Are you looking for a way to honor Loretta Lynn’s legacy today, after learning of her death at 90? Here’s a plan: First listen to the song “Portland, Oregon” and then find (or make) a sloe gin fizz.

Sloe gin has a complicated reputation. In the U.S., it is perhaps most associated with the famous Alabama Slammer, which ruled the college drinking scene in the '70s and '80s. However, sloe gin has a ...

In 2020, our lives were turned upside down when a global pandemic ensued and shut the world down for many months. That summer, we were provided with some normalcy, as the borders opened back up and ...

The blackthorn, on which the sloe grows, is part of the rose family. Every rose has its thorn, as Poison so wisely reminded us and that goes triple for blackthorns as I can personally attest – they ...

I once confused a sloe with a damson and had a very nasty surprise. Never have tasted anything quite so bitter. I tend to make damson gin instead but the principle is the same. You need to prick the ...

Sloe gin is a festive old English drink that's especially well-suited to the winter holidays. You can drink it over ice, try it in a cocktail, or forage for sloe berries and make a home batch. Family ...

LONDON — Sloe gin is a festive old English drink that’s especially well-suited to the winter sipping. You can drink it over ice, try it in a cocktail, or forage for sloe berries and make a home batch.

The season, for me, starts in October. It is secretive, this beginning, as the rest of the world continues about its usual, autumnal business: school runs, talks of daylight savings, soup. I, ...

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