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33 reviews found
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Made with hand-picked sloe berries steeped in Sipsmith London Dry — this is sloe gin that takes the category seriously a...
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Ash Carrington
April 30, 2026
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From St Aidan's Winery on Holy Island — sloe berries bringing earthy sweetness, orchard-grown damsons adding plum richne...
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Amelie Farnham
March 26, 2026
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Hayman's sets the standard for sloe gin — wild English sloe berries steeped in their London Dry base, with impeccable ba...
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March 13, 2026
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Selected sloe berries soaked in Rives gin — produced since 1880 in El Puerto de Santa María. A dark ruby liqueur with fr...
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March 12, 2026
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Wild sloe berries meet Elephant's African-botanical London Dry — drier and more tart than many sloe gins, with cracked b...
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March 3, 2026
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German wild sloes steeped in African-botanical Elephant Gin — the conservation distillery's take on sloe gin at 35%. Hig...
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March 1, 2026
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A dry, clear sloe gin — sloes steeped six months, liquorice used as sweetener instead of sugar (50x sweeter than sugar)....
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Edward Forwood
February 21, 2026
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Fifteen years of sloe gin expertise from Yorkshire — whole hand-picked sloes steeped in small batches for months. Rich c...
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February 17, 2026
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Bramley & Gage's sloe gin — handpicked sloes from near the Gloucester distillery, high sloe-to-gin ratio with moderate s...
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February 13, 2026
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A notably drier, paler sloe gin with low sugar and no artificial colouring — closer to a light fruity spirit than a trad...
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January 26, 2026
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Hernö Dry Gin infused with organic sloe berries for three months — ruby red with perfect balance between gentle sloe dry...
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January 26, 2026
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The sloe expression from Hepple's triple-technique distillery — wild sloe berries foraged from the Northumberland estate...
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January 8, 2026
