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Bramble

Autumn/fall · Contemporary classic · Fruity (e.g. Pornstar Martini)

4.9 340 ratings

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Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Gin
1 oz Lemon juice
5/12 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)
5/12 oz Blackberry liqueur

How to make

Serve in a double old-fashioned

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a DOUBLE OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of blackberry, lemon slice wheel and icing sugar.

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE first 3 ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.
  3. 5 Top with more crushed ice and compact ice to form a volcano-shaped mound.
  4. 6 DRIZZLE liqueur over this mound to create a 'bleeding' effect in the glass.

Garnish

  1. 7 Garnish with blackberry and lemon slice dusted with icing sugar.
  2. 8 Serve with a straw.

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Flavour profile

15.1% alc./vol. · 1.2 standard drinks · 177 calories

History

One of the best and most popular drinks from the 1980s.

This cocktail was created in the mid-1980s by Dick Bradsell at Fred's Club in Soho, London, England. In both 2001 and again in 2015, Dick Bradsell documented the story behind the creation of this contemporary classic. The narrative of the Bramble Cocktail's inception, as told by its creator, can be found in its dedicated section.

Created by Dick Bradsell