17 Dec Huffington Post- 5 Cocktails to Make Come Five O’Clock
We love kicking off cocktail hour with a good dirty martini as much as the next gal. But sometimes you gotta switch things up a little, say, with one of these drinks.
SLOE 75
The Sloe 75, a take on the French 75, swaps regular gin for fruity sloe gin. Get the recipe.
Makes 1 cocktail
Start to Finish: 5 minutes
Ingredients
2 tablespoons Spirit Works sloe gin
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1½ tablespoons simple syrup (equal parts sugar and water brought to a boil)
Dash of bitters
Splash of sparkling wine
Directions
1. In an ice-filled cocktail shaker, combine the sloe gin with the lime juice, lemon juice, simple syrup and bitters.
2. Shake, then strain into a wine glass. Finish with the sparkling wine.
