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All it takes to create your own sloe gin is an empty glass bottle, some sloe berries, sugar, and gin. After washing and picking over your berries to ensure they’re free of twigs or leaves, prick with a fork, add them to the bottle along with sugar, close its lid tightly, leave infusing for at least three months, strain through square of muslin or fine sieve and store in cool, dark location labelled with your name or date of creation and date of production.

According to Asthma UK, juniper berries contain powerful infection-fighting properties, and drinking clear spirits such as gin can actually help alleviate hay fever symptoms if you suffer from them. We couldn’t think of a better reason to drink more gin!

For an authentic sloe gin experience, use a classic square bottle and sloe-infused spirit that has been carefully filtered to produce an aromatic and delicately flavoured spirit. We highly recommend Monkey 47’s sloe gin which was distilled in Germany before being bottle in Hong Kong.