Sloe Gin Fizz

Fresh, tangy, and delicious, the Sloe Gin Fizz cocktail is “Pretty in Pink” and super simple to make with just 4 ingredients!

Our Sloe Gin Fizz cocktail is a sweet & tart, 2-minute, small-batch drink recipe that turns any occasion into Happy Hour! It’s perfect for year-round entertaining or slow sipping on the sofa with your significant other. Club soda, fresh-squeezed lemon, simple syrup, and a sloe gin liqueur make this fizzy mixed drink tart & sweet with a light, zesty bite!

Sloe Gin isn’t Really Gin!

The name may say “gin,” but this drink doesn’t contain regular gin. Sloe gin is actually a liqueur made by infusing gin with blackthorn berries called “sloes”. The result is a liqueur that’s fruity, tangy and deep pink! Its low-to-moderate alcohol content makes it perfect for shared cocktails on the patio or late-night drinks with savory, salty snacks! 

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Ingredients

Spirits: Sloe Gin is not the same as regular gin! We like Hayman’s Sloe Gin for this cocktail.

Flavorings: Fresh-squeezed lemon juice is fresh and fabulous in this drink. To sweeten this cocktail, add a spoonful of simple syrup.

Club Soda: Club soda puts the fizz in a Sloe Gin Fizz!

Garnish: Spruce up your glass with a lemon wedge!

How to Make a Sloe Gin Fizz

STEP ONE: Add the sloe gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.

STEP TWO: Shake thoroughly until chille,d then strain the cocktail into a glass filled with ice.

STEP THREE: Top off the glass with club soda. Garnish with a lemon wedge and enjoy every slow sip!

Tips for Success

• In place of simple syrup, you can stir in a little confectioner’s sugar – it dissolves easily and adds just the right sweetness! 
• While bottled lemon juice will work, fresh lemon has a much cleaner, brighter flavor. 
• If you use sparkling or seltzer water in place of the club soda, add just a pinch of salt to the gin fizz for balance. 
• For more of a kick, you can split the liqueur in half with a regular dry gin.

Are a Sloe Gin Fizz and a Gin Fizz the Same Drink?

The names make them SOUND like the same cocktail – and they do share some ingredients – but a sloe gin fizz is different from a classic gin fizz. The sloe fizz version is made from four simple ingredients: sloe gin liqueur, simple syrup, lemon juice, and club soda. It’s sweet & tangy, pink in color, and has a moderately low alcohol content. A classic fizz uses traditional gin, soda water, simple syrup, lemon and an egg white foam. It’s fizzy, clear, and frothy, with a higher alcohol content.

What Exactly is a Sloe?

Sloes are small fruits that grow on the blackthorn shrub. This shrub, or hedge, is native to Europe, Asia and Africa and has also been naturalized in North America. It’s a spiny bush, with dense, narrow leaves and small purple sloes (berries) that are akin to blueberries or plums. These sloes are too tart to be eaten raw, but are often used in preserves and liqueur.

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