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Sloe Gin Fizz

Champagne · Classic/vintage · Hall of Fame and must know/try

4.0 47 ratings

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Sloe gin liqueur
1 oz Lemon juice
1 barspoon Powdered sugar
4 oz Brut sparkling wine

How to make

Serve in a highball (max 10oz/300ml)

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a HIGHBALL (MAX 10OZ/300ML) GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of lemon slice wheel.

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE first 3 ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass. (No ice in the glass.)
  3. 5 TOP with sparkling wine (or soda if you're cheap). Some like to add egg white to enhance foam. (The drink photographed here is without egg white and we prefer without.)

Garnish

  1. 6 Garnish with lemon slice on rim.

Flavour profile

History

With the right sloe gin and champagne, this citrusy berry cocktail is just on the dry/tart side of balanced (add sugar or choose sloe gin according to taste). Made with soda instead of sparkling wine, it is a different but still tasty cocktail. Egg white is not needed and detracts from the drink.

"Its haunting pink color and fruity opulence are topped with a handsome collar of natural foam which, if the sloe gin be of first quality, is gladsome aplenty." This quote about the Sloe Gin Fizz by Lawton Mackall appeared in the August 1941 issue of Esquire, and David Wondrich is credited with uncovering it.