Editing Sloe gin (section)

==UK competitions==
A sloe gin competition is held each January in The Pandy Inn, [[Dorstone]], [[Herefordshire]],<ref name=HerefordTimes2011-01-11>
{{Cite news 
  | title = Golden Valley annual Sloe Gin Competition prepares for kick off
  | newspaper = [[Hereford Times]]
  | date = 2011-01-11
  | url = http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/local/8781568.Tension_brews_as_Golden_Valley_gin_makers_prepare_for_battle/
  | access-date = 2011-01-24}}
</ref>  with the winner crowned the "Grand Master of the Sloes".<ref name=HerefordTimes2010-01-20>
{{Cite news 
  | title = Dorstone Sloe Gin Competition 2010 - judging this Friday
  | newspaper = [[Hereford Times]]
  | date = 2010-01-20
  | url = http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/local/4853546.Get_in_quick_to_join_sloe_judges_this_weekend/
  | access-date = 2011-01-24}}
</ref> There were 30 Sloe Gins entered in the 2015 competition. They were sampled and scored on colour, clarity, taste and quality by more than 50 judges.

There are also the Sloe Gin Awards in [[Hebden Bridge]], [[West Yorkshire]],<ref name=SloeGinAwards>
{{Cite news 
  | title = Sloe Gin Awards
  | url = http://www.sloeginawards.co.uk
  | access-date = 2012-01-09}}
</ref> which are held annually and include gold, silver and bronze awards.

The George Inn in Frant, East Sussex, near Royal Tunbridge Wells, plays host to the annual Sloe Gin World Championships in December.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-35104674|title=Sloe gin makers gather for contest|work=BBC News |date=16 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/the_sloe_gin_world_championships_will_be_held_at_a_tunbridge_wells_pub_next_week_1_4811221 |title=The Sloe Gin World Championships will be held at a Tunbridge Wells pub next week - News - Kent News |access-date=2017-01-04 |archive-date=2017-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104234802/http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/the_sloe_gin_world_championships_will_be_held_at_a_tunbridge_wells_pub_next_week_1_4811221 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.producedinkent.co.uk/sloe-gin-world-champion-announced|title=Sloe Gin World Champion Announced! - Produced in Kent|date=22 December 2014|website=producedinkent.co.uk}}</ref>