Sloe Gin Fizz

Glassware: Collins Glass, Ice
Mixing Method: Shake and Strain

Ingredients:
1 1/4 oz. Sloe Gin¹ (article 13 Best Sloe Gins² 
2 oz. Sour Mix
Fill w/ Club Soda

Garnish: Cherry

NOTE: Always shake before adding the soda or it will explode in the shaker cup and get all over you.

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1. Sloe Gin is made with Gin and the addition of Sloe Berries. The Sloe Berry comes from the Blackthorn bush and is the same plant used to make Irish Blackthorn Walking Sticks and Sheleighly fighting stick from Ireland (other spellings include Other spelling variants include shillelah, shillalah, and shillaly <– Link to art of Sheleighly Irish Martial Art). A poem dating from 1717 singles out homemade Sloe Gin beverages for criticism as a social ill, while 19th-century accounts describe Sloe Gin being heedlessly gulped by Londoners as a sort of poor-man’s port. So, for a long time, Sloe Gin didn’t enjoy the most elevated of reputations. [↩]
2. Sloe Gin’s Flavor Depends on Ingredient Quality. High quality Sloe Gin is going to taste plummy and have an earthy, raisiny like quality. They are often very sweet. Good ones tend to also have notes of almonds, which comes from the pit of the fruit.[↩]