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Hayman's Sloe Gin
Sloe Gin & Variants — England
Reviewed
December 8, 2017 (edited December 9, 2017)
Day 8. The mistake. Was curious about sloe gin, so I put 2 in the calendar. Yeah, shouldn't have done that. On the nose you get a ton of plums, marzipan and cinnamon. On the taste a bit of plums and cinnamon with a bit of sweet and a lot of sour and bitter. There is no aftertaste whatsoever here. All in all, might work as a cocktail, but goddamnit, sipping this stuff feels like a punishment. Still not the worst thing i ever had, so 2 stars it is. Edit: Would be probably rather nice over vanilla ice cream tho....
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The general taste of sloe berries ain't that bad. It just needed to be a whole lot sweeter for me to enjoy (I like my liqueurs on the sweet side). It would really work well as a contrast for deserts. Just imagine vanilla pudding with some of this as sauce...that would be really damn nice (usually I use baileys for that^^)
I've been prejudiced against sloe gin since my childhood when dad told me about his first experience drinking - it was a sloe gin fizz that wound up getting vomited all over a parking lot. Hasn't charitably disposed me toward the stuff...and that's just as well, evidently!
I had one some time back. Apparently it's a high sugar gin liquer. There's a few that's all sloe berries and no added sugar, but those are rarities. Like having Hi-C berry drink