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In the book, Lt. Gore finds a prunus spinosa bush (otherwise known as sloe), and picks its berries to make sloe gin, which was first popularized in the Victorian era.
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Marisa Guthrie, WWD, 15 June 2024
Wig Shop Lounge's Charlie Chaplin cocktail with lime, sloe gin, and Combier Creme de Apricot.
—Eric Twardzik, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2023
These inclusions give sloe gin a deep, punch-like color and a liqueur-like sweetness.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 26 Apr. 2024
Traditionally containing brandy or - if shooting - sloe gin, John Lewis is bringing it up to date with this commemorative Gin in a Tin (£33) in a very regal purple with a touch of cardamom.
—Sarah Turner, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
In Parks’s photograph, the lights are arrayed on the walls behind the figure in a modernist and rhythmic arrangement that reads as an extension of the music emanating from his two turntables (presumably Louis Armstrong, whom the narrator listens to while eating vanilla ice cream and sloe gin).
—New York Times, 11 June 2021
Did Loretta Lynn and Jack White really ever drink a pitcher of sloe gin fizz in Portland?
—oregonlive, 4 Oct. 2022
Available at Guard and Grace in Denver, the 99 Problem cocktail includes Deviation citrus rose gin, sloe gin, peach, lemon, Prosecco float.
—Aly Walansky, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
Back at Dromoland Castle, O’Dwyer leads a cooking class that not only prepares all the food gathered (think, blackberry pies and nettle pesto), but also teaches participants how to preserve it (sloe gin, anyone?).
—Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Feb. 2022
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Marisa Guthrie, WWD, 15 June 2024
Wig Shop Lounge's Charlie Chaplin cocktail with lime, sloe gin, and Combier Creme de Apricot.
—Eric Twardzik, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2023
These inclusions give sloe gin a deep, punch-like color and a liqueur-like sweetness.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 26 Apr. 2024
Traditionally containing brandy or - if shooting - sloe gin, John Lewis is bringing it up to date with this commemorative Gin in a Tin (£33) in a very regal purple with a touch of cardamom.
—Sarah Turner, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
In Parks’s photograph, the lights are arrayed on the walls behind the figure in a modernist and rhythmic arrangement that reads as an extension of the music emanating from his two turntables (presumably Louis Armstrong, whom the narrator listens to while eating vanilla ice cream and sloe gin).
—New York Times, 11 June 2021
Did Loretta Lynn and Jack White really ever drink a pitcher of sloe gin fizz in Portland?
—oregonlive, 4 Oct. 2022
Available at Guard and Grace in Denver, the 99 Problem cocktail includes Deviation citrus rose gin, sloe gin, peach, lemon, Prosecco float.
—Aly Walansky, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
Back at Dromoland Castle, O’Dwyer leads a cooking class that not only prepares all the food gathered (think, blackberry pies and nettle pesto), but also teaches participants how to preserve it (sloe gin, anyone?).
—Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Feb. 2022
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“Sloe gin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sloe%20gin. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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