Name: Sloe Gin Cocktail
Total time: 1 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Sloe gin liqueur; 7.5 ml Dry vermouth; 1 dash Orange bitters

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Hayman's Sloe Gin liqueur

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Strucchi Dry Vermouth

1 dash

Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Sloe Gin Cocktail contains 148 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
19.78% alc./vol. (39.57° proof)
13.4 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Comments & Discussion

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James Brooke Premium Member 29w

I've found a recipe for a cocktail like this that dates to between 1853 and 1942. These were the years that the Mi-Ho-Loong or Shanghai Volunteer Corps existed. Their cocktail was a quarter of a Gill of Sloe Gin, an eighth of a Gill of dry vermouth and a dash of Orange Bitters.
https://chinarhyming.com/2016/11/03/shanghais-mih-ho-loong-cocktail/

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 29w

Thanks for sharing, James. "Half fill a glass with broken ice and add" suggests the Mee-Ho-Loong was served over cracked ice.

James Brooke Premium Member 29w

Yes, indeed, a cocktail like the Sloe Gin cocktail in terms of ingredients but not method or proportions.

michael Monaco 2y

I liked this one. I used the Hayman's sloe gin and Chazalettes Extra Dry Vermouth. Another time, I swapped the Hayman's for Ha'Penny rhubarb gin. It was ok, but I preferred it with the Hayman's....the extra dry vermouth needs a sweeter gin perhaps. I am no expert...

Doris Magnus 4y

enjoyable cocktail.

John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

Very interesting cocktail. We had it before dinner, but it would also work wonderfully after-dinner. It has a similar taste of port.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 5y

Used Hayman's Sloe Gin and Noilly Prat Dry. The recipe I settled on wavered between a 4:1 and 5:1 ratio. Yes, the brands will dictate and fluctuate many factors here. The 8:1 specs with my products had too little vermouth in play. I think I prefer the 4:1, and I used Regan's No. 6 orange bitters.