About
Sloe berry gives red fruit character with gentle sweetness and texture. The bottle for spritzes and after-dinner sipping.
Hernö makes this the slow way. The distillery, in Dala on Sweden's High Coast, steeps organic sloe berries in its own gin for three months. A measure of local honey balances the tartness of the fruit. The result pours a deep ruby colour.
It drinks like a Scandinavian answer to the English hedgerow classic. Expect plum, cherry and dried apricot over the juniper, with a finish that stays a little sour rather than syrupy. That sourness is the point. It keeps the glass refreshing.
Pour it over ice, lengthen it with soda or sparkling wine, or sip it after dinner in a small glass. Winter or summer, it works.
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