Bramble

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Discerning Drinkers (230 ratings)

Garnish:

Blackberry & lemon slice dusted with icing sugar

How to make:

SHAKE first 3 ingredients with ice and strain into glass filled with crushed ice. Top with more crushed ice and compact ice to form a volcano-shaped mound. DRIZZLE liqueur over this mound to create a 'bleeding' effect in the glass. Serve with short sustainable straws.

1 1/2 fl oz Gin
1 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
5/12 fl oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
5/12 fl oz Giffard Crème de Mûre liqueur
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Review:

One of the best and most popular drinks to come out of the 1980s.

History:

Created in the mid-80s by Dick Bradsell at Fred's Club, Soho, London, England.

In 2001 and again in 2015, Dick wrote about how he came to create this contemporary classic and you can read the Bramble Cocktail - its inception told by its creator here.

Nutrition:

One serving of Bramble contains 177 calories.

Alcohol content:

  • 1.1 standard drinks
  • 15.7% alc./vol. (31.4° proof)
  • 15.7 grams of pure alcohol
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International Gin and Tonic Day image

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