
Blackthorn
2 shared ingredients · also Gin
🥃 Serve in: Cocktail Glass
Sweet vermouth and sloe gin get a splash of muscatel stirred in, keeping this closer to a fortified wine sipper than a proper spirit-forward cocktail. Low-proof and quietly fruity -- with just enough spice in the background to explain the clove-adjacent name -- it's an easygoing pour from an era of cocktail-making that didn't always insist on hitting hard. Good for anyone who wants a drink with actual flavor complexity but doesn't want to feel it in the morning.
Stir all ingredients with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and serve.