sloe gin

[yorgi2]

any funky ways to drink sloe gin? cocktails?

[EvergreenDan]

A grown-up Sloe Gin drink, the Amber Hive:

1 oz Cachaca
3/4 oz Plymouth Sloe Gin
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz egg white
1/3 oz Campari
1/3 oz simple syrup
2 dash grapefruit bitters
(Gee, looking at it, that seems like a lot of simple. I haven't made it in a while. I'd go easy on the simple to start with.)

Those seeking a milder drink might like the surprisingly good Charlie Chaplin:
1 oz apricot liqueur
1 oz sloe gin
1 oz fresh lime juice
Lime peel

And for a light refreshing drink, the Wibble:
1 oz gin
1 oz Plymouth Sloe Gin
1 oz grapefruit
3/4 oz lemon
1/2 oz Cassis
3 dash lemon bitters
1 dash Peychards
(This is my version, a bit dryer, more lemon, sub'ing Cassis for Blackberry Liqueur.)

These all assume Plymouth Sloe Gin. Other gins may require fiddling with the acid, I think.

[jerryc123]

(Not sure this is funky, but....)

San Francisco cocktail:
3/4 oz Sloe Gin
3/4 oz sweet vermouth
3/4 oz dry vermouth
dash angostura
dash orange bitters
Stir with ice and strain
Brandied cherry for garnish

[ecustard]

Sloe gin, Southern Comfort and orange juice: A Sloe Comfortable Screw.

[dutchgrub]

I had a nice Sloe Gin cocktail at Schiller's Liquor Bar in NYC a few weeks ago. I kind of worked like a Tequila Sunrise, but with sloe gin, regular gin and blueberry syrup at the bottom.

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[mcsheridan]

Don't know about funky, but certainly retro is the Sloe Gin Fizz. It was quite the thing in college back in Manhattan in the early '70s.
http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink7450....