A refreshing summer drink, featuring fresh muddled blackberries, gin, lemon juice and soda or ginger beer, this is called the Blackberry Bramble Cocktail.
A spin-off the classic drink- the Bramble, first created in London in the 80’s, made with dry gin, lemon juice, simple syrup and Crème de Mûre, a blackberry liquor – here I’ve added a handful of fresh juicy ripe blackberries, muddled and served over ice, topped with soda or ginger brew for a flavorful twist.
This could easily be made into a very refreshing “mocktail”, sans alcohol –becoming Sparkling Blackberry Lemonade, without the gin or liquor, by adding muddled blackberries into lemonade and adding a bit of soda or ginger ale. The colour is beautiful.
Enjoy
Blackberry Bramble
½ cup fresh blackberries
2 ounces Dry Gin (or sub vodka)1-ounce Blackberry Liquor
1 ounce simple syrup
1 1/2 ounces fresh lemon juice
Gingerale or ginger beer
Garnish with fresh blackberries and a lemon twist
In a cocktail shaker, muddle blackberries with gin, blackberry liquor (optional) lemon juice, simple syrup or agave, until broken up and they release their juice.
Double strain, using a fine mesh strainer, to remove seeds.
Fill 3-4 rocks glasses with ice. Divide blackberry -gin mix among the glasses, and top with soda or ginger brew.
Garnish with a blackberry and lemon zest.
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