Plum
Stone FruitAutumnUsed in ~6 drinks
Plum brings a deep, dusky sweetness to cocktails — darker and more brooding than peach or apricot, with a tannic skin quality that adds subtle structure. Dried plum (prune) skews rich and port-like, while fresh plum carries a tart, juicy brightness. Slivovitz (plum brandy) delivers the distilled essence of this fruit with fiery intensity, and umeshu (plum wine) offers a salt-sweet complexity prized in Japanese-inspired cocktails.
Aroma
Dark, jammy fruit on the nose with a slightly tannic, winey quality — reminiscent of plum preserves with a hint of dried prune sweetness.
Source Ingredients
slivovitzplum brandyumeshudamson gindried plumsfresh plumsplum bittersplum wine