Cocktail Recipe - Peach & Blackberry Bramble

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The story
I love a Bramble. Invented by the late great Dick Bradsell in the mid 80s, it’s a triumph of sour and sweet - gin, blackberry liqueur, lemon juice and sugar syrup. It manages to appeal to most cocktail fans - it’s technically a sour, but it’s also quite spirit forward and the fruitiness appeals to the summer cocktail crowd. Aldi recently asked me to create a cocktail that used their Haysmiths Blackberry and Raspberry Gin. I excitedly invented the Peach & Blackberry Bramble. Turns out someone had already invented it. Although I don’t think anyone has done it with blackberry gin. So I’ve only invented a variation. Anyway, it’s great. Off you go!

Ingredients:

50ml Blackberry Gin*
25ml Peach Liqueur
20ml Freshly squeezed Lemon Juice
Garnish - sprig of mint and 2 blackberries

I’ve tried this with Haysmith’s Blackberry &  Raspberry Bramble Gin. It’s super cheap and decent. If you want a more expensive option, I recommend Manchester Blackberry Gin. Alternatively you can use dry gin with 2 teaspoons of Blackberry Liqueur.

Kit
Cocktail shaker, fine strainer, solid ice (for shaking), crushed ice (for serving), tumbler/rocks glass, straw

Directions
Fill your glass with crushed ice, almost to the top
Add some ice and the ingredients to a shaker
Shake!
Double strain the cocktail into your glassAdd two blackberries and the mint as garnish