Cocktail · United Kingdom
Bramble
Shake a London Bramble with gin, lemon and sugar, then lace it with crème de mûre using complete oz and ml measurements.
- Yield
- 1 cocktail
- Prep time
- 5 minutes
- Glassware
- Rocks glass
- Base
- Gin
Ingredients
- 2 oz (60 ml) gin
- 1 oz (30 ml) fresh lemon juice
- 0.5 oz (15 ml) simple syrup
- 0.5 oz (15 ml) crème de mûre
- 1.5 oz (45 ml) Blackberry juice
Garnish
Blackberry and lemon wheel
How to make it
- 1Chill a rocks glass and measure each ingredient.
- 2Add gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, crème de mûre and Blackberry juice to an ice-filled shaker and shake hard for 12 seconds.
- 3Strain into the rocks glass over fresh ice.
- 4Finish with blackberry and lemon wheel and serve immediately.
The story behind Bramble
Dick Bradsell created the Bramble in London in the 1980s, inspired by blackberry picking. British gin and blackberry liqueur give the modern classic its distinctly local character.