First Impressions
Alnwick Sloe Gin starts with the premium Alnwick Gin — itself containing ten carefully selected botanicals including locally foraged rosehip, rosemary, and lavender. The finest handpicked sloe berries and natural sloe juice concentrate are then skilfully blended in, creating a sloe gin with genuine botanical depth beneath the fruit.
Tasting
The nose is delicate with impressive depth — fruity warmth with woody notes. On the palate at 26%, rich and balanced: layer upon layer of fruity warmth, caramel sweetness, and juniper structure. The ten-botanical gin base provides far more complexity than most sloe gins. The finish is very smooth and long with warming fruity spice.
The Bottom Line
Alnwick Sloe earns a 7 — the ten-botanical Alnwick Gin base lifts this above standard sloe gins. The rosemary and lavender from the base add herbal complexity beneath the fruit. Best enjoyed with ginger ale, neat like a whisky, in a Martini, or mixed with prosecco. At £30, a Northumberland sloe gin with genuine depth in its distinctive stoneware bottle.
