Sloe Gin

Known as mothers ruin, gin sure can de ruffle the feathers after a hard day, adding sloes to the gin can add great flavour and is pretty simple to do and makes a lovely drink for Christmas.

We started making our sloe gin back in September as we now are lucky to have a sloe bush or two in the meadow.  We wait till the fruit looks good and plump which is normally around the first frost but with the climate change and it being warmer you can always put these in the freezer instead.

You can prick these and pop them into a bottle of gin and turn every now and then and wait till Christmas to drink it. 

However we start by pricking and popping them in a jar and leaving for a few weeks and then we use or cocktail muddler crush the berries so they are all macerated which gives loads more flavour, a few days before Christmas this is passed through muslin into sterile bottles ready for drinking. 

I have added a second picture below to compare to the top picture so you can see the colour change and only imaging the flavour development.  The top picture is taken 2 weeks of making and only pricking where as the below is muddled and left just before Christmas.

Gin Fix

For all you poor mummies and daddies out there, There are no social services to protect you from over zealous children for you however this might help sooth the nerves when they go to bed.

Shake ingredients over ice and serve in a martini glass

2 shots Plymouth gin
1/4 shot triple sec
1 1/2 shots pineapple juice
1/2 shot of fresh lemon juice
1/4 shot sugar syrup

Jacuzzi

Another lovely Champagne cocktail great for a hot day 

1 shot Archers peach schnapps

1/2 shot of Plymouth Gin

1 shot of orange juice

topped up with champagne

Gin Fizz

This cocktail is perfect for those hot lunch time bbq's or warm eveings as pre dinner drinks as this cocktail is long cool and refreshing 

2 shots of Tanqueray Rangpur gin
1 shot of Monin gomme
juice of half a lime
1 egg white
handful of ice


take all the above ingredients and shake hard in a cocktail shaker and strain into a highball glass and top up with prosecco 

Vesper Martini

This is proper hardcore and classy and no wonder James Bond drinks this he is the only one tough enough to sip it in style.

3 shots of Gin

1 shot Vodka

1/2 shot of Cinzano extra dry vermouth