13+ Ink Sloe & Berry Gin

This version is slightly unorthodox using a blend of regular gin and sloe gin, plus the optional addition of an egg white for a bit of fluffy oomph.

13+ Ink Sloe & Berry Gin. Sloe gin is not gin at all. Ink sloe & berry gin is an antipodean take on the classic english sloe gin recipe.

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Combine the sloe gin, lemon juice, egg white, and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker and dry shake. This sloe gin jelly recipe couldn't be easier! The berries, which come from the blackthorn tree are very tart and can leave the mouth feeling the traditional way of preparing sloes calls for pricking each berry a couple of times with a pin.

Sloe gin, used in this drink from josephine house, austin, is a liqueur made by steeping sloe berries (sour wild plums) in gin with some sugar.

Sloe berries grow on blackthorn, a spiny tree or bush in the rose family. Make sure you dissolve any lumps. Wikipedia article about sloe gin on wikipedia. Rehydrate your sloes by soaking them for several hours in warm water.