Bramble
G&T + Blackberries, oh boy!
- Method
- Shaken
- Style
- Modern Classic
- Glass
- Rocks glass
- Time
- 5 min
Ingredients
- 45mlGin
No Gin? London Dry Gin — juniper forward, and what these recipes assume if you have not got a preference · Old Tom Gin — sweeter and rounder, the older style · Navy Strength Gin — a lot stronger, so save it for a clear afternoon
- 22.5mlLemon Juicefreshly squeezed
- 15mlSimple Syrup, 1.5:1
No Simple Syrup? Demerara Syrup — richer, faintly molasses — adds colour and body, which most drinks welcome
- 15mlCrème de Mûre
- Garnish
- Lemon wheel, blackberries and a straw
Make it well
Shaken, properly.
Add the Gin, Lemon juice and syrup into a with a little scoop of
for 10 seconds and open-pour everything into the glass
Top the glass with crushed ice - careful not to too much
Pour the Creme de Mure all over the top and watch as it sinks and marbles through the ice
Garnish with a lemon placed in the ice, top with some blackberries and throw in a straw
On the palate
Our tasting team were on form for this one. They muttered something about Seamus Heaney being naughty with blackberries?! Anyway, blackberry on the nose, autumnal notes and the summer. It's super fresh and light, peppery and herbal from the gin. On tasting, a long pause gripped our tasters, "oh yeah, that is smooth!" Sweet blackberries and punchy G&T vibes, it tastes like an ice lolly. This one is so good! Perfect for summer or autumn. Really citrusy turning to perfumed blackberry and finishing with a peppery punch from the gin.
Where it came from
Legendary bartender Dick Bradsell does it again with this one. Created in 1984 it's one of few drinks to emerge from the 80s that is labelled a 'modern classic.' Created while working at Fred's Club in Soho, inspired by a Cobbler and Gin Sour, the Bramble was born. An incredible mix of botanicals and the most amazing blackberry liqueur. He considered it an English answer to the Singapore Sling, built entirely from English ingredients. It reminded him of growing up on the Isle of Wight and picking blackberries in his childhood.
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The bartender’s note
One drink, one story, one bottle worth buying.
Thursday evening, so you have time to shop. No more than that.