Bramble Cocktail Recipe | The Whisky Exchange

Fresh & Fruity

Gin

Enjoy a refreshing Bramble – a gin and citrus cocktail, where sweet berries are perfectly balanced for a bright, vibrant serve.

How To Make It

Prep time: 
5 minutes
Serves: 
1
Skill: 
Easy
Bramble Cocktail Recipe | The Whisky Exchange

Ingredients

  • 50ml gin
  • 20ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 12.5ml crème de mûre (blackberry liqueur)
  • 10ml sugar syrup / gomme
  • cubed ice (for shaking)
  • crushed ice (for serving)
  • 1 blackberry
  • 1 slice of lemon

Equipment

  • cocktail shaker
  • hawthorne strainer
  • rocks glass

Method

  1. Fill the shaker with ice.
  2. Cover and shake well until thoroughly chilled.
  3. Strain into a glass filled with crushed ice.
  4. Top with more crushed ice.
  5. Slowly drizzle the crème de mûre on the top, allowing it to ‘bleed’ down through the drink.
  6. Garnish with a lemon slice and blackberry.

Did you know?

The Bramble is one of the better drinks to come out of the 1980s and was invented by Dick Bradsell (of Espresso Martini fame) whilst working in the now-closed Fred’s members bar in Soho, London. While crème de mûre is a blackberry liqueur, the cocktail is traditionally garnished with a raspberry, as when it was invented Bradsell didn't have any blackberries. It's easier to buy fruit in Soho now than it was in the 1980s, so we've gone for a blackberry.

Make this Cocktail

Ingredients

The following are available from The Whisky Exchange:

  • Briottet Creme de Mure (Blackberry) Liqueur

    70cl / 18%

    £22.50

  • Monin Gomme Syrup

    70cl

    £5.95

  • Bombay Sapphire London Dry Gin

    70cl / 40%

    £26.25

£54.70

Ingredients & Equipment

All of the ingredients, plus this equipment:

  • Cocktail Elephant Gold Finish Hawthorne Strainer

    £7.25

  • Artbar by Artis Swirl Cocktail Shaker (75cl)

    £16.50

  • Winchester Rocks Glass 10oz (30cl)

    £4.95

£83.40

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Drinks

  • Briottet Creme de Mure (Blackberry) Liqueur
    Briottet Creme de Mure (Blackberry) Liqueur

    70cl / 18%

    High-quality blackberry liqueur from French artisan producer. All the Briottet range have proper 'real' fruit flavour integrity - they taste like the fruit itself, not some confected approximation. Highly recommended.

    £22.50

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  • Monin Gomme Syrup
    Monin Gomme Syrup

    70cl

    The industry standard cocktail sweetener across the UK bar trade, Monin's gum arabic syrup is lightened by a trace of orange blossom. Essential for all manner of sours, daiquiris and just about any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.

    £5.95

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  • Bombay Sapphire London Dry Gin
    Bombay Sapphire London Dry Gin

    70cl / 40%

    Trendy younger sibling to Bombay Original, on whose recipe it is based (with a couple of extra botanicals). Credited with kickstarting gin's fashionability since its launch in 1987, Bombay Sapphire has become a truly iconic brand, with its distinctive blue bottle recognisable in bars the world over.

    £26.25

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Equipment

  • Cocktail Elephant Gold Finish Hawthorne Strainer
    Cocktail Elephant Gold Finish Hawthorne Strainer

    Add a little bit of flair to your bar equipment with this lively gold Hawthorne strainer from Cocktail Elephant.

    £7.25

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  • Artbar by Artis Swirl Cocktail Shaker (75cl)
    Artbar by Artis Swirl Cocktail Shaker (75cl)

    This cocktail shaker features a sleek, modern design created to stand out from the crowd.

    £16.50

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Glasses

  • Winchester Rocks Glass 10oz (30cl)
    Winchester Rocks Glass 10oz (30cl)

    A medium-sized rocks glass from Winchester that will hold more than half a pint of your chosen drink.

    £4.95

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