sloe gin
alcoholic beverage
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Sloe gin is a sweet, reddish liqueur made from grain spirits flavored with sloes, which are the small, sour fruits of the blackthorn plant. While often referred to as a type of gin, it is technically a liqueur. It first appeared in 1895. Gin itself is a distilled, colorless liquor flavored primarily with juniper berries, originating from the French word for juniper berry, genièvre.12
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