Recipes for sloe gin vary depending on the maker's taste. The traditional way of making sloe gin is to soak the sloes in gin. An annual sloe gin competition is held in Dorstone. Joe Bonamassa also covered the song on his album "Sloe Gin". In 1906 Gordon's Sloe Gin went into production. The "U.S.S. 44 Special" was Old Tom gin, sloe gin and lime juice. Melton Mowbray Sloe Gin is a liqueur with a distinctive flavour. Sloe gin is a British red liqueur made with gin and sloes. Sloe gin has an alcohol content between 15 and 30 percent by volume. Sloe Gin is the sixth studio album by American blues rock musician Joe Bonamassa. Plymouth also produces a sloe gin, but has discontinued its Fruit cups and Damson liqueur.