Gordon's Sloe Gin | 26% vol | 70cl | Crafted from Wild Sloe Berries & Gordon's Gin | Enjoy in a Gin Glass with Tonic | Gin Botanicals with Cassis Sweetness | Flavoured Gin

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The Sacred Distillery, based in Highgate in London, produces both excellent quality classic Gin, as well as some slightly unusual ones (Christmas Pudding Gin, anyone?). If that all seems like too much hassle, or you can’t find any sloes where you are, we recommend you cheat and buy it!

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For their Sloe Gin, they’ve found the sweet spot right in the middle. It’s made with organic sloes that are steeped in Sacred Gin for two and a half years! Take your pre-frozen sloes, or fresh ones that you’ve poked a bunch of holes in, and tip them into a 2 litre Kilner jar (or divide between two smaller ones). For a long time, though, Sloe Gin didn’t have the best reputation. At the height of the 18th century was the ‘Gin Craze’; a time where consumption of Gin grew rapidly in Britain, and particularly in London, when it’s said that the average Brit was drinking 14 gallons of the stuff each year. Fast forward to today, and Sloe Gin is having a revival. No longer considered only something your granny liked, the big Gin producers have put lots of care and attention into creating Sloe Gins that are deliciously sweet, tart and balanced. Technically, it’s not really a Gin, it’s a Liqueur. That’s because there are stringent rules about what can and can’t be classified as Gin (if you wanna geek-out about different types of Gin, have a read of this).Sloes are native to Europe and have long been used by the British to create ‘shooting Gins’ (as they used to be known).

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So the sloes go into the still along with the rest of the botanicals when creating the Gin, rather than infusing them afterwards. Colder weather and dark evenings call for a warming drink, and while Gin is traditionally thought of as a refreshing summer drink on hot days, there’s no need to step away from the Gin bottle entirely. Sloes grow in hedgerows - historically used to divide land in England - and are abundant in the British countryside, making Sloe Gin production easy. Consider how nuts about Gin the English are… it was an obvious pairing and a match made in heaven. The quality of the Gin was poor - made with turpentine and all sorts - so adding sloes to it masked the flavour, but was dubbed ‘the poor man’s Port’.Make like the British aristocracy and sip it neat, or try it chilled over ice to cut through some of the syrupyness. Add the Gin, the sugar, seal the jar, and shake well. Once a day for the next seven days, give the jar a good shake. Leave it in a cool dark place for two months. When it’s time to decant, use a very fine sieve over a bowl (or line a normal sieve with a muslin cloth) and pour the mixture out. Then divide it into clean, dry bottles and label. Although it’s ready to drink now, it’ll still change over time, so try not to drink it all at once! You’d be forgiven for thinking that Master Distiller Mark Marmont had left out the berries when creating this, as it’s a completely clear liquid. But you’d be wrong! 58 Distilled Sloe Gin is just that - distilled!

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You’d be forgiven for thinking that ‘shooting Gins’ are for doing shots in bars, but actually, they were favoured by the British aristocracy for sipping from a hip flask in the countryside when shooting birds and game.The good thing about making your own Sloe Gin at home, is that the hard part is done for you. There’s no distillation involved. As this is a Gin-based Liqueur, start with the base.