Name: Black Cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 7 Blackberries; 15 ml Aniseed liqueur; 45 ml Vodka; 15 ml Blackberry liqueur; 30 ml Lime juice; 5 ml Vanilla sugar syrup; 22.5 ml Chilled water (reduce if wet ice)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Photographed in a

Waterford Mixology Coupe Clear

Ingredients:
7 fresh	Blackberries
1/2 fl oz	Aniseed (anise) liqueur
1 1/2 fl oz	Ketel One Vodka
1/2 fl oz	Giffard Crème de Mûre liqueur
1 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/6 fl oz	Monin Vanilla Syrup
3/4 fl oz	Chilled water (reduce if wet ice)
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Garnish:

Blackberries on stick

How to make:

MUDDLE berries in base of shaker. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Review:

The Pernod & Black of the 1980s revisited. Anis liqueur enhances the rich, tart flavours of blackberry.

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History:

Created in 2003 by yours truly, London, England.

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Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
14.65% alc./vol. (29.3° proof)
19.4 grams of pure alcohol

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