A Gift from England: Plymouth Sloe Gin

A little over a year ago our British friend, Veronica, brought us back a very special gift from her hometown of Plymouth, England. It was a petite bottle of Plymouth Sloe Gin, a ruby colored liqueur made from Plymouth Gin and sloe berries grown wild on Dartmoor.

We received the gift at Little Branch and our gratitude was punctuated by a question from our server, "Are you celebrating tonight?" She had spied the bottle sitting on the table. We replied that our friend was just handing it off to us. She said that the few times she'd seen a bottle in the bar it meant that someone had good news to share.

Last night Plymouth Gin had its own good news to share and it did so by hosting a party at The Back Room in the Lower East Side. The party was thrown to celebrate the U.S. release of Plymouth Sloe Gin. Needless to say, we're relieved that we'll now be able to enjoy cocktails like the Wibble, Sloe 75 and the classic Sloe Gin Fizz at select bars around NYC starting next month.

Visit www.plymouthgin.com for more info or stop into Little Branch, Pegu Club or Flatiron Lounge in a few weeks for a taste.