Tasting them completely blind, each sample was tested neat, and then again, diluted with a small amount of water. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages viisted in an anonymous form.

Prepared from wild sloe berries and Gordon’s gin – Gordon’s Sloe Gin is a traditional British treasure. It helps us understand the number of visitors, where the visitors are coming from, and the pages they navigate.This gin reminded some of our testers of cherry bakewell, with many enjoying its fresh forest fruit qualities. An alternative folk tale says that one should not prick the sloes with a metal fork unless it is made of silver. The sloe berry sweetness and juniper gin flavours could be more married but the overall taste was satisfying. Gathers information for WordPress by themselves, first party analytics tool about how WP services are used. This cookie is used to a profile based on user's interest and display personalized ads to the users.

This sloe gin has a nice drying texture and spice, but could do with a little less kick from the alcohol.

Hearst UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 30 Panton Street, Leicester Square, London, SW1Y 4AJ. Look no further as DrinkSupermarket has a range of sloe gins from names such as Monkey 47, Gordon's and Sipsmith. The juniper flavours could be stronger, but testers were happy with the pleasurable warmth and texture. Flavours of citrus peel, burnt sugar, liquorice and dark berries all shone through, too, and the finish on this gin is long, while the aftertaste is warm and smooth.

Add 25ml of Gordon’s gin, 25ml of Gordon’s Sloe gin, 25ml of lemon juice and 15ml of sugar syrup, then give it a good shake. Our testers enjoyed the prominent berry flavours, describing it as having a subtle yet complex profile. Rich berry red in colour and sweet to taste, sloe gin is the perfect winter warming tipple when the weather starts to turn a little nippier. Once the sloes and sugar have been added to the gin, the mix is left to infuse for three months, traditionally turned by hand daily for two weeks, then weekly until the three month period is up and the fruit has turned the gin a beautiful ruby colour.Sloe gin is made from ripe sloes, which are traditionally picked after the first frost of winter (late October to early November in the northern hemisphere). Complex and sweet, the texture of this gin is smooth and warming, with the juniper-led gin flavours, and the sloe and blackberry flavours marrying well. Using hand-picked sloes form the UK and Northern Europe, the gin is a stunning shade of deep plum and has aromas of cherry, nectarine and marzipan. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report.

Good Housekeeping participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. Using ingredients foraged from in and around East London and Essex, we loved its sweetness and smooth texture.Gordon’s Sloe gin, a British classic, was first released in 1906 and builds on centuries of tradition. Made with gin and sloe drupes, a small fruit that has a sharp, sour taste, you can drink sloe gin neat, as a hot toddy, with ice and ginger ale, or even in a shot of Prosecco. A harmony of bold fruit and tart berry flavours, rounded out by the dry, crisp juniper of the underlying gin and a light touch of residual sweetness. This cookies is installed by Google Universal Analytics to throttle the request rate to limit the collection of data on high traffic sites. Strain into a cool rocks glass filled with crushed ice and garnish with fresh blackberries and raspberries (frozen berries work well too).