Sloe Gin Fiz: a classic cocktail worth a second look, and taste!

This truly classic cocktail, made from infusing Sloe or blackthorn berries, with gin or other neutral grain spirits, is a favorite of western Europe. Large hedge rolls of Blackthorn berries are common in England, where the people pick the berries and then mix them with spirits, and allow them to ferment until the liquor is infused with the wonderful flavors of the fresh berry. It's not common here in the country, the berry or the liquor and when I am looking to find a bottle, I often have to search several liquor stores for it. When I find one, its usually a last bottle, on a bottom shelf covered in dust. Which is a real shame. This is an absolutely incredible cocktail and I hope you try one.