The Bramble
1 1/2oz Gin
3/4oz Lemon Juice
1/2oz Simple Syrup
3/4oz Creme de Mure (or Creme de Cassis, if Mure is not available)
Fill a rocks glass with Crushed ice
Pour Gin, Lemon Juice and Simple Syrup over the ice and stir
Drizzle the Creme de Mure over the top of the cocktail
Garnish with a Lemon wedge and 2 raspberries
This is one of the cocktails I have always found visually appealing, and have always wanted to make, yet simply it is never on my mind when I’m making cocktails. I finally decided to break my posting drought and bring you a rather popular cocktail.
The Bramble is a very simple cocktail that uses widely available ingredients, and takes very little time to prepare. In fact, its dead bloody simple.
I did not mix the Creme de Mure with the rest of the cocktail before I started drinking it, which resulted in the top of the cocktail tasting slightly tart and having strong (but very pleasant) flavours of the Martin Millers Gin that I used; As I approached the read:dreaded the bottom of the glass, the cocktail became quite sweet and fruity, there were still traces of the gin and lemon juice, however they were heavily subdued.
A cocktail for the warm Summer or Spring months.
