Dale DeGroff’s Alabama Slammer
Dale DeGroff's take on this '70s and '80s Roll Tide! rallying cry of a drink.
Daily News: Vaping Booze, Sipping Yeast
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: – In Bucharest, Romania, it's not uncommon to be served Affligem, the yeast used in brewing, in a small…
Daily News: Kentucky Bourbon Dramas, The Queen of Beers and Sloe Gin
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-osphere: - For Oregon, especially the North Willamette Valley and pinot noir, 2014 was one of the best wine-producing years…
Bringing It Back Bar: What to Do With Sloe Gin
Every bar sports marginal bottles that elude even the most seasoned drink-makers. That is, until someone dusts them off and uses them in a new way. In "Bringing It Back…
- story: Punch Staff
- illustration: Liz Noftle
Post Modern
At Manhattan's Dear Irving, Tom Richter bases his Post Modern on a spirited combination of oft-overlooked sloe gin and Scotch, rinsed with absinthe.
Billy Sunday’s Blackthorn
Alex Bachman's bergamot bitters-spiked riff on the traditional Blackthorn made with either a California-produced sloe gin or, when feeling ambitious, one Billy Sunday infuses in-house.
Transatlantic Giant
After playing around with some Marie Brizard crème de cacao, rum and bourbon—because, why the hell not?—Shearn stumbled upon the ideal blend of booze and bitters to complement the oft-overlooked…
Running of the Bulls
At Manhattan's Dear Irving, Tom Richter plays off the fruity flavors of sloe gin and genever with added citrus and curaçao.
Sloe Gin Fizz
Until recently, sloe gin was best known as a base of such absurdly named collegiate classics as the Alabama Slammer and the Sloe Comfortable Screw, likely due to its provocative…
