Credit: Robert Simonson, A Proper Drink, citing Dick Bradsell
Ingredients
2 oz St. George Botanivore Gin
3/4 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz 2:1 demerara syrup
1/2 oz Giffard Crème de Mûre
lemon and blackberry garnish
Directions
Shake gin, lemon juice, and syrup with ice and strain over a rocks glass with crushed ice. Drizzle the crème de mûre on top and garnish with lemon peel and blackberry.
Notes
This drink is summer in a glass, and it works just fine on a 70-degree day in February. My version was a bit sweeter, as I used Meyer lemons and 2:1 syrup. I wasn’t willing to spend money for out-of-season fruit (and the lemon twist was just fine), but in a few months I’ll have a good excuse to load up on blackberries.
Watch Dick Bradsell make his original cocktail, the Bramble,
