Hayman's Sloe Gin

So amazing! I found a spirit I need to add to my collection!

A pleasant and slightly floral nose, deep cherry/raspberry candy colour, it's consistency is syrupy and thick. Very sweet and incredibly easy sipping with a nice quick kick at the end to remind you it is indeed alcohol. Very reminiscent of cough syrup you didn't mind taking when you were sick as a kid. A lot of candied cherry, deep raspberry and plummy flavours with a whisper of juniper that is underscoring the entire affair. Surprisingly quite enjoyable on it's own, but definitely a "time and place" kind of spirit that is most certainly better suited to cocktails and mixology.

Not my thing, but ok. Way better than the hofland “cough syrup” I tried

This is the third sloe gin I've tried, after Spirit Works and Plymouth, and this one definitely differs from those two. It has noticeably less of the darker, "mulled wine" spice in both the aroma and taste. The plummy sloe flavor is less adorned here, and for me that gives this a "lighter" flavor. There's something almost like bubblegum in the finish. The text on the bottle touts their philosophy that in a good sloe gin "you must be able to taste the gin" and they practice what they preach. With the other two sloes I tried the gin is only a faint background presence, but with this one it's more noticeable. Overall I think I prefer the thicker, deeper flavor of the other styles, but this is still very nice. That lighter profile makes this more of a refreshing summery drink whereas the other two feel more autumnal or wintry to me. And that summery feel is certainly what you want at times. I'm enjoying a glass of this with ice on a hot night at the moment and it hits the spot. This is also a little or a lot cheaper (depending on my luck) than the other two. The bottle cost me $26. I can see getting more, especially if I finish this bottle while the weather's still hot.

It’s a good Sloe Gin, very sweet and fruity but, not too syrupy.

3.8 매실향과 석류 늬앙스 라즈베리향도 꽤 남 슬로진피즈 맛남 ㅎㅎ