Tasting Notes
Aromatic fruits with plummy, velvety rich tones.
ABV and Size
26% ABV, 70cl
Serving Sloe Gin
Neat or over ice
Sip sloe gin neat out of a small glass, or serve it over ice. Pair it with dark chocolate to balance the sweet, plummy berry notes. It's very good in a hipflask!
Classic Sloe Gin G&T
Use plenty of ice, a premium light tonic & add a fruit garnish. You can add another shot of gin - if you like!
Sloe Royale
In a flute, add sloe gin and fill with Prosecco or Champagne. Garnish with fresh strawberries, raspberries or rosemary for a savoury note.
York Sloe Gin
York Sloe Gin is bursting with the rich fruity sweetness of sloe berries, combined with gold-award-winning York Gin London Dry.
This delicious liqueur is made in collaboration with our friends at Sloemotion Distillery, just down the road from York near the Castle Howard estate.
Aromatic fruits with plummy, velvety rich tones make York Sloe Gin perfect for the dark nights of autumn and winter.
Sloes grow on the blackthorn, a thorny bush found in hedgerows. They are picked in autumn, traditionally after the first frosts. Sloes are far too sharp and tart to eat raw - requiring the addition of sugar and a good gin to bring out their best.
According to tradition, sloes should be pricked before they are steeped, and an old folk-tale warns against using a metal fork - unless it is made of silver.
Sloe stones have been found in archaeological excavations of Viking-age York - named Jorvik - providing evidence that the berries were consumed here a thousand years ago.
From the 17th century, Enclosure Acts broke up common land, and blackthorn hedges were used as natural fencing. They brought bumper crops of sloes, and steeping them in spirit was the best way to use them.
York Sloe Gin - 'History in the Tasting'.
