This Blackberry Bramble Cocktail (or Mocktail) is the perfect spring sipper. Made with just 4-simple ingredients, this gin based cocktail has bright flavors of blackberry and lemon, and is a definite crowd pleaser.
In a medium saucepan stir together water, sugar, and blackberries. Bring mixture to a boil, then reduce heat and let mixture simmer until sugar completely dissolves. Remove from heat, cover, and let steep for 15 minutes.
Strain blackberries from syrup mixture and let cool completely.
Blackberry Bramble:
In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, shake together the gin and lemon juice and strain into a rocks glass filled with crushed ice. Drizzle the blackberry simple syrup over the top and garnish with a lemon wedge and blackberries. Enjoy!
Mocktail:
Add lemon juice and blackberry simple syrup to a rocks glass filled with ice. Top with soda water, ginger beer or ginger ale. Enjoy!