 2:1 ratio of sloe gin to dry vermouth. [7]
Prunus spinosa, called blackthorn or sloe, is an Old World species of flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is locally naturalized in parts of the New World. The fruits are used to make sloe gin in Britain and patxaran in Basque Country. The wood is used to make walking sticks, including the Irish shillelagh.
More recently gin-based liqueurs have been popularised, reaching a market outside that of traditional gin drinkers, including fruit-flavoured and usually coloured "Pink gin", [26] rhubarb gin, Spiced gin, violet gin, blood orange gin and sloe gin.
A traditional sloe gin fizz contains sloe gin (a blackthorn plum flavored spirit), grapefruit juice, simple syrup, egg white, and carbonated water. A popular alternative eliminates the egg white. [7] Though the original recipe uses grapefruit juice, variants including lemon juice exist as well.
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