Gin Cocktails
Bramble Cocktail
Bramble Cocktail Ingredients
2 oz. Bluecoat Gin
0.5 oz. Giffard Cassis Noir De Bourgogne crème de cassis
0.75 oz. Simple syrup
0.75 oz. Fresh lemon juice
Garnish
Berries
Bramble Cocktail Preparation
Combine all ingredients except crème de cassis in a shaker and add ice. Shake hard. Fine strain into a Collins glass, rocks glass, or mug. Top with ice. Slowly pour crème de cassis over the top. Garnish with seasonal berries, dark fruits, or jams.
Bramble Cocktail Story
Invented and named by Dick Bradsell in 1984, bartender at London’s Fred’s Club, the Bramble falls somewhere between a gin fix and a cobbler. A liberal drizzling of crème de mûre, a French blackberry liqueur, finishes off the cocktail along with fresh seasonal fruit - preferably blackberries. Envisioning the Bramble as a sort of scaled-down British Singapore Sling, Bradsell selected crème de mûre as the fruit element as it reminded him of picking wild blackberries on the Isle of Wight during the summer. The basic format lends itself to endless riffing with different combinations of gins, liqueurs, and fruits, making the Bramble not just the perfect summer drink, but adaptable to all seasons.