Blimey

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Serve in a Double old-fashioned

Ingredients:
5 fresh Blackberries
1 1⁄2 oz Ketel One Vodka
5⁄6 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
2⁄3 oz Joseph Cartron Double Crème de Cassis de Bourgogne
1⁄6 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Fresh blackberry sat heroically atop crushed ice summit (it survived the muddler to reach its peak)

How to make:

MUDDLE blackberries in base of shaker. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into glass filled with crushed ice. Serve with a cut-down paper straw.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 5/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

This vodka-laced "Blackberry and lime(y) summer cooler is both fruity and (hopefully) aptly named.

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History:

Created in 2002 by yours truly in London, England.

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Sally Morgan’s Avatar Sally Morgan
9th July 2023 at 19:01
Had run out of vodka so used bison grass vodka instead. A lucky accident - really complements the blackberry flavours
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Felicia Stratton ’s Avatar Felicia Stratton
15th June 2022 at 19:47
If you fine strain, why are there blackberry seeds (in picture)? I received some blackberries from my CSA and need a tasty way to use them other than pie!
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
16th June 2022 at 07:54
It's a very old and bad image shot some 20 years ago (No. 241 on our database). Looks like it was built in the glass. I'll reshoot and replace image.
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Mark Artis’ Avatar Mark Artis
29th November 2020 at 02:07
Love this little number
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