Sloe gin

Sloe, sloe gin also (of English. = Sloe, blackthorn ') or Schlehenfeuer called a liqueur made from the fruit of the blackthorn ( sloe, Schlehenbeeren ), a relative of plums Steinobstart.

In the preparation of the sloes are macerated in alcohol, in addition removes sugar juice from the fruit. The hydrocyanic acid contained in the nuclei of sloes gives Schlehenlikören a bitter almond- like aroma.

Traditional recipes

For the preparation of sloe gin many home recipes are handed down. In most cases this will be ripe sloes, which are harvested after the first frost, set with sugar and grain, vodka, gin or rum. As more flavors sometimes cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg or star anise are added. This approach is stored for several weeks or months, and then filtered and packaged.

Schlehenliköre

• Produced under the name " Schlehenfeuer " and distributes the Mast-Jägermeister SE a liqueur with an alcohol content of 38 % by volume, which is produced according to the company of wild sloes and includes Caribbean rum. Especially in the 1970s and 1980s, the product was heavily advertised. Most of the liqueur has a bright red color.
• Pacharán is a Spanish sloe gin from the Navarra region.
• In France, the term common to Sloe prunelle.
• In Italy there is the sloe Bargnolino, which is produced mainly in the province of Piacenza.

Sloe Gin

Sloe Gin is the common English name for sloe gin and includes both self-manufactured products as well as sold commercially.

In the European Union Sloe Gin is a liqueur with an alcohol content of at least 25 % vol ( other liqueurs: at least 15% by volume) is defined, which is produced by maceration of sloes ( fruit ). The addition of sloe is possible. Otherwise, natural flavoring substances and flavoring preparations may only be used. Like any liquor has also Sloe Gin a minimum sugar content equivalent to 100 g invert sugar per liter have, but is often less sweet than other fruit liqueurs. Unlike its name implies, no gin must be used to produce, as it was the case previously ( hence its name); it is sufficient ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin. Many manufacturers use but still not real gin.

Sloe Gin were long forgotten, but enjoy again recently increasing popularity and are offered by different manufacturers, including Gordon's (26% vol ), Boudier (25% vol ), Cowen ( 26%), Hayman 's ( 26 % Vol ), Plymouth (26% vol ) and the Munich-based company the Bitter Truth (28% by volume).

In Dorstone ( Herefordshire ), there is every January a Sloe Gin Competition ( Sloe Gin competition ), will be awarded at the price of self- scheduled Sloe Gin.

A well-known cocktail with Sloe Gin Sloe Gin Fizz is the.