Making cocktails can be a fun and easy way to show off your bartending skills. With just a few simple ingredients, you can create delicious and refreshing drinks that will impress your guests.
One of our favorites is the Sloe Gin Fizz. This drink is made with sloe gin, lemon juice, cherry brandy, and sparkling water. It’s tart, sweet, and bubbly- perfect for a hot summer day!
But what if you don’t have any sloe gin on hand? Don’t worry- you can still make a Sloe Gin Fizz without it!
What is a sloe gin fizz?
A sloe gin fizz is a cocktail made with sloe gin, lemon juice, cherry brandy, and sparkling water. It’s tart, sweet, and bubbly- perfect for a hot summer day!
To make a Sloe Gin Fizz without sloe gin you will need to find other ingredients that have similar flavors. For example:
- Cherry Brandy – Creme de Mure or Framboise wine would make an excellent substitute to create the same tart taste of traditional sloe gin. You can also use regular brandy or cognac instead if desired.
- Lemon juice – You will need fresh-squeezed lemon juice here to ensure that your drink is as tart and refreshing as possible.
- Sparkling water – Just like the original, this cocktail should be mixed with bubbling soda water so you can achieve the perfect fizziness.
What’s sloe gin?
Sloe gin is a liqueur-type spirit that is flavored with sloe berries. Sloes are the fruit of the blackthorn bush that grows wild in Europe.
Sloe berries are extremely tart, making them difficult to eat on their own. This is why they have usually used to flavor alcoholic drinks, such as sloe gin.
The best-known brand of sloe gin is Sipsmith. It’s made in West London at the oldest licensed distillery in the UK, which was founded by English entrepreneur Sam Galsworthy and Swedish master distiller Anders “Chare” Lindgren.
How to Make a Sloe Gin Fizz Without Sloe Gin?
Since sloe gin isn’t available to everyone, we’re going to show you how to make a drink that will be just as refreshing without it.
First, let’s start with the ingredients:
- 1 part lemon juice
- 2 parts cherry brandy
- 4 parts sparkling water
Steps:
- Start by adding your fresh lemon juice and cherry brandy together in a shaker.
- If you don’t have any cherry brandy, no problem! Just use an extra part of lemon juice instead.
- Then add ice and shake for about 15 seconds.
- Finally, strain the mixture into a tall glass filled with ice and top it off with sparkling water. Voila- you’ve got yourself a Sloe Gin Fizz without sloe gin!
Tips:
- If you like your drinks a little sweeter, feel free to add simple syrup or powdered sugar.
- For added flavor and color, garnish the drink with half of a lemon slice and a Maraschino cherry.
- Sloe Gin Fizzes can be served both as an alcoholic beverage or a non-alcoholic mocktail for kids!
How to Make a Non-Alcoholic Sloe Gin Fizz
Making a non-alcoholic sloe gin fizz is just as easy as making one with alcohol. Simply skip the cherry brandy and add sparkling water to complete your drink!
You can also eliminate the lemon juice, replace it with a splash of grenadine syrup, and serve with a maraschino cherry for an extra fruity flavor.
What Can I Substitute for Sloe Gin in a Sloe Gin Fizz?
If you don’t have sloe gin, feel free to substitute with a different fruit-flavored liqueur or simply add extra lemon juice in its place.
Will the Tasted Differences?
It may seem like a Sloe Gin Fizz and a Sloe Gin Fizz Without Sloe Gin would taste different, but they’ll be surprisingly similar. The reason behind this is that sloe gin has such a unique flavor that can only be replicated with the use of cherry brandy or another fruit-flavored liqueur. This means that all you need to make your fizz taste like it should is just to add sparkling water!
The recipe above is one way you can make a Sloe Gin Fizz without sloe gin so that everyone can enjoy it.
But remember: if you do have access to sloe gin and prefer its taste, feel free to substitute it in this recipe instead of using all fresh lemon juice. You can also try making different variations by adding ingredients such as orange liqueur, cranberry juice, or a splash of grenadine.
