The Bramble is a blackberry-based cocktail that’s rather simple to make and is nicely balanced in its sweet and sour tones. The cocktail is on its way to modern classic status, if it hasn’t already reached it, frequenting more bars than Ernest Hemingway and Oliver Reed combined.

Add gin, lemon and sugar syrup to a shaker. Shake well. Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass. Trickle the Crème de Mure over the top, creating the ‘bramble’ type effect. Garnish with freshly picked blackberries, or for a fruity, summer twist add a splash of Crème de Framboise.

This is a drink best reserved for the end of summer, when that big yellow ball hangs lower in the sky and blackberries are readily available to be plucked from the bush and dolloped into your glass. However, with a few nifty substitutions, it can be transformed into a drink to match the Autumnal season.

The Bramble is the brainchild of Dick Bradsell, aka ‘The Cocktail King.’ The blackberry drink is arguably the most famous of his creations from his time at Fred’s Club Soho in the 1980’s, and is often compared to that of Jerry Thomas’ Gin Fix, swapping the latter’s raspberry syrup for blackberry liqueur.

The drink is said to take its name from the winding nature that the liqueur takes when it’s poured from the top to the bottom of the glass, as though it were dodging through brambles.

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