Blackberry Bramble

Name: Blackberry Bramble
Ingredients: For the Berries; 2 cups blackberries/raspberries/blueberries; 2 cups granulated sugar; 1 cup water; 1 cinnamon stick; 2 whole cloves; For the Blackberry Bramble; 6 ounces gin; juice of 2 lemons; 2 ounces simple syrup; 2-4 spoonfuls of macerated berries; club soda or prosecco, to top it off

12 ingredients

3 steps

Ingredients

For the Berries
2 cups blackberries/raspberries/blueberries
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup water
1 cinnamon stick
2 whole cloves
For the Blackberry Bramble
6 ounces gin
juice of 2 lemons
2 ounces simple syrup
2-4 spoonfuls of macerated berries
club soda or prosecco, to top it off

Directions

1

Place your berries in a small pot and add in the sugar, water, cinnamon, and cloves. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then simmer for 8 minutes, until the berries have softened (but not disintegrated) and the sugar has dissolved. You will have extra if you're not making drinks for a crowd, so these will keep well in their syrup for up to a week. Make sure you take the cinnamon and cloves out!
2

In a cocktail shaker, combine your gin, lemon juice, and syrup. You can use some of the syrup from the berries, if you want a really fruity drink, or you can just use regular simple syrup. To make plain simple syrup, just boil 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water until the sugar dissolves. Easy!
3

Add ice to the top and shake well, for at least 10 seconds. Use a strainer (so you don't have any lemon pulp) to pour the cocktail into two ice filled glasses. Drop a spoonful or two of berries into the drink, drop with club soda, and add a straw. Allow your guests to stir the drink themselves; the pink looks really pretty when you serve it, almost ombre, and then it magically combines in your guests' hands!