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> > Funny, I would always use it in place of grenadine.  Obviously the 
> > 
> > two don't taste the same, but when playing around with drink 
> > concoctions, this was a good sweet ingredient that didn't have the 
> > 
> > they nasty syrupy texture that grenadine has.
> 
> Around here there's two types of sloe gin. A lower proof one that's 
> really sweet and a higher proof one that's only lightly sweetened 
> (like Mr. Boston). You can't really sub one for the other in recipes 
> without some tinkering first. Half and half grenadine and high-proof 
> sloe gin makes an ok sub for low-proof sloe gin, I've found.

Ahh, valid point.  I always forget about high proof sloe gin.  I've never seen 
it in a liquor store in the western states (Oregon, California, and Nevada).  
Though, it might be easy to miss

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Cody