Sloe gin has a complicated reputation. In the U.S., it is perhaps most associated with the famous Alabama Slammer, which ruled the college drinking scene in the '70s and '80s. However, sloe gin has a ...

LONDON — Sloe gin is a festive old English drink that's especially well-suited to the winter holidays. You can drink it over ice, try it in a cocktail, or forage for sloe berries and make a home batch ...

sloe gin fizz cocktail garnished with lemon, on a table - Brent Hofacker/Shutterstock If you're looking for the perfect balance of sweet, tart, and refreshing, impress your friends with this low-ABV, ...

Let's be clear: while it may seem like gin by any other name, sloe gin is technically a liqueur. The berry-pink drink is born a regular gin, but the booze is then steeped with sugar and sloe (a rouge ...

In 2020, our lives were turned upside down when a global pandemic ensued and shut the world down for many months. That summer, we were provided with some normalcy, as the borders opened back up and ...

Catching sloe berries at their peak ripeness is the obvious time to pick these versatile fruits - but being clued up on their harvest period is the best way to get the most out of these black-thorn ...

Thanks to an unseasonably wet August, fans of sloe berries, and sloe gin, are in luck. While the berries are usually ripe for picking in October or November, an excess of rain and low temperatures ...

The last few years has seen our nation gripped by a cocktail craze. Alternating between classic ingredients like bourbon, rye and gin, and liquors so obscure that the recipes used to create them need ...

Sloe gin's origins go back to the hedgerows of blackthorn bushes that served as fences all across England when common farmland was divvied up in the 17th century. Their plum-like, inky blue-purple ...