Sour · Party · Summer

Bramble

Gin and lemon over crushed ice, then blackberry liqueur drizzled so it bleeds down the glass. Tart, fruity, and built to look good.

Base: Gin
Glass: Old fashioned glass
Method: Build
Strength: 15.1% ABV

Ingredients

50 mlGin1 swap
Any London dry ginhigh
Depends on the brand’s botanicals
25 mlFresh Lemon Juice1 swap
Fresh lime juicemedium
A touch sharper
12.5 mlSugar Syrup
15 mlCrème de Mûre

How to make

Technique

Build · 10–15s

Building straight in the glass keeps it simple and preserves any fizz.

Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker except the Crème de Mûre, shake well with ice, strain into chilled old fashioned glass filled with crushed ice, then pour the blackberry liqueur (Crème de Mûre) over the top of the drink, in a circular motion.

Serve

Glass

Old fashioned glassAlso fine: Double old fashioned glass, Rocks glass, Tumbler

Garnish

Garnish optionally with a lemon slice and blackberries.Add the berries last so they rest on the ice rather than sinking.

optional

Taste & nutrition

15.1%ABV

177kcal

1.37Drinks

StrengthMedium

Sweet to dryBalanced

Estimated from ingredient amounts and assumed ABVs — not a lab measurement.

Good to know

Use freshly squeezed juice — bottled tastes flat.

History

Year1980s

PlaceLondon, England

Created byDick Bradsell

Dick Bradsell created the Bramble in mid-1980s London at Fred's Club in Soho. Built on a gin sour, it is finished with a drizzle of blackberry liqueur bleeding down through crushed ice. Bradsell wanted a very British drink, inspired by childhood blackberry picking. It became one of the most influential cocktails of its generation.

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