Bramble

This cocktail is nearly as old as me (and that's quite old), but strangely, I don't have the memories that should be conjured up when drinking this one as I didn't grow up anywhere where brambles grew.  I lived on a council estate in Fulham so the nearest thing I could have got to foraging was picking up old tin cans or deflated footballs!

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Invented in 1984 by Dick Bradsell at Fred's Club in Soho, the Bramble was his way of bringing back memories of foraging for blackberries (or brambles as they are known - though this isn't quite right as the plant itself is called a bramble and the fruit it produces is a blackberry) on the Isle of Wight.  The bramble is made using gin, lemon juice and creme de mure (blackberry liqueur) and has a wonderful sweetly sour flavour.

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I make these regularly at Copper & Ink, and made it recently on stage at Foodies Festival alongside some delicious Bramble muffins!

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​Serves 1

INGREDIENTS:
3tsp caster sugar
25ml lemon juice
50ml gin (I use Brockmans)
25ml creme de mure (I love British Mure, but any blackberry liqueur will work)
1 blackberry for garnish








METHOD:

• Fill a lo-ball/water glass with ice
• In your cocktail shaker, add the sugar, lemon juice and gin.
• Fill about halfway with ice, clamp on the lid and shake.  You want to ensure the sugar has dissolved.
• Once shaken, strain into your prepared glass.
• Pour over the 25ml of creme de mure
• Garnish with a blackberry

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I've made you a little instructional video below.

Please Bramble responsibly!

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