This blackberry bramble cocktail recipe is delicious and so simple to make! Using homemade simple syrup, it has a lovely depth of flavor. An easy gin cocktail recipe everybody will love!
If there’s one thing we love around here at Sugar and Charm it’s yummy recipes that are simple. It’s just gin, lemon juice and homemade blackberry simple syrup. Perfect for a summer evening!
How To Make a Blackberry Bramble
Blackberry Bramble Gin Cocktail Recipe
- Combine the gin and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker with a handful of ice. Shake for 30 seconds, then strain into an ice filled glass. Pour the blackberry syrup over the top and stir.
Homemade Blackberry Simple Syrup
- In a medium sauce pan, combine the water and sugar on low heat until the sugar is melted.
- Lightly muddle the blackberries in a long, shallow tub. Then pour the syrup over and let it sit for a few hours. Strain to remove the blackberries, then bottle the syrup and place in the fridge. The syrup is good for a week.
This Blackberry Bramble Gin Cocktail is Perfect For Summer!
Blackberries tend to be in season from July to August, so make the most of these tangy and sweet little gems for summer cocktails.
This is a really refreshing gin cocktail recipe, perfect for lazy days in the back yard or balmy summer BBQ’s. Give it a try!
Homemade Simple Syrup The Way Forward!
If you can boil water you can make simple syrup, it’s really…simple! It’s sugar and water, but adds so much to cocktails!
You can buy simple syrup, but homemade has a lovely sweetness which isn’t too overpowering. Then combine simple syrup with herbs or fruit, or other natural flavorings and you have an awesome addition to your cocktail cabinet!
For this gin cocktail recipe we muddled in blackberries, so good!
Homemade Simple Syrup last for about a week in the fridge, you’ll have plenty left over from cooking this batch, but it’s so easy to make you’ll be able to whip up another batch in no time!
Muddling!
Muddling. Many cocktails use fresh ingredients such as herbs and fruit, and often, muddling is required. To muddle means to press the ingredients against the side of the glass with a muddler.
Muddling helps to release the flavors of the fresh ingredients so that they bind with the alcohol better .
This gin cocktail actually muddles blackberries into the simple syrup mix. Making a delicious key syrup for this delightful drink.
You don’t need a muddler, you can use a wooden spoon or some other solid kitchen implement, then muddle away!
Top Tips For This Gin Cocktail Recipe
- Shake your gin cocktail in a shaker with ice until the shaker is completely cold.
- Use a low heat to cook the simple syrup or the mix will go hard.
- Store your remaining simple syrup in the fridge – lasts a week.
- Garnish with a blackberry and slice of lime.
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Blackberry Bramble Gin Cocktail Recipe
Ingredients
Blackberry Bramble Gin Cocktail Recipe
- 1 1/4 ounce gin
- 1 ounce lemon juice
- 1 ounce blackberry simple syrup
Homemade Blackberry Simple Syrup
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup organic cane sugar
- 1 cup blackberries
Instructions
Blackberry Bramble Gin Cocktail Recipe
- Combine the gin and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker with a handful of ice. Shake for 30 seconds, then strain into an ice filled glass. Pour the blackberry syrup over the top and stir.
Homemade Blackberry Simple Syrup
- In a medium sauce pan, combine the water and sugar on low heat until the sugar is melted.
- Lightly muddle the blackberries in a long, shallow tub. Then pour the syrup over and let it sit for a few hours. Strain to remove the blackberries, then bottle the syrup and place in the fridge. The syrup is good for a week.
This cocktail is absolutely beautiful. Now I’m trying to think of all the things I can put blackberry syrup in!
I used this recipe yesterday, thanks. Eliza