Name: Basil Bramble Sling
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 7 Basil leaves; 60 ml Gin; 45 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix); 15 ml Crème de mûre (blackberry)

Serve in a

Sling glass

Garnish:

Mint sprig

How to make:

MUDDLE basil in base of shaker. Add rest of ingredients, SHAKE with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. Serve with straws.

7 fresh	Basil leaves
2 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 1/2 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
1/2 fl oz	Giffard Crème de Mûre liqueur
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Review:

Wonderfully refreshing and balanced.

History:

Created in 2003 by Alexandra Fiot at Lonsdale House bar in London, UK. Inspired by Dick Bradsell's Bramble cocktail

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Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
16.2% alc./vol. (32.4° proof)
21.9 grams of pure alcohol

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