Sloe Gin Fizz Cocktail
The sloe gin fizz cocktail is a delightful balance of sweet, tart, and incredibly refreshing. Just shake it up, garnish with lemon, and enjoy!
If you like cocktails on the sweet side, this is the drink for you! This sloe gin fizz cocktail was my grandmother’s go-to drink when our family went to a restaurant. She used to say, “This is potent.” Every. Time. But my grandmother wasn’t a big drinker, so every drink she ever had was “potent.
And even though I’m not a lover of sweet cocktails, I do love this drink every few months because the flavor of this classic cocktail has a great balance between the tartness of the lemon juice to the sweetness of the sloe gin.
What is the difference between sloe gin and gin?
Sloe gin is a gin-based liqueur made from sloe drupes (berries from the blackthorn shrub, which is closely related to plums), sugar, and gin. It’s an infusion that not only is a beautiful red color from the sloe berries, but it’s also the perfect addition to any cocktail. It has an alcohol percentage between 15 – 30 percent, depending on the brand.
Gin is a non-sweetened, botanical based alcohol made from a grain like wheat or barley. The top three botanicals in gin are juniper, angelica, and coriander.
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Helpful tips
- Two solid gin brands I recommend are Blue Sapphire and Tangueray, but you can also use more budget friendly gins. Check out my guide to gin here.
- You may be limited to what sloe gin brand you can buy at your local store. My store only had Leroux, but I prefer Hayman sloe gin when I can get it.
- I do add simple syrup to this cocktail. Start with the 1/2 ounce and if it’s not sweet enough, add another 1/2 ounce. But just know that you won’t be able to taste the drink until the club soda has been added. You can stir in more simple syrup after that if you like.
- You will need one lemon more than what the recipe calls for. The reason is that you are going to cut 2 wedges for garnish.
- Wash your lemons well before juicing or adding directly to the cocktail. Here are two different ways:
- 1. Use a fruit/veggie cloth. One side of the cloth is coarse and the other is smooth. Run cool water over the lemon and use the coarse side of the cloth to rub the skin of the lemon thoroughly. Rinse the lemon and set aside.
- 2. Squirt some unscented, natural hand soap to your hands and rub the lemon with the soap. Take a vegetable brush and brush the skin to make sure you cover the whole lemon. Rinse well with cool water.
How to make the sloe gin fizz
Pre-step
Get a cocktail shaker and fill it halfway with ice. Get a measuring glass, citrus squeezer, cocktail spoon, and glassware.
Cut two wedges out of a lemon and set aside; wash the syrup off of two maraschino cherries and set aside.
After measuring out the ingredients, add them to the cocktail shaker. The only ingredient you won’t add to the shaker is the club soda.
Step one
Gather the ingredients – gin, sloe gin, fresh lemon, simple syrup, and club soda. (A)
Step two
Measure 2 ounces of gin. (B)
Step three
Measure 2 ounces of sloe gin. (C)
Step four
Measure 2 ounce of lemon juice. (D)
Step five
Measure 1/2 ounce simple syrup. (E)
Step six
Wash two maraschino cherries and cut two lemon wedges. (F)
Step seven
Place the lid on the cocktail shaker and shake vigorously for 15 seconds.
Add new ice to the glasses and divide, pour, and strain the liquid between the two glasses.
You want a good 2 inches of space between the liquid and the top of the glass.
Step eight
Pour club soda in the glasses to the top, squeeze a lemon wedge to each cocktail, and add a cherry to each glass.
Give the cocktail a brisk stir with either a stirrer or cocktail spoon.
Time to take a sip!
I hope you enjoyed this sloe gin fizz recipe. I enjoyed drinking the cocktail and as my grandmother would say, “It’s potent.” Hehe!
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Sloe Gin Fizz Cocktail
Ingredients
- 2 ounce gin
- 2 ounce sloe gin get Plymouth if you can
- 1/2 ounce simple syrup
- 2 ounce lemon juice freshly squeezed
- club soda
Garnish
- 2 lemon wedges
- 2 maraschino cherries
Instructions
- Fill a shaker halfway full with ice.
- Add gin, sloe gin, simple syrup and lemon juice.2 ounce gin, 2 ounce sloe gin, 1/2 ounce simple syrup, 2 ounce lemon juice
- Cap shaker and shake for 15 seconds.
- Add fresh ice to the glasses. Then divide, strain and pour the liquid between the two glasses. Make sure there is a 1 1/2 – 2 inches from the cocktail and the rim of the glass.
- Pour club soda to the top of the glasses.club soda
- Stir. Squeeze a lemon wedge into each drink and add the two cherries.2 lemon wedges, 2 maraschino cherries
- Sip
- Smile
- Enjoy
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- Two solid gin brands I recommend are Blue Sapphire and Tangueray, but you can also use more budget friendly gins. Check out my guide to gin here.
- You may be limited to what sloe gin brand you can buy at your local store. My store only had Leroux, but I prefer Hayman sloe gin when I can get it.
- I do add simple syrup to this cocktail. Start with the 1/2 ounce and if it’s not sweet enough, add another 1/2 ounce. But just know that you won’t be able to taste the drink until the club soda has been added. You can stir in more simple syrup after that if you like.
- You will need one lemon more than what the recipe calls for. The reason is that you are going to cut 2 wedges for garnish.
- Wash your lemons well before juicing or adding directly to the cocktail. Here are two different ways:
- 1. Use a fruit/veggie cloth. One side of the cloth is coarse and the other is smooth. Run cool water over the lemon and use the coarse side of the cloth to rub the skin of the lemon thoroughly. Rinse the lemon and set aside.
- 2. Squirt some unscented, natural hand soap to your hands and rub the lemon with the soap. Take a vegetable brush and brush the skin to make sure you cover the whole lemon. Rinse well with cool water.
